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VicRattlehead

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Apr 19th 2024, 3:24:38

Originally posted by galleri:

That there is VicRattleNoob. He and Soviet have a long love relationship

All true.

VicRattlehead

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Apr 19th 2024, 1:10:16

I saw your name when I was checking score list, been a while man but always loved bullfluffting with you. Where you hang out these days?

VicRattlehead

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Apr 19th 2024, 1:09:14

If it's any consolation to anyone here, I am definitely going to get my freaking clock cleaned. My timing is off after so long away.

All puns intended, because I am not a coward.

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 21:04:06

Originally posted by Slagpit:

Eh, better to aim for the stars and go out in a blaze of glory than do something lame like just farm bots all set.

VicRattlehead: I think the primary server might be the best fit for what you're looking for right now? There are no NPC countries there and players do grab each other. Express will eventually have NPC countries attacking players but there's no timeline on that.

Perhaps to Primary, but Express is the only place I could "knock the rust off" this quick before I jump back into alliance

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Apr 18th 2024, 19:32:49

FWIW I definitely remember you, although couldn't remember offhand any specifics.

I was very active on Team for a long time when it first started (also this nick), and fought on the anti-coalition side. Last time I played team it was with weedylar, because I like bullfluffting with braden.

My best known Express handle was "Iron Mike Tyson." I talked smack on the boards and via ingame messages in Tyson quotes, and stuff that sounded like it could be Tyson quotes, and ran massive landfat grabbing mofo commies that always ran #1 until I finally had to go to sleep, and when I woke up I would usually have 2-3 wars at a time. 😂

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Apr 18th 2024, 19:30:03

Also Vic Rattlehead, I went by this nick in NA and SOL and definitely more for a lot of years, I was even head FA for NA at one point with this handle.

Prior to that my handle was "Dictator Supreme," because I ran lots of Dicts in tourney (way back when dict indies were a viable thing) and was in SoF and LaF and SKY and others with that handle.

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Apr 18th 2024, 19:27:53

Maybe I am just too much of an old school "wargain all the time" type, but the reason that I left alliance to begin with was the only way to grab was to find the least bad DR on all the farms all the time. As long as I single tap, if someone wants to war over 1 grab I won't be mad about it, but if I can't keep what I take I don't deserve it anyway.

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Apr 18th 2024, 17:54:21

Originally posted by NitelL:

Not at all - the bots being in crazy DR is because a bunch of the human players keep grabbing the bots into deep DR when it's actually better to explore. There's nothing one can do about it unfortunately, and this has been the reason why it's been very difficult to push the high nw finishes of before because it is impossible to grab land when every bot has been hit 10+ times in the past 8 hours. xD

That said, there usually are some bots that have low DR. Use https://eestats.lafamiglia-ee.eu/express to find them. The DR counter isn't accurate to this server, where half life is shorter at 8 hours, though directionally helpful.

Is there a compelling reason to not just grab the people?

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 17:53:05

I am Vic Rattlehead? It says so right on my post and everything.

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Apr 18th 2024, 16:21:57

Originally posted by NitelL:

Haha well in Express, with 360(360), any country can hit or kill any other country. It's not particularly competitive on the war front, it's more like whoever has the turns saved up and hits first will just KR the other bloke.

You can however get very ridiculous netgaining finishes because the bots are well-tuned here to be smarter than your average player, and so they utilize the market as such (creating a more active market). LOL You can see just barely 10 humans finish above bots every set on Express...

Got any tips on timing my grabbing to avoid all the bots in range being in crazy DR?

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 15:32:14

Originally posted by NitelL:

I don't see any large human commies - you might have built all your BPT too early!

I didn't start right at the beginning. Pretty sure I'm OK on when I got there, I'm OK with being wrong though.

Express was always a server for me to talk fluff, wargain until someone took exception, and then war to the end anyway. I had a specific alt for it and everything. 😁

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 14:11:36

Holy fluff, Raistlin is in bad shape?

I remember Raist from DWA not SOL, he was pres of DWA, my very first alliance.

I will contribute in a few days.

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 14:10:14

I was guessing yes when everything went down but haven't been on the news for a few days, did it happen? Who will be the first to call in allies? And why can't we just have landgrabbing wars anyway?

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 14:08:25

It sure didn't take you long to go from "This vendetta is eternal!" To "You stink, I quit!"

Well, at least you have the courage of your convictions.

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 14:06:48

Cuz it's time to produce all jets for a while. 😈

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 14:06:05

OK cool, I just hit 100 bpt this morning.

VicRattlehead

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Apr 18th 2024, 13:47:46

HAven't played in a while, Express was always all commie all the time for me, what do you guys run your BPT up to in express these days?

ETA - by "in a while," I mean the last time I played there were no bots.

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Apr 15th 2024, 22:05:14

Rekt

VicRattlehead

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Feb 13th 2015, 17:38:03

hey bug

VicRattlehead

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Feb 8th 2015, 14:36:16

Agreed, tech appears to not have been the right choice for netting.

VicRattlehead

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Feb 7th 2015, 21:16:31

Ah, damn. He tried to spy me a bunch of times, so I was gonna grab him. Woulda been a fatty. The reason I didn't already?

Oil/food prices. :(

VicRattlehead

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Feb 6th 2015, 23:55:52

Well, I guess a farmer is going to win.

VicRattlehead

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Feb 6th 2015, 16:31:19

I am working on bringing up prices across the board.

VicRattlehead

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Feb 5th 2015, 17:49:08

Thanks for the $35 food retards. :)

VicRattlehead

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Feb 5th 2015, 17:47:22

I love Clapton as much as the next guitar enthusiast, but prog metal is my thing these days.

Ever heard of Liquid Tension Experiment? It's John Petrucci & Mike Portnoy's side band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iMMoGuUxks

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Feb 5th 2015, 17:34:44

Yeah, he's pretty awesome. We gave him lots of training back when too.

VicRattlehead

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Feb 3rd 2015, 15:40:31

Yeah, I didn't realize it was sitting there in time to get my mil maxed or I'd have cleared it.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 31st 2015, 22:21:04

You guys ever go to this site? It's pretty cool. I have just started doing annotations myself there, and today posted a track (Killers) that hadn't been there before.

http://genius.com/Iron-maiden-killers-lyrics

http://genius.com/Judas-priest-tyrant-lyrics

VicRattlehead

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Jan 31st 2015, 3:23:34

I have thrown away good finishes over principles. Recently even. Remember "I wanna tech you up?" Pretty sure I coulda been t10 for sure, t5 maybe. Instead I converted to tyr and went to war over retal windows, with multiple parties. :)

VicRattlehead

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Jan 31st 2015, 3:20:27

No, he left on a personal crusade, it is you me zorp archaic and cyref in weedy right now.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 31st 2015, 3:19:05

Holy fluff, I just realized the op has a "bulletproof" reference. Quality.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 30th 2015, 21:15:07

Because somebody has to say it:

SOL is ranked too high.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 30th 2015, 20:45:11

I agree. Censorious bastards.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 30th 2015, 18:01:28

<-this guy is going tyr tech next set, and looking for farmland.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 30th 2015, 7:22:22

I am buying bus, res, mil, weap, and mil strat. Not necessarily in that order.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 30th 2015, 7:16:24

I think you will be ok, he has attacked several folk.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 29th 2015, 23:11:06

Try the little socket thingy in the wall next. I hear it's an illuminating experience.

VicRattlehead

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Jan 29th 2015, 22:13:53

Originally posted by Getafix:

Anyway, Iccyh really pissed me off and I'm glad he's gone and hope the disappearance is permanent.

This might not be the absolute consensus, but is definitely a "supermajority" opinion lol

VicRattlehead

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Jan 29th 2015, 20:24:52

The straw that broke the camel's back, even.

Well at least you're still here talking smack and having fun, even if you aren't gracing us with your challenge on the field of battle. :P

VicRattlehead

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Jan 29th 2015, 18:25:39

The fact that so many threads, on basically every board, had to be locked over him should be all they need to know. That sort of attention is NOT good for a game with an already-dwindling player base.