I hope you guys will forgive the recent double posts but I had a pretty cool idea and I wanted to share it with the CKII players we have at the .org. There was a a bundle of DLC released yesterday. The Ruler Designer was obviously the biggest, but the game's soundtrack was also released in three packs, each $2 each. Paradox has taken a really fun route with the DLC to date, in that everything is either cosmetic or nonesential, so it struck me that a lot of you folks may have passed on this stuff. In light of that, I thought up a fun game for us to play. A challenge if you will.
CKII orgahs I give you the 1205 scenario: An Empire Divided.
In the aftermath of the fourth crusade Byzantium had fractured into three states. Byzantium itself, the Latin Empire controlled by western crusaders, and the Sultanate of Rum. The challenge I propose is thus. Take one of these three contenders for the state of the Empire, and claim your rightful place as the successor of Rome. How do you do that? Take your faction from the above, to this.
These are the de jure lines of the Byzantine Empire at the start of the 1204 start date as of patch 1.05. Achieving this will etch your faction's name into history as the true successor of the Roman legacy beyond a shadow of a doubt. To add some fun to this challenge I'll buy all the currently released DLC for the first person to push their faction to these de jure lines. Allow me to sum up!
Proposed challenge: Proclaim yourself the successor of the Roman Empire
Proposed Rules:
1. Only a start date of Janurary 1st, 1205 can be used.
2. Usable factions: Latin Empire, Byzantine Empire, Sultanate of Rum
3. No mods allowed! The only modding you are permitted to do is modding the ability to play as the Sultanate of Rum
4. No custom character. Let's keep it historically plausible.
5. You are permitted to try as many times as you wish.
6. The challenge will end when one person has reached the de jure extent of the Byzantine empire, as shown in my current screenshot, with one of the aforementioned factions.
7. No cheating! No console commands may be used other than fow commands, which I do not consider to be cheating. This is supposed to be fun more than anything.
Proposed Time limit: A time limit of one month will be imposed. So if we started today, the deadline would be May 18th. At the end of this time if no one has obtained the goal of a full Resurrection of Byzantine glory, players may submit their best attempts and the one who got closest will be declared the winner.
Proposed Prize:
First prize: All DLC currently purchasable for Crusader Kings II. This includes the soundtrack, mongol portraits, historical Coat of Arms, and the Ruler Designer.
Second Prize: A choice between the complete soundtrack DLC bundle or the Ruler Designer.
What do you guys think. Would you arena-ites be interested in me running this challenge?
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