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  • News Flash: Lux is Dead.

    I just got the following from BetaHound:

    Hi Nathan.

    You may have read it already, but Vox Controli made a decision this evening to take back Portia, thus eliminating Lux Invicta. We can talk at greater length later, but right now I am kind of worn out. It was not a decision we took lightly, but the situation was indeed becoming untenable for us. Trip and Lux were quite a handful, and a number of things were not playing out well in the international arena, courtesy of them.

    I am somewhat saddened by it. It is only a game, but it is unfortunate for one team to exit so early. Ah - the value of diplomacy. If it had worked, it would have been interesting to see if they could have come back.

    You should also know that the decision was unanimous at our end. There is an announcement in the public forum. That will be our only public comment on the matter.

    We have some fence-mending to be done, and I will need to talk to you further about the GoW and map making situation.

    A couple of other things - I was able to get philosophy down another turn through some tweaking and prioritizing - now 2 turns remaining. And any thoughts on what we should plan on reseraching next. We should compare notes about what the other civs are doing.

    And oh yes - RolePlay offered us literature this turn. We need to discuss both RP and GoW and how we keep them from getting wind of, and getting upset with, our trading relationship.

    We have not mentioned philosophy to anyone at this point in time.

    Regards - from a sombre Beta.

  • #2
    Holy crap!

    So is the deed done yet, or is Vox moving their troops into place now? I'm assuming Lux did not have any defense, and Vox just walked in. Is this correct?


    Dominae
    And her eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming...

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    • #3
      ACK! That means no BOB minimap or full map...

      (is it legal to allow refugees from Portia to flee south with their Maps?)

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Aeson
        ACK! That means no BOB minimap or full map...

        (is it legal to allow refugees from Portia to flee south with their Maps?)
        They couldn't have waited three ****ing turns? (or however long til we got mm)

        Jesus

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        • #5
          Portia was undefended when we took our last turn, and had a Voxian spearman next to it. Vox's turn is before Lux's. (Or, more correctly, was before Lux's.) I wonder whether Vox thought to grab Lux's newly built worker with their warrior before reclaiming the city.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by nbarclay
            Portia was undefended when we took our last turn, and had a Voxian spearman next to it. Vox's turn is before Lux's. (Or, more correctly, was before Lux's.) I wonder whether Vox thought to grab Lux's newly built worker with their warrior before reclaiming the city.
            knowing vox, my guess would be no.

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            • #7
              Trip tried to be much too clever for his own good. I suspected this might happen when Trip was wailing about how hard done by Lux was... after Vox threw them the life line, they were ungrateful at the price of the rescue.

              Ces't le vie. One of the Euros may feel free to correct my butchered French.
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              • #8
                The question now is, are we going to take in any of its members?

                I see on the main page that Ixnay is looking for a new team, I think that he would be a decent addition, and I would be that he has all the lux maps saved. (is that legal?)

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                • #9
                  btw, I reviewed the Lux member list. Some of them may wish to join other teams...

                  Apocalypse would be OK. Although, I don't think I've seen him around at all lately. He is not a big Civ3 personage. He has been around the boards for a long time though.

                  BigFurryMonster. He would be welcome in my book. Very dedicated and has some talent as evidenced in the ISDG.

                  ixnay. Again, not a big Civ3 person, but a vet of this site and welcome here as far as I am concerned.

                  punkbass2000 and Trip... punkbass I am familiar with from the C3DG. He would be OK. Trip... is Trip. A very dynamic person and someone who could add some spice to GS, assuming he wants to join another team that is. I would want to know more about what others think about either of these two.

                  All this assuming that we want to take on any new members, that is. I assume that some will knock so we should address this.
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                  • #10
                    One potential bit of awkwardness is that any Lux members we let join us will get an inside view of our communications with Vox regarding Lux's survival. We need to make sure we don't let in anyone who won't be able to handle the situation in a mature manner - especially since they will be privy to a good bit of other confidential Storm material.

                    Nathan

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                    • #11
                      Agreed. They must be warned and must agree that the past is the past and that GS claims their loyalty now.

                      That being said, I think the record in this forum would show how far we tried to go out of our way to accomodate Lux, even when conditions were being changed on us, and as a Warrior stood passive and did not strike the blow that Vox finally did.
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                      • #12
                        Knowing their record, I would be hesitant to bring in one of their ambassadors.....

                        What kind of time table are we looking at here? If we are going to offer someone admittance, should we do it in the next day or so, so that we can have our pick? I think we need to get one member, if just to get information.

                        How will this work?

                        We offer, he agrees to the conditions. He exits lux. enters Gs. He can't be a member of two teams simultaneously, can he?

                        Are there rules about downloading some of the information from the lux forum via the new member (taken before he switches officially?)

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                        • #13
                          I second the suggestion to welcome or petition for BigFurryMonster; his talent is evidenced by his contribution in the IDSG. Trip himself can be a handful, but he has good game-sense and thinks outside of the box. Both would be assets to our team (and, like the Great Library, would be useful to get as denial to the other teams).


                          Dominae
                          And her eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming...

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                          • #14
                            I don't mind any of them joining, though I don't know any of them very well. I think we have a sufficiently strong foundation established to keep the focus that has been set for the team regardless.

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                            • #15
                              I guess someone can untop the Lux contact log. It's not like we'll have any pressing need for it now.

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