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Chane's Clan (Lord Chane) vs Taera Hive Imperium (Taera)
Turn 2400.1 had just been played - the game is just starting, not much to report. Just letting you know the game is on, and for now looks promising for me http://www.solar-outpost.com/legacie...on_twisted.gif but thats only my opinion, i realy cant tell now what Lord Chane is up to http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif |
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I have surrendered to the forces of grandpa kim. You can only take being run over by a wheelchair so many times before you get discouraged. good game Kim
PS I will be a grandfather any day now my self. I am ready for the next game Goz [ July 06, 2003, 23:05: Message edited by: Gozra ] |
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Congrats to Grandpa Kim, and commeserations to Gozra.
Kim, unless someone else has jumped up also, it looks like we could be matched. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif It will be a good game, I've learned a lot from you in our Last (non-koth) game, and more since, and will try to put that knowledge to good use... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Standard KOTH, ALPU, Tesco's new maps? |
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The Kif (Mark the Merciful) vs The Primitive Horde (Primitive) turn; 2404.4
(Standard K.O.T.H. settings) Our efforts have been heavily concentrated in the Eastern side of the galaxy, in a group of four disputed systems. Primitive managed to colonise the systems first, but I quickly established space superiority by getting ramships into the area (knocking off a few scouts and colony ships), and then managed to be the first to start laying mines in the warp-points. I then started to get colony ships into the disputed systems, just as Primitive's fighters began launching into space. In one system (the furthest into Primitive's territory), they managed to clear out my colony as soon as it landed, and caught another colony ship on its way. However, the rest of my colonies and most of the space lanes were protected by mines, so while he tried to seal the four systems off from my empire, but couldn't actually do much damage. Also, I'd already researched PDC IVs, and had PD Destroyers building. In a couple of turns they arrived, and quickly cleared any Primitive fighters out of open space. Now, after a bit more skirmishing, maneuovering and minelaying, we're starting to build real warships. Primitive has moved onto Light Carriers (built on the Attack Carrier model with 5 Heavy DUC Vs). I've got some Light Cruisers with DUC Vs and Armour III. I've managed to lure one of the first carriers into a minefield (while re-establishing my colony in the South-Easternmost system), and blow up another with a small squadron of 2 LCs and 2 PDC DDs (taking heavy damage in the process). But Primitive has a squadron of five carrierrs collected and on the move. Where are they going? Are we going to fight a real battle soon? When do we get to see some evidence of the (in)famous rusty spears? Tune in next week, for another exciting episode of Pigs in Spaaaaaaace! [ July 07, 2003, 01:48: Message edited by: Mark the Merciful ] |
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And though I spread the word throughout the galaxy, my idiot population seems to be hooked on Big Macs from the skies... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif [ July 07, 2003, 04:01: Message edited by: Slynky ] |
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Chane's Clan (Lord Chane) vs Taera Hive Imperium (Taera) turn 2400.5
Contact made Last turn, it seems i caught him unprepared - with a fleet of frigates http://www.solar-outpost.com/legacie...on_twisted.gif i cant say that i'll surely be the winner but im surely getting an edge now. |
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K.O.T.H. Roanon vs Tescosamoa
Move Roanon up... Turn 62 Tesco is available for the next game at the bottom. Thanks for the game Roanon.... Good move on the quick blocks... It set me up for defeat. P.S. That was hard playing that race. |
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Ragnarok it is you and i next...
how about 3 planet start and one of those new koth maps i made... ? |
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mb 3 planet start ... a tesco koth map... rest stock ????
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bah.. rags and I are here now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif
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I would liked to join before, but because usually needed to do trips time in time (due my job), had not time to play games without hold them... Now, seems to be that I'll not need to travel for a good time, then, I'm here! |
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So MB 3 planet start and a koth map of the game masters choice... rest is stock ( 2000 points etc... )
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Geoschmo vs Cheeze turn 2410.8
108 turns and counting. Things are looking bad for me. Cheeze definetly has the advantage. I threw a fleet at him a few turns back, knowing I would lose the battle but expecting to do a little more damage then I did. I suppose I did manage to slow his fleet down some, but not sure it will be enough. He still have not managed to crack my core systems but he's got fleets biting at the borders in four different places and he most definetly has the initiative. Every time I gather in force to face one it scatters and he starts hitting me somewhere else. I have the distinct feeling that he is simply playing with me until he is ready to launch his all out offensive. I am doing what i can to prepare for that. Time will tell I suppose. I think this game may go on for some time yet, but only because I am too stubborn to quit. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Geoschmo [ July 08, 2003, 04:47: Message edited by: geoschmo ] |
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Geoschmo vs Cheeze - Turn 2411.4
The Flora have begun moving forward on some fronts. The large battle in Cuyrok was heartening for the Flora empire, but it was by no means a certainty. The fleet was heavily damaged, and a second planet-assault fleet was almost entirely wiped out after also suffering heavy damage over a Memnorak planet. The ships needed resupply and repair. The captured Cuyrok colony allowed for both. Flora ships have moved into the neighboring system of Quesstris, which offers incredible colonization opportunities if they could be exploited. The Flora empire has never been stronger, yet is very vulnerable to any major defeat, and this makes any move one with agonizing possibilities. Perhaps 4 systems have been wrested from the Memnorak, 1 system remains contested, and 2 Flora systems are still in Memnorak control. Geo- Playing with you? It's more like, "I can't afford to lose any fleets or ships so I must peek anywhere to find out how things look." I'm rather surprised I'm still in this game, as I figured I lacked any ability to defend myself. Do I point out I have been in first place for perhaps 7 turns the entire game? And one of those turns ain't now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif [ July 08, 2003, 19:25: Message edited by: Cheeze ] |
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Latest update - turn 2411.7 Having decided that no advantage is to be had by waiting for the Flora ships to come to us, the Memnorak have sent every ship that can be spared in Last ditch effort to take out the weeds the only way possible, at the root. The fleet of 46 ships has used the cover of a nebulae system and has already reached deeper into Flora space then any Imperium ship previously. We estimate we are within four turns of the closest Fauna homewold. Meanwhile, knowing there is no chance to stop them outright, all efforts are being made to slow the advance of the enemy forward elements. Depending on the number of ships the green ones have left to defend their core systems it may be possible to strike hard and starve them of the resources neccesary to continue the war. If not, things will be going very badly for us soon. Geoschmo [ July 09, 2003, 03:36: Message edited by: geoschmo ] |
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Geoschmo vs. Cheeze, 2412.2
Scratch one Flora Homeworld. Lost a few ships and not sure how much longer my fleet is gonna Last, but I got one of his homeworlds. The other two are in my sights. Gonna give it the old college try. My fighting retreat in the north is progressing. The flower children came through a warp point expecting a big battle and found only a deserted system. If his ships need resupply they are gonna have to build their own this time. In the south I pounced his small fleet that was capturing my planets. I am sure it's no big loss for him but it should give him something else to think about since I hadn't used capture ships previously and his war fleets have no shields, security stations, or SDD's on them. Wouldn't it be sad if his big fleet got all the way to my home system and all got captured coming through the Last warp point. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Geoschmo |
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Geoschmo vs. Cheeze, 2412.3
Scratch two Flora homeworlds. Two down, one to go. And the small capture fleet he provided me with Last turn was put to good use recapturing my planet he had just taken. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif No matter the ultimate outcome here, it's been fun. Geoschmo |
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Meanwhile he came at my homesystem from two different directions simultaneously. I stopped the first fleet cold. The second, larger Flora fleet is on the other side of the warp point as we speak. Everything now depends on the results of this battle. If my fleet holds at the warp point I think I will win. If I don't, I will have nothing left in a position to do anything to stop him from gutting my empire. The next turn will tell the tale. Geoschmo |
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Dundas Redneck Clan (Kazarp) -vs- Trithian Empire (Slynky) 2405.8
Latest update for Last 20 months or so: Nothing happening. Military Intel suggests that the Trithian Empire are bunch of spinless cowards who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution starts. Despite their diabolical declaration of war and their 1st place status they are too cowardly to press the attack. |
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Now, as to my cowardliness, perhaps. Surely you must be waiting at crucial points (like I am). But I have been a chess player for a LONG time. So, I have the patience to maximize my position (boring as it is). We each have about the same percentage of the galaxy, the way I view it. So, since I had a tech advantage on you the Last we fought, I thought I'd maximize it by getting all three colony types. I'll have the Last one next turn. Now, I COULD try to bust through a point or two but you already know I'm weak on PDs on my ships and might be waiting with 20 or 30 capture ships with shield depleters. Or tons of ships with missiles on them. And satellites with missiles. Or perhaps you have been hiding fighter ability from me. So, strategically speaking, I think it's to my advantage to wait a bit. I'm expanding to 80 colonies this turn (not bad). And soon, I'll be over 100. 3 or 4 turns. I'm sorry it's boring. But, remember, I figured I'd be dead by now and to actually have a look at the crest of the hill is worth waiting for. And certainly, for the past 20 turns, you could have built quite a fleet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif |
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Now, as to my cowardliness, perhaps. Surely you must be waiting at crucial points (like I am). But I have been a chess player for a LONG time. So, I have the patience to maximize my position (boring as it is). We each have about the same percentage of the galaxy, the way I view it. So, since I had a tech advantage on you the Last we fought, I thought I'd maximize it by getting all three colony types. I'll have the Last one next turn. Now, I COULD try to bust through a point or two but you already know I'm weak on PDs on my ships and might be waiting with 20 or 30 capture ships with shield depleters. Or tons of ships with missiles on them. And satellites with missiles. Or perhaps you have been hiding fighter ability from me. So, strategically speaking, I think it's to my advantage to wait a bit. I'm expanding to 80 colonies this turn (not bad). And soon, I'll be over 100. 3 or 4 turns. I'm sorry it's boring. But, remember, I figured I'd be dead by now and to actually have a look at the crest of the hill is worth waiting for. And certainly, for the past 20 turns, you could have built quite a fleet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bawk bawk bawk bawk. (is that how you spell the sound a chicken makes http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ) |
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Dundas Redneck Clan (Kazarp) -vs- Trithian Empire (Slynky) 2408.1
Now, David, you wouldn't be trying to goad me into an attack unless it was to your benefit. Or a Last ditch effort. I see now that you only have 42 colonies total. Not sure what you have been doing but you can't have been doing nothing for 25 turns or so. Nevertheless, sorry to say, I play the game on my terms when I feel it's to my advantage. If you didn't have something to hope for, you'd surrender. Perhaps this makes me an undesireable opponent for taking the "safe road". I apologize for that. I like exciting games, too. And for me, it's been a bit boring as well the Last 25 turns. But I am playing to win the best way I see possible. After what's been posted here, perhaps people will groan when they are paired against me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif |
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BTW How is it you know how many colonies I have?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, I DO worry about what people think of me. And what kind of fun they may think about having with me in a game. And seeing your Posts, I wonder if they take it more as a comment on my style of play than just "prodding comments". But, taking you at your word, YES, you can make fun of me...hehe. As soon as I send these 20 colony ships to their planets, I'll work on a fleet I am confident of busting through a hole and seeing just what you have planned for me. But I want to have a backup fleet of nice shiny cruisers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (after all, you could be just like me (at one point, I have a 100 satellites waiting for you). As to knowing exactly how many colonies you have? One of the benefits people overlook when deciding to take Ancient race or not. We both had the same colony type at the start and I could see every time you planted a colony. THERE! Some info for those who don't know. EDIT: Just like I now see that you have 48. [ July 10, 2003, 02:38: Message edited by: Slynky ] |
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Geoschmo vs Cheeze 2413.9
I have surendered to Cheeze. In the end the third FLora homewolrd was too much for me to take. I lost my entire fleet to the ships he had brought in to defend it. I have held him out of my homesystems fo rthe moment, but I have nothing left but defensive forces. Eventually he will have enough ships to get past them and the game will be over. i have nothing left that can take the fight to him and so I see no point in simply playing another dozen turns waiting for the inevitable. Asmala please take me off the hill. I need a break. Geoschmo |
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Cheeze vs The Great One, Turn 2414.0
Figured I would remove my Last post and put my game wrap-up here. Geo, thanks for an outstanding game. Playing such a long game, and one with several different fronts, made this one really fun. I am surprised I won this match, as I didn't expect to early on. Seeing the whole map, I think I had the advantage in colonizable planets. I see a higher-than-usual number of gas giants, including several with my atmosphere, and I am surprised by how few rock planets there appear to be. I was denied a fantastic system until late in the game, so it never became a factor. Neither Geo nor I was able to capture the opponent's colonization tech, but each had some of the other's population. Geo's natural merchants allowed him to develop systems more quickly. Adding his tech advancement, I was getting hit with intel when his first large fleet hit the system two away from my home system. I thought the game was over them, because he captured my planets in that system I had little defense set in my home system. Adding to that, he had run a crew insurrection so he knew my base system. I had to research intel and eventually was able to produce enough to stave off his strikes. I don't know what happened here, save that I think he may have abandoned intel. He didn't attack, and that gave me time to build and train ships. I started by attacking in different directions, and that seem to force him to divert forces to counter the strikes I made. I was making progress, capturing/holding and colonizing systems. I had several fleets, some where tiny 5-10 ship Groups that were geared to seizing or flattening planets. Geo appeard to be working to eliminate each threat individually, and I moved them back and forth into his visibility. I'm glad I hadn't attacked in some places, because when his large fleet made their "Last run" attack, I think at any warp point my ships would have lost trying to get into his system. Once I saw he was on the move (I had the nebula mined to warn me) and I saw how large his fleet was, I knew I could jump in and start attacking his colonies. He moved faster than I thought, and was in my home system. I had few defenses, but I was lucky in some of my losing battles, because some of his sweepers and supply ships moved right into my attacking ships and fighters. That delayed him. After he had sacked most of my home system, he could have taken my Last homeworld out, as I lacked enough mines. I was emergency building and launching mines. I thought I had some security until he brought in a reserve fleet of ten ships, but what scared me was the additional minesweeper (he only had one). I wasn't safe again, and had dropped out of emergency build so I could construct a space port and resume construction, since his attack had taken my sole spaceport. I was operating with less than 50-60% of my resources. Because Geo delayed his attack, I was able to launch enough mines, and then I worried he was building sweepers. I had much of the galaxy under my control, and was building and training warships to bolster my home defense. He attacked and lost more than half his ships to mines, and the remaining ones in the battle. My fleets had moved to outside his home system. One smaller group was destroyed by his much more powerful warships (lt cruisers vs battle cruisers and battleships). I didn't dare send my other fleet through the other warp point, since I had seen 40+ warships, and mine were a mix of lt cruisers, carriers, destroyers and frigates. I had a couple small attack Groups doing damage, but one was captured entirely by Geo. When he surrendered I was on my way to building a fleet big enough to invade (and equipped with shields to avoid capture and engine destruction), but they were quite a ways from his systems. I think Geo might have been able to circumvent some of my forward deployed forces and struck out at my colonies. With one homeworld my population was mostly between Indifferent and Unhappy, with some Rioting planets. I think that would have cut my production down, and I was occuppied with re-building. Geo had geared most of his ships for warp point defense and had many boarding ships defending. If he had those battle cruisers and ships I had glimpsed earlier (with PPB's), I think a fleet of 20-25 could have taken my large fleet. It was a great game, and I learned that my ships neither move nor FIRE when their engines are gone. Geo used these on his planets often, and my small raiding parties were screwed up enough I had to make designs with a cargo bay so those ships could get into range and keep shooting!!! It is a game bug of sorts, because Engine Destroyers keep firing at one ship long after it has lost all its engines. They seem to switch to another target only when they reach the ship's total damage capacity. Roanan and I have started our game. I hope I reach up as high on the hill as I did Last time!! [ July 11, 2003, 20:05: Message edited by: Cheeze ] |
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Dundas Redneck Clan (Kazarp) -vs- Trithian Empire (Slynky) 2409.7
"Coward Prodder" for a ship name? LOL. Are there no limits ? ( http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif ) |
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