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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Submit turns slowly of course.

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True, that can be done. But I think/hope nobody here would do so. And of course the game can be put on fully automatic and short turn time (though now automatic turns are off).

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I am not following you. How would there be a big lag in all the other games?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">or colony ship in the nebulae - or simply wait till Last planet is destroyed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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The League (my Empire) surrenders to Joachim after 48 turns and the arrival of two enemy fleets in my systems. He has more ships, more planets, more resources (even if I may have better ships, but they won't turn the tables on their own), and I cannot hope to get back to the offensive.

My main mistake was to delay mines for too long, allowing him to strike at random in my Empire, and these mines would have allowed me to take perhaps an additional system here or even two. In a galaxy with less than twenty systems, quite a few non-colonizable, it would have been welcomed. Since then I was fighting to catch up, but I was too far behind to really stand much of a chance as highlighted by the current battle results.

So Joachim will have to challenge the King. May Lady Luck shine on Joachim, for he will need it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ December 18, 2003, 14:42: Message edited by: Alneyan ]

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King?

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Erh yes you are right, it would be BBegemott or perhaps Geoschmo. My memory seems to be quite faulty.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Welllll, one of them might be the King by then... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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rextorres vs georgig 5:0 - he is just too good for me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif i need some lessons before next try :-)

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I am having a little trouble upldating the bracket on the PBW server. Here's the current situation:

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">

Rd1
1 Asmala-------\ Rd2
--------\
16 Tesco Samoa--/ \ Rd3
--------\
8 Baron Grazic-\ / \
Baron Grazic-/ \
9 Parabolize---/ \
--------\
4 Slynky-------\ / \
Skynky--\ / \
13 Lord Chane---/ \ / \
--------/ \
5 RexTorres----\ / \ Winner
RexTorres-/ \ 4-0
12 Georgig------/ \1st Place
--------
2 Bbegemott----\ / Loser
Bbegemott-\ / 3-1
15 Geoschmo-----/ \ / 2nd Place
--------\ /
7 Alneyan------\ / \ /
Joachim-/ \ /
10 Joachim------/ \ /
--------/
3 Primitive----\ /
--------\ /
14 Gozguy-------/ \ /
--------/
6 Gecko--------\ /
Gecko---/
11 Steal Dragon-/

--------\ Winner, 3-1 3rd
Round three losers --------
--------/ Loser, 2-2 6th

Rd2a
--------\
--------\
--------/ \ Winner, 3-1 4th
Round two losers --------
--------\ / Loser 2-2 7th
--------/
--------/

--------\ Winner, 2-2 8th
Round 2a losers --------
--------/ Loser, 1-3 12th
Rd1a1
Lord Chane-\ Rd1a2
--------\
Parabolize-/ \
--------\
Steal Dragon-\ / \
--------/ \
Geoschmo-/ \ Winner, 3-1 5th
Round one losers --------
Alneyan-\ / Loser, 2-2 9th
--------\ /
Georgig-/ \ /
--------/
--------\ /
--------/
--------/

--------\ Winner, 2-2 10th
Rd1a2 losers --------
--------/ Loser, 1-3 13th

Rd1a1a
--------\
--------\
--------/ \ Winner, 2-2 11th
Rd1a1 losers --------
--------\ / Loser, 1-3 14th
--------/
--------/

--------\ Winner, 1-3 15th
Rd1a1a losers --------
--------/ Loser, 0-4 16th</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">

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The first round games did not produce any real dark horse winners so far. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif Hopefully Round two will be more interesting in regards to upset wins.

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Who knows Gecko? Asmala might lose if the Heart of Gold is involved. And even then, it would still be quite an unlikely event.

Georgig, it seems like we will play together next round. Do you have some preference for the settings? Hopefully my luck will come back in this game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Heart of Gold??? Could you explain that?

Gecko

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Heart of Gold??? Could you explain that?

Gecko </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">If you know Alneyan at all, your Geckness, he speaks that way sometimes...it's a habit. (he's with the CIA if you didn't know).

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Speaking of bashes...besides my head on a platter...what's your pleasure in game settings, RexTorres?

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Sssh Slynky, that is supposed to be a secret. And some might figure out I am actually working for more than one organization once they are aware I work for Intelligence gathering agencies. No, I didn't give myself away, it was merely... erh... well, a random eventuality.

The fabled Heart of Gold is, in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) a device able to generate *very* unlikely events and as such is often called the "improbability drive". This device would be needed to defeat Asmala, therefore creating a surprise victory in the first round. And even this device might not be enough. And yet again I am raving.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">hopefully not :-P so-called 'standart koth settings'?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I chose Last time. You can choose this time.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It is reverse psychology. Saying it makes it so obviously unbelievable. (or does it?)

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I chose Last time. You can choose this time. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Then I won't venture far from the "KOTH Trail":

All KOTH settings except 1 GOOD planet instead of a medium.

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True enough Slynky, I had to state I was working for four intelligence agencies so that nobody would believe me. But obviously I had to dispel your own affirmation as this was the expected answer. Erh... well, the basic goal was to puzzle and confuse every potential dangerous spies.

Agreed Georgig, what about a Tesco map? I gather Intelligence is disabled? Apart from that, a single planet start with 20,000 resources is fine for me.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">tesco map single planet and 20000 resources ok but i would like to have intel http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Agreed, I will tell Geo about the settings and change my Empire accordingly then. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thanks for the good game. I was shocked at the damage I did to your planets early! Mines may well have changed everything....

Bbegemott settings?

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well move alsama up . i surreneder at turn 40. Though I lost only one planet... I lost all my ships to a lovely one sided battle worthy of the greatest one sided battles that seiv has ever created....

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Default KOTH + no ancient?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">If we want to be precise you lost two planets. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif ECM 2 and trained ships and fleet against untrained (?) ships without combat sensors: the result was a slaughter. Not a single of my ships suffered damage.

LOL, I've never seen my name typed so wrong: "alsama" and in the other thread "alasma". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif It arouses a suspicion that it was deliberate. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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I'm already thinking, "Alsama (or Aslama) Bin Laden"... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That is Tescos favorite little game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I'll bet he is one of these guys who always laughs at the wrong places at movies, and with a real loud and annoying laughter to boost (a lot of snorts and spittle) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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I make sure I spell Asmala correctly...I don't need any MORE reasons for him to get upset at me in a game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif .

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Default KOTH + no ancient? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Done. Emp sent.

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I know the feeling Tesco, it happened to me as well against Geoschmo. It hurts to see the destruction of fifty beloved light carriers equiped with heavy-mounted DUC V against a mere fourty of his own ships. Guess I should have tried a ramming tactics, it would have proven to be most amusing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif *Snickers* Such a waste of minerals, but it was an emergency after all.

But I will comfort you Tesco, it might be worse if you are fighting an opponent with Combat Sensors III /ECM III and full training while you don't have any of these. Then it is definitively a one-sided battle, that is, a single ship of yours against a whole enemy fleet. (Well, unless these annoying weapon-platforms are on station)

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RexTorres vs Slynky: Slynky surrenders. Not much point in investing time in this one. If I know anything, I know I need to have better than average systems and planets to work with in order to beat him http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif .

Me (in orange) having so many worthless systems around my home system and so few breathables with no minerals to speak of (my only colonies with minerals above 99% were 2-fac places)...well, I can't even keep 6 shipyards going and build other facs. I took a chance and didn't spend precious materials on mines in outlying areas (but he took a chance and killed 2 colonies anyway... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif ). My best systems were under constant contention while he started with a 46 fac-ability in his home system (I had 18).

He outplayed me as I tried to get to the only available breathables without benefit of any mines to cover them. I held them but at a cost that put me behind the "expansion curve" (so to speak).

Good playing, Rex! A mistake here or there and it might have been a bit different...I just don't think you made any.

Side note: Over one third of the systems were worthless. Wow! Also, second time I've played Rex (once for the KOTH) and we've only had 3 systems separating us both times... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

Rex's homeworld marked in yellow.
Worthless places grayed out.

http://se4-gaming.net\images\SE4-Game-1.jpg

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Tesco never spells people's names right... I think he does do it on purpose. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Listen...

Hear a noise?

BUMP

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Bash Round 2 game.
I surrender to Asmala. I just couldn't couldn't catch a break this game and the 2 good systems that I needed, Asmala got to before I could take them.
Hopefully my early attack at least worried him for a little while. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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The Arcadia league (that's me) surrenders in the Georgig/Alneyan Ratings bash game. What can I say? I have been obliterated by better strategy and a much stronger economy, while I made quite a lot of mistakes of my own. (Why you should *not* lower Environemental Resistance and Reproduction too much to name but one.) And then the long-term approach has never been a good idea when you are in a quite small galaxy with no choke points, not to mention using Light Carriers against Destroyers. Poor ideas, poor execution, poor leadership, uncontested victory for Georgig. Well done! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Now you should beware, for I am attempting to seize the much sought after Crown. That is, the Crown you earn when you lose all your four matches. For now I am half way, and if I keep on playing that well, I don't expect to win any game in the Tournament. (However, I do hope to win a certain KOTH game with Grazic. I can daydream, can't I? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif )

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Unless they were disabled, there is always the possibility of ruins.

[ January 06, 2004, 17:24: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">They were disabled.

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RexTorres, the enemy I have feared most to encounter. Lastly I met him in KOTH game and he kicked my butt so hard and thoroughly it's still timid. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geo, are you going to update the Tournament Bracket? When you do it could you also correct the typo: Skynky has vexed me a long time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah, if you're going to make a typo in my nick, at least make it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif like, "Skanky" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I had combat sensors II, just no money to retro-fit my ships or build new ones, that was why I researched a second colony. I was stuck in a small area with almost no Rock Planets of any size and had to get money somehow. The early attack was designed to keep you on the defensive and to allow me to get control of that good system. It worked for all of 6 turns before you destroyed that system and moved on. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It might not be a day-dream. That game still balances on a knifes edge.

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Can I both you for a second Geo, Can you reset my empire file for the "Ratings Bash - Slynky vs Baron Grazic" game.

Slynky - Standard Koth settings, with no intel?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">k

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Thanks.

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Your attack indeed worried me, I wasn't expecting an attack from there. Luckily my emergency build weapon platforms were able to stop your fleet. Hmm, missile ships aren't very good against planets, that range-bug is quite serious one.

When you surrendered to me I was amazed to notice that you had researched second colony type. I would prefer combat sensors to that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's fine, Baron.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Our first upset, although a mild one. A 5 seed over a 4 seed.

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New game: Asmala vs Rex. Looks to be a titanic struggle. Winner of this game earns the first spot in the Tournament Championship game.

Although they might have to wait a while to learn who their opponent will be. Take your time guys, we still have one first round game still going on.

[ January 06, 2004, 12:59: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's fine, Baron. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">In that case, I'll wager my new Empire against the current number 1 ranking player.

And now while your head is in the clouds, I'll kick you below the belt. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ January 07, 2004, 01:01: Message edited by: Baron Grazic ]