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

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seriously, someone tell me how this ended? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, I'd like to hear about the gutsy move.

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My thanks to Thermodyne for a very tough and very fun game! I'm honestly not sure what the "very gutsy move" was, so I definitely look forward to hearing the Thermolian side of things.

I was surprised to see Thermodyne yielding the game but I had no time to say anything here. I thought I was doing well, but I didn't think I was that strong. I spent most of the game in fear and terror of Thermodyne's ships appearing anywhere and everywhere, and moved in a slow, deliberate manner to victory....the way of the plant, you might say.

Everything was as I said during my Last update. One of my southern colonies weathered a serious attack and eliminated the Thermolian ships that probably could have done at least some damage in nearby systems. That allowed me a little extra time to move a force of my own in that area. Much of this match was a waiting game, with both us of preparing for battles.

I played a slow, deliberate game. It was funny that I was moving a sizeable fleet through Neckron (where my first major defeat occurred) and so was Thermodyne, and they just passed right by each other. I had a secondary fleet I was preparing in Yoshri, the neighboring system with one of my homeworlds. Since my Neckron fleet couldn't catch the Thermolians, I moved the Yoshri fleet to defend the warp point. I wanted to change that turn and send my Neckron fleet back, guessing that if I would lose the fight but at least do enough damage to slow his fleet and allow my Neckron ships to catch up. However, I didn't get a chance to undo my turn, and it proved unnecessary. My Yoshri fleet scored a massive victory over some tough ships. I rather regret having to win by being assured the first shot at the warp point, but I feared the Thermolian fighting advantage (bezerker and max aggressiveness/defensiveness) and didn't think my Flora ships would perform as well in open space.

All the while this was happening, I had developed a sizeable intel base, and had spent many turns hitting the Thermolians with Food Contamination, eliminating the population of approximately 8-10 Thermolian planets. I also used intel to gain star charts of Thermolian systems, and in one instant I hit one of his sweepers in that final fleet with ship bombs because I KNEW I had to stop it!

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

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is no reason for regret. Strategy is all about maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses. Seeking after and acchieving the "high ground" in a battle is something to be proud of.

Geoschmo

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is no reason for regret. Strategy is all about maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses. Seeking after and acchieving the "high ground" in a battle is something to be proud of.

Geoschmo</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree. That's part of strategy. Anytime you go through a warp hole, you're taking a chance that you can take the first shot of what's on the other side. I'm sure every good player takes advantage of it and every good player realizes the dangers.

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OK, geo, the game is afoot. If you need to test an empire, go for it.

As to my empire...

I've tested it against 4 games with same settings of KOTH against the AI on highest settings (except for low number of AI) in simultaneous game (to simulate combat the correct way)...and kicked ***. Of course, that's easy.

I won another test of the empire against Lord Chane in a PBEM game simulating KOTH. Lord Chane is pretty good...he just joined KOTH at my urging and is playing against SparHawk right not.

I was in 1st place against Dreico for 8 or 10 turns or so with it (in what I might call somewhat of a crappy positional start) but I fell to 2nd on turn 24.

So, I'm anxious to try it out against a "heavyweight" such as you. Just wish I could get my ships to fight right... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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You would notice I didn't feel so badly about a warp defense that I avoiding setting up that one. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I do wish I could have taken down the Thermolian fleet in open space, and seen if my ship designs and strategy really resulted in a superior performance.

Does this mean I face The Great One, Geo, in my next match? By twig and stem, that will be exciting! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Stoney keeps throwing little barbs my way because he fears me and the "Shake, Rattle and Roll" I'll hit him with if I get my shot at the crown. He's just holding that crown for me until I get to the top of the hill. (hmmm...that gives me an idea to run past Gervais for a "King" avatar)

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(and hope no one brings a cheese grater...good luck to you!)

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cheese... watch that geo.... He can be a tricky one...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I guess I should take that to heart since I'm testing his "schmo-ness" in a "pick-up" game.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I guess I should take that to heart since I'm testing his "schmo-ness" in a "pick-up" game.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, take it to heart. He's tough. I played him once in a pick-up game. I got my arse handed to me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif But we met at turn 2 so I was thrown off guard by that. I will be prepared next time. I hope. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif