jennoa

Is that what was going on? I could not understand what was going on up in your area for a bit. On a related note, there have definitely been some major battles and loses. Capturing just a few planets with 3+ industry will really boost stats.

It has been simultaneously chaotic and peaceful towards the center of the map.

I like the closeness in this map, but I would agree the money was too high. I also shouldn't have set the planets to plentiful, but hey I wanted to see how it would affect the game. Now I know.

Yeah, he has gotten quite large, and powerful.

I'm the same way, I have all the strategic acumen of a particularly dull rock. I was ecstatic I didn't blow myself up.

I had sent a message to Murdoc early on saying I didn't really care who one. That was actually the truth. Since my starting position was difficult and my war with dpp was disastrous I was of the mindset to just survive. Even after that was no longer the case I never was confident in my ability to attack another player except when the odds were overwhelming. Certainly if I had been more aggressive at certain points I may have ended the game quite differently.

I actually agonized over weather to attack you at this point. What finally stayed my hand wasn't kindness, but the fact my fleets were still in disarray. Looking back I am confident I could not have mounted a coherent force against you. Also I think the treaty with dpp had just been established and I didn't really trust him to not take me out if I went after you.

Research was something I seriously underestimated in the first game. I went way too long without building additional science stations. That was really foolish of me. JamesM had the right idea, get a huge science lead early on, too bad he didn't capitalize on it.

Another update to the galactic Map

Just trying to make the game a little more interesting. If I could keep the others fighting longer that was one more additional second I wasn't being considered for an attack.

I suppose I should reveal some of my thought processes during the game. Since I spawned in the middle of the map surrounded by enmies I immediately began trying to get peace treaties going. Luckily I had some sucess in that. When we started our fight, I initially saw it as a fun diversion. That was foolish of me and I soon realized dpp was going to be able to out produce me in short order, and then snuff me out.. We both made mistakes in our fleet movement though, and that seems to have saved me. I eventually joined the tech cartel with Jolfar and dpp. In truth though I was a double agent and was in contact with JamesM and Murdoc at the same time. I was playing all sides to see who was going to get the upper hand. So Murdoc would provide me tech and I'd send it over to Jolfar and dpp and vice versa. As war started to breakout between the different sides I would send money to both, and then make a show of moving fleets around, pretending I was getting ready for battle. During all of this I was aware of the number of planets I occupied. Early on I had been surrounded and locked out of any real chance to expand. Not to mention the war with dpp had caused me to lose a number of really nice worlds. My only real option was to watch my neighbors, and then join into their battles once it was apparent the outcome had already been decided. Sorry Wurtsi and toblix. There, I have talked enough. Anyways the lesson I took away from this game was that it pays to whore yourself out.

Yeah, so James, I can call you James right? Great, so anyways, like we discussed in our previous exchange, the attack on Murdoc goes ahead as planed at 0800. Wait, did I private message this? No matter no time to check

There has been a ton of fleet movement around me recently

I actually cheat, and take two screenshots, then combine them in photoshop.

Updated Map: Click for a larger image. Things are getting tight already.

I left the upgrade options at their default settings. I could have set them to start anywhere from level 1 to level 5 or disabled research for a particular tech. One possible scenario being everyone stars with Weapons lvl. 3 Range lvl. 2 Speed lvl. 1 Scan lvl. 1 Then disable research for Range and speed, and then make weapons research expensive and scan research cheap. It is amazing the number of options, and it is equally impressive what a huge effect changing only one variable has on the map. I made the average distance just a little closer, and the result is this.

Here is the begining map it is going to be rather heated I think. Note to self: In the future don't adjust the average distance of stars

I have now been unemployed for five months to the day. It is a weird feeling, that life seems like a lifetime again.

Here is an updated look at how the initial land grab is shaping up. http://yfrog.com/86merge3copyj Take a closer look at the full image. I feel sorry for Dark Green.

http://np.ironhelmet.com/detail?game=5846122 the password I sent out should be all lowercase by the way.

I am going to go ahead and create the game. I don't think anyone else wants in.

Already? Man I feel your pain. I was in a constant war right off the bat in the last game too. This time i am stuck in a corner of the map where i can't reach any stars until I upgrade range. So yeah, everything is going to be taken up before that happens.

That's a good point. I had not taken the end game into consideration.

Well we have a full list now 1. Jennoa 2. Chris 3. Wurtsi 4. Murdoc 5. SGP 6. ENS 7. DIUM 8. dibs 9. toblix 10. bd_monkey 11. Jhraid 12. Hermie

A large map is 32 star per player. So to win you'll need 188