Konrad's points are valid. I don't think there is any question that Alpha did not make the best use of the Pyramids. They really should have got ahead of us in tech and didn't. It is easy to look back in hindsight and say well perhaps a load more immortals would have been better, but their information was sketchy and it probably seemed like a good idea at the time to build a Wonder which, if properly used, can win you the game. ANY game.

jerm also makes some good points regarding Japan and I mentioned in a different thread that we were lucky not to get Japan as a neighbour, but then you adjust your strategy to suit, do you not? There was a lot of BTS information sloshing around in the collective heads of the Omegans which is always a help. We knew, for instance, that we wanted to kill the Koreans before they got their rocket-powered cats. That comes from a deep (and rather sad ) knowledge of nearly every UU in the game.

That knowledge has now increased, and I now know that the Immortal is rubbish

Asking myself the question what would WE have done had Japan actually been our neighbour - difficult to say without the benefit of team input, but I would have argued for a full switch to military buildup (forgetting Wonders and such luxuries) and an invasion ASAP. I think you guys waited too long building up an army of what, 15 immortals? Attack sooner, not later.

Good points about spending hammers on immortals rather than Pyramids.  Everyone knows Japan sucks as a neighbor so illiminating him (especially with an early UU) should have been first priority. 

Okay, probably beating a dead horse here (but I didn't get to nuke ) so I think the points have been taken, especially since Alpha isn't really arguing here

There was some copper nearby but it was close enough to us so we made sure Korea wouldn't grab it.