[DrPraetorious]

A more serious year 2 update.

The noobs have not done badly, which is what it would've taken for us to be winning at this point. This is not to say that the vets have provided perfect play, but even if we had, the noobs have acquitted themselves well enough that they'd be doing okay.

A 2:1 numerical advantage is pretty nice - it's now to be seen whether our greater knowledge of late-game battlefield tactics can turn the tide against their superior numbers. This will, obviously, require some major mistakes on the noobs' part. Fortunately, in the late game, there are plenty of traps and snares into which we can lure them.

For example, Agartha just wasted a whole army of summoned statues killing some Imperial Toilet Paper(TM). Those statues are highly elite troops with an important role that I will explain after I've taken the men of Agartha as eunuchs and the women as concubines.

Atul stands out as a particular marvel of bone-crushing terror. This isn't obvious to the noobs, of course - but he's not been a recipient of much in the way of intra-team aid. Given the number of times I've gone in with an ally and failed to make a serious dent in Atul, it continues to astound me that *I'm* the one with a fearsome reputation. Now that it's too late for the noobs to do anything about it: I win the office pool of Atul kills you all.