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Dwilight / Re: Ecclesial Sanguiastroism
« on: February 10, 2015, 09:11:34 PM »
And now ESA has its prophet. 
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Thalmarkin... Supremacy?
« on: August 20, 2014, 01:47:11 AM »Yeah, but how much did Overlord bring? Let's stop talking and just embarrass them hard.
And you are exactly what I needed. <3
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Thalmarkin... Supremacy?
« on: August 20, 2014, 01:44:17 AM »Both sides have very unhealthy CS/noble ratios. There's overall too much militia and too few nobles on Beluaterra; the mobile forces for everyone look weak compared to what I see on other continents.
You're right, of course. And I shouldn't have said your comparison wasn't apt. As usual, your observations are solid.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Thalmarkin... Supremacy?
« on: August 20, 2014, 12:40:06 AM »The complaints about the OOC behavior may be legitimate, but not about the evenness of the fight. Thalmarkin actively sought overwhelming odds, it sought to aggravate as many realms as it could. It is in no way poor sportsmanship to take actions following provocation.
Also, I remember the war of Enweil vs. Kingdom of Alluran, Riombara, Mesh, Sint, Nothoi, and maybe Heen too? The odds were ridiculous then too, and we had multiple fronts. Yet, for most of the war, we kept everyone at bay. And in that case, Enweil hadn't even done anything to provoke any of the realms in question, save for Riombara by reclaiming Fwuvoghor before they could do so themselves.
Thalmarkin deserves no pity for its current situation.
My concern isn't for pity, nor is it to lament the odds (in the abstract). It's that the comparison to the invasion wasn't apt. The invasion was run by people who had a healthy respect for the enjoyment of the people playing with them. Taken with the tactics on display thus far, I am less optimistic about the people we're playing with now.
Regardless, it's going to be a good war.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Thalmarkin... Supremacy?
« on: August 20, 2014, 12:33:02 AM »That's the spirit!
Ultimately, all wars are local. It is strictly impossible to bring all forces on the same battlefield, so total CS is not the whole picture. However, if we are going to quote these numbers they should be at least accurate:
Thalmarkin+Ar Agyr+Old Grehk: 92k CS, 64 nobles
Nothoi+Fronen+Melhed+Riombara+Caelum+Spearhold: 187k CS, 107 nobles
I'll not argue it's evenly matched, but it's not crazy, and it won't be over in a month. This looks like a fun war with a sound RP basis and potential for long-term grudges. It looks like a good war. Let's not spoil the fun.
Fully agreed.
The totals I quoted are mobile CS (potential for one) and actual for the other. I figure the actual mobile totals for the grand unholy alliance are something like 10-13k each for Spearhold, Nothoi, Fronen, Riombara, and 20k for Melhed. If everyone involved tries, 100k actual is doable. We can't match half of that. The stats page reflects Fronen's ridiculous 20-30k militia and OG's similar glut. I'd guess Nothoi as well.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Thalmarkin... Supremacy?
« on: August 19, 2014, 11:05:28 PM »
EDIT: The post below will seem angry. It is, and I still kinda am. It also reeks of a pity party. Sorry for that. I was a) drinking at the time and b) had gotten a good fill of crap on IRC and in-game, and felt like ranting. I've gotten tired of reading things from people on this forum that I know, and they know, to be patently false. I'm not going to call them out, because that devolves into nonsense, but I am going to fume about it. Without further ado...
Here's the problem I have (and to which Fingolfin alluded): a few of you have wandered onto IRC or into the forums and intentionally said the exact opposite of what you've been doing, or intended to do, IC. You also happen to be in positions of authority in the ongoing war. Then you've gone fishing for information about Thalmarkin's IC intentions via OOC means (some of you directly to me). You're playing an OOC game, all the while protesting that you would never do such a thing. Or you used information shared in good humor, OOC, in an IC fashion. The rest of you saw convenience and hopped on board. You think people don't share council deliberations IC? They do. Lord God, how they do. And if it bothers you that they do, you should ask yourselves why. When realms whipsaw between alliances weekly, or come to the party with fully-formed grievances, players notice. Their characters notice. You aren't playing with automatons. You're playing with other people. And people tend to take offense to having their intelligence insulted.
Coming onto the forums and professing otherwise does a disservice to what these forums are supposed to be: a way to dissociate ourselves from our characters. It's pathetic, and if that's how you've come to where you are in the game, I'm sad for you. It takes a day, and maybe two letters, to learn this stuff IC. It takes another day or two to justify the actions IC. But that would require effort, and we've long since dispensed with that in favor of notching up petty victories, haven't we? So do the people on the other end of these forum handles a favor and dispense with the fiction.
All of the above is what I meant by "players of integrity." Because I pity where things have gone, and see no way of reversing the trend. And it's why I'm a hair's breadth from walking away. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a mathematically impossible war to win against children who continue to act as though they're the underdogs, and probably will until the war's won. 100k (and that's conservative) v. 35k isn't evenly matched. If you're too incompetent to make that work, then maybe you should invest a little more time in learning the game and a little less in juvenile politics.
Here's the problem I have (and to which Fingolfin alluded): a few of you have wandered onto IRC or into the forums and intentionally said the exact opposite of what you've been doing, or intended to do, IC. You also happen to be in positions of authority in the ongoing war. Then you've gone fishing for information about Thalmarkin's IC intentions via OOC means (some of you directly to me). You're playing an OOC game, all the while protesting that you would never do such a thing. Or you used information shared in good humor, OOC, in an IC fashion. The rest of you saw convenience and hopped on board. You think people don't share council deliberations IC? They do. Lord God, how they do. And if it bothers you that they do, you should ask yourselves why. When realms whipsaw between alliances weekly, or come to the party with fully-formed grievances, players notice. Their characters notice. You aren't playing with automatons. You're playing with other people. And people tend to take offense to having their intelligence insulted.
Coming onto the forums and professing otherwise does a disservice to what these forums are supposed to be: a way to dissociate ourselves from our characters. It's pathetic, and if that's how you've come to where you are in the game, I'm sad for you. It takes a day, and maybe two letters, to learn this stuff IC. It takes another day or two to justify the actions IC. But that would require effort, and we've long since dispensed with that in favor of notching up petty victories, haven't we? So do the people on the other end of these forum handles a favor and dispense with the fiction.
All of the above is what I meant by "players of integrity." Because I pity where things have gone, and see no way of reversing the trend. And it's why I'm a hair's breadth from walking away. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a mathematically impossible war to win against children who continue to act as though they're the underdogs, and probably will until the war's won. 100k (and that's conservative) v. 35k isn't evenly matched. If you're too incompetent to make that work, then maybe you should invest a little more time in learning the game and a little less in juvenile politics.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of... heck, who knows really?
« on: August 17, 2014, 08:02:39 PM »
I try not to comment on this stuff, but that was exceedingly lame. And dishonest, IC and OOC. Mostly OOC, which is the sad part. The entire realm would've been shamed out of existence if we had half the players of integrity that we used to have. And if we had those players, Rio wouldn't have taken the bait. Alas, we're left with what we have. And that makes me sad. Angry, and sad.
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BM General Discussion / Re: True BattleMaster Confessions
« on: July 28, 2014, 12:54:06 AM »I used to schedule a few things in my day according to this game aka lunch and sleep.
I know a few of us old turn junkies stayed up late at night to change our misdirect into actual movements and wham surprise come 10 minutes before turn change 15 char would actually attack or change movements... O the memories
Once I learned to train proper Commanders (Marshals and Vices), I found the bliss that can only come from being an American (GMT-5) and completely delegating the sunrise turn.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of... heck, who knows really?
« on: July 28, 2014, 12:51:26 AM »
I'd just like to point out that the General of Thalmarkin is the only one that's preparing to lose this war. Damned hubris. 
EDIT: That said, the campaign did go much better than my pessimistic ass anticipated. Nothoi does a hell of a job recruiting. Not looking forward to seeing what's awaiting us in Reeds.
EDIT: That said, the campaign did go much better than my pessimistic ass anticipated. Nothoi does a hell of a job recruiting. Not looking forward to seeing what's awaiting us in Reeds.
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BM General Discussion / True BattleMaster Confessions
« on: July 21, 2014, 04:15:24 PM »
This is the song I queue up right before a turn when I'm planning for glorious action. Every time. Never fails. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esmxa3Zk7TA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esmxa3Zk7TA
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BM General Discussion / Re: Spying (was: Re: An Open Letter to the BM Community)
« on: July 16, 2014, 08:44:02 PM »Remember when realms didn't care and talked about there plan openly and did it and still steamrolled ^_^ confidence in the people/char of the realm will prevail! Scouting reports win the day!
The fundamentals always win the day. Trust your nobles and empower them. It'll quickly become apparent who is and isn't part of the "team". No need for destructive witch hunts that way.
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Beluaterra / Spearhold: serious question
« on: July 02, 2014, 01:23:00 PM »
Do actual humans play there, or are they all Turning Bots? Seriously. I'm not even joking. Nothoi's been called a graveyard, but at least there's anecdotal evidence that people actually communicate with each other IC. What's up in Spearhold?
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of... heck, who knows really?
« on: June 30, 2014, 03:11:17 PM »
Guillaume didn't do anything other than be awesome, IMHO. And be a dick about it. That's was precipitated his downfall. But he wasn't some chronic liar. That's Machiavel. 
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of... heck, who knows really?
« on: June 30, 2014, 01:08:43 PM »
I'm not too good to call out Andreas on the forums if he were making stuff up. I think folks would be genuinely surprised to learn that Fingolfin very, very, very rarely lies. I certainly can't recall catching him in one. In order to maintain that claim, I think he's just very careful about the course of action he commits the realm to. Sometimes it's a !@#$ty course, and his core advisors raise a stink. He responds by altering the course or convincing us. Other times, the Kin of Thalmar just get to suck it up and trust that he isn't going to get us all killed. But as for the notion that a ruler somehow has to lie to protect their position, Fingolfin is the best anecdotal proof I've encountered that it simply isn't true. It's not the easy way to play a character, but it can be done. There's a reason the character is the longest-serving ruler on the continent, and it isn't because Thalmarkin is full of gullible sheeple. If anything, it's a collection of ambitious and inflated (Jaune) egos that has largely held together because a) winning is fun and b) the ruler doesn't demean the group by ruling as though people can't handle the truth.
EDIT: I am being told on IRC by Lorgan that Fingolfin has, in fact, lied. The instance was so dumb that I'm going to make fun of Lorgan for it right here. Fingolfin said that the occupation of Lastfell would be temporary. Hahahaha. Whoever bought that deserved to be lied to. A fortified town next to our capital, taken by an untrustworthy enemy during an invasion, and then held by a clanner/multi while he plotted a rebellion? Yeah, that's never going to be a tenable situation. Shame, Fingolfin! You're just like all the others!
I think folks would be genuinely surprised to learn that Fingolfin very, very, very rarely lies. I certainly can't recall catching him in one. In order to maintain that claim, I think he's just very careful about the course of action he commits the realm to. Sometimes it's a !@#$ty course, and his core advisors raise a stink. He responds by altering the course or convincing us. Other times, the Kin of Thalmar just get to suck it up and trust that he isn't going to get us all killed. But as for the notion that a ruler somehow has to lie to protect their position, Fingolfin is the best anecdotal proof I've encountered that it simply isn't true. It's not the easy way to play a character, but it can be done. There's a reason the character is the longest-serving ruler on the continent, and it isn't because Thalmarkin is full of gullible sheeple. If anything, it's a collection of ambitious and inflated (Jaune) egos that has largely held together because a) winning is fun and b) the ruler doesn't demean the group by ruling as though people can't handle the truth.EDIT: I am being told on IRC by Lorgan that Fingolfin has, in fact, lied. The instance was so dumb that I'm going to make fun of Lorgan for it right here. Fingolfin said that the occupation of Lastfell would be temporary. Hahahaha. Whoever bought that deserved to be lied to. A fortified town next to our capital, taken by an untrustworthy enemy during an invasion, and then held by a clanner/multi while he plotted a rebellion? Yeah, that's never going to be a tenable situation. Shame, Fingolfin! You're just like all the others!
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BM General Discussion / Re: GREAT MOMENTS... IN BATTLEMASTER HISTORY
« on: June 27, 2014, 06:54:38 PM »When one valiant peasant stood in front of the mighty armies of the Northern Alliance of EC. He charged at the enemy with bare hands and no armour, arrows rained on him but that couldn't stop him until the weight of 6k+ arrows pinned him to the ground. All hail that legendary peasant of Westmoor who went by the name John III Rambo!
That just happened, didn't it? Can you link to the thread in the forum about it? That was also excellent.