Feb 8th 2014, 11:00:46
my response to midevil.chaos: i'll try to accentuate to the positive.
starting from the top:
"Any thoughts on these?"
my thoughts are that you need to play more thoroughly in the different servers, since you dont seem to have a clue about what you're talking about and braden's been real nice, but you turned it into a stupid 14 yo argument. grow up.
"@blid, you're gonna have to give us more detail.."
everyone understands except for you. why? because it's basic knowledge. you need to play more or at least find out how things work, and name calling isnt the right approach.
"someone pisses you off, you piss them back off. Fair, no?"
preferably no, because war costs. hence, GDI's there to protect netgainers so that they can net at peace and enjoy that part of the game. not everyone wars, you see.
"@braden? 16 points? To be used in 5 days lol. Damn."
yes, that's a lot. reducing expenses even a tiny little bit per turn can become an enormous gain for your finish.
"Well, I attack you via ABs for example, I have to dec war first?"
no. if you want to AB me, you can't, because I'm in GDI and there's no war dec on this server. So long as I only grab you once in said 5 days, you can't do nothing except SS/PS, and some spy ops.
"I can't say I understand your point of view to say that people play peaceably."
because you've probably never netted. it takes different strategies to war and net properly, and it takes a good amount of care, so if someone were to ruin your set cuz they don't like your name, or cuz you grabbed them 10 sets ago and they just cant forgive, then maybe you'd know it's a bit pointless of trying to protect against that by hitting back. cuz for some of these "avengers" or suiciders, no amount of hitting back will piss them off and tell them to go away and dont mess with you again.
"It is almost impossible to net and get a decent finish - unless you excel with those type of strats"
yes, it takes strategy. and yes, it's very possible. look for those who are consistently in top tens. i'd even go as far as saying those in the top 40 know something in this game that you may not.
"Assuming I dec war, and you only play tomorrow at 5pm (my time), well, isn't that a waste of time?"
i agree with you. that's probably a fantasy that will never happen. i dont recall any wars requiring permission of the opponent. but naturally, if you've done something to make enemies, you probably should have a country built to stand a chance or it'll be meaningless.
"Since this is the express server, we have limited time"
every server has limited time.
"So, far just you and me buddy. So reckon nothing."
most people, like me, have seen your post, but just havent bothered to reply because your grounds and your base knowledge is a lil off. braden, however, took his time to explain things to you. so you should be more grateful and be less of a fluff.
"So, you disagree that we have little time to do whatever it is we wanna do?"
i disagree too. because the game isn't about time, it's about turns. if we slow play on this server, we still have all the turns we need to do what we want to do, because most of us plan out what we can do with 5 days and limited number of turns. you simply don't play as if you're in a 3 month game when you only have 5 days.
"why not make the GDI obligatory at no cost?"
because some people like to war. now, if you look at 1A, you'll see that very rarely the netters and the warmongers mix together, unless for some bad pacting. that's so that people can enjoy both sides of the game. but if you look at team server, you'll see much more clearly what happens to netters when warmongers try to plow everything into the ground. it's not fun. there's only war and chaos on that server. if that's your thing, maybe you should keep to that server.
"Ok, so if I attack you, raid your food, pillage your whole freaking land etc.,"
no you cant, because we'll be in GDI and GDI limits your attack types. you have to actually know what you're doing to be able to attack most of us after the 2nd day of playing turns. and you can only do multiple PSes at best. After which, the defender country can make a mess of yours because you broke GDI restrictions by your multiple attacks.
"do you play this server often?"
try and scroll back on this forum and look for a time without braden's name. =) just so you know, most of the posts on this forum are about prices, finishes, and possible improvements to the game, and the occasional rant and troll. not a lot of it is spam.
"You can only focus on production once more AFTER having taken a beating."
stop treating it as an argument, when you started off wanting a discussion. there's no beating when your premises are flawed. this is where you've officially started to make a fool of yourself. and really, caps?
"If you can't answer a simple question (the same you asked me), I'll take it as a no."
it was an obvious yes.
"What's been so obvious for three years?"
well, given that you've only been serious in Team 3 years ago, then took a 2 year absence, then came back recently. i can see why you won't know.
"I'm not a fool. I GOT you to explain what the fluff I wanted to know."
yes you are. why? because braden's a nice guy, and anyone here would have explained stuff to you without you being such a fluff.
"I'm way smarter than you think."
congratulations.
"After 5286 posts, I still don't know who you are,"
oh well now, the posts themselves don't speak, you have to actually read them. the rest of us know who braden is. =)
"You freaking sound like that guy in Harry Potter. You know, the adventurer who becomes a teacher for half a semester or so."
i guess you like harry potter.
"@Xinhuan: Which is the problem, Xinhuan!"
i do not disagree. but given the rules, i adapt and make suggestions and see how others think. i know that's what you're trying to do, but you'll get a lot more informed discussion if i) you play nice and be earnest, and ii) if you knew what you're talking about. i still really feel that you don't know enough about this game.
now i hope you read the entirety of my post, since you're big on reading WHOLE posts. i even incorporated a bit of your typing style at the end. how nice of me. =)
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