The very first time I went 1v1 against John Cook in my UE Cruiser. Man. I'm telling you. I won't give you the specifics, but I got the Cruiser from Earth, and when I left the planet for the first time ever with a Cruiser at my command I saw him. Little did I know back then just how 'Average' average acceleration speeds were. At this was on my LC 575 (ah the memories) with only 20 MB of RAM, so even with game speed on 225% and Caps Lock on, oh the pain. Then the agony of defeat...
Flash forward to 1999... first time I ever get and finish the Igadzra string, so I get an Igazra (check my spelling you trainspotters!). And echoes of the past; lo and behold; ladies and gentlemen, the Disco Bison. Even the Disco Machine Gun could do little against my shield and my Phase Cannons keeping him out of range (I couldn't master the MP back then so I relied on ranged weapons). The occasional broadside did little against my shield, so I was confident I could whoop this guy. I didn't know just how powerful that gun was, and well... let's just say I was too busy flying to focus on my shield/armor bar
Damn strict play. Damn it to H-E-double hockey sticks! (for those who have an issue with the word, it is a public board after all.)
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"Resources exist to be consumed, and consumed they will be, if not by us then by some future generation. What right does this forgotten future have to stop us from doing what God intended?"
CEO Nwabudike Morgan, "The Centauri Monopoly"