Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"? - Page 390

parabolize · #**3891** September 16th, 2006, 01:54 AM

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Slynky said:
Watch out for Parabolize, he loves full-tech and he's good at it!

If only I had known Glyn was up for a full-tech game.

Alneyan · #**3892** September 21st, 2006, 05:52 PM

I believe Glyn is the best player for the win/loss ratio out here, actually... or close enough.

KOTH has been updated. I've also cleaned up the HTML source a bit, so please let me know if you find something suspicious.

On another note, I understand that SEV is getting near the corner. It might be worth giving KOTH to someone who is going to play SEV, if there is interest in KOTH for V (I will not move over to SEV myself).

Requirements are pretty mild: you merely need to be handsome and very cunning (like yours truly), know how to set up games on PBW, and understand the slightest bit of HTML for editing... though you can just do some copy-paste-modify and it will all work fine.

Glyn · #**3893** September 22nd, 2006, 12:15 PM

I for one plan to stick with SEIV for a while longer.

SEV maybe shiny and new, but SEIV is polished and smooth like a comfortable old shoe.

Alneyan, you set the Requirements for a KOTH admin pretty high!

Alneyan · #**3894** September 29th, 2006, 05:22 AM

KOTH has been updated. This time, I actually uploaded the new file, instead of just modifying my local KOTH file.

Slynky · #**3895** October 2nd, 2006, 07:19 PM

So, how long do we wait for an opponent to reply to game settings request?

Rathar · #**3896** October 2nd, 2006, 10:51 PM

Heh I usually start getting itchy just about .0058 seconds after I send the E-mail!

Rathar

Alneyan · #**3897** October 7th, 2006, 05:51 AM

KOTH has been updated. I've managed to... bah, I've forgotten the relevant verb for "forcing a sailor into joining a crew while at port". Let's just say a new player joined KOTH, despite SEV coming over.

That aside, I am now officially better than Slynky in *every* aspect, having finally caught up with him in number of posts. Of course, neither of us posts much these days... well, unless he takes up SEV, or I go to Dom 3. Still.

Slynky · #**3898** October 7th, 2006, 11:46 AM

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Alneyan said:
KOTH has been updated. I've managed to... bah, I've forgotten the relevant verb for "forcing a sailor into joining a crew while at port". Let's just say a new player joined KOTH, despite SEV coming over.

That aside, I am now officially better than Slynky in *every* aspect, having finally caught up with him in number of posts. Of course, neither of us posts much these days... well, unless he takes up SEV, or I go to Dom 3. Still.

HEY! I post!

Hmmm, not sure I can get past the demo UI on SE5.

Dom 3?

Alneyan · #**3899** October 7th, 2006, 12:51 PM

Granted, you do post more than I do... not that it's hard to beat my "thirty posts a semester" present average. Nothing to be proud of here, really.

Dom 3 is the highly exhalted Dominions 3. Pretty solid in my estimation, and can even be purchased fairly easily to boot... where "easily" is defined by "not requiring a credit card, understanding of postal regulations of several countries, a passage through customs, begging to get someone else to make you a present, sending money through a proxy for the actual purchase, and assorted hurdles".

That aside, I find Dominions to be more varied, with faster turns and a pretty solid gameplay... not to mention a much easier time running on my box, and tactical battles that don't send me tearing my hair apart (as in, "You know, I didn't put 300kt of weaponry on those bloody Light Carriers so that they could run away from battle!"). That, and my ego won't accept anything lower than full-fledged godhood.

geoschmo · #**3900** October 7th, 2006, 02:25 PM

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Alneyan said:
I've managed to... bah, I've forgotten the relevant verb for "forcing a sailor into joining a crew while at port".

The technical term I believe is impressment. That's usually a quasi-legal version done by a governmental authority. The British Navy practice was one reason for the War of 1812. The less official version is often refered to as being "shanghaied".

Geoschmo