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April 10th, 2003, 01:27 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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quote: Give the Big Cheese access to the next level. I have conceded that my position is not viable,
no need to hold him up with 25 turns worth of battles that will not change the out come.
Congrats on the win Cheese. If you did what I think you did, then that was a gutsy move.
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Seriously, someone tell me how this ended? Yeah, I'd like to hear about the gutsy move.
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April 10th, 2003, 02:14 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
My thanks to Thermodyne for a very tough and very fun game! I'm honestly not sure what the "very gutsy move" was, so I definitely look forward to hearing the Thermolian side of things.
I was surprised to see Thermodyne yielding the game but I had no time to say anything here. I thought I was doing well, but I didn't think I was that strong. I spent most of the game in fear and terror of Thermodyne's ships appearing anywhere and everywhere, and moved in a slow, deliberate manner to victory....the way of the plant, you might say.
Everything was as I said during my Last update. One of my southern colonies weathered a serious attack and eliminated the Thermolian ships that probably could have done at least some damage in nearby systems. That allowed me a little extra time to move a force of my own in that area. Much of this match was a waiting game, with both us of preparing for battles.
I played a slow, deliberate game. It was funny that I was moving a sizeable fleet through Neckron (where my first major defeat occurred) and so was Thermodyne, and they just passed right by each other. I had a secondary fleet I was preparing in Yoshri, the neighboring system with one of my homeworlds. Since my Neckron fleet couldn't catch the Thermolians, I moved the Yoshri fleet to defend the warp point. I wanted to change that turn and send my Neckron fleet back, guessing that if I would lose the fight but at least do enough damage to slow his fleet and allow my Neckron ships to catch up. However, I didn't get a chance to undo my turn, and it proved unnecessary. My Yoshri fleet scored a massive victory over some tough ships. I rather regret having to win by being assured the first shot at the warp point, but I feared the Thermolian fighting advantage (bezerker and max aggressiveness/defensiveness) and didn't think my Flora ships would perform as well in open space.
All the while this was happening, I had developed a sizeable intel base, and had spent many turns hitting the Thermolians with Food Contamination, eliminating the population of approximately 8-10 Thermolian planets. I also used intel to gain star charts of Thermolian systems, and in one instant I hit one of his sweepers in that final fleet with ship bombs because I KNEW I had to stop it!
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April 10th, 2003, 02:32 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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I rather regret having to win by being assured the first shot at the warp point, but I feared the Thermolian fighting advantage (bezerker and max aggressiveness/defensiveness) and didn't think my Flora ships would perform as well in open space.
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This is no reason for regret. Strategy is all about maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses. Seeking after and acchieving the "high ground" in a battle is something to be proud of.
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April 10th, 2003, 02:35 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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quote: Originally posted by Cheeze:
I rather regret having to win by being assured the first shot at the warp point, but I feared the Thermolian fighting advantage (bezerker and max aggressiveness/defensiveness) and didn't think my Flora ships would perform as well in open space.
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This is no reason for regret. Strategy is all about maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses. Seeking after and acchieving the "high ground" in a battle is something to be proud of.
Geoschmo I agree. That's part of strategy. Anytime you go through a warp hole, you're taking a chance that you can take the first shot of what's on the other side. I'm sure every good player takes advantage of it and every good player realizes the dangers.
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
OK, geo, the game is afoot. If you need to test an empire, go for it.
As to my empire...
I've tested it against 4 games with same settings of KOTH against the AI on highest settings (except for low number of AI) in simultaneous game (to simulate combat the correct way)...and kicked ***. Of course, that's easy.
I won another test of the empire against Lord Chane in a PBEM game simulating KOTH. Lord Chane is pretty good...he just joined KOTH at my urging and is playing against SparHawk right not.
I was in 1st place against Dreico for 8 or 10 turns or so with it (in what I might call somewhat of a crappy positional start) but I fell to 2nd on turn 24.
So, I'm anxious to try it out against a "heavyweight" such as you. Just wish I could get my ships to fight right... 
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April 10th, 2003, 02:48 AM
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
You would notice I didn't feel so badly about a warp defense that I avoiding setting up that one.  I do wish I could have taken down the Thermolian fleet in open space, and seen if my ship designs and strategy really resulted in a superior performance.
Does this mean I face The Great One, Geo, in my next match? By twig and stem, that will be exciting!
Stoney keeps throwing little barbs my way because he fears me and the "Shake, Rattle and Roll" I'll hit him with if I get my shot at the crown. He's just holding that crown for me until I get to the top of the hill. (hmmm...that gives me an idea to run past Gervais for a "King" avatar)
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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You would notice I didn't feel so badly about a warp defense that I avoiding setting up that one. I do wish I could have taken down the Thermolian fleet in open space, and seen if my ship designs and strategy really resulted in a superior performance.
Does this mean I face The Great One, Geo, in my next match? By twig and stem, that will be exciting!
Stoney keeps throwing little barbs my way because he fears me and the "Shake, Rattle and Roll" I'll hit him with if I get my shot at the crown. He's just holding that crown for me until I get to the top of the hill. (hmmm...that gives me an idea to run past Gervais for a "King" avatar)
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(and hope no one brings a cheese grater...good luck to you!)
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
cheese... watch that geo.... He can be a tricky one...
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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cheese... watch that geo.... He can be a tricky one...
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I guess I should take that to heart since I'm testing his "schmo-ness" in a "pick-up" game.
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Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
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quote: Originally posted by tesco samoa:
cheese... watch that geo.... He can be a tricky one...
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I guess I should take that to heart since I'm testing his "schmo-ness" in a "pick-up" game. Yes, take it to heart. He's tough. I played him once in a pick-up game. I got my arse handed to me. But we met at turn 2 so I was thrown off guard by that. I will be prepared next time. I hope. 
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