Rise of Kingdoms Signups - a campaign-style competition

[Rasui Runihura]

In Ancient times, twenty kingdoms rose up from the dust of past civilizations. Each kingdom had ambitions to dominate the land, but only one would emerge victorious.

This event is still in the planning stages, but the basics are set in stone. This is the sign up thread for Rise of Kingdoms. Up to twenty people can sign up.

You will take command of one of the factions in Rome - Total War, and you will choose one of the custom battle maps to be your home territory.

From there, you can declare an invasion of another player-controlled territory. As time goes on, you will have enough resources to build forts and towns to defend your territories with. In addition, each territory will have distinct rules, decided on by the original owner. Will your territory have no cavalry allowed? Will it allow Artillery? It's up to you!

Forge alliances, hire mercenaries, and start wars to dominate the land!

You will likely have to check on this every day to check if you are under attack. If you don't, you may lose one of your territories.

See my posts on the second page (first is outdated) of this thread to see the planning of it:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=185648&page=2

Note that you will always be the host while you are defending, and there will be a 60 minute time limit.

The event will probably start in a few days. Use this application to sign up:

Name (that you will use online):
Faction:
Time Zone (GMT+/-):
Home Territory:
Questions or Comments:

My application:
Online Name: Runihura
Faction: Pontus
Time Zone (GMT+/-): GMT-6
Home Territory: Italian Lowland
Questions or Comments: This is going to be awesome!

Sign up here!

Julii - Dafuge: Italian Lowland
Brutii -
Scipii -
SPQR - Made-in-the-uk/[WOT]{L}madeintheuk: Greek Shore
Macedon - Xavier Dragnesi/[TWC]Xavier_Dragnesi
Egypt -
Seleucid -
Carthage - Al Merko/[TWC]AlMerko: Libyan Plains
Parthia - stormer/HG-Stormer
Pontus - Rasui Runihura/Runihura: Italian Lowland
Gauls -
Germans -
Britons - The last legion of Rome/the_last_legion_of_rome: British Grasslands
Armenia -
Dacia -
Greece -
Numidia -
Scythia -
Spain -
Thrace -

[emotion_name]

COOL!!
This should be awesome, sign me up real quick!
Online name: [WOT]{LC}Confused_Johnny
Tournament Faction: S.P.Q.R
Additional comments: Do we choose our maps now? If so, i want Grassy Flatlands!
Timezone: GMT+1 (UK Time)

[Rasui Runihura]

I'm pretty sure you can't make a settlement on Grassy Flatlands, so we won't be able to use it. You can check, though.

And yes, you should choose your territory now, I forgot about that. I'll add that in.

Also note that the defender is always the host, so you will always be the host on your territory (unless someone takes it away).

[Made-in-the-uk]

Name (that you will use online):[WOT]{L}madeintheuk
Faction: EGYPT ;D
Time Zone (GMT+/-): BST +1
Home Territory: something in the desert
Questions or Comments: note to self, destroy spqr

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Online name: [TWC]Xavier_Dragnesi
Faction: Macedon
Time Zone: GMT+12
Home Territory: Pella & Macedonian Ruins
Questions or Comments: Looks to be fun. Have the rules for the battles been set yet?

[Al Merko]

Online name: [TWC]AlMerko
Faction: Carthage
Time Zone: GMT+1
Home Territory: Libya
Questions or Comments: Yes, we would need some rules

[Roxas]

Name:the_last_legion_of_rome
Faction:Britons
Time Zone: gmt+1
Home Territory:brittish grasslands
Questions or Comments: good luck every1

[Rasui Runihura]

We're going to use a "point system", where you start with a certain amount of points that you can buy/change rules with. Common rules, like no artillery, will be very cheap, while unusual large ones like "no cavalry" will be extremely expensive.

Your starting points must be used to choose rules, but later on, you get a certain amount of points each day, more points if you have more territories. Now these points can be used to build forts on your territories. Using more points, you can expand them into villages, towns, and eventually cities. The more you expand a territory's town, the more points you get per day. You can also use these points to add, remove, or change rules on any of your territories. Or, you can use them to trade to other players, or to hire a few mercenaries in a battle.

EDIT: That's why you have to choose a map that you can choose to have a settlement on or not have a settlement on. It will start without one, but you will build one as time goes on.

[Xavier Dragnesi]

I see. But all in all, not many maps have settlements available...

[emotion_name]

Whoops, i probably should have read it better, please remove me from the list!

I suck at siege battles, and i hate them as well!

[Rasui Runihura]

I see. But all in all, not many maps have settlements available...

Sure, at least 10 or 15 do. And multiple people can have the same map as their territory.

[Made-in-the-uk]

since emotion name's dropped out can i have the spqr on greek shore?

[Dafuge]

Faction: Julii
Time Zone (GMT+/-): 0
Home Territory: Italian Lowland
Questions or Comments: This looks cool.

[Rasui Runihura]

since emotion name's dropped out can i have the spqr on greek shore?

Sure.

[Rasui Runihura]

Ok, one more change:

There will now be neutral territories, one for each no-settlement-available map. These territories will be called "Field Territories". Obviously, these will never have settlements, so if you hate siege battles, you can try to conquer all of these.

The way it will work is, randomly throughout the competition (and a few at the beginning), a field territory will be discovered. Anyone can declare that they are invading the territory upon discovery. If no one challenges the invasion, it is given to the invader without battle. If he is challenged, there is a no time limit battle on the territory. Anyone can join in, and it can be up to an 8 player Free For All.

The winner takes the territory, and from then on it acts like any other territory, except that it cannot be expanded.

[Rasui Runihura]

I think we will start once we have 10 players. Others can join in as the competition continues.

[Rasui Runihura]

My introduction is a bit boring. Maybe more people would join if it described it better.

[Made-in-the-uk]

i could get my brother to join, but he'd go rome and play 60k wich is just annoying

[Dafuge]

I reckon it just need some more publicity then it should start going.

[stormer]

Name: HG-Stormer
Faction: Parthia
Time Zone (GMT+/-): 0
Home Territory: Grassy Flatlands.
Comments: This looks interesting