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| Re: {sigh!} Where to go from here? |
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| UAF commander wrote on Mon, 19 May 2003 14:01 |
If the Traders and I were to keep playing, one of us would've won. With me leaving I think the Dazers will win the game, good job BTW, I think Star Daze played his economy better then anyone here.
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If the game is ending now (I've noticed practically everyone skipped the last turn) the Stardazers have won, and nobody deserves it more IMO. StarDaze has led the game from start and STILL remains in the lead, despite working alone against the whole galaxy. Good job, Stardaze. You've played well, and nobly.
Let us not diminish his victory by assuming someone else would win if continued. I do not agree that the Stardazers would have necessarily lost to the UAF or the Traders if the game continued; that remains to be proven. If the game continued (with free diplomacy or otherwise) anything could yet happen, but there is no obvious conclusion. I only thought the end was clear when I erringly assumed the Traders and the UAF were official partners.
The Stardazers and the Hand of Quiik are "amiable enemies" and have been communicating (although I have in no way aided him, and made my intent to attack him as soon as I am capable repeatedly known to him). Stardaze now is hampered by mineral shortages more than anything else, and that could easily be overcome for a very long period of time by many different means, several of which require either no fight or minimal fighting. He could also sweep over the large juicy and undefended Hand of Quiik empire - I have mineral abundance even on my poor planets, because I have good remote miners and have been collecting/saving my minerals for nubians which I STILL don't have (it'd be 10-15 more years before I could begin building nubians with W22 technology).
Of course, so could the Traders or The UAF, or even the Shadallrangers. One only needs to exercise the option to be ruthless. I'm such a juicy target I salivate at the thought of exterminating myself. 
The only thing one can really conclude about the end result of this game at this point IMO (without playing it out) is that the Hand of Quiik is not in the running, and has never been. My evaluation of this race from the beginning told me it was hopeless - no wonder the creator quit.  The only strength of this race (besides the wonderful stargates) is versatility. It's weaknesses is that it has no economic strength, no cheap (but lots of expensive) research, topped off with Generalized Research. I'm not sure what strategy the creator had in mind when he created this race. It's neither a quick starter or a sleeping giant. The only thing it could be good for IMO is a game of unfettered diplomacy as a support ally, which definitely puts it out of it's element in "Partners In Time", especially paired with an even weaker ally.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND I'M OFTEN PROVEN WRONG. TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU READ MY POSTS.
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