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Waterplouf, and the Submarine Eskimos

5 (13.5%)

Shadowgandor, and the Descendants of Giant Popsicles

0 (0%)

Boksi, and the Climate Change Deniers

4 (10.8%)

a1s, and the Recycled Italians

0 (0%)

Korbac, and the Japanese Porn Industry

12 (32.4%)

Il Palazzo, and the Dreamy Octopi

12 (32.4%)

Bluerobin, and the Power Metal Band

1 (2.7%)

EuchreJack, and the Best Judea

0 (0%)

Karlito, and the Animal Farm

3 (8.1%)

Total Members Voted: 37

[EuchreJack]

I'd even go so far as to push other nations out of the way, then surrender the provinces leading to the sea.

But you can't have my capital province.

But, I always thought LA Atlantis started on a coastal land province.

I just wanted to publicize my vote from the above poll: Even though we all will be gunning for him from day one, I still predict that Il Palazzo will win.  He is just that good.

Oh, and I'm also honored by my poll title.  It's probably the most flattering of them all.

Searching the "Other" Dominions 3 forum, I found this gem.  Good times.

[Shadowgandor]

Can't wait for this game to start. I just noticed a gem hidden in this mod that I will definately like ^^

[Karlito]

Playing a test game with a new Pretender design, and Ermor's capital started three provinces away from my own. 

[Neonivek]

Finally hearing something about a Immortal Pretendor not being a terrible waste of time by overcompensation.

[TempAcc]

Playing a test game with a new Pretender design, and Ermor's capital started three provinces away from my own. 

RUSH IT LIKE AN ANGRY BULLDOZER. Ermor is pretty vulnerable early on anyway

I just changed my pretender design for atlantis because the one I had in CBM simply doen't work that well in this mod. It'll probably be much less interesting in the late game :C

[Karlito]

RUSH IT LIKE AN ANGRY BULLDOZER. Ermor is pretty vulnerable early on anyway

They were more of an annoying setback than a legitimate threat, since though they could not defeat my mighty fist of an army in battle, they also had like 5 other armies that were rampaging through my lands while I tried to take out their capital. Plus I had to divert commanders from research, which is bothersome for a test game.

[EuchreJack]

Finally hearing something about a Immortal Pretendor not being a terrible waste of time by overcompensation.

Searching the "Other" Dominions 3 forum, I found this gem.  Good times.

Refering to the above maybe?  Yeah, if you wanted the paths anyways, an Immortal Pretender can be nice.  Basically a supercombattant, just remember never to retreat (retreating can trigger a nasty bug that kills the immortal).

[TempAcc]

So, is the game open to pretenders already? I have yet to get home but it'll be the first thing I do once I do get home

Ermor

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Gath

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R'lyeh

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Abysia

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Atlantis

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Jomon

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Utgard

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Midgard

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OMG QUORTHON

Pangaea

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[Karlito]

Except late age Pan is a lot less silly animals and a lot more this guy

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[Korbac]

Alright, the gig's up! Who picked me in the poll? 

[TempAcc]

I didn't, I voted for karlito
Anyway, someone wrote a very in depth and interesting analysis on dom3 regarding gath/hinnom/ashdod.

[EuchreJack]

Alright, the gig's up! Who picked me in the poll? 

Eh, it was probably someone that just saw "Japanese Porn Industry" and said, "Yes Please".  I doubt it counts as an actual vote of support.   

I didn't, I voted for karlito
Anyway, someone wrote a very in depth and interesting analysis on dom3 regarding gath/hinnom/ashdod.

Thanks, but I already figured out the Giants were the Philistines.  The three eras represent the three eras of Philistine power: Philistine Dominance (Himmon), Philistine-Hebrew Civil War (Ashdod), Philistine Subversion (Gath).

The timeline goes: Everything prior to Saul -> Philistine Dominance; Saul and David -> Civil War; The Perversion of Solomon and most future Hebrew Kings -> Philistine Subversion.

Since I'm most familiar with Gath, I'll restrict my further theories on comparing Gath to Israel post-David.  The Philistines have been defeated, and the Israelies control the country.  In Gath, the Giants are few in numbers.  Instead of engaging in open warfare, Philistine women seduce Israeli Kings into abandoning worship of their God and into worshiping the Philistine gods.  In Gath, the population generally worships the religion of the Giants.

At least that is my theory.  And since I'm playing Gath this round, my theory must be right, at least until I'm wiped off the face of the World of Warhammer, at which point everyone can speculate until The One True Pancreator vanquishes the survivors and imposes whatever history upon Gath that they like.

So, it is safe to say that the true history of Gath will probably be that they were created as giant clowns to keep the Throne of Heaven amused.   

EDIT: However, I'll appropriate a sentence from the article for propaganda purposes: "In Dom 3, no-one is objectively “good,” but, by comparison to R'lyeh and Ermor (and Pangaea), it is at least life-affirming."

Trust Gath.  Don't trust R'lyeh, Ermor, or Pangaea (although why the author lumps Pangaea with Ermor and R'lyeh, I can't say).

EDIT 2: Ok, Pangaea's added because of Carrion Woods, where the forest rises up to kill us all.  But we should all know when the game begins whether or not Pangaea has chosen such a path (and respond accordingly).

[Karlito]

Forbidden Friendship makes it a level 0 enchantment spell for me too.  Anyway, are we starting soon?

[TempAcc]

Alright, the gig's up! Who picked me in the poll? 

Eh, it was probably someone that just saw "Japanese Porn Industry" and said, "Yes Please".  I doubt it counts as an actual vote of support.   

I didn't, I voted for karlito
Anyway, someone wrote a very in depth and interesting analysis on dom3 regarding gath/hinnom/ashdod.

Thanks, but I already figured out the Giants were the Philistines.  The three eras represent the three eras of Philistine power: Philistine Dominance (Himmon), Philistine-Hebrew Civil War (Ashdod), Philistine Subversion (Gath).

The timeline goes: Everything prior to Saul -> Philistine Dominance; Saul and David -> Civil War; The Perversion of Solomon and most future Hebrew Kings -> Philistine Subversion.

Since I'm most familiar with Gath, I'll restrict my further theories on comparing Gath to Israel post-David.  The Philistines have been defeated, and the Israelies control the country.  In Gath, the Giants are few in numbers.  Instead of engaging in open warfare, Philistine women seduce Israeli Kings into abandoning worship of their God and into worshiping the Philistine gods.  In Gath, the population generally worships the religion of the Giants.

I don't believe Hinnon/Ashdod/Gath follow the precise moments in israelite history as much as it is based on passages from the book of enoch though. The historical elements take a backseat to the apocriphal text, which describes the elements behind hinnom (the sin of the watches and the birth of the nephilim) and ashdod (redemption from the blood cult and the merkavah). Algo, Gath describes the city from which goliath was said to be from, meaning it has barely entered the david era and the israelites are still not in power, despite having a much more significant presence.
He makes an interesting point in the essay describing the heretical Abbas priests from the late age as early abrahamic cultists who condemn the worship of the grigori, the nephilim and gods like baal/dagon and seek the convert the people.

Anyway, dom3 doesn't really follow either interpretation completely. The description on hinnom's units contains hints of a possible reference to the phillistine-hebrew war, and at the same time gath doesn't fit on the narrative of the book of enoch either. I prefer to go with the GIANT JEWS OMG interpretation.

But awesome dom3 interpretations of history/mythology aside, I guess we didn't start cause boxy and il p aren't back yet. I wanna thrust phallic objects made of ice into things >:C

[Boksi]

I'm back, I just haven't posted anything because I was super busy yesterday, and sadly it looks like I'll be pretty busy on all future mondays.

Anyone know what kind of mythology Abysia is based on? I can place every other nation that's playing in this round, but I don't really know what Abysia is based on, if they're even based on anything. I mean, they're pretty fantastical like the Caelians, but even then Illwinter managed to stick some Zoroastrianism into the Caelians when they made Dom3.