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 1Homeworlds Online (SDG# 4112)
 2Started: 2006.8.26, Ended: 2006.8.29
 3Participants: zoltar (S), tesla (N)
 4Winner: zoltar
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 61) tesla: Homeworld B2 G3 Y3
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 82) zoltar: Homeworld Y3 B1 G3
 9zoltar: Before I move, you should undo your move and start with a 3-sized ship, such as a Y3. Why did you build a Y1?
10zoltar: Greetingz, from Greenbelt, Milky Way!
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123) tesla: Build Y1 Tesla
13tesla: Sorry, I have to play more
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154) zoltar: Build G1 Zoltar
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175) tesla: Discover Y3 Tesla G1 Tales
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196) zoltar: Build G1 Zoltar
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217) tesla: Build Y1 Tesla
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238) zoltar: Discover G1 Zoltar B2 Blueridge
24zoltar: btw, moving your 3-sized piece away from your homeworld is very dangerous. The reason is that if I move a 3-sized ship into your homeworld, you cannot capture it, even if you have red ships there, unless you have a 3-sized ship in your homeworld defending. So later in the game, having an opponent get a large ship into your homeworld which you cannot capture usually is fatal. In this case, I can't do anything for several moves, but when I get some pieces built and moved out, you will have to waste a move moving your Y3 back, unless you can quickly build another 3-sized ship there before I can threaten to move a big piece in.
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269) tesla: Trade Y1 B1 Tesla
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2810) zoltar: Build G2 Blueridge
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3011) tesla: Move B1 Tesla Tales
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3212) zoltar: Trade G2 Y2 Blueridge
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3413) tesla: Build Y1 Tales
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3614) zoltar: Build G2 Blueridge
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3815) tesla: Trade Y3 R3 Tales
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4016) zoltar: Trade G2 R2 Blueridge
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4217) tesla: Move R3 Tales Blueridge
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4418) zoltar: Sacrifice Y2 Blueridge
45Move R2 Blueridge Tales
46Move R2 Tales Tesla
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4819) tesla: Move Y1 Tales Blueridge
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5020) zoltar: Attack Y1 Tesla
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52tesla: ok, I think we finished the game
53zoltar: I sacrificed my Y2, and that sacrifice gives me two yellow powers, or two moves. If I sacrificed my G3, I could then make three grows at once. That's why I was saying that you had to return your 3-sized ship to your homeworld before I build some ships. Moving your Y3 out was terrible, and every move after that, moving your Y3 (or R3) back would have been the best move.