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hi,

as a member of this multi-race alliance I think it's fair if I state my point of view, too. ;)

Don't you just love multi-race alliances. That is why I love the Host One Ally add-on. It doesn't totally eliminate mega alliances, but it makes it harder for them.

I don't think there is need for a host side tool if there are clear rules concerning ally conglomeration. First Steps does not include any rules, so no rules were broken.

Your comment bears some sort of reproach. IMO, there is no reason to make anyone look bad only for acting within the rules.

I'm getting slaughtered by the priv/empire/cylon combo. :(

According to the PTScore table, you were the obvious choice. For 70 turns, I only could watch and see your PTScore rise and rise. There was not any chance to hinder you. After all, our homeworlds were about 1.200 LY apart from each other.

The cylon was my ally until then and I think that would have been enough, but we needed a transport to your region. The privateer had the means: two Bridgekeepers. So we joined forces, but we could not simply exclude the privateer from our plans by then. After all, you were going for his cluster at that time.

So, I had to do damage to your economy in order to be able to cover the PTScore gap. The privateer needed that attack to prevent you from concentrating on him. And the cylon was near at hand and wanted to be part of the fun.

Fighting a multi-race alliance I don't mind so much, makes it more challenging. I just did not expect them to pop up only at turn 78 :). That's my own mistake, and I'll eat the cookies that come out of the oven.

Hah, are you kidding me! Of course I still have fun.

I'm glad you're not taking it too seriously.

When you are loosing the least you can do is just give the victors the chance to enjoy the victory.

That's the part many gamers fail to understand. It's real fun to drop 7 Death Stars with 350 Fighters each just in your front door. And it's even more fun if the privateer offers to provide a cloaked Buccaneer for each DS. Thank you for not spoiling this by dropping out. :D

But please take my apologies, nevertheless. You were the only reasonable choice. It would've been lame simply to stop moving ships around at Turn 73 only because there were no more enemies within any reasonable distance. And to simply wait and hope and see if your PTScore would decrease alone for mystical reasons.

I think this game cannot be a good indicator for it's players capabilities. In a wrap-around map, I would have had an earlier contact with the Privateer and with the Crystals. And you would have had to make early contact with the Cylon and maybe the Crystals. No matter if we bash our heads in the end-game and who wins: the players had very different starting conditions, some (few) players not taking this game seriously at all. That's even more to the balance than a multi-race alliance going for the player with the most points. IMO, it's invalidating our PTScore position at all.

Best Regards Wormflush