MP n00bs of DOOOOOOOOOM!!!! - Five Nations Surviving

SirMu · #1 March 11th, 2011, 02:27 PM

Between unfortunate losses and three enemies, She shall now retreat into the darkness; She shall leave behind a false self to die in her place, while the real She is off rebuilding her power. This is not the last of She. She shall return.

And when She does...

You will all pay!

(Going AI because there's not much else I can do at this point; one lucky nation shall receive my vast stores of gold and gems.)

As a postmortum account:

Ever since the start of the game when She found herself so close to so many nations, She knew She would have to go to war with one of them; it just so happened that Bandar Log was not only the easiest target, but She would receive 1500 gold from T'ien Ch'i for the act! That and a castle, of course. But She got greedy. She proceeded to attack T'ien Ch'i as well after the apes were crushed; why not have 1500 gold and a castle? Not to mention even another castle! This would not have been so bad if She had not had to deal with the sea dwellers encroaching on her land, not that she could do much about it, and a preparing for a possible war against Caelum. She worked 'with' Shinuyama against Caelum, but She knew, way in the back of her mind, that She would be betrayed. She didn't act against Shinuyama sooner on the off chance he was actually telling the truth; it's not like with her full funds going to war against T'ien Ch'i that she could pay for a first strike on a second front. T'ien Ch'i was smart in that it diverted most of its attention to research and mercenaries as soon as the war started; not only did this combination give it a surprising edge in battle, but will likely allow T'ien Ch'i to survive any double crosses from Caelum or Shinuyama.

Ultimately, She feels like She would have been in a better position, if only She had gone to war with Caelum instead of T'ien Ch'i, because even though they were more powerful, there likely would not have been as many diplomatic land mines. This is excluding, of course, the chance of T'ien Ch'i double crossing her. Which was entirely likely, considering T'ien Ch'i hadn't signed a NAP with us 'Jots' yet.

From a military perspective, Marignon is right. She had too many archers. Though this helped in battle against the masses of monkeys, it quickly fell flat on its face against the shield bearing T'ien Ch'i.

Oh well, it was a fun run.

jimbojones1971 · #2 March 11th, 2011, 06:22 PM

Good game SirMu, it was fun playing with you (and She, of course!). Once you get dog piled by a few people, including the strongest nation on the board (Caelum), that's pretty much it from what I can tell. And after seeing events in 84 and 93 this turn, I think going AI is a fair call at this point as its basically all over.

And thanks for telling us about the deal with TC etc, its always fun to know more about what actually happened

Hope to you see again next game!

GFSnl · #3 March 11th, 2011, 06:46 PM

Aaawww... thanks JimboJones1971 by calling me the strongest. You're not doing so badly yourself

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Are you sure you're not trying to instigate something...

Nonetheless,

SirMu thanks for playing. It would have been interesting if you had attack me earlier. You can see in my research graph my research lagged and it hasn't been a lot of turns since I have thunder strike.

See you next game.

jimbojones1971 · #4 March 11th, 2011, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GFSnl

Aaawww... thanks JimboJones1971 by calling me the strongest. You're not doing so badly yourself

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Are you sure you're not trying to instigate something...

What, me? (Cue innocent look.)

Anyway, the important thing to remember is that its those darned fish people that we've all got to keep an eye on, what with their webbed feet and water breathing ways.

GFSnl · #5 March 12th, 2011, 04:17 AM

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Anyway, the important thing to remember is that its those darned fish people that we've all got to keep an eye on, what with their webbed feet and water breathing ways.

Now that is something we can agree on.

CthulhuDreams · #6 March 12th, 2011, 02:12 PM

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Anyway, the important thing to remember is that its those darned fish people that we've all got to keep an eye on, what with their webbed feet and water breathing ways.

Now that is something we can agree on.

My sea ponies have detachable webbing, so we are only slimy some of the time, and of course, we are not slimy now.

More seriously, my ponies have sore .. tails.. and I'm not intrested in going on the offensive at the moment. Rest assured though that if my two neighbours get any big ideas about restricting my free ranging ponies, both your capitals offer bench front views!

The real reason those two are talking tough about me is that they are trying to distract attention from the fact they are the largest and second largest nations, and scouts assure me that Caelum has bypassed a number of indie proviences.. so he is going to get even BIGGER.

Don't let the worlds most basic disinfomation campagin distract you from the real issue - who is Caelum going to punch next, as his armies are clearly mustered for war.

So are marigon's too - what the hell is the go with his army graph. Though Caelum's flying bird men are a good counter for Marigon's hordes of dudes with crossbows.

jimbojones1971 · #7 March 12th, 2011, 09:13 PM

Methinks Oceania sounds a bit too defensive? Could it be that Ahab of Oceania is afraid that someone might look at Oceania's position way up the top of the income graph, and his huuuuuuuge stash of cash, and start to wonder if he was, oh I don't know, maybe running away with the game or something?