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The Book of the Kingdom of the Hill
In the begining the hill was dark and chaos reinged and all were embroiled in petty wars about it's base and sides and none was worthy to sit upon the throne. And by the by did two step forward and through the right of victory over their enemies did lay claim the right to the mantle of the King. And thus did Preacherman face Geoschmo on the field of battle, and thus was Preacheman victorius and took his rightful place on the throne and Geoschmo was cast off into utter darkness. And so Preacherman was the first true King and his reign was one of peace and light and all was well in the Kingdom of the Hill. And by the by the good King Preacherman did grow old and feeble from lack of challange, so that when a the Mighty Stone Mill finally rose from the depths of the Hill he slew good King Preacheman with his sword and a twist of his hips. And Stone Mill the magnificent took his place upon the throne and was crowned the second King. And he looked upon his Kingdom and said, "Thank you, Thank you verra much." And thus all was well in the Kingdom of the Hill and all it's citizens lived in safety for Stone Mill the Magnificent was a mighty warrior. Three times did challangers rise to face the Stoney one, and three times did he slay them all in their course. Asmala the Wise, 1FSTCAT the Brave, and RexTorres the Strong did all seek the throne, and all were denied in turn for Stone Mill was truely the King. But by and by did the King grow fond of looking at himself in the mirror and practicing his snarl and eating the royal peanut butter and nanner sandwiches. And thus did a new challenger come from the Northlands. One who was a king in his own right in the land of his birth and born and bred to the task of fighting. And thus did Rollo raise his sword up to smite King Stone Mill. And as King Stone Mill lifted himself from his throne to face the challenge of Rollo, he did by and by slip on a nanner peel and was slain. And thus did Rollo the Fearsome become the third King. And all was good in the Kingdom of the Hill, for Rollo had brought beer. And Rollo did reign over the Kingdom of the Hill for the seasons that were appointed unto him. And the people of the hill were happy for the kegs that he did supply. But by and by there arose a challanger to the throne as Mark strode forth to try and claim the mantle of the King. And thusly did Rollo smite the challanger with a mighty thrust of his sword and the people rejoiced for they had discused it and decided that "King Mark" did not quite have a regal sound to it. But as quickly as Mark had been dispatched another challanger stepped forward. And he went by the name of RexTorres, which in the tounge of his forefathers is translated King, uh, Torres. And this brought forth anger in King Rollo that one should deign to go by the title that was only for he that sat on the throne of the hill, and they did clash. For night after night did the battle rage as the people looked on. And when the smoke cleared there was a new King. Rollo did go out into the darkness to bind his wounds and ponder whether he would seek the throne another day. And thus did RexTorres the Strong ascend to the throne. And the people were satisfied for his name sounded suitably regal, but they mourned for there was no more free beer. [ October 13, 2003, 17:54: Message edited by: geoschmo ] |
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Oh, Geo, you've outdone yourself. Now, THAT was a story worth reading! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif
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nice one, Geo http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .
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Most of that I wrote back in June, I just added the Last couple paragraphs. I am thinking next time about dividing it up into chapters or something. Like one for each King.
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So Primitive, when you gonna make it to a King Match? Win or lose, I can't wait to get you in the book. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
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First I have to get my game going. Asmala, Joachim: Wassup ! Then there is that slight problem of winning 5 matches in a row. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif |
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Thanks! I have to admit though that I got a lucky break at the beginning of the game. We started close together and one of my scouts wandered into his home system with 3 unprotected colonized planets.
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I'm a bit tardy but congrats to RexTorres.
Primitive, I've now restarted your game so the major obstacle in your way to kingship is removed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif |
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After a very interesting but slow game, the Tesco Empire surrendered to the Belisaurian forces at the turn 110.
Hey Asmala, I would play again... but slowly because I'm having hard work in, and sometimes would take me some time to play my turns. |
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There was a quite long delay (both PBW and forum were down at the weekend) but now the KOTH page is updated.
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Primitive V Joachim
Asmala, we need another restart - sorry. The Primitive horde have a corrupt empire. I will email you my new emp. tonight. So that makes two steps back on the journey to the top Primitive http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif |
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After a long hard fought game, the victor in Rambie vs Katchoo is... Katchoo.
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Damn, this game went on awhile. I was just about to finish researching the entire Tech Tree too (just needed to finish off Torps). We were stalemated for the longest time with both sides sending in a small Fleet here...another small Fleet there, but never really striking a big blow for the war. It looks like I got a slightly better position to start the game on, or at least had better planets around me. By the time I reached the center of the Galaxy I could see Rambie hadn't been able to get a foothold so I moved in and got the advantage there. That, combined with mad research production to bulk up my ships and support my Empire, seemed to finally do the trick. Heck of a game Rambie! If we meet again on the ladder we'll have to go with a smaller Galaxy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif |
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Asmala, i'm ready for the move up to the Middle, so go ahead and put me in with whoever else is available (Master Belisarius from the looks of it).
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kitty's clawing his way up the curtains.
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KOTH Deccan vs. Lord Chane (Proportions)
According to the KOTH page, the longest any game has gone is 175 turns. Our game is now at 177 turns with no end yet in sight. |
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One game restarted and page updated.
Really the whole tech tree researched!? Tachyon sensors, system mineral scanners and other useless stuff? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif |
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The only thing not fully researched was Torpedoes, and I was up to level 7 by the Last turn. There was no Stellar Manipulation Tree, although I probably could have covered that too. My Research base was cooking. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif |
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KOTH Match: Slynky -vs- Rextorres 2406.3
Trithian Empire surrenders to Rex Enclave. A few battles this way and that in the earlier game but the Last battle where the Enclave broke through one of my main defenses with over 50 ships was a blow I couldn't take. I would complain of bad luck, but as things were, it wouldn't have mattered very much. My 71 satellites were as far away from the warp hole as I have ever seen satellites placed before http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif (which put his fleet too far away for me to have much of a chance of hitting a ship...I believe I got one hit in around 125 shots). But when they closed in on me, I couldn't hit but one shot in 20 anyway. Besides that, my fleet was on the opposite side of the satellites...so his fleet moved out of range of the satellites. Though my fleet of around 15 ships was technically out teched by ECM 2/Sensor 2 (I had 1 and 1) and fully trained to 20/20, I could only hit him about 1 out of 10 shots (and only about 2 out of 5 if was beside a ship of his!). I just got ECM 2 Last turn and Sensor 2 this turn...not EVEN enough time to refit the other 50 ships I have built (and fully trained). Map distribution was about even, I guess. Rex got a bit over half the map to himself. So, I can't complain about that. Basically, he just outplayed me with solid play. I tried to play a bit differently than I usually do, taking a few chances, but he caught me after a few turns and "fixed" things... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif . Congrats to Rex the KING! PS: Ahhhh, what was I thinking...if he beat Asmala, what did I expect anyway, right? Also, I didn't post any game updates as I usually do since it doesn't seem to be Rex's style. So, we played in "silence" so to speak. |
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Thanks!
I think were the game turned was when you couldn't box me into the corner of the galaxy - in the initial part of the game. It seems like you had the center ring of the spiral and I was in a corner. If you had beat me to what turned out to be my junction point to the rest of the galaxy you would have starved me. As it was I was low on mins throughout the game. After your initial attack I was sweating that you were going to attack again right away - if you had you would have done real damage as my entire main fleet ran out of gas. [ October 23, 2003, 03:16: Message edited by: rextorres ] |
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Just catching up on the latest...
Congrats to you, RexTorres! Persistence pays indeed. And Geo, you are one talented scribe! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif |
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I've updated the KOTH page. Remind me if I have forgotten something.
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Year 2402.0 The Trithian Empire (Slynky) versus the Arcadia League (Alneyan)
Settings: No mines, zero racial points, intelligence disabled. Everything else as default. Contact was made peacefully Last month with an unknown species at one of the League outer colonies. The casualties were war within the range of acceptable losses for such an operation, ranging only between two and four million settlers or so, who were busy constructing defences when the attack occurred. Contact has yet to be made, but we still expect to solve this dispute diplomatically. The matter shall now be handed to the military, which will supervise the deployment of warships. These will be used to ensure our point is made and well understood by these unknown beings. So. I was wondering about Slynky when he reassured me by making contact and destroying a colony in the mean time. Annoying, but it was my fault for forgetting to put defences *before* the attack. Unfortunately for me, battle happens before production. As for economics, I had quite a good start, so I won't be able to blame the map this time, but merely my own silliness. (I forgot to put settlers on one of my colonizers, resulting in a delay of five months. *Sighs*) Both our Empires are quite similar in design, save for the fact he took another advanced trait I don't have. And it seems like Slynky put this trait to good use, but what else should I expect from him? Before these negotiations, I was slighty ahead according to the score since turn 10 or so. But we all known the score is deceptive. At least, it helps raising the morale to know I am not behind in this field. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Now, how to retaliate against Slynky remains an open question. Or how to survive for that matter. [ November 23, 2003, 13:34: Message edited by: Alneyan ] |
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Year 2403.? The Trithian Empire (Slynky) versus the Arcadia League (Alneyan)
Over a year later and not much happening. Losing a destroyer here and wiping a colony ship there. We've sort of settled into our boundaries. And I'm still in 2nd place. (Don't start with me, guys! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ) Funny thing is I don't think I'm doing badly empire-wise but I can't chase him out of 1st place. This may be one of those games where, when you finally run into several warships, you then learn your empire sucks! If so, crossing my fingers it's not me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif . |
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*Knowing grin* I think I know why the score is so biased towards my Empire. But obviously, I am not allowed to speak. We will see in a few turns or so hopefully.
*Crosses his fingers and knocks on wood* At the very least, Slynky doubts. At the very best... I might even stand a chance, however unlikely this prospect seems. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif |
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Lots of big fat ships whipping my *** seems bad to me. Ugh! I can only hope my endless list of platforms can stop you from going any further. Oh, and secondary defenses in the form of satellites. But, I'm still crossing my fingers. BTW, you must have had a LOT of nice planets to have PPB 5's already! OUCHIES http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif |
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K.O.T.H. Asmala vs Gecko
2403.8 Gecko surrenders to Asmala. I became demoralized by my own stupidity. Thanks Asmala for a good game. I really like your playing style, tactics, and strategy. Back to KOTH recycler again. *sigh* http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif -Gecko |
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2404.5
Given the outcome of the battles Last turn, wood best applies to my head. I mean, who else would ask his or her warships not to get hurt? Strange that the strategy is not Optimal Range for Carriers by default. At any rate, I just lost ten ships or so against Slynky, they weren't quite lucky. At the very least, I am now rid of these expensive ships to maintain and retrofitting them is no longer a problem. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif But winning seems that more unlikely now, especially if I repeat such a feat in another battle. *Will have to use Emergency Scheme Number 2, aka "if everything fails, this is the only remedy"* |
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Geoschmo vs. Phoenix-D: turn 2404.1
The Last few months have been quite active. After a long buildup with no interaction the war has begun in earnest. We brought a sizeable fleet of destroyers in and captured one planet and glassed three or four others. In addition we have destroyed a handful of coloy ships and several warships. The enemy did manage to sneak a few raiders past our fleet and took out two or three of our planets. We carted off the bulk of the population from the captured planet before their counter attack destroyed it as well. Those that have any useful military knowledge will be interogated, and the remainder will be put to work on our many methane atmosphere worlds. A few weeks to consolidate our positions and bring up reinforcments and then we press the enemy again. Victory will not be easy, but we will acchieve it for the glory of the Imperium. |
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2404.8
What I really like is this: Alneyan does his turns in 3 minutes...I take 15; He has fewer systems than me yet passes me in tech and ship count; Leads in first place nearly the whole game; and acts like he might lose. Hmmmmm...I think I've been had... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif |
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I was fortunate to face Alneyan early in his Koth career. Sounds like he is a very fast learner.
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*Sighs* You may say whatever you want Slynky, Last turn was a killer for me. I just lost a whole fleet, twelve fighters (right, that isn't exactly important) and your weapon platforms are doing a fine shop at repelling my skirmishers. Great. On top of everything, I am no more leading as far as score is concerned.
It seems like I gambled, and lost. Nevertheless, I will try to hurt you at least, although the situation seems hopeless now. Twelve of his cruisers are heading towards my systems, while I don't think I have the firepower to hold him off. Still, I managed to make him doubt and even survive five years. So unless the impossible happens, Slynky should win in no more than a few turns. And Lastly, Geoschmo, it isn't hard to learn when you forget (or rather, delay too much) sensors and ECM among other things. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif This time, I *merely* forget to change the basic ship strategy of my carriers, and here we go, ten of them went down will all hands. *Grumbles* |
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He's an enigma. Guess we should watch out for him. It's been an enjoyable game...a very good game I must say, even though I will probably lose. What's good about it is that there have been battles on three different fronts. Not ONE killer battle that ends the game, but "medium" battles that DON'T mean the end of the game. He's a fast player (as I said) and I always like that about us KOTH players. And, a bit of "tongue and cheek" along the way. Win or lose, it's been a good game! |
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What? Don't you already see I almost don't stand a chance now? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif The second front is too poorly defended for now, although I believe I have still the lead in the other backwater systems. Not for long though.
Indeed, you guessed right. My main priority was research since the early game, as I had slightly better maintenance than you and thus didn't need quite as many resource facilities. I hit the 90,000 research points quite early, somewhere during the fourth year (That is, between turn 30 and 40). Erh... I checked and I was actually on equal footing with you at this time. (Perhaps slightly ahead, but not by much. My memory seems to be faulty) Perhaps was I ahead during the very early game? (Turn 10 to 30) Apart from that, I cannot see why I was leading on the research field. At any rate, I was lacking systems and breathable planets after the few good systems at the beginning. No matter what 40 colonies (including more than a few one facility unbreathable colonie) cannot keep up with your 60 planets. That's why I was researching Gas Colonization, it was done in five turns and was needed so that I could keep up with you. (300 additional facilities would have been most welcomed!) However, you stroke Last turn, meaning my research won't help me much. (I will have done this research next turn or in two turns) And in the end, your bigger production base eventually pays off against my stranded League, and logic is once again ruling as queen on the battlefield. That was also why I tried to make you stay on the defensive, at least for a few turns, but it didn't work as you saw. (I am not sure sending wrecked ships over your worlds helped in any matter) It was indeed a very good game, proceeding at an hectic pace and enjoyable to play, although the outcome is not quite to my liking. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif The end of the Oxygen Breathers is unfortunately coming, in spite of their efforts. [ November 24, 2003, 19:27: Message edited by: Alneyan ] |
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I surrendered to Slynky after the destruction of my smallest fleet (in the southern front) while yet another fleet was sighted heading towards my systems. Given the... hmm... poor state of my military, and my collapsing economy (he does have a bigger share of the galaxy after all), the situation is now hopeless here.
Once again, thanks for the good game Slynky. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I would have two questions about the game, if you don't mind answering to these. How is the cloaking ability on the cloaking armor is working? Your ships managed to spot mine without problem. Or did you deployed Tachyon Sensors as well? (It would seem quite likely after all) And did you willingly use the hulls you used, or were you basically lacking research in this field? I admit I was quite unsettled by this fact, but it seems like it worked fine in the end when my technological asset was gone. |
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(1) I have no idea why you surrendered. Your position was good. If you have gas tech like you said, then you are colonizing like crazy in the background. (2) Yes, I captured some of your ships and will soon have the tech on them. But that makes us equal, not ME ahead. (3) Having said this, I just received your surrender. I glanced (VERY) briefly at the map. So, I don't know much. So.... If you absolutely think it's not worth playing...you have 12 carriers headed toward me..., then say so again. I just can't believe your position is hopeless. You have taken ground from me. In two different places. So, I will offer you another chance to withdraw your Last turn. This is in the name of sportsmanship. I just barely felt like I had a chance at the Last turn. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif |
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Congratulations to Slynky!
Nice game, almost all the time both players were sure they're going to lose http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif |
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