Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"? - Page 373

Alneyan · #**3721** March 22nd, 2006, 02:49 PM

Please note that KOTH has been updated, even though most universities in France are currently "on strike" (if you can consider a university to be striking, or plain "lock down" to be a strike). The rules have also been updated somewhat, with the most notable change being the removal of the Non-Gold league. I am *that* dedicated to your welfare and happiness. Please write down "Alneyan" when you next cast your ballot. I truly am the most skilled KOTH admin out there.

Don't anyone dare ruin my little speech by pointing out I was late in updating the website (especially the rules page). Accidents happen every now and then, even in a realm governed so wisely and kind-heartedly. You can never play it *too* safe. This message was brought to you by The Insight, the only newspaper made by people like *you* that you can trust.

geoschmo · #**3722** March 22nd, 2006, 02:55 PM

Glyn, I haven't been able to get my yahoo email to work all day. I did get your message, but I haven't been able to reply. I'm cool with no intel, and would suggest no mines and no stellar manip as well if you are willing.

Geoschmo

Glyn · #**3723** March 22nd, 2006, 04:24 PM

Geo,

Fine by me.

No Intel
No Mines
No Stellar Manip.

Lets add:
One Good homeworld?

Anything else?

geoschmo · #**3724** March 22nd, 2006, 04:34 PM

Do you want manual placement? If so we need to specify it. I'm cool either way. I tend to well in games where I start close to the other player. But I know a lot of people prefer some space. Other than that I'm good with what you've mentioned here.

Glyn · #**3725** March 22nd, 2006, 05:31 PM

Geo,
I'm fine with random placement.

No Intel, No Mines, and No Stellar Manip.
One Good Homeworld
everything else is standard KOTH.

I'll upload my empire tonight.

looking forward to a good game.

Slynky · #**3726** March 25th, 2006, 12:47 PM

KOTH Match:

Just to report, Asmala is as dangerous as always. Now, mind you, I don't mind having a good game and getting beat. This one is loaded with strategy as we have stuff going on a few different places (mostly me losing).

However, what IS embarrasing is that he owns less of the galaxy than I do, and does his turns in about 11 minutes (while I take half an hour

).

Oh well. It's an interesting game. Now I just need to try to last at least 50 turns (like I said in the beginning

).

Alneyan · #**3727** March 27th, 2006, 08:32 AM

If you have been waiting on me recently, be advised my graphic card has died. I now have a new one up and running, and I should be able to catch up. Well, unless yet another part of the computer decides to stop working.

Slynky · #**3728** March 31st, 2006, 08:08 PM

I've often wondered if one were so good at some sort of game if it would become boring to whip people's asses all the time. Well, I guess I'll never know but maybe Asmala can say something on the subject.

Just in case he DOES get bored whipping asses, I figured I'd spare him the yawns and surrender. I could add some (possibly) humorous little ditty about wanting to same my people from destruction but to tell the truth, the lazy bastards should die!

Now, it could have possibly been a bit more interesting if I hadn't copied a colony ship design to a destroyer and altered it to become a minelayer and NEVER ADDED THE 6TH ENGINE! Or, perhaps, if I hadn't built 9 light carriers at various places to be defensive rammers at warpholes WITHOUT ANY ENGINES AT ALL! Then, the little matter of giving orders to an early colony ship, then canceling the order, and then deciding to move it toward an unknown system WITHOUT POPULATION (and having to divert it to get some).

But, I'm sure the outcome would have been the same anyway. Asmala seemed to be 3-4 turns ahead of me most of the game.

All hail the returning KING!

(nice lesson, my Finnish [fiendish] friend)

Asmala · #**3729** April 3rd, 2006, 05:10 PM

Thanks for the good game Slynky. I was a bit scared when I saw your PPB ships when I had only DUCs. However my early Advanced Military Science research paid off when I attacked you. I believe you didn't have trained fleets and ships, and even though you had PPBs against my DUCs I won the battle(s).

This was my first game using Geo's Balance Mod v.2, and I've nothing else to say that it is a very good mod. It's much more interesting to explore the galazy than in the former only-medium-sized-planets mod, but the new mod is still well balanced.

Slynky · #**3730** April 4th, 2006, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Asmala said:
Thanks for the good game Slynky. I was a bit scared when I saw your PPB ships when I had only DUCs. However my early Advanced Military Science research paid off when I attacked you. I believe you didn't have trained fleets and ships, and even though you had PPBs against my DUCs I won the battle(s).

When we had our first (big) battles, my fleet was trained to 20% but the ships in the fleet were at different numbers.

As I said, it seems you were always about 4 turns ahead of me. The last attack yu made happened as I refitted nearly all of my cruisers to place Sensor 3's on them. You attacked after the retrofit and before repair. That is one reason you killed all the cruisers in that last battle, I think.