The March of Time - A Stainless Steel 6.4 hotseat

[slysnake]

Siiicily

MoT-5-Sicily.sav

[Myth]

Genoa.

[Ignoramus]

Danemark:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=205&id=9842

The Republic of Genoa announces that it has repealed its alliance with the Republic of Swabia and issued a declaration of war concerning a dispute over territory in Italy.

[RexLegend]

Rollin' all the way!

Fatimid's turn.

In next turn, one faction less and time to grab some France.

[slysnake]

Danemark:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=205&id=9842

The Republic of Genoa announces that it has repealed its alliance with the Republic of Swabia and issued a declaration of war concerning a dispute over territory in Italy.

May I ask what disputed land this is over? Swabia has no such intentions of seizing any Italian lands - if you believe this to be the case, then I must say that you have been heavily misguided in your judgement. Diplomacy is still on the table since Swabia does not desire war, but if you so dearly wish to pursue the path of war, then that is the fate that you shall inevitably have to suffer yourself at the hands of Swabia.

[phonicsmonkey]

Just thinking ahead, if the Kwaz end up being unoccupied and we have to switch them to AI I think it would be unfair for me (or anyone else ie. the Cumans) to be able to target them because by doing so one could win the game without having to fight other humans.

There are a few territories of theirs in Anatolia which I think it is reasonable for me to target as they are interspersed with mine, but after that is sorted I'm considering declaring them sacrosanct and maybe leaving them human-controlled and just skipping them each turn so they don't have any bearing on the game.

I'll also check my VCs when I play my turn in case I need any of their other provinces for victory - if that were the case I think I would be reasonable to allow me to take those and any in a direct line between my lands and those targets.

What do you guys think of that?

This won't apply of course if a human player can be found. I usually allow three turns to pass before making a ruling like that but in this case as the game is moving slowly I might make a decision sooner.

[Myth]

Definitely have them be human controlled.

[phonicsmonkey]

Definitely have them be human controlled.

Sorry, do you mean you agree with my plan if we can't find a human player?

Another option is that someone else the game could switch to play them, or maybe deguerra / Ezil could take them over on their return.

[Nigel]

I think it is a good idea to make sure that no one can win the game just by conquering the Kwaz, if we cant find another player. Neutralizing them by having a human player skip their turns should work. But also, while it makes sense for yourself to be able to get some more of their provinces, maybe this would make sense for e.g. the Cumans as well.

Perhaps we can do it the other way around and say: those 12 central Kwaz provinces are out of bounds. The others (scattered or border provinces ) are free to be taken by anyone.

Still, if deguerra or Ezil want to take them over, that would be even better.

[phonicsmonkey]

Cumans are up

[Rougeman]

MoT-6-France.sav

[phonicsmonkey]

Oops, I thought I set them to Ai already. I'll do it later.

[Rougeman]

oops

[phonicsmonkey]

I have asked Zim to help out as I'm away for the weekend.

In other news aazard will join the game as the Khwarezm Shah.

Welcome to the game aazard!

[Nightbringer]

Welcome!

[Zim]

Welcome aazard!

Maybe I'm just rusty but I had a problem turning France to AI. Doing it from the save there turn was up on led to a crash, so I skipped it. Then I tried it after playing my turn and received a funny error saying in the game's current state factions could not be reset to AI and suggesting maybe a diploamtic scroll was open. Should have done it from the middle of my turn instead of a faction turn screen I guess. I'll get back to it further along in this round and get it done.

Poland is up.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=205&id=9868

[Gaius Octavius Caesar]

Prague, the last imperial city, fell this season and the HRE is no more.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21201096/MoT-Byz-6.sav

[Nigel]

I thought the Byz were out of the game already.

If anyone can give me their password, I should be able to just skipp thier move today and upload the game for the Moors.

Edit: Ezil, I hope that is in your interest. I dont mean to be mean and bypass you if you do still want to play them.

[slysnake]

I thought the Byz were out of the game already.

If anyone can give me their password, I should be able to just skipp thier move today and upload the game for the Moors.

Edit: Ezil, I hope that is in your interest. I dont mean to be mean and bypass you if you do still want to play them.

I think it's fine with Ezil - if I remember rightly he said he had to leave due to exams? If he's in the UK, exam season is about half way so far, so if he really wanted to return he could, but then again, would there be anything left for him to return to? XD

[Myth]

The ERE is pretty much dead with me and Phonics taking about half of their cities already and Venice and the Moors joining in the fray as well. Last I heard the Cumans could get in on the action too so.., Yeah. Just skip them or switch them to AI though the AI will spawn free stacks...

[Nigel]

... though the AI will spawn free stacks...

In that case ít would indeed be best to just keep skipping them.
The same would be true for the Teutonic Order, too. I killed off their last unit (Faction Leader) in the last turn, but was somewhat surprised when nothing happened and the game just went on like normal. I guess we really would not want to have new stacks of them appearing again and again.

Well, I would need the Password of the Byz to skipp them. If anyone can give it to me, I can help move this along. Not sure though, if anyone other than Ezil has it. Perhaps we will just have to wait for Phonics to do it.

[Myth]

The TO are both a Horde and an Emergent faction. To kill them off permanently all their agents need to go as well as their settlements and armies. Failing that they will keep spawning halfstacks ad infinitum. This is only a problem in Early though.

[RexLegend]

Moderator could enter console command: surrender_regions "teutonic_order"
This should do the trick. If this is already done before, then command won't work and faction gets glitched.

[phonicsmonkey]

I'll switch the ERE to AI when i get home, as well as France. It's not fair to have them passive, free stacks or no.

I'll also try that console command Rex, thanks for that.

[Nigel]

.... It's not fair to have them passive, free stacks or no.

Actually, that is true. Their opponents would benefit much more from them beeing passive than beeing led somehow - even if it is just by the AI.
Good point, Phonicsmonkey.

[phonicsmonkey]

Moors

[deguerra]

I'm sorry to say it but poor Norway is doomed - I have switched it to AI

Doomed? AI? I think you've been colluding with those dastardly Danes! Did you not see my grand master plan unfolding before you, leading to sure-fire domination by the norwegian Viking over the continent. Hmph!

But honestly, I thought I still had a least a turn or two worth of fight in me? Did Denmark really get to my western Norwegian armies that quickly?

Either way, congratulations to him and apologies that I could not put up a better fight and in person (though on second thought, those two may have been mutually exclusive). I'll let you guys know when I'm back from Germany if there's still a need for another player.

[phonicsmonkey]

But honestly, I thought I still had a least a turn or two worth of fight in me? Did Denmark really get to my western Norwegian armies that quickly?

My assessment was based on the fact that you had no siege weapons or spies and no way to recruit either. With his armies massing on your border in forts and at sea on ships, with siege equipment and with only a couple of your settlements left I didn't see any outcome except the inevitable death of Norway.

Sorry if I underestimated your capabilities!

[Nightbringer]

lithuania!
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=205&id=9883

[Myth]

This game has several very powerful factions and alliances going on. At some point we will have a world war I reckon.