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Cerberus

00:00

I think I tried twice or thrice.

Mr. Disappointment

@Cerberus Oh, I tried that but nobody takes any notice; just like all my other great 'day' ideas, like 'black coffee Monday', 'no sugar Tuesday', 'half day Fridays' and so on.

Cerberus

@MrDisappointment Who are those people? Do you work with loonies?

Mr. Disappointment

@Cerberus You have no idea.

Cerberus

Now I do!

Mr. Disappointment

Anyway, so L7: that's lagging, right? What level are each of you guys at?

Cerberus

00:06

I'm 33, Reg's 32, MrHen is 13ish.

Just keep playing and you'll get there!

RegDwight

Actually, I'm 33, and MrHen is 14.

Cerberus

Oh!

Mr. Disappointment

BRB

Cerberus

Dammit, now I am no longer the moral leader...

I did get you 500 points.

And now I need to go see whether I can remember where my bed is, or whether I have one...

Rhodri

Fortified by tea and toast, so shall I. Good night, all.

Cerberus

00:16

Good luck!

aedia

@Cerberus I'm finally home on a real computer in time to wish you goodnight!

Cerberus

Yay!

aedia

I think I missed Rhodri, though. I hope he gets home safe (was he biking, is that right? in the rain?)

Cerberus

I appreciate your coming home specially for that.

aedia

Hehe.

Cerberus

00:18

Yup, he is probably bungling with his bike lock as we speak...

Bungling? Is that even a word?

aedia

It is now.

Cerberus

Sounds wrong...

I got only 3 hours of sleep, and two more in separate couch naps...

aedia

thefreedictionary.com/bungling

@Cerberus Oh noes!

For a fun reason or a bad reason?

Cerberus

@aedia Hmm yeah but does it sound right in that sentence? I think not...

RegDwight

Huh what everybody's sleepy? Then count me in!

Cerberus

00:20

@aedia Couldn't sleep and had to get up early... so tonight I shall sleep tight!

@RegDwight I knew that by your hanging bunny ears...

aedia

@Cerberus "He's probably bungling the task of undoing his bike lock" if you thought he was bad at it, I guess, would sound better.

Ah, fumbling. Is probably what you wanted. Right?

Fumbling with bike lock.

Cerberus

Right!

I think I was combining fumbling and bungling in my weak mind.

RegDwight

FumbleFingers, United Kingdom

7.2k 6 24

Sorry, nöone named BikeLock.

aedia

@RegDwight I'm not sleepy! Who said I was sleepy yawns

Cerberus

He isn't really bungling, because he isn't producing a failing result; and he isn't just fumbling, because fumbling just means he was awkwardly groping for it, while I wanted to express repeated temporary failure... or something... at least I'm quite positive that I wanted to over-analyse something.

Mr. Disappointment

00:23

RegDwight

reading all these umbl, umbl, umbl sure makes Reg sleepy

Cerberus

Say hi to Bike Lock if he shows up.

aedia

@Cerberus +1 for mumbling overanalysis.

RegDwight

@MrDisappointment Not bad for level 7.

Mr. Disappointment

I'm not terribly impressed by a couple of the cards, but that set is serving me well in general for the time being.

RegDwight

00:24

I didn't have some of these cards until level 20.

Cerberus

@MrDisappointment Hmm... 1. lose the structure: it's only worth it if you have many imperials.

aedia

@MrDisappointment Shush you! You're going to wake the doggie back up!

RegDwight

@aedia One head is always awake.

Cerberus

@MrDisappointment And change to Atlas or another commander if you have one that doesn't depend on a single tribe: this one relies on raiders too much.

Mr. Disappointment

@Cerberus Weaken Bloodthirsty is nice, though.

Cerberus

00:26

Nah not worth it...

RegDwight

I reckon you're playing some Bloodthirsty levels right now? :P

Cerberus

Tribe-specific boni are hardly ever worth while, unless you have certain specific opposing cards in mind that are troubling you.

Right, if you're playing BT levels, acceptable (though I still think the imp bonus goes to waste).

@Reg: By the way, do you use any structures at the moment? I might start using them again, but I'm not now.

RegDwight

Weaken BT might come in handy in the Tartarus Swarm raid, too.

Cerberus

Right, there too.

But elsewhere?

Only if you can fully profit from the imp bonus.

RegDwight

@Cerberus Not a single one in my main deck. Two Asylums in my BT spam deck. One Mortar Bunker in my Irradithad.

One Healing structure in my Xeno deck.

Cerberus

00:30

Wow you have many decks.

RegDwight

I have a fifth, too. For Siege on Kor.

Cerberus

I only use main deck, and very rarely leech deck.

Ah.

RegDwight

Irradithad is mostly for Tartarus, though he's not that bad in some other raids, either.

Cerberus

You see, I am too lazy to change decks between faction war and raid. In fact, I am too lazy to change my deck at all... bad, I know.

aedia

@RegDwight But, see, if we get down to the drunk one, we mayhap could put a bell on him.

Cerberus

00:32

Don't you keep forgetting what you had in your main deck again if you pull em out?

And how do you defend?

RegDwight

@Cerberus Well, if I fight a faction full of wall spam, I will add more sieges. Etc.

Cerberus

@aedia Bells, hats, panties... do what you must.

RegDwight

@Cerberus You can... how do I put it... make notes?

Besides, pretty much every deck I have ever used has been documented in excrutiating detail in this chat.

Cerberus

@RegDwight Yeah I change my main deck to better kill certain factions if needed; but that's all. Notes are so... boring!

RegDwight

And you know how fast I can search the transcript if I need to.

Cerberus

00:33

@RegDwight Haha, true.

@RegDwight I know it!

I just keep posting the same deck, that's more like my style.

RegDwight

Though five minutes from now you'll forget it.

Yeah, no head knows what any of the others is doing.

Cerberus

Exactly. Changing decks would be devastating.

RegDwight

But the thing is... your deck is not strong enough in every war. No deck is.

So if you have at least a choice of two, that's a start.

Cerberus

Yeah, I occasionally change it a few cards at a time when I meet a difficult faction. Then I keep it at that, unless I had to add extreme cards, which is rarely the case.

RegDwight

Yeah, that's what happens to my main deck, or my two main decks, too,

Even Irradithad isn't set in stone. Sometimes I will throw in another structure or a strike all.

Oh BTW that mission 64... sucks.

I have to come up with a stronger deck around those 5 required cards.

Cerberus

00:39

It is just that I have never found a deck that is better consistently against a certain faction. Leech spam rarely outperforms counter spam etc.

@RegDwight Hmm...

Pick some cards with tribe-specific skills?

I forgot what the mission was like.

RegDwight

@Cerberus But certainly you have noticed how your best attack deck ain't always your best defense deck.

Cerberus

@RegDwight Do you want a confession?

RegDwight

That's why I like having a few decks handy. I can still attack with the same old stuff, but keep tweaking my defense.

@Cerberus I dunno, do I? Let's find out.

Cerberus

I haven't changed my defense deck in ages, can't remember the last time (when I tried, didn't work). I always use my attack deck for defense.

I just don't have the cards I'd need to make both a good def and a good att deck.

RegDwight

Well, no news to me. That's the default for me, too.

Cerberus

00:41

Oh!

RegDwight

But sometimes I just notice how someone keeps losing against my deck, then a pause of some 15 minutes, and then he suddenly starts winning.

So obviously he's figured it out.

This is when I switch my defense to BT or Imperial.

Sometimes even Xeno, though that one is rather slow.

Cerberus

I used to have worse defense scores when I didn't use this deck. And I suppose your changing strategy might work, but it requires constant attention... and my main deck is built for ultimate flexibility, so there is no deck that is really really strong against it, at least not at our faction's level.

RegDwight

Okay, my wife's calling, gotta go!

Good night.

Cerberus

OK, adios, night!

I'm off to bed too.

Bai all!

aedia

G'night!

MrHen

02:32

Okay, I pulled a Xeno deck together. Thoughts? It seems to do better in the war fights.

RobinHood

05:47

good morning

Alenanno

08:30

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Q: What is the answer of the question "Who came yesterday?" is it "I" or "Me" ?

What is the answer of the question: Who came yesterday? Is it "I" or "Me" ?

questions

Another question about "I" vs "me"...

RegDwight

09:12

Closed, and commented, and commented, and commented. It's a shame how both answers are wrong, wrong, wrong.

Some backup would be nice BTW. We need more people who are not afraid to downvote wrongness.

@Kosmonaut @JSBangs.

Miss

09:34

what does it mean"I admire how enthusiastic you are. :-)" ?

RegDwight

09:45

admire

enthusiastic

Kit

11:42

english.stackexchange.com/posts/32949/revisions

What was this edit for?

RegDwight

What the...

Kit

@RegDwight This is what I'm saying.

RegDwight

Locked.

Kit

I rolled back the original peeve.

But I don't get why H&B did what he did.

RegDwight

Rubbish posts attract rubbish actions. By the dozen.

z7sg

11:48

Anderson Silva is as mad as a brush.

Kit

But he just rolled back my rollback and then did it himself. WTF?

RegDwight

Careful, he's got an upcoming fight.

Kit

@RegDwight MMA doesn't frighten the Kitster.

RegDwight

I'm just worried that he could roundhouse kick a unicorn.

Kit

I'll protect @z7sg with ferocious yips.

z7sg

11:50

@RegDwight Your fears are unfounded.

RegDwight

Phew.

z7sg

Err thanks Kit, that's mighty reassuring.

Kit

Yip! Yip!

See? Mighty, no?

RegDwight

How very ferocious, even!

z7sg

If those yips were directed at me, I'd be galloping for cover right now.

Kit

11:52

<tongue lolling> Thanks, guys.

Vitaly

I am stuck at mission 17. Any tips, @Reg?

Kit

Who mentioned God?

RegDwight

Um, lemme see...

@Kit You just did.

Vitaly

Well, I completed it 50%, but it's just too random.

RegDwight

Vitaly sometimes shows up preemptively.

Kit

11:53

@RegDwight Frig.

RegDwight

warmetal.wikia.com/wiki/Mission_17_%28Deck%29

Okay, so the opponent only has 8 cards, and rather slow ones at that.

So how about Bloodthirsty spam?

Use as many Hatchets and Vampires as you have, throw in two Asylums, and a Strike All action card as an emergency.

Vitaly

I was told yesterday to buy gold decks. In case that bloodthirsty spam is in the enclave decks, because I don't think I have hatchets and vampires.

No strike alls, one asylum.

Actually I am trying to get that skill connoisseur achievement right now. Already won a dozen battles with a deck that has all of those abilities required for the shock wave card (if my memory serves me well), and yet I can't get that frigging achievement.

RegDwight

Just tried out this on mission 17. Worked like a charm.

I only had to play 5 cards.

Vitaly

Except that only one card looks familiar (the asylum). :P

RegDwight

Ignore the EMP and the two strong cards in the second row. You won't even need them.

Which level are you?

Vitaly

11:59

5.

RegDwight

Hm.

Well, look for any leech cards you have.

Or just use quick cards with zero wait. As many as possible.

Vitaly

draconian queen, sanguiphage x3, annelid mass x2, ravager, enclave parasite

that's the leeches I have

annelid mass has zero wait, so those are in, I suppose

Kit

I like sanguiphage. Sounds like sandwich eater. (I know it means blood eater.)

RegDwight

Annelid mass is excellent. Throw in both of them.

Sanguiphage might work. Ravager is probably too slow.

Draconian Queen... even I don't have that one! You have it but no Hatchets or Vampires? Crazy.

Vitaly

It was some reward, I think.

And then it's too slow anyway.

RegDwight

12:06

As to skill connoisseur, I hope you're not wasting energy on that one. Go into the Arena.

Vitaly

zero wait… infantry? :D no, hawkeyes might work better?

RegDwight

warmetal.wikia.com/wiki/Skill_Connoisseur

Vitaly

yeah, I am trying to do that into the Arena, no luck

exactly that deck except for the commander and two of the three locust swarms (replaced with comparable cards)

for mission 17?

RegDwight

@Vitaly Well, then just switch on Auto, and off you go. (Make sure to only fight people with higher rankings than yours, because then you won't lose any points.)

Vitaly

@RegDwight — That's what I am doing. Still no luck.

RegDwight

12:09

@Vitaly Not bad at all, except throw away the commander. He's useless in this setup.

Rally Raider 1 -- useless, you don't have any raiders. Siege -- useless, as the opponent has only one structure.

Vitaly

um, Atlas or Freddie?

RegDwight

Wow you have Atlas????

And you are still asking if you should use him?

Vitaly

I dunno, Freddie can heal, it says

RegDwight

Only Imperial, methinks.

Vitaly

hawkeyes are imperial

RegDwight

12:11

Ayup.

But they only have 2 health.

Vitaly

good point

RegDwight

A single hit kills them.

Vitaly

so, trying now

RegDwight

Besides, you already have a healing structure.

(Which is kind of useless for much the same reason.)

Vitaly

yo, that actually worked

RegDwight

12:14

Now try it again to make sure it wasn't a coincidence.

Or just beat the mission already. :P

Vitaly

not the second time though :)

18 energy and 25% for the mission

RegDwight

Make sure to play Annelid and Asylum first.

In fact, you might actually wish to reduce your deck to just 6-8 cards to ensure that you get the right cards right away.

Vitaly

Huh.

yo, +1k gold and Thadius.

Thanks!

RegDwight

You're welcome.

Thadius is nice.

Vitaly

Bloodthirsty enemies are a pain in the bottoms when you don't have the cards. :-/

RegDwight

12:17

He'll come in handy on many occasions.

BT were my favourite enemy, actually. I just used their own weapons against them. I.e., a BT deck.

Irradithad works wonders, too, but you won't have the cards.

warmetal.wikia.com/wiki/Irradithad

Vitaly

when is Tiamat useful?

RegDwight

Pretty much always. That one is just awesome.

That's why it's unique.

As in, you're not allowed to use more than one in a deck.

It has Strike 2. In combination with Atlas, that's strike 3 every single turn.

So you take 3 points away from the enemy before you actually start attacking.

Every single turn.

Vitaly

Hmm. Nice.

RegDwight

Normal attack can be weakened or countered. Strikes cannot.

Vitaly

Haha, my annelid deck has just won against some 2002-pts player with a crazy but slow deck

RegDwight

12:26

Ayup. My main deck has very fast cards, too, with lots of strike on top of that.

Vitaly

how do I build a defense deck for skill connoisseur?

it seems rewards are given for the practice battle mode too

RegDwight

Um, what do you mean by "defense deck for skill connoisseur"?

Vitaly

@RegDwight — in the Arena, you can fight yourself

RegDwight

Ah. So you want to fight against that deck?

Vitaly

there is an active deck (above) and a defense deck against which to fight

yeah

RegDwight

12:33

Well, for starters, you can always just fight with the same deck.

If you go first ("fight"), you are kind of guaranteed to win. "Surge" is trickier.

Vitaly

Haha.

RegDwight

Secondly, that deck ain't very strong. Lots of structures, too. So if you want to defend against it, you just pack a lot of surge and some counter.

Duncan as the commander is a good start.

Oh, and of course don't forget strike.

Vitaly

Finally.

20 mins ago, by Vitaly

Thanks!

RegDwight

BTW, @Cerberus @MrHen I could use some backup against the Germans.

Mr. Disappointment

Ze Germans*

RegDwight

12:40

13 hours ago, by RegDwight

@z7sg Ze door of ze new haus.

Mr. Disappointment

Without fail.

RegDwight

That's how I roll.

Mr. Disappointment

One day you'll wind up replacing yourself with a bot that simply intelligently selects the most (in)appropriate quote to reply to anything with, based on some funky heuristics, I'm sure. Wait, ....are you that?

RegDwight

That day is many days ago.

You misspelled "inappropriate", though.

2

Mr. Disappointment

LOL

Vitaly

12:47

> Achievements for wealth are awarded for the following amounts: <…> Multi-Billionaire, $10,000,000,000

WTF???

How is that possible?

RegDwight

Wait what?

First time I hear about that one.

Vitaly

I am just reading the Tyrant wiki.

warmetal.wikia.com/wiki/Achievements

RegDwight

I am mining gold right now, but jeez, that amount will take forever.

Mr. Disappointment

Mining gold?

Vitaly

I am at 4.025k gold :(

RegDwight

12:49

@Vitaly Ah. Well. That's the Facebook version.

Vitaly

Oh?

RegDwight

That's War Metal. What we're playing is War Metal Tyrant.

Vitaly

Oh!

Kit

Ni hao, Xiao @Zhao!

RegDwight

The wiki is sometimes confusing.

Jun 20 at 15:08, by Cerberus

Half of it is about the Facebook game.

Kit

12:54

I just realized that I have an unopened bag of Honey BBQ Fritos on the shelf next to my desk. Score!

Breakfast of champions.

Interesting factoid about Fritos: ...

MrHen

@RegDwight The wiki for Tyrant is mostly crap and, as best as I can tell, maintained by the company that makes the game

Mr. Disappointment

Ugh. Some people!

MrHen

Arg... my new defense is still crap

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