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Baron, not sure if it would have helped, but next time that happens emergency build some missle sats. His missle frigates would not have been able to target them, and while it was busy bLasting the planet your sats could knock out the frigates.  
 
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		my game is barren... i forgot how there is a complete lack of planets... or did geo design this map... it is brutal... stay tuned for a long game... 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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2 missile platforms will always work before point defense is discovered and it makes your population happy to win the battle thereby increasing production.
			
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 True, but the weapons platforms will take damage and if they are destroyed you are back to being defenseless. The ideal would be both, but he didn't have time for that. 
 
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		Well, I don't know if it's a record for PBW or not, and I am sure there have been TCP/IP games and hotseat games play more turns, but Thermo and I have played 40 turns today. That's a record for any PBW game I have ever been a part of. 
 
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		Are there any standings to report? Have any been posted yet? Question: Should we have a set of Maps that players can choose to play  on? Having Planets in adjacent systems seems a bit to close. But I am all for quick games. 
  
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