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So we were set:
 
So we were set:
 
 
Me - "Building schools for dummies" - Icekin
 
Me - "Building schools for dummies" - Icekin
 
 
Gothia - "5:4 for dummies" - Troll
 
Gothia - "5:4 for dummies" - Troll
 
 
Oment - "Immortality for dummies" - Spirit
 
Oment - "Immortality for dummies" - Spirit
 
 
BigBell - "9-Houring for Dummies" - Human
 
BigBell - "9-Houring for Dummies" - Human
  
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We then knew the likelihood was that the #4 Dwarf would raze for the Orc to retaliate on the Lyc if they could get enough DP down.  Gothia sat tight but could still likely 5:4 any of the parties involved so we waited for the best chance. What ended up happening is that the Dwarf didn't move, and instead the #4 Lizardfolk made the sacrificial suicide raze on the #7 Lyc with the Orc making the hit shortly after.  Apparently, this was down to #7 pulling a bunch of assassinations on the Dwarf, which ended up with the Dwarf still being short while also having no more spies and wizards. Regardless, this left a huge opportunity for Gothia to semi-suicide the Orc and me to make a 100% hit on the #4 Lizardfolk once OP came in.  #12 Nox followed me on the Lizardfolk minutes later and it didn't take long for others to feed on the Lizardfolk.  We had banked on Gothia taking 2 hits in response which he did quickly from #4 Nox and #3 Orc, but then a 3rd came along from the #13 Orc which was probably unwise of him as he ended up getting easily hit by the #7 Lyc.  Although the initial hit stunned me a little, the recovery hit on the Liz was huge so I bounced back up.  Unfortunately, the #12 Nox getting two cheap hits and remaining untouched and the #3 Orc getting a b2b as well meant that there were now more threats around, not fewer.
 
We then knew the likelihood was that the #4 Dwarf would raze for the Orc to retaliate on the Lyc if they could get enough DP down.  Gothia sat tight but could still likely 5:4 any of the parties involved so we waited for the best chance. What ended up happening is that the Dwarf didn't move, and instead the #4 Lizardfolk made the sacrificial suicide raze on the #7 Lyc with the Orc making the hit shortly after.  Apparently, this was down to #7 pulling a bunch of assassinations on the Dwarf, which ended up with the Dwarf still being short while also having no more spies and wizards. Regardless, this left a huge opportunity for Gothia to semi-suicide the Orc and me to make a 100% hit on the #4 Lizardfolk once OP came in.  #12 Nox followed me on the Lizardfolk minutes later and it didn't take long for others to feed on the Lizardfolk.  We had banked on Gothia taking 2 hits in response which he did quickly from #4 Nox and #3 Orc, but then a 3rd came along from the #13 Orc which was probably unwise of him as he ended up getting easily hit by the #7 Lyc.  Although the initial hit stunned me a little, the recovery hit on the Liz was huge so I bounced back up.  Unfortunately, the #12 Nox getting two cheap hits and remaining untouched and the #3 Orc getting a b2b as well meant that there were now more threats around, not fewer.
  
Then around day 39, we managed to come across a very fortuitous hit.  Someone in Realm 14 (where Leeches was based) had sniped a wonder from Realm 0 which meant it was on low HP.  Even though the wonder (Halls of Knowledge) was now pretty useless to us, we could all gain 100 prestige for just 32k raw OP (26.7k for me with my tech), so we declared War.  Lots of action had been going on recently so we'd all been making hits and putting the wonder takedown on the backburner when #14 Nox sent out.  I realised that I had a chance of sending Frost Mages on him just before his troops returned and possibly being safe when Sly decided to Rev him and saw that his Ares expired before his troops returned.  We had 5 of us in his range and most had better spies so we waited until 2 hours before expiry and blasted him with Snare.
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Then around day 39, we managed to come across a very fortuitous hit.  Someone in Realm 14 (where Leeches was based) had sniped a wonder from Realm 0 which meant it was on low prestige.  Even though the wonder (Halls of Knowledge) was now pretty useless to us, we could all gain 100 prestige for just 32k raw OP (26.7k for me with my tech), so we declared War.  Lots of action had been going on recently so we'd all been making hits and putting the wonder takedown on the backburner when #14 Nox sent out.  I realised that I had a chance of sending Frost Mages on him just before his troops returned and possibly being safe when Sly decided to Rev him and saw that his Ares expired before his troops returned.  We had 5 of us in his range and most had better spies so we waited until 2 hours before expiry and blasted him with Snare.
  
 
A couple of days later, the #3 Orc (Rury - Baby-faced Assassin) had used his recent growth spurt to start pumping some solid military and sent out on borderline DP.  Gothia had just about recovered from the last send and managed to build back his military with additional temples.  We knew if the #3 Orc got away with the hit he would be way out in front so Gothia planted a giant sui hit on him and took 5 hits this time, completely putting him out of the picture but dragging the Orc back down into a 4 or 5 way battle with myself, #12 Nox and #4 Orc (with Dwarf/Nox back-up).  I had probably moved into 2nd spot in military terms by that point and managed a decent sized retal on one of the people that hit Gothia, which #4 Orc doubled seconds later.
 
A couple of days later, the #3 Orc (Rury - Baby-faced Assassin) had used his recent growth spurt to start pumping some solid military and sent out on borderline DP.  Gothia had just about recovered from the last send and managed to build back his military with additional temples.  We knew if the #3 Orc got away with the hit he would be way out in front so Gothia planted a giant sui hit on him and took 5 hits this time, completely putting him out of the picture but dragging the Orc back down into a 4 or 5 way battle with myself, #12 Nox and #4 Orc (with Dwarf/Nox back-up).  I had probably moved into 2nd spot in military terms by that point and managed a decent sized retal on one of the people that hit Gothia, which #4 Orc doubled seconds later.
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