New Emperor?

[Urran Voh]

Isn't Rudder's 10 or 15 days, whichever it is, up?

[Ruddertail]

I don't think so. I got passed like 5 - 7 days into a run, and now I've been up there 2 - 3 days... I'm pretty much dominating, but not holding the top completely.

[Urran Voh]

Ah. Guess I didn't check the scores that day.

[Freenhult]

Dominating, Rudddertail?

Most of Sci Ops would be up on top if FWF hadn't wanted to landwar us. But, now that's over and we can concentrate on taking 1st. Thats the only reason you are ahead. (Not by too much now), That war costed us way more than it should have and now I have an out. I'll be comin' soon. Hee

[Ruddertail]

I think not. The closest people are 75 mil net below me, and they have about 4 times my land... In addition, the landwar most likely helped your nets, by allowing you access to more land. Especially after I got in on the picture, as you had two sources. Me and FWF.

If you think you can pass me, go ahead. But I chalenge you to do it single handedly. It's easy if you've got a clanmate chucking cash at you daily...

[The Beatles]

Nothing wrong with that. Diplomacy. It's how you won the RWL round.

Not that you didn't play very skillfully then, but diplomacy's a fact.

[Ruddertail]

Oh, I know that. I'm just saying it's a lot easier if you've got someone helping you, and thus not a true test of person to person skill. But that's not what we're dealing with, here. It's not a duel, it's a contest for the top. Go ahead, take top together. In fact, I hope you do. That'll give me something to do- form a clan to take you down.

[Freenhult]

Ha ha...you are sorely mistaken Mr. Ruddertail.

I may be market storing or not , but the fact is that I only got stuff to recover after I died. I have gotten no help since. Nohc won't lend me a dollar, because I make more than enough.

And I still disagree about the landwar helping...I didn't store any of my troops when I had 100k+ land...so when I got attacked, it hurt my troop source. And I haven't lots of food so I have to make lots of orchards...not barracks. I make enough, but it takes awhile.

And I know that I'm new around here...but the only reason you are ahead in resourses is because you have been playing longer than me...a lot longer. That has to help.

[Ruddertail]

If I'd stored the time I was playing, it would help me. However, as I haven't, it really wont. All I've gained from that time is experience. I bet that, starting from scratch, I could be at the same level within a couple of weeks.

I'm not saying you have gotten help, I'm saying it'd be easy to take the top if you were getting help. And I'm saying I wish you guys would make a concerted effort to take the top, because WOA is extemely boring, at the moment...

[Freenhult]

...I don't know that we want the top spot now. I mean it is the goal and all, but what then? Start over and try again. Yes, I know that if we just keep dinking around in the top 5 no one will get to be emp because we will all be even.

I'd rather just wait a little longer, but I'll see what I can so to help move the game along. So...let me know if you have any ideas.

What exactly is boring you? (Just wondering)

[Ruddertail]

I'm bored due to a general lack of action. We might as well all be HPR, and just have a few mil troops stored away for land grabbing. There's no wars, no land-locks, no hostilities of any. I'd try to form a clan to take top, but I've done that before, and people are two darn lazy to do anything about it.

Now, if you guys took the top and started smashing anybody who came close, that'd be reason for me to try to throw together a clan and take you down, hopefullying involving the entire server in a war on the way.

There are a couple of major clans: you guys, and the S&D(W) guys. Unfortunately, neither of you clans appear to be very competetive. So, we need a spart point. You guys need to do something, or they do.

You know, if you don't, I may just call all out war on you. Grab some people, start a clan, and start smashing everybody... yes, that's it. If there's no signs of aggressiveness within a week or so, I'll stir things up myself... Who's in?

[The Beatles]

Why don't you just store troops on the market in increments of $1 dollar, so you can remove any quantity (store them as powers of 2, that's the simplest), and store up a lot. Then act as a "peacekeeper", i.e. whenever you see an emp, take him down using your cache.

[Freenhult]

Ha ha..good!

A CO like me needs action to stay sharp. It is settled. I will hold a general meeting with me clannies and discuss this. In a few days, when we decide, I'll post a new topic with our war info and send the proper papers out.

Wait a few more day...so we all can prepare for this. It might be a good idea to set some types of "engagement rules" that way no one gets killed, unless that is what you are aiming for? I don't think so, but you never know someone's true intent until you have asked them!

[Nohc]

Why don't you just store troops on the market in increments of $1 dollar, so you can remove any quantity (store them as powers of 2, that's the simplest), and store up a lot. Then act as a "peacekeeper", i.e. whenever you see an emp, take him down using your cache.

I thought I coined that strat. XD

If Rudder wants to go psycho on us all, so be it. We'll just keep playing...

[Ruddertail]

I'm not planning to kill anybody. I won't take people below 1k.

Noch, don't think you can sail right through the storm. When I say "stir things up", that means clans are going to find all their members taken to 1k every other run or so we make.

Beatles: I could do that, but nobody wants to take emp, it seems. If people were trying to take emp left and right, I might.

Also, the going psycho thing is only a last resort, if nobody tries to take top, and no wars break out in the mean time. I mean, I don't really want to be an overagressive moron, but the game is really boring right now.