There is a lot to respond to here - I will give it my best.
I would like to point out that the players that dropped were replaced by new players that did ally with the Robots. The Lizards are a good example, every replacement player since Stidwick has immediately joined up with the Robots and never waivered from that support. The Rebels remained neutral in the initial conflict until recently declaring for the Robot side, and their commander has not changed. The biggest surprise was when my friend of 18 years took over as the Colonial commander and also declared for the Robots after staying neutral. However, once these factions decided which side of the conflict they were joining, they stayed. As we near turn 100 there is no doubt who is on which side of the fence; no one has abandoned the Robot's side of the conflict once joining.
The Crystals, Birdmen and I have worked very well together; we trade a lot of messages back and forth and have intel sharing agreements. We traded ships, provide each other fuel and materials, and even trade planets when needed. That is what allies do, and we have done it well. That is not cheating, it's good play. If you look at the player history of us 3 you will note a lot of games played; we learned and we put that knowledge to use here.
I cannot see the Robot's fleet except where they are in open space or there is a cloaked ship at a planet; the Dark Sense provides me knowledge of the Robot's planets. Even though the Dark Sense does not tell me what defences are at a planet, I can see what resources are there, and that can give me a clue as to the likely level of defence. I suggest you play a game as the Evil Empire and see just what the Dark Sense provides, it is an amazing intel gathering ability; and it is part of the mechanics of this game - so not cheating.
At the risk of giving away some of my tactical secrets... I use the time machine a lot to figure out where enemy fleets are and try to determine where they are likely to go; this is a tool provided in the game for everyone. If you are not using this tool provided in the game to plan your strategy then you are giving away a powerful advantage to your opponents.
Also, Luciferous, you do not change up your strategy much; once I figured out your primary strategical plans I just kept using the same counters on them. It's not my fault that you did not adjust your strategy significantly to counter me. If a strategy fails, you have to make adjustments. Did you really think that the strategy you used to defeat the Privateers would work against me? Why are you still trying to use it 50 turns later without much success?
I have not seen any help from Nebulon this entire game. Maybe you could be more specific on the help he is giving me? I razed the Rebels home world and in return the Rebels are now sending their fleet into Bird space to attack me and my ally. There are Rush Carriers named "Gorbie Getter" - I would assume these ships are coming to hunt me down, not help me.
I would like to point out that in the last 20-30 turns the players that have done the most to try and stop me from reaching 200 planets are the Rebels, Lizards and Fascists. I have had more battles over planets with them than with the Robots. During this time the Robots have primarily sat back on planets with large stacks of carriers behind massive mine fields, waiting for his allies to wear me down.
I wonder if this shows that Luciferous and myself are actually the same player.
Clearly Luciferous has sat back and allowed me and my allies to attack his allies, and due to our success must be providing me with information on the Rebel, Lizard and Fascist fleets. This constant bickering in the forums is just a cover to remove suspicion, but I think the other players are starting to see through it. |
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