Game Three!!

[Darkknight]

Well I can finally post here wow! Apolyton was down all of yesterday, well fo four hours anyway

Darkknight II is forced into power as a punishment for hacking into Wombats civ2 game and causing the AI to cheat wildly!

1AD: roads built to Jonnyopolis and Young NSW.
20AD: Snorf builds a settler. Settlers eager to get out of Snorf.
40AD: Tech goal set to hullmaking as Darkknight feels we need to meet new nations and steal the techs.
60AD: Xpertland riot due to boredom. A shrine is ordered to be to keep them busy building it
80AD: exploring continues, explorers seek to sail as far from Aussieland as possible.
100AD: Settler being sent to the SE.
120AD: Ballistics discovered, people start using bows in Iratland in lack of other things to do.
140AD: Snorf to build archers, roadbuilding continues toward aaagh!
160AD: Darkabode built in SE citizens feel that they may be able to liven up their town by putting cobbles on the roads.
180AD: Iratland set to build a ballista tower.
200AD: Snorf and Young NSW set to build ballista towers.

Darkknights sentence has been suspended as the court feels he has suffered too much already. The state is to pay for his stay in the mental home.


Sorry about playing 200AD by mistake, but nothing much happened anyway, as usual.

[Sean]

Here begins the transcript....

After Darkknights shorten sentence the Australians are short one leader...They call one the promise that the old Hermit Sean made some 2000yrs ago, (Just goes to show what healthy living can do for you ). Sean Agrees to become temporary leader again for ten turns (no one amongst the people understands what he he is talking about, but he is very wise, so they accept.) But for some strange reason everyone calls him Sean II (?!?) though he is infact the same Sean as Sean I....

Started 220ad finished 420 ad.

1) Road completed to Aarrgh. Darkknights good work is completed. The boats continue to explore the continental shelf...largely in vain.
2) Sean rights a history of Australian War and Conflict. It is short. It only includes the Military Brilliance of Darkknight I (until he turn suicidal ) and Seans own military Genious, as the two leaders saved the early Australian civilisation from wave after wave of Barbarian Hordes. Nothing Happens.
3) Road started and completed to Darkabode. Darkabode riots, until Sean sorts it out.
4) New construction ques started in Rooville and Xpertland.
5-6) Sean, despite his great age and wisdom, (or maybe because of it ) becomes addicted to a game called Civ II that was 'lying around the palace". Nothing Happens.
7) Transalpine Pass started between Snorf and Rooville. Not completed.
8) Iratland is ordered to build a settler. Sean believes this settler unit can be sent to the southern chain of islands to found another city, and stretch our empire over the seas....NB, Iratland has built all buildings so has qued a caravan next.
9-10) Sean grows tired of his position, and of life...he begans to fade away...And the Story of Sean the Wise becomes a tale of myth and legend...

11) Philosophy discoved (So stuff that Iratland can now build). I choose Monarchy, instead of continuing our goal to Hullmaking, for Obvious reason. But it is up to David to decide, cause this really is the strart of his turn...I only choose an option so I could save the game.

Note, we are really falling behind in the wonder race. We are also bottom on the power graph

[Skeeve]

Even though things look bleak for us in comparison to other Civs, it really isn't all that bad. Remember, that the CTP2 AI is so dumb, that they will never launch a concentrated attack.

At worst, they'll drop off 3 or 4 units. We'll mount an effective defense, defeat them, they'll drop off 3 or 4 units, and repeat.

If the AI had any brains at all, they would send several ships and concentrate an attack force of 12 units to wreak devastation upon us.

It simply won't happen that way.. so we'll just bide our time, steal technology, and slowly gain ground.

By the way, have we reached the 10-city threshold of happiness allowed by Tyranny yet? If so, Monarchy is probably a good move to research.

- Skeeve

[Skeeve]

NOTICE:

Please Include Gazablanca as our 15th Player.
And OmniGod as our 16th Player.
Below is the updated list of players:

1) Skeeve - Scanga@aol.com
2) Berxpert - Berxpert@yahoo.com
3) Immortal Wombat - Weaver1@tinyworld.co.uk
4) Darkknight - Gondhi_dm@hotmail.com
5) Sean - Kimpton@xtra.co.nz
6) David_Murray - david@windygates.co.uk
7) bj - blakjack@planetquake.com
8) Phoenixcager - Phoenixcager@yahoo.com
9) me_irate - me_irate@hotmail.com
10) Jackazzstudent - adambrobinson@msn.com
11) Johnny - Jonny11788@aol.com
12) rooboy - arb77@optushome.com.au
13) pilfur - twaterman@execulink.com
14) Vivala - jbnhl@hotmail.com
15) Gazablanca - gazbeans@blueyonder.co.uk
16) OmniGod - rsaari@alumni.uwaterloo.ca

- Skeeve

[Sean]

Hi Guys,

David just e-mailed me...he can not play his turn untill the weekend (computer problems). So he asked me to the foward the file onto the next player, (bj, its on the way). However, he is keen to play after bj if thats alright and then return to the normal order, ie he passes it onto Phoenixcager. My personal opinion is that id you miss a turn, your out for that round (its just easier!). But I'll leave it up to the discreation of bj and subsequant players to decide.

Sean.

[jackazzstudent]

Gentlemen and Gentlewomen (?),

I'm afraid I will have to leave the game, and aren't you glad I am just AFTER the updated email list was sent. I start work in a new city within a week so who knows when I'll be online etc. Thanks for the good times and good luck conquering the world with the ASStralians.

Adam

[OmniGod]

Yes..... my turn is coming.... I want to rule... I want to disband the capitals.... I want carnage and hordes of barbarians running through the streets.... Maybe.... thank goodness today isn't my turn or else this might be the reality

[Skeeve]

Another Notice:

Due to Jackazzstudent leaving the game, here's the new list:
(We'll miss you Jackazz, good luck in your new endeavors!)

1) Skeeve - Scanga@aol.com
2) Berxpert - Berxpert@yahoo.com
3) Immortal Wombat - Weaver1@tinyworld.co.uk
4) Darkknight - Gondhi_dm@hotmail.com
5) Sean - Kimpton@xtra.co.nz
6) David_Murray - david@windygates.co.uk
7) bj - blakjack@planetquake.com
8) Phoenixcager - Phoenixcager@yahoo.com
9) me_irate - me_irate@hotmail.com
10) Johnny - Jonny11788@aol.com
11) rooboy - arb77@optushome.com.au
12) pilfur - twaterman@execulink.com
13) Vivala - jbnhl@hotmail.com
14) Gazablanca - gazbeans@blueyonder.co.uk
15) OmniGod - rsaari@alumni.uwaterloo.ca

[Darkknight]

I was getting confused when I logged on then, suddenly CTP2 forums had been split up into 4 again and I couldn't even find Game three thread in the multiplayer forum. Then I realised I was reading the CTP1 forums.

Well I'm off back to Castle Marrach for a while.

[bj]

FYI I have a Microeconomics exam this Tuesday. Flinders uni SA, 2nd year. Im doing BIT and eco is an elective, carried on from when i did it in high school. I doubt i'll be doing any more of it

the reason for this post though is that AFAIK i dropped out of all succession games, for various reasons-mainly time. But i've since received two succession games via email so maybe i didnt make it clear i cant play. Soz. This is the only thread i could track down where i recently been mentioned. if theres another Im sure someone will read this. apologies to those waiting on me

[Sean]

Bj/everyone,

I vaguely remember you mentioning that, and wondered if it was worthwhile sending you the gamefile. But your name was on the e-mail list....Skeeve, whats going on?!?

Anyway, the solution seems simple enough, David should play his turn (I'll e-mail him), and then foward it onto Phoenixcager.

Maybe someone can actually play a turn at some stage...

Sean.

"The Old Grump".

[me_irate]

sean, did you email david the file right after you finished your turn? If thats the case it is way past the 72 hour rule. So maybe send it off to the player after him if we dont hear from him soon.

[Sean]

me_irate,

Thats the thing, I did e-mail it to the next person, (bj) but he no longer plays succession games. Except we did not relise this! It took him time to get back to us... so we are lightyears beyond the 72 hr rule But David told me some time ago that he would be up and running soon enough, so I thought it better that he not miss a turn, considering the unusual circumstances.

(EDIT: Just checked when I posted my transcript...effectively a week ago!!)

And David has assured me that he will play the game soon. His e-mail arrived approximately 12hrs ago (to me) and he said he would play it after work. So it must be on the way!!!!

[bj]

FYI I was a bit worried bout that exam and I went in to find 7 moderate questions, of which you only had to answer 4! I thought my book was missing pages but apparently not.

In previous years we had to write two essay questions as well as the other stuff. Our lecturer is just easily persuaded and fairly relaxed

Idea: Theres quite a few Aussies/ NZers here, maybe in the future a "local" succession game could be played. Would make things easier on timezones etc. The 72 hour rule could probably be reduced too. Other areas might be interested in this too, for instance the British Isles?

Hey you might even find this would be perfect for a simultaneous competition - just looking at this page you could have Australasia/Asia VS Europe Vs North America, Im sure there'd be enough interested persons.

But for now Im elsewhere.

[phoenixcager]

Does David know I'm next, since bj's not playing?