Destiny of Empires [Diplo Game] [Organization Thread]

[Robert]

Here's the list of Mongolia's activities: http://www.playyourturn.com/?page_id...86&playerID=11

Seems like he's playing +-8 hours before the end of the game.
You missed like 5 turns in a row, so nobody is going to blame you for grabbing the first spot in the turn order.

PM me if you're in troubles! I'll then delay the turn!

[China (DoE)]

I can't load the past events on PYT, can you check if he's moving only close to the turn end or something because seriously every time I go to play he hasn't!

This has only occurred over the last 3-4 days or so, never had this problem before that's why I'm wondering what's going on and getting a little frustrated at missing turns because I don't want to double move.

[Robert]

What Ozzy says.

[OzzyKP]

Hmmm, it looks like he hasn't missed a turn in a while:

http://www.playyourturn.com/?page_id=223&gameID=186&playerID=11

But basically if he is missing his turn and you aren't sure what to do, then say something in the forum and we'll figure it out. Maybe Robert will pause the game for him, maybe we'll decide to change the turn order, I dunno. But just let us know.

[China (DoE)]

OK.

Now, what happens if I move now, and then Mongolia doesn't take his turn? When am I allowed to move again? I don't think he's been playing his turns and this has caused me to miss a ton of my own.

[America (DoE)]

Viceroy Cornwallis reports 'several days of rather tedious target practice'

[England (DoE)]

Indeed, how many wars are there now going on?
I need to know for the turn-timer.

I believe the only war right now is Mongolia vs. China/Japan.



Small bands of desperate partisans may have have taken to the hills to fight against English occupation of America. But I have full faith that Viceroy Cornwallis will deal with the disruption as brutally and efficiently as possible, there is no need for the timer to be adjusted.

[England (DoE)]

If you missed the previous turn and Mongolia moved, then you should play and the turn order should then reverse.

[China (DoE)]

Sorry guys, have been a little out of commission.

Each time I log in though, Mongolia hasn't moved, I haven't been able to log in in over 3 days!

What do I do?

[Robert]

Indeed, how many wars are there now going on?
I need to know for the turn-timer.

[England (DoE)]

Vikings also.

[England (DoE)]

Looks like China has missed a few turns lately. They still at war with Mongols?

[America (DoE)]

Sorry about the late vote, I was away for two days and thought I would have ample access to internet, which turned out not to be the case.. Voted!

[OzzyKP]

Time to Vote!
We vote for the happenings of this thread: Story Thread 3

You can vote right here (please read instructions below first)

Voting ENDS January 19th end of the day

1. go to the site
2. click your civilization name
3. fill out the password you once selected in the civ-picker (the original password of your DoE account at Apolyton)
4. Vote!

You have to award EXACTLY 20 points in both categories or you can't submit.
You can give comments to every individual civ.

This is what the rules say about voting:

After every month all players are invited to vote on the stories and role playing of all players.
Using a special web application a total of 20 'points' can be assigned, with a max of 5 points per player.

The 2 categories:
- Story Telling
Story telling is about how a player tells the story of his civilization and how he communicates with other leaders. How he handles his characters, shows the relation between story and in-game actions, explains the behaviour hof his civ, includes graphics and images, is able to entertain it's readers, etc.

A great part of the fun of a diplo game is the creation of an amazing story thread. This contains everything from national epics to diplomacy, newspaper articles to lies, text, screenshots and images. A player gets votes for storytelling for their contribution to the story thread. There are no rules as to what marks out a good contribution - we all have different tastes - what is too much detail for one person, may be exactly what another person values, some people will give more votes to one brilliant piece than to someone who produces lots of mediocre material, someone else will value quantity more. When voting its simple - give people votes if you personally enjoy their contributions.

- Role Playing
Role Playing is about how the in-game actions and the tone of his messages reflect the role of the player. Is the fascist dictator really playing as a fascist? Does it make sence that the fanatic orthodox jewish leader has an alliance with the fanatic orthodox buddhist leader? Is the peaceful friendly leader really friendly and peaceful to his neighbours? In short: do the actions of a player compare to the story role he assigned to himself.

The definition of a diplo game is "A Diplomacy Game is a game in which all players lead their civilization as if they're leading a real nation". Under 'role-playing' people are given votes for the degree to which they do this. Is there a consistency and belieability about the actions of that civ - its in-game actions, its diplomacy, what it says about itself. What nature a civ has is up to the player to decide and to evolve as the game progresses - but they get votes for the believability and consistency of this, and the interest it gives to the game. If you act as if you are 'playing a game', you won't get many votes; but if you can give the rest of us the impression your nation actually exists, you deserve to get lots.
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Per month all points a player receives in both categories will be calculated.
Based on this a score list will be created per category.
The #1 on that score list will receive X scorepoints. (X = the number of civs in the game). The #2 will receive X-1, etc.

The rest of the score-explanation only uses examples to get the point through, but is too much to place here. Read it in the first post of this thread.
This all comes down to the following:

Based on the scorepoints everybody received in a month, a ranking can be made for that month, per category.
The #1 on that ranking receives 18 gamepoints, the #2 17 gamepoints, the #3 16 gamepoints, ..... the #18 gets 1 gamepoint.
The sum of all gamepoints for both categories for all months determines the winner.

Good luck!

So... it appears that today is the last day to vote and only 3 or 4 have so far. Don't forget people!

[England (DoE)]

Though we have been blessed with some nice pics of Catherine and Genevieve...