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Frozen Lama · #61 November 20th, 2009, 11:34 PM

Just thought i'd mention- Marverni is not going AI. I shall return them to greatness. Waaaagh!

go 8k gold saved up!

Trumanator · #62 November 30th, 2009, 03:41 PM

The stalwart people of Ulm will assist their brethren in Marverni in eliminating the stain of the giants!

shard · #63 November 30th, 2009, 08:46 PM

From the OP:

- Diplomacy policy: Treaties are not unbreakable, so all you have to trust is the other nation's word. However, diplomacy and planning must be done by in-game messages, representing the time it takes to deliver a message by the means available. Magic isn't infallible as anyone who has given any mage a specific script knows.

Trumanator · #64 November 30th, 2009, 09:44 PM

Declaring war must be done by in-game message? Most of the time there isn't any declaration at all. RP has never been considered wrong.

shard · #65 November 30th, 2009, 11:36 PM

Probably could do with some clarification from Starshine_Monarch.

However I'm treating the game as pretty much like a game against the AI but with the realisation that my neighbours are somewhat sentient. Also as I don't have to check PMs, chat on IRC etc the only external interaction out-of-game I need is e-mailing my turn to Llamaserver. Its like RAND but with potential for some simple diplomacy.

Frozen Lama · #66 November 30th, 2009, 11:43 PM

so i think he's saying that he doesn't think you should have announced to the world that you and neif were fighting. seems a little petty to me, but i could be technically against the rules.

shard · #67 December 1st, 2009, 02:52 AM

Well I'm not saying its wrong; you can do it in-game as well by sending a message 'to all'

I believe the rationale behind it is similar to games like http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=43097
and other RAND games; however in this case as we know who the players are at least we can still use the board for stuff like asking for extensions + the admin can play the game too etc. I think there was another variation where all diplomacy could only be done publicly on the messageboard.

Starshine_Monarch · #68 December 5th, 2009, 06:17 PM

The communications thing was really more of an experiment. I wanted to see how limiting comms to in-game messages would affect strategy and planning between players.

I'd have preferred all messages pertaining to diplomacy and strategy be kept in-game, but that's really not something I can enforce. Please try to keep it in game from now on, Trumanator, as well as the rest of us.

Trumanator · #69 December 8th, 2009, 09:24 PM

Water pipe burst right over Frozen's computer, so he will probably need a delay until he can figure out a way to get his turns done.

Starshine_Monarch · #70 December 8th, 2009, 09:50 PM

Damn, that sucks. Game has been delayed 24 hours. Just ask if you need more.