Second Youtuber Hotseat. Teutonic Campaign - Call to Arms!
New hotseat to begin soon. The rules below might be adjusted. If you are a Total War based youtube commentator and want to join please private message me and include a link to your channel.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
1. Each turn must be recorded with commentary from start (that is the point at which you input your password) to end turn (that is the point where the screen where the person that goes after you puts in their passwords) without edits or cuts (including load screens) and must be no longer than 1 hour. You cannot artificially speed up the video to give yourself more time. If you upload a video that is longer than 1 hour you will be penalized. You are advised to simply start the turn again from scratch.
2. Reloading is allowed within the video. However, the more you reload the more time you are consuming. You can restart your turn and video from scratch. There's no way to make sure you don't do it anyway. CTRL + s to save. CTRL + L to load.
3. Your turn must be played and the save passed on within 48 hours (Special circumstance will allow extensions but you must request an extension)
4. You are allowed to fight all battles manually including against human opponents. The more you manually resolve, the more time you will consume. Forcing you to make faster decisions. Exploit usage is subjective and not enforced. Fight as honourably or dishonourably as you see fit.
5. See below for list of banned exploits. If it's not on the list then it's allowed.
6. Spy Agent action allowed on all %, but the lower the chance the more time it will take you to succeed through reloading. No restrictions on how many spies needed to open gate.
7. Assassinations allowed at 40% for enemy agents, 60% on generals and family members, 80% for sabotage. Max 3 assassins per faction. You can assassinate faction leaders. Merchants can take on other merchants if their finance skill is higher than the opposing merchant. Princesses can marry on all %.
8. No Jihads (moot point - there are none in this campaign).
9. You must have a two turn gap when uploading your videos to your Youtube channel. For example when you finish turn 1, do not upload the video. After you finish turn 3 then upload the video for your turn 1. The next player doesn't have to start until your video is uploaded.
10. All battle outcomes are allowed from crushing defeat to heroic victory on manually and auto resolved battles. You can reload battles if it didn't go your way but you cannot edit it out unless you start the turn again from scratch.
11. Alliances and Non Aggression Pacts can be made publicly or secretly. Public alliances are sealed with a diplomat in game. Secret deals are not. If a secret deal is broken neither player is allowed to cite dishonour on the other. You want a deal to last? Seal it as soon as possible publicly.
12. To break a publicly known alliance with no penalty, you must publicly break it and send a diplomat in game to cancel it. You do not have to give a reason. Upon breaking the alliance you will be considered a trucebreaker if you attack the other party within 5 turns of cancelling the alliance. The other party can attack you immediately with no penalty. Players must not publicly slander another as dishonourable if the above is done, nor in any case of secret treaty breaking.
13. You can leave an army inside a navy at port. The is often banned. The reason this is to provide extra strategic options. They are certainly not of any use in a port, and are not invulnerable. Losing the region puts them at huge risk.
14. If the port is under blockade, the navy inside cannot sneak out. The blockade must be lifted first.
15. For players that came first. If one of your armies are defeated then you cannot move it the next turn. It can be attacked again by the aggressor. Try not to lose battles. It will suck.
16. Do not initiate any diplomacy with AI. If they offer you a deal you can either accept or reject. No haggling.
A few hints and tips for those not used to hotseats.
1. Try to avoid being attacked. If possible be the one that initiates the battle. You will have a much greater chance of winning.
2. Spam spies. They are your best friend in a hotseat campaign.
3. Don't manually resolve all battles if you have many to do. You will never do them all in an hour unless they are extremely fast. Remember you cannot cut out load screens.
4. Pick you allies carefully, and pick your enemies even more so. If you don't they will be chosen for you.
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Originally Posted by xDagger
