Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Asmala is bowing to the King
Of course you're right. The King is always right. Long live to the King! Asmala stood up while looking carefully for assassin he hired couple of days ago. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Assassin!?! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif
Where's the love, people? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Next thing you'll tell me is that you are going to reject my offer for a partnership in our game! Why do things have to get violent? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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A humbled High Priest Primitive bows his head in defeat. All his ships had been sent to challenge two massive Eteru navies in two large battles. Both battles had ended with the forces off the "Evil Eye" victorious.
There are no more ships.
There are no resources to build more.
Even the home planet of the Nindra is destroyed.
Resistance from the colonies could prolong the battle, but any chance of victory is long gone.

The "Evil Eye" will be the one to take a step forward in the quest for Kingship. But beware, for deep in the heart of Primitive, the fire still burns strong.

Geo:
Good luck in your next match http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Primitive and Geo- that was rather entertaining stuff! Congrats, Geo, looks like your end-run gamble paid off.

In another quadrant far, far away...
The upstart Asmala has made a claim on Stone Mill's throne. The King dismisses his political avenues and draws his sword...
for this... is a fighting King... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Good luck Asmala! On-Guard. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

King Harley Ra...ummm, I mean....Stone Mill, don't worry. I presented Jobu with a bucket of Kentucky Fried Extra-Crispy. He was quite pleased with the offering. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Asmala notices that his treacherous plot didn't work. The assassin was too slow and now he is forced to draw his own sword. Asmala knows well that the King is much more experienced swordsman so he is a bit worried.

I'll upload my turn when I'm home but it'll take about eight hours so be patient.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Help! Help! I'm being repressed.

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do not speak the name "Harley Ra**" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif That name is forbidden here! And you have a 2% chance (cumulative) of actually summoning him by speaking his name! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif

And do not think Gecko will fall for your ploy... If your drones do not hit... You will use the "Poison his people with high sodium, fat, and cholesterol" Intel Project! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

Please realize my mind is not made up in this post, I am just considering things and want to get your opinions.

The Koth league has been an interesting experience, and I have learned much form it, but I am thinking it's got some flaws that may be unfixable.

1. Losing a single game send you to the bottom of the hill. A bit harsh? Certainly no fun.

2. Only works for two player games. Not everybody likes two player games. Not everybody does well at two player games.

3. You are in many ways at the mercy of your opponent. If you are playing a guy that is slow with the turns, what can you do? Not much. Complain to me, that's about it. If you and your opponent can't agree on settings, you can't just go play someone else who does like your sort of game. You have to play who I match you against, or one of you forfeits. That kind of sucks.

4. The league page is tedious to maintain, and therefore is frequently out of date. Mea Culpa.

5. You can't play more than one official game at a time. Some people don't like that I am sure.

So here's what I am thinking. We could scrap the current KOTH league and go to a ladder format. I can setup a league on myleague.com that will take care of most of the administration of rankings. The way it works if you aren't familier is everybody is on a ladder. If you beat a guy above you on the ladder you move up the ladder half the distance between the two of you. You move down if someone beats someone above you on the ladder and their half the distance puts them ahead of you.

There's more, but I got to run. Tell me what you think.

Geoschmo

Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
 

The primitive one just wants (a chanche) to become king http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Hill or Ladder doesn't really matter as long as it is an open tournament. And I would prefere if the two player format was kept.

Keep up the good work.