Ya, I can't help there, for some reaosn my ICQ goes silent when I start CK.. But I'll pass on the word for ya Sterk
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Weekly Game Update
We played at Below Normal for most of the game with 6 players. We played from July 25 1185 to November 10 1197.
The players this session:
We had 6 game stops. I’ll list the causes for each stop:
Other than the stops, we managed to get a lot of years under our belts. I look forward to reading the AAR’s so lets give those hungry readers something to do. Also we need players for the following realms.
Traveler
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We played at Below Normal for most of the game with 6 players. We played from July 25 1185 to November 10 1197.
The players this session:
- KoM - King of Norway
- Traveler - King of Naples
- Prime - Duke of Flanders
- Dominus - King of England
- Sterk - King of Poland
- Lurken - King of Castille
We had 6 game stops. I’ll list the causes for each stop:
- Prime dropped, clicked portrait of son while paused and crashed.
- Kom dropped, tripped over internet cable.
- Lurken dropped, not sure why
- Stopped to p/u Sterk
- Lurken dropped, not sure why
- Dom, Prime, Lurken and Sterk dropped, not sure why
Other than the stops, we managed to get a lot of years under our belts. I look forward to reading the AAR’s so lets give those hungry readers something to do. Also we need players for the following realms.
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Kingdom of Rus
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Germany or Duchy there-in
Traveler
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Duuk,
Yes I was about to destroy Poland but thought it untenable without my valued vassal at my side.
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Yes I was about to destroy Poland but thought it untenable without my valued vassal at my side.
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Well, seems me and Dom updated almost simultaneously. Now, what about the rest of you 'orrible lot? Please note, the Great Game thread now has more views, all by its ownsome, than the whole of the heretical 'March Through Time'. Clearly, you need to get your act together if you're going to compete with the saga writers.
Hello. I think id like to join but require look at save first. Hungary and germany sound interesting. Dunno about russia though.
King of Men said:
I am starting to feel the urge to move over to your thread....must fight the urge....
Traveler said:
Sure you were... I'd like to know something though. Why exactly am I ALWAYS the scapegoat for world instability. Everyone is always fighting me, mainly on the offensive. I'm no longer even close to the most powerful. Castille, England, Naples, all are more powerful than me and each of them can attack everyone plausibly. I can't plausibly attack England or Castille. A bit unfair methinks...
Your neighbours are much less powerful, you have all that empty Russian space to expand into, and you're aggressive about it. If we could get our Hungary and Russia players back, England would be a lot less concerned about you, as would I - I'd then want you to balance Russia on my Finnish border.
cheech, you would be very welcome; PM me your email address and I'll send you the save as soon as I get home from work.
cheech, you would be very welcome; PM me your email address and I'll send you the save as soon as I get home from work.
Well, if we have a Rus player I'd expect them to act as an ally, considering their relation to me...
After what your father tried to do? Attempted assassination is not the sign of a loving family relationship.
KoM has got the reason down exactly... Same reason I expended many tens of thousands of Englismen in the defense of Denmark so many times. There is a massive power vacumn on your eastern border and I do not wish to see the whole of it become Polish. Actually, could we ever get a Rus player, I fully expect that you would see a considerable lessening of the tensions against you, in fact in my case I would prolly seek to create much closer relations with your nation to shore up some other power vacumns that could quickly become dangerous.
i'm interested
hungary seems interesting
will post my icq number tomorrow, probably
now, the excuses
i'm a bad player, really bad player. cant help myself from cheating in sp.
and i probably wont be able to play this sunday, since i might have an exam next tuesday
so, if you find a better player for hungary in the next week, i wont be offended, i might even be relieved.
in that case, i'd still want to play, maybe as a duke vassal to a kind and patient ruler who can give some tips and directions, if possible
the game starts at 17:00 CET, right? so me being GMT -3 with no summertime thing, i'd be starting at 12:00, am i correct?
i'm not picky about my realm , i'll be happy with whatever you want to give me
also, are you guys still using the diplomacy thread?
will try to read the rest of the this thread in the week, so i can get an idea of what is and have been going on, but if you dont mind writing one, a brief geo-political summary/history would be nice
many thanks
hungary seems interesting
will post my icq number tomorrow, probably
now, the excuses
i'm a bad player, really bad player. cant help myself from cheating in sp.
and i probably wont be able to play this sunday, since i might have an exam next tuesday
so, if you find a better player for hungary in the next week, i wont be offended, i might even be relieved.
in that case, i'd still want to play, maybe as a duke vassal to a kind and patient ruler who can give some tips and directions, if possible
the game starts at 17:00 CET, right? so me being GMT -3 with no summertime thing, i'd be starting at 12:00, am i correct?
i'm not picky about my realm , i'll be happy with whatever you want to give me
also, are you guys still using the diplomacy thread?
will try to read the rest of the this thread in the week, so i can get an idea of what is and have been going on, but if you dont mind writing one, a brief geo-political summary/history would be nice
many thanks
Good idea.. Thanks for the reminder, off the the diplo thread to rant about a few beligerents... Well, okay, off to there sometime today 
There are some AARs, link to one is in my sig, but briefly :
The game started with a burst of crusading : Norway took Finland and a small part of the Baltic coast, Poland got most of the Baltic, Castille finished its reconquista and then grabbed up the Iberian King titles, Hungary and Rus (then Novgorod) both expanded at the expense of the Russian pagans. Some complex maneuverings resulted in Flanders becoming a temporary vassal to Norway, following which they crusaded in North Africa until they could claim that kingdom and become independent. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was created in the First Crusade, with a Piast as its king; it is now a Big Orange Blob holding most of the Middle East. We briefly had a Croatia player, who unfortunately lost a war with Byz rather badly; as he was a newb, we made him Emperor instead. Around this time we lost our Hungary and Rus players, making Poland the sole Great Power in the Baltic and Eastern Europe; this was also the time of the Great Rising described in my AAR, which reduced Norway to a minor, dependent on foreign blades, for thirty years, and also the English kingdom went into a badboy death-spiral; both have now recovered.
The alliance blocks seem to be :
Poland, more or less alone as everybody is afraid of him.
Norway-England-Flanders, this may break up a little as Norway has recovered its strength and doesn't need English support so badly against Poland anymore, and also England and Flanders have competing interests in France.
Castille-Naples-Bavaria, the last is a vassal of Naples. Naples was at one point reduced to being a Castillean vassal, and Trav roleplays a fondly remembered connection even where actual interest might dictate something else. (The reason he was a vassal was that the Moslems were smashing him, and he is grateful to Castille for saving his butt.)
Byzantium all alone, he never says anything! But nobody wants to mess with him either, and besides he's rather isolated in the Eastern Med.
As you can see, Hungary would drop smack bang into the middle of the most interesting area : You would border Byz, Poland, and Bavaria, thus giving you a direct border with three of the alliance blocks, and also Norway would be a natural ally against Poland, giving you a connection to the fourth. On the other hand, of course, you'd have to watch out for Norwegian land grabs in Northern Germany, you don't want me becoming too powerful either.
The game started with a burst of crusading : Norway took Finland and a small part of the Baltic coast, Poland got most of the Baltic, Castille finished its reconquista and then grabbed up the Iberian King titles, Hungary and Rus (then Novgorod) both expanded at the expense of the Russian pagans. Some complex maneuverings resulted in Flanders becoming a temporary vassal to Norway, following which they crusaded in North Africa until they could claim that kingdom and become independent. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was created in the First Crusade, with a Piast as its king; it is now a Big Orange Blob holding most of the Middle East. We briefly had a Croatia player, who unfortunately lost a war with Byz rather badly; as he was a newb, we made him Emperor instead. Around this time we lost our Hungary and Rus players, making Poland the sole Great Power in the Baltic and Eastern Europe; this was also the time of the Great Rising described in my AAR, which reduced Norway to a minor, dependent on foreign blades, for thirty years, and also the English kingdom went into a badboy death-spiral; both have now recovered.
The alliance blocks seem to be :
Poland, more or less alone as everybody is afraid of him.
Norway-England-Flanders, this may break up a little as Norway has recovered its strength and doesn't need English support so badly against Poland anymore, and also England and Flanders have competing interests in France.
Castille-Naples-Bavaria, the last is a vassal of Naples. Naples was at one point reduced to being a Castillean vassal, and Trav roleplays a fondly remembered connection even where actual interest might dictate something else. (The reason he was a vassal was that the Moslems were smashing him, and he is grateful to Castille for saving his butt.)
Byzantium all alone, he never says anything! But nobody wants to mess with him either, and besides he's rather isolated in the Eastern Med.
As you can see, Hungary would drop smack bang into the middle of the most interesting area : You would border Byz, Poland, and Bavaria, thus giving you a direct border with three of the alliance blocks, and also Norway would be a natural ally against Poland, giving you a connection to the fourth. On the other hand, of course, you'd have to watch out for Norwegian land grabs in Northern Germany, you don't want me becoming too powerful either.
Hi, i would like to play in this game but i'm a newbie, and this would be my first multiplayer game so I don't know if you want a newbie in the game. In your post you said a GOOD ruler, so I guess I would be a mediocre one My ICQ is 37349052, I'll check this thread if you want me in. Thx.
My ICQ is 37349052, I'll check this thread if you want me in. Thx.
Welcome margab, we are certainly glad to have you - the AI is ok, but not very talkative. Diplomacy, after all, is the soul of an MP game. If you feel really uncertain of your skill, you might consider taking Jerusalem, which being rather out of the way won't get embroiled in any life-threatening conflicts for the foreseeable future. On the other hand, Hungary is powerful enough to be difficult to run into the dust, short of a really horrendous badboy death-spiral. Sent you an ICQ request, hope to see you on Sunday.
I'd like to join in as well, if I can. New to CK mp, somewhat new to CK itself, but experienced in EU2. ICQ 15620052. I'll play a duchy if there's one that still needs a player. I haven't even messed with kingdoms yet!
ICQ 15620052. I'll play a duchy if there's one that still needs a player. I haven't even messed with kingdoms yet!