31-03-2004 01:07									#1111
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	31-03-2004 03:08									#1112
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Assyria continues its expansion:

Assyrian forces have started their assault on the Castle of Ni. The powerfull Battering Rams pulverised the enemy gates, and Swordsmen then quickly occupied the fortress, taking the defenders prisoner. In the distance, insults can be heared from the twin-castle overlooking the desert, in an effort to draw our forces out in the open. Our forces however will not be fooled, and recuperate inside the stronghold before an attack will be launced against the barbarians blocking the road to Moab.The commanding officer send word by pigeon-carrier that his forces would in due time start their attack on the Castle of AAAARRgghh…

Elsewhere in the vast desert mixed results were reported: hostile tribesmen have surrounded Assyrian horsemen, while others shared their humble dwellings with Assyrian scouts, sharing all that they posses…


Greek scouts were encountered in Anatolia, but since no word of the Greek King had been received at the Assyrian Capital, our scouts were ordered to move on and deny plees for talks and wine at the campfire.


Now that the Assyria has fulfilled it's obligations to Hatta, and peace is signed, the Minoans are invited to hold talks, so that peace can be estalished between Assyria and the Minoan peple as well.

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	31-03-2004 03:27									#1113
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Straybow's ship was reported lost in the northern sea. For years the Royal family has offered ransom for his return, sending agents to distant ports. A few pirates made claims that he was numbered among their galley slaves, but payments were answered only by their laughter.

Thanks for the email, SlowThinker. My old computer died. No internet access at work. Had a big ice storm back in January, with folks who lost power for up to a week. My work with the tree service has killed my leisure schedule [rain today, only doing my night job]. Not complaining; I need the moolah.

When I got a new computer I had difficulty getting things transfered over ( #%&* XP).

I haven't even played a computer game since—when I try to relax at the computer I fall asleep. I have yet to d/l the driver I need to make Civ2 run on XP.

	31-03-2004 03:39									#1114
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Really happy to see you back, archer

	31-03-2004 03:50									#1115
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Good to see you, oh wise King Straybow.

I guess you should take it up with Zedd what will happen next with the Hatta Empire.
May the Hatta leave in peace and prosperity!

	31-03-2004 18:44									#1116
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JOY AND BLESSINGS BE COUTED !!!

The people rejoice to hear such news of thier great king.

I will remain in the palace and await your return, your Majesty. I have documents and records that will explain all that transpired durring my stewardship.

	03-04-2004 19:51									#1117
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Beneath the benevolent gaze of Ra, the Nile Kingdom continues to grow and prosper.

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	05-04-2004 12:48									#1118
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I'll post tonight (Slowthinker, germanos, I got your mails, will answer them before I post)

	07-04-2004 16:44									#1119
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The Great King was unable to post because of complications caused by his moving into a new palace.
But a sacrifice to the Great God Mingos speedened up things.

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	08-04-2004 02:58									#1120
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Our apologies for not answering so often and fast. The greek king is somewhat very busy in real life...
No big news in the greek "empire".

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	12-04-2004 10:35									#1121
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An offer is presented to the Minoans.

Please rename *.doc to *.dat in order to get it working

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	12-04-2004 11:07									#1122
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OK, renaming is not very smart

Here is a zipped version.

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	12-04-2004 12:40									#1123
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Technical problems have finally been solved and Minos has the great pleasure to announce that a peace treaty has been signed with Amsu, wise leader of the powerful Assyrian empire.

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	12-04-2004 18:02									#1124
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King Straybow has been verry busy and has met many obstacles on the road back to the palace, I have dispatched messages to him to deside who will lead this turn.

	12-04-2004 20:31									#1125
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The king has asked that I continue on until his return. I have DL'd the save but may not be able to play tonight, Likely will post the save on wednesday.

	14-04-2004 17:39									#1126
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The hustle and bustle about the palace, indeed all of Hattusas, is both exciting and unnerving. Servants of the royal family are talking about the eminent return of their King, and they are doing everything they can to give him a great welcome. There are new tapestries in the Great Room, and the citizens of Iconion have begun building a great wonder for their king with people flocking in from cities all around to help in its construction.

The Assyrian Volunteers have built the city of New Tarsis, Well inside the Hittite boarder but near to their friends in Assyria, here they hope to establish commerce with their neighbors.


Perhaps this city shall be MY legacy

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	17-04-2004 22:05									#1127
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A red tiny man came from a hut, fortunately one only.

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	18-04-2004 15:40									#1128
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To honour his father and his father's achievements, King Imsu has decided to rename the Great Harbour in the west.

A group of horsemen has been brutally slaughtered in the southern desert by the enourmous barbarian force that had surrounded them. Its impossible to tell how many barbarians fell in the battle, but nomadic tribes tell stories of vultures so fat, who are not able to lift themselves of the face of the earth anymore.




surrounded horsemen, and their fate as reported roaming nomads


Assyrian cities experience increasing demographic pressure. Citizens grow restless, and several Gouvernors have requested for additional garrisons to be stationed in their provinces. In response, the King has ordered massive troop movements throughout the empire.
Fresh trainees from the Royal Barracks will strengthen the King's rule, while irregular forces are formed under the command of local Gouvernours, employing many disgruntled citizens.
In addition, the constructon of several structures is ordered in the larger cities, funded by the Royal Treasury.
Imsu the Benevolent will return the peoples taxes in marble and crafted wood, to add to the splendour of the local communities.


The establishment of a comprehensive peace with King Minos has resulted in a significant change in attitude among Assyria's armed forces and their High Command. Minoans should find Assyrian scouts receptive, and should be offered shelter and refreshments.

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Damn, how come the .jpg is shown as a link,and does not show the picture as such anymore? [/edit]
[edit #731] Locutus [/edit]

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	20-04-2004 20:29									#1129
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Kull?

Just a bump, Things here have been dead and Id hate for this game to suffer as others have.

	20-04-2004 21:54									#1130
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an e-mail has been send upon posting my turn here, as is my costum

	21-04-2004 00:19									#1131
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Seems like a good custom, I think i will adopt it myself.

	21-04-2004 00:32									#1132
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I was as slow as Kull this turn and got no bump

	21-04-2004 01:33									#1133
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It's nothing against Kull, and really he still had plenty of time. I was just on a BUMP rampage today and didn't want to leave this game out

Clarification:
By "things have been dead here lately" i meant the general Apolyton community from my POV. This game has been going spectacularly and Is Great fun IMO.

	21-04-2004 20:34									#1134
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Just poking my nose in to look around. Hadn't time to do anything with Civ but in culling files transfered from the old computer I found some screenshots of a solo game on barb wrath undertaken to familiarize myself with the scenario.

The 4 shots are about 10 turns apart. In the upper left corner the hilighted tile is the spawning point. In the second and third, additional spawn points erupted in the black area. In the last shot a spawn point was right on the upper edge of the black area iirc.

Since I haven't seen any evidence of hordes like this, is the current MP game truly under barb wrath, or just raging hordes?

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	21-04-2004 20:43									#1135
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germanos, you should be able to go to your downloads screen and copy a direct link to the file instead of the view link.

	21-04-2004 22:19									#1136
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HOLY CRAP!!!

Thats a HORDE.

Did the palace guard hold up? Looks like I would have been over-run. I have played this as a SP game and not seen anything like that!?!

	21-04-2004 22:55									#1137
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Could the absence of Hordes be caused by

1. Prince level, instead of Deity? (as suggested by Kull)
   
2. Rapid expension, which usually decreases barb activity, and thus Hordes as well
   
3. sheer luck
   

	22-04-2004 03:32									#1138
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* Sparrowhawk predicts that the hordes are coming ......prepare for them if you wish to survive ....wait at your own peril. If you wait for them to appear before you prepare.....it will be too late!

Edit: On realizing that Kull was beyond the 72 hour limit, I attempted to open the save in order to post a "control-n" save, but was stopped by the password. While I have other passwords, I do not have the Egyptian password (double checked my PM's to be sure).

Not sure what to do, hopefully Kull appears and all will be well.

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	22-04-2004 12:57									#1139
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thanks Sparrowhawk

Stephan is up now, I'll send him an e-mail.

The 72 hour rule is effective, despite the fact Egypt cannot be Ctrl-N'ed. It is the responsability of the players to send you their passwords if they want their civ's to have a caretaker in their abscence. If I remeber correctly, this was agreed to when the idea of Ctrl-N was accepted.

	22-04-2004 16:53									#1140
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The 72-hour rule: From other side I noticed also opinions that Ctrl-N is always suggested since a civ under an AI government may spoil also other civs... I have no experience with PBEM, but isn't there a risk that we will skip Kull now and next week Imsu will find out that Egyptian AI started a war against him? Or production was changed...?

I tested our settings (barb wrath, king) on a premade (small) map in the SoG folder. It really looks that "something" should start soon.

quote: Originally posted by germanos thanks Sparrowhawk Stephan is up now, I'll send him an e-mail.

A horde between Persian and Assyrian territory?