OOC Thread and Chatroom

[Alerion]

I have updated the Library. I added Battle points and current rank in here.

If there are mistakes in it then let me know.

Shouldn't I have 3 BP?
Or do they not count without screens?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Was it Heroic Victory? I thought that it was clear victory.

Screenshots should be in the battle reports. Otherwise I give only 2 Bp's for Heroic Victories or something like that.

[Roka]

jesus!

i'll definately try some of the strategies suggested, but can i have some more time as i have a whole lot of real life stuff to do tonight, damn uni!

I-K i should have 2 battle points should i not

[Alerion]

It was heroic, but as stated in the battle report I had problems with the screens... so I guess it`s fine if I only get 2, but last time I looked I had 0 ;)

EDIT: Roka, good luck for the battle and of coure RL stuff comes first :)

[Celtic_Punk]

what about my heroic victory? I couldnt get the screenies to work (black) but my victory was a famous victory.

do famous victories get any extra BPs?

[Marcus Agrippa]

Hey all just got heroic victory and got a screeny to prove it but not sure how to upload photo.

[Incitatus]

Hey all just got heroic victory and got a screeny to prove it but not sure how to upload photo.

Try uploading photos at photobucket


Shouldn't a Heroic victory icon appear on the strat map with the name of the general involved? That way everyone can verify the victories of people who have issues with screenshots.

[The Celtic Viking]

Just to make it official: the keyboard to my EB-computer is broken so I won't be able to do any in-game stuff until I've got a new one. I have therefore given the control of my Royal Army over to GMaximus, and if I still haven't sorted out this problem when SwissBarbar joins the army, the control will then pass to him until I return.

I'll still be here and do my part in the Council and what-not, but if you want anything done with my RA, you can talk to them. As long as it doesn't break the instructions I have given them (you can see my SOT post for that), they're free to accept or decline as they please.

Hmm... I should probably make up an IC excuse for this...

[Celtic_Punk]

You took an arrow, knocking you off your horse (ouch) in the first battle of your campaign, and it totally incapacitated you for a long time?

got all infected n s#!t lol

[The Celtic Viking]

Yeah... it does seem a bit late to notice something like that now, though, doesn't it?

And I don't know how long it will take. Best case scenario, I'll have it by tomorrow, and this was all unnecessary. More likely, it will be fixed by the weekend, but there's no guarantee.

[Alerion]

Shouldn't a Heroic victory icon appear on the strat map with the name of the general involved? That way everyone can verify the victories of people who have issues with screenshots.

No... not every heroic victory is a famous victory

[SwissBarbar]

Just to make it official: the keyboard to my EB-computer is broken so I won't be able to do any in-game stuff until I've got a new one. I have therefore given the control of my Royal Army over to GMaximus, and if I still haven't sorted out this problem when SwissBarbar joins the army, the control will then pass to him until I return.

I'll still be here and do my part in the Council and what-not, but if you want anything done with my RA, you can talk to them. As long as it doesn't break the instructions I have given them (you can see my SOT post for that), they're free to accept or decline as they please.

Hmm... I should probably make up an IC excuse for this...

don't worry, i'll take care if this worst case happens, but i don't think so. if the turns pass this slowly further on i won't be there by christmas i'm still in antiocheia and did not move my avatar a single time yet

[Alerion]

Well I really hope it goes a little faster as soon as we get over this turn ^^

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Don't worry SwissBarbar, It usually gets done in 24 hours. It's just this time we have had toooo many battles to fight and peoples RL have kept them away from this game.

Incitatus, like Alerion said - not all heroic victories are famous victories.

I-K i should have 2 battle points should i not

You won battle against the rebels. That's 2 Bp's. But you retreated when the Ptolemaioi attacked your army, this counts as a defeat. I took it as a Clear Defeat.

Actually this part in the rules are quite fuzzy. So I would propose in the next Royal Council Session this CA:

Following lines will be added to the Rule 2.5:

To get to the next rank(Rule 2.4) every Strategos must get certain amount of 'battle points'. If you retreat from the battle, with out fighting it, it will be counted as 'Close Defeat'. How many 'battle points' 1 battle gives are shown below.
"Crushing Defeat" -3 points
"Clear Defeat" -2 point
"Average Defeat" -1 point
"Close Defeat" 0 point
"Close Victory" 1/2 point
"Average Victory" 1 point
"Clear Victory" 2 points
"Heroic Victory" 3 points

do famous victories get any extra BPs?

No.

[SwissBarbar]

why count it as close defeat, maybe you just draw back to gain better battle position, an ordered retreat must not be a shame.

i pledge for counting it not at all, wich would mean the same for the Battle points, because a close defeat makes no difference

[kingsnake]

Isn't there a Heroic Defeat?

[Adamantarius]

Will the Basileus/Chancellor please be kind enough to notify me via their report as to whether the units are ready for my command?
Thanks a bunch!

[00jebus]

once again, will be away for the weekend, try to withdraw from battle/merge with any other commander if at all possible.

and try not to get timmy killed, I don't wanna have to make a new nickname for a new avatar :P

[Celtic_Punk]

no heroic defeat, only close.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Will the Basileus/Chancellor please be kind enough to notify me via their report as to whether the units are ready for my command?
Thanks a bunch!

You don't have any units. Also, you don't have an avatar yet unless you pick the third RBG that was recently recruited. If not then you'll have to wait until another RNG's is recruited so you could pick your avatar from them.

[Marcus Agrippa]

I wouldn't worry yet Adamantarius a few of us don't have armies. There are other things you can do till your assigned one. I'm heading towards the front but I don't know what I'll be doing yet (peeling spuds and hard training and old veteran told me)

[Ibn-Khaldun]

The real fun in this game (and in LotR) lies in the Council Sessions. That's my opinion, though.

[GMaximus]

The real fun in this game (and in LotR) lies in the Council Sessions. That's my opinion, though.

Definately the Council Sessions and the Story thread here.

[Roka]

hey guys, one of ym good mates is in the RAF and he is in glasgow for the weekend, so ill not be able to fight battle this weekend as celtic are also playing tomorrow, is it possible for someone else to fight my battle for me?

[Celtic_Punk]

who gets the battle points? lol

[Alerion]

the rules state that its not possible... no avatar who is not in a battle can fight it, so it has to be autoresolved if you cant do it...

[Ibn-Khaldun]

the rules state that its not possible... no avatar who is not in a battle can fight it, so it has to be autoresolved if you cant do it...

Unfortunately it's true. Autoresolving that battle would mean that Achaios and Basileus' Royal Army will be wiped out.

[Alerion]

Does Hax have the save right now?

[Roka]

so what's the script here?

what was the battle result? crushing defeat?

i understand it had to be auto-resolved, i just want to know how the battle went so that i may write a story about Achaios' death

[SwissBarbar]

Isn't there a Heroic Defeat?

that would be a crushing defeat...