Good to see that you have submitted one of your Maso Mediums, vincible.
That helped to keep us ahead of the GROSSlings.
          
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| Hmm... I submitted my first game in over a month. It was worth 17,000 points. My metaverse score went from 77,000 to 102,000. This doesn't make sense to me--any thoughts? |
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Was going to do a calc for Berserk first but since you are in the Fellowship, you get priority. 
It works out. Before you submitted your last game, you have 12 games in your current block, 4 games one month old and 2 games two months old. After submission, you have 1 game in your current block, 6 games two months old, 8 games three months old and 4 games four months old.
You grew one block and your games are spread out better over the 4 blocks.
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Let's welcome TheJackal22 to the Fellowship! 
Jackal's our half-century member too.
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The hobbit stood quietly in the shadows of the side hall, his shifty eyes constantly scanning for danger. A wicked looking short sword hung loosely by his side, a weapon fashioned for backstabbing rather than frontal attacks.
“Tell me about the Pukes.” Evil Ray played with the strands of his white beard, his eyes fixated on the hobbit.
“They are a bunch of roughnecks, swindlers and goons. They were originally pirates but they were all made to walk the plank after they were beat up by merchants onboard a galleon. They managed to escape with their lives from shark-infested waters because one of them could speak Shark.”
“This motley bunch then moved in a big way into the village of Bree, booting out the beggars and the child-thieves. They thought they had seize control of the village underworld and was celebrating their dominance when the Evils showed up.”
“The Evils?” Ray’s attention was caught.
“A strange cult that emerged recently. They claim to follow a demi-god known as the Draginol. No one knew exactly how the cult originated but rumor has it that each member received their calling from a strange vision in their sleep. This order operates in complete secrecy as knowledge of their identity usually spells death. And oh, they dress exclusively in black robes when they are about. They are all male, though I hear they had female members before.”
“The two groups collided like two pissed drunkards. It was a bloodbath as they tried to assassinate each other’s members. Both failed miserably, bathing themselves in their own blood. Not surprisingly considering their amateurish skills.” The hobbit chuckled, his fingers caressing his short sword.
Ray rose from his tseat as he regarded the hobbit.
“Why are you telling me this, Dark? What is it going to cost me?”
“This first information is free, Ray. I have a personal score to settle with the Pukes.” Dark’s eyes turned hard as his mind flashed back to images of being tossed around by several laughing men.
“But all other information or assignments will cost you pure gold.”
“That’s fair, Dark,” Ray smiled benignly. “I need you to find out more about the Pukes and the Evils. Their strengths and weaknesses. All the dirt about them that would give the Fellowship an edge when we move in to dominate them all. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA….”
Dark’s blood chilled at the sight of an old wizard rolling over the floor in mirth.
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Gigantic's definitely slower, lag wise. Takes me about 6 seconds to move to the next turn as opposed to the 2-3 secs under previous versions. I think the Massive map size that we may see in the premium xpack is going to be a clunker for me.
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... thought I saw another hobbit drop in here . . . Barleyman, I need another pint . . . burp . . . . zzzz
  
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I haven't submitted for a while, but I haven't stopped playing. Saving up submissions for the next block, since I'll never play as many at one time as in my first one . . . which also means I can't start on the expansion for a few more days.
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| ... thought I saw another hobbit drop in here . . . Barleyman, I need another pint . . . burp . . . . zzzz |
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You did.
It was DarkHobbit. He lurking around somewhere in the Halls.
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Arrr...welcome to Talk Like A Pirate Day, courtesy of the Posse, ye blasted Ringworms....present ye selves t'quartermaster an draw a quart o'rum on our account...
   
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No worries, surther. The Talk Like a Pirate Day is over in Oz.
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It's more what Brad did than what I did. He upped to Maso difficulty base score significantly.
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| What happened to the "Nightmare" level? |
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I don't think that was ever really seriously considered vincible. I think we were alot more gung-ho about it than the devs.
| I haven't played a Maso in a while they seem a lot harder since 1.05 but maybe I am missing something. |
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You are. Once you figure it out you'll hit yourself over the head. Post your email in the G.R.O.S.S. thread if you want the hint. I won't post a spoiler here.
 
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Taking a small break from GalCiv for a few days. After a recent LAN party, Diablo 2 got it's dirty little hooks into me again. 
See you all in a few days ... well, I hope it will only be a few days. 
  
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surther, check out the Maso Strats thread in the Strategy forum for tips on beating Maso. All the good stuff have been published there for months already.
Rick, looking around at others' scores, it would seem that all difficulty levels up to Painful have slightly lower scores in 1.1. Only Crippling and Maso are upped. Why don't you considering moving up the difficulties? You seem to have Tough down pat.
vincible, go for it. Let me know what you think about 1.1.
Lothmorg, good to take a break from the game now and again. Get back here soon and put in a few Maso games.
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). Then I winzipped the save game folder with the smart exception files and shipped it off to Cari. She reponded yesterday saying they know about it and will get a fix for it soon (maybe today or this week?). I should have gone back to forum because when I was nearlly asleep last night, I thought "Doh!!! I can just use the A key". Of course if I would have gone immediately to the forum I would have found out sooner. 
