You want to get personal, Lord Tarnava? That's fine with me.
I am aware that LaF sets up bushel clearers. I am also aware that you, Lord Tarvana, are absolutely terrible at destocking and have choked away more top ten finishes than probably anyone else in this game. You even told me that it was usually due to mistakes in timing. Yet here you are saying that I'm a "moron" because I dared say that there is some risk in destocking more than $2B at once. Your own crappy finishes are proof of that. Even your big paragraph supports my point: you're explaining what LaF does to mitigate some of the risks of that particular destocking style. There are still risks. Maybe boxcar goes down. Maybe your bushel clearer pulls a LT and chokes. Who knows.
As to LaF vs Evo, really? How do you even know that I'm playing in evo? Let me fill you in on a secret: I don't care who wins average NW. Once you start viewing that competition for what it really is: whoever screws up less wins; it's not really that interesting. Once you become an admin of the game, other concerns trump that. The fact that LaF jumps later than EVO does not necessarily mean that they lost more stock. There was a very narrow range for countries to lose stock. How much stock did EVO lose per member? How much stock did LaF lose per member?
What exactly are you making a big deal out of here? So far in this thread we have heard one statement: "I think I heard that a laffer lost 4 billion dollars". What a tragedy. How much extra stock did LaF get because the set was extended for five hours? All you care about is how well LaF finishes and your posts here show it. You're willing to accuse me of lacking integrity because I suggested that one laffer who someone heard who might have lost $4B in cash shouldn't get a refund? Here's a good example of how much I hate LaF:
http://forums.earthempires.com/Forum.php?threadid=2688
Let me fill you in on another secret: every time one of you idiots comes to AT and accuses an admin of lacking integrity, it makes me want to work on the game less and it especially makes me want not want to poke around in the db to fix your problems. So if you really care about LaF's finishes, you should keep your mouth shut and stop sabotaging your chances.