Knights of the Winter Rose

Here are some of my initial thoughts

- I like the idea of going for more than 1 prize in one region at the same time. The problem I foresee is a dilution of our forces due to members' available swords. Not everyone would have the same amount of CP/swords to spare and we may end up spreading ourselves too thin. One way to workaround this may be to assign teams but Im not sure as current membership stands we have enough for that to be effective. (Plus, peeps just dont bother. They fight where they like when they like and can't say to them: 'No, eff off to your region!') Still, something well worth considering.

- I would prefer to have 1 region with 3 camps. The added bonus from each of the three camps would boost and bolster the others and the region as a whole. (Like it did in the North for the same reasons you asked for another camp to be built.) Also, having one camp per region has not been too successful for TBWB as we see they lost their placing in the top 10 as others upgraded.

Those are both good points. I just don't see ourselves getting hyper-organised like that. And I'm not sure I'd like to, either :p Specialised roles could still work to an extent - say, should we decide to keep the number of war participants at a minimum, those of us sitting out could craft for ACs so that the rest can focus on AvA; or reincarnators focusing on a specific type of attack ; or them crafting basic units/materials while non-reincing members would craft them into the more complex stuff straight away; that sort of stuff. I don't think anything too strict would work.

i've talked with a few alliances and seen many with camps in every region. Not necessarily high level camps, but VP earning camps none the less

Yes, for overall VP that'd work. Not sure if they'd provide significant enough boost in overall rankings to be worth the additional confusion with camp upgrades, though.

1. What's your favorite season?
Late spring and early autumn.
2. Your favorite color?
All of them!
3. Favorite Food?
All of them?
j/k, CHOCOLATE! And iceberg lettuce. No, seriously.
4. Favorite ASOIAF character?
Mormont's raven
5. A quote you like/use?
Life is too long...
6. Have you ever eaten a crayon?
Not that I remember - did I miss out on something big?
7. Are you wearing socks right now?
Yes.
8. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
Nope, the movies've been to me. The one film we watched w my friends last night, anyway.
9. Are you a good cook?
LOL
(to clarify, the answer is no :p)
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A backpacking trip with a bass viol (without actually having carry it, OR my backpack)
11. What do you want to know about the future?
Will the world end anytime soon?
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13. Do you like to dance?
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14. What are you wearing right now?
A cozy warm jumper, among other things :p
15. Worst injury you've ever had?
**** skull + concussion
16. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Dunno, but it seems to work...
17. Last food that you ate?
bread rolls and sausages (Hungarian)
18. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
sky diving, I’d like to try that eventually
19. What is your heritage?
Not sure what you mean... EDIT: ok, I see now - I'm Hungarian through and through, even though I only live there half of the time now
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:@ >O
21. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
*censored*
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A mug of tea
23. How often do you clean out your ears?
Huh?
24. Do you have a tan?
Not atm
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Singing
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27. Type of music you dislike most?
The type that’s constantly creeping into my ears in supermarkets and other public places.
28. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?
Of course. And the Soviet one as well. The Hungarian translation anyway, forgot the original Russian :p
29. If you could lunch with one famous person, who would it be?
Jordi Savall … not sure he’s famous enough tho
30. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
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Pixis
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Crap
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Hardly ever.
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35. If you had to change your name to something else, what would it be?
Huh? Dunno.
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Yes, nothing big though
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Making money. In whatever way.
Or else, living on thin air. Actually, that’d be preferable.
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I don’t think I did, tbh :p
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As it happens. I’m feeling spectacularly uninspired lately :p
40. If you had simple superpowers, what would it be?
Hmmm… maybe make people remember they have something really important to do and leave me alone?
Haha, or do the Yoda/Ben Kenobi thing, that could be fun. Well, a reversible version of it anyway.
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The short and intelligible kinds. I used to like the long and weird ones as well but no longer have the attention span :p
42. Are you listening to music right now?
No
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Dark brown
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Trouble
45. What comes to your mind when you hear the word "Fame"
*shrug* lame
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*confused* why would I have  to go anywhere to have fun?
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Haha, don't even have a room atm.
48. What musical instruments can you play?
Cello and viola da gamba, the ones I can play well.
49. Have you ever been to a circus?
Too long ago to remember the details...
50. Give a rating out of 10, of how much you love GoT:A
around 7

See attached pic ... I told him to friend you, see if he does...

So what's the deal with the new camp in the Crownalds? I reckon it was more Freya wanting to dump stuff than anything, but where do we go with it now? (Just read MotD. D'oh.)

BTW I wonder if it's worth to build an camp in each subregion and upgrade it to level 3-4 (so before it starts requiring units and spoils) -  didn't do the maths, but those could boost our hourly VP for the overall rankings some :p

Yes I was wondering about that. Is it all publicly readable, then?

I'm definitely holding stuff back and let reincarnating ppl dump whatever they have. If there seems to be a huge advantage in it, I'll start contributing towards the end of phase, otherwise just stockpile stuff for the next one...

The camp level spreadsheet makes no difference between friends and enemies. I gave access to leaders of WS and WotW (who are now back since their merge with ToG didn't work as expected) so I figured it'd be too confusing.

I'm looking into changing the format and doing a form for maintenance, but since I have no experience with google sheets/forms and scripting, it might be more trouble than it's worth...

Actually, pure maths, calculating with aids/barters only,  seem to be slightly in favour of upgrading, see spreadsheet below. It seems we'd need to average 100-150 successful aids/barters per hour to lose as much from the attack VP as gain from the camp one. Hostilities (which are more than likely to happen) are a whole another matter , though - likely reducing hourly VP due to camp damage, whereas the attack VP should be significantly higher.

VP calculation spreadsheet - very much in progress, only done Aid/Barter/Bribe so far (ETA: now added Fight). It took long to figure out the formula as much as I have, and it's still a bit off, I blame Nod's data for that. It's just rounding issues though, so it shouldn't be too far off. The rest of the tables should be easier now that I know how to get started...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmCA_G36hc71dDhaRS12bEpwamIyLW1UX001Q2piX2c&usp=sharing

Spreadsheet with camp levels - not entirely up to date, but working on it...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmCA_G36hc71dG1NdUI5MDVaNmwtMHFROUxSOWZTLUE&usp=sharing