This one would be hard to enforce and interpret. Do you have to build up evenly after every grab? What if you don't have the cash? Is it ok to be imbalanced for a bit?

Let's do something more straightforward. Id suggest one of the following:
1). "Commie no indy" : you must stay commie all set, and can't build more than 10% indies. So you would run Farms and oil sales to buy military.
2). Tyr casher challenge
3). No tech challenge. All set, no tech allowed. (Hand cuffed)
4). "Bots are friends": No land grabs allowed against bots. (This will get you killed by Thursday)
5). "Drop it like its hot": At turn 900, you must drop half your land before playing any more turns.
6). "Size doesn't matter, it's how you use it" : 4000 acres max, all set. Ha ha Ha! Why bother?
7). "Tit for tat": You must perform a successful harmful attack against a human player before each land grab (against anyone) Oh lets just piss off our targets so they will come back and and turn country in to a parking lot for this rule..lol
8). "Mehul's revenge". No spies allowed. (This makes a easy target ! it contraindicate rule #10
9). "Size matters". Fattest country at endset wins.
10). "General Sherman reporting": tanks (and spies) are the only military allowed. No turrets ?
11). "DIY". No using the public market for anything.
12). "Battlebots". Last man standing, no going over 300 acres.

12). "Battlebots". Last man standing, no going over 300 acres.

Explain WTF ? This has too many hand cuff's to make it work.

wow... just wow

Read the top of that list:
"Let's do something more straightforward. Id suggest one of the following:"

It's Timmy, er I mean Ratski, give him a break Gerdler!

Lol omg Ratski!

Well he is likely stoned 99% of the time he is playing EE lol but I have found him to be an interesting character for sure. Interesting characters is what makes this game fun for me.


What would this game be without the mobs and marshals?

No offense to mob(he knows he's my brother from another mother)

Or marshal(I'm not sure if he really plays at all or just trolls the forums)

How about VicVixvi's 8 for 8 challenge. 8 sets, 8 different governments, 8 top ten finishes. Must use each strat (except true mbr) for at least 1 set (farmer/oiler count as one strat).

No one's taken me up on it yet.

-v

Wow! Nice idea.

But i think pulling that off in a sequence of 8 sets is probably not realistic, what with the real world and all ... certainly nott for me.

And you mean to pick a gov from turn 1 and no gov change allowed during set? I like it.

And verifiable by eestats.

Ratski is a cool guy...Not hurting anyone or going fullout griefer like a lot of guys do when they get butthurt.

He's been deleted multiple times (about a dozen or so, I believe) for collusion/running multis, and I fought him and his friend/multi for about half a year and got him deleted several times before I quit this game. He and his friend/multi would, and probably still do, target people at the same time. He is NOT a good person.

https://www.earthempires.com/...do-but-41638?t=1493817642

Thats still Bull sh*t I have never run two countries it can't be done from the same IP address, Don't believe me go try it. And see for your self how fast you get deleted ! Lol I am still playing but I am not all ways out to start wars, but double tap me And I hit back. I have been killed, nothing new, some wiped me out with nothing but spies, others with Tanks and still others use troops to kill me so, I have learned no defense is perfect there is all ways a weakness. And I all way's build up spies first, because good players all ways have strong spies. that slows some would be attackers down a bit. if there spies get killed 3 or 4 time , most will move on, to find a easier target. I haven't made a kill in Express yet but I do have some on Alliances and in FFA. I just don't like wasting my turns for a kill in Express, I like to net land, and I like to make large land grabs. If you guy's want to have a good contest try to too see who has the best land grab per set and use EE Stats to prove it, and post it here. Because all you jokers love to make land grabs.

This is the easiest server to kill in without help.