Hannibal wrote:
Hey, it might work on the little kids you can lord it over, but it won't work on adults.
Hannibal, do your realize you know absolutely nothing about my job or my life? I don't make any assumptions about what you do for a living, or what kind of person you are, I am sticking to arguing the points of contention relevent to the game. For the record, I don't work with little kids, and I would appreciate it if the personal attacks stopped. Unless, of course, they are related to the game or something you KNOW about, and my life outside of Kaomaris certainly doesn't fall into that category now does it?
As for the rest, I am "pissing on" the strategy in which you marched into UD's square, found some plants, and then ate every last one of them, leaving UD to starve. Yes, you TRIED to send him messages, but he wasn't there and frankly that's not unexpected considering the time difference between you two and the fact that Species runs 24 hours a day. Instead of just eating your fill and moving on, you completely depleted his square, not only screwing him but also farming it into the ground. I told you EXACTLY what I would have done differentely, if you open your eyes and actually read what I wrote! I would have hunted 2-3 times in the square, enough to feed my herd for the next 6 or 7 steps, and then moved on in search of another BS 1 square. I wouldn't expect UD to respond "yes, I want to share!" What did you think, he would say "no, eat it all!" That is apparentely what you assumed when you didn't get a direct confirmation from him!
Now, IF there was less than say 300 food in the square you entered, then I RETREAT. Then you basically did what I would have done, and I can admit when I am wrong. From UDs message though, I got the impression there was plenty of food for him to survive on there, but you came in and devoured every last bit.
And, like UD I am interested to know who moved into your starting square and ate all your plants, causing you to move. Whomever it was is no doubt the source of this problem to begin with. You compounded it by doing the same thing to somebody else, but perhaps another player caused you to evacuate your starting spot. Unless, of course, you ate all your own plants, which puts you right back into the "problem source" category again, as UD notes.
In regards to your playtesting question, the obvious answer is to balance a game and find the bugs. And, as I have said, your actions and that of others have helped illuminate a flaw in the game. I am not saying your actions are bad playtesting, because they are not, I am saying they are bad (and unjustified) strategy.
Hannibal wrote:
Dameon, think twice about this.....I have not so far said anything at all about having joined Valn Ohtar and its claims. Think on.
~ Han
Now, what is that supposed to mean? I honestly have no idea at all what you are talking about here. I do have a feeling, though, when you find yourself losing our argument, you will try and divert attention from that by throwing about some spurious claims about Valn Ohtar, or possibly my life outside of Kaomaris again. You do seem to be the master of deflecting the attention away from the matter at hand, I'll give you that!