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What is Mount and Blade: Warband? I'm lazy, so here's a synopsis from the wiki pages! quote:Mount & Blade: Warband is the stand-alone expansion pack to the action role-playing video game Mount & Blade. First announced in January 2009, the game was developed by the Turkish company TaleWorlds Entertainment and was published by Paradox Interactive on March 30, 2010.The game is available as a direct download from the TaleWorlds website, through the Steam digital distribution software, or as a DVD with required online activation. macOS and Linux versions were released on July 10, 2014 through Steam. No really, what? Mount and Blade: Warband is hard to explain to people really. I generally start off my pitch with "Did you ever play Frontier Elite 2? Its that, but on a horse" and that tends to do the trick. Its an open-world action RPG where you are dumped into the world as a mercenary with some money, some armour and a horse and told "go do what you want". Its a hard sell because there's no plot, no overarching story quest, none of that. All the goals you have are the ones you set for yourself and its up to you how you get there. Luckily, this LP is starting with a goal so there's at least some direction happening! What's our goal then? Our goal is to become Queen of Calradia. Its a lot of work, and requires taking over each and every faction in the game, which in itself is hard to do. We're starting form the very bottom, as a lone woman with a horse and a few soldiers. After we've done that, we need to unite them and install ourselves as queen of the world. Okay, so how is this LP going to work? We've got a long road ahead of us, LP subforum. But with the power of friendship and believing in each other, I know we can do it. This isn't your normal LP, where I play and you guys get to make the decisions. I have played through the introduction quest and left our character sat outside of a major city. As we speak, this save file is in the hands of another person who will play the game for one week real time and continue where I left off. They will post their updates while the next person in the list plays and records their segment and so on. We're essentially building a kingdom by committee, going down a list of people until we have reached our goal! Neat! What do I need to join in? First of all, you need the game. We are playing with no mods whatsoever, to make it more compatible between computers and players so you don't need anything beyond that really. Any level of skill and knowledge of the game is welcome, the second post in this thread is dedicated to keeping you up to speed! You will also need a means of recording an update -- updates can be in whatever form you choose. I went for video because that's what I'm used to but you can choose screenshots if you like, a hybrid of the two, or some kind of new, experimental LP experience. Whatever you're comfortable with! As an aside: We are not going with mods because of potential compatability issues, however if you have messed with your vanilla .ini file with TweakMB or something along those lines, I won't tell you to change it. People have different playstyles and have to tweak different things to make it bearable (those loving cows) and I'm already putting you through vanilla M&B, I won't force my settings on you. Just keep it reasonable and not too cheaty and we won't say any more about it! How long do I have? You will have one week real time to record your gameplay. During this time you can record as much as you like, although remember that you only have another week to actually make your updates once its your turn so try to keep it reasonable! After that two weeks, the save file is sent back to me for archival and then on to the next person! To keep things moving smoothly and to not have to wait months between players, people will post the updates from their session during the week that the next player is playing. This is also why the save file is being sent to me for archival, so that if someone flakes out on their turn, there's still an up to date save file for me to send to the next person, to keep things moving. How do I get the save file? The save file is already in the hands of the first person on the list, however when they've completed their week long tour, it'll be sent back to me. I will then send it to the next person on the list either through PM if they have them, or through another medium of their choice. How do I get onto the list? Just post in the thread stating your intentions! If you have PMs you don't need to do anything else as I'll contact you with the savefile when its time. If you don't, don't worry. I set up a Discord server to make this less of a logistical nightmare! I don't want to make any updates but I'd like to play along. I will be posting the most recent save file as a link in the thread too so that those who want to play along but who aren't confident in making updates or who don't have the facilities to can still play along! Feel free to talk about what happened in "your" game but remember that only the people on The List are allowed to make the official updates that will end up in the OP. Consider observer playthroughs as alternate timelines! Now, without further ado.. The List will be posted in the order that people sign up. The dates (that are in European format so dd/mm/yy) represent when you will have the save file, to make it easy to figure out when/if you will have the time to make and post your updates! Faerie Fortune Iron Chitlin (4/4/17 - 11/4/17) Danaru (11/4/17 - 18/4/17) CirclMastr (18/4/17 - 25/4/17) grimlock_master (25/4/17 - 2/5/17) Blind Sally (2/5/17 - 9/5/17) Fizzicist (9/5/17 - 16/5/17) Miki (16/5/17 - 23/5/17) HerpicleOmnicron5 (23/5/17 - 30/5/17) UZworm (30/5/17 - 6/6/17) nine-gear crow (6/6/17 - 13/6/17) Herr Tog (13/6/17 - 20/6/17) krisslanza (20/6/17 - 27/6/17) ZiegeDame (27/6/17 - 4/7/17) Werewhale (4/7/17 - 11/7/17) Video Playlist Faerie Fortune Update 01 - Character Creation Update 02 - In Which Mistakes Are Already Being Made Update 03 - Progress Iron Chitlin Update 04 - Tournaments, Quests, and Bad Gameplay Update 05 - A Day Full Of Failure Danaru Update 06 - The Shame Hat Update 07 - Technically Winning Update 08 - Dick Maths! CirclMastr Update 09 Update 10 Update 11 Update 12 Update 13 Update 14 Update 15 Update 16 Update 17 Update 18 Update 19 Update 20 Update 21 Update 22 grimlock_master An MS Paint Update By Grimlock Master Blind Sally Mountain Blade: Warband - Update 23 - Blind Jeannie the Bandit Queen, Part 1 An MS Paint Update by Blind Sally Fizzicist Update 24 - Everything Is Fine Save File Each save file will be labelled by the date it was uploaded, and who was the last person to have it. To have it in your game, extract the .sav file into Documents/M&Blade Warband Savegames/Native -- you may need to rename it if you already have a save in that folder! Savefile for 4/4/2017 - Faerie Fortune Savefile for 11/4/2017 - Iron Chitlin Savefile for 18/4/2017 - Danaru Savefile for 25/4/2017 - CirclMastr Savefile for 2/5/2017 - grimlock_master Savefile for 9/5/2017 - Blind Sally Savefile for 16/5/17 - Fizzicist Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Jul 4, 2017 |
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The Information Repository If any kind posters post any mechanics pointers and such for our prospective commanders, it'll all go here for future reference! (The faction information in Fae's original post comes from the Mount and Blade Wikia) Joanne's Stats Faerie Fortune - Joanne D'Arc Iron Chitlin - Lady Baja of Blastington Danaru - Liquid Joanne CirclMastr - gently caress Dick Tree grimlock_master - Juana de Arco Blind Sally - Blind Jeannie Factions and Such Kingdom of Swadia Kingdom of Swadia Troop Tree quote:As a starting point, the Kingdom of Swadia is profitable as it is close to all of the other factions. This means that you can easily venture into any other nation and buy goods, then return and sell them in any Swadian town. Swadian lands are relatively safe for trade routes, with the most common bandits being weak Forest Bandits and occasional Mountain Bandits near the river at the frontier with the Kingdom of Rhodoks. The downside of starting in Swadia is that it has no specially priced goods of its own. Kingdom of Vaegirs Kingdom of Vaegirs Troop Tree quote:The Vaegirs possess arguably the finest foot archers in the game, and also have several tiers of reasonably good infantry and heavy cavalry. Vaegir troops prefer using two-handed weapons for an offensive advantage against their foes, and live in the mountainous and snowy north-eastern boundaries of the map. The claimant to the throne is Prince Valdym the Bastard. Kingdom of Rhodoks Kingdom of Rhodocks Troop Tree quote:The Rhodoks were once subjects of the Swadians, but successfully fought a war for independence under the military leadership of Grunwalder. The Rhodoks later built Grunwalder Castle in his honor, on the site where he fell in battle. Kingdom of Nords Kingdom of Nords Troop Tree quote:According to Matheld, the Nords were invited by the Calradic Empire to crew their galleys, and were given land on the coast as payment for this service. After the Empire fell however, a Nord leader named Gundig Hairy-Breeks landed in Calradia to claim a supposed Nord birthright of the whole continent. Matheld makes note that this was a fabrication by the skalds and qualifies it by noting the Nords need no excuse to go to war. Gundig Hairy-Breeks would be killed attempting to attack the Rock of Rivacheg, but Nords still come to Calradia under the idea of claiming Calradia by force. Khergit Khanate Khergit Troop Tree quote:In contrast to the lush heartlands of Calradia, the great steppes to the south are a vast region of dry grassland. With harsh weather and little resources of wood or ore, the one thing found in abundance here are the herds of horses that live both in the wild and domestically. It is in this arid waste that one can find the Khergits, a semi-nomadic race of hunters and horsemen who, much like their Steppe Horses, are lean, hardy, swift, and temperamental. Sarranid Sultanate Sarranid Sultanate Troop Tree quote:The Sarranid Sultanate is a new faction introduced in Mount&Blade: Warband, located in the southern deserts of Calradia. It is led by Sultan Hakim, while the claimant to the throne is Arwa the Pearled One. Sarranid lords are called emirs, an Arab title for a ruler. Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 19:43 on May 10, 2017 |
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Sign me up! I am so all over this, we're gonna make the baddest of queens
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 14:33 |
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*Tebuchets himself over a wall into the thread* Hell YES sign me up are you kidding me
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 14:40 |
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The List has been updated, thank you for enlisting!
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 14:47 |
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Oh man, my arm might be working again by late May, put me on the list after Danaru please!
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 14:52 |
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I admit, I was a little disappointed when I opened the thread and this wasn't Triple Linda.
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 14:58 |
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Ooo, put my name down. I'm interested in having a go.
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 15:11 |
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I don't have the hardware to record but I'll definitely be following this! You've already made me start a new playthrough as a wannabe merchant.
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 16:37 |
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Why, a collaboration LP of one of my favourite games! Should I sign up, or should I not? (Kidding, of course I'm in.)
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 19:08 |
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2 weeks feels like a ridiculously long time although I guess the jury isn't out yet on how many updates that would actually be in the end.
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MiddleOne posted:2 weeks feels like a ridiculously long time although I guess the jury isn't out yet on how many updates that would actually be in the end. Considering I'm trapped in my house by injury, I wouldn't be surprised if I make 14 episodes in 14 days.
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MiddleOne posted:2 weeks feels like a ridiculously long time although I guess the jury isn't out yet on how many updates that would actually be in the end. Some people don't have a lot of free time to post updates due to work/family/etc, so this is to give them a lot of time to work with!
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 19:22 |
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I've never played this game before! Sign me up. Every succession game needs a turn of someone's gross inexperience and incompetence!
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 19:48 |
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Heck yeah I'll sign up for this, Warband is a game that's I've sunk well over a hundred hours into over the years, greatly relaxing game.
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 20:04 |
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Not signing up, but I can play the role of a peasant who'll mock you and pelt you with rotten turnips when you gently caress up. stop trampling my field you inbred fucks
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Heck yeah I'll sign up for this, Warband is a game that's I've sunk well over a hundred hours into over the years, greatly relaxing game. Only over a hundred? I have over 600! Interesting idea though. I miiight give this a try.
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krisslanza posted:Only over a hundred? I have over 600! ... To be fair, a few hundred of those is it just sitting in the background.
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 21:54 |
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List updated with the names and dates for all signups so far!
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 22:11 |
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Danaru appears to be starting his turn in July and ending it in May. Unless he has a time machine, this appears to be a clerical error. EDIT: Also, you might want to note that all dates are in European format (DD/MM/YYYY), because I was confused for a second at first glance. Commander Keene fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Apr 4, 2017 |
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Commander Keene posted:Danaru appears to be starting his turn in July and ending it in May. Unless he has a time machine, this appears to be a clerical error. El Psy Congroo
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# ? Apr 4, 2017 23:17 |
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this is dumb, this game is good bad, you are dumber and I want to join this so I am ultimately the dumbest.
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Krysmphoenix posted:I've never played this game before! Sign me up. Every succession game needs a turn of someone's gross inexperience and incompetence! oh, there'll be more than one turn of that. i can guarantee it.
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Krysmphoenix posted:I've never played this game before! Sign me up. Every succession game needs a turn of someone's gross inexperience and incompetence! Those make for some of the greatest updates. Getting the popcorn out for this one!
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# ? Apr 5, 2017 05:00 |
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I love how the first thing that happened was getting captured and losing your money.
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# ? Apr 5, 2017 07:15 |
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I'd be down to Cersei Lannister my way through a turn of this game.
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Okay, after discussion with Iron Chitlin, the unlucky fucker who got to be first on the list, we have concluded that two weeks is probably an excessive amount of time to have the save file, even if you have work/family commitments that mean you have less time for LPs. So the time people have the game will be reduced to a week which means that the dates have also changed a bit. It also means people only have a week to post their updates which might be a little tight for some folks but it'll keep things moving I promise. With the new dates in mind, if you want to be moved up or down the list let me know!
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# ? Apr 5, 2017 08:02 |
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I have been informed that apparently I have to "sign up" in "the thread" in order to play this stupid loving game that Chitlin bought for me
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Faerie Fortune posted:Okay, after discussion with Iron Chitlin, the unlucky fucker who got to be first on the list, we have concluded that two weeks is probably an excessive amount of time to have the save file, even if you have work/family commitments that mean you have less time for LPs. I'll be super busy on my assigned week, so I probably won't be able to do my turn. Can I get bumped down a spot? The following week would be perfectly fine.
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# ? Apr 5, 2017 11:13 |
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Someone should just create a public spreadsheet and get it over with.
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I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd get more than a couple of signups I'll work on a spreadsheet later this afternoon to make things a little easier though
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Faerie Fortune posted:Okay, after discussion with Iron Chitlin, the unlucky fucker who got to be first on the list, we have concluded that two weeks is probably an excessive amount of time to have the save file, even if you have work/family commitments that mean you have less time for LPs. Welp, that puts my spot squarely during a trip I'm taking. Can I be moved down a peg or two?
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Shei-kun posted:I love how the first thing that happened was getting captured and losing your money. Then she was repeatedly captured and robbed.
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# ? Apr 5, 2017 12:32 |
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It wouldn't be a Fae LP if there wasn't gross incompetence/tech issues/just plain bad luck right from the start! The List has been updated and reworked, let me know if you want to be moved around further!
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Faerie Fortune posted:It wouldn't be a Fae LP if there wasn't gross incompetence/tech issues/just plain bad luck right from the start! Haha oh come on, this is already way more ambitious than the average video LP. Some hiccups are inevitable once you start involving people.
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Great, now I have to play twice a day to get 14 updates. Also I will definitely have the sling for most of the week. Oh wait I do stretches twice a day to keep my joints from freezing up. Perfect!
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Faerie Fortune posted:I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd get more than a couple of signups I'll work on a spreadsheet later this afternoon to make things a little easier though You underestimated goons and their love of niche games!
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Faerie Fortune posted:I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd get more than a couple of signups I'll work on a spreadsheet later this afternoon to make things a little easier though You seem to not realize that Mount & Blade is probably one of the best games around. This thread alone is making me wanna go boot it up again and play some campaigns.
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# ? Apr 5, 2017 23:08 |
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It has been over six years since I've touched this game, but I've been meaning to rope a friend into talking over video games with me, so sign me up for probably getting drunk and losing all our armor to a wandering troubadour or something.
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Oh right, I guess I should say I'll take a turn.
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