Centauri Olympiad, third thread

[H0bbes]

On it goes once again.

[Qantaga]

Hello everyone! Viriato was having trouble accessing 'Poly, so he sent me an e-mail. He will be away this weekend attending a wedding and he apologizes for the short delay.

[Paul]

2217 to Viriato

[Viriato]

2218 to Qantaga.

Nanofactory completed.

[Googlie]

2218 to Hobbes

[H0bbes]

2218 2 Paul.

[Paul]

2218 to Viriato

[Googlie]

2219 to Hobbes

[H0bbes]

Onwards with speed and grace.

[Paul]

2219 to Viriato

[Viriato]

2220 to Qantaga.

I see that Provost Paul is running at full speed towards the ascendence. Am I about to see someone win by transcendence for the 1st time?

[Paul]

Have you never had a game go to transcendence before? I've had a couple of those. Of course, the huge map helps to reduce the possibilities for succesful warfare over long distances, especially early in the game.

[Viriato]

As a matter of fact all the games I played ended with a military victory. From my experience sooner or later someone starts a war.
I won ACT043 with a diplomatic victory but that was after a long war with the other factions.

Even now I'm playing a game as the gaians in wich I was aiming for a transcend victory, but in the last turn I noticed that my neighbour (and pactmate BTW) already built one planet buster and is producing more.

[Paul]

2221 (?) to Viriato earlier this morning

[H0bbes]

I tried to post yesterday but the site was down & I forgot to include in my email the usual disclaimer regarding the double play you'll all get-- I think. I had the standard TerranX crash thingy.

I've had at least one game where a Misotu won with transcendence despite Googlie lobbing PB's at her. I agree though, 99% of games come down to a conquest sooner or later.