Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Heading into "uncharted waters" (read: untested designs and design matchups) would make me uneasy, too.

Hate those (possibly) make-or-break battles!

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">May be true... But Those are the only fleets he is blatantly showing. Always anticipate the "second punch." http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Unless, of course, I happen to guess right and do well... I'm not sure how long the stalemate will Last. He can make a move any turn now...

[ May 28, 2003, 17:25: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gecko is moved up and the KOTH page is updated. That game was extremely fast: 108 turns in eight days http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, and we didn't play all that often on the weekends either. That was mostly done during the week. It was quite refreshing. Only thing would have made it better is if I had won. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geoschmo

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

[quote]Originally posted by geoschmo:

Quote:

Originally posted by Asmala: Gecko is moved up and the KOTH page is updated. That game was extremely fast: 108 turns in eight days http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, and we didn't play all that often on the weekends either. That was mostly done during the week. It was quite refreshing. Only thing would have made it better is if I had won. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geoschmo[/QUOTE

The start of KOTH Geoschmo vs Gecko coincided with the end of my employment. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif Except for the Memorial Day weekend (US holiday) and a weekend trip to Pittsburgh, PA for graduate school, I have been home – looking for a new job, taking classes, and doing the hausfrau thing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Gecko

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, and we didn't play all that often on the weekends either. That was mostly done during the week. It was quite refreshing. Only thing would have made it better is if I had won. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geoschmo</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's something that I said about Geo when we had a "test KOTH" game. He plays regularly, let's you know when he has to go (and it's the Last turn for him for the night), and plays quickly.

Not to downplay Gecko, 'cause I assume he spends time on turns, too... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif .

Also goes along with one of the polls I ran...about people liking fast turnaround and playing with people that they know will commit to doing turns.

(PS: If I suck up enough, he MIGHT take it easy on me in the "infamous" challenge match...yeah, like that's gonna happen... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

No, just in a few too many games right now. Don't want to start any new ones.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Well you can move Rollo up the hill and me back to the bottom http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

108 turns in 8 days!

That is 13.5 turns a day! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Did you guys sleep?

And I thought I was doing great when I could manage the occasional 3 turns a day.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Trithian Empire (Slynky) -vs- Kif Hegemony (Mark the Merciful): 2406.9

(standard KOTH game: 1 medium starting homeworld)

More battles and surprises.

Back to the "tentacle". Remember? I cut it off form the rest of his empire. But, with a fleet of around 30-35 LCs, he ran me out of the system, connected his "arm" back and also wiped my planet like a raw booger! Now, what was he going to do with that fleet?

So, I bolstered the wormhole to the south of his fleet as best as I could and sure enough, there he went. Took some damage (about 30% of his fleet) and then had his choice of 2 nearby planets. All I had was 3 BCs to throw at him. Untrained at that! So, he chose the "mineral" planet and wiped it like snot from his sleeve. A round or 2 later, my 3 BCs caught them and returned the favor, much to my surprise! Killed about 18 ships and no damage to me.

But, one shouldn't sit around thinking their ships are boss. A few turns later, I found out that he had gone from LC fleets to a fleet comprised of about half battleships. Skipped cruisers and BCs completely. Another brutal battle resulting in all my warships croaking. Thankfully, I did enough damage that the battleships couldn't chase down my 5 sweepers! The battleships were left at damages ranging from 80-90% damage. I'll try to pop through the hole and get what I can before they can move to be repaired.

It seems this area is the likely area for battle as each of us (I assume) know other points of our borders are defended to the hilt.

With over 100 ships, I am still in 2nd place. He must have some awesome fleets moving up! Seems like a powerful game to have started from only 1 medium homeworld.

[ May 29, 2003, 19:00: Message edited by: Slynky ]