Trithian Empire (Slynky) -vs- Kif Hegemony (Mark the Merciful):
2412.2 (I think...all our empire clocks were destroyed...
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(standard KOTH game: 1 medium starting homeworld)
Well, I gotta say this game has to have been the bloodiest game in KOTH. Between all the warpholes opening and closing, billions of people were slaughtered! The warphole map looks like a spider web.
Kt after Kt's of ships were left as litter in space. Over half the systems were showered with debris.
Mark slaughtered my planets faster than I could return the "favor". And though I issued drugs to the population and even forced repetitive showings of the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life", they rioted.
Seriously, though, Mark played a good game! I think our planets were fairly split up. I certainly had some good ones in my area. He must have managed his empire better, though, 'cause he had ship after ship after ship. And he never even used all three colony types!
I made a few mistakes at the end that may have made a difference, but I kinda doubt it. No matter what I planned, he either planned the same thing or anticipated it. Even when I thought I had embarked on the winning strategy, "openers" and "closers", he was doing nearly the same. And 2 turns after I entered his empire, he did the same to me.
He showed up with phased shield 4's and to counter it, I built about 20 battleships with 3 heavy depleters on them...enough to blow away his shields if I hit 2 out of 3 times. But I forgot to put engines on the darn things! What's worse, refitting at a yard without resupply. They never really got to see battle.
Another mistake...I meant to refit a "planet builder" to an "opener" but chose the wrong ship for retrofit and built a 3rd "closer". That put me back lots of minerals and 2 turns to fix it. Maybe those 2 turns could have made a difference.
But he's a great player! So, I don't want to take anything away from him. Besides, maybe he made mistakes that evened it out.
He is a dedicated player and submits turns with good speed and regularity. A good member of the PBW community to have around.
SO, Mark, go whup up on Elvis (that way, I won't feel so bad about losing to you...
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Just kidding! It was one of my most exciting games in the past year!