Spank,
vt, To defeat soundly (slang).
Or as they say in Georgia, "an ***-whoopin'".
After losing half my home system, I'm thnking I should tip my king over and resign, Glyn, so consider this a surrender so we can leave the game with a little bit of respect.
I hearby award you the "Master of Stellar Manipulation" certificate to post on the wall behind your throne
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Oh, and in reference to me being on top, remember it's that way only because I've played more KotH games than anyone else. If you think about it, a better way to show the top people would be to have an arbitrary cutoff of, say, 5 games completed, and then post that person's win percentage instead of total wins. Then you get a better idea of who the toughest are.
I enjoyed the game a lot! Biting nails every turn. Not like I was expecting a warp hole to appear before turn 10 or something but managing resources and deciding what to build first (and so on). Much better than the usual, "OK, now let's research DUC 3."
One favor if I may ask. Could you redo your turn and move your fleet one sector north of the planet you just ravaged so I can send a compaparable fleet against it (to see if my ship/fleet design sucks as much as the rest of my efforts in that game)?
Let me know.
Later!