The Game Is Over - Long Live The Game

[Rhothaerill]

The UN voting results:

[Rhothaerill]

The definition of irony:

[Rhothaerill]

And yet more irony:

[Rhothaerill]

Congratulations to both GoW and ND and now we can let this game rest. So who is going to write the endgame story for MarkG? I recommend MZ for the task if he adds some Glory of News style writing to it.

[Kloreep]

Can you distribute the end save? (And password too would be helpful. ) I'd love to see the ending map re-play.

[Aeson]

Congratulations on the victory!

(I was hoping that Vox could pull it out... oh well )

[zerialienguru]

@Roth
Can you please send us the last save, i would like to see the eh ingame-video (?)

[FrustratedPoet]

Well played, everybody.

[Donegeal]

Yea! My team won!

Donegeal approaches the podium.

Wow! I just don't know what to say! This is unblievable! I didn't think we had much of a chance when I founded the team. I am truely thankful to all involved!
And I would like to personally thank MZ. Without his "building" ( ) and leadership we would have been lost.

Aggie, although missing for thousands of years, was vital in GoWs roll of the Bobian War.

Panzer for never quiting, even during those long years...

Uno, for being Uno. His flare is unique.

It goes on like this for hours.

Now I MUST say that this victory could not have been had if it were not for the fabulouse Arab people, the Nue Demogyptians!

Borc, who first ventured out into the world of Apolyton. ND, and the subsequest GoW/ND alliance that won this game, could have never happened if he hadn't joined the fray and brung his friends!

Darekill. I remember some of the early chat we had. I was aggressive in my talking and you never backed down, talking just as aggressively back. If there is one thing I respect, its a backbone!

It goes on like this again for more hours.

...and thank you to anyone else that I missed in my speech. I hope to meet you all again be it on the same side...
or in the field of battle!

[asleepathewheel]

congrats

[Rhothaerill]

I'll post the save and Vox's password here when I get home. I can't right now.

As to Aeson's comment...I'll let MZ explain his failed plan for that.

[Master Zen]

Originally posted by Aeson
Congratulations on the victory!

(I was hoping that Vox could pull it out... oh well )

That was the plan.

Alas, the UN vote came 5 turns earlier than expected (we thought it was 20 turns, it was 15).

Our plan was to have Vox on the ballot so they built a ton of settlers and they might have probably reached the 25% next turn. Suffice to say that as of this turn only southern Stormia remained uncolonized.

So well, ND voted for us and we returned the favor. The "fair" thing therefore was to let Vox decide on who "technically" won.

But well, I only see this as me resigning as GoW Emperor for a 15 turn shot as Secretary General of the UN. In 15 more turns we'll vote for Rhoth

[Master Zen]

Originally posted by Donegeal
Yea! My team won!

Co-won

True warmongers never recognize UN votes

[Donegeal]

I know. Its in my sig that way...

[Master Zen]

I was not going to bother doing this but I think a long list of personal praises are in order:

My fellow GoWers:

Hot_Enamel: Of all the GoWers I think you were the one who was involved throught the whole game. No matter how obscure the thread or post I made, I somehow knew you would respond. Oh yeah, and next time I drink whiskey, I'll remember that chat! Cheers mate

Donegeal: If anyone is the "epitome" of GoW, it's probably you. Believe it or not you were probably more enthusiastic than even me!

UnO: The lone voice of dissent on many things but we could definitely not find a better teammate than you. Maybe now that the game is over you can practice doing what I never did: backstabbing ND.

Panzer32: He might not be very active in DGs anymore but he was the first to challange GF's rule and as a result the team became more democratic.

Aggie: What can I say, we all miss you, hopefully one day you'll pop up around here and read about the victory which you above anyone else helped build.

FARB: Sneaky diplomacy, altered screenshots, fake wars, treaty loopholes. Such will your legacy be. You set the example, and we eagerly followed.

Ennet: Believe it or not we have warmongers as far away as Sweden!


Our allies:


Darekill: Sometimes I felt that you were part of my own team, that's how close the GoW-ND alliance was. A great diplomat, a great strategist and more importantly, an even greater human being, you were truly an honor to play with and I will always hold you and your teammates in the highest of regards. And if you're ever in Mexiko, I'm definitely buying you a beer or two (or three or four or five)

Zayxus: You and Aggie were the heroes of the Bobian War. And I greatly enjoyed chatting with you in the post-war era even if our teams were rather paranoid of each other at the time it was thinking long-term which made us get to where we got.

Zeri: I still can't pronounce your full nickname so suffice to say, you were a worthy successor to a long line of great Demogypticans and a pleasure to play with. And we'll be seeing each other again in the C3C ISDG hopefully

Bischop: You are a crazy lunatic warmonger. That's exactly why we got along so well!


All in all it was an excellent cultural experience for me to have worked so close with a team from another continent and with another language but who were just as trigger-happy psycho warmongers as us (perhaps even more). I salute you all. Now all I ask is... wo kann ich mein Deutsch "practice" jetzt?