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Selrahc Wrote:If Athlete whips out a huge tech equivalent army made out of his UU at the cost of crashing his economy into the ground then I can definitely see India granting a NAP extension. Why wouldn't they?
Why would they. India does not fear the Janissary:
Sullla Wrote:Yes, that does mean janissaries. ![[Image: eek.gif]](http://www.garath.net/Sullla/Smilies/eek.gif) However, that's really more in the way of bad news for slaze, not us. Janissaries slaughter all outdated units, while doing relatively little to contemporary units. They get no bonus at all against muskets (or any other Gunpowder units), and only break even versus cuirassiers. True, janissaries annihilate macemen - but we won't be attacking with maces by that time! That bonus against Archery, Melee, and Mounted units doesn't look that scary come the Renassiance era
And given how 'welldefended' Athletes border-cities are I doubt that India will wait with the attack.
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Still makes sense though I doubt they would do it so they can mess with Athlete's head.
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Sullla Wrote:We researched Banking, in an amusing twist of fate Nakor also researched Banking (doing end-of-turn tech swaps each turn to "hide" his actual research  ) Is this accurate? If it is I believe it's against the rules of the game.
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I don't think it's accurate. For one thing, Banking was a one turn tech for HRE. Secondly, HRE were debating going Printing Press instead so it's possible they switched back and forth between the two during the turn, with Nakor and DMOC both logging in.
I have to run.
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sunrise089 Wrote:Is this accurate? If it is I believe it's against the rules of the game.
Yeah, they were considering what tech to research during the turn and they had half of banking done on overflow. No way I'd rule what they did illegal.
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I really wish Slaze or Athlete would post more in their threads. Whatever Slaze is doing, it is a great demonstration of how to wage a war with out of date units.
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Darkmantle Wrote:I really wish Slaze or Athlete would post more in their threads. Whatever Slaze is doing, it is a great demonstration of how to wage a war with out of date units.
Total numbers (measured in hammers) is a pretty good proxy of army strength when comparing armies up to one tech level apart.
Siege initiative tips the balance.
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Regarding my status as a drugged-up-hippo:
m4gill4 Wrote:I said that when Rome was up, intended as a lighthearted juxtaposition of Rome's impressive military power versus somewhat capricious diplomacy. It was in no way intended to be a hurtful comment or in any way indicting of anyone's playing and now that it might easily be interpreted thusly, I regret saying it and I'm sorry.
If you read this, I really enjoyed your game whosit, it was very entertaining and you showed lots of skill and character.
Sorry that this comes so many weeks later, but I repeated that comment in jest, not bitterness. Your analogy annoyed me at first, but then I decided that I liked it. Because it's true. 
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Posting this in here for obvious reasons...
Umm. Wow. With the level of their play teching and then warring against Whosit (RIP), Korea is now (a) the stuff of legends around here and (b) in position to be considered for 3rd or even 2nd in this game. Is it possible that they could consolidate their gains for several turns and then take out some southern Incan cities next? Or is Inca strong in the south still? If not, with their clearly superior warring skills, would they be able to win in a war against Nakor? If they could slice through Nakor, I could easily see them getting Dantski's land, and at that point the donut would likely be shared by Korea and India....
I know it sounds crazy but the current world situation sounded crazy 100 turns ago so I ask the other lurkers' opinions... what is possible from here?
You can get a look at a t-bone by looking up the bulls ass but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it.
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I think Korea needs to expand towards Inca and especially NOT attack HRE. If they are playing to win, they'll need someones help against India and atm the only option seems to be HRE. From entertainment point of view, I'd LOVE if Korea just kicks India's asses solo, but realistically I don't see that happening.
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