The Universe Game

[Krzowwh]

All into Industry

 

[topsecret]

XONES is disappointed no one has taken interest in the Apple Core Meteorite. He was hoping that someone would want to capture it and preserve it for museum use!

Give us time, give us time. One does not simply walk up and take an apple core into Numenor.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Order lock in 51 hours.

I think 4 day or so turn times is good.

 

[Tani Coyote]

For convenience in sorting orders, I am hereby establishing a new rule.

When sending orders via PM, title it as follows:

TUG: Blank Orders

Blank is your nation's name. Thank you.

Minor variations "The Universe Game: Blank Orders" etc. are acceptable; the point is I need to be able to easily sort the orders by player / nation name.

Also another rule:

Please put all final expansion and finalised orders in the same PM and/or post. I will only follow spending if the orders are split. What's the logic behind putting them all in one place?

...really do you need to ask why I shouldn't have to trawl through the thread to find your expansion, do that, then look through my PM box (which can get quite cluttered) to find your orders?

 

[Osmowstroyer]

So, may I post my orders?
Dominion of The Osmow ordairz:
Expansion:

Spoiler :

Invest in 8 armies ( I suppose the income is trade+income)

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

<snip>

Remind me again why you don't write more often?

 

[Arrow Gamer]

Buld six armies.

Claims: (in the slightly lighter color.)

 

[filli_noctus]

Arrow, read the spoiler if nothing else

Spoiler TLDR :

The Hive requests you expand south instead of east this turn. Your current expansion plans impinge on what little room remains for the Hive to expand into while you have plenty of vrigin territory to the south.

A man approached the outpost of the Empire of Isle. He looked... wrong. As if put together by someone who had had a human described to them but never examined one up close.
The garrison, obviously a little taken aback by his appearence had their weapons held almost, but not quite, at the ready.
As the man came closer he spread his arm out wide and splayed his fingers - presumably as a demonstation he was not armed even though he looked more like he was offering a hug.
When he got close enough he addressed the garrison, his throat obviously not used to the words.
"Youu will remove your soldiers from the lands west of the Hive. The Hive requires to expand. Southern lands sufficient for furry expansion."
"What?" asked the garrison sergeant as the man turned away "Who do you think you are."
"Ambassador to furry people," responded the man, "bring message from Hive to furries," as he spoke his accent cleared becoming much like the sergeants, the garrison also noticed his features were a lot more human looking than when they first saw him, "delivered message for Hive - now return."
"It doesn't work that way," replied the sergeant, "we're just border guards. We don't deal with ambassadors."
"But furries now know Hive message," stated the ambassador, "task complete, return to Hive."
"We know, but the government don't and they give the marching orders." replied the sergeant
"Go..ver..ment? What is that?" asked the ambassador.
"No government? Lucky bastards." muttered the sergeant under his breath, "they're the guys who tell everyone else what to do and organise the country. In theory."
"Like overmind," said the ambassador as realisation dawned, "why government not know of Hive message?"
"Because no one's told them." snapped the sergeant, beginning to get impatient.
"Then Hive must speak with government to give Hive message," stated the ambassador, "it be brought to me and Hive give it message."
"I doubt it, you might go to them but it'll have to be cleared with the higher-ups."
"Then make it clean."
The sergeant turned to his senior private, "Get on the horn to command and inform them of our 'guest'. And put him somewhere out of the way until they work out what to do with him."
"I'll have a cell prepared, sir" replied the private.
"Are you mad? If this guy is an ambassador someone will have our tackle. No, put him up in your quarters."
"My quarters?" asked the private, incredulously.
"Well, I'm not giving him mine and yours are the next best. You'll just have to slum it in the bunk room for a couple of days."

 

[Arrow Gamer]

SUDS is in the South... This is just to consolidate my other holdings. No further expansion in that direction will be made.

Also, that was a great story.

 

[Tani Coyote]

So a thought.

I know this game is in its infancy, but most of you are already signed up for MP3, and after my lapse in schedules, I'm finding it hard to get back into the rut of updating this.

So, I ask the players to consider this proposal:

-TUG is killed
-Players who have RPed will get a bit of an extra bonus in MP3 to reward their effort; I know it sucks to do a lot of RP only for a game to shut down
-I can make preparations for MP3 immediately

 

[Jehoshua]

Kill it.

Don't grant RP bonuses since it skews the MPIII game from the start (even if minorly) and affects balance unfairly particularly on those who didn't play in this game, and make preparations for MPIII immediately (the use of hindu-arabic numerals in game abreviations is an abomination and should be forever rebuked and cursed)

 

[Tani Coyote]

MP3 let me make a pun.

 

[Jehoshua]

We are not amused

 

[topsecret]

Umm, if you want to kill it, you can.

 

[Patchy]

Kill it if you want. Not much we could do about it.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Well I'm gauging if anyone really cares since most players are enlisted in MP3 anyway.

 

[filli_noctus]

I'd prefer for this to continue. The Hive are more of an entertaining roleplaying challenge than totally-not-masons.

 

[Arrow Gamer]

I really don't think MPIII will last too long after the altercation.

And made up maps are more fun than real maps. I'd rather you continue, but I seem to be the minority.

 

[topsecret]

I really don't think MPIII will last too long after the altercation.

And made up maps are more fun than fake maps. I'd rather you continue, but I seem to be the minority.

I want to continue playing... I'm not sending in orders until I'm sure it is continuing though.

 

[Jehoshua]

I'd prefer for this to continue. The Hive are more of an entertaining roleplaying challenge than totally-not-masons.

You could still ditch the masons and play the Hive or something more RP-entertaining in MPIII. The game has yet to enter its first turn , besides you could always blame the implosion of the totally not masons on a papist plot