Story thread for Thurs night diplo (DDude/Markus/deity/Winzity/Dangime/Zylka/Berz)

[Deity Dude]

a very interesting seesion tonight. i just wanna point out that given that the first 2 turns took over an hour, i don't think i should ever be accused of slow play again

[deity]

The other thing about the Zylka episode is how poor his strategy really was.

J23SE had no trouble thwarting the attack and Zylka had no answer. Zylka was depending on total surprise and when his cover was blown he couldn't regroup his strategic thoughts. He just squandered all his resources and quit in disgust at his own failure I'd say.

But we really need Berzerker to post just how he spotted that tri of Zylka's. Was it as Markus suggests where you can sometimes see a unit move in the square two above or two below a city?

[markusf]

Originally posted by deity
The other thing about the Zylka episode is how poor his strategy really was.

J23SE had no trouble thwarting the attack and Zylka had no answer. Zylka was depending on total surprise and when his cover was blown he couldn't regroup his strategic thoughts. He just squandered all his resources and quit in disgust at his own failure I'd say.

But we really need Berzerker to post just how he spotted that tri of Zylka's. Was it as Markus suggests where you can sometimes see a unit move in the square two above or two below a city?

Give it a rest.

its also possible to see a unit diagonally on some maps. but if the last active unit was a diplomat all units are invisible, even if they are within the city radius.

[Deity Dude]

sorry guys - i am gonna have to bow out of any further play in this game - I'll try and find a sub for myself.

[Rasputin]

is this friday game deity, i should be avaialble this friday for a session to sub~~

[Deity Dude]

Thanks Ras. I'd appreciate if you could sub for me. I can give you quick lowdown on what I was planning etc. if you want. Just catch me when I'm online sometime I'll help you out anyway I can.

[markusf]

Damn austrialians are taking over... First makeo now finbar?

[Berzerker]

I don't know how the session went, but I can explain what happened with regards to the Souix/Japanese conflict.

Zylka (Japan) begged for 1 more turn at the end of our last session claiming he had a border dispute to settle (uh oh, did he mean the more distant Russians or the peaceful nearby Souix?). This was after he moved what I believed were 2 triremes near my capital. I only spotted the movement as they passed through a square north of one of my cities. The repeated requests for another turn combined with Zylka's reputation as a warmonger and the arrival of triremes near my capital convinced me my capital was about to be attacked INSPITE OF OUR PEACE TREATY. Did you'll hear that? INSPITE OF OUR PEACE TREATY!

I asked Deity to inform the sub of the impending threat and to tell the sub to rush build a trireme in the city nearest the enemy. Short of that, blocking a landing was the only other defense. I understand accusations of cheating or unethical behavior have been made. I'm not sure why though, it is common courtesy for someone to try and give subs information about the previous owner's situation and I did tell Deity about what I thought Zylka was about to do. And I did ask Deity to tell the sub my thoughts and what might be done to stop or slow the impending invasion which included rush building a trireme in the nearest city.

Thx Deity, I should be here this Thursday night. I've done some work re-scheduling sacrificing another night to make Thursday available. I'm just glad my employer was amenable to the change

Zylka, Deity did nothing wrong. While I don't look forward to you resuming as the Japanese I hope you will see neither Deity or I did anything wrong. I know how angers can flare when the best laid plans of mice and men can...well, you know the proverb .

[Berzerker]

Markus -

its also possible to see a unit diagonally on some maps.

Yeah, the ship(s) I saw appeared outside the city's radius - the 1st diagonal just outside the radius I think. Cant really remember, I wasn't paying close attention and just caught a glimpse of a ship passing by. The lag and my lack of attention made it tough to know how many ships were sailing by.

Well, on second thought, I don't even know if they were outside my radius. Zylka knows better than me where exactly he sailed. I know he did try to avoid my city on the peninsula or I would have seen him hugging the coast more.

but if the last active unit was a diplomat all units are invisible, even if they are within the city radius.

What do you mean?

[deity]

Originally posted by markusf
Damn austrialians are taking over... First makeo now finbar?

finbar?

You mean Raz?

Both may be insulted you know...

[deity]

Originally posted by Berzerker
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Thx Deity, I should be here this Thursday night. I've done some work re-scheduling sacrificing another night to make Thursday available. I'm just glad my employer was amenable to the change

Zylka, Deity did nothing wrong. While I don't look forward to you resuming as the Japanese I hope you will see neither Deity or I did anything wrong. I know how angers can flare when the best laid plans of mice and men can...well, you know the proverb .

Great that you can be here this week. I'm desperately keen to keep this show on the road.

Raz is lined up as Romans but I'm really disappointed if DD doesn't continue. But Raz will certainly add classic and experienced diplo playing.. LOL Watch out everyone!

Either way we have a full line-up with J23SE as Japs.

We play 8pm USA EDT (or 8:30pm if DD plays).

Raz, That's 10am Friday in Aussie EST.

[markusf]

Originally posted by Berzerker


What do you mean?

If you land a crusader in someones city limits and then put a diplomat on the same square, both units are invisible to the other person.

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by markusf



If you land a crusader in someones city limits and then put a diplomat on the same square, both units are invisible to the other person.

so many bugs to exploit !!!

[winzity]

Because Microprose only have learned to do artworks and game design but not programming and especislly not real time and network programming...

[deity]

pg/cities AD1180

Just quickly for the record, here's the pg.

Markus forging ahead on the meaningless pg