Well, I've heard a lot about players beating other players at a clear disadvantage in an epic against-the-odds game, and I have to say I am very envious of those players and wish for a scenario like that (but you can never fight the last war). However, I've heard little about embarassing failures, so this thread is dedicated to it! From dying before day 10, losing despite the fact you outnumber your opponent's armies 3:1, to just being denied a victory by having another person gain the required number of VPs one day before you could do the same, tell us!
I have two scenarios which I remember vividly, and even I though I didn't take screenshots, I could describe it below:
1. Finland vs Central Russia + Russian Empire (22p). So, I'm Finland, and I decided to re-enact the Winter war by attacking both Central Russia and the Russian Empire by day 2. It proved to be disastrous. Although I swept through Leningrad and Arkangelsk and destroyed my opponents' border defenses, I had my troops split up to attack two countries, and ended up being outnumbered, bottled up at a province, and attacked from many sides. My troops died pretty fast, so I used my fresh reserves of only 8 units to bottle the Russians up at Viipuri (Leningrad was retaken by that time). At the battle of Viipuri (note: only day 3 or 4), I lost miserably with my little 8-unit facing the whole army of Russia at the frontlines (15-20 units). My OTHER force attacking Russian Empire was doing pretty well, with only 8 units sweeping through Northern Russia. However, later, Russian Empire WENT INACTIVE . Great. Although I still did acts of sabotage with my now-retreated Russian Empire troops in later days, I gave up and retreated to Gallivare in Sweden, my ally. Worst part: Central Russia WENT INACTIVE days after he conquered me, and none of the players there were even close to my stats. I'm sure if I hadn't made that stupid and fatal mistake, I could easily finish off that 22p. It took only Russia up to about day 10 to defeat me.
2. Turkey vs Finland (22p). Ok, so this is a war for supremacy. I have the largest army, but Finland is close behind. Finland is the no.1 place in the 22p, and I'm no.2. Earlier, we had cooperated and defeated Russian Empire. I was so confident that I could defeat him, I told Finland WHEN I would attack. Well, he started building forts in Gorky. We had a similar force, and by the time the attack begun, my two stacks of 30-something and 19 went for the lands surrounding Gorky. Unlucky me, Finland was on vacation that day and therefore had all the time to focus on the war, while I was near my dinnertime. Little did I know, Finland had spammed production of interceptors and actually outnumbered my interceptors. I then found out he had a stack of about 50 in Gorky. Oh, great. GG. Both of us putting in whatever we got in there, and Finland prevailed. I lost almost all my forces, the rest just fled in retreat. Finland lost very little on the other hand, and actually had a 3:1 K/D ratio in our war. He quickly mopped up my Russian holdings, and although I tried to build up defenses, it was over. I was basically defeated after that fateful battle near Gorky, and I just did what I can to slow his forces down.
Tell me what do you have! All players must have suffered at least one severe defeat, or else they cannot improve.
I have two scenarios which I remember vividly, and even I though I didn't take screenshots, I could describe it below:
1. Finland vs Central Russia + Russian Empire (22p). So, I'm Finland, and I decided to re-enact the Winter war by attacking both Central Russia and the Russian Empire by day 2. It proved to be disastrous. Although I swept through Leningrad and Arkangelsk and destroyed my opponents' border defenses, I had my troops split up to attack two countries, and ended up being outnumbered, bottled up at a province, and attacked from many sides. My troops died pretty fast, so I used my fresh reserves of only 8 units to bottle the Russians up at Viipuri (Leningrad was retaken by that time). At the battle of Viipuri (note: only day 3 or 4), I lost miserably with my little 8-unit facing the whole army of Russia at the frontlines (15-20 units). My OTHER force attacking Russian Empire was doing pretty well, with only 8 units sweeping through Northern Russia. However, later, Russian Empire WENT INACTIVE . Great. Although I still did acts of sabotage with my now-retreated Russian Empire troops in later days, I gave up and retreated to Gallivare in Sweden, my ally. Worst part: Central Russia WENT INACTIVE days after he conquered me, and none of the players there were even close to my stats. I'm sure if I hadn't made that stupid and fatal mistake, I could easily finish off that 22p. It took only Russia up to about day 10 to defeat me.
2. Turkey vs Finland (22p). Ok, so this is a war for supremacy. I have the largest army, but Finland is close behind. Finland is the no.1 place in the 22p, and I'm no.2. Earlier, we had cooperated and defeated Russian Empire. I was so confident that I could defeat him, I told Finland WHEN I would attack. Well, he started building forts in Gorky. We had a similar force, and by the time the attack begun, my two stacks of 30-something and 19 went for the lands surrounding Gorky. Unlucky me, Finland was on vacation that day and therefore had all the time to focus on the war, while I was near my dinnertime. Little did I know, Finland had spammed production of interceptors and actually outnumbered my interceptors. I then found out he had a stack of about 50 in Gorky. Oh, great. GG. Both of us putting in whatever we got in there, and Finland prevailed. I lost almost all my forces, the rest just fled in retreat. Finland lost very little on the other hand, and actually had a 3:1 K/D ratio in our war. He quickly mopped up my Russian holdings, and although I tried to build up defenses, it was over. I was basically defeated after that fateful battle near Gorky, and I just did what I can to slow his forces down.
Tell me what do you have! All players must have suffered at least one severe defeat, or else they cannot improve.
"As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable." Albert Einstein
"Giving up is not an option in war, for it proves one's incapability and incompetence as a leader." - Me (Little Racoon)
"Giving up is not an option in war, for it proves one's incapability and incompetence as a leader." - Me (Little Racoon)