[PB56] NobleHelium Tells It Like It Is

[NobleHelium]

Sure, why not; I doubt I'll play another game with him anyway. I jumped in then because I perceived a trend which as become only more obvious over time. I deleted the post when I did because I anticipated that players would begin being eliminated soon, and/or the game itself might end in the near future, not because the argument ceased to carry the same weight.


I'll lay it out in greentext form:

* Mack hints darkly that Auro may be cheating in order to win a handful of sequential battles

> Mack wins what appears to be 95%+ of his battles when attacking throughout the entirety of the game, including multiple low-odds fights against barbarians early on which led to his unstoppable lead.


* Mack makes multiple posts fretting that Auro could use Maelstrom to break enforced peace, considers asking Auro not to, and threatens to abandon the game if he does.

> Mack finally manages to defeat Auro by exploiting Auro's Defensive Pact to break enforced peace a turn early, enabling him to alpha-strike him.


* Mack is famous for having an extraordinary "game sense", seeming to always know his opponent's plans and where their units will be.

> Mack consistently prefers to attack players who update their threads regularly, and his IP can often be found browsing the forums even while his account is logged off.


In summary, I think this guy's a fucking cheater. Or, if not, then a hypocrite at least.

I'm hardly the first person to make most of the above observations, just one of the few willing to finally lay them out.

[GeneralKilCavalry]

Depends on the amount of salt. Maybe something like this:



But joke aside. Those are serious allegations.

Allegations implies that it’s up for debate/needs further proof, while here it seems to be a foregone conclusion.

[Charriu]

It's the first time that I've heard about it, but then again Noble and Gaspar have been here at RB for a while more then I am. Didn't want to say that it's true or not true, because I can't know it.

[Commodore]

You'll see most of us just operate with that assumption. My first game with him I was more distracted by his spectacular NAP-stab so I didn't really grok his timing on things like whipping Pyramids just before Gaspar landed them, but it's been a theme. I've typically updated in a Mack game showing my strong military and willingness to go nuclear if he hits me and it works pretty well.

Part of the trouble is that he also 100% does do high-level C&D, and a strong C&D using demos/EPs undoubtedly gives you a better picture of a rival's current situation than the rival's own thread. So it's not exactly provable, but I've never gone wrong assuming it.

[novice]

LOL.  There are only seven tiles between our capital and Amica's.  And that's only because there isn't a fully direct route to it.

So... He’s to your northwest?

[NobleHelium]

Yeah.



I suppose the second city spot is decided for us, isn't it? Current turn is unplayed.

[Old Harry]

Chariot rush?

[novice]

Wow. What is this, a three city challenge?

[NobleHelium]

This is the new norm for maps on RB (it is a bit amped up to eleven, to be fair). Apparently people don't even realize this is a cramped map.

[novice]

Do you have any units at hand to be able to settle safely?

What’s your micro plan? Would it work to chop and 1-pop whip the settler, and overflow to a 1-turn worker?