Attack not at Standing Stones or Rift
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Category: The World
Forum Name: Tournament IV - The Undead Horde
Forum Description: 4th Tournament - Details, progress, reports & awards
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Topic: Attack not at Standing Stones or Rift
Posted By: Rill
Subject: Attack not at Standing Stones or Rift
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 01:04
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This is an attack on my forces that were claiming sov at an abandoned campsite at my town near the rift. Does anyone else have reports of undead attacks places other than standing stones or on the Rift? If not, I want my horsies back!
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Posted By: Kumomoto
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 01:45
| hmmm... looks like skellies might be getting smarter?!!! |
Posted By: G0DsDestroyer
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 16:39
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How can a skeleton have brains? :-/ ------------- http://live.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/Profile?gamertag=G0DsDestroyer" rel="nofollow - Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin |
Posted By: Kelis
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 19:33
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Why send so may troops to claim sov? I usually send 1 ! ------------- Kelis |
Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 20:43
| it was the army I happened to have available, they were just trotting out for 12 hours ... I didn't think much of it. But yes, now I wish I had just sent 1. |
Posted By: Llyorn Of Jaensch
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2012 at 05:17
How can a skeleton hold a sword without a musculature system? It generally fails to apply logic in the fantasy realm. ------------- "ouch...best of luck." HonoredMule |
G0DsDestroyer wrote:Posted By: HonoredMule
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2012 at 05:57
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Fantasy generally requires invention of some new force capable of binding and animating matter, often at highly sophisticated molecular levels or even requiring computational logic resolved in energy-based constructs if your "magic" includes things like telepathic mind or device control, teleportation, out-of-body experiences, and intelligent/sophisticated behavior of nonliving beings, etc. But at the very least one can assume said force is capable of replacing the function of muscles and ligaments on a skeleton. Taken to the extreme, one could conclude the only meaningful difference between science fiction and fantasy is that the former takes active interest in the how and why while the latter avoids the distraction from plot and character development. Yet the more expertly either genre is applied, the less distinguishable they become from one another. World mechanics are as much an element of setting as fashion, cultural decor and geographical topology, meaning it's a secondary detail but still hold significance and importance. In stories involving a significant amount of mystery, any element of setting can attain crucial importance and should be understandable by the reader, while receiving no more special focus than any other element. Then for a good mystery, readers should be afforded reasonable opportunity to understand everything about the world being presented to them. To me, mystery is the real science fiction. I award myself three off-topic extremist points. ------------- "Apparently, quoting me is a 'thing' now." - HonoredMule |
Posted By: Rill
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2012 at 06:17
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Does no one care about the undead's underhanded abrogation of tournament rules that led them to ruthlessly slaughter my forces on a square not designated for this purpose? You could be next ... /me sniffles
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Posted By: jordigui
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2012 at 10:05
| You should be happy! of those extra XPs and helping the humanity (well the elgeanity) ... |
Posted By: Albatross
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2012 at 13:33
| I camped near the Rift *hoping* to be attacked. And I was attacked, gaining significant XP, to around 20th place after a few days, despite starting late. However, it wasn't that well-thought out because it was 6 days' travel, and after a few days there, I projected that I hadn't posted enough units to survive into the last week, so withdrew. I keep thinking, "next time I'll be better-prepared..." |