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[Verjigorm]

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[Eximius Sus]

Oh my. I think I better explain to my friend that he has enemies now. I think he might have missed that point. But frankly, Marverni has this game won if he had just declared his VPs. What is he playing? He's got near all the vps in hand for many turns and hasn't declared them? He's just waiting for the rest of the players to fart around fighting each other then he'll do a VP rush and win. The rest of you should be quite concerned.


Of course my friend running Kailasa is doing some spin doctoring. It's just sensible. Do you have a chance to stop the Marverni VP rush? If not you should join with Kailasa in any attempt to slow the hegemony of Marverni. Don't be fooled. Marnerni is trying to distract you from the real threat.

[Eximius Sus]

PS: Why listen to Verjigorm. He's kaput.

[Verjigorm]

lol. You listen to me because you know I'm right. Even if you decide to side with Kailasa against Marverni, you still shouldn't let them have the Nexus. Therefore, even if you don't like Marverni and want to crush them, you still have an obligation to your own personal survival in the future to destroy the Nexus.

You surely don't need Kailasa to have the Nexus in order to destroy Marverni large though they are...

[Eximius Sus]

Originally Posted by Verjigorm

You surely don't need Kailasa to have the Nexus in order to destroy Marverni large though they are...

What you need is someone to do something to stop Marverni. At least Kailasa made a move. I suggest the other players join him and negotiate for a reasonable time to drop the nexus after Marverni is managed.

[Eximius Sus]

It's not all that hard to get rid of the Nexus. Just find the caster and kill him. I'll give you a hint. He's got a lot of astral.

[TwoBits]

Oh well, it looks like it's a done deal anyway. I figure Abysia at least, and probably Helheim, have cut a deal for a share of the Nexus, and left the other powers dangling.

And though I've certainly waited too long, I guess I better start declaring my VPs now, while I still have them!

Um, I'm still way behind on my sleep, and while I can get in a minimum turn in the next hour and a half, it will be nowhere close to what needs to be done to deal with the crap-storm heading my way.

So Hoplo, if you see this, can you give me another 24 hours? Sorry guys for the delays though - but once I get my rest this weekend, and recover from the jet-lag, I'll be back to my normal pace, I promise!

Better PM Hoplo now...

[Hoplosternum]

Oops. Sorry I was catching up on my sleep. I have added a probably unnecessary 24 hours to the next turn.

And as we have been doing a lot of open diplomacy on the thread I'll add some of my own thoughts. It might not be a bad idea for powers to do their own diplomacy rather than trust the musings of powers long past their prime or friends of those who caste obnoxious globals

While most of the remaining powers have some chance of victory some have more of a chance than others Not really sure that I care that about the arcane nexus as long as its not in the hands of one of the two big powers at this point. Still PMs are always appreciated And so my own high level astral caster remains busy casting Vine Man as everyone knows that is the real root to victory....

[Hoplosternum]

Oh current (Turn 69) VP Totals (I think!)

Arcoscophale (Verjigorm) 54
Ermor (Stagger) 5
Maverni (TwoBits) 6 (3+3)

Please can Maverni declare the VP provinces he has?

Let me know if I've missed any....

[TwoBits]

Originally Posted by Hoplosternum

Oh current (Turn 69) VP Totals (I think!)

Arcoscophale (Verjigorm) 54
Ermor (Stagger) 5
Maverni (TwoBits) 6 (3+3)

Please can Maverni declare the VP provinces he has?

Let me know if I've missed any....

I've got 83, 124, and 134.

BTW, anyone read the description on my new prophet? I've never seen that before! Looks like Lucterius will have to work hard to keep up his reputation