IC 3:

This could be a 2-part challenge.

Part 1 = build up tribe fortifications.

Part 2 = destroy opposing tribe fortifications.


BUILD:

Tribes have 24 hours to construct as many city fortifications as they can.


Tower









DESTROY:

Tribes have 24 hours to destroy the fortifications that were built the previous day using various weaponry of the time. Catapults. Archers. Warriors. Axemen. Swordsmen. Pikemen.















Also:

Legion
Samurai
Phalanx

Welcome, Leaders, to your first Epic Challenge!

You've all survived two TC's so far...let's see if you made the right choices...


This challenge will take place over the course of the next two days in two rounds:



THE DEFENSE ROUND (Tuesday-Wednesday night)


&

THE ATTACK ROUND (Wednesday-Thursday night)






DEFENSE ROUND (Tuesday-Wednesday night)


The object of the DEFENSE ROUND is to build up your tribe's defenses (aka "defense points") as much as possible before the ATTACK ROUND


Below are the defensive structures/units you may build/train to defend your tribe. Some structures, such as a Castle, Walls, and Moat, may only be built once. You may construct a maximum of 10 towers. And there is no restrictions to the number of archers you may train.

CASTLE = (can only build 1) = (100 posts) = 1000 defense points
WALLS = (can only build 1) = (75 posts) = 750 defense points
MOAT = (can only build 1) = (50 posts) = 500 defense points

TOWER = (maximum of 10 built one at a time) = (25 posts for each tower) = 250 defense points for each tower

ARCHERS = (any amount trained one at a time) = (10 posts for each archer) = 100 defense points for each archer





CONSTRUCTING A DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE:

To construct a defensive structure, start a new thread in your Tribe Forum entitled "(Your Tribe's)(Defensive Structure)". Start a new thread for each structure.


Posting Rules

1. 3 players must post before you may post again. Obviously, the first 3 people to post on any structure ignore this rule.

2. You may work on as many structures as there are available provided you follow the first rule. You may only build one tower and train one archer at a time. (You can build 1 tower AND train 1 archer at the same time if you wish, you just may not build or train an additional archer or tower while another is being built) Once one is complete you may build another (with a maximum of 10 towers).


Each structure requires a certain number of posts (see above). To contribute towards the post-count post "(Your Name) builds (Defensive Structure), (# of posts) remaining" as a reply to the appropriate thread. For example, if I was the first player to post on the Castle, I would post "Zeus builds Castle, 99 posts remaining" as a reply to the "MY TRIBE'S Castle" thread. Aphrodite could post after me, two more players would need to post, and then I could post again. Once, the # of posts remaining hits zero, the structure is considered complete. I could also post on the Moat, A tower, etc. at the same time if three other players had posted before me.

If a mistake is made, delete or edit your post and correct it. Any errors in posting after the Defense Round is complete will result in an unfinished structure and will not contribute to your tribe's over-all Defense Score.


THE DEFENSE ROUND WILL BE OVER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28TH AT 10PM EST (9PM CST).

No posts after that time will be accepted.






THE ATTACK ROUND (Wednesday night-Thursday night)


(The Attack round will begin once the hosts have posted the total defense points each tribe was able to accumulate. We will attempt when possible to keep score as you go, but if these results are not posted right at 10PM EST please be patient.)


WEAPON OF CHOICE:

For the Attack Round, you may arm yourself with one weapon. You may only use one weapon for the duration of the challenge. Each weapon has its own amount of damage points and posting restrictions. (See below)

The catch: Only 2 players may share the same weapon.

To declare which weapon you are choosing, start a new thread in your Tribe Forum entitled "Weapon of choice" and claim your weapon. You must claim a weapon here before you may use it to attack. This may be done during the Defense Round as well. Remember, only two players may choose the same weapon.

CATAPULT = 50 damage - can fire once per hour
WAR ELEPHANT = 30 damage - can attack every 30 minutes
HORSE ARCHER = 25 damage - can attack every 20 minutes
SAMURAI = 20 damage - can attack every 15 minutes
LEGION = 15 damage - can attack every 10 minutes
WAR CHARIOT = 10 damage - can attack once every 5 minutes



ATTACKING


Attacking is done similarly to building up your defenses. The hosts will post the total amount of Defense Points the other tribe was able to accumulate as a new thread in each tribe's forums entitled "Defense Points". To attack, simply reply to this thread with the following post:

"(You name) uses (Your weapon of choice). -(# of damage your weapon does) defense points. (# of defense points remaining) defense points remaining."


So for example, if I had chosen to use the War Elephant, and the opposing tribe had accumulated 1000 defense points, I would post, as a reply to the "Defense Points" thread,

"Zeus uses War Elephant. -30 defense points. 970 defense points remaining."


NOTE: Unlike building up your defenses you do not need to wait for 3 other players to post, you only need to wait as long as your Weapon Of Choice requires.



WINNING


The first tribe to completely destroy all of the other tribe's defenses will win.

If no tribe has completely destroyed the other tribe's defenses by Thursday, April 29th at 11pm EST, the tribe that gets the closest will win.


PHARAOH'S

The Pharaoh will be determined by the player who contributes the most to both parts of the challenge. This will be done by post count, actual damage done factoring in only in the case of a tie.

This needs to be finished if it is to be posted tomorrow.

working on this now...

kk cool


did you see my tc thread?

Ok, take a look at this when you can and let me know if you have any questions. I may add some formatting changes to help things stand out better or images, but the rules should be good.

Okay, so,

Round 1 they are building defenses. They must wait for three people to post before they post again. And towers and training archers one at a time. there is a max on towers i think i read 10.

I then count up all their defense points on each tribe. I count who contributed and how much they total'd incase of a tie.

I post in each tribe, how many defense points the other tribe has ?

They then reply to that thread with what they are arming themselves with?

Then they can attack?

As they attack I just total their posts, how much their posts hurt the other tribe, and subtract defense points as they attack.

I guess....thats a lot of posts to count. I hope you will be around to help me grade it.

With each of their posts they should be subtracting the amount of damage their weapon does from the total. When it gets to zero they are done. (This is the same for building structures too) We will just need to count how many posts each player contributes to both parts to determine the Pharaoh.

Obviously some weapons (like the war chariot) post more often but do less damage. Players who take these weapons will most likely become the Pharaoh since they must post more often to do the same amount of damage as say a catapult.

Weapons such as the catapult are meant for the players who are around to post less often.

Its possible with the fireworks of this TC and the significance of Caesar's vote that people may start trying harder to win Pharaoh...I'm disappointed to lose Crazy Horse already but excited that there is already some real drama in the game.

IC 3 RESULTS:



ANTIUQUUS COMPLETED:

CASTLE: 1 (x 1000 DP) = 1000
WALLS: 1 (x 750 DP) = 750
MOAT: 1 (x 500 DP) = 500

TOWERS: 10 (x 250 DP) = 2500

ARCHERS: 28 (x 100 DP) = 2800


TOTAL: 7550 DEFENSE POINTS








NOVUS COMPLETED:


CASTLE: X
WALLS: X
MOAT: X

TOWERS: 1 (x 250 DP) = 250

ARCHERS: 3 (on the last post of the third archer, Sitting Bull said "Gandhi trains Archer") (x 100 DP) = 300

TOTAL: 550 DEFENSE POINTS







I have posted the second part of the challenge below as a reminder for how it works:






THE ATTACK ROUND (Wednesday night-Thursday night)


(The Attack round will begin once the hosts have posted the total defense points each tribe was able to accumulate. We will attempt when possible to keep score as you go, but if these results are not posted right at 10PM EST please be patient.)


WEAPON OF CHOICE:

For the Attack Round, you may arm yourself with one weapon. You may only use one weapon for the duration of the challenge. Each weapon has its own amount of damage points and posting restrictions. (See below)

The catch: Only 2 players may share the same weapon.

To declare which weapon you are choosing, start a new thread in your Tribe Forum entitled "Weapon of choice" and claim your weapon. You must claim a weapon here before you may use it to attack. This may be done during the Defense Round as well. Remember, only two players may choose the same weapon.

CATAPULT = 50 damage - can fire once per hour
WAR ELEPHANT = 30 damage - can attack every 30 minutes
HORSE ARCHER = 25 damage - can attack every 20 minutes
SAMURAI = 20 damage - can attack every 15 minutes
LEGION = 15 damage - can attack every 10 minutes
WAR CHARIOT = 10 damage - can attack once every 5 minutes



ATTACKING


Attacking is done similarly to building up your defenses. The hosts will post the total amount of Defense Points the other tribe was able to accumulate as a new thread in each tribe's forums entitled "Defense Points". To attack, simply reply to this thread with the following post:

"(You name) uses (Your weapon of choice). -(# of damage your weapon does) defense points. (# of defense points remaining) defense points remaining."


So for example, if I had chosen to use the War Elephant, and the opposing tribe had accumulated 1000 defense points, I would post, as a reply to the "Defense Points" thread,

"Zeus uses War Elephant. -30 defense points. 970 defense points remaining."


NOTE: Unlike building up your defenses you do not need to wait for 3 other players to post, you only need to wait as long as your Weapon Of Choice requires.



WINNING


The first tribe to completely destroy all of the other tribe's defenses will win.

If no tribe has completely destroyed the other tribe's defenses by Thursday, April 29th at 11pm EST, the tribe that gets the closest will win.


PHARAOH'S

The Pharaoh will be determined by the player who contributes the most to both parts of the challenge. This will be done by post count, actual damage done factoring in only in the case of a tie.

CASTLE:


LOUIS XIV: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx x (16)
JOAN: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx (15)
KHUFU: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx x (21)
ALEXANDER: xxxxx xxxxx x (11)
CAESAR: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxx (18)
SMOKE JAGUAR: xxxxx xxxxx xxx (13)
CALIGULA: xxxxx x (6)


WALLS


LOUIS XIV: xxxxx xxxxx x (11)
JOAN: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx x (16)
KHUFU: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx x (16)
ALEXANDER: xxxxx xxx (
CAESAR: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx (15)
SMOKE JAGUAR: xxxxx xxxx (9)



TOWERS:


CAESAR: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx (54)
JOAN: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx (19)
KHUFU: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx (25)
ALEXANDER: xxxxx xxxxx xx (12)
SMOKE JAGUAR: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx (37)
LOUIS XIV: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx x (45)
CALIGULA: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx (42)
ISABELLA: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx (15)



TOTALS FROM MY TALLY:

CAESAR: (168)
LOUIS XIV: (125)
KHUFU: (119)
CALIGULA: (104)
SMOKE JAGUAR: (94)
JOAN: (93)
ALEXANDER: (52)
ISABELLA: (37)
RAMESSES: (0)

MOAT

ALEXANDER 9
CAESAR 9
JOAN OF ARC 12
KHUFU 12
LOUIS XIV 6
SMOKE JAGUAR 2


ARCHERS

ALEXANDER 8
CAESAR 61
CALIGULA 53
ISABELLA 18
JOAN OF ARC 28
KHUFU 36
LOUIS XIV 43
SMOKE 33

ATTACK ROUND

ALEXANDER 4
CAESAR 11
CALIGULA 3
ISABELLA 4
JOAN OF ARC 3
KHUFU 9
LOUIS XIV 4

IC 3: CITY WALLS CHALLENGE RESULTS



Well, obviously, as you know, ANTIQUUS made short work of NOVUS' minimal defenses, and thus have secured immunity and safety for yet another round.


CONGRATULATIONS ANTIQUUS!


You all did an outstanding job! So much in fact that it has taken us some time to determine who our Pharaoh for this round will be...


Here's the results:


CASTLE:

KHUFU: (21)
CAESAR: ( 18 )
LOUIS XIV: (16)
JOAN: (15)
SMOKE JAGUAR: (13)
ALEXANDER: (11)
CALIGULA: (6)


WALLS


JOAN: (16)
KHUFU: (16)
CAESAR: (15)
LOUIS XIV: (11)
SMOKE JAGUAR: (9)
ALEXANDER: ( 8 )


MOAT

JOAN OF ARC: (12)
KHUFU: (12)
ALEXANDER: (9)
CAESAR: (9)
LOUIS XIV: (6)
SMOKE JAGUAR: (2)


TOWERS:


CAESAR: (54)
LOUIS XIV: (45)
CALIGULA: (42)
SMOKE JAGUAR: (37)
KHUFU: (25)
JOAN: (19)
ISABELLA: (15)
ALEXANDER: (12)


ARCHERS


CAESAR: (61)
CALIGULA: (53)
LOUIS XIV: (43)
KHUFU: (36)
SMOKE JAGUAR: (33)
JOAN OF ARC: ( 28 )
ISABELLA: ( 18 )
ALEXANDER: ( 8 )



ATTACK ROUND

CAESAR: (11)
KHUFU: (9)
ALEXANDER: (4)
ISABELLA: (4)
LOUIS XIV: (4)
JOAN OF ARC: (3)
CALIGULA: (3)




BRINGING THE TOTALS TO:



CAESAR: (168)

LOUIS XIV: (125)
KHUFU: (119)
CALIGULA: (104)
SMOKE JAGUAR: (94)
JOAN: (93)
ALEXANDER: (52)
ISABELLA: (37)
RAMESSES: (0)






CONGRATULATIONS CAESAR!!!


YOU HAVE WON THE TITLE OF PHARAOH FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW!



You, and the NOVUS tribe will have access to the Temple Of Zeus momentarily.