It was apparent from the beginning that such a score would be elusive this first game. However, my final score would be the closest I would come of the night, 331. My only ally managed 317 and was the leader most of the game (I think). I have a bad habit of starting out at the middle/bottom and then towards the end or at the very end of the game jump ahead to first or second. This is what happened. The downside of my playing style is that if others have wiped out the worlds population before I kick into full attack mode, I'm left with a lot of nukes and not a lot of points to collect. That very scenario happened on the third game of the night.
Anyway, It was the Americas vs Afro-Asia vs Euro-Russia. As USA I typically take advantage of the Bering Straight and send 8 or so subs through there on the way to northern Russia before placing any other units. This gives me two advantages. Possibly a third.
1. Worry free travel for my subs, usually.
2. Should Asia launch early, a good spot to hit eastern Asia is from just above easter Russia. (which is 'on the way')
3(?). If you're paying attention, you can redirect your subs westward just as they are passing through and they'll become land roving subs. You might just pop up right next to your targets at the right time and surprise the right person (if the game is timed in your favor). You get a little extra southern range as well. This has only been a benefit once or twice for me. In any event, those pesky carriers (possibly) patrolling Russian waters won't spot you till it's too late.
I did send two fleets of subs on their way and the third between Greenland/Canada to remove any unwanted guests. This game ended up in my favor. I did particularly well in the naval arena, I only lost 3 battleships, no carriers, and managed to unload most of my subs before those over Russia were taken out. The Atlantic was held due to the often questioned method of using nukes against an enemies navy. I wanted total dominance against Europe so I sent several bomber waves dedicated to nuking any navy in the North Atlantic.
The second game was not as much a success as the first, but I did manage my usually comeback from death to place second. I beleive first was within my grasp, but tisk, tisk, tisk, [Demo]Augmenter took advantage of my absence of a naval presence in the Indian and backstabbed. I wasn't surprised, but didn't keep enough in reserve to counter it too much. I had placed everything I had in the Atlantic against S. America and had to swing around southern Africa to make an attempt to clear the Indian. I did manage to remove his fleet there and make some strikes against his western cities.
Game three I finished, well, third of all things. That 600m+ record will have to wait I guess.
With Feud as an Asian ally (and trusted) I left the west coast completely defenseless and put everything in the Atlantic. S. America put everything he had in the pacific and spent a while making the trip over to the Atlantic. I blame Feud
for my 3rd place finish as he stole all my points early on. I had eight subs on the way to northern Russia, but by the time they got there, there was little to shoot at. In fact, I ended up dumping 2 nukes each from all six of my silos into the ocean because Cry Havoc (I think) managed to get some carriers above Canada. I have no idea how effective it was, but I saw only two bombers after that. Normally I would have only done such a thing as a last ditch, desperate, "there's no hope" move. But in this game, my allies (and me with only 21m deaths) were the only ones with a population and I was going to back stab. I could have done better if I had not fired another silo, but I did (at what I have no idea) and of course in came African nukes. Oh well.
The 1v1 game I played opposite of my norm and launched everything at the beginning and just waited around for the other guy to fire and end the game. he won in the end. I was bored and there was no 6 player servers open. First 1v1 since I was a [Demo]New Player! The score was 70 something to 90 something I think.
