OOC Thread and Chatroom 2

[Cecil XIX]

Happy birthday, Tincow!

[pevergreen]

May be a bit inactive soon, exams/QCS/emotional torment.

lol.

edit: indeed, happy birthday!

[AussieGiant]

Happy Birthday TC!!

You're at the top, enjoy it...there is only a one way to go now!!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Happy Birthday TinCow!

[Rowan]

Happy birthday Tincow!

[_Tristan_]

Happy Birthday Tincow !!

Welcome to the roaring thirties !!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I wonder who will be the next Grandmaster of the Order if Makedonios can't raise his piety within the next ~10 turns.

EDIT: 700th post!

[Ramses II CP]

I think loss of piety due to illness was made exempt under the rules, since the SS 4.1 illnesses are decades long.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

And I was so looking forward to see who becomes the next Grandmaster!

[Kagemusha]

Happy birthday Tincow! I still have couple months left before i turn the same amount.

[Smowz]

Heh, i turn that awful amount next year too!!!

Happy birthday TC.

[Privateerkev]

I just spent 7 hours in a car, I have hardly slept in 2 days, and I have a hangover. I need to get caught up and then I will officially take the save back.

Thank you to everyone for your patience. Things should move smooth and quick from now on.

[AussieGiant]

the slight delay was perfect PK.

i got my story up and in time.

Get some pain killers into you fella, that will make it all feel better again.

[Privateerkev]

First off, Happy Birthday TC!

I'm hitting the big three-oh in early October myself.

I wonder who will be the next Grandmaster of the Order if Makedonios can't raise his piety within the next ~10 turns.

I rewrote the rules a long time ago to exempt illnesses. We've also been exempting Nathanail's "slave to superstition" trait. SS's trait system is far too buggy to let it have that much control over the Order's internal politics.

the slight delay was perfect PK.

i got my story up and in time.

Get some pain killers into you fella, that will make it all feel better again.

I'm glad people were able to make use of it. Seems that some things happened while I was gone.

[Ferret]

I rewrote the rules a long time ago to exempt illnesses. We've also been exempting Nathanail's "slave to superstition" trait. SS's trait system is far too buggy to let it have that much control over the Order's internal politics.

So basically you rewrote the rules so that you'd always be Grandmaster?
Seeing as Pagan Magicians can also be removed I don't think there are any other ways to lower piety, and if there are they are very uncommon/dread related.

edit: Happy 30th TC

[Ibn-Khaldun]

OOC:

I'm taking the save back. This might be a couple hours. My first time doing this.

Plus I'm still a little woozy so the chance of error is high. Don't be surprised if we end up owning Scotland next turn...

If we end up owning Scotland then it's not that big deal but if we end up being Scotland then we have a problem in our hands!

[AussieGiant]

If we end up owning Scotland then it's not that big deal but if we end up being Scotland then we have a problem in our hands!

that's pretty funny

[Privateerkev]

So basically you rewrote the rules so that you'd always be Grandmaster?

No, if the "Knights" of the Order want a new Grandmaster, then I would step down. I don't mind if there are IC politics that change the internal makeup of the Order. What I did mind was losing power because of a buggy, lame, unrealistic, sickness trait system that I didn't even know about when I first wrote the Charter.

The "2 chiv, 3 piety" rules were to try to make sure a certain level of chivalry would remain alive in the Order. Being "sick" though was not something I intended and I thought allowing that to dictate rank would take away more than it gave so I re-wrote it. Since no one wants to lose positions due to "40 year pneumonia," there was no dissent in the Order over this.

[flyd]

Just a quick comment on the current Laskaris-Tagaris argument in the Magnaura. The ghost of Markianos Ampelas fully approves the use of his name and legacy for political maneuvering, if such maneuvering is directed against Methodios Tagaris.

[Privateerkev]

In response to the conversation in the Megas thread:

You guys are right. Sorry, I forgot about that. I will PM Ramses and Rowan the link. Per KP's wishes, it will be first come, first served, between those two players.

[TinCow]

So basically you rewrote the rules so that you'd always be Grandmaster?

You're talking like manipulation on that order is a bad thing...

Even the most holy and pious Pope had to declare himself 'infallible.' Ah, where's Lothar and Arnold when you need them? Oh, that's right... ruling the world.

[Privateerkev]

You're talking like manipulation on that order is a bad thing...

Even the most holy and pious Pope had to declare himself 'infallible.' Ah, where's Lothar and Arnold when you need them? Oh, that's right... ruling the world.

wait... didn't Lothar and Arnold basically do the same thing with the Illuminati?

[ULC]

I am announcing my most likely withdrawal from LotR. It seems I have made it as least fun as possible for far to many people, so I think it best if I simply leave. I am sorry if this inconveniences people who were in the middle of any story line with me, I'll do my best to try and finish those. I am sorry for all I have done and I am sorry for what I will leave unfinished.

[pevergreen]

Hey, if you feel as though one of those people is me, dont. I enjoyed it, I was seriously going to join, until Annios broke the oath, and Michail actually bothered to read the Charter. He was upset at Efstratios dieing as well. For the first time in his life Michail is being contacted with offers.

[AussieGiant]

I am announcing my most likely withdrawal from LotR. It seems I have made it as least fun as possible for far to many people, so I think it best if I simply leave. I am sorry if this inconveniences people who were in the middle of any story line with me, I'll do my best to try and finish those. I am sorry for all I have done and I am sorry for what I will leave unfinished.

Maate, what are you talking about?

I can't speak for anyone else of course, but I really don't think your statement is accurate.

It would be a blow to the game to have you leave YLC.

Please reconsider.

[Ituralde]

Maate, what are you talking about?

I can't speak for anyone else of course, but I really don't think your statement is accurate.

It would be a blow to the game to have you leave YLC.

Please reconsider.

I have to agree one hundred percent!

[deguerra]

I have to agree one hundred percent!

what they said

[deguerra]

before the argument on the Caesar's Armenian Cavalry gets any further, that was my fault.

Igno asked me to move his character. He did not specify to only move his character, but that may well have been his intention. To be honest, it never occurred to me to question whether the unit should be moved as well. I suppose in retrospect its obvious enough that one unit couldn't have been his army, but I really didn't think about it.

[Privateerkev]

before the argument on the Caesar's Armenian Cavalry gets any further, that was my fault.

Igno asked me to move his character. He did not specify to only move his character, but that may well have been his intention. To be honest, it never occurred to me to question whether the unit should be moved as well. I suppose in retrospect its obvious enough that one unit couldn't have been his army, but I really didn't think about it.

I figured it was a mistake so I haven't pushed it OOC. IC however I believe it is entirely appropriate to blame his avatar for the mistake. If you don't want the law broken with your avatar, you need to be careful who you let control him.

[TinCow]

before the argument on the Caesar's Armenian Cavalry gets any further, that was my fault.

Igno asked me to move his character. He did not specify to only move his character, but that may well have been his intention. To be honest, it never occurred to me to question whether the unit should be moved as well. I suppose in retrospect its obvious enough that one unit couldn't have been his army, but I really didn't think about it.

A shame I didn't read this 10 minutes ago. Thank you for clarifying the situation. I want to make it known that intentional rule violations will be dealt with very harshly in the future. Laxity has not served this game well and so it's time to start imposing penalties.

Unintentional rule violations (as with the above) will not be punished, as long as they are not repeated. If they are repeated, they will be considered intentional.