Game This Week

A last minute change of plans has opened up the possibility of a game this week. So tomorrow night, Friday, there WILL BE A GAME. Game is scheduled to start at 6:30.

Quick Pick Up Game

Had a quick pick up game this afternoon. Two games actually. In the first game, Danielle and I took on Andy and Dominica. Danielle and I managed to pull off a swift victory as the game took a clockwise army sweep motion with each player attacking and/or escaping in a clockwise motion. We seem to almost always move in that direction in spiral games.

In the second game, Art and I took on Andy, Dominica and Danielle and were severely squashed. The game was effectively over in thirty minutes. An islands map where Art and I failed to control any map real estate left us poor and underdeveloped with nowhere to run.

Game Settings

For anyone who is interested in how we play AoE2 over here at the Friday Night Game, here are our settings:

Win by Conquest
200 Pop Cap
Map at or above recommended setting, generally large or huge
Any difficulty setting
Lock Teams
Lock Speed
No Cheats
No All Techs
Record Game
Blind Random (Generally)

Sunday Night Game Results

We managed to have a pickup game on Sunday evening with Art, Danielle, Jeremy, Andy, Dominica and I. We played our regular teams, Art, Min and Andy vs. Jeremy, Danielle and I. We ended up on a team islands map. We have had a lot of water maps this past week. Art's team managed to squash us pretty badly. We only had time to play a single game.

Never Eat at Perkins Restaurant

I thought that this was important so I am putting up a link here. I ate at Perkins on Jefferson Road in Rochester on Friday, June 10 and received the second worst treatment that I have ever received at a restaurant. I was not a blogger the last time that I was treated so poorly so no one really heard about it. But this time, I get to tell everyone and spare you from having to give your hard earned money so such awful people. I want to point out that it was specifically Carrie Giambra the unprofessional general manager who was so rude and not any of her competent wait staff who were very upset that they had to represent her to us. You can check out more about the incident at SGL2.

Needless to say, I will never go to a Perkins restaurant again. And for those of you who know me, that is a pretty serious thing considering the support that I have given them over the years. Now I am ashamed to have ever supported them. Thanks to Denny's for removing them from the area.

Last Night's Results

Seven players for the evening. Four games. All four games were "Team Jeremy" consisting of Scott, Tony and Jeremy vs. "Team Art" with Dominica, Art, Danielle and Andy.

The night ended in a 3 out of 4 set of wins for Team Jeremy as they won all but their first match. One win was decided in under thirty minutes.

Overall, teams were mostly balanced. Team Jeremy's use of Spanish, Britons and Byzantines was a good match for almost anything thrown at it. The advantage may have been had due to rapid "basement" communications.

This Week's Game

Dominica has approved a game for this Friday Night, June 10th. We are planning on starting at 7:00 pm. Post a comment to let us know that you are coming.

Friday Night's Results

We had a good turn out this past Friday. Four games total were played. Andy, Art, Danielle, Michael, Jeremy and Tony managed to play the first game before I arrived. I do not know what teams were or who won.

The next two games were Andy, Tony and Danielle vs. Art, Jeremy and I. The first game was won by Team West and the second was won by the Miller/Richardson clan. The Ralstons were evenly split.

A final fourth game was played after the Ralstons retired. Andy and Tony played against Jeremy and I. Andy and Tony won pretty quickly and the night was over.

With any luck we will have a game next week. Information should be coming soon.