AMD kicks no ones ass but their own, off topicly. I mean, Ems can tell you all about that, but, since he told me all about that, I can tell you all about that... That!
Intel hooks their processer up with no fan. Chip runs, over heats, shuts down. Expected.
Intel hooks AMD processor up with no fan. Chip runs, over heats, shoots sparks. Not good.
And, hey! Why wasn't my name in that list, Lwty? I'm more feared than than all but one of those guys!
Foresight? People use that in a battle? I generally just take the troop with the lowest score and throw them down It's just like the real thing, only cuddly.
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Battalon127
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Aug 11, 2005 16:16
True AMDs run hotter, but that's because they perform more operations per cycle. Besides, you shouldn't hook up your processor without a fan anyway. I've seen Intel chips fry that way as well. Fact is, AMD runs more stably, and gives you better bang for your buck. In a recent test, a high end Athalon 64 beat out Intel's new dual-core processor.
Go to Newegg.com and search processors w/ heatsink and fan all 40 rated AMDs have a 5/5, while Intel drops off by #18/35. And just about everyone I've ever talked to has had better performance from an AMD after switching from Intel. Granted there will be sucky AMDs and there are some great P4s out there, but I think in general, the technology AMD uses produces more stable results. I read an article in a mobo mag once that explained in detail how Intel and AMD processors worked and how/why processor crashes occur. I don't remember many of the details but AMD definitely came out on top.
"Someone asked me if I wanted a frozen banana and I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so yes." ~Mitch Hedberg
LieutenantEagle
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Aug 11, 2005 16:22
Won't argue with ya on computers, seeing as I'm illiterate in those as badly as I am in Pokemon. And yes, you deserve to be on the list of "do-not-battle" - probably moreso in my opinion, seeing as I never bested you in fair battle...or maybe did once, back in the day when Shiningwood was mine.
Actually, Shadora doesn't have foresight per se since you don't know what your opponent has; however, it has partial foresight in that particular species may be prevented and, if you are lucky, the opponent brought the unfortunate species. For instance, in all the times that I have challenged Draggy for H'dal, his Ygroliths always cover the field with Psychic/Crystal to such extent that any leftover Ardranipulses that I have left over are basically useless, since they can only go on a few spaces.
Actually, my strategy is now a bit different from yours. Before, I used to plop my lowest-score unit as a leader, get it killed, and keep deploying all lowest-score units until it became clear that my opponents' Level 2 units, in the meantime, were covering all open spots for me to use.
Now, I use a medium-score unit as the "leader bait", then deploy units of alternating species, scorewise. Don't know if that's a good idea for invasions, but as for defending, well...Avashire is still mine since I reconquered it, so...
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weirdymike
Posts: 64
Member #241
Aug 11, 2005 16:42
how long do I have to wait before my token is learned?
* eats the a *
yes I just eat an a, because I messed up my post with master strategy book i put, fab a master instead of just master
guys! how do I attack enemy units?
Smoke all you want. You're going to get hit by a bus.
[Editted by weirdymike on Aug 11, 2005 16:43]
weirdymike eats an a
LieutenantEagle
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Aug 11, 2005 18:48
I assume the question is being asked for Shadora, since you have assailed Blade in another post.
To attack an enemy unit, you have to overlap your unit's attack pattern over an enemy. The element of the attack pattern and the weak/strong elements of the enemy unit determine total damage. Therefore, before you attack, make sure to check the enemy's elemental strengths and weaknesses...and, as everyone always states, preview your attack!
However, don't get so caught up in defeating enemy units that you lose the battle. Most decent battles are stalemated in unit-deploy and unit-defeat counts, so the battle is decided by tile control...which I still haven't mastered completely, unlike some of the other grandmasters of Shadora.
I believe the above answers your question.
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MintMan
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Aug 11, 2005 23:33
Y'know, instructions on how to use any Shadora page are only included on every Shadora page. What are you doing? Avoiding the bombarding help?
As for Intel vs AMD, Intel rules, but only because we have the Alpha Team. As soon as they all die off, we'll suck again.
Still, AMD uses by far inferior validation methods, and any idiot who thinks clock speed makes a better processor doesn't deserve to own a computer It's idiots like that who made the Xbox popular.
Okay, I've 'splained this a thousand times, and I guess I'ma have to do it again.
Let's say chip #1 wants to add two numbers. First, load number A into a register. Then, add number B. Now, store the result A+B into address C. Three operations in, oh, let us say T time.
Now, chip #2 is a pimpin' RISC machine. Ready to add? Okay, issue instruction.... A+B = C. One operation. One instruction cycle T.
Who is doing more? It looks like one is, and idiots fall for it.
There is also the entire consideration of buses and kills and how most of a CPU's speed is now in trying to predict what is next to come. For example, PIV's core is actually slower than PIII, but its connections are so fast that it ended up being better than a PIII.
Then, there is a whole slew of other stuff that would blow your non-engineering minds! Such as compilers. Oh, software made for abusing certain chip features! Thou art hilarious!
Kupoling_Katana
Posts: 63
Member #238
Aug 12, 2005 11:35
*sigh* (and here comes the ol' 3-posts-in-and-everyone-hates-me)
And I had to do some serious Boost Hacking to catch that item on the other board.
And Intel >>>>>>>>>>>>> AMD
* throws a ChilePepper at Battalon127 * -Pyra Ultima, The Pyrefly Aeon
Kupoling_Katana throws a ChilePepper at Battalon127
Battalon127
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Member #25
Aug 12, 2005 14:03
Yah, clock speed is kinda a crock- at least when looking at it without considering any other factors. That's one of the things that was hurting AMD sales for quite a while- the lower clock speeds. I guess you have to look at what you need the processor for. The most powerful gaming computer on sale right now has a state-of-the-art AMD, but from what I've read, mobile computers are better off with Intel (probably in part for lower temp).
* volleys the ChilePepper back at Kupoling_Katana *
A Elbereth Gilthoniel o menel palan-diriel, le nallon sí di-nguruthos! A tiro nin, Fanuilos!
Battalon127 volleys the ChilePepper at Kupoling_Katana
weirdymike
Posts: 64
Member #241
Aug 12, 2005 16:46
thx eagle for your help, I am gonna whoop Foshi's ass!
Once I get my territory.. can you guys please not attack me?
ps: maybe is this game sorta like risk?
would'nt it be cool to have a risk game on dis site.
Smoke all you want. You're going to get hit by a bus.
LieutenantEagle
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Aug 12, 2005 23:59
Patience, grasshopper. You are being overconfident, and overconfidence leads you from reality into the world of wishful thinking (quoting Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan).
And no, once you get a land, you cannot politely ask people not to attack it - in fact, that's the way you get yourself attacked. Remember:
1. Your lands can and will be attacked, sooner or later, depending on the cool-ness of your name and how desperately someone needs your area (IE if they need it for a Safe Area, expect no mercy). You will lose a land, sooner or later; do not worry lots about losing a land. If I may quote a Fred Astaire film, "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again."
2. To really attain might in Shadora, you will want Safe Areas: that is, conquering a land and all its neighbors, so that the land itself is unassailable. If you have connected safe areas, more power to you. I no longer have a Safe Area.
3. A solitary area is more likely to be attacked than two or three connected areas, because you can retaliate from troops from the connecting areas. Therefore, as soon as you conquer, conquer a neighbor.
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There ends my lecture of uber-obviousness.
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Kupoling_Katana uses Strike on Battalon127
weirdymike
Posts: 64
Member #241
Aug 14, 2005 19:38
um.. my battle with foshi hasnt started yet, how long do I have to wait before I get the land because he is a dead account or something?
Smoke all you want. You're going to get hit by a bus.
LieutenantEagle
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Aug 14, 2005 20:46
In the name of the Thundering Mjolnir, Mike! Do you ever read the helpstuffs of Shadora? I have more patience than most here, but even that is beginning to snap.
Quoting from the help info on the screen where you pick/place a leader:
A challenge is initiated whenever a member marches on an area controlled by another member. The owner of the attacked area has five days to decide whether to stay and fight or retreat, automatically giving the invading player control of the area without any fighting. If no decision is made within a the time limit, the defender instantly retreats.
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Truth --> <-- Bush
Dragon_Kirby
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Member #226
Aug 15, 2005 18:04
Would now be a good time to mention that i have returned? You seem busy. * class changes to Alchemist * ^_^
Penguin Power!
weirdymike
Posts: 64
Member #241
Aug 15, 2005 19:27
omg.. my battle with foshi, on the fourth day, he accepted it.
now in another 5 days, I get the land because he isnt putting any soldiers on the land.. on the 19th I get my land! yay!
* uses Strike on Dragon_Kirby because it was a bad time! * Smoke all you want. You're going to get hit by a bus.
crap!! omg! I placed all my 10 units cause I thought the person wasnt gonna do anything. and then I check just now and all of my units are dead!
[Editted by weirdymike on Aug 15, 2005 22:09]
weirdymike uses Strike on Dragon_Kirby
MintMan
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Aug 15, 2005 23:15
Wow are you an idiot.
Okay, how could he be dead if he owns as much of the map as he does? He is a very active account, obviously. You just cannot even piece together facts you just stated in your own posts. (Apparently, in addition to not even reading what other people write, you don't even read what you write.)
He waiting four days, and then accepted.... doesn't that kinda give you an idea of what he is going to do in the battle as well? Wait four days, and then place. I though that even you would be able to figure that out.
weirdymike
Posts: 64
Member #241
Aug 16, 2005 1:08
hey, hey, hey, hey, shut up
I retreated and attacked him again, I will take that land. When I do I say nah nah nah nah! I got it! In your face!
but until that time, I suggest you dont show people how stupid I am ok?
Smoke all you want. You're going to get hit by a bus.
Michael
Posts: 54
Member #224
Aug 16, 2005 3:06
Don't worry about it. We won't make you look like an idiot. You're doing a good enough job of it by yourself. Why would you retreat like that and then attack again. Not only has that exact thing been put on the list of things not to do it's also stupid. Waiting for the fourth day is an action used quite commonly at the moment mainly by people with lots of land or battles going on. It's very annoying but retreating and attacking again is not going to fix it. Nor is it going to make a win more likely for you. Until you get a few level two monsters and a lot more experience a win against anybody who's been playing as long as Foshi has.
Kupoling_Katana
Posts: 63
Member #238
Aug 16, 2005 10:42
Note: Only retreat when you are completely sure that you can't win.
Also, just because a person is active doesn't mean he is good.
And the L2's will take a looooong time. So stay away from those people I listed earlier (beware: I have L2s)
The Kupoling-Katana, my sword (later changed to the Kupo-Katana)
Michael
Posts: 54
Member #224
Aug 16, 2005 18:05
What? A whole three of them? And even then I'm still beating you without using any level two's. Mike, Kupoling Katana is a good person to fight as he's also reasonably new. If you think you're pretty good at the game you could attack me as well. The main people I'd recommend you avoid for a while are MadGoblin, KeroKato, lymfada and draggy. However, this is very much a game of patience so if I were you I wouldn't expect to do much winning for a while. Level two monsters are very useful but not as important as the ability to place monsters in the best places which comes with practice.
LieutenantEagle
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Aug 17, 2005 1:45
Eh...d'you really ask in Shadora? I thought the philosophy was veni, vidi, vici...dormivi?
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It's idiots like that who made the Xbox popular.
