Megalomania to end the weak

[Deity Dude]

BTW - eveyone on for tonite, normal time?

[Zylka]

let's try to be there early

[Deity Dude]

Like last week?

OK, Ill give it try again and be there an hour early. For some reason I doubt everyone else will.

[MalevolentLight]

Actually i have plyaed many many 1x1x duels and i would play 1x1x but it must be on king level. Deity 1x1x is just stupid.

[Zylka]

2x movement is stupid, but 1x1x duels are f*ing ridiculous. Waste of time, at best. DD, when do we start, anyway

[MalevolentLight]

2x movement is the best you just suck at it.

[Zylka]

I definitely do, and would honestly name you the 2x king. At the same time; you couldn't even **** your way out of that self inflated bubble with 1x. Even Markus can slaughter you in such.

[Cyber-Spyder]

Everyone here early once again... oh, except for Deity. Any chance you get here an hour earlier from now on?

[MalevolentLight]

funny you should mention markus since he is like 1-6 in 1x1x duels and the only game he won was on deity because i got too many cities so i had too much corruption. Amazing how a difficulty level penalizes you for doing too well.

[Zylka]

It doesn't penalize you. It may slow your exponential expansion down; but the other player gets the same sh* when they reach such a point.

[deity]

Sorry, I had modem troubles.

Thanks for ringing me up before starting though cyber!

You also sound quite cultured on the phone, just like Raz

[deity]

I'd still like to play in a game with Eyes though, now that he's grown up

jj

[MalevolentLight]

Actually it is better to expand slower on deity and if you get advanced tribes that are far away and you get too many of them the game is basically over because those cities are useless and all it does is raise the riot factor on the cities you do have that are useful. Add in someone starting with 4 whales within 3 squares of their capital and you aren't going to get HG and anyone who says HG on deity isn't that great is ****ing stupid I have never lost a game where I got HG on Deity. So Deity forces you to play at a lower level lest you be destroyed by the settings...that's some real skill.

[Zylka]

That's true. An early sprawl is worth little in such settings; it's all about the core. You can have a good %30 more cities than your opponent even in 2x deity and still get nailed if you haven't maintained a proper center

in any case, Deity is doing fine in this game with his regular weirdo strat chosen. Wrong thing to use, but he at least uses it right.

[deity]

I reckon we owe warlon a BIG CONGRATULATIONS!

Recently I was thinking he was another loser/quitter who bowed out when things went wrong but with a bit of encouragement he turned it round and now is a respected player.

He lost this game and retired with our support when left with only two cities = civ crumbled.

But the point is he played it out with attitude (even killing my vet tri with diplos on board) and with a bit of fun in the end - "... we will never surrender"

Not many players stay on to this bitter end; even many great players either quit or concede often ruining the game when faced with annhilation.

BUT warlon played on, within the rules and the game can still continue without him quite successfully because of his commitment and fairness.

warlon, I look forward to playing you in the next game. Keep this slot free!