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Baal must be getting hit in real life. He dropped from one of my games too. Too bad we all can't just sit around playing SEIV all day. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif

Geo

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Well, hopefully his replacement can figure things out fast enough.. dropping in in the middle of a war is bound to be interesting.

Meanwhile, one of my colonies just got hit by my first random event. Earthquake that killed 5 million. Guess how many people I had on that colony? Yup, 5 million. Instant ghost town, just shake and bake!

Phoenix-D

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I suspect Baal dropped out partly because he just lost *the* decisive battle against me in Newbie I. His fleet of 50 ships managed to destroy some of my frontier worlds, cause I needed time to group together a response force. When we attacked Last turn, it was a major success. 45 ships against 50, we lost about 15 ships, he lost ALL. Of course it must have helped that my fleet was "legendary".

I'm sad he's leaving though, it was a lot of fun playing against him. I hope nothing serious is happening to him in real life.

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Dragonlord is completely right. I dropped because I could see that I was going to lose. I saw no reason to drag out an embarrassing defeat. I'm glad that some of my things entertained you Dragonlord. The mines were fun, the flanking your forward fleet was fun. I'm glad I could give you a small challange, but that's it for me.

I'm throwing in the gauntlet, you win. (translation = I quit, you kicked my *** to hard)

Sorry about dropping the grit tech game Geo, but I don't feel like getting my *** kicked again.

Sorry everyone but quitting is in my nature.

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Hmm not sure if Baal was being sarcastic there...

By the way Baal, I'm sure you looked at the combat replay of our big battle. I figured the only way to stand a chance against those 50 ships, all heavy on armor, was to exploit its only weakness: build a lot of boarding ships FAST. But from the replay I couldn't really tell if that worked, it was mostly my ships doing more damage than yours because of the offense and defense bonuses I enjoyed.
And I did not end up with any of your ships in my fleet. I've never tried boarding parties before...did you see any of your ships going to my side mid-battle or firing on your own ships?

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*bump*

Just a senseless post to see if my rank would go up when I hit 100 Posts.

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Guess it didn't work :-(
Serves me right for paying attention to ranks.

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Hey it did work ! Guess the server was slow to realise it http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

Dragon-Sergeant

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Oo, is that what determines rank, then? I'll have to make a point of posting more pointless little Posts, like this one. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

On the other hand, my sense of morality would give me problems. Stupid morals. So I guess I'll add a meaningful comment to this thread: Baal's departure from Newbie I can be worked into the game from a RP perspective by saying that his empire's leader was replaced after the loss of his fleet. By coup or by resignation or by election remains to be seen.
There, I feel better. And closer to five-star general at the same time.

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If you're looking for someone to take Baal's place, I'm game to try my hand at it. I'm a PBW newbie, so I qualify (I've taken a grand total of ONE PBW turn so far). It would be interesting to see if his empire can be salvaged. Remember: it's not hopeless until your Last colony has been blown to smithereens....

Quikngruvn

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"That which does not kill you will make you stronger." -- Nietzsche