The Artifacts Game - [ HOLY S**T MICAH WON!! ]

[Lingchih]

Damn, is this game still going on? Give it up Wraith. You are beaten.

Or, perhaps, if I was Wraith, I would take my football and go home.

[Micah]

Be nice, Kent. While I agree that it's somewhat absurd that this game is still going given the subfest, mm hell, and the high likelihood that the game is already over, Wraith hasn't done anything wrong aside from having a difference of opinion on the state of the game. He has acted within his rights as a participant in the game by not conceding. I disagree with his assessment, and I think it's within my rights to whine about it every so often, but the game isn't completely decided yet since there ARE VPs, so he's not even being particularly unsporting by doing so.

More importantly, regardless of the above disagreement, Wraith has acted in excellent faith, including granting me an extension when asked (not the actions of someone that is trying to manipulate the game to his advantage.) He also has not made our difference of opinion into any sort of personal attack, I would ask that you do the same.

(And I'd imagine that no harm was meant by your post, just an attempt at a joke with the football line, but given the tonelessness of the typed word and the somewhat high level of drama over this game in particular it came off in somewhat bad taste. Not trying to jump on you or anything, just to nip any potential problems in the bud, especially since the forum won't let you edit stuff. And I know I've said some stuff in frustration on IRC while doing my turns, so I can completely understand making an idle comment or two, the forum just isn't the place for it.)

[WraithLord]

Hey Micah, Thank you very much for that last comment. I appreciate your sentiment and understanding.

Far be it from me to try and deliberately make the game drag against hopeless odds. To the best of my judgment, and I can at least say I have participated in muchos games over the years and seen a thing or two, this one is not decided yet. You have a good healthy advantage and a nice shot at victory. However, since we are talking VPs and since I have the right to try and stop you from winning (this is after all what this game is all about) I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. Look at it that way, I built up my nation for a hundred turns, so it's kinda stupid to just raise the white flag now. If and when it becomes clear to me that you are unstoppable I'll give up the game. Until then I tell you, come and get it

Lingchih, I think your comments directed at me are consistently in bad taste. As for this situation you are welcome to read threads of past games I played, you'll see that I'm not one for surrendering - and you know what, every once in a while I even managed to turn the tables on. So I ain't swayed, moved offended or irritated by your comments and you are more than welcome to cont. them if that makes you happy. This is the last I relate to OT remarks from you.

[tgbob]

This game is almost a year old! I'm impressed by the fortitude of the players who stuck with it, especially with all the subs coming and going.

[Ironhawk]

"the players"? Only 2 of the original 19 players actually stuck with it, tgbob. You might as well call them out by name

[WraithLord]

What?- the fun is just about to begin. So far in this game, all my wars were either a tie or a landslide victory. This last one I think will be very interesting and I'd surely learn a lot on the way. For me that latter is what really counts. That and proper closure.

Had the game not consisted of grizzled vets only and had the map been more run-of-the-mill I assume this game would have been over much sooner. Be that as it may, the early and mid game conflicts saw no clear winners (except Mari's victory IIRC) and it was only past mid game that things really got moving - via the dreaded predator pack behavior.

[Micah]

Don't worry Wraith, I don't intend to let your streak of landslides end, just make sure to check where you're standing when the rocks start falling. =)

Mari's victory was noobicide, was it not?

I also killed Ctis in a solo war, but it wasn't really fair.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by Micah

Don't worry Wraith, I don't intend to let your streak of landslides end, just make sure to check where you're standing when the rocks start falling. =)

Mari's victory was noobicide, was it not?

I also killed Ctis in a solo war, but it wasn't really fair.

Heh, well I would argue almost any early victory can be counted as either noobicide or unfair (or one side going AWOL).

[DonCorazon]

God this game has gone on so long, people probably don't even remember Pan or Mictlan.

[namad]

yeah i think DC technically got the first kill of anyone