July/August 2013 Talk - Earth Empires Forum

blid

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Aug 15th 2013, 20:50:46

Originally posted by LATC:

If it does, let me know right before it happens =D

you're gonna have less than 50k land soon heh.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

LATC

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Aug 15th 2013, 20:53:07

I'm running as fast as I can haha.. I think I can do it!

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

blid

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Aug 15th 2013, 21:07:41

0 chance

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

crest23

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Aug 15th 2013, 21:09:52

Lol, you are shooting yourself in both feet though. That can't be good for you when running. The guy is obviously a good player and hasn't failed a grab all set, good luck with that race.

You had a chance to go back to back wins for a minute there too. Kinda sad to watch.

Edited By: crest23 on Aug 15th 2013, 21:13:57
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blid

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Aug 15th 2013, 21:16:01

Dumsnill did let CROATIA get away with one but it's clear he will retal successfully this time. Maybe he let CROATIA go because that country was land thin and a waste of time to hit back.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

BobbyATA

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Aug 15th 2013, 21:31:48

people are grabbing really poorly/stupidly right now

LATC

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Aug 15th 2013, 21:33:56

Originally posted by crest23:

You had a chance to go back to back wins for a minute there too. Kinda sad to watch.

I HAD a chance to win until PaceBoom retal'ed me. Had to try something drastic to try to get back into the race.

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

blid

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Aug 15th 2013, 21:37:10

Heh, sounds like the words of a degenerate gambler constantly going double or nothing :P The Paceboom grab was not a smart one either

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

LATC

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Aug 15th 2013, 21:42:14

Yeah I didn't realize he could get that many jets that fast.. he was in like the mid 20's in rank at the time I grabbed him. Didn't look at his turns though =/

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

Xinhuan

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Aug 16th 2013, 2:36:17

Even if you looked at his turns, simple math would have showed it was easy to get a lot of jets on a country with that much land.

LATC

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Aug 16th 2013, 2:38:23

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Even if you looked at his turns, simple math would have showed it was easy to get a lot of jets on a country with that much land.

Heh that's assuming you know how much a commie can produce.. never played commie indy before =P

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

Serpentor

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Aug 16th 2013, 3:29:46

Turns x Indies x 1.86 x 1.35 x tech %

1.86 is your production of jets per acre
1.35 is your 35% communist bonus

You should assume an Indy is around 150% industrial tech at least by this point. And probably 140% or so weapons tech.

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Serpentor

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Aug 16th 2013, 3:32:29

Oh and stop giving my indy competition so much land! Hehe. I'll boost my D again, but I don't think it will help. Lol

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h2orich

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Aug 16th 2013, 3:40:56

Lol, issit worth it to grab off someone like that? Now you have extremely high expenses.

LATC

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Aug 16th 2013, 3:55:49

Well I boosted my tech levels to 175%+/87% the day before I grabbed to make sure I was ready to buy up D right after.. so we'll see. Also tried to sell some $160 turrets to exchange for $110 turrets, but they didn't sell (prices peaked at $150 that day).

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

blid

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Aug 16th 2013, 5:00:36

By trying to outrun the hit, you're just gonna increase military expenses and misallocate resources but not avoid the retal. You'll also lower your own pool of grab targets and increase the networth gap between you and them and lower your gains. You may make it harder for him to networth match and get as big a gain on his retal though.

He can make almost 10m jets a day though. With the PS bonus you'd have to buy 15m turrets a day to keep running, so it's gonna happen either way.

edit: of course he has to sell units to keep running those turns, but still, he'll make the hit.

Edited By: blid on Aug 16th 2013, 5:07:38
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Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

h2orich

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Aug 16th 2013, 8:59:47

1) Elegantly Tasteful
2) Conquerors Haki
3) ArizonA
4) Under the volcano
5) Hang on to your Butts
6) What is this a center for ants
7) Golden Age
8) EEVIL WAR MACHINE
9) Scrap the System
10) Savvy ?

blid

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Aug 16th 2013, 12:19:45

#55 will still finish higher than that I think.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Chewi

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Aug 16th 2013, 21:40:43

Originally posted by h2orich:

1) Elegantly Tasteful
2) Conquerors Haki
3) ArizonA
4) Under the volcano
5) Hang on to your Butts
6) What is this a center for ants
7) Golden Age
8) EEVIL WAR MACHINE
9) Scrap the System
10) Savvy ?

I see how it is!

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Aug 17th 2013, 1:02:10

2013-08-17 00:27:10 PS SAMSAR (#368) Elegantly Tasteful (#111) 3066A (4376A)

hmm, people are buying up jets to retal. Dude must be defenseless to make this hit -_-

Chewi

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Aug 17th 2013, 1:22:50

#368 must have like 5 turrets.

Savage

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Aug 17th 2013, 2:23:33

I guess everyone is a lock but me:p I'm the only question mark

blid

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Aug 17th 2013, 2:43:00

Well he just got hit by a player half his nw. That said, he was at <9m net when he got first hit and very quickly jumped by 7m to make the retal, so the jump was probably all jets.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

h2orich

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Aug 17th 2013, 3:04:20

wow~ I'll swap 1 and 2 then.

Serpentor

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Aug 17th 2013, 3:31:55

Oil at 500 ish still? Looks like I gotta stop grabbing early again. Who cares though, its been such a tough set anyways. Not like I stand a chance at winning.

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Aug 17th 2013, 3:36:25

Yeah looks like oldman was right about oil. I think whoever is buying it out is gonna lose a TON of money though.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Serpentor

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Aug 17th 2013, 4:11:22

Serves people right for f***in with the market to that degree.

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BobbyATA

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Aug 17th 2013, 12:45:34

Originally posted by Serpentor:

Oil at 500 ish still? Looks like I gotta stop grabbing early again. Who cares though, its been such a tough set anyways. Not like I stand a chance at winning.

Play something other then C/I next set!

Xinhuan

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Aug 17th 2013, 14:16:54

Originally posted by Serpentor:

Oil at 500 ish still? Looks like I gotta stop grabbing early again. Who cares though, its been such a tough set anyways. Not like I stand a chance at winning.

Oil might be high, but military is selling well too.

crest23

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Aug 17th 2013, 14:24:24

Originally posted by oldman:

2013-08-17 00:27:10 PS SAMSAR (#368) Elegantly Tasteful (#111) 3066A (4376A)

hmm, people are buying up jets to retal. Dude must be defenseless to make this hit -_-

Originally posted by Chewi:

#368 must have like 5 turrets.

This comes pretty damn close to giving out spyops. You make a bad hit, you suck it up. No need to resort to this.

I always feel, at this stage it is smarter to basically only grab CIs at lands that can't retal you. You grab a casher, farmer, techer that could have been stocking and you pay the price.

Edited By: crest23 on Aug 17th 2013, 14:28:06
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crest23

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Aug 17th 2013, 14:35:23

Originally posted by LATC:

Originally posted by crest23:

You had a chance to go back to back wins for a minute there too. Kinda sad to watch.

I HAD a chance to win until PaceBoom retal'ed me. Had to try something drastic to try to get back into the race.

And just like that;

PS Dumsnill (#136) What is this a center for ants (#55) 4166A (5948A);

Usain Bolt catches up to you. Good race though. This game is brutal sometimes. 7 days ago the 2 top cashers were less than 1k apart. One bad decision after another, and they are now almost 14k acres apart.

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LATC

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Aug 17th 2013, 16:08:29

So are you #136 crest23?

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

crest23

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Aug 17th 2013, 16:11:49

I don't know how that is relevant.

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LATC

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Aug 17th 2013, 16:17:02

It's not, just wondering since you seemed to surface on the boards after the initial hit on #136.

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

crest23

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Aug 17th 2013, 16:27:26

Oh, in that case I think #136 is blid then.

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LATC

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Aug 17th 2013, 16:29:07

Oh ok thanks =)

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

eManny

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Aug 17th 2013, 20:07:12

Who is playing # 179?

LATC

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Aug 17th 2013, 22:19:38

wow what a time to get pang'ed.. recalculated the #'s after the DH and I definitely sent more than enough on the 2nd hit.. wtf

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

Savage

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Aug 17th 2013, 22:36:15

Ouch=\

Are you looking to fight him or something? Double ROR, you had already gained 500+ buildings after the first ror

LATC

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Aug 17th 2013, 22:40:01

I'm always up for a fight. Plus I'm not gonna let someone sell off all his turrets and produce just jets for 3 days straight to retal me. I was tempted to do it before he retalled since he had even less turrets then, but I wanted to see if he'd give up trying.

And dang it I should almost be at 60k acres!

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

Xinhuan

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Aug 18th 2013, 0:15:45

What the heck did you just do LATC... He retalled fairly within 3 days too. Don't attack someone you can't handle a retal from.

The Cloaked

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Aug 18th 2013, 1:27:38

wars on primary are all about spies and missiles though. fighting an indy this late in the set is hard

LATC

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Aug 18th 2013, 1:28:14

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

What the heck did you just do LATC... He retalled fairly within 3 days too. Don't attack someone you can't handle a retal from.

This kind of stuff happens multiple times every reset, why have you never spoken up about any of those? Just from 1 minute of looking through news:

http://www.eestats.com/primary/country/368
http://www.eestats.com/primary/country/66

Almost anyone can retal anyone else within 3 days if you sell off all your turrets and only get jets. But if you're going to sit on all that land w/ so little D just for the retal what do you expect? Why am I obligated to just let him retal while leaving so little D at home and then buy up his D again when he's done? He should have had more turrets to begin anyway.

And for the record I can't handle retals (or LG's) from anyone. But not making the grabs isn't my solution.

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

Xinhuan

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Aug 18th 2013, 1:47:20

Why would I speak up about those countries you linked? They don't have a top 10 chance unlike your country - You risk throwing a top 10 finish.

Haven't you noticed most reset talk threads talk about the potential top 10 countries, and as such, any maneuver that risks a t10 spot gets attention, such as the retal on Elegantly Tasteful (#111)?

Savage

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Aug 18th 2013, 2:20:56

You're not obligated to do anything, but like Xin said you're potentially throwing away a t10

Chewi

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Aug 18th 2013, 5:11:32

Originally posted by crest23:

Originally posted by oldman:

2013-08-17 00:27:10 PS SAMSAR (#368) Elegantly Tasteful (#111) 3066A (4376A)

hmm, people are buying up jets to retal. Dude must be defenseless to make this hit -_-

Originally posted by Chewi:

#368 must have like 5 turrets.

This comes pretty damn close to giving out spyops. You make a bad hit, you suck it up. No need to resort to this.

I don't have ops on either of those countries, but it's a pretty good chance that he is mostly jets.

Serpentor

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Aug 18th 2013, 7:45:11

Oh boy...

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Aug 18th 2013, 15:48:28

Originally posted by LATC:

Are you seriously surprised? That was obviously a country that wouldn't accept a hit. Everyone on the boards called that the retal was coming as soon as you made the initial attack. You're gonna get toasted now.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

LATC

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Aug 18th 2013, 16:12:19

Heh I've said it before, a top 10 finish is meh to me. I'd rather fight for my right to mid (I guess you all consider it top) feed someone than just let him sell off/build up jets for days to retal me Plus I've been netting for 3.5 months straight, I need some action! I don't know how you guys do it for yrs upon end and not get bored.

And no blid I wasn't surprised he would try to retal. I thought I could outrun it for long enough he'd give up, but I was surprised he sold off that many turrets.. and more surprised that no one topfed him for those 4 days.

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

Xinhuan

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Aug 18th 2013, 16:32:54

You'll be fighting a losing fight every set then, no one's going to take kindly to midfeeding.

Big countries get away with bottomfeeding only because the countries being bottomfed on are so much weaker, and not because they don't want to retal.