Imperium 25 - Closing Day

[RefSteel]

The holiday season draws down to a close
And all that remains are the drippity nose
You got from some visiting fam'ly or friend
(But look on the bright side: THEIR health's on the mend!)
And a nice gift or two that may (or not) being working
(Of course every tech support call line is shirking!)
So was the Grinch wrong? NO! The Grinch got it right!
The thing that you do with a cold is to FIGHT!
And feed it! Or ... starve it? Or was that a fever?
Never mind! Never mind! Point is, you're the RECEIVER
Of this invitation to post your report
In the tournament sub-forum - now, don't retort!
I did play the game and (almost) finish writing.
I just need to upload some things (about fighting
With alien races and stealing their stuff!) -
In the meantime, if YOU post, that will be enough
To win you high praises! Surely you believe...
'Tis better to GIVE a report than RECEIVE!

[Maniac Marshall]

This is a bit embarrassing as the sponsor of the event, but, as hard as I've tried tonight, I just can't finish the game in time to make a proper (or really, much of any) report of it. I thought I was going to have cpu access while I was away for the holidays, and that turned out to be not the case.

After giving it some thought, I've decided that I'd rather take my time and make a proper shadow report in the next few days, instead of a sloppy, rushed one that is eligible to be scored. That, and it's probably not a good idea staying up till 4am trying to get it done "tonight" when I have a job where me being tired can put other peoples lives at risk.

Apologies to RefSteel for this issue, and for my continuing inability to get that SG post completed as well.