Dear Slaves of Sauron,
The FP are curious: how many of you are left? After erasing from Middle-Earth the Doggie and QA capitals this turn, it begs an even more pertinent question? What kind of sick masochists are you? How much of a beating do you require before your satisfied? Give up already!
Cirdan
Noldo
We have lost two nations in 21 turns and you are asking us to give up? That’s kinda funny…
It’s the new DS strategy! Hang in there long enough in hopes that the FP will just get bored, lose interest, and quit.
Seriously though, I’m having a good time, and until that ends, I will continue to play.
I hope you guys are having fun, too, since this is what the game is about. (Right?) 
Dog Lord is still in the house! (Granted he’s currently cowering under a table).
Hey, can’t you freeps keep to one thread.
Ren the Fire King still fizzing in the frying pan (having decided the fire was a bit too hot!), along with another 9 fat sausages.
And, yes, I’m still having fun too.
Is it getting really annoying not being quite good enough to nail us to the wall?
this is fun. 
think you have the QA down to the wall? Think again. Darn freeps will be hurt by me each turn.
Hey i’m having a Grand time, and damn the torpedoes…I’m going out with a fight…
Not for nothin i’m having a good time, that’s what it’s all about?
The (un)dead speak!
Only two dropped, eh? Sure… have it your way. This is fun, especially since we are currently (and hope to remain that way) on the giving side of an ass-whuppin’!
I feel for the poor Doggies, hiding under a table. Please help him find another home… so we can blow that one down too!
Cirdan
Noldo
Dropped!!? You didn’t ask how many had dropped; only how many are left. We thought you meant nations, not players.
We decided to follow your lead and have a few regime changes ourselves.
Ren & maybe one or two others.
Here the skulls breaking under our united force!
I’m glad that you are enjoying yourselves. I think it is a bit masochistic, but hey, each to his or her likings.
Can somebody please inform the QA that he has no power over us, 'cause this is getting embarassing.
Seriously, why don’t you all show a little respect and bow down to the power of the Free!
We have been very reasonable in this game and have spared a lot of characters (and nations) in the hope you would see the same fact. The fact that your defeat is inevitable!
Give up now and spare your selves the embarassment.
Hallas of Cardolan
Originally posted by stefaanboets
Give up now and spare your selves the embarassment.
So what you’re really saying is “we are clearly going to win, so please drop now so we can call it a victory and stop paying for turns.”
What’s embarassing about losing to a good team? I think you guys are doing a great job. Staying in the game as long as possible gives me more experience, and experience (especially against good players) is a something that I’m willing to continue paying for. I don’t see anything embarassing about that. If you guys are so sick of playing, then maybe you guys should just quit. You can always say that you would have won anyway so you just decided to stop “embarassing” us.
Cloud Lord - 71
Please inform the QA that he has no power over us? Now, underestimating your enemy and believing he cant read for himself, that is a mistake. Should always plan for your enemy to read or write.
If I am powerless, why am I still here? And why do you keep losing a town a turn just by me alone?
Well at least we tried. I didn’t think you’d go toes up and quit, but it doesn’t hurt to try. I do think this is a great game, best I’ve had in a while. We’ll just continue to apply the beats and see where this goes…
You’ve got plenty of fight left in ya, I’ll grant ya that. It’s gettin’ a bit crowded in that cesspool you guys call home though. Here’s a hygiene tip: Tell Ren to take a bath, you don’t want to be all Unclean do you?
Cirdan
Noldo
You know … with what I’ve just seen on my pdf and these unkind comments, I could begin to take things personal (irony)!!
Ren the Bathless
Well, let me weigh in just a bit. First - thank you DS for continuing the game. I don’t think it’s over until it’s over. I’ve played MEPBM since 1992 and helped figure original stuff out back when Brian and Tom were putting out the Mouth of Sauron. I even wrote the MoS article on NG strategy. What do I think about this particular game? Well, you just never know. If we all just played the early game and gave up after one side or the other got a bit of an edge, a lot of prior games would have been decided quite differently than they eventually came out. So, thanks! Keep up your courage, conviction, and let’s hope you keep rolling a few fumbles on all those darn assassinations.
Now, as to a few specifics:
QA - you are definitely being a pain in the backside. But it takes a lot of emmies to take a pop in a turn, and only one (non-assassinated) commander. Also, I think you have been trained using the “new math.” where do you think that you’re getting one town per turn? Nonetheless, keep your courage up. I hope you’re being a nice financial drain on your fellows.
FK - ummm. well, you got some problems. How do you like seeing a Dragon working for the FP? nice, eh? <grin>
Doggie - ummm. well, ditto to above (minus dragon)
CL - I do so hate the CL (nothing personal, but your darn agents
are a major source of irritation. )
and as to the rest - your turn will come. it will come.
Dave
SG & Corsairs
p.s. on the strategy front, why do you have so many characters
in FP capitals (with like 100% loyalties) when we’re taking your
capitals left & right??? wouldn’t it be better to try to stop our
armies from getting into Mordor??? just curious
Actually the QA is in the black…not a financial drain at all.
svenmoravec: Actually the QA is in the black…not a financial drain at all.
RATS. Well, we’ll have to work on that then i guess.
Damnit, I am making a target of myself arent I?
Dragons!! Nasty buggers - keep running off just when you need 'em most - at least mine did!!
'aven’t seen 'im 'ave you? Big bugger!! Evil looking. Big claws and bad breath. Got a nice shiny thing which I used as a tracking device.
Ren
I’m just so happy to see the boys hanging in there!
Way to go guys!
Simon.