Hey everyone...I feel that this UW definitely deserves a thank you thread. One of the most contested TB UWs in recent times I feel...
A quick recap for those who weren't online the full 48 hours with me: UW began quite smoothly and according to plan. Lost something like 17% of my lakko and some dmg to lower stacks in the first 24 hours. I was being hit mostly by thor leads from terran players like snafu and VALJA :P (Many others though, they just attacked me the most). Things were going smooth. Then, 24 hours into the UW, Katzrule decides to spice things up. With none of my defenders online, he BTCs up to 120 mil PR and hits me with a lyth spam. I frantically try to historia him, but in the end he pulls off his hit and I lose 100 mils worth of lakko - all the lakko I have. Stuck in DP, with a lot of people wanting a piece of me and no artifacts of my own to rebuild my fleet, it was a miracle when DM stepped in and hit katzrule - buying me the time needed to find the artis and eventually converting to an angel/fodder/lakko trip spam.
At this point, I faced random attacks from many dedicated empires trying to dmg me as much as possible. By switching stacks though, I was able to catch a few people offguard and 3 empires ran huge queen leads straight into my lakko, missing my angels :)
During this phase, which lasted almost 17 hours...I lost around 50 mil PR...and went from 50/50/50 mil PR lakko/angel/fodder.....to 33/33/33.
THEN, while I was distracting myself...thinking that I had won the UW, Bobbyindustrialpat and duckberg, along with DarckKnight decide to strike. Bobby BTCs and takes the first hit and wipes my 33 mils worth of lakko. Duckberg BTCs as well, striking at me with a herc spam killing my angel. I lose two colonies and find myself in DP once again, without a fleet.
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