Ok, Vix was at 3 and I was around 10. SuperB attacked Vix a couple of times and I suggested she come over to where I was and build up here so we could have double the force. I was not doing that great, either and SuperB came over and mopped the floor with us. I know it was early in the morning for Vix, so she had an excuse, but boy I did'nt! Well it was fun though, no one was horribily aggressive and we had fun.
Vix,understandably had to go to bed, so I went looking for another game. I found Scarab, who I had been wanting to play with for a while. He had set up a game and after I joined and a few others I did not know entered, Scarab decided he had to go. When he left, I got stuck with hosting. I take that back about not knowing anyone, GeneralRhee0 was there. Now, I have only been on the Zone twice, and I had no Idea what I was doing! It was me,GeneralR, a guy named magic, who knew even less about the Zone than I did; he had never played multiplayer before, a guy named Bearded_Tim and someone else who's name I will not mention,because he was really starting to bug me.
It was a free for all, and since I had not set the game up I had no idea what map we were on.
I was at 10 again and the lag was bad. The unmentionable player had all caps on and was constantly commenting on how I should have revealed map and enabled cheats. Then he changed game speed to fast. I changed it back because I knew magic was new to this and he freaked when the speed went up. the other guy changed it back and said leave it. I said No! there are newbies here. It went back and forth and( after asking) I told him that everyone was ok with med. speed. He was all huffy, then he wanted to team up with someone. Obviously, noone wanted to. Then magic and the unmentionable guy got dropped, so I didn't have to worry about him. Unfortunately, the whole time I was dealing with the unmentionable guy, Bearded_Tim was building up his forces IN MY TOWN!!! He seemed to know what spots to build on that I would not see him through the fog. He gave me a good a**-kicking, and was very nice about the whole thing. He was a great player, and anybody who plays with him has their work cut out for them, IMHO.
OK next day, I went on and found Scarab. He owed me for leaving me in that situation, so we got a game together. It was me, Taion, and WNK vs. Scarab. I actually was doing pretty good I found Scarab at 9 and told the others. Thank god I did, because Scarab started building in my town, and WNK had to rescue me(my hero!).I just happened to be more aware because of What happened to me the night before and I saw him sneaking in. I sent a few of my villes to start another base at 12, and then I got dropped AGAIN!!! ARGH!!!
Oh well!
SO My question from all this is: Does anyone know how to keep your borders guarded early so no one can sneak in to your town? Once I have a good economy going, I usually don't have a problem, but before I bronze, I am a sitting duck(or tiger, if you prefer) Open spots of fog are as much my enemy as the enemy himself. Help me out here!!
PS SuperB, I looked everywhere for the origin of my quote, and I still have no Idea where it came from. So until I do, you can attribute it to me. It fits me well,IMNSHO.
PSS I found a free download recommended by PC World magazine. It's called Keep It Alive, It "pings" your connection every couple of minutes, whether you are active online or not,and it is supposed to help keep you from getting dropped. It works with all ISPs, even AOL. It has been working well so far for me, maybe I can try it out tonight on the Zone. Anyway the address of the site is
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/7334/Kpalive.html
PC World had a whole bunch of other free stuff listed, I don't know if their site has the same stuff listed (they Should) but their address is
www,pcworld.com
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O quam te memorem, virgo?
O dea certe.
{By what name should I call thee, maiden? O goddess, surely.}