Ruff_Hi Wrote:I (to some extent) agree with this. They played a very good game early with the optimal play, but getting that early Academy and then advertising it by running binary science was meta-game stupid. If it was me, I would have been running my tech slider at a positive cash flow (that would help to hide their situation until currency).That's easy to say with hindsight, but it's a crazy thing to do in-game. I would never have thought of that.
Ruff_Hi Wrote:On the diplo front ... they just couldn't settle on a friend and build on that ... seems they were always trying to leverage any arrangement to maximize its value to India.Yes and that shines through when every message is carefully composed and nothing is ever communicated spontaneously.
Ruff_Hi Wrote:I think that there are some lessons in PBEM1 that are very useful here (IMHOWhat, you mean how to finish second?).

I have to run.