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

[Alneyan]

If you do want I will agree then, just to let you see I was not kidding about my situation. I believe I can still hold for a few turns, as long as your other fleets are not on active duty in my systems. Once they arrive... They will be able to wreak havoc behind my lines, and will effectively prevent any decent effort at colonizing. (Do remember I need quite a few turns before being able to make a benefit from these gas planets. And even then, I don't believe I can afford to develop two planets at once before you arrive, let alone ten.)

So, if you would like to finish me, go for it, but I am still not convinced at all I stand the slightest chance, either in the short run or in one or two years. (Incidentally, my carriers were fleeing to hold my main systems, not intercepting your own fleet. That was the first idea at least, perhaps I should just send them to guard this front)

[geoschmo]

Asmala, I accept the surrender of Slynky and Alenyan since both of them feel their situation is hopeless. Those two wins should just about jump me up to a king match against Rex.

[Slynky]

No, I don't want you to play just to apease me. Maybe I am wrong about your position. All I know is that I got a few battles that went OK. Captured a few ships (to disect). And I got into first place for the first time. I have 84 ships. About 50 are on the front lines and the other are being trained or repaired. I do have something else going on (I have sneaked several ships behind your front lines...but that was only done in an effort to divert your attention from attacking me...maybe just a nuisance).

As to your questions:

I have training facilities...Advanced research. Only one research beyond that gave me hyper optics...enough to see your stealth ships. I have sats in all the systems near the battle fronts so I can see your ships if they were with stealth armor.

As to hulls, only recently did I move to LC. RexTorres whipped the s--t out of me with destroyers (combat components and training make them extra hard to hit), so I spent most of the game with those hulls...not because of research but because they were what kicked my *** before...in the KOTH match.

If you feel that strongly about your position, then surrender it is. Allow me to say this: This is the first game where someone surrendered to me when I thought it unlikely. Adding...I'd play a team game with you anytime. You are a good player.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Asmala, I accept the surrender of Slynky and Alenyan since both of them feel their situation is hopeless. Those two wins should just about jump me up to a king match against Rex.

LOL...(actually, ROTFLMAO)...

[Slynky]

Ahem....

Now...back to a game I can hardly remember...Slynky -vs- Geoschmo (pt II).

[Edit: not actually a KOTH game]

[ November 24, 2003, 20:42: Message edited by: Slynky ]

[Alneyan]

First to the questions: I was having such devices as well, but only in a few systems. I was silly for thinking you would forget to use these obviously. I planned on attacking your rear lines with these ships, but you were ready unfortunately.

I see, I believe it is a nice idea and it is indeed working fine. (Heavy Mount doesn't help when you cannot it your target) And that gave me an idea. I should use such ships as well, once the research is done that is. (Don't laugh, but I still only have Scouts and Frigates)

My main concern is the number of fronts at the moment rather than the strength of your military. (I have a bit more than thirty ships, including former skirmishers, repair bases and likely an outdated ship or three. Could be enough against your fifty ships, but perhaps not) You don't even have to challenge my warships to win, destroying my main resource worlds would be more than enough. My only hope is that you forget to play for three years, only awaking to see my nice Warp Closers Online, but I have the feeling this is unlikely.

So, I believe I don't stand a chance unless you are indeed experiencing some big trouble meaning I am left alone for quite a few turns. Otherwise my outer systems will fall one after the other, your ships able to evade my slower and less numerous forces. So, in a few words, do you think we should carry on with the game? I am not sure how willing you are to go on the offensive in this game though, it could lengthen the game by a few turns if you were to wait before striking.

Incidentally, thanks for the compliment, I would like to play in a teamgame with you as well. Perhaps we could form an alliance against Geoschmo who is so eager to coerce both of us into surrendering? *Smirks*

[Asmala]

To continue, or not to continue, that is the Question.

Anyway, I'm here to set your game a turn back if you want.

[Asmala]

Originally posted by Slynky:
So, Asmala, who's next on the Hill?

There's nobody in the middle of the Hill now so you have to wait.

PS: A funny thing. I received all your tech from the surrender (ECM 3, Sensor 3, carriers, etc.) but only PPB 1. That's strange.

When someone surrenders to you, you get only one tech level from each tech area the surrender has better levels than you. So you got one level of fighters, one level of sensors, one level of combat support and one level of phased weapons.

[geoschmo]

Slynky, don't forget to update the Ratings page with the result from your Koth game.

[ November 25, 2003, 14:59: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Alneyan]

Yes I tend not to surrender except if the situation is really bad, but I was surprised as well when Loser and especially Deccan offered surrender as well in other games. I guess you don't see the hardships of the other Empire when everything is bright on your side.

I thought of building weapon platforms, but my goal was to go on the offensive rather than waiting for you to attack. I know I wouldn't stand a chance if I didn't try to take advantage of my technological lead, given your skills and my smaller share of the galaxy. Thus my attacks, but I counted on my cloaked ships as well and the riot aftershock. It seems like you had the same thing in mind, but unlike you I didn't have sensors Online in every system so I failed to see your ships.

You have to know as well my economy was always flirting with the red line, as I believe I had fewer facilities than you. I spent most of the time with 5,000 minerals in storage and an income of... +10 to +1000 in this resource. The same thing went true for radioactives, PPB does cost a lot of these. So I couldn't afford to build both a fleet and weapon platforms while colonizing and developing my five or six huge, breathable gas giants. (Nor the time for that matter) The destruction of my first fleet of DUC Carriers was actually somewhat a blessing as well, as it helped my economy by reducing my upkeep costs by 5,000 minerals. But I would have preferred to destroy your shipyards before.

If you don't mind answering this question (perhaps by e-mail?), could you tell me how do you handle training? That is, where do you build these facilities and when do you send your ships to training? I had such facilities, but given the poor lifespan of my ships, they weren't that useful. At this rate I will take Psychic just to have System-Wide training abilities, thus solving this problem. *Grumbles*

So yes, you would have won sooner or later, the best I could do was to hold down my two major systems in the eastern end of the galaxy with weapon platforms and other niceties, and I might even have survived, but not for long, especially as my homeworld was the only planet suitable for building quite a few weapon platforms (while having enough population to hold for a while in a fight) And of course, I will now check twice at least before each battle my default strategies. (You would expect ships with guns to have a Optimal Firing Range strategy, wouldn't you?) Good luck with your next games as well.

[ November 25, 2003, 16:49: Message edited by: Alneyan ]