50ad (30): Orders, Results, Discussion

[Togas]

post away

[Hot Mustard]

We've been saying this for 3 turns now, but I think this turn may be the most important one.

- we'll find out if ND attacked our mega-stack
- we'll should be able to retake Leon, and move between Zaragoza/Santiago*
- we'll see what ND shipped to Sevilla
- we'll see the aftermath of the GoW assault on GS at
Toledo

*This will force ND to attack the mega-stack or watch it head northwards.

Everyone cross your fingers and pray!

[BigFree]

"mega-stack"

It's impressive, but not "mega" material.

[GodKing]

Yup. I'd call it the Nice and Semi Scary stack... We should also rename a unit calling it General of Army #3 or something to try and get them to think that this is one of three such stacks. Doubt it will work but... well... use any and all means at ones dispsal.

[BigFree]

Good idea GK!

Let's get those Arabs on the retreat!

[Hot Mustard]

GoW just received the save, which means we'll likely receive it sometime today.

Unfortunately, I am going to my cousin's son's 5th birthday day party. While the party is only scheduled for a few hours, typically once my wife and I are over there, we don't get away until late evening.

So expect the turn chat (to play the save) at the earliest, late tonight, or perhaps tomorrow morning.

I'm off to teach a bunch of screaming 5yr olds how to have fun and make their parents deaf.

[Hot Mustard]

Save is here, we'll play tomorrow morning.

50AD save

Bad news:
-Zaragoza has fallen (of course)
-an ND Scout has pillaged the road NW, NW of Pamplona
-There are 2 Ansars NW, NW of Sevilla
-We did not receive Chivalry or gold from GS this turn

Good news:
-none, really

Toledo did not fall to GoW Riders. However, the fact that GS did not gift us Chiv, gold, or New Madrid back this turn is suspicious - have they been stringing us along the whole time, or perhaps switched sides? As I missed the last chat, perhaps the timelines and plans changed and I'm not aware of it - I'd appreciate any insight others could provide.

Top concerns for this turn:
1) Do we attack Leon with everything we have? As our stack could not reach Zaragoza, ND could have put every available unit towards the defense of Leon. An option would be to attack with a portion of the stack and send the rest up to Zaragoza. This would force them to split their defensive forces.

2) We have 1 spear/1 warrior in Sevilla - it is highly unlikely they will survive a 2 Ansar attack. We have another warrior we could add to the city defense this turn. Suggestions? With 3 targets, they at least would be unable to take the city this turn. However, we might consider fleeing those units towards Merida to make a stand there - it has a pikeman at least.

[History Guy]

have they been stringing us along the whole time, or perhaps switched sides?

I say...

Why is it that I wouldn't be too surprised by this?

[OliverFA]

Just my opinion: They are very likely to have everything in Leon, so it would be a bit of suicide to attack them.

[CiverDan]

We need to contact GS ASAP. Find out what happened. If they are switching sides we are done, though we didn't have that much choice to begin with.. My gut feeling that what they are doing. If they don't it Next turn either then we will know thats what they are doing....

[Nuclear Winter]

I contacted OPD for a small chat (I know I acted incorrectly and I am ready to be punished if needed be) but I think I´ve done nothing wrong.

Session Start: Sun Aug 03 12:11:42 2003
Session Ident: opdaway
NuclearisWinterius> opd
NuclearisWinterius> can we chat a bit
NuclearisWinterius> ?
opdaway> ok
opdaway> whats up?
NuclearisWinterius> Regarding the PTWDG
NuclearisWinterius> we didn´t receive chivalry last turn
NuclearisWinterius> neitehr teh gold
opdaway> and GS were supposed to send you it?
NuclearisWinterius> yes
NuclearisWinterius> and new madrid
NuclearisWinterius> can you check it in your forum fro me please?
opdaway> ok that would be turn 130?
opdaway> ok turn 130 you offered us New madrid and 79g
NuclearisWinterius> a second, checking
opdaway> and monarchy
NuclearisWinterius> yes
NuclearisWinterius> it is 50 A.D. this turn
opdaway> one comment saying we shouldn't worry about which tiles are being wroked as NM will be given back shortly
opdaway> Hmmmn
NuclearisWinterius> hmm, I guess I must have mistaken the turn
NuclearisWinterius> but I guess the gold was for that turn
opdaway> Deep oh is saying we are keeping on to it untill the workers finish the road?
opdaway> *DeepO
NuclearisWinterius> okee dokee
opdaway> ahh have we built the city yet?
NuclearisWinterius> i dunno
NuclearisWinterius> you guys got chivalry already, right
NuclearisWinterius> ?
opdaway> yes
NuclearisWinterius> you guys got chivalry already, right
NuclearisWinterius> NuclearisWinterius> ?
NuclearisWinterius> opdaway> yes
opdaway> lol
NuclearisWinterius> lol
opdaway> whose is the other room?
NuclearisWinterius> eh?
opdaway> you copying this into another irc channel?
NuclearisWinterius> no, when I do that I use the log files
opdaway> ah ok
opdaway> theres a message asking whats going on with RP this turn
opdaway> you've had the save for half a day and still no word
NuclearisWinterius> Togas left for a trip, so we were working on slow speed and kind of out of contact
NuclearisWinterius> we were kind of expecting to upgrade some knights...
NuclearisWinterius> is there anyone from your team online?
opdaway> I'll give NYE a prod
NuclearisWinterius> well it´s ok
opdaway> sorry I can't be of more help
NuclearisWinterius> NP
opdaway> send a pm to shiber
NuclearisWinterius> we just got a bit sad coz we had some plans for the knights already
NuclearisWinterius> you want me to Pm shiber or are you saying you are sending a PM to shiber?
opdaway> you pm him
NuclearisWinterius> ok

I am not PMing Shiber, Pms are more oficial (I suggest saomeone who is a diplomat really takes care of this matter soon), I guess this chat didn´t cause any problem and even helped spain a bit. If I did anything wrong please let me know what was it, I´ll try my best to correct it and I´ll accept any punishment the team finds fit.

[Nuclear Winter]

Aeson is online, if someone form our team is still here, can chat to him

[Hot Mustard]

We had a power outage last night. After much investigation (software, cables, resets), I just finally figured out that it killed a port on my router.

Thankfully I have a couple spare ones, so I'm reconnected.

I'm in chat.

[Hot Mustard]

Okay, I'm in civ3rp and milOps. NW is here, along with nathan and zeit from GS.

We're going to start the cat bombardment.

[Hot Mustard]

50 AD Turn Report

NuclearWinter, mrmitchell and WhiteBandit made appearances at the chat, which was otherwise just myself, some GS members (Aeson, nbarclay, nye, Zeit, Shiber), and Trip.

Builds
Pamplona completes Horseman, starts Pike
Sevilla completes Warrior, starts Spear
Merida completes Pike, starts Pike
Cordoba completes Warrior, starts Spear

GoW Scouting
Moved a horse from Pamp 966 and then back to Pamp - this scouting uncovered the GoW Riders (all 14 of them) 2 (S) from Toledo. Only one has been damaged by the GS Cats - the elite is at 4/5.

Leon Attack

Pre-Bombardment:
Order of the True Cross - attacked a 4/4 Pike - lost - took foe down to 2/4 - 4/4 forted Pike showing

Bombardment:
3rd Cat killed Leon citizens
4th Cat hit a Pike (down to 3/4 - 4/4 forted Pike showing)
And the rest Failed.

Post-Bombardment:
Order of the Jaguar - attacked a 4/4 Pike - lost - took foe down to 3/4 - 3/4 forted Pike showing

The Crusaders - attacked a 3/4 Pike - lost - took foe down to 1/4, but it got promoted (2/5) - 3/4 forted Pike showing

Christ's Martyrs - attacked a 3/4 Pike - won - no HP lost - 4/4 forted MedInf showing

Brotherhood of the Sacred Cup - attacked 4/4 MedInf - won - down to 2/4 - 4/4 forted Ansar showing

Inquistion of the faithful - attacked 4/4 Ansar - won - down to 3/4 - 4/4 forted Ansar showing

Order of the Holy Spirit - attacked 4/4 Ansar - won - down to 1/4 - 4/4 forted MedInf showing

The Templars - attacked 4/4 MedInf - won - down to 1/3, got promoted (2/4) - 3/3 unforted MedInf showing

Spanish Martyrs - attacked 3/3 MedInf - lost - foe lost no HP

Pikes of Innocence - attacked Scout - won

Leon stack is now:
7 Pikes, 2 reg (all healthy)
8 Cats
6 MedInf (4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 2/4, 2/5, 1/4)

Sevilla area
Moved warrior into Sevilla
Forted Pike in Merida
Move Pike 1 tile out of Salamanca, in case needed in Merida
Moved 3 workers deep into mountains for their safety

Naval
Santa Maria 4/4 - attacked 3/3 GoW galley - lost - took foe down to 1/3

We are still Average to ND, Weak to GoW