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Reporting the completion of the game between Khyron and myself (with the win going to me). Interesting game with only colonizing breathable. Khyron played it very well considering he didn't quite get half the galaxy and even produced ships to the extent I was quite surprised even after losing even more of his chunk of the galaxy. Of course, when we fought (where I was almost always outnumbered), his ships lacked the necessary training to do well.

It was a good game and well-fought!

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The Thermolian Empire reports that they have defeated the Intimidator in tournament combat.

It was a well fought game, with the early rounds going to Intimidator. He really had me worried for a while. In the mid game, a series of tactical changes turned the game to the Thermolian advantage.

Good game Intimidator, Thanks.

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Well, it looks like the left bracket is about wrapped up then. Just me and Renegade left. We just had a big battle with about 100 ships on both sides. Pretty much wiped out both fleets. It's been one of the more enjoyable games I've had in a while. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Renegade has been honing his talent since I first played a game with him in it long ago.

Nice to hear the game is enjoyable--after all, that's what it's all about, right?

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Indeed Thermodyne did win our game, had a lot of fun playing it.....
Indeed I was on the winning side (atleast I tought http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif) but due to those "tactical changes" of Thermodyne my largest and best trained fleet stuck up at the wrong side of the galaxy, while Thermodyne took 3 of my systems. And an much needed supplybase for my fleet which was now runing out of supply.......... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
But again, had lots of fun and Thermodyne played great and thanks again.

Intimidator,

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Well I'm pretty sure you're going to end up beating me Geo. I expanded too fast in the early game, ending up with about 2/3 of the systems, but didn't concentrate enough on the military. Oops! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif After losing that many systems I doubt I'll be able to come back, but I'm sure going to try! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And I'm happy this has been an enjoyable game for you, it's been one of the better games I've played in a while too. Thanks a lot for setting up the tournament! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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I'm not too sure about how much talent I have, luck plays a part in many of my games http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

The enjoyment is most definitely the best part of playing games like these. Winning is secondary or tertiary to the other factors. Pitting yourself against a skilled player and fighting it out is one of the best parts of SEIV. I just wish more people would be willing to put in the time to play PBW!

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Damn, all these games finishing before turn 100... I don't think my game is going to end that soon. I would estimate that I'm about double the size of landorl's empire, but it seems every time I try to attack in his territory, I succeed, but have a crippled fleet that has to limp back home. He's got pretty good defenses. Add to that, I hardly defended the outer colonies at all... playing against AI all these years has given me very bad habits http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

Been really fun though. Makes me think I should join in on KOTH or the SEIV rankings.

--edit: And perhaps I spoke too soon... landorl is offering surrender after 99 turns. He put up a really good fight, considering that I have yet to see a Rock or Ice colony in his territory, and I am in control of about 2/3rds of the systems on the map, and most of those are completely colonized. Huge economic advantage leads to having bigger fleets, and I guess he just put a decent dent in one of my attacking fleets with his last trained fleet.

So, I guess we're the first to finish in the second bracket?

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Round 1 game 4 is over. Renegade has surendered to me. It was a tough fight and a blast of a game. We burned up 200 ships in a massive battle. Only a handful of wounded survived the first combat, and all of those were picked off within the next two turns before they could get back to a planet for repair. I can't remember a game where 2 fleets of such size were completely obliterated before. Usually the battles are much more one sided. Well played Renegade.

We've got 5 of 8 first round games completed. Things are going much more smoothly than I anticipated at this point.

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Looks like Game 8 might be the slow cog in the system, though. It might speed up, though.