Reply With QuoteWhich he was allowed to construct because no one was pressuring him. Depending on how you value the gems, and how you construct them, the break-even point for clams is 10-20 turns. If my immediate survival is in question, i would risk neither the gems, nor the wasted effort to forge. But your assertion is that scribble won that game because of clams, my assertion (backed up my scribble himself in a post iirc) is that he won because people left him virtually alone.Originally Posted by tenuki
That's the call that every player has to make when considering any action. What's my consequence and risk associated with activity versus inactivity? Will focusing on one foe make me weaker against another? What is the consequence of spending too much effort against one foe? How my strengths play well against their weaknesses?
You neither have to post, nor explain, why you chose any particular path.
You're making some assumptions here I wont correct at this time. But i will say that, and to paraphrase Clausewitz, "This thread is sometimes regarded as nothing but the continuation of politics by other means."But instead, people are behaving (again begging everybody's pardon) like a pack of dogs sent to fight a bear.
Then again, how can you improve if you accept your inferiority as a part of the natural order of things?
