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Done as a personal reminder to me - so that I can write something here in the coming days...This is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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Allright...
Here's the trick (game strategy) I use in serious multi-player PBEM's...
Get to be the largest sized faction in the game.
Not the strongest (military power).
Not the most technologically advanced.
Not the wealthiest (energy credits).
Although, I don't dispute for one second, that any of the other three can, and are vital at certain points; they are not what can virtually gaurantee you a win.
Getting there can be done several ways. And it does entail the use of; technology, energy, military, covert operations, and diplomacy (<- this one is the second most important method to use). But my MAIN FOCUS is always, always, always striving to become a gigantic empire.
Once your so big (many bases and population), you can swing your faction in any direction you deem most appropriate. Meaning; constructing infrastructure, military production, energy (both credits and allocating it), labs output, et al.
Yeah, I know what your thinking. A big empire can fall to a smaller technoligically superiore one which has better quality military.
Wrong!
Not if played properly. Sure, the smaller can maybe chip away and take a few bases, but then once the slumbering giant has been awaken - your gonna be a morcel for its appetite. Maybe not tommorrow - but your days are numbered.
What if the rest of the factions gang up on you?
If you've played your cards correctly, it's too late. You just stomp on them one at a time. Or two at a time if your really big. Or all at once if your gigantic. Heck - just hold them off and transcende even (!).
To quote someone I consider as an excellent player, buster (who I've played with and against):
"As far as I am concerned nothing beats being really big except maybe being enormous.
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As for myself; I've never lost a game using this general approach.
Krysia's KrusaderThis is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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And that is what makes her as an excellent target for our sharp talkers then!Originally posted by Kassiopeia
That would mean that she isn't probably exactly confident with her gaming abilities - while this does sound a bit underhanded, that could be a useful advantage.
It is not underhanded. It is called diplomatic maneouvering to our advantage. Get in the Spartan mindset.
On a side note: I don't see JDM in their player list...?
Edit: As for the other two factions, I don't really recognize anybody, other than about 5 people. Which probably means that the rest don't know me either. (this is a good thing
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If we are going to start negotiating - let's pick a faction that we can easily discern as trustworthy and honorable.
Cause if they ain't, we may just as well blow them off the map. I like playing around, having intrigue, et al. But I hate dealing with people of low integrity, or who will reneg on a deal.Last edited by KrysiasKrusader; October 4, 2004, 21:39.This is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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AAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
The computer and/or Apolyton just ate my whole thesis on what kind of strategy we should persue...
I've been typing for hours! HOURS I TELL YOU!! HOURS UPON HOURS!!!
I can't believe this... I DON"T WANT TO BELIVE THIS!
It was brilliant. Beyond imigination! I had combined many of the ideas in the above posts into one BRILLIANT MASTER PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION!!! AND NOW IT"S GONE!!!! DISAPEARED INTO OBLIVION!!!!
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate computers. HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! HATE! THEM!!!
SOMEONE HAS TO LOCK ME UP BEFORE I DO SOMETHING DRASTIC!!!!!!
This is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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That sounds a bit like a modern age version of Fermat's theorem. "I have a brilliant proof of this but this paper is too small for it." "I had written up a brilliant strategem for the game but the computer crashed." Surely you can reproduce it, or at least the main points, once you calm down?
Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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Ah that's why I always press Ctrl-C before submitting my reply.
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I'd blame the Data Angels - let's make them our first target as punishmentComment
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Yea. But due to recent developements with meeting the Gaians (and perhaps the Data Angels), I'm holding off to see what our status will be with them first. Cause I'll have to amend the plan...Originally posted by Kassiopeia
Surely you can reproduce it, or at least the main points, once you calm down?
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Yes! That's it. It wasn't me after all!
IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE DATA ANGELS...
Last edited by KrysiasKrusader; October 7, 2004, 20:00.This is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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Kassiopeia:
Okay. I've read your excellent analysis on the Angel players.
Question: Are you sure that you can rely on their post count numbers? Reason being, that I am purpously not posting that much (one to date) outside our private forum. Hoping to give people the impression that I am relatively inactive. Thus, is post count an accurate way of assessing things?This is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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Yes, when you consider that posts inside the private forums count towards your visible post count as much as public posts in on-topic forums do.Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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Oh really!?
(laugh!)
I learn something new every day here...This is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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How else did you think we'd have towering post counts of nearly five thousand?
I hardly had 1000 when I began in the first ACDG two, three years ago. I became Emperor (3000 posts) by the end of that demogame.
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Come to think of it... I think my post count was in the 700's when I came back to Apolyton to join this demo game (!!!)....This is what it means to be a Spartan. It's not the killing or the suffering that matters. It's the purity of focus, without fear of death or pain.Comment
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HEY - check this out .........................
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