Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"? - Page 201

se5a · #**2001** December 25th, 2003, 05:48 AM

not fair! pheonix is on his 2nd game since I played him, and I havent even met my oponent in my first game since we played...
what happens if the 48hrs happens and he still hasnt played his turn?

Phoenix-D · #**2002** December 25th, 2003, 05:55 AM

You stop complaining and look at the record for longest game time.

My second game took on the order of several -months- to complete, and it wasn't that long turn wise.

se5a · #**2003** December 25th, 2003, 06:19 AM

hey, I just realised, I managed to get the 2000th post!!!

Nodachi · #**2004** December 26th, 2003, 08:52 AM

Electrum vs Nodachi

2400.5 - First Contact

Interesting? This could prove to be messy!

Alneyan · #**2005** December 26th, 2003, 06:38 PM

2403.2 The Arcadia League (Alneyan) against the EEEvil EEEmpire (Baron Grazic)

"Insanity at its best. We are puzzled by the behiavour of these... EEE beings. They do not seem to make any sense, no wonder since they pretend to be insane. But why would one say she is insane? Lunatics usually do not admit they are lunatics, unless they treat this trait as a quality. But why?

We can communicate with them, but nobody is able to decipher their babble and their ravings. Yet their speech can be fathomed, while their actions are indescriptible. We have seen them sending ships loaded with civilians against our own ships, and their main goal is to take control of wormholes. Such strategies were unheard of by the League until this encounter, and we were far from being ready to face such a threat for the very existence of galaxy and all civilization as we knew it. But whether we win our struggle against these malicious invaders or not, this moment shall be know as our finest hour."

As you can see, Grazic outwitted me on the military side of the conflict. I reached the contested systems a turn or two after him, and I made a few mistakes here and there. I expected him to grab a slightly bigger part of the galaxy, which may be quite a problem.

I believe my economy is in a somewhat better shape than his, if I can assume he told me the truth that is.

But it won't help me much if my military keeps on losing badly.

Incidentally, this game has been very fun for now, and the exchanges between the Puzzling League and the Insane EEE. In fact, I have been more interested in the exchanges themselves than in the strategy for these few turns. I'm afraid it will not help my side though.

Slynky · #**2006** December 26th, 2003, 06:46 PM

No WAY English is your second language.

(a SPY...just as I figured!)

Alneyan · #**2007** December 26th, 2003, 08:28 PM

Well, English is technically a foreign tongue for me, although you could argue I am more at ease when writing or reading English.

However, your assumption about my... job cannot stand a thorough analysis. As the identity of a spy should remain secret for obvious reasons, you would have been disabled if you were right, or at least convinced not to talk about this classified information. Since you are still free to alude to my ... operations in the field, we can safely presume it either means you are wrong, or that we are so powerful that we believe nothing can stop us. I would think the former is the most likely, unless spies suffer from over-confidence.

Nodachi · #**2008** December 26th, 2003, 08:51 PM

But you neither denied nor confirmed it. Maybe you are a spy and are using reverse psychology!

Slynky · #**2009** December 26th, 2003, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nodachi:
But you neither denied nor confirmed it. Maybe you are a spy and are using reverse psychology!

We've been over that before, Nodachi. He's too clever. But look on the bright side...if he's in France as a spy, he's spying on THEM...LOL!

Alneyan · #**2010** December 26th, 2003, 09:23 PM

Unless I lied about my location Slynky. You should keep this in mind, if I am a spy, then I can very well playing with your minds and told half-truths or blatant deceptions. I might even be a French spy spying on *you* Slynky, rather than the other way around.

Nodachi, I will once again use a very simple analysis. If I tell you I am not a spy, you will not believe me, and so you will still think I am a spy. If I say I am a spy, you will distrust me and you will think I am a spy. So in either case, the result is the same, so why should I answer your query?