Shadows a dirty cheat

[Sevah]

Once again he's dropping land on the landfarm AFTER HE MAXED IT.

This is deliberate as. He thinks it's slowing me down cos I can't get the land but it helps me cos no one else can get the either.

Anyone trying to contest me doesn't get a fair run. I'm not due to run turns for 4hours but i'm certainly gonna have my 150k to start with

Stop the cheater. BAN BAN BAN The Dirty Cheat

[windhound]

...Because you're the only player Sevz?  Shadow is out to get you and you alone?

Shadow attacked the landfarm twice.  Two times.  For the past few days he's attacked the landfarm once or twice.
People are allowed to attack the landfarm and they are allowed to drop land to the landfarm.

Should it unmax faster?  Sure.  We're looking at it.  But for now there's nothing against the rules occurring

[Genevieve]

aww, it's just like old times

[Sevah]

Genevieve could of broke me if the land wasn't choked. It's unfair to everyone with intentions breakin me. It decreases activity and Shadow's aware that it's an underhanded tactic. As usual Windhound you can defend him but unless your active and impacted by the trick why would anyone expect you to care?

Here's the theory.
Shadow runs and leaves many maxed out. I run and take shadows land, max the rest, defend my land.
Landfarm holds all other acres and is maxed. Not even the best person is near capacity to reach my defences. Disable the landfarm

[Firetooth]

No logical reason for Shadow, as an indy, to drop land apart from to control the land flow.

It's a clever move. Irritating, but within the current rules. Land farm should be clan or the maxing limit changed to address this problem, but as far as I'm concerned Shadow's just being inventive.

[Pippin]

dropping the land knowing full well its not accessible is a cheap tactic but its also stopping everyone else that needs that land to produce troops to break wilderness, so either way your loosing out.

[Firetooth]

It depends. They can keep large amounts stored on the farm until somebody who runs hours later gets on.

Not saying I approve, just saying it has advantages.

[Firetooth]

Whoop just did this now. I definitely wouldn't say this is outright cheating, but it's dirty and bordering on theme abuse seeing as the farm can't be op atked.

If he'd done a better job scraping the farm could be maxed on about 100k now. As it is, 50k. (edit: 72k now sharp did a scouting run)

But for now there's nothing against the rules occurring

Correct, but it's still theme abuse. In a normal round you wouldn't be able to store land on the land farm, and this goes contrary to the farm's purpose of helping players to gather land for their runs. It should really be fixed so the round can continue in an enjoyable manner.

[Pippin]

agreed, the best solution would be to clan the land farm and that would stop the whole issue

[Sharptooh]

Something needs to be done about the whole landfarm issue . . . this is beyond funny

[Neobaron]

Y'all need to stop whining and adapt to the indy lifestyle.

For real.

[Firetooth]

Y'all need to stop whining and adapt to the indy lifestyle.

For real.

As I said, anybody with leaders and a decent ratio can op attack the farm, unless they were suddenly stacked on a 175ratio with 10million leaders all of a sudden. Most indies are in teams anyway seeing as the strat doesn't work solo, so if they don't wish to build huts, they can just get a leader in their clan to do it.

Besides, I've never seen people drop land to the farm with the intention of blocking the land off, so usually this isn't much of an issue anyway. And as I said, this is theme abuse, and whilst it's not cheating, it never makes a round fun. Everybody would complain if I gathered 200k (which I could) and built all cities, as the land would be inaccessible due to the theme. This isn't much different-using a feature in a way it isn't intended to be used and doesn't usually work to your advantage, contrary to that features intended use.

Finally no leaders =/= everybody indying. Unless ferret and magpie required leaders beyond those required for their race spells.

[Pippin]

Y'all need to stop whining and adapt to the indy lifestyle.

For real.

its not a case of whining or adapting, its about a blatant theme abuse to make land unavailable.

locking land through troops is different, but if its making land non accessible through other methods its affecting the whole round

[Neobaron]

lol what do you call it when you drop 40k playing a cashing derp leader strat Firetooth?

"Valid strategy?"

It is a lance move in either case. Shadow is abusing nothing. He is playing internet warlords. You are trying to play internet crylords.

Sevz has already moved on and his solution to the land dropping is both hilarious and effective. You should do the same.

[Neobaron]

lol they're all so mad. Lookit 3 of them posting.

Lookit 'em.