Mike S

This is an eye catching build! Love all the props and decorations...

Yes BoBS is for everyone. And in order for conflict to be avoided, separation of certain players will keep the peace. It is evident that the Sea Rats have an incompatible play style with Corrington so perhaps it is best for the two factions to mutually avoid each other for the time being. I don’t think Kwatchi is being extreme. He evidently doesn’t like our role play system and so just wishes to avoid further conflict.

I’m only sorry you do not speak for the Sea Rats in entirety. It would save us Corrington’s a lot of grief.

The log of Governor Aiden Coyle. 1st January 618: I have had an interesting discussion with Kaan about our westerner's celebration of New Years Day on January 1st. When he saw our late night celebrations and firing of muskets and cannons at the first stroke of midnight on January 1, he approached me inquisitively wondering what it was we were celebrating. When I told him it was the new year, he looked puzzled. He then told me that the Nayamon have a similar tradition but instead celebrate the new year on what Corrington scientists call the vernal equinox which is mid-march on our western calendars. He then asked me to explain why we believed the new year began today instead of the day the Nayamon believed it started. Try as I might, I had no answer for him. In fact, the thought had never occurred to me what determined the beginning of the new year other than it being the first of January. I admitted my ignorance to him and asked him more about the Nayamon tradition. Kaan then proceeded to tell me that they would heap large piles of sticks in a conical fashion and as the sun began to set, they would light the them and then dance in a circle around them once for every year old they were. He said this was to commemorate the journey of Terran, which was their term for earth, as it completed its cycle around Solaris which was their term for the sun. As they danced around the bonfires, they would sing the songs of the history of their people. I queried about the difficulty it must be for the very aged having to dance around the fire so many times. Again Kaan looked at me with a puzzled expression. "Not at all," he replied. "They have had all those years of practice it is but, as you westerners put it I think, a walk in the park."

This is awesome! Beautiful ship and great landscape!

Bregir explains 2 posts up. Honestly MKJosh’s story wouldn’t probably have bothered me if I hadn’t already been frustrated by being hampered by game mechanic. But as it was it seemed he was taunting us and then hiding behind the rest of you Sea Rats for protection. You say that you are not unanimous, so how can we deal with a faction that half declares war and the other half maintains they want peace? This whole situation feels like trying to win a boxing match with both hands tied behind our backs. I also don’t get MKJosh reason about piracy. Personally I think we have enough NPC pirates so player pirates are not needed. If he wants to play as a pirate, there are plenty of NPC nations to plunder without having to target player nations. And at this point, BoBS mechanics are not setup for a meaningful player vs player encounter. The only reason I even do the MRCA is it usually is the quickest way to finance my land based ambitions. However if MKJosh feels he has to attack player nations, I’m not going try and stop him. I just don’t get it. But let it be known that I’m not holding any illwill towards anyone. In fact, by tomorrow I’ll probably have forgotten all about this little in game conflict. Peace

My entry: The Dance of the Terran Cycle

We didn’t want to ruin other Sea Rats game because of your actions. We have become frustrated because we have been trying to accommodate those of you who did not attack us. If your whining is just a ploy to get us not to attack you, then I consider it rude behavior.

Herein lies the problem. Game wise we have to attack you all in order to attack MKJosh. There is no option to attack MKJosh. If there was we wouldn’t even be having this discussion. You can only role play as the game rules allow. The vibe I’ve been getting from Sea Rats is that you can attack us since you are pirates but we can’t attack you back because you have no part with what one of your members did and if we attack we will most likely attack innocents.

There is no comparison here. Mesabi misunderstood one of my posts and thought we were at war with the Sea Rats when he attacked. MKJosh deliberately attacked. He also claims Sea Rats are pirates and expects all the other nations to treat all Sea Rats as pirates If that’s how you Sea Rats view yourselves then I’m going to drastically change how I interact with you. After this incident I’m really hesitant to have any association with you guys as it is now clear that we will have further clashes down the road as Corrington’s rules of conduct are incompatible with the Sea Rats. I am not personally attacking MKJosh just expressing my extreme annoyance at the way he handled his story. If he had been acquitted by the Sea Rat council it would have been a different story.

Mesabi is Corrington. MKJosh is not. But it seems like MKJosh thinks since he is a pirate he can do whatever he wants without repercussion. Mesabi apologised to you and even gave Charlatan Bay a build. MKJosh has done nothing but insult Corrington.

I don’t have a problem with you attacking us, I have a problem with you pretending you are not a pirate IC and then complaining about Corrington having a problem with you being a pirate. I wouldn’t have complained at all if you hadn’t done this insulting storyline.

I don’t know what you are playing at but I for one am not amused. Your reasoning is akin to me taking a sledgehammer to my neighbors windows and after he calls the cops I tell them that I’m just really good at smashing windows so the neighbor has no right to complain. The fact is that you manually checked Corrington as a target when you submitted your MRCA forms, so don’t pretend you don’t want war with Corrington. You can of course attack Corrington shipping if you like but not without consequence. That consequence is war with Corrington and unfortunately your actions will bring consequences on all Sea Rats because the game rules do not allow us to single you out but only Sea Rats in general whose flag you fly.

I think Bregir used the transfer form to transfer both of my forts to the corresponding towns. However I'm not sure if Stormhaven can afford the fort maintenance so I just resubmitted the transfer form for Fort Arlin which should be backdated to the rule change where forts began incuring fees instead of income.

Awesome! I had a thought or two about this but I never came up with a solution. Now I won't have to...

Nice build! I have to say that the oarsman and musketeer seem rather happy considering their situation. I would have expected them to be a bit more angry that their ship is sinking....

Yes December's spreadsheet seems to be missing a lot of DB's. So I went back to November's and I'm a bit confused why I have such a high property upkeep? If it is the forts, they were supposed to be transferred to the corresponding town accounts.

Impressive!

Great job on these! Bringing back so many memories...

I’ve been down with a nasty flu the last few days so it was quite an uplifting surprise to see that I was one of the raffle winners! Thanks CopMike and the other contributing EB staff for organizing this again this year!

Nice build!

Which spreadsheet is this?

I think the timing and over abundance of potential builds created an imbalance in Kaliphlin’s civil war. The only reason why the DK won is because of Nocturnus builders who seemed to have plenty of time and bricks on there hands at that time while Kaliphlin builders seemed to have either little building time or limited access to their bricks which has progressively gotten worse for me. Like Gideon I’m in the process of a lengthy move howbeit with a bit longer timeframe as I’m building our house myself on undeveloped land which I just purchased. As far as the DK, I actually don’t mind him being the official power of Kaliphlin as it does create a natural conflict for my characters. I’m fine with Book 3 having Kaliphlin still in civil war and am personally in no hurry to come to any conclusion as I’m not in any position to be doing any major Lego building any time soon. Also I think it would perfect if the DK eventually got banished to Nocturnus where he should be welcomed with open arms...

The Shadow Council? Seeing as they must hide in the shadows until the Desert King is returned to where he came from?

Also did any HC actually send support to Raavage? For that matter did any of Kaliphlin send any support to Raavage? The Aslanic Order did not but merely used the DK’s military campaign in support of the resistance in Nocturnus as an opportunity to further weeken him in Kaliphlin. Also the DK now has a further problem as it will be totally out of character for him to pledge allegiance to any newly revealed High King as that has been his aspiration all along. To keep the story realistic, I think both the DK and the Aslanic order will end up seeking total independence from the High King while continuing to battle for dominance over Kaliphlin. I’m not sure where the other factions stand on this or if they have even thought of this.