Hairy Asian Experiences - GreyJoy (J) vs. Q-Ball (A)

[ny59giants]

Brad has about 10 of these 'monsters' right now. They equal 225 engineers if you add the construction, engineers, and engineer vehicles together. YIKES for Japan!! If he gets one or worse yet two on a base, the condos will be going up during the second month on the beachfront. [:D]


OT - Sorry to hear about your Grandmother's death. [:(]

[veji1]

Don't blame yourself, honestly this mod with the AE map and all the extra bases is massively taxing for the japanese. Sure as one of those who critized you for abandonning Norther Oz without a fight I too think it was a mistake, but overall you have been playing great.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Brad has about 10 of these 'monsters' right now. They equal 225 engineers if you add the construction, engineers, and engineer vehicles together. YIKES for Japan!! If he gets one or worse yet two on a base, the condos will be going up during the second month on the beachfront. [:D]


OT - Sorry to hear about your Grandmother's death. [:(]

Thanks Micheal,

yup, i know and if i'm not mistaken, when he attacked the base he had already unloaded two of those beast units at Moa.

Surely i'm learning something for my next allied game[8D]

[witpqs]

My condolences. As you say, 94 makes for nice long story. I hope it was a happy one for her.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: veji1

Don't blame yourself, honestly this mod with the AE map and all the extra bases is massively taxing for the japanese. Sure as one of those who critized you for abandonning Norther Oz without a fight I too think it was a mistake, but overall you have been playing great.

Thanks mate. I should have fought a bit more anyway, even without supplies... at least i should have forced Brad to lose more time to get back to Darwin...but then again, if i has 3/4 divisions in Northern Oz, the rest of the perimeter (the flanks especially) would have suffered a lot...and Brad could have simply landed at Java or Sumatra or somewhere else, simply bypassing northern Oz. Hard to say...

Now i need to focus to estabilish a second perimeter ASAP...but i already know i won't be able to cover all those dot hexes in the DEI... so probably Brad will simply keep on landing on empty dot bases... We'll see!

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

My condolences. As you say, 94 makes for nice long story. I hope it was a happy one for her.

Thanks. Well, she survived to two sons, so probably not the best one...but she had a good life generally speaking...and not a lot of people can say the same, so we cannot really complain.

Thanks again

[Canoerebel]

GJ, I want to encourage you that the DEI is a knife that cuts two ways.  It's hard for Japan to defend everything.  But it's hard for the Allies to move around in what is a clogged, choaked, high-traffic theater without getting whacked now and then.  Brad has chosen a sure way to advance, but you will get chances to punish him.  It's going to be a meatgrinder, but you'll figure out how to maximize it for your benefit.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

GJ, I want to encourage you that the DEI is a knife that cuts two ways.  It's hard for Japan to defend everything.  But it's hard for the Allies to move around in what is a clogged, choaked, high-traffic theater without getting whacked now and then.  Brad has chosen a sure way to advance, but you will get chances to punish him.  It's going to be a meatgrinder, but you'll figure out how to maximize it for your benefit.

[&o]
Thanks Dan. We'll see. Surely it will be interesting as long as i keep a decent KB togheder

[Canoerebel]

As the Allied player in a PBEM game vs. Miller three or four years ago, I took the DEI route.  Miller is an outstanding tactical and operational defender.  He drove me nuts in the DEI.  I lost a zillion planes and ships.  You too are outstanding, so I anticipate the same kind of dogged defense.  Q-Ball knows how to advance, but gracious the game is already getting pretty late for him.  He can't feel relaxed about barely getting established in the eastern DEI in summer '43.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

As the Allied player in a PBEM game vs. Miller three or four years ago, I took the DEI route.  Miller is an outstanding tactical and operational defender.  He drove me nuts in the DEI.  I lost a zillion planes and ships.  You too are outstanding, so I anticipate the same kind of dogged defense.  Q-Ball knows how to advance, but gracious the game is already getting pretty late for him.  He can't feel relaxed about barely getting established in the eastern DEI in summer '43.

The real problem is that the new map has TONS of new dot bases and Japan cannot really hope to defend all of them. And, as you know, there isn't just the eastern (or southern) DEI i have to defend. Sumatra is another key place and so is Java. I need to send troops to the Mariannas and the Pelieu too and start reinforcing the Philippines...
The problem is that, with all those empty bases, i cannot force him to try an amphib landing against a well defended target!

However yes, summer 1943 means he won't be anywhere close to Manila before summer 1944...

[JocMeister]

Don´t get yourself too downbeat! I´ll bet even a very experienced Japanese player would struggle against Q-ball. This is your first game after all! [:)]

[JohnDillworth]

Sorry about your grandmother. Also sorry about the relatives. The game is always a good way to escape and get your mind off things. Peace

[Panther Bait]

Greyjoy,
 
Another thing to keep in mind is that losing the DEI might be the beginning of the end for Japan (if Day 2 of the war isn't considered the beginning), but it isn't the end itself.  Losing the resources and oil from the DEI obviously seriously cuts down what Japan can do, he still has to come get you in the Home Islands to end the war.  Hopefully China and the Home Islands can at least allow you to make a minimal amount of air planes to keep the defense going.
 
Mike
 

[Chickenboy]

Hi GreyJoy,
 
Just echoing the well wishes of the other here.  Sympathies on your grandmother. 
 
Keep up the good fight in the game.  I think you're doing fine.  Here is where VPs can help you-I suspect you came out well ahead in the exchange of 200 planes for 3 CVE, 8 DD and a CL.  Do the math.  You're well ahead.  Yeah, the 100 pilots will take a few months to replace, but this sort of exchange will be the norm rather than the exception.  Keep up the 'tax' on him and make it as expensive as possible.  Bleed 'im white.
 
 

[GreyJoy]

Thank you all for your support guys. Both morally and "in game" speaking.
 
I hope to resume a decent pace of turns/day from tomorrow!

[cantona2]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

just to hyjack my own thread...

here's GJ being the bestman at a wedding...the one who's trying to keep me standing is the bridegroom....[:D]...i was just a little bit drunk...but only a little bit...[:D][:D]

Is Greyjoy General Hoepner of WITP days?

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Brad has about 10 of these 'monsters' right now. They equal 225 engineers if you add the construction, engineers, and engineer vehicles together. YIKES for Japan!! If he gets one or worse yet two on a base, the condos will be going up during the second month on the beachfront. [:D]


OT - Sorry to hear about your Grandmother's death. [:(]

Thanks Micheal,

yup, i know and if i'm not mistaken, when he attacked the base he had already unloaded two of those beast units at Moa.

Surely i'm learning something for my next allied game[8D]

And these pale in comparison to the massive Army Corp engineer units that come later. Takes something like 12,000 units of cargo space just to move them. God it is nice to play the Allies [;)]

[Cribtop]

What did Model say? "If I could have such power, even for a day..." or something like that.

[GreyJoy]

Hi all,

Just to let you know i'm alive. Work is really exploding in the last weeks and i'm struggling to find half an hour a day to play a turn... I managed to do only one turn every 24 hours in the last week....very sad.
I hope to get better in the nearby future but i canno guarantee to be able to keep the aar updated every day.
But the game is still running and QBall is kicking my butt really!

See u soon my friends

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Hi all,

Just to let you know i'm alive. Work is really exploding in the last weeks and i'm struggling to find half an hour a day to play a turn... I managed to do only one turn every 24 hours in the last week....very sad.
I hope to get better in the nearby future but i canno guarantee to be able to keep the aar updated every day.
But the game is still running and QBall is kicking my butt really!

See u soon my friends

Good to hear a short report. We'll be here when you can come back for a 'holiday' in AE! [:)]