First step: You should make all picks together, somewhere within a huge bonus.
Second step: Be sure you are well caged in. If your surrounding area is full of wastelands, you wont waste armies expanding.
Third step: Build a huge stack and go hunting.
Fourth step: Win.

http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6713882

Nailed it.

STEP 5: start a thread and post it.

Namib we are not smart like you. we can't understand your smart tactics. you are wasting your time with telling us how to play.

Dear Ottoman Emperor, sadly I have come to believe that what you say is true.

Brilliant Namib, I have been waiting on a guide like this! I committed your steps to heart and already I am improving, I just beat my lifetime competition, Anna http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6018783

You really should buy membership now and bring your wisdom to the competition. It's just a matter of time before Ottoman and his 20 friends figure out your secrets. Monkeys and typewriters. Seriously, you need to hurry and grab #1 before the ladder adapts.

Namib, this is almost as funny as when some guy was complaining to me and said that he "didn't play Strategic 1v1s because they are entirely luck-based".

But in all seriousness, we're happy to support you, but please don't get so cocky as you are. So far, I've seen you beat Weisblut and Boston in games where they played much worse than usual and in addition had some of the most unlucky games I've ever seen.

Edited 7/30/2014 00:18:55

I am not cocky. I am trying to give some valuable insight into the game. But nobody is really listening, maybe because i dont have a fancy "20" clan icon next to my name.

I will try to teach, nonetheless.

Here:

Step 1: Make your picks together, as usual. (strength in numbers)
Step 2: When you encounter an enemy, make him waste armies he needs for expansion.
Step 3: Finish your bonus yourself and go after him hard.

http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6714547

Edited 7/30/2014 01:14:55

i guess he is right..I just hate it when in the beginning you can't capture a territory in time.

For Example: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6707410

Lesson 3: How to properly build your cage

Step 1: Pick your cage.
Step 2: Protect your cage.
Step 3: If your cage has a hole, fix it.
Step 4: Build an army and walk towards your enemy.
Step 5: Win.

http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6715071

Also an underrated technique the practically guarantees victory is taking bonuses with wastelands! They are always overlooked and ignored so they are easy to complete!

Lesson 4: Take advice from other players.

Step 1: See what other players like Richard Sharpe can give you for advice.
Step 2: Take it.
Step 3: (almost) Win.

I am sorry that we couldnt prove your theory, since my mom called me away.
But i think its a viable tactic.
Thank you Mr.Sharpe, I learned something today.


http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6715174

taking on a 10 at biginning yea good "techniqu" you are not gonna win even one game with plays lkike that against a guy who is listed in top 100 of 1 vs 1 ladder ...

Namib, I may need some more help with this strategy of sharpe's.

It didn't work that well for me: http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6715347

I always see your opponents losing the coin flips and you always winning them. You play well but also lucky.

Good Kid, that doesnt mean that Sharpe is wrong though.

It somewhat works, so I will consider it in future.
Here sadly my opponent had stolen my pick in Russia, so I got China and took his advice.

I think this is what Sharpe meant.

http://warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=6715478

Edited 7/30/2014 06:02:20

Namib STOP bragging please.

I am offering valuable insight in 1on1 strategy, for those able to see.
Even I am learning from that experience and I am the one playing the games.

But I will stop if someone comes and makes me stop.

"I am trying to give some valuable insight into the game. But nobody is really listening" Its hard to take much from games against noobs. Posting cherry picked examples of an alt hammering 1000-1500 rated players with goofy play and good guesswork is not as insightful as you think it is.