[Slynky]

Originally posted by geckomlis:

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In an critical moment, my drones attacked his 19-ship fleet (which had just annihilated my fleet at about the same size) and heavily damaged one of his sweepers...enough to leave this fleet vulnerable to my mines, and then lacking much point-defense my fighters picked apart the remainder of his ships.

From my perspective, your drone kill on that single mine sweeper won you the game. I should have backed off and regrouped at that point, but I took a chance that you might have skimped on mines to build that fleet I had just scragged. I attempted to perform scorched earth against your homeworld, and promptly lost 12 ships to mines. A high risk, high gain move that failed catastrophically for me. Sometimes lust and greed kills. The game definitely rocked, cradle to grave, for me.

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Really an interesting assessment. And a discussion of just what goes through minds when comptemplating what to do next. Somewhat like the chess games I used to play (when I played competition).

I find it interesting. I wonder if the pace of the game (sometimes, slower than what we want) and the rush to the crest of the hill sway our judgement. One thinks, "If I do this, this could be my win!", instead of, "OK, I've got position on him...pull in a few more ships, quard this point, feint here, and in 10 more turns or so, I should be able to do...". You get my meaning.