NO RULES HOTSEAT: ArBo vs Mergor

[ArBo]

NO RULES HOTSEAT



ArBo vs Mergor
The winner will then take on Misafeco

Factions:

Milan - ArBo
Venice - Mergor

Admin: Jadli
(Not sure what he'll have to do though )


The map will be the same one as used in the semifinals of the 1v1 Tournament (CCM2 mod).



Turn 5:



Rules:

As stated in the title, this is a No Rules hotseat. The only rules that will be in place are to avoid massive imbalance between the first and second player in the turn order:

1. Armies/fleets that are defeated can not move the following turn. Armies standing in fortifications when defeated are excluded from this rule.
2. Bribed armies/agents are not allowed to move on the turn they have been bribed.

As for the rest, exploits are not only allowed, but encouraged. Battles may of course be fought manually, and as there's only two players and these turns might end up taking lots of time, there'll be no time limit enforced on playing your turns. There are no victory conditions but complete annihilation of the other player.


I'm looking forward to this

[Ramble12]

I'd give Milan an easy victory here, as it takes Venice much more turns to engage Italy. Good luck to both players

[saleska2]

All exploits allowed eh? I am pretty sure the entire map can be taken within 10 turns

[ArBo]

I'd give Milan an easy victory here, as it takes Venice much more turns to engage Italy. Good luck to both players

The thing is, in this type of HS's I'd say skill definitely beats position. It would be fairest tho if Jadli randomized the factions.

[Mergor]

You guys actually made a thread just for this lol. Now, I really have to show what I learnt before I came here

Also, this is a nightmare come true for saleska after our little chat in AoR, I'm just thinking about him saying "Damn Mergor, why do you have to do this to me" *joke*

[ArBo]

I think Saleska is glad you get your fix of exploits, so that AoR can be more like a normal HS

[Jadli]

Mergor gets Venice because he is less experienced (at least I think so). I hope this is the last thing I have to do in this HS. Good luck

[saleska2]

You guys actually made a thread just for this lol. Now, I really have to show what I learnt before I came here

Also, this is a nightmare come true for saleska after our little chat in AoR, I'm just thinking about him saying "Damn Mergor, why do you have to do this to me" *joke*

dont worry, I dont mind this at all. I doubt the intention of this HS is for it to be balanced lol

[Mergor]

Sure, I'll be Venice.
Give me the starting save and we can start
Alsoooo I guess we can use manual and auto-resolve ArBo? I mean I won't ever auto-resolve a battle against your army as I couldn't annihilate it, but against one garrisoned cities it's nice to save some time.

[Hannibal2001]

It sais no rules so you can both auto and manual

[ArBo]

It sais no rules so you can both auto and manual

Exactly You can autoresolve every single battle if you want

dont worry, I dont mind this at all. I doubt the intention of this HS is for it to be balanced lol

Everything is allowed, so both have the same tools at their disposal. It's the most balanced you can get

[ArBo]

Starting save for Venice (same one as in 1v1 Tournament): http://www.mediafire.com/file/5q4vtc..._Venice_1n.sav

[Mergor]

https://www.sendspace.com/file/wywh66

U up.

Also, maybe we should update the map every once in a while. For example when we got to turn 10, we update the map to turn 5.

[ArBo]

Sure, sounds good

EDIT: lol, the starting save is autoresolve only ofc . Jadli'll have to get us a new one.

[Jadli]

No manual battles then

[ArBo]

Oh no, we'll need those I just hope my spy will be able to open the gates to Lissabon again in the new save... 32% chance so probably not tho.

[Mergor]

It's also interesting that Milan can siege 3 cities from the start, and Venice only 2 While I can't really get to any cities in my first turn with my spy
But hey, I got the Beacon of Christianity

[ArBo]

I also normally can't reach to any settlements on my first turn...

[Hannibal2001]

I also normally can't reach to any settlements on my first turn...

This is the power of exploits

[Mergor]

Yeah I thought for a sec that he can reach it. Then I checked his turn and saw that he needed exploits.

Also, Jadli you don't need to make another save. You've sent me the descr_strat a few days ago so I the save with manual. with dev console enabled for both of us, so don't worry, I won't cheat as ArBo can "cheat back" (I wouldn't cheat anyway, but it's only fair if the both of us can be admins)