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[Wokeye]

If the two remaining major powers (TC & Neifel) are not interested in playing on, then I say we retire the game.

My Tritons hate the thought of leaving the sea to fight Tartarians. ...and I didnt have much going for me *on land*, except a few unique items, weak inf. raiders and the alliance with landlubbers.

I am happy to concede victory to TC - the research race was absolutely dominated and the sheer number of troops and uber SCs (Tartarians everywhere!!) will pound any challengers.


Everz I do believe this is a competitive strategy game and it is our job to find and use strategic advantages. While there is an accusation against you of unsportsmanlike play by use of that strategy, I think if you admitted to making a mistake, then we can all move on from it and learn.

Overall, I leant a lot from the game, including:
- keep more of an eye on those players getting ahead in the mid-game, to place more pressure earlier...
- An AI nation really changes the whole game. Going AI without warning is bad form. Going AI is undesirable at any time, even with warnings. (not having a go at anyone here, just generally)
- do not use the battlefield nuke/retreat general strategies (as discussed above)
- lightning storms and stealthy elves are hurty.

If the game does not continue, I look forward to butting armies again with you all. Except that 'AI' guy - he sux!

[DonCorazon]

Let's end it then. Call it a victory for Everz, so he can retire his brief MP career with an amazing undefeated record at 1 - 0.
I hope he comes back - it is a shame to let a heckler drive you away but that is his call.

Good game everyone. Thanks again to Llamabeast for organizing and letting us use Llamaserver.

I learned:
- site search early and often; Niefel needs to find cheap researchers and astral mages to protect from Mind Hunts
- think about how to deal with SCs. Everz threw some tough Tartarians and AQs that tore through me
- don't make a lame pretender (I had a sage with 3e1s - don't even remember what I was thinking when I designed that crapola. Would have loved a bless)
- be good to your friends; I stayed true to all my allies and that probably would have been helpful if the fight had continued on
- develop a research plan – I was all over the place
- I think the only thing that helped me was Niefel is pretty tough and a good nation for noobs
- Always cast a few Wolven Winters prior to a Niefel invasion – pretty funny to watch your enemies freeze

I plan to organize a unique type of game soon on Llamaserver. Details to come.

Cheers, DC of Niefel

[llamabeast]

Oh dear, what a big debacle.

Well, I am of course happy to continue running the game if either everz or DC change their mind and want to carry on after the heat of the moment has passed. Also I'm content to believe that everz didn't know it was considered an exploit and was just very clever - so props to him for that. Still I will ban it in future games. I'm very sorry you were offended by this ruckus everz.

Tuidjy, your comments here were unhelpfully accusatory and offensive. I wish you hadn't posted, you made things feel much worse. Please don't in future.

Hope everyone's not too annoyed about this, it's an unfortunate way for a game to end. And of course I hope you all enjoyed the game!