[Spoilers] Hidden in the mist - gtAngel plays Shekinah of the Sidar

[gtAngel]

Yeah, that's Elimist. I'll think of more diplomatic plans once I have better information about where he is and if I see anyone else to the south. What's unfortunate is that there is a very strong chance he and I won't meet anyone else for a while, which puts me in some danger (both of us used our mobility scouts to find each other, and shortly I expect the world to become very closed off from one another.

Basically I want a little more information before I commit to any plans with him.

[gtAngel]

Some minor diplo stuff:

I got a message from Ellimist of the Calabim:

Hey,

We made contact last turn and I sent you a message in game. That method is quick and convenient for short messages, but email is more reliable, and sometimes the trade screen messages don't work properly. So it's possible that that you replied to it and I failed to receive it this turn, or that you didn't receive my initial message.

I don't really have anything to add this turn, except that on turn 6 there was a bear 3E1S of your scout. You should be able to avoid(or find) him pretty easily, but be careful if you decide to explore the forests in that direction.

Anyway, I know there isn't a lot to discuss this early on, but feel free to share any ideas on ways that we can help each other.

(The message he sent in game was the generic Calabim greeting.) I responded:

"To the Calabim lordship,
I am please to formally contact the Calabim. We have heard tales of your power back on the main land, and look forward to our survival in this new land. As you may have seen the land is lush and expansive, with plenty of room to grow as our empires develop.

This is particularly beneficial, as while I would hate to impede on your empire my expansion is very limited to the south, necessitating that I expand towards you. How fortunate, then, that there is so much land between us that firm borders will not be necessary for quite some time.

We would naturally enjoy working together. As you may know, we Sidar have always enjoyed our isolation from the world, and we see this new land as a great opportunity to further remove ourselves from the petty squabbling that so plagues the mortal races. I'm sure you can understand our situation more than most, given your effective immortality. While it is early to be signing any formal documents, rest assured that we are quite looking forward to working together with a fellow long-lived race such as yourselves.

As for the dangers of this land, we appreciate your warning about the bear. Nasty creatures, although luckily we have been mostly spared from dangers in our little corner of this land. To your southwest you will find a bear den, although when we observed there were no bears at the time. Other than that there were no great dangers that we passed by.

Signed,
Shekinah of the Sidar"

[gtAngel]

Hmmm, I'm thinking of just going Agriculture->Mysticism and then something else. I don't really have any benefits from going Calender right now, since the close calender resources are forested. I might even want to go Mysticism->Crafting->Mining->Way of the Earthmother to help fuel some expansion. (After experimentation I kinda like RoK - it gives gold, happiness, and specialist slots. I keep running into the problem of lacking gold, so it could help.)

I think I'm going to go Mysticism next unless someone puts up a good argument at the very least.

[gtAngel]

Put a turn into mysticism, training a warrior while working as much food as I can, started a farm, lost my warrior to a Giant Spider (right outside my borders too, which sucks), and I found Calabim lands to my north, and expect that there's a good chance they'll find my lands soon as well.

No contact with anyone else so far. I'll probably get some screenshots with some dotmapping some time soon.

[Tasunke]

How do you get your pictures into the posts like that?

All I can ever end up doing is adding them as attachements >_>

(does it need to be a different file type than jpeg? What is the secret?)

[gtAngel]

There are two ways to do it, depending on whether you're using an attachment or using a link.

If you're doing a link, it's just [img] Image URL here [/img]

If you're doing an attachment, then look after you've finished uploading. There's a button that you click to place the attachment into the post. It's labeled "insert into post."

So the method is: select your file, click "add attachment", and then use "insert into post" for wherever you want to put the picture. Like so:

(I wrap these in spoiler tags usually as well. Just use [spoiler] and [*/spoiler] (without the "*")
   

I also have one that I did not insert to show the difference.

[Tasunke]

where did you find that picture?

[gtAngel]

There was some random anime face maker and that was the picture I made from it. I don't remember what specific site had the tool.

Edit: It was the top google search: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/2...30uny4.swf

[gtAngel]

So, here's an overview of the land I've revealed so far:

The Calabim lands and my minimap:

The northern area:

The middle area:

The southern area:

Dot-map Draft

North:

Middle:

South:

Also: These images were added in by using the [img]URL of image[/img] format. (All links to imgur.com images)

[Merovech]

Are you farming the riverside grassland before the rice? If so, why?