Out of character thread XVI

[AussieGiant]

Nice NN.

Go Team Austria!!!

Roadkill, well done, and from sitting on the couch no less. *joke*.

[Stuperman]

Happy thanks giving

or

Grey Cup Weekend

or

World Cup Draw weekend


depending on where you are.

[TinCow]

I believe that is all of the 'necessary' battles. There are two more remaining, for Fritz von Kastilien (Ramses II CP) and Matthias Steffen (OverKnight), but they are 'optional' given their submitted orders and the circumstances. If neither of those players have fought battles by the time I get home on Sunday, I will assume that they have chosen not to fight.

I am going to move the game forward on Sunday night, but there may be multiple battles during the AI turn, specifically for Fredericus Erlach (Stuperman), Arnold (AussieGiant), Peter von Kastilien (gibsonsg91921), and Lothar Steffen (me). Hopefully those can be done quickly enough so that I can post the 1334 turn report on Monday night.

[AussieGiant]

FYI

OverKnight will be fighting my battles. I'm not sure how much partying he is doing for Thanksgiving so...

...anyway.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the State side boys.

[OverKnight]

I still have to take a look at the save. If I fight the battle it'll be on saturday.

[Ramses II CP]

Well, I chose to wait and see what Dieter did, and now I'm in and out of town visiting family with less than reliable 'net connections (How do they survive?!?!). Definitely don't wait for me, I'll fight that Danish stack to the west of Stettin if I find some time, but if not no big deal.

[Ramses II CP]

Okay, it's only midnight, if I've got time to post I should fight that battle. Taking the save.

Done:

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1332-7.zip

So I got my cavalry mauled at Stettin and decided I would only use it for routers here. All the way at the end of the battle, everything is routing except two companies of War Clerics, and there's Fritz chasing right in the middle of a sea of fleeing red. I look away for a sec, and then I hear the 'Charrrrge!' horn. Look back, and who should be charging through their own routers but two companies of War Clerics headed right for Fritz.

I admit I experienced a moment of combined horror and awe. That'd be a pretty funny way to die.

Naturally, though, they routed on contact with his guard. Ribaults+dread vs a captain led stack are almost an exploit.



Screenshots:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[AussieGiant]

Good job Ramses.

Good to see there are still some sphincter tightening moments...otherwise it would be boring.

[RoadKill]

Thank you, Northvanus, battle well fought. And yes I would have executed every single one of them.

[GeneralHankerchief]

I've done some work on the Swabian Civil War wiki. It would be really great if we could complete the article.

[Zim]

It looks great, GH. Particularly the changes you made to the Battle of Bern entry. At this rate the article should be complete soon.

[Privateerkev]

I wouldn't expect the Battle of Bern to be completely done for awhile. Much of the underlying politics concerns avatars that are still alive. But we can fill in those gaps later when enough time has passed. :D

[Zim]

I wouldn't expect the Battle of Bern to be completely done for awhile. Much of the underlying politics concerns avatars that are still alive. But we can fill in those gaps later when enough time has passed. :D

True, we may soon have a "Battle of Bern: Political Consequences" section longer than the description of the battle itself.

At the rate turns go in KOTR, it could take weeks before the Cataclysm ends, and weeks more before all of the rebellions and other changes from it are resolved by the diet.

[Privateerkev]

True, we may soon have a "Battle of Bern: Political Consequences" section longer than the description of the battle itself.

At the rate turns go in KOTR, it could take weeks before the Cataclysm ends, and weeks more before all of the rebellions and other changes from it are resolved by the diet.

I was only talking about "Battle of Bern: Political Causes". The consequences will probably not be fully known for quite some time.

[Zim]

I was only talking about "Battle of Bern: Political Causes". The consequences will probably not be fully known for quite some time.

Doh!

I think I'll retract my last couple of posts and just say "Yay! The article is looking more complete!".

[OverKnight]

Just a quick note to say I won't be fighting Matt's optional battle this year. I'm still pretty wrecked from the Holiday and travel and I don't want to fight tired.

[TinCow]

Ok, I have advanced the game to the AI turn. I have autoresolved through the pending battles and the game consistently pops up only two for me:

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1332-9.zip

Arnold (AussieGiant - Battle to be fought by OverKnight)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

You took up a blocking position in the mountains to prevent the Venetians from besieging Ragusa. They are attempting to force the pass. Stop them or Ragusa will soon be surrounded.

This battle will be followed by one for Lothar Steffen, which I will (of course) fight. At least on my machine, Frankfurt and Genoa did not get assaulted when I clicked through via autoresolve. I assume this will hold true. If it does not, I will let you know and post the additional battles when they pop up.

Please do me a favor and DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE SAVE IF YOU ARE NOT FIGHTING A BATTLE. There are some changes that might raise a few eyebrows and I would like it if they could be introduced with my Cataclysm thread explanation showing why they happened. I still expect the 1334 turn report to be posted tomorrow evening, so I do not think that this is a major burden. If you simply cannot resist, please at least keep quiet about anything you see and do not send me PMs about it.

[Ramses II CP]

Since I'm one of those people who just can't resist fighting every interesting looking battle... I promise I'll resist in this case. I know the pain of a GM's hard work being spoiled and I won't contribute.

[gibsonsg91921]

ooo im excited

yet surprised petey isnt fighting? thats weird. i guess i better sally soon if i want to not die

[OverKnight]

Let me get some coffee in me, and I'll fight Arnold's battle.

[AussieGiant]

Go OK!!!

No pressure just kill em all!!

[OverKnight]

Battle has been fought and link sent to TC.

This one is worthy of a report, expect one shortly.

[Northnovas]

Excellent, things have been quiet any news is would be worth reading!

[Ramses II CP]

I'm interested to see how much of Lothar's army survives his siege too.

[AussieGiant]

Battle has been fought and link sent to TC.

This one is worthy of a report, expect one shortly.

Ahhh, OK, you send TC a report but no me...should I be crapping my pants or something?

[OverKnight]

No crapping needed, I just posted the report.

[AussieGiant]

No crapping needed, I just posted the report.

Phew...

...man you gave me a heart stopping hour or so there OK.

I just read the result. I feel bad for the poor catapult guy.

Is the Duke really that horrible

Thanks for the great report.

[OverKnight]

I just read the result. I feel bad for the poor catapult guy OK.

Is the Duke really that horrible

Ummm. . .Arnold has mega-Dread, executes prisoners and stomps around in black armor, he is that bad. I tried to convey that his army is scared of him but also proud to serve under him.

[AussieGiant]

Ummm. . .Arnold has mega-Dread, executes prisoners and stomps around in black armor, he is that bad. I tried to convey that his army is scared of him but also proud to serve under him.

I got the scared bit...it could have been scarier

He is mega-Dread dude that is for sure. I'm not sure how to portray that actually. 10 dread is a first for me playing the game. There has been plenty of 8 and 9 skull dude's but I've never cracked 10.

I'm still trying to work out how such extreme dread can lead to the "Inspiring" moniker.

I tried in the last story thread.

[Ignoramus]

Best of luck with your sally, TC. Those Byzantines look as if they're going to scatter your men like sheep.