PBW "newbie game"

BeeDee10 · #1 July 17th, 2001, 07:00 AM

I've been hit by the Nostropholo a few times, but the CI that I've been running has always been enough to stop it so far. the CI bug only kicks in when more than one attack hits simultaneously.

CaptSpoogy · #2 July 17th, 2001, 05:38 PM

Well, Baal has just dropped out of the original "Newbie" game...

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geoschmo · #3 July 17th, 2001, 05:43 PM

Baal must be getting hit in real life. He dropped from one of my games too. Too bad we all can't just sit around playing SEIV all day.

Geo

Phoenix-D · #4 July 17th, 2001, 08:24 PM

Well, hopefully his replacement can figure things out fast enough.. dropping in in the middle of a war is bound to be interesting.

Meanwhile, one of my colonies just got hit by my first random event. Earthquake that killed 5 million. Guess how many people I had on that colony? Yup, 5 million. Instant ghost town, just shake and bake!

Phoenix-D

Dragonlord · #5 July 17th, 2001, 10:18 PM

I suspect Baal dropped out partly because he just lost *the* decisive battle against me in Newbie I. His fleet of 50 ships managed to destroy some of my frontier worlds, cause I needed time to group together a response force. When we attacked Last turn, it was a major success. 45 ships against 50, we lost about 15 ships, he lost ALL. Of course it must have helped that my fleet was "legendary".

I'm sad he's leaving though, it was a lot of fun playing against him. I hope nothing serious is happening to him in real life.

Baal · #6 July 18th, 2001, 02:16 AM

Dragonlord is completely right. I dropped because I could see that I was going to lose. I saw no reason to drag out an embarrassing defeat. I'm glad that some of my things entertained you Dragonlord. The mines were fun, the flanking your forward fleet was fun. I'm glad I could give you a small challange, but that's it for me.

I'm throwing in the gauntlet, you win. (translation = I quit, you kicked my *** to hard)

Sorry about dropping the grit tech game Geo, but I don't feel like getting my *** kicked again.

Sorry everyone but quitting is in my nature.

Dragonlord · #7 July 18th, 2001, 04:31 AM

Hmm not sure if Baal was being sarcastic there...

By the way Baal, I'm sure you looked at the combat replay of our big battle. I figured the only way to stand a chance against those 50 ships, all heavy on armor, was to exploit its only weakness: build a lot of boarding ships FAST. But from the replay I couldn't really tell if that worked, it was mostly my ships doing more damage than yours because of the offense and defense bonuses I enjoyed.
And I did not end up with any of your ships in my fleet. I've never tried boarding parties before...did you see any of your ships going to my side mid-battle or firing on your own ships?