Mr. Meldrew’s Complaint

Mr. Meldrew complained about my attack against him, 10 minutes after he got out of newbie mode, and with my land size twice bigger then his. He said something about how I only attack provinces a lot smaller then me.

Here is his post:

...there is less that 10 active players EA.

Big Mama 25,000 land

Obviously Active Newbie 10,000 land

Mar 29, 2007
12:06 AM i proclaim my genius [8:0] has been Assaulted by Big Mama [8:9], and has lost 439 Land.
Mar 29, 2007
12:05 AM i proclaim my genius [8:0] has been Assaulted by Big Mama [8:9], and has lost 542 Land.

out of noob for 5 minutes well done mate, are you trying to kill this game single handedly? BRAVO!

- MELDREW

First, I do attack provinces above the 60% size limit. I attack Ms. Jewlye’s province in a suicide attack. A pretty risky shot that could have reduce my province haft the size it was.

Earlier that morning, I spied on Ms. Jewlye province and Mr. Beowulf, and found out that Mr. Beowulf’s generals are all out. Each one of those generals won’t be back for the next +10 hours. But his province was too strong to assault.

Ms. Jewlye’s province was different. I could have assaulted her but it would mean sending haft of my military units to successfully assault her. I decided against it because I would be open for retaliation from Mr. Sarge and from Ms. Jewlye’s himself (Ms. Jewlye has only 1 general out and would be returning in the next 2-3 hours).

Ms. Jewlye must have message Mr. Beo and he sent me a warning.

Everwatchful Eye [9:4]
on
Mar 27, 2007
5:10 PM Attack Fiendish, and I'll attack you. :-)

- Beowulf

Mr. Beowulf must have forgotten or did not notice that I had just taken his SOM (Status of Military) and I know that all of his generals are out and won’t be returning until all of my generals have returned if I decided to attack Ms. Jewlye. Hee hee!

So I sent him this message:

Everwatchful Eye [9:4]
on
Mar 27, 2007
5:40 PM What will your generals do? Teleport? ^_^

- Grandma

Mr. Beowuf replied in good humor.

Everwatchful Eye [9:4]
on
Mar 27, 2007
5:42 PM Yes, I have enabled the "Attack Anyone" feature, so can make any of my generals return home at any time to attack anyone. ;-)

- Beowulf

I decided to be honest with him.

Everwatchful Eye [9:4]
on
Mar 27, 2007
5:44 PM Hee hee! Actually I wasn’t planning on attacking her yet. I would be too open. Maybe later. :p

- Grandma

Mr. Beowulf replied.

Everwatchful Eye [9:4]
on
Mar 27, 2007
5:48 PM Then maybe later I'll attack you back. ;-)

- Beowulf

After that, I decided to log-out and eat my breakfast. A couple of hours later, I login and look for a target. I spied on Ms. Jewlye’s province and found out that she sent her generals out. I also know that Mr. Sarge sent his generals out.

With everyone that could possibly retaliate on my attack, has all their generals out, this means that I could take a risky shot. Thanks to Mr. Priest urging, finding a target wasn’t too hard, so I took a shot.

Mar 27, 2007
11:30 PM Big Mama [8:9] has Assaulted Fiendish Fingers [8:7], and has gained 1632 Land!

For the next 1 or 2 hours after my attack, I had only forty-two thousand (42000) grunts for defense. I can’t exactly remember our networth at that time, but I remember that I was only less than a million bigger then her. She has more than 100k units at her disposal and the other bigger guys have more than that against my 42k defense. Risky right? Mr. Priest sent 34-39k grunt encampments to add to my defense but they did not take effect immediately. Fortunately I was able to get away with it. Thank you!

True to his word Mr. Beowulf did indeed retaliated my attack.

Mar 28, 2007
5:16 AM Big Mama [8:9] has been Sneak Attacked by Everwatchful Eye [9:4], and has lost 485 Land.

Regrettably for Mr. Beowulf, three of the four of my generals were already home, and the fourth one will return in the next tick. That means I had a good defense when he attack, and will be able to retaliate on the next tick. So the next tick.

Mar 28, 2007
6:40 AM Big Mama [8:9] has Assaulted Everwatchful Eye [9:4], and has gained 1805 Land!

Hurray! That was the biggest successful assault so far this round and I got safely away with it. Cool huh? At the time of my attack, Mr. Beowulf’s province was way bigger then me. Too bad for him that he sent too many military units out and let someone with over +40% attack bonus know about it. ^_^

Going back to the original subject, I do not only attack small provinces that just came out of newbie. I do attack big provinces. The only problem is I can’t keep doing it with consistency and not expect grave consequences. And I need more lands, lots of it, but I can’t explore to get it.

That is why when two provinces came out of newbie mode. I did not hesitate to attack both of them twice.

Mar 29, 2007
12:06 AM Big Mama [8:9] has Assaulted i proclaim my genius [8:0], and has gained 439 Land!
Mar 29, 2007
12:05 AM Big Mama [8:9] has Assaulted i proclaim my genius [8:0], and has gained 542 Land!
Mar 29, 2007
12:01 AM Big Mama [8:9] has Assaulted snakes [0:9], and has gained 470 Land!
Mar 29, 2007
12:01 AM Big Mama [8:9] has Assaulted snakes [0:9], and has gained 587 Land!

With the current Special Mod and my latest attacks; I had no better option. This round was designed so that players have no choice but to attack other provinces or be attack.

I have gone against the odds playing FK and I’m still here. I have gone toe to toe with Mr. Priest (See how many times we assaulted each other in less then two days in speed round). I have stand and fought against Mr. Selur and his brother when they were bigger then me (over twice my size when it first happened) and no one, not a single one of my team mates help me (they care for their networth or too afraid to help); fought even after they bash my province to a pulp and still fought on. All of this happened in a normal or speed round where everyone can explore. So for Mr. Meldrew to complain about being bash in a special round where exploration is not possible and targets have bigger team mates and are willing and able to assault you because of your -15 defense handicap (not to mention thirst for revenge); I find Mr. Meldrew’s trouble as a trifle thing.

Some of you readers might agree or disagree with me on this. But quite frankly, I don’t give a care. Put in the same situation, I’ll do it again. But if there is any consolation Mr. Meldrew, I don’t bash active provinces that come out of newbie in a normal round, even if they were late in signing up. So if next round will be a NORMAL round, then you can expect me to play in a way you are USE to. But if it is another SPECIAL round like this one, then toot~toot. I suggest you adapt to the way the game is played Mr. Meldrew, just like I did, because the game won’t adapt to you. Otherwise you will need a large pile of tissue paper Mr. Meldrew. Spank! Spank! :P

Public Forum

I prefer visiting the RI forum then the Public forum in Galaxies Ablaze. It is much more clean and more for general patronage. Galaxies Ablaze forum are filled, not only with useless and dirty advertisement, but also with some of the rudest remark.

I have learned to recognize this advertisement by looking at the number of replies and authors. If I do not recognize the creator of the thread and there are no replies from other people, I do not bother opening up and reading the thread. Unfortunately, there are times you do not have to open the thread to see dirty messages, as the title of the thread itself is offending.

Until this kind of things stop, I will be visiting the RI forum more then the GA Forum. RI player base might not be as big as GA, but they are more urbane and their post more decent and funny then the latter. This is one reason I change my avatar in the Onlineworld forum and not the RI forum.

Sorry Ms. Chick. But it’s the truth. Hope you don’t get mad.

Out of Newbie

It has been days since my last post, and there are so many things to say, so let us not fidget around and get on with the story. :D

As I have predicted, coming out of newbie mode is no fun round for some. The land hungry mob went out with devastating violence that shook the entire world of Fantasia. The scar it has created can still be seen, days after the event. The rulers of the provinces, denied of land by exploring, had foams of madness on their mouth as they left their cages after the leash called newbie mode was taken off.

They roamed the world of fantasia in search of new land to satisfy their never-ending thirst for power and glory.

The weak and under-defended provinces went down with macabre of violence that left them less then haft the province they once were, some died a few days later. The strong ravages the weak, ignoring futile please for help and mercy, they tear the root of their victims with unrestrained wickedness and savagery. The cry of pain by those suffering echoed throughout the land.

Finally the weak were gone, and the supply for fresh land is gone with them. Those left behind, the strong, where now left but to satisfy themselves picking on the bones that was left behind. Some, who once left each other and prefers to feast on the weak, now watch each other with malevolent intention.

Priest of Gix, the strongest province at this time, was feeding on an active province, when a wave of missiles was launch against him by Ms. Jewly. He manages to block 3 of the four missiles, but could not block the other 3 missiles sent by Mr. Beowulf.

I spied on both of them and found out that I could not assault either one of them safely. I might have gone for them if there was anybody to back me up, but alas, everyone has their generals out. It seems that the future is war and war is the future.

I’ll come back later and add the latest development of the current situation.

NOTE: If you are wondering why I have been so inactive this pass few days; read my BLOG post in my Galaxies Ablaze Experience under the title “Attack of the Headless Chcickens.