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Old December 21st, 2005, 02:09 PM
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Default Re: Are you tough enough to be the \"King of the Hi

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geoschmo said:Clearly there is no perfect solution. If I were the game owner, I would suggest a restart. Obviously though that will damage you in that the element of suprise of your fighters will be lost. You can come up with a new strategy for your next game though. He cannot get his research points back in this game if you were to continue though.
And I can't get my ships back, either.

But, to suggest a restart is unpalatable for the following reasons:

(1) I still maintain the bigger mistake was made by my opponent (whether he forgot or not) so I should not be "punished" the most. By the most, I mean put at a disadvantage of a restart for reason #2 below.

(2) Knowing how my empire is set up gives him more of an advantage. While I also know his, his setup is flawed (in my opinion) and it is he who would gain the most by knowing I have, for example, chosen Propulsion. This, is in ADDITION to knowing my propensity for fighters when mines are not available.

(3) The beginning of a game is boring as hell! I hate KotH default settings where you have to check off all the required research blocks and do all the required colonizing. But I do that in anticipation of an exciting middle and end game. Why else would you think I suggest full tech games so often? So, I don't want to do that again by throwing 35 turns away.
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