Cradle to the Grave--for noobies with a record of no staling--FULL - Page 27

jimbojones1971 · #**261** March 1st, 2011, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Numahr

OK guys,

After a last attempt to break the Ermorian army besieging our fortified cave, Zend Kuh has lost any hope on this plane. I therefore turn Agartha AI. There is really nothing left to do with it.

I am sad to leave you but it was a nice game. I had one very unluck event on year 1, and then got double rushed by my neighbors. I have to say that Vanilla MA Agartha is *not* the best nation to resist rushes (CBM is very different in that perspective), which was made worse by a rather long-term pretender design, even though Zendkuh played a key role in a few battles. Being rushed, I focused on one of my opponents, and we had 2-3 very nice battles, my key defeat being a whooping epic duel that i will remember, with Zenkuh fighting to the bitter end with a handful of golems and keeping up Raising Dead against all odds. My last hopes of revival went away with Ermor's victories against Marignon, and I must now start packing for Tartarus.

Fellow Pretenders, Farewell! May the best win!

Farewell Zend Kuh, it was a good fight I have to say :-)

earwicker7 · #**262** March 1st, 2011, 10:38 AM

Sorry to see you go, Agartha.

It's only a few hours before hosting, and 1/3 of the players haven't turned in anything, so I'm going to go ahead and add an extra 12 hours just in case so that there are no stales.

jimbojones1971 · #**263** March 1st, 2011, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by earwicker7

Sorry to see you go, Agartha.

It's only a few hours before hosting, and 1/3 of the players haven't turned in anything, so I'm going to go ahead and add an extra 12 hours just in case so that there are no stales.

Thanks for adding the extension, the game is much better with as few stales as possible.

earwicker7 · #**264** March 1st, 2011, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbojones1971

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Originally Posted by earwicker7

Sorry to see you go, Agartha.

It's only a few hours before hosting, and 1/3 of the players haven't turned in anything, so I'm going to go ahead and add an extra 12 hours just in case so that there are no stales.

Thanks for adding the extension, the game is much better with as few stales as possible.

Agreed... there can be a major swing in power just from one missed turn.

jimbojones1971 · #**265** March 2nd, 2011, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by earwicker7

Agreed... there can be a major swing in power just from one missed turn.

Yeah, and TBH, even when that swing favours you, it is a really unsatisfactory way to win.

earwicker7 · #**266** March 2nd, 2011, 01:23 PM

Looks like we lost Pythium... it was good to know you.

Korwin · #**267** March 2nd, 2011, 03:28 PM

BTW. who killed P.?

earwicker7 · #**268** March 2nd, 2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Korwin

BTW. who killed P.?

Ashdod.

earwicker7 · #**269** March 3rd, 2011, 05:44 PM

Well, everyone, I've had to come to a fairly painful decision about continuing to play Dominions. It's flat out the second-best game I've ever played, with #1 being Demon's Souls. I love playing it; in fact, I'd say I'm addicted to it... and therein lies the problem.

When I started playing the game, I had a lot of free time. My job is somewhat seasonal... I'm employed full-time, year-round, but the company I work with runs two music venues; from fall to spring, we run a 2,000 seat hall, but in the summer, we run an 18,000 seat outdoor venue. Basically, since I started playing in late summer/early fall, I usually had at least a couple of hours of downtime each day at work to play the game (my boss is cool like that). But for the last two weeks, I've rarely had more than ten or fifteen minutes, and as summer kicks in full-swing, that will go down to zero.

If I weren't a single parent, that probably wouldn't be an issue, but I only have about half an hour of free-time during the week, and sometimes none at all. It's at the point where I've been waking up an hour earlier than normal to try to squeeze in turns, and even then, it's tight. I'm also writing a novel right now, and I realized that, because of Dominions taking up all my free-time, I've only written one page in the last two weeks.

The final straw for me was looking at this turn, and knowing that I still had at least half an hour to an hour's worth of play before I finished it, but had no time before the deadline to do it. For a brief minute, I thought to myself, "You know, maybe I don't really need to go to my daughter's orientation meeting about her upcoming first year in junior high." I realized I was getting ready to put the game before family, and that's when I decided that this game is so time-consuming that it's interfering with my life.

So I'm going to have to bow out of Dominions for the time being. I'll miss it... horribly so. I honestly thought this was a game I'd play for years, but real life isn't allowing it. Maybe I'll be able to come back at the end of the summer, although it would only be in those "Real Life" games where there is only a turn every ten days or so.

I'll do my best to quickly find a sub; for now, I'll put hosting on hold. If any of you would like to be the admin, just contact me.

I'll miss you guys

kennoseishin · #**270** March 3rd, 2011, 07:05 PM

It's a tough choice, but it sounds like you're making the right decision earwicker7. I hope all goes well for you.

And honestly, I need to look for a sub, too. When I agreed to sub, I had no idea how micro-heavy arcos was, especially mid-game with a large map. I've treated my past turns with not much more enthusiasm than coursework, and that's just not right for something meant to be recreational.