Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"? - Page 104

Slynky · #**1031** May 28th, 2003, 06:13 PM

Heading into "uncharted waters" (read: untested designs and design matchups) would make me uneasy, too.

Hate those (possibly) make-or-break battles!

Stone Mill · #**1032** May 28th, 2003, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Stone Mill at least you will not have to divide the fleets up to destroy them piecemeal

May be true... But Those are the only fleets he is blatantly showing. Always anticipate the "second punch."

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Originally posted by Slynky:
Heading into "uncharted waters" (read: untested designs and design matchups) would make me uneasy, too.

Hate those (possibly) make-or-break battles!

Unless, of course, I happen to guess right and do well... I'm not sure how long the stalemate will Last. He can make a move any turn now...

[ May 28, 2003, 17:25: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]

Asmala · #**1033** May 28th, 2003, 08:43 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
Asmala, I'm done. Move Gecko up. Take me off the hill for the time being. I don't want to start another game right away.

Geoschmo

Gecko is moved up and the KOTH page is updated. That game was extremely fast: 108 turns in eight days

geoschmo · #**1034** May 28th, 2003, 09:31 PM

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Originally posted by Asmala:
Gecko is moved up and the KOTH page is updated. That game was extremely fast: 108 turns in eight days

Yes, and we didn't play all that often on the weekends either. That was mostly done during the week. It was quite refreshing. Only thing would have made it better is if I had won.

Geoschmo

Geckomlis · #**1035** May 28th, 2003, 10:19 PM

[quote]Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Asmala:
Gecko is moved up and the KOTH page is updated. That game was extremely fast: 108 turns in eight days

Yes, and we didn't play all that often on the weekends either. That was mostly done during the week. It was quite refreshing. Only thing would have made it better is if I had won.

Geoschmo[/QUOTE

The start of KOTH Geoschmo vs Gecko coincided with the end of my employment.

Except for the Memorial Day weekend (US holiday) and a weekend trip to Pittsburgh, PA for graduate school, I have been home – looking for a new job, taking classes, and doing the hausfrau thing.

Gecko

Slynky · #**1036** May 28th, 2003, 11:10 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Asmala:
Gecko is moved up and the KOTH page is updated. That game was extremely fast: 108 turns in eight days

Yes, and we didn't play all that often on the weekends either. That was mostly done during the week. It was quite refreshing. Only thing would have made it better is if I had won.

Geoschmo

It's something that I said about Geo when we had a "test KOTH" game. He plays regularly, let's you know when he has to go (and it's the Last turn for him for the night), and plays quickly.

Not to downplay Gecko, 'cause I assume he spends time on turns, too...

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Also goes along with one of the polls I ran...about people liking fast turnaround and playing with people that they know will commit to doing turns.

(PS: If I suck up enough, he MIGHT take it easy on me in the "infamous" challenge match...yeah, like that's gonna happen...

)

geoschmo · #**1037** May 29th, 2003, 01:19 AM

No, just in a few too many games right now. Don't want to start any new ones.

DavidG · #**1038** May 29th, 2003, 01:19 AM

Well you can move Rollo up the hill and me back to the bottom

tbontob · #**1039** May 29th, 2003, 01:22 AM

108 turns in 8 days!

That is 13.5 turns a day!

Did you guys sleep?

And I thought I was doing great when I could manage the occasional 3 turns a day.

Slynky · #**1040** May 29th, 2003, 07:59 PM

Trithian Empire (Slynky) -vs- Kif Hegemony (Mark the Merciful): 2406.9

(standard KOTH game: 1 medium starting homeworld)

More battles and surprises.

Back to the "tentacle". Remember? I cut it off form the rest of his empire. But, with a fleet of around 30-35 LCs, he ran me out of the system, connected his "arm" back and also wiped my planet like a raw booger! Now, what was he going to do with that fleet?

So, I bolstered the wormhole to the south of his fleet as best as I could and sure enough, there he went. Took some damage (about 30% of his fleet) and then had his choice of 2 nearby planets. All I had was 3 BCs to throw at him. Untrained at that! So, he chose the "mineral" planet and wiped it like snot from his sleeve. A round or 2 later, my 3 BCs caught them and returned the favor, much to my surprise! Killed about 18 ships and no damage to me.

But, one shouldn't sit around thinking their ships are boss. A few turns later, I found out that he had gone from LC fleets to a fleet comprised of about half battleships. Skipped cruisers and BCs completely. Another brutal battle resulting in all my warships croaking. Thankfully, I did enough damage that the battleships couldn't chase down my 5 sweepers! The battleships were left at damages ranging from 80-90% damage. I'll try to pop through the hole and get what I can before they can move to be repaired.

It seems this area is the likely area for battle as each of us (I assume) know other points of our borders are defended to the hilt.

With over 100 ships, I am still in 2nd place. He must have some awesome fleets moving up! Seems like a powerful game to have started from only 1 medium homeworld.

[ May 29, 2003, 19:00: Message edited by: Slynky ]