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::looks around noticing most of the students dead of dehydration::

This is what happens when the professor doesn't allow us to eat or drink in class. If the teacher is a few days late for class can we who are still alive leave? :D
 
Originally posted by ehrie
::looks around noticing most of the students dead of dehydration::

This is what happens when the professor doesn't allow us to eat or drink in class. If the teacher is a few days late for class can we who are still alive leave? :D
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Eating or drinking in class! Never! As soon as the Teacher gets around the fact that his screenshots all went Ooops, you can expect an update.

Until then, starvation and dehydration will be your lot.

But it's OK to wring the last blood and water from the dead students. I always encourage survival of the fittest. Think of it as advanced survival training before the exams.

(EDIT: They appear to have been unoopsed now!? Wonder how that happened.)
 
"Sir,

My current Ak Koyonlu game (A different one to the one I talked about earlier) is going well. I've got control of Astrakhan, Alexandria and Isfahan (+ Lot's of other stuff) and should soon Diplo Annex the Ottomans (They've been Vassalized for a long time).

I was in a better position earlier, when I controlled most of what is now persia and half of Arabia (The area, not the province). Unfortunately I then got an event called Ismail's ressurection of persian and things went very bad.

I was stuck in a nasty war, and had just bought of the Mughals after they'd destroyed my army and then I was given the option of -1 Stab and about 15 rebellions or -6 stab and 8 rebellions. I took the first option, which I now doubt was wise, as it lead to a Government collapse and the loss of Persia (Including Isfahan) and West Arabia.

Luckily after some money minting (Inflation now 55%) I got together an army and regained Isfahan and some other provinces.

Then I got another event, where I was given the option of giving back the provinces I'd just regained or +8 Revolt Risk for 10 years, -6 Stab and 5 revolts. Being stubborn, I took the second option, and somehow lived through it (Even with a Peasants revolt (+5 Revolt risk) jumping on me at the end).

The other scary moment was when Muscovy (As it then was) dumped 100K soldiers on Astrakhan, when my army was at most 40K. Luckily all they did was wait until half of them died in the snow and the province was nearly taken, then decided to go home.

I also got rather worried when the Ottomans killed most of my forces in my one war against them, but amazingly my allies (The Hedjaz) saved me by sending in a massive army to kill of theirs. That must be the only time an ally has actually been useful to me.

I'm on Vhard/Normal, and everything's standard apart from the fact that I've stolen Oman's monarchs as I didn't want to play 300 years with an admin rating of 1.

Oh yes, my reputation is respectable (Largely thanks to losing all those provinces to Persia.)

So, have you got any advice for me?"

Edit: "Oh, and your screenies appear to have got re-oopsed
 
Oh, this is tough... i'm already in 1670s, and since 1640 i constantly run at 1min=2months speed. Even at peace (well, that is about few months in decade ;))

Seriously, i think if i would try hard enough, i would be able to eliminate ai resistance before 1700. There are only Manchu (northern China, Amur), China (south China, part of Siberia), Delhi (about 8 provs), Bengal (5 provs), Zimbabwe, Kongo, Songhai, Mali, Benin, Dakota, Navajo, Nippon, Dai Viet, and one province Tibet and Chagatai around.

But man, is it tedious...

Funny thing that until few years before, China had 20+ revoltrisk. Guess they've choosen ahistorical choice, not to be inherited by Manchu:D
 
Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen


Until then, starvation and dehydration will be your lot.

But it's OK to wring the last blood and water from the dead students. I always encourage survival of the fittest. Think of it as advanced survival training before the exams.
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Sir! Not only have I prepared an excellent jerky from some of the weaker students, but I've made their hides into a fine tanned leather, turned their cartilage into glue, and fashioned their bones into a variety of implements and weapons. That lean-to by the window? That was Norgesvenn! *bursts with pride*
 
Professor! ::raises his hand:: Carlos is building nuclear weapons in the corner over there and threatening to launch them at me unless I give him my lunch money! What should I do?
 
Originally posted by ehrie
Professor! ::raises his hand:: Carlos is building nuclear weapons in the corner over there and threatening to launch them at me unless I give him my lunch money! What should I do?
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Declare him a rogue nation. Gather your mighty armies and blow him to kingdom come. Leave him in ruins and walk proudly back to your seat with your head held high, secure in the knowledge that you have just made the world a safer place.

(Don't worry. It requires tech>60 to build nuclear weapons so he won't succeed)

Then prepare for final exams within the week.

And Carolus Rex. Your scepticism has been.... Noted.
 
Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen


Declare him a rogue nation. Gather your mighty armies and blow him to kingdom come. Leave him in ruins and walk proudly back to your seat with your head held high, secure in the knowledge that you have just made the world a safer place.

(Don't worry. It requires tech>60 to build nuclear weapons so he won't succeed)

Then prepare for final exams within the week.

And Carolus Rex. Your scepticism has been.... Noted.
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*puts glue on the Professor'sseat and throws a rubber duck in the back of ehrie's head, for calling him Carlos!! It's Carolus dammit!*
 
"Teacher, teacher, [Hand waving in the air], may I make an observation??!!"

The inhabitants of this particular world dislike seeing people break their solemn vows. This means that attacking people with whom you have a truce tends to hurt the stability in a major way. Negatively.
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Let's see, if you break truce against Ottomans that's -5 stability. You have three Orthodox provinces, so that's 16*3=48 ducats per stability before inflation. To recoup all stability it's 48*5=240 ducats before or 240*1.08<260 ducats after inflation assuming a worst case 8% inflation by 1422. you get 8 ducats for relgion and 8 for your initial monarch; 8+8=16 ducats a month toward stability. 260 ducats/ 16 ducats per month < 17 months. So without investment, you can recoup all your stability almost as soon as the smoke clears from your first war. Think about it, what's it really going to cost you to break truce? A few months where you get 1.00 times tax instead of 1.25. What's that amount to 5 ducats or less? Okay population growth is down and risk of civil war exists but so what? In 1422, you are still a small country, stability is not much of an issue.

Wow! I had no idea this thread would be so long. I guess my observation is a little late, but heh.
 
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As a lean-to, Norgesvenn had little chance to practise what the Nobel Laureate (Peace Prize) Professor Ebbesen taught the class. "Darn!", he thought. "I was so well on my way of annexing Tver, too". Then some fat student came over and leant on him.
"Oh, well. Lean on me...". Norgesvenn started humming the old Motown tune.
 
Oh and Lionheart, with Portugal you can repeatedly loot Castile for cash and can embargo all of Europe by 1490. You have to stay at a small number of cities until then due to stability. Level 6 colonies are okay. Guess what, those colonies that Tordelsaise grant don't grow fast do they? How convenient. Trade post the Carribbean Islands except where you need a port; makes Tago a very valuable CoT. Maintaining monopolies are easy when everyone you know of is embargoed. And with a few 100% monopolies you can get your trade research going at a good clip again.
 
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