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

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Gandalph surrenders.

Well, what can I say. We met on turn 5 when his escort came into my home system only 3 spaces from my homeworld. I had decided to go the massive colonization route and had no defenses ready. I put defensive WP's into the queue, but it was too late. The first attack took out my only spaceyard and put my people into an angry state. I tried to recover, but Krsqk obviously sensed my weakness and began pouring his escorts and frigates into my system. I decided this would be a futile attempt and surrended.

Move Krsqk up a notch and throw me to the bottom... errr Sewer... errr whatever we call the Last rung these days.

Arrrrgh. Another one of those two-system away starts. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif I really don't think I deserve this win, given the pure luck that came my way. Like hitting his SY on the first attack, right before six missiles slammed into my scout. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif And his missile frigate dying reasonably quickly to my two frigates, despite simulations showing at least a 50% chance of both my ships dying. I decided to e-build one scout before doing a few colony ships (for those five breathable planets in my home system and the in-between system). It just so happened that I had three functional SYs when I attacked his HW.

Gandalph, I'll gladly replay this farce of a game in the hopes of a more balanced start. Things could have just as easily gone the other way (as tesco showed me in my first KOTH game). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[edit]Umm, 1100. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Or 1101, I guess, since it's reply 1100. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ June 07, 2003, 07:38: Message edited by: Krsqk ]

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

Well, one thing is for sure, DavidG, the KOTH site doesn't seem to reflect the standard deviations (no pun intended).

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

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Originally posted by Slynky:
Well, one thing is for sure, DavidG, the KOTH site doesn't seem to reflect the standard deviations (no pun intended).

You mean how all the previous games are shown as being 'default'? Seems both Geo and Asmala do not really use this setting.

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

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Originally posted by DavidG:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Slynky:
Well, one thing is for sure, DavidG, the KOTH site doesn't seem to reflect the standard deviations (no pun intended).

You mean how all the previous games are shown as being 'default'? Seems both Geo and Asmala do not really use this setting.<hr /></blockquote>I started to say the program that generates the code for the site might not allow for it (easily) but then I remembered YOU wrote the code http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .

While the information may be interesting, I surely won't worry much about it since it's a volunteer job. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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

Krsqk - I appreciate the gentlemanly offer, but a win is a win. If I had built planetary defenses earlier, it would not have gone the way it did. It was my mistake and I will learn from it. Move on up the hill and we will meet again.

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

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Originally posted by Gandalph:
Krsqk - I appreciate the gentlemanly offer, but a win is a win. If I had built planetary defenses earlier, it would not have gone the way it did. It was my mistake and I will learn from it. Move on up the hill and we will meet again.

Hehe, you probably looked in the queue and figured you'd draw me and start back up the hill soon anyway... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .

(J/K)

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

KOTH page updated. Because Gandalph vs Krsqk finished first (or at least the message to the forum was posted first) Krsqk plays against BBegemott and Mark have to wait for the next opponent.

There have been lately many games where starting positions have been very near to each other. Perhaps we should think again that Tesco's map pack...

All games are shown as "default" for that simple reason it'll need too much work to remember and add all special game settings, it's not the fault of DavidG's program.

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

If we could get games where we would get roughly equal starts I think that would be great.

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

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Originally posted by Asmala:
All games are shown as "default" for that simple reason it'll need too much work to remember and add all special game settings, it's not the fault of DavidG's program.

Yeah, now that you mention it, listing all the variations could be tiresome.

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

There is a little bug in KOTH site. When I press 'Back To Top' or 'League Rules', the page displays old standings. The same result if I check Pre-Gold League and return to Gold. Refreshing doesn't help.

Oh well, i can live with that. Only have to remember: don't press 'Back To Top'. And don't wonder if you accidently find yourself a level down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif