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Originally posted by couslee:
In retrospect, it's not really an aprehension about PBW, but about my strategy. Like I said, i have yet to play a simultaneous games, and have read strategies can vary greatly from tunr based mode (which makes sense). I have yet to even try things like repeat orders and such. I was thinking of playing that way in my next game after applying the patch, and then saw this thread re-appear and help off. Go ahead with the other person. I certainly am not offended, and my request was pre-mature. (see, I am a newbie. lol).
You may have only played a couple of PBW games, whereas I have only played a couple of SEIVg games. big difference.

couslee, I can certainly identify with you!

I bought the game in August and started to play my first PBW game in September.

Were there mistakes in my strategy? Oh yes! Were there mistakes in my play? Oh yes! I must have made every Newbie mistake posted here. Even being aware of the potential of the mistake, I still made them.

Waiting until you are comfortable is OK. No one should do something until they are ready to do something.

But if the idea is to enter PBW games with a sackful of skills to compete with the expert or intermediate player, I am sorry to disillusion you. IMHO, there is little comparison between playing solo against the computer AI's and simultaneous play in PBW.

You can get a hint of what playing a PBW game is like by playing a simultaneous game against the computer AI's.

But that is only a hint. Most strategies that work well against the computer AI's, do not work well against human opponents...errrrrr I mean my alien opponents.

Human opponents are faster, quicker and make far more intelligent decisions than the computer AI's. So losing a game against a human player is no disgrace. It would only be unfortunate if a person did not learn anything from the loss.

My first PBW game was, believe it or not, Survivor 2! It's a game full of experts. And maybe a few novices like me who "fell into it".

I was incredibly lucky not to be wiped out in that first round. If any expert had drawn a bead on me, he would have been home for lunch.

Now, maybe it will take him till dinnertime.

But playing with the the experts has taught me new skills. And I am still learning!

So, whenever you are comfortable, join the PBW crowd.