With eestats gone, grabbing is going to be fun. Gotta break out the pen and paper to keep track of who you grabbed and broke gdi on going forward

With eestats gone, grabbing is going to be fun. Gotta break out the pen and paper to keep track of who you grabbed and broke gdi on going forward

ClanGDI strikes me as an overly complex attempt to force two opposed camps to exist on the same server. So why not untangle this mess and come up with a solution that satisfies both camps?

Create a server for those alliances solely interested in netting while keeping Alliance for those that want to war. I'd be interested in seeing which server flourishes, for the communities sake, I genuinely hope both.

This satisfies everyone. You'd be separating factions that have driven the server to its current toxic levels. Netters who have quit out of frustration will return. Warmongers can war to their hearts content. I know the argument in the past has been that the Primary server is where you go if you want to net, but that is a solo server, and for many, the enjoyment comes in netting with friends under the same banner.

Seems like a way simpler solution then having to build a complex ClanGDI mechanism. Just my 2 cents.

The problem with this game is not the amount of players we have, it's the fact that this game doesn't accommodate towards how most of us play.

We can get more players, but I doubt they'll stick around for long.

The problems are:
1. It takes a lot of time and turns to build a nice country, but all of that can be destroyed in a flash with way less time and turns in comparison;
2. If one were to participate in any war, they're virtually guaranteed to not finish in top 10 with a good score;
3. The prize/loot is not enough for the victors of war to continue and compete for rank #1 finish;
4. No other option to resolve a dispute that doesn't involve giving land, allow retaliation, or to conquer the enemy; and
5. With an imbalance of strategies, or playing style (e.g. war) it makes playing other strategies less valuable, and it makes producing certain resources less valuable (e.g. war related tech, tanks).

War is yet another option to deal with a dispute and can function as leverage in diplomacy. If the problems were solved, I imagine the war clans here would make this game more interesting.

Imagine the netters as royalties/nobles who would rather not engage in a war. The war dogs would be of any class including the royalties, but they primarily take on the role of champions insurers, risky gamblers/stock traders and mercenaries of course who takes on any bet they see valuable, intervene and fight win their way to the top while dealing with competing war clans. I imagine such arrangements can be made where a netting clan can sponsor a war clan with a boatload of funds in hopes it'll lead to mutual beneficial outcome.

How would you or anyone here address the above 5 problems?

Radical Idea for Reunion....

Go back to game rules from years ago. Get the real retro wild-west feel. Put it on a special '2025 reunion' server and see how may people like the old ways.


And you dont need to worry about the 'forum cleanup' because no one back for a reunion will bother reading 1000 old posts. We will be lucky if they read half of the new posts.

Be excellent to each other. :)

You're a special kind of piece of fluff :-)

Quick question regarding the "switch" to your end game strat (once you've researched for 200 turns). Let's say your intent was to tech up agriculture. Would you still break down your first 1000 farms and rebuild them after teching? Or skip the step of breaking down 1000 (assume the latter).

Teching agriculture while keeping the farms seems strong, however would you then tech for 250 turns (25% more since you have 25% less tech labs)

Looking forward to your thoughts here.

Who let the 18 year old Asian girl in?

Quit making personal attacks on people. THIS IS A GAME. It’s a game. It’s a game. It’s a game man. Relax.

Secondly. I’m a full time father of young twin girls. Their mom is a junky. Im as sensitive as a 260lb man can get for these reasons. You’re making blind PERSONAL attacks because you’re reaching for straws. Just stop. It’s a game. Just stop.

Why do you say everyone is crying? You told me not to even think about attacking you or you would "jihad" me because you DH'd and didn't want to be punished. And then I wiped you with my FS while you asked on discord how you were supposed to solo war again, lol.

I always hold out hope that people will accept their retals, so we can get to the destock phase but it's a war game (in primary at least), so people can do as they wish. That said, it's a pattern for Ektar and Chevs where they'd rather ruin someone else's finish once they're bored or have other things in life. Ektar has used that excuse that someone was growing and looked menacing to multitap people in the past, when really he just starts a war and then runs off to his "real life" leaving our virtual lives a shamble like the large, sensitive man that he is (apparently). Chevs just outright lies and says "oops, I didn't mean to hit you twice, go ahead and take the second retal" just so he can break GDI and go to war. Nothing against it in the rules, but most people are going to drag you on the forums for being the non-skilled losers (in virtual life) that you are =Þ

Obviously, we (I kind of speak for AndrewMose and other netters, but mostly myself) have played this game long enough that it's only a minor setback, and most of my comments here are flippant, but being a rep (or even a demo) in primary is like a 50/50 chance you get griefed by someone who has little to gain and doesn't even plan on finishing out their set. So while it's a game, it's akin to someone flipping the board or taking their ball and going home, and it removes a lot of the fun.

Get over it. It’s a game.

x2. It's what I've always said. I always find it funny when Cath pulls this stunt. Also Cath might be being a bit disingenuous with his reply here (unless his views have drastically changed) as in the past he justifies the farming of not very good players because he believes they are not sentient, as can be seen below. Which take it as you may, seems pretty harsh.
But let it be known, I'm not defending Ektar personally as I have myself been one of his victims, and can say I'm not a fan of the guy. And I am also a big fan of AndrewMose and think he is an exceptional player and wish him nothing but good luck. But as far as the dynamics of the game go, if you want to take the risk in Primary of sitting on virtually no Def vs. the land you have, that's your prerogative, but other players are well within their right to LG you if they wish to do so.




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Quit making personal attacks on people. THIS IS A GAME. It’s a game. It’s a game. It’s a game man. Relax.

Secondly. I’m a full time father of young twin girls. Their mom is a junky. Im as sensitive as a 260lb man can get for these reasons. You’re making blind PERSONAL attacks because you’re reaching for straws. Just stop. It’s a game. Just stop.

No. Not yet. Earliest I’ve ever been out was nov 6th. 1.5” of ice. I’m a big ass dude too, 6’3 260, so it was pretty sketchy. Hah