[Slynky]

Originally posted by parabolize:
most of my production was right next to the 8 evil ships .

Sometimes, I am too pessimistic, maybe. I can "feel" when I am winning, I think. I think everyone "feels" this. But I didn't feel it in this game. I was always hoping for more time to build my economy and WAY behind you (as I discovered). My point rating was just over 600. At your surrender, I had over 2,000! That means you doubled my score (gulp!). I couldn't build on all my SYs because of resources. In a rush, I built Kamakazi ships with warheads because I couldn't take the time to train them (thinking I needed to stop that fleet of 19 ships).

But we can discuss it all day (hehe) or not. What I meant to say is that sometimes a game comes down to a few moves. One of the luckiest for me was when your fleet of 30+ ships invaded and I killed them down to 19 including the mine sweepers. THAT was my lucky break. I didn't put mines at warp points but I had them over planets. As to the game itself, you outplayed me in empire management. Good game!