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Originally posted by Sapura:
You can understand Polish, Crusade :-?


Sapura

No but i'm curious and knowing French, Dutch, a bit of german and latin, i just try to make sense of posts in foreign language. I also looked for a translator but wasn't able to find one for Polish. by the way i didn't mean intrusion it is pure curiosity.

Kind regards
Crusader

 

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No intrusion, just interested..


Btw, 180 threads, I think this topic should die Remember guys, you can also play minors, not just the 8 or so major countries. By editing the files you can play other countries in the GC.


Sapura



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'Kill first, calculate later'

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish-Lithuanian Hetman

 

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Originally posted by RedJihad:
Ok, so which states aree left or is every country claimed for good?

I think that Denmark, Bavaria, the Moghol Empire, the Aztec, incas, Al djazair, Saxony are free, speaking of the most interesting left.

All these talks are very funny but i'm a bit concerned with the internet connection requirements for such an overwhelming number of players and for everybody to be free at the same time.

 

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Originally posted by Sapura:
No intrusion, just interested..


Btw, 180 threads, I think this topic should die Remember guys, you can also play minors, not just the 8 or so major countries. By editing the files you can play other countries in the GC.


Sapura

Just imagine what it will be when we will really start to play.

Crusader

 

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I think it would be great if someone played al-Djazair. It has got great potential. Too often it becomes a passive vassal of Turkey, when it in reality was rather active.

 

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Originally posted by Sapura:
No intrusion, just interested..


Btw, 180 threads, I think this topic should die Remember guys, you can also play minors, not just the 8 or so major countries. By editing the files you can play other countries in the GC.


Sapura

We are having fun with this discussion. No matter the extension.

By the way, I think there should be a maximum number of players, like in Age of Kings that it is 8. Maybe in EU will also be 8. So, it's no question to talk about 20 countries playing at the same time because it's no possible.

Laruku I, King of Spain and Poland (soon)

 

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Originally posted by Janus:


To Hetman: Partition me??? In your dreams.... although I will speak to my spanish ally on your behalf, perhaps we have some small island we could give you to play with when all this is over.


/Janus, King of Scandinavia (soon....)

I like your idea, Janus. I was thinking the same. Because Hetman, the usurper, has refused my kind offer of being my Vassal, we are considering to deport him to a small rocky island in the middle of the Caribbean, just discovered by my mighty fleet.
Yes, he only deserve that.

Laruku I, Hispanis Imperator

 

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Of course there are limits as to how many people can play online at once. I bet even cable would start to feel the strain with too many players / all those armies moving about, 100's of things going on all at once. It'd be utter chaos. But the prospects for a good multiplayer game -- subsequent aar are very delicious. Would be interesting to read ...

Sapura

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'Kill first, calculate later'

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish-Lithuanian Hetman

 

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Originally posted by Sapura:
Of course there are limits as to how many people can play online at once. I bet even cable would start to feel the strain with too many players / all those armies moving about, 100's of things going on all at once. It'd be utter chaos. But the prospects for a good multiplayer game -- subsequent aar are very delicious. Would be interesting to read ...

Sapura

I believe most of us will want to post our AAR and will look for your guidance and example to produce the same quality in ours.
I foresee also heated talks on strategies and diplomacies in debriefing of multiplayer games.

Crusader

 

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Originally posted by Laruku:


By the way, I think there should be a maximum number of players, like in Age of Kings that it is 8. Maybe in EU will also be 8. So, it's no question to talk about 20 countries playing at the same time because it's no possible.

Laruku I, King of Spain and Poland (soon)

I agree with you i believe we will have to limit the number of players in multiplayer game. Anyway it is the number proposed by the game but i would prefer maybe 10 or 12 so that all major powers will be human controlled and some attempts with smaller or exotic countries could be experienced.

Crusader

By the way, what is your position in regards of the Ottoman Empire.

The Sultan

 

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I believe most of us will want to post our AAR and will look for your guidance and example to produce the same quality in ours.


Heh, the key is variation. Don't stick to one rule when writing an aar, because very soon it gets bloody boring. Just the same as you would writing short stories. If you write e.g. in first person all the time it'll be a yawnarama. They really don't need to be works of art, just entertaining enough so that Christian prints them up and reads them all night instead of sleeping

It's obviously even better if one knows a bit of history about a particular country, adding in notes here or there, or amusing anecodotes.

OK, thats AAR Writing 101

Sapura

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Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish-Lithuanian Hetman

 

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WOW!! This topic had 3 pages 24h ago or so!!

Of course i'll join in your alliance, Hetman! You wont be disappointed, i never dishonour an alliance!(sic)

Aitor, you must know i claim america(from el dorado to actual argentina) and no lousy alliance is gonna stop me from getting it! Keep it in mind.
On the other hand, i warn laruku that i claim the aragon throne by ancestry, and that i will aid in every possible way austria to get the hre title.
BTW, your alliance should be ashamed of having a pagan state on your side. Ill convince the pope that no alliance collaborating with the spread of islam can have an hre within them.

pcongre da pole

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Originally posted by Crusader:
I agree with you i believe we will have to limit the number of players in multiplayer game. Anyway it is the number proposed by the game but i would prefer maybe 10 or 12 so that all major powers will be human controlled and some attempts with smaller or exotic countries could be experienced.

Crusader

By the way, what is your position in regards of the Ottoman Empire.

The Sultan

There is no question about whether we want or not. I supose the game itself doesn't allow more than 8 players at the same time (just check any scenario to see the available slots). I'd like someone with more knowledge about this to clear this point out.

I admire your Great Empire. I don't have any claims in your country. Be free to do whatever you want, except attacking the Knights. They are rather inoffensive (the masterful AAR played by Sarges, I think, was an exception).

By the way, if you ally with Poland, I'll consider that a formal Declaration of War.

Laruku I, King of Spain and best friend of Turkey.

 

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El Djazair it is then! Are not they modern Algeria? Could you post a link to a site about it,somebody , or even just tell me about?

I do not have a need to take on any of you major European powers that border the med though, i just want Italy and the majority of the islands west of italy in the Med. Although North Africa does look pleasing . As far as alliances go, which ever one Turkey is in (But i require assitance in the Mediterranean, and when i take on my crusade against Italy i will require assistance and the majority of provinces bordering the western med is what i ask in return)

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Originally posted by Crusader:
No but i'm curious and knowing French, Dutch, a bit of german and latin, i just try to make sense of posts in foreign language. I also looked for a translator but wasn't able to find one for Polish. by the way i didn't mean intrusion it is pure curiosity.

Kind regards
Crusader

Aha a translator. Follow the link and ALL polish words will be (mis)understood. http://www.julienkim.com/translate.htm
The nice thing is that you can also use it to translate Uk english to US english
But you can't translate aussie english so ,Sapura, you're still out of my lingual reach.

BTW anyone got the Netherlands yet. I know it's a part of Spain but when the rebellion starts i'd like to be the staadtholder (or whatever the title is)



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Originally posted by Laruku:
There is no question about whether we want or not. I supose the game itself doesn't allow more than 8 players at the same time (just check any scenario to see the available slots). I'd like someone with more knowledge about this to clear this point out.

Laruku I, King of Spain and best friend of Turkey.

From what i have seen, it is correct about the 8 countries. But it is only a question of display in the game. I have been told that by hacking a simple text file you can tell the program which countries will be run by humans in an unlimited number.
Kind Regards
Thank you for making clear your position towards the Ottoman Empire.

The Sultan

 

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Originally posted by Crusader:
I agree with you i believe we will have to limit the number of players in multiplayer game. Anyway it is the number proposed by the game but i would prefer maybe 10 or 12 so that all major powers will be human controlled and some attempts with smaller or exotic countries could be experienced.

Crusader

By the way, what is your position in regards of the Ottoman Empire.

The Sultan

There is no question about whether we want or not. I supose the game itself doesn't allow more than 8 players at the same time (just check any scenario to see the available slots). I'd like someone with more knowledge about this to clear this point out.

I admire your Great Empire. I don't have any claims in your country. Be free to do whatever you want, except attacking the Knights. They are rather inoffensive (the masterful AAR played by Sarges, I think, was an exception).

By the way, if you ally with Poland, I'll consider that a formal Declaration of War.

Laruku I, King of Spain and best friend of Turkey.

 

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I think people's plans on here have become far too grandiose and unrealistic. We have Poland who is planning the partition of every state remotely close to it. Now, despite Sapura's undying optimism about Poland and the fact that they are obviously a powerful nation in this time period, I think the total partition of all of Eastern Europe is a bit of an unrealistic mission for them to undertake. Then we have people talking about annexing the Papal States, and no one says anything about it? I mean, I objected, and France is the major protector of the Papacy, but I think maybe some others would have a problem with it too. Then I am the only one to object to the Muslims overrunning Rhodes? Come on, where is Spain?

I am representing one of the most powerful nations in the period, and my external plans don't go too far past liberating Calais and weakening my rivals indirectly by support of certain key states. And then I see one-province countries talking about conquering the Mediterranean Sea area. Get realistic. You will be playing against real humans, not a computer. Do you really think the whole world is gonna sit back and let you conquer everything you want like the computer does? And Russia becoming Muslim? WHAT? That's crazy. You are the Czar, the head of the Orthodox Church, a rampant Slavic nationalist, and you _want_ the Islamic hordes to conquer you? *sigh*

Based on what I have heard so far, I think the only country I would be interested in allying with would be Turkey. So far they seem pretty reasonable and realistic in their plans. I think we could play the game well together and admidst the turmoil of all the wars that are gonna be raging due to the shotty diplomacy going on here, we would probably emerge as the two most powerful nations in Europe.

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To Vurbil:

I must say that I don´t think my plans are to unrealistic. An alliance of Spain, England and (as, unfortunately the weakest one) Sweden is not to unlikely.

Spain´s and England´s mutual interest is, I´m afraid you. Calais and southern France is attractive to both.

My own objective is to keep my back clean (and since Poland is goin to rush Russia, that won´t be much of a problem) and focus on Denmark. I suppose I can aquire Skane and perhaps some Norwegian territory after a well fought war. I might need some naval assistance, and there is where England comes in. Not to fancy, or what do you think??

/Janus, King of Scandinavia

 

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Vurbil, i have dreams. I don't want to clash with any major powers, but i think if i get some victorie's against other North African minors, like tunsia, i think i would basicly have to take out Italy, if i am to get any true power. And if france is going to back it up, so be it. I think i can get my share of allies who would like to get a peice of France (Spain, and England) so i am sure what France can contribute would be small, if any. And the way it sounds everyone else will be busy, so the only real enemy would be Italian minors . Sure, i probally won't succed, but i sure as hell will try.