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

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nope, you have to face me. I thought I don't have a namesake here so who is the highly-feared, wild and unpredictable Asmala? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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

Thermodyne surrendered to me at the turn 2405.8. Thanks for the game.

So up the hill I go. Watch out, Stone Mill! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S. If the KOTH page is up to date, I will have to wait for an opponent in the middlehill.

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

The battle for KOTH continues. I believe at this moment, I can say that I am applying SIGNIFICANT pressure on the King and his position. While he has more systems, at the moment, I believe, he is struggling to keep those fronts protected.

I recently stabbed at him with 24 destroyers and lost most of them to mines (I think it was a bug! That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!)

Either way, things are getting fierce!

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Gozguy vs Geoschmo 2414.3

This game has been remarkable for me. Never before have I had a game with so many wild swings of momentum back and forth.

Early on I felt quite sure I was going to lose. At one point Goz had wiped out most of my navy and I had little to stop his advances. I managed to hold off disaster and at a point later in the game had a series of stunning victories, including wiping out his homesystem.

After that I began the process of slowly gobbling up the remainder of his empire. Actually I was quite shocked he would not surrender at that point. In fact listening to him talk he still felt he had the advantage. Clearly I believed that to simply be false bravado.

Now I am not so sure. He has launched a counter offensive in the south. A series of disasterous battles has left my empire basically open to plunder along the whole of my southern flank, and his fleets are pressing towards my homesystem now.

All is not lost however as my fleets in the North are running amok through his empire similarly unchecked.

I can honestly say at this point I have no idea who will ultimatly prevail in this contest. Every turn could bring another large fleet of his popping out where it's not expected. And every turn can bring another series of planets of his under my control.

What a game.

Geoschmo

[ April 25, 2003, 14:29: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I get an image of two snakes, each gobbling the other one up, both having started at the tail of the other one. All that remains is to see if one snake can gobble the head of the other before its body has been fully eaten.

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[quote]Originally posted by Slynky:

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I get an image of two snakes, each gobbling the other one up, both having started at the tail of the other one. All that remains is to see if one snake can gobble the head of the other before its body has been fully eaten.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's funny. Goz and I were commenting on that ourselves yesterday. You don't know how right you are. It's like we are chasing each other counterclockwise around the center of the quadrant. We could potentially end up in each other starting positions before too much longer. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I said it reminded me of that Trek episode where the two races were trapped by an alien into fighting an battle for ever. Neither side could win or lose casue all the dead were resurected and thrown back into the fight. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Of course it will have to end at some point. One of us will break the cycle somehow. But I don't know how yet.

Geoschmo

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Geo and I talked about KOTH at one time. He referred to it as a 'knife fight'. Some how our knives have grown into baseball bats and we are thwacking each other while holding hands. (What a visual.) It’s an interesting comment that at first I was so close to victory. Ah to stand in your opponents shoes for just a moment. At any rate I still think this game is anybody’s game and we won’t know for at least a week as to who will win. It has been enjoyable and I thank Geo for such an interesting game.
Hail to Geo
Grin
Gozguy

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

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep, move him up. I tried something that didn't work at all, so no need to hold him up with my lost cause.

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

Hey Thermo! Looks like it's you and me again! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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

What's this make, three games now? I'll have to work on a change of pace for this one.