Succession #2: The Mighty Irish!

[Skeeve]

Redstar:

Great job with the site!!
I love the catch-phrase titles you gave to describe each reign!

I give it 4 cools

- Skeeve

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[This message has been edited by Skeeve (edited May 17, 2001).]

[Skeeve]

Question for Redstar:

I'm still trying to figure out why Sean II's reign as Apolyton XI
was called "The Child Apolyton".

I'm wracking my brain but can't figure it out. What was that about?
- Skeeve

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[redstar1]

Ok, I'll give you a hint.... here are the two relevant passages from his Chronice:

100 BC; Apolyton XI wrestles command of the greek nation from his rivals.

and

1 AD; A new calender system is adopted to mark the 100th birthday of Sean II.


Ok, any clearer now?

Dave

[David Murray]

Well, I'm going to go and get lumbered up to take over the reigns of power. BTW, I got Age of Empires II yesterday. I thoroughly recommend it to all descerning game-lovers. It knocks the pants off of CTP2.

[David Murray]

*sigh*

You're going to have to be patient with me--my Windows 98 1st Ed machine has been moaning at me for weeks now for a rebuild, and has now started corrupting various DLLs in an effort to persuade me. So I am going to install Second Edition or Millennium this weekend, and I will email and post all the relevant screengrabs and logs early on Saturday. Since I only received the file this afternoon, I believe that falls within my 72-hour time restriction. If not...well tough for me, I suppose. Corrupted files like these can only be fixed by a complete rebuild.

[Mokael]

Redstar -- nice web site! I think I speak for all of us, when I say -- thanx!

David -- good luck with re-install. Everyone knows how f* annoying Microsfot products can be ...

anyhow -- we found Greeks, eh? I say we lay a smack-down on their arses. And sooner the better!

Mok

[Skeeve]

Very Clever!!

I was just going through your web-site again...
I think it's more entertaining to re-read the Chronicles to figure out how you chose the catch-phrases!

A lot of them are very funny and creative!

I especially liked Rhuarc's reign which he never typed a summary, so you wrote "Records lost to History".
"Aabecka the Lazy" was pretty funny, too.
But my favorite, probably because it's my own, is my own reign: "Survies Arms-to-England Scandal". That was based on one little sentence in my summary. Hehe, Good one!

Keep up the good work!

- Skeeve



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[David Murray]

Ah yes, that great bastion of journalistic integrity--the British tabloids. I hear you guys are burning asylum seekers on big crosses over there right now. Or at least, that's what the tabloids would want. ;-)

I'll have my turn completed tomorrow morning!

[Skeeve]

Hey Redstar, How do you do it!??
That is, come up with those catchy - er.. catch-phrases?
"Oil be Back", "Just Deserts" - to name some recent ones.

They are perfect puns for the situation... You should work for a newspaper in coming up with titles!

Once again great job.
- Skeeve

[redstar1]

Lol, comes from reading British tabloids

Dave

[David Murray]

I have passed my file onto the next player and I am now writing up my reign for posting in the forum. It'll take me twenty minutes or so, perhaps.

[David Murray]

The Life and Times of Warlord Murray

Herein lie the chronicles of the amazing feats of wonder achieved
by the third ruler of the almighty Irish civilization, Warlord David
Murray:

[*]3000BC: David Murray, a prominent member of the ruling tribe of the Irish,
seizes upon the anarchy that follows the death of the elderly ruler Redstar1.
His youthful cunning and ruthlessness sees him to rise of the top of the tribe,
his opponents and detractors heads put upon spikes in the village center of
Dublin. No one is messing with this warlord.

[*]Warlord David Muray's first point of call as the Irish ruler is reducing
national rations. "They eat too much and work too little!" he
is famously quoted as saying.[*]The national state of the fledgling Empire is despondent--infrastructure,
military, trade...all in desperate need of development, investment and
research. Warlord Murray sets about not only to expand and conquer, but
also to improve the facilities for the Irish people. Thus, public works
are set at 20 percent. [*]Archers enter into the newly-produced coracle at Waterford, which presently
sets off to the north to explore new lands. [*]The mighty army south advances upon unsuspecting Athens. They stand
no chance against the superior leadership of Warlord Murray[/list]
[*]2975BC: Our might army inches to within a few short miles of Athens. They
still don't expect an attack.[*]2950BC: Athens, the Greek capital, falls! Scores of our warriors fall in
the battle, but the Irish people celebrate a defining victory over malevolent
Greeks! A settler is rush-bought in Dublin.[*]2925BC: Two new settlers move toward greener pastures with plentiful trade
routes. Work now begins on granaries to provide food for the Irish people.[*]2900BC: Greeks refuse a ceasefire offer for 100 gold. They must have a death
wish or something. Warlord Murray muses that he wouldn't mind helping them
with that particular wish.[*]2875-2850BC: The Greeks, cap in hand, approach Warlord Murray with a ceasefire
proposal. Murray, being a cunning diplomat, responds in an obsequetious tone
(and to a weak civilization, too) requesting that the Greeks also throw in
their map as part of the deal. They accept. Four Greek cities are found--Sparta,
Corinth, Olympia and Troy.[*]2825BC: A farm is constructed near Dublin. Warlord Murray assigns people
in all of his cities to become farmer specialists and bolster the growth of
the civilization. Another part of his reforms is to change the research from
slave labor to jurisprudence, so that the Irish can acquire the knowledge
of trade and become the richest civilization in the world.[*]2800BC: Tribesmen report in awe that Napoleon Bonaparte has begun work on
Chichén Itza. Waterfod starts working on a granary, while Athens trains
archers.[*]2775BC: Cork and Limerick are founded. Dublin rush-buys its granary. [*]2750BC: Barbarian warriors approach the newly-build Limerick--just as well
that archers accompanying the settler were deployed in the city! Exploring
warriors are ambushed by barbarians in ruins southwest of Athens.[*]2725BC: Limerick easily repels the barbarian raiders. Research on trade
begins. The national euphoria at the state of the economy and the war against
Greece allows Warlord Murray to surreptitiously lower the national wage.[*]2700BC: Nzinga of the Nigerians begins work on Chichén Itza. Dublin
responds by beginning work on the Pyramids.[*]2675BC: Workers in Cork begin to riot. Their ungrateful ways and slavish
adherence to their own interests disgusts Warlord Murray, who promptly arranges
for units to be sent to Cork to initiate martial law.[*]2650BC: Attila is nearing completion of the Ramayana. The exploring coracle
finds a new shoreline far north to Ireland's own borders. [*]2625BC: Warriors and archers assimilate near Sparta to form a second mighty
army. Blarney begins construction of a new settler. A farm is build near Waterfod.[*]2600BC: Barbarians approach Dublin. A small army sallies forth from Dublin
and kills the barbarians.[*]2575BC: Attila completes construction of Ramayana. Greece refuse to pay
us tribute and so our mighty army invades Sparta. Warlord Murray faces a humiliating
defeat when he immediately calls on his troops to retreat, noticing that Sparta
is extremely well-defended. It would take a mixed army of twelve units to
comfortably take Sparta. No major losses are incurred in the battle. In an
effort to regain respect from his people, and to quell the ongoing riot in
Cork, Warlord Murray raises food rations.[*]2550BC: Bronze working is discovered in a ruined city on the island north
to our borders.[*]2525BC: Zmucane has almost build the Pyramids. Dublin changes build orders
to a settler unit instead. As barbarians approach the city of Waterford, Warlord
Murray sets out on a heroic mission to repel them with only a handful of his
strongest warriors...unfortunately, he does not even make it out of his palace,
collapsing with heart attack.[/list]


Doctors posthumously attribute his heart attack to over-eating
and a lack of work.






Here is the screenshot of our latest territory:

[This message has been edited by David Murray (edited May 19, 2001).]

[Mokael]

so, the Athens is our, eh? Good job! And we how have bronze working -- yheaa!

[vilius]

vilius was HE and HE was vilius.

HE came from a distant village named Cork. It's said that HIS charisma and ability in magic
of fishing gave HIM enough power to become a new leader.

2500BC The Great Fisherman starts development of huge nets near Cork. This was done in order to satisfy an upcoming demand of HIS new invention called sushi.
Porbably unsafe streets of Cork made Vilius eyes open to already existing magic's like bronze -HE starts taking total advantage of it in Athens.
Also we receive rumors about city of Olympia being overrun by Zeus himself (there are rumors that barbarians have also occupied great city of Ottawa, which was famous as home
of Ramayana).
[note: Olympia looks defenseless, so does Corinth; David, can you confirm this is not some corruption in my copy of saved game? =]

2475BC No one has tried sushi yet. 25years of promises, but we still believe.
HE orders to stop pretending being farmers in Dublin and Waterfront since we have real farms there.

2450BC Chichen of Mayans completes Pyramids. HE refuses to understand the meaning of such an irrational waste of resources;
HIS ego seems to be under control even if building Chichen Itza
not in Chichen would be very...poetic?
Instead, HE conquers Olympia! Rumors say that HE used some magic and not a soldier died in this conquest.
People of Cork start enjoying sushi.. They seem to quite like it -HE wants to share this magnificent food with everyone. Starting from HIS cousin in Blarney.

2425BC Athens are now safe from bloodthirsty Greek barbarians -HE gave us an army specialized
to defend!

2400BC HE thinks greeks are not bloodthirsty, they're - stupid. They start Itza.

2375BC Greeks think too much of themselves - they still don't agree that Athens are righteously ours!

2350BC HE moves HIS family back to Cork, since it's got much better defenders now. We will never know what Greek bowmen wanted near Athens - they've been slaughtered by HIS great 'tactical magic'!

2325BC Greeks refuse to give anything of use, so HE takes Corinth. No blood spilled again!

3200BC HE shares with us the knowledge of charisma magic - Drama, but HE asks us to stop killing greek men for a while - we agree to cease fire.

2275BC Riots in Olympia! The Home of Zues is too far from happiness of Dublin. People are getting suspicious - HE starts spending more time and money in Olympia, Corinth and Athens.

2250BC HE starts planning new settlements southwest of Dublin.

2225BC HE receives a greeting from people very far in the north west. They call themselves french.
HE does an unheard before - sends a gift to an enemy!

2200BC A war with Greece has been declared - we've reached outskirts of Troy - very distant greek city.

2175BC Greek stop Itza, they're facing our mighty armies and HIS magic! Our armies slaughter puny greek forces near Sparta. We take Troy - No blood, just magic again.

2125BC We find French being a peaceful nation, HIS gift has not been forgotten - we sign peace treaty.
We agree to stop fighting greeks, they provide us with their map - Sparta is the only greek island in our Irish sea!

2100BC Diplomacy gives it's sweet fruits - we exchange maps with french: we now know that Spain is north of them and we could expect Nigerian people somewhere northwest of France.

2075BC Galway has been founded. -It connects Greek lands into our empire.
First thief sentenced to death in Blarney.

2000BC After years and years of leading, entertaining, teaching and making use of what's have been already taught HE leaves our world in peace and prosperity...

Pyramids got build, Ramayana is being wasted by barbarians.
We should get Trade next turn.
Problem: 10 cities already - use that settler with caution.


Also, I don't see reasons not to publish the whole save game..

http://vilius.com/Succes-Iris-2000BC

http://vilius.com/Succes-Iris-2500BC

v

[Mokael]

all hail Him, the Great Fisherman!


anyhow, we've come the full circle (sort of). Here's the list, in case u forgot:

1) tedwright@email.msn.com
2) Mokael - Mokael@aol.com
3) Redstar1 - david.archibald@btinternet.com
4) David Murray - david@windygates.com
5) Vilius - ctp@vilius.com


now, I assume that you (Vilius) send the file to Ted. Let's hope he'll be able to get it runing this time (I'll e-mail him, or somethin')



P.S. in case u (I mean all of ya) didn't know -- Skeeve asked for help in supervising succession games, and I volunteered. Unless Skeeve wants it back, I'll run this show. for awhile.