Not all.  Since we saw no visible sign of you till the Caravel,(I believe a call to arms was issued then, to reenforce coastal cities and build the navy), I assumed no shallow water crossing.  Controlling seaways is paramount to success.  You had too one day, I thought, come by boat.  Inorder to do that you or we, had to dominate and control the sea.  It doesn't matter that you didn't make a concerted effort at invasion.  What matters is the very early Naval intel.  Brilliant!  I'm just sorry we didn't have sufficient time to get airborne.

[TBH, I was slightly alarmed when I heard about Omega declaring war on us so soon and with that caravel patrolling the coast. However, it's going to prove pretty rash on their part considering we have our own caravel heading their way and fully able to return the favor. The pillaging, while annoying, is really not that big a deal from what I've seen considering how bountiful food is around our coastal cities. Thus, I'd recommend we steam roll the Japs as if nothing happened in regards to Omega and you build up our own Navy whenever it is convenient. I'm even more assured it's not that big a deal considering the Vikings have chosen to defend us. Yar! ] Bismarck This is where I saw my input was falling on deaf ears.  Omega wasn't just pillaging the coastline.  They were gathering intel.  Sizing us up.  I wrongly thought they were searching for a future landing spot to out flank us.  A weak spot.  I was expecting a massed invasion.  This is just a for instance.  We all underestimated the utter shrewdness of Omegan Leadership.  How wonderfully diabolical of them to use their resources in such a stand off way.  Still it was a big gamble on their part in the initial stages.  It could have gone very badly for them. [Well, Mr Philosopher-Cowboy, you said several times during the latter part of the game that the Omegan over-emphasis on the navy was a weakness to potentially exploit.] KONRAD I thought we had dispensed with the trash talk.  This thread isn't open to negative input.

 

Guess I wasn't to far wrong in my assumptions on the caravel. 

I think it was Zig who first suggested death by a thousand cuts. After some discussion, we agreed. Thus we used our advantages in a "stand off way" and I don't consider it a gamble at all. There was little that could go badly for us.

Oh well OK that's what we though at at the time. As it happened it worked out OK. Of course something bad could have occurred, but really, it wasn't much of a gamble.

It is kind'a different isn't it?  Truth is, up till now I've had very little cause to cut and paste.  Didn't know how.

I actually very much hate quoting.  I'd rather be more.....real?  But recent events in P&R have convinced me that quoting is a way of life in this forum.  (Don't know about others, this is the only one I visit)  And, if I can't figure out a way to make the quote button work here, I had to learn another way, or die.  So I did.  Not trying to be different, in fact I wish I could just post like everyone else.  But, alas, I'm quote challenged.  When I use the button above, I always get the whole damned post!  Even more annoying than quoting this way I imagine, to someone reading it. 

Anyway, Omega's approach to victory here, caught me off guard.  Very well done.