game 118

[high plains drifter]

I just wanted to apoligize to whoever the neutral was that posted on game 118 so long ago and never recieved a reply from me...for some reason <perhaps due to my computer ignorance> I was unable to post a reply...but...goood news...now I can :)

[high plains drifter]

the blind one looked for a pencil....where could I have dropped that he wondered...it certainly wouldn't look good for an all powerful mage to call for help for such a reason..awww...there it is....time to compose my letter....dear neutral freep that responded to my last posting, as I'm sure you are aware I wasn't threatening neutrals either before or after they declared....I think all the tough talkers on our side quit lol...but since you wanted to brag on the number of major towns you have...could you be so kind as to tell me who you are <unless of course you have reasons not too bawwk bawwk> because I could use a few and it sounds like you have more then you need...also could you send directions....in braille preferably..thank you, the blind one akhorahil....now...time for shot of rum and a little disease spreading....who's gonna be feeling a little under the weather this turn..decisions decisions....

[blind one 118]

due to my continuing and rather frustrating computer ignorance I will be posting under this name from this point foward..too much rum in real life perhaps :) ...high plains drifter

[blind one 118]

Akhorahil sniffed the air <yes he does rarely rely on primitive means of locating people..especially when freeps are involved>, no elves to kill...one can always smell them...guess I'll have to settle for humans....hardly worth the trouble of casting a spell...btw freeps...with us outnumbered two to one for at least ten turns now...why does it feel like your side is starting to lose? am I really drinking too much rum?

[blind one 118]

Akhorahil walked into the tiny pub in the back water camp located deep in morder..he'd been casting spells that morning and his throat was parched...imagine his suprise when there...sitting at a table in the corner...were trouble and dervorin..both freep agents that had killed minions of mordor in times past...well one might think that the meeting of these three would immediately cause a fight but as everyone thouroughly versed in middle earth lore is aware pubs are sacrade ground and one must wait until leaving the premises before killing his enemy so instead of fighting they had a drink...akhorahil bought the first round...three straight bourbons he told the bartender....shortly thereafter the three glasses were placed before them and with a clink of the rims they gulped down their drinks..well akhorahil did anyway...trouble and dervorin spit theirs back out and hollered at the bartender that they wanted water..."water?" asked akhorahil "are you sure you want to drink the water down here...you really aren't used to it...it could make you sick you know." "don't worry about us" replied trouble "we're tough and free and killers and we aren't afraid of a little water" Trouble and Dervorin were laid to rest at 10 am yesterday morning...a half drunken glass of bourbon and water at their sides

[blind one 118]

dear sinda...thank you so much for sending your agents to my capital so that I might kill some elves but as I'm sure you are completely aware my characters are all at your capital...could you please send them home now so that I might kill them there? thank you in advance for your cooperation :)...akhorahil

[blind one 118]

Akhorahil had never been so mad before...it wasn't the money that upset him..it was the fact that the sinda agent had pushed his mother down while grabbing her purse...see what happens when you let free people into your city..law and order breaks down and crime becomes rampant..time to free the poor sinda citizens of this intolerable form of government they suffer under..have no fear citizens of the lands of sinda...we are about to free you of your your burdons...no more will you be required to think or choose for all thinking and choices will be done for you..your life will be simple under the new system about to be put into place...peace and harmony will be yours <it's amazing how easily people can be influenced>...akhorahil <scribed by steven caskey as required by the editor of the middle earth not so free press>...btw..I know the freeps read this thread even if they choose to ignore it lol

[blind one 118]

the trouble with being blind is sometimes you're talking and nobody else is in the room lol..ok freeps..here's the deal...I'm going to wipe sinda out or at least out of mirkwood <yes it is mirkwood not greenyuckwood>...are you going to stop me or are you going to watch as one nation after another on your side gets decimated?

[blind one 118]

I just realized I critisized green on st patricks day..my apologies lol

[Blue Knight]

Hmm -- tough choice -- sit and watch or help Sinda out -- Think i want to sit and watch as i don't think you can do it :) !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

finally..I was getting tired of taunting myself on here...ok...sit back and watch..I'll even make popcorn....which nation are you?

[blind one 118]

wait...does self taunting cause blindness? <my father warned me about this>

[blind one 118]

akhorahil looked around <ok ok...he had his apprentice look around for him>..so much green....these elves had ruined a perfectly good city filling it with..of all things...shrubbery..yes green nasty shrubbery...it's true I tell you...thank badness he brought some help with him...we'll make this place dark and dreary in no time...maybe a name change would be good too...from cerin amroth to blind sorcerer city...nawww...too egotistical and besides...it could piss sauron off...probably best to leave the name the same and just make the place a little more...unlivable? being a nazgul sure makes wording complicated...now what to do with those nasty little elvies running around crying for mercy.....

[Blue Knight]

Greeting Blind One ,

I am playing the S gondor in this game -- sorry i don't write more often but only get around to checking the boards here every now and then !! We knew you where going to emissary away the Sinda capital but now lets see how long you hold it !! Oh and please ask the Cloud lord where he wants the body of Araudagul sent to this coming turn !! Tell him to please feel free to challenge as my whole company there will be refusing and moving out -- so if he wants to send his agents here he will save me the problem of shipping his body back to his capital !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

well it is regretable about araudagul for sure...we shall mourn his death...but a commander...even a great one like araudagul is no comparison to losing a curse mage <poor meriot>...how many cursers are left on your side now? lol..as far as holding the city...maybe I won't...but that was only the beginning of what shall be a disaster for the sinda..and the woodsman may want to take notice of what happens because he'll probably be next...you have no idea of the power of the dark side mike <in best darth vader voice>...take care...oh..and it was nice of you to give jim that MT but I think I'll assume control of the local government...those horse people just don't patch the streets properly...steve

[Blue Knight]

Greeting Steve ,

Killing Meriot was a blow to us -- but this is what happens when you have a player that hasn't been talking in about the last 4 turns and then drops and we only got to take over his turns the turn you just happen to kill meriot !! We actually expected it -- so it was no surprise to us !!
James will get another MT from one of us -- and i will gladly knock down your loyalties by taking back the MT i gave him !! Think you will find the players we have left or have replace on our side willing to stick it out now !! As the ones on your side are willing to do -- so i have a feeling we are in for a long game -- longest game i been in has been about 94 turns and was with James -- wonder if we will break that !!
By the way -- James says Hello and speaks very highly of you -- something about you being the glue holding the evils together :) !! Have to see if i can get him to find his way here as he finally got a computer to post for himself -- he will probably use his handle -- Gator !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

well I have a high impression of jim too but I'm afraid I can't take much credit this game...I started out slow and feel like I've played my poorest game ever...but I'll be trying to make up for it as best I can :) ....and my loytalties...feel free to take them down as low as you can...my people are extremely loyal or I kill them <it's a loyalty advantage us evil people enjoy> and I actually kind of like that idea...I take your pop centers and you knock them down a level taking them back...as far as a long game goes...give up now you have no chance <sorry but the propoganda minister insisted I put that in there lol> and tell jim hi for me if he doesn't make his way on here...steve

[Blue Knight]

Hello Steve,


Believe James might have made it on now -- will have to e-mail him and find out as it says when i signed on Welcome to our newest member -- Gator -- know that is what he calls himself !! The freep people of S gondor also enjoy high loyalties on his pops -- not cause we kill our subjects -- it might have something to do with the free Ale and Women places we have set up all over the lands !! Actually was kind of glad that Araudagul threathened instead of attacking -- please tell him thanks for me !! Will have to make it back to that town eventually and put them straight -- turning to your side on a mear threat with what i provide them and loyalty was in the mid 70's !! Might have to just kill them all as there might be something wrong with them if they don't like all the free ale and woman they can have -- am a little worried about that town -- might like your troll woman or something worse -- kinda gives me the shivers :)!!

Mike

[blind one 118]

I could be mistaken but I do believe the cloud lord did mention he was taking a troop of scantily clad troll strippers into that town lol <of course if everyone hadn't been so drunk on the free ale that probably wouldn't have worked>

[MacVane]

I have not posted in a bit over a year because I realized how poorly I play and did not want to be noticed...then crushed. This has not been my worst game, just my worst where I still lived. For a long time I was amazed at how you DS could continually defeat us with half of our strength in nations. You did a fine job. It was rather depressing. We are very organized now and you are on your way out.

Mac
Arthedain

[blind one 118]

hey mac....actually we are on our way out...out into the big wide world of middle earth to pillage and plunder at will lol....but feel free to prove me wrong <save sinda and maybe I'll believe you can stop us>...you just don't understand the power of the dark side....wait...vader lost..maybe I need a new role model lol

[blind one 118]

Akhorahil took the young elf...soon to be an orc by the ancient ways...to the balcony overlooking the quiet, unexpecting village below as swarms of dark troops filled the streets, "As you can see my young apprentice..your friends have failed...now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle army"

[Blue Knight]

Steve ,

Like the way you called it a battle army :) -- you are right on the money as your curses squad seems to keep all our armies from reaching this fully armed and operational army !! Guess you gonna make us waste time (and more targets for you) by putting more than one character on our armies !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

well mike...as sun tzu once said.....the best victory is that which is won before the battle begins...<ok, I don't know if he really said that but if he didn't he should have lol>

[blind one 118]

Fump was shocked...he had never been on particularly friendly terms with those of mordor..now he had recieved an entire case of sparkling bottled mordor spring water....how kind of them he thought...just a few drinks then off to war...gotta save the free world from those hordes gathering next door....gulp gulp gulp...uh oh...not feeling too good........

ps: this army is just like one of those cartoon snowballs going down the side of a mountain...now are you guys going to try to save sinda?

pps: ok...now I see...all the would be help got killed off by the cloud lord anyway :)

[Blue Knight]

Steve ,

Sorry took me awhile to respond -- for some reason i wasn't logged on anymore and since i am not computer smart took me awhile to figure out how to get my password since i had forgotten it !!

Well , in answer to your PS and PPS message -- The Sinda we feel aren't hurting right now even though you manged to take some pop centers -- if you start revealing his pops then we might get worried !! Not to mention you keep a curses squad with this army -- so have told everyone who is sending any army this way to put more than one character with command on it !!

On your PPS message -- if you are talking about the last turn at the Harad's capital -- well i still feel that i gave better than i got -- i assasinated 4 characters and only lost three to assasinations and even though i lost arty 4 i did get two nice agent arties back from the CL !! The only thing i didn't like about my turn was that I had 3 agents stopped to the CL's one by the damn militia of the pop or would have had three more dead servants of Sauron !!

Oh well seems my luck -- either Bad or even -- hold true for this game also - would like one game where i get at least good -- am not even asking for great :) !!

Am enjoying this game despite this !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

hi Mike...I am the most computer illiterate person who can still manage to turn the machine on at all so I sympathize completely...now as far as revealing sinda pop centers...you don't really think that's a problem for an arch mage do you? It's just a matter of time before I go take out that hidden city...maybe this turn or the next or the next...I have plenty of targets in his area, he has been a busy little pointy eared elf I must say....we're having a blast with this game on our side too...so ok....keep eating popcorn and I'll take out a few more pop centers lol...have a great day...steve

[Blue Knight]

Hello Again Steve ,

Seems like its only you and me posting in this game -- Have talked to James and he said he can only get on as a guest -- so can't post !! James and myself are enjoying this game and right now we have a player who can't continue , due to personal reasons -- so am trying to find friends to replace these two Nations -- which we can't afford to lose and since everyone is playing two nations already and Harly won't let us play a third !! Will keep you informed !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

lol mike...don't worry about a couple of nations...you'd still have us 10 to 6 anyway.....check your cookie settings jim...I had a posting problem for a long time too and it all went back to not allowing the right cookie <or something like that...I'm puter illiterate and it shows>...say, has that noldo commander made his peace with his maker? <sure hope so for his sake lol>...take it easy...steve

[Blue Knight]

Steve,

I would Normally agree with you but the problem is with the player who is playing the Noldo and this is one postion right now we can't afford to lose -- if push comes to shove will drop one of mine to take that over !! Think i might have someone to take it over now so am a little relieved !! Bet you would love :) to see this postion go -- get back most of your kidnapped characters !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

now who would want to take over a position 50 turns into a game? make sure they know they'll be paying for their turns with their social security checks before it's over lol

[Caradoc]

I

[blind one 118]

hi I...welcome to the game....now if you need any pointers on where to send those noldo characters feel free <damn I hate that word> to ask...I think you should come and wipe out my characters with them myself...I have a bunch of good ones in that evil icon on the sinda's map that you guys need to get rid of...just a thought...steve

[blind one 118]

Akhorahil shook his head..."that's not the way to do it..watch this"....he walked over to elrond...took his glove off and promply slapped the big eared elf across the face..."I challenge you to a duel"

[CL118]

Originally posted by Blue Knight
-- if you are talking about the last turn at the Harad's capital -- well i still feel that i gave better than i got -- i assasinated 4 characters and only lost three to assasinations

Sounds like 'fuzzy math' to me...either that or spin doctoring (or both!). By my count, you freeps lost 4 agents (counting the one who killed himself in failure), AND a hostage, AND two of your survivors were wounded to impotence. Hmmm.

[Blue Knight]

Ahh -- the Cloud lord does appear !!

Nope -- not fuzzy math at all -- I was only counting assasinated characters and if you look at what i wrote i stated assasinated characters -- not characters killed !! Sounds like a left wing conspiracy is brewing here -- we can go into the definition of what assasinated means :) !!
The character who was released was also a minor one -- only listed as Kingsman !! And the two agents (mainly Cannon fodder )assigned to guard where expected to lose but gather vital info -- mainly a name and now know who is there !! So there is a method to my madness !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

send some cannon fodder my way...I want to kill some too <feeling cannon fodder deprived>

[Blue Knight]

Steve ,

I don't think that person named Caradoc and stated I is the person that took over the Noldo nation -- will ask the Noldo is that is his name on the message boards but am 99% sure it isn't -- left the 1% just in case i am wrong :) -- think it is just a player that is stating he would take a nation over after 50 plus turns !!

Oh and can you ask your team to please leave the Noldo alone for at least this turn and next till we get him up to speed :) !!

Mike

[blind one 118]

lol mike..yeah I can do that...please team...leave the noldo alone..there..I asked them to...and I tell you what...we won't even kill that army commander this turn just so he has a chance to get settled <hiding crossed fingers behind back> :)

have a great day, steve

[CL118]

It's easy to leave him alone this turn since he doesn't seem to have anybody in position anyway (well, maybe ONE army cmdr <g>). I'm glad to hear there's going to be another Noldo player; maybe this one will send his cursers and agents out to play!

[Blue Knight]

Darn , if that went over well was gonna ask if the Cloud Lord could give me a break this turn also -- guess thats out of the question also :( !!

Mike

[CL118]

Sure I'll give ya'z a break, whatcha want broken? (I apologize for delivering the obvious punch line there. <g>)

[Blue Knight]

Was kinda hopeing for a broken leg or two or even better a stubbed toe :) and not the dreaded dagger in the back :(

[Caradoc]

I would take over a position 50 turns into a game.

I am the Noldo.

The characters will come out to play as soon as I can get them to the playground.

Sorry, Mike, I needed to exercise my laconism, it was getting out of shape. [The loquacity is lean and mean ... or something fit sounding, but sounding more fitting.]

Steve
Noldo Elves

[blind one 118]

oh no...I'm going to be taunted by someone that forces me to dig out a dictionary...just my luck...even taunting requires work now lol

[blind one 118]

little girls tossed rose petal in front of the carriage as it rode through town...the carriage glistened in the sun as the metal trim revealed it was made of gold...the horses that pulled the carriage the finest in the land..armed guards in the finest of plate mail guarding the procession as trupeters followed behind announcing its arrival "visiting nobles?" asked the young apprentice..."no" replied akhorahil "just the local mortician....he's been doing well these days"

ps: it will help you freeps if you take your shoes off when you try to count your dead <just thought I'd try to help you out here>

[Blue Knight]

Hmm -- can't be talking about the Harad pop center -- seems we lost the same amount of characters -- How about if the Cloud just retires his guys and i will retire mine when we meet -- seems this would be the easier way out :) !! Guess you guys won't got for this as the poor Noldo player didn't even get to feel out his nation and the mean nasty evil guys took out some of his characters !!

Mike

[CL118]

I agree we seem to stay relatively even at 2734 [good thing Valandil got hit by lightning! <g>] but by my count, we were +8 everywhere else...after the game [if it ever ends <g>] I'd like to dialog with you and maybe swap some pdfs on our current shootout, and also the big one earlier around the Eoplex when we took out the original Sinda/SG cursers, if you want.

[blind one 118]

honestly mike..it seems almost pointless to keep a list of the freep character names they change so often :)

[blind one 118]

so noldo steve...wondering what you got yourself into yet?

[CL118]

Nice bling bling but damn that mirror sure is heavy...

[Caradoc]

The Noldo have found the playground.

I had thought Akhôrahil wanted a duel. I surmise opportunity arose, and plans changed to fit.

A substantial loss, some small ones, some gains.

Not as good as I should have liked, but I am not dismayed.

I think I will enjoy this game.

Steve
Noldo Elves

[blind one 118]

alas..akhorahil did want a duel...unfortunately elrond went and got himself killed...not much fun sword fighting with a corpse <well, actually it is kind of fun just not very challenging>

[CL118]

I can understand Elrond wearing mother-in-law's jewelry and packing her makeup mirror, but why was he wearing her underwear?

[Caradoc]

Taking the artifacts, that I can understand. However ... scrounging used underwear? Ah, well, different cultures, different customs.

You had a question.

Think on this.

His parents abandoned Elrond. Yes, there was some talk about a mission to save the world, or some such, but they abandoned him. Then Elrond’s brother decided he would rather die, and soon, than share immortality with Elrond.

After that, Elrond’s chosen kin insisted on calling him “half-elven”, no matter how often he reminded them he was 0.625 elven, 1/8th more elven than Eärendil, the run-away father they esteemed so highly.

And it did not help that his children were 0.813 elven, 3/16ths more elven than he, and ready to remind him during any family squabble.

[The matter of his daughter and the descendant of his brother whose “elven-hood” takes more zeros than I have in stock does not enter this tale, as it lies in an alternate future.]

On top of it all, he had to deal with that Telerin geezer, Círdan, the only elf left in Middle Earth old enough to grow a beard.

Yes, Elrond developed some quirks.

One might wonder how a Dark Servant developed expertise in Elven underwear, but I do not ask.

Steve
Noldo Elves.

[CL118]

LOL! Not only do we have a Noldo who's not afraid to commit characters (unlike your predecessor) but one with a sense of humor! Actually Steve (not you, the blind one) has the expertise in lady-nazgul panties (see his QA thread). Cheers.

[blind one 118]

I'm afraid my knowledge in panties lies in the rather common forms found throughout middle earth...these strange types worn by only the perverted of the perverse are beyond my expertise

[blind one 118]

Originally posted by Caradoc

I think I will enjoy this game.

Steve
Noldo Elves [/B]

so exactly how long have you been suffering from these masochistic tendencies?

[Caradoc]

It is hard to remember, it began a long time ago ...

But, I prefer to think of it as liking a challenge.

After all, they do not call me "Mr. Adventure" for nothing (but the price is still a bargain).

Steve
Noldo Elves

It's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money

[blind one 118]

too much old whiskey and it ends up being faster younger horses <especially for those eothraim folks>

[blind one 118]

there's a party at osgiliath? I don't recall sending out invitations...all you people out of my fridge and go home!

[blind one 118]

say? what ever happened to mac? I want to know if he still thinks we're on our way out :)

oh yeah....hi jim <waving> when are you going to start posting on here anyway?

[Drukarzun]

"Re: game 118

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while it may be true that you have more land then us....btw you understand you started with a lot more land then us right? lol...take a look at who's land we're fighting over right now....harad's land...corsair's land...sinda's land...eothraim's land...the iron hills...the trend looks very bad for your side...and the slope keeps getting pointed down at ever increasing angles...if your side was stock it would definately be time to sell lol
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Death was his name and Hell followed with him"

What d'ya mean, Harad's land and Corsair's land? That territory is Cloud Lord's land and Quiet Avenger's land now. <g>

[blind one 118]

Akhorahil walked into the kitchen in osgiliath.."damn...what was that I tripped over?" "just a dead body my lord" replied his apprentice..."he ate that ham sandwich that was in there for months and died...oh...and his friend that ate the other half..he died too...and then they drank up all your beer and got in a big knife fight and three more of them ended up dead" Akhorahil just shook his head...all this mess they made and I told them to stay out of my fridge

[CL118]

I think there's still somebody passed out in the basement, you want me to go check?

[blind one 118]

would you mind? I don't want this rif raf hanging around stealing the silverware and thowing up in the sink.

[blind one 118]

such an ominous quiet from the free peoples of middle earth....get your tongues caught in the blender while you were messing around in my kitchen?

[Caradoc]

Not I.

Of course, I have not found the kitchen. I had thought I had found the playground, but that seems to have moved on without me. I had planned to come out to play, now I need to cook? So, where is the kitchen?

Used an artifact and experimented with a naval move I had not had opportunity to try before.

Not the stuff of interesting conversation.

Mr. Adventure
Steve
Noldo Elves

[blind one 118]

I'm sorry..I was on my way to the playground when I stopped in the kitchen for a quick snack...needless to say I was suprised that homeless transients had robbed my kitchen blind <no pun intended>...now I'm on my way to the store to buy more beer <I'm a rather old kid> since they drank all I had...perhaps we will meet there...if not, after lunch mom says I can go back to the playground

[CL118]

Sure enough, a couple of drunks down there wallowing around in their vomit. Best I could understand between the hiccups and slurring, one of 'em was saying he was gonna kill our pal Naldugarth, so I took care of it how I usually do...

[blind one 118]

well I wonder why they would want to kill a great guy like him...he even took the rest of that sandwich and gave it to another one of those homeless freeps...granted he died but at least he died with a full belly.....they just have no appreciation for the kindness we show them...free people just seem to be dying everywhere...wonder if they have some sort of fptd <free people transmitted disease>

[CL118]

...wonder if they have some sort of fptd <free people transmitted disease>

Douglas Adams has a name for what the freeps are experiencing: SMEF (Spontaneous Massive Existence Failure).

[dog118]

Once there was 12, then there were 10. Who will be next?

[blind one 118]

guess it's time to start filling out another turn...and time to start filling some more graves....bet the price of a grave lot in free people land is at a premium right now huh? this is one of those...gee...I wish I would have invested in that moments

[Caradoc]

Nice destruction of my army in Umbar. Very good for the economy.

I hope it kept you from something important.

You understand, of course, that this just means I will be sending another one for you to play with.

Steve
Noldo Elves

[CL118]

Nice destruction of my army in Umbar.

What were all those pointy-eared elves thinking when they enlisted in the hobbit navy? Everyone knows hobbits are notoriously bad sailors! And I hear an entire fleet mutinied and killed their hobbit-admiral! They were dropping like flies anyway what with the dread diseases from the Corsair brothels and the scurvy because the hobbit officers ate all their lemons (and drank all their watermelon wine).

[Caradoc]

Thinking! <sneer> Elves don't have time to think!

That is what the hobbits are for.

Uhhh. Hmmmmm...

Steve
Noldo Elves

[CL118]

I hope it kept you from something important.

The only thing I can think of that could have been more important than wiping out 4000 steel-armed and -clad HC in our backfield would have been to curse out Gildor and Elladan, with what, 400 points or more of skill rank between 'em? Oh that's right, we did that too. <g> Btw, the command and stealth artifacts are appreciated.

Drew

[CL118]

You understand, of course, that this just means I will be sending another one for you to play with.

Well I don't like drunken sailor-elves in my Umbar brothels any more than the Blind One likes drunken men and dwarves in his Osgiliath kitchen...

[Caradoc]

The only thing I can think of that could have been more important than wiping out 4000 steel-armed and -clad HC in our backfield would have been to curse out Gildor and Elladan, with what, 400 points or more of skill rank between 'em? Oh that's right, we did that too. <g> Btw, the command and stealth artifacts are appreciated.

Drew


See. It worked! Clearly your attention was diverted from ...

And would you prefer to have in your brothels happy hobbit officers bearing watermelon wine, fabled anodyne for the effects of darkness?

Steve
Noldo Elves

[dog118]

"Once there was 12, then there were 10. Who will be next?"

It would appear that I have counted my cave trolls before they were hatched. Also, since one of the pointed eared assassins cut off two of my fingers, I have had trouble counting anything over eight. It would seem there are still eleven FP's waiting for our embrace, not ten as previously announced. (and, this thread has dropped too far down)

[Drukarzun]

The family trifecta is complete, first Elrond, then Elladan, now Elrohir. Arwen must be so sad. Those elves need to quit hanging out on the wrong side of the tracks. I heard Elrohir got a fork in the side of his neck while leaving a quaint little diner specializing in Haradrim Cuisine.

[blind one 118]

akhorahil made the worst of all mistakes..never bring more then one lady home at a time in a freep town..his mom warned him about that....nasty little cut throats they are she said

[Drukarzun]

You guys probably have no idea how on the ropes the QA position was about 15 or 20 turns ago, i.e. right before we put the blitzkrieg on Umbar. Now you have QA navies on the offensive in SG and CL armies sacking the remnants of NG (the foliage in Pelargir is spectacular this time of year!). You should never have let up, but then again, I guess that was the previous Noldo player who had a functioning curse squad at the time...

[blind one 118]

Morarthdur watched the dirty little dwarves digging up the ancient dwarven gravesite with some interest....surely they weren't bringing back the dead...he'd been working on that fro decades...no half witted dwarf could have figured it out. "you there..slime with the shovel...what do you think you're doing?" The gritty gungy pox faced dwarf looked up in trepidation "master...we are getting coffins...the dead don't pay rent but the recently dead do have friends that'll pay to have them buried. Morarthdur wasn't suprised that the coffins were needed....his agents had instructions to stab in any direction...you'll hit a freep

[blind one 118]

how many will die this turn....only the dice god knows for sure...you freeps still have functioning keyboards? I would like to hear a few moans and groans once in a while to brighten my day :)

[Blue Knight]

Game might not be that much longer as one of our allies has dropped and Clint won't let us pick up a third nation -- Sigh -- am so enjoying this game to !!

Mike

[Drukarzun]

Game might not be that much longer as one of our allies has dropped and Clint won't let us pick up a third nation -- Sigh -- am so enjoying this game to !!

Mike

You would still have us outnumbered by 3 or 4 nations, as we've been down to 6 for quite some time. I would urge you all to play on! Surely you guys could come up with someone else to pick up the drop?

Drew

[Blue Knight]

We won't have you outnumbered by no more than 2 nations then -- with you haveing all the curses squads -- just doesn't pay then -- person that dropped is running two nations as we all are now !! You try finding someone to pick up a nation way in on turn 60 and getting them up to speed -- found someone when person running Noldo and Duns dropped -- not gonna be this easy to find someone else !! Should be a new rule that once a game starts a person can pick up as many nations as he or she wants !!

Has been fun so far -- by the way how many assasinations does the CL have under his belt -- lost count of mine -- know he gets a tally -- my CL game lasted till turn 96 and i had over 137 kills !!

Mike

[Drukarzun]

We won't have you outnumbered by no more than 2 nations then -- with you haveing all the curses squads -- just doesn't pay then -- person that dropped is running two nations as we all are now !! You try finding someone to pick up a nation way in on turn 60 and getting them up to speed -- found someone when person running Noldo and Duns dropped -- not gonna be this easy to find someone else !! Should be a new rule that once a game starts a person can pick up as many nations as he or she wants !!

Has been fun so far -- by the way how many assasinations does the CL have under his belt -- lost count of mine -- know he gets a tally -- my CL game lasted till turn 96 and i had over 137 kills !!

Mike

Mike,

Put a post out on the yahoo mepbmlist, I betcha you'll have several interested parties reply...I would hate for this awesome game to end because of drops. Btw, of the original 10 DS players and the 2 newts who went evil, there are only 2 of us 12 left. We've had one position go through 2 replacement players, still in the game.

Drew

P.S. I'll probably get my 137th kill this turn. <g>

[gator]

THIS IS MY 4TH ATTEMPT TO POST A MESSAGE...............any one seeing this.mike am i coming thru,mr. drifter you out there?well good game so far darkies .......dont think for a min that you have it yet. gator/a.k.a.jimg

[dog118]

:eek:
Drop the game! What silliness! If it was a game of chess I would gladly switch sides with you and play on. I would agree with the advice from the 137 kill CL, post up and bring someone in. Not only do you have us outnumbered but by playing two postions each you have had additional advantage. Also, we do come out to play when properly invited. The FP's took out three of the precious few cursers left in the game recently. My personal beef with you mass dropping is that I have spent the last 20 turns recovering from the massive charcter losses, the taking of my capital, backup captial and backup backup catpital. :D So, I am just now being able to send out an army to play as SG can attest. Anyway, stay and play as the LR is being trounced by the Arthedain & Cardolan alliance. Stay tuned as LR retreats to his island fortress, after sacking Esgorth first, that is.
Later,

Dog :cool:

[blind one 118]

<sniff> I miss my curse squad...but I am happy to have taken a few of the enemy characters with me :)

[blind one 118]

I have the feeling ouch is the most commonly used word in the free people's turn reports...am I right? lol

[Drukarzun]

Is there a Spanish ulcer in the White mountains, growing? Remember that Ingar contrived the conquest of Umbar. And I guess Longshanks didn't get the memo about Elrohir and that quaint Haradrim diner in Caras Mirilond, it's just not safe in that neighborhood. Was Rosie Cotton in town looking for a job as a cocktail waitress? She might put in her application at the Osgiliath kitchens, or better yet, send her on down to the Umbar brothels, I'm sure they could make some use of her...

[dog118]

We won't have you outnumbered by no more than 2 nations then -- with you haveing all the curses squads -- just doesn't pay then -- person that dropped is running two nations as we all are now !! You try finding someone to pick up a nation way in on turn 60 and getting them up to speed -- found someone when person running Noldo and Duns dropped -- not gonna be this easy to find someone else !! Should be a new rule that once a game starts a person can pick up as many nations as he or she wants !!

Has been fun so far -- by the way how many assasinations does the CL have under his belt -- lost count of mine -- know he gets a tally -- my CL game lasted till turn 96 and i had over 137 kills !!

Mike, I am thinking that you are SG. This turn, CL picked up the rumor that Cosairs have collasped. So now you are at 10 nations. NG is crippled as we have taken (at least once) every NG starting pop centers. I will take a wild guess here and speculate that the NG and X player is dropping. Perhaps you would be able to land a player for the X position and let NG go away. Most of the FP positions are untouched except for charcter losses, and heck, who has not lost the vast majority of starting charcters. ( I still have tears in my eyes when I think of LORD MARSHALL BULRAKR being assasss by an 80 agent) I would think that Noldo, SG, Cardolan and Arthedain are "super" positons is all areas. WM and Sinda have a few bumps and brusies, but not bad. Dwarves have been hurt badly and NG is crippled beyond repair. Anyway, I would find intrest in this game as a FP if not already in it. If you have an opening in the future like this, LMK. Best of luck in 118 if you continue to play. And if not, best of luck in the next ME game.

Jim C

[Drukarzun]

Another Cloud Lord Guild Master goes down, damn those hobbits are tenacious. Sorry about Rosie, when she didn't get the job, she was "terminated." <g>

[gator]

just a quick question,drifter. what is with all those sheep at 3929.................when the blind guys away ,the troops will play??????? just wondering .gator

[blind one 118]

please...no sheep jokes..mine is very sensitive you know...our parents don't approve...she asked mom if she could live with me and I'm not sure but I think all her mom said was naaa...well...guess she may have said baaaa

[gator]

hey i got the hang of these boards (gods forbid it took me long enough) SO OK i will trash all 301 pages of sheep based script that i haqve been working on for 46(one every three weeks)turns. no request to big or small for the cowPOKE(ouch,ok ok i wont go there either) who has been slaughtering gators large an small.(with a song on mhis lips i would guess, or was that a curse?) that will cause a slight delay in next missive........................................... ....less than last though to be sure.
gator

[blind one 118]

ok...so I go after the dwarves and in return you kill off the midgets I'd just made....guess fair is fair...the little guys always get abused...the good news is it won't be long before we own middle earth east of the misty mountains...even midgets should be safe then

[gator]

what you trying to say .............my realestate investments wont fund my retirement.........NAW ,idont think so...............gator

[Drukarzun]

what you trying to say .............my realestate investments wont fund my retirement.........NAW ,idont think so...............gator


I know of at least one prime spot in Mordor that we need to repossess from you...foreclosure starts immediately.

[Drukarzun]

The citizens of Dol Amroth see the black sails in the harbor, and know the time of their doom is nigh. It is sad to see a once mighty kingdom like Gondor fall, but alas fall they must, as old powers are shoved aside in favor of the new; the old Prince of Dol Amroth has given way to the new Prince of Belfalas, Ingar the Great. He is the Man on the Silver Mountain, the new seat of government for all the South, vastly fortified in the snowcapped peaks of the White Mountains, for the lands formerly known as Gondor, Harondor, and Umbar.

[Drukarzun]

Now that the people of Dol Amroth have witnessed first hand the...oh hell, nevermind. I was going to say something about Linhir, but it's just too much work trying to keep this thread alive all by my lonesome (kinda like the QA feels in Gondor <g>). Ever since you guys killed Akhorahil, Steve's been 'way too quiet as well...

Drew

[Drukarzun]

Sorry guys, I just had to share this with the Forum:

Erennis was located in the Open Plains at 1815.
He was ordered to assassinate a character.
He killed Aurwanger of the Dwarves and thwarted his guard mission.
He killed Hlewangur of the Dwarves and thwarted his guard mission.
He killed Windalf of the Dwarves and thwarted his guard mission.
He killed Witur of the Dwarves and thwarted his guard mission. Yarin was
assassinated.

[Caradoc]

Drukarzun:

I say, you have nothing to be sorry about. Erennis had a good turn and your expression of that is wholly appropriate.

While the fallen did not approach the skill that might be expected of a starting character after 80+ turns, neither were they new characters without effective skills.

It would be interesting to compare their skills going into turn 82.

After 118 ends, of course.

Steve
Dwarves