Playing With Fire - Full (Finished, R'lyeh Wins) Thread - Dominions 3: The Awakening

Name of the Game - PlayingWithFire
Network or PBEM - Llamaserver PBEM
Hosting Schedule - 48 hours first turn, 28 hours thereafter (or as needed)
Number of Players - 13 land (ocean nations allowed but won't have fixed starts, 13 player max)
Skill level - Intermediate
Serious or Casual - Pretty Casual
Age - Middle
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Game Settings
Independent Strength - 6
Research - Standard
Magic Sites - 50
Money - 100
Resources - 100
Supplies - 100
Random Events - Rare
Score Graphs - Enabled
Hall Of Fame - 15
Re-Naming - Allowed
Nation Selection - All, but only 1 or 2 water nations max (NOTE: If you play a water nation you will NOT have a fixed start location!)
Map - Cradle of Ice and Fire (13 fixed starting positions) -- Its on the llamaserver, I don't think you need to download it.
Mods - CMB 1.94
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Victory Conditions - Hold 7 or more capitals (including your own) for three turns
Diplomacy - Nothing is binding, just like real life.
General Rules - Don't be a cheater. Being a jerk is allowed.
Disallowed Exploits - No obvious displays of lameness (filling labs with useless items, glitches, that sort of thing)

Admin - Cassavyr

Player List
1. Cassavyr -- T'ien Ch'i
2. Lumix19 -- Marignon
3. Jaffai --- Pythium
4. minko123 -- Shinuyama
5. Phobetor -- C'tis
6. Ossa -- Ulm
7. amuys -- Agartha
8. Oscarius -- R'lyeh
9. Condom_Of_Cruelty -- Ermor
10. CaptainNemo -- Arcosephale
11. tenuki -- Caelum
12. Joonai -- Pangaea
13. SenorOcho -- Abysia

If you don't know how to use the llamaserver, here's a guide

Make sure you have the CBM 1.94 mod running when you make your god, or it will just be a pathless archmage at the start of the game.

Yep. I copied and pasted. Not ashamed either.

If anyone wants to change their race let me know. You all are free to post pretenders. I'm gonna put a deadline on Sunday, 8pm, Eastern USA time. We'll start the game on Monday.

Edited by: Cassavyr

Hi, Maybe you can clue me in to how this works. Was there a dedicated signup thread elsewhere for your game or is there some other way it's done? I've been looking to play a game and thought you merely had to be johnny on the spot before they filled up, but seeing this makes me think I am missing some important aspect?

Thanks

Yushal wrote: Hi, Maybe you can clue me in to how this works. Was there a dedicated signup thread elsewhere for your game or is there some other way it's done? I've been looking to play a game and thought you merely had to be johnny on the spot before they filled up, but seeing this makes me think I am missing some important aspect?

Thanks

In the case of this particular game all the spots are pre-filled because the game started over a week ago, but needs to be re-started as a bug occured (and the admin decided a new thread for the restart).

The usual process for signing up for MP games is pretty much to be "johnny on the spot" as you mention. If you are looking for a game though then I have just created a new game here which you are welcome to sign-up for.

Great. That's a relief. Thank you.

Would it be alright if I switch to Abysia? It seems appropriate, given the title.

Edited by: SenorOcho

I have no objections to that. And to anyone else who wants to switch race, that extends out to you as well, provided the race has not been taken, of course. Just notify me here and I'll change it on the board.

Edited by: Cassavyr

My pretender's been re-sent, and I'm good to go with Pangea again.

Incidentally, the title of this game is reminding me that I need to get the last of the "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" movies.

Haha nice. I've haven't seen them yet. Gonna watch the originals, not the American remakes.

The US re-makes aren't "bad" by any means, but they're shot with a more refined, cleaner aesthetic which kind of removes the dark, disturbing atmosphere of the subject matter. I like both versions, but definitely prefer the originals.

That's pretty much what I'd heard.

Well, it looks like the deadline is going to be missed for submitting pretenders. We're still three players down. At 8pm, I'll PM the three players, but what do y'all think about starting without, waiting, or getting new players, respectively? I personally have little reservations to any of the options.

No excuse for NOT submitting pretenders for a game restarting. Go ahead without them.

No strong feelings here, but I don't see a reason to wait very long. There's been enough time since the last game got buggy.

Jaffai was slow to get his pretender in last time, too-- yet he's pretty much always on the IRC. Weird.

Not sure on the other two.

Pretender sent, sorry for the delay.

Looks like we're only short one pretender; I'm fine with either recruiting another player or sending a final reminder to the previous player, but I'd say we should set one final deadline in a day or so and then go ahead with the game once that deadline is reached, so that everyone isn't kept waiting indefinitely.

Sorry bout that, I"m going to join immediately.

Okie dokie. Since you're active on the thread, you have till tonight at 8. Three hours to submit. Then... it begins. Oh, and so people know, I'll be working all day Tuesday, all night Tuesday and half the day Wednesday, so I may extend the turn length to accommodate. (Military have to pull some shitty shifts at times.)

Wait? Are you from Fort Campbell?

Nope. Camp Lejeune. Marines.

And we're off. I wish us all a good game, free of bs bugs.

Edited by: Cassavyr

Any way we could roll back the last turn. I lost my Internet for a few days. I was trying to get the turn in on time but It seems I missed the deadline...

Hmmm......

"Read this next bit carefully. I seem to be having difficulties explaining it coherently:

Note that once the game is rolled back, it will appear that the game is waiting for 2h files from all players. However, the 2h files from last time the turn was played will in fact be there, and will be used if the game hosts without them being overwritten. This can be useful; often, a game is rehosted in order for only one or two players to retake their turns, while everyone else is expected to make no changes. The game admin can therefore wait till just those players have submitted, and then force hosting. None of the other players will stale (assuming they actually submitted a 2h file last time the turn was played)."

Normally on these grounds I would say yes, however:

"A further reason is a difficulty with game file confusion. Imagine turn 10 has just come out, and someone starts to play the turn. Then the game is rolled back to turn 9, and processed again to make a new turn 10. Unless players delete the 2h file they produced from the original turn 10, Dominions will not know to ignore it and may get seriously confused. This can cause a lot of madness, e.g. soldiers becoming commanders and gaining magic paths, and so on. So if you do do a rollback, make sure to remind players to delete their 2h files."

Because of this, I am very hesitant. I can't assume all the players have checked to forum, or will check it. We've already restarted once, so I'm going to say no. Now, I'd like you to consider the fact that last game, I also staled a turn, and did not call for a rollback, so you can know that at the very least I'm not denying you anything I would not deny myself.

If you or anyone else have any serious objections, I'll listen to them. But this is my current decision and why.

Edited by: Cassavyr

Last game I also staled and didnt ask for a rollback, it just happens and itll happen again

However, now Im asking for a turn host extension of 36 hrs. I know its not the best time for an extension because the game just restarted but I cant make the current deadline since Im renovating... Sorry all, I hope this isnt too much of an inconvenience.

Well I'm going to miss this turn too if we don't extend. I'm moving and don't have Internet. I'm trying to use a flash drive and my work computer but I'm all messed up now.

Just ask for extension. 96 hours will be enough?

Alrighty. 96 hour extension. Decreed and done. Game will now host on Monday. Autohosting is off as well.