(July 16th, 2014, 12:20)Old Harry Wrote: - The way this version of RBmod is set up means getting away from your competitors just isn't possible, so there isn't anything any of them can do to end the game before space, which is ages away
Aren't mack and scooter already pretty close to having necessary techs for space? I mean, we have mostly given up on economy, used a lot of gold for upgrades and are still getting rocketry ourselves. I think someone could go space in 30, latest in 40 turns? Obviously what should happen is that our 3 score leaders would actually compete for the win and the slower ones (plako + mack/scooter) would try to pile on whoever is going to be fastest to space (mack or scooter surely). But those guys have mostly avoided fighting each other the whole game, which has been a bit disappointing for us. (well there is surely a kingmaker aspect in attacking and I can understand that at this point RL time commitment is also a concrete problem) But actually this game would deserve a finish where the guys with top score would all actually try to win and not be happy with having a 2nd/3rd highest score...
The way I see it there is always just 1 winner and rest are losers. Technically being 2nd is worth nothing, besides winning I think performing well is what counts (which is not necessarily the same thing as surviving or having the highest score of losers when the game ends. E.g. if the game would be called now I think it would be wrong to say that WilliamLP beat dtay in this game - although claiming that dtay played stronger than WilliamLP would maybe be wrong as well).
Btw Brick, this post is not some kind of statement regarding how the end of this game should be handled. I'm just thinking out loud here. While I would consider ending this game early a pity I'm already looking forward to it: PB13 & PB18 have been running simultaneously way longer than I thought and it has somewhat reduced the team aspect of our playing (OH is running the show here and I have the turn-playing responsibility in PB18), which has been a lot of fun throughout the game and something I'm missing.
