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

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Cheeze:
And to add to the frustration of it, I'm getting an error during the combat replay, so I cannot get an absolute sense of what happened during the battle.

I am getting that error during combat replay too. I have had this problem in some games before with fighter combat, but this combat didn't have all that many fighters. Kind of wierd. If you look at the ship designs though you should get a sense of what happened.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Krsqk:
I am consistently amazed at the numbers of ships some of the KOTH players are able to field! Maybe I'm just too conservative or something, but I take much longer to get all those ships out. With nearly every report posted here, I see how much further I have to go in my SE4 skills.

Really? Do you find yourself held back by a lack of resources or by a lack of space yards? Rapid expansion is critical in a two player game since you don't have the luxury of talking your way out of the early wars. Once you meet you pretty much got to be ready to fight.

Geoschmo

[Slynky]

Slynky -vs- Gandalph: 2407.9

(standard KOTH start with exception of GOOD starting homeworld)



Well, Gandalph, I posted my score if you have any curiosity. And, of course, I'll give my take on the game.

I think we both got adequate planets/systems near our home worlds. But after expansion to systems 2 or 3 away, your selection deteriorated. Also, I tried to "lock" you in on the right side and limit your ability to roam and colonize. Somewhat successful as we shared some systems in that area and each allocated some warships to guard/defend/attack those shared areas. But I was more able to colonize to the north (and on around the "center") without worry. Ultimately, that made the difference, I think, because you led the game for many many turns. Also, you had LCs when I was building DEs. So, I defended, mostly, while I expanded and, as I see it, you had to fight a bit to expand.

Luck plays an important part in games sometimes. Over all, I think my homeworld location was better and I was lucky that you attacked my planet with your fleet of sweepers and warships when you were expanding to the west at the bottom of the map. Losing your colony escorts left you with 9 (or so) colony ships that couldn't move without safety. Capturing one of yours with a full cargo of breathers was lucky. Lucky I had a huge rich mineral planet to convert to your breathers.

And sometimes, you help make your own luck. I had 2 stealth ships watching your moves in strategic areas that you never seemed to notice.

Looking forward to meeting me again? I always welcome a good game with a good player. And given a more even map layout, I think I would probably lose. I think I said it somewhere before: I'm not "KOTH" material and I'll never get there unless I have a lucky planet start. (So, I wouldn't necessarily abandon your expansion idea just yet).

Thanks for a good game. As I have also said, KOTH thrills me the most!

PS: My colony count is 88 because I sneaked Ice tech in there several turns back and 21 top-of-the-line cruisers would come off the line in the upcoming turn)

[Cheeze]

Oh sure, Geo, I have an idea how the rest of the battle went. I got my butt royally whooped. I would have done better, if nearly every ship there wasn't loaded down with point-defense. Still, I would have lost. Figures the only ships I captured were repair vessels...dang it!!

And it's not so much that I lost this one battle and it's over, but knowing how many ships are there and how many you must have elsewhere, leads me to believe that I'm further behind than even I guessed, and it will just get uglier for me from here!

I doubt I have any surprises that will turn things around from here. It would shock me even more than you. I have been down before...and Cheeze always rises again!!

[Slynky]

Taking a look at the KOTH site, it looks like there is no one to play in the middle of the hill. Of course, Geo might be up there soon (gulp!). If so, I will have to make a special race for him!

[Asmala]

Originally posted by Zarix:
Georgig has won our game. I don't have anymore enough time for the league so I guess this was my Last game. At least for some time.

I can't understand how I have missed this message. Sorry about that and thanks to DavidG for pointing out this.

[Ragnarok]

Ragnarok vs. Mathias_Ice
Standard settings.

2401.4 - We make first contact in one of my systems. I put defense units in queue. Nothing much else happens this turn.

2401.5 - His ship attacks my new colony and wipes it out as combat takes place before construction. Things will get interesting from here on out. I just hope I'm not in as bad of a situation I think I am.

[Mathias_Ice]

Originally posted by Ragnarok:
2401.5 - His ship attacks my new colony and wipes it out as combat takes place before construction. Things will get interesting from here on out. I just hope I'm not in as bad of a situation I think I am.

Woot! First blood!

Don't think I'm gonna fall for your psyop about your "bad situation." Hehe.

[Ares]

I went back 5 pages (admittedly skimming), and couldn't find the answer to the question I'm sure is on every KOTH voyeur's mind ;-) Who is holding the title?

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Ares:
I went back 5 pages (admittedly skimming), and couldn't find the answer to the question I'm sure is on every KOTH voyeur's mind ;-) Who is holding the title?

Check out the KOTH league page. Currently Stone Mill is the king.

Edit: I got the link. It is found in Asmala's sig. KOTH Leage Page That shows all current members on the hill and shows who is at the top and the current king. Hope that helps.

[ June 24, 2003, 05:10: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]