Katasaki Hirojima
02-01-2002, 09:14
Acctually it wasn't my FIRST experience. My first experience was against Magyar Khan about a year ago. Talk about being "Baptized by Fire" huh? http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif
Well, now That I'v resumed playing, I finnaly felt I chould go for a game against a rookie online.
The first battle was in the rain. I suddenly realized I chouldn't use my pause button and that the lag was makeing me think faster then I was used to. Not ot mention I had to adjust to the finese it takes to give orders to coencide with lag. I managed to keep a cool head and lined up my cav archers, seeing as he had relied on guns. Cool, I thought. THen the battle began. I wanted to rush down upon him like flowing water so I put all my Yari in spread and attacked head on. Bah, they clumped together and were flanked before I chould unclump them. My auxiliary Sams were off in left field and chouldn't help. That battle ended in disaster.
Next battle I was defending. I was already adapted a good bit to the new enviorment and pretty confident....except for the fact 6 of my units were made useless by the rain...I set my Yari and Nagi up in one of my favorite formations. The "Baited Hook" patened by me. ;p He began his attack and I didn't feel easy about waiting for him. I had no ranged capabilites and he had archers. SO used the Baited Hook at what it does best. He was oriented to hit MY right flank but I didn't have a right flank to hit..my Army slammed into his unprepared left flank. THe front three units of the hook were Naginata and 'Caught' the army. THe 'Bait' stopped his army on my right from helping the left, at thereo wn sacrifice. He stopped the death blow though, that is the 'shaft' moving up into the now empty center like a spear and split the army. However because of the way my army was oriented, my nagi ended up flanking while his army faced the front of the shaft and the only unit in the back of the shaft not fighting went off to help the desperate bait. It was a pitched battle, we were locked. His right flank destroyed my bait but as they were about to flank, the remnants of my right flank regrouped and routed the remnants of his right, followed by the death of there general and the destruction of the rest of there army. I thought i had won... But then, like a demon there stood two fresh units. My exausted men, battered to just around 90 men not includeing the guns tryed to attack and failed, they ran. My guns ran with them, and that was all she wrote.
In the final battle, it was on the 4th. I was a bit demoralized from the last battle, and seeing as he was now defending a hill, I almost gave up. But I rallyed myself and did a amazeing job, but STILL not enough. I began by sending my right flank off to go to his side. This was to hopefully upset his disposistion as I commited my main force to the left and then moved that 40 seconds later. My right flank stopped, just skirmishing with theres and the left attacked from the side. My Nodachi was caught on the slope but a Yari and Nagi(general) got the flank and turned -his- right flank.(My left is his right)but his center and left held strong and routed my army. It was a well executed plan destoryed by the unfairness of hills.
Heh ad to leave after that, I hope to play him again tommorow.
Weren't these just the most pitifull storys ever..? ;p *LOL*
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"I maintain none the less that Yin-Yang Dualism can be overcome. With sufficent enlightment, we can give substance to any distinction: Mind without body, north without south, pleasure without pain. Renember, enlightment is a function of will power, not of physical strength."- Shang-ji Yang, essays on mind and matter.
Well, now That I'v resumed playing, I finnaly felt I chould go for a game against a rookie online.
The first battle was in the rain. I suddenly realized I chouldn't use my pause button and that the lag was makeing me think faster then I was used to. Not ot mention I had to adjust to the finese it takes to give orders to coencide with lag. I managed to keep a cool head and lined up my cav archers, seeing as he had relied on guns. Cool, I thought. THen the battle began. I wanted to rush down upon him like flowing water so I put all my Yari in spread and attacked head on. Bah, they clumped together and were flanked before I chould unclump them. My auxiliary Sams were off in left field and chouldn't help. That battle ended in disaster.
Next battle I was defending. I was already adapted a good bit to the new enviorment and pretty confident....except for the fact 6 of my units were made useless by the rain...I set my Yari and Nagi up in one of my favorite formations. The "Baited Hook" patened by me. ;p He began his attack and I didn't feel easy about waiting for him. I had no ranged capabilites and he had archers. SO used the Baited Hook at what it does best. He was oriented to hit MY right flank but I didn't have a right flank to hit..my Army slammed into his unprepared left flank. THe front three units of the hook were Naginata and 'Caught' the army. THe 'Bait' stopped his army on my right from helping the left, at thereo wn sacrifice. He stopped the death blow though, that is the 'shaft' moving up into the now empty center like a spear and split the army. However because of the way my army was oriented, my nagi ended up flanking while his army faced the front of the shaft and the only unit in the back of the shaft not fighting went off to help the desperate bait. It was a pitched battle, we were locked. His right flank destroyed my bait but as they were about to flank, the remnants of my right flank regrouped and routed the remnants of his right, followed by the death of there general and the destruction of the rest of there army. I thought i had won... But then, like a demon there stood two fresh units. My exausted men, battered to just around 90 men not includeing the guns tryed to attack and failed, they ran. My guns ran with them, and that was all she wrote.
In the final battle, it was on the 4th. I was a bit demoralized from the last battle, and seeing as he was now defending a hill, I almost gave up. But I rallyed myself and did a amazeing job, but STILL not enough. I began by sending my right flank off to go to his side. This was to hopefully upset his disposistion as I commited my main force to the left and then moved that 40 seconds later. My right flank stopped, just skirmishing with theres and the left attacked from the side. My Nodachi was caught on the slope but a Yari and Nagi(general) got the flank and turned -his- right flank.(My left is his right)but his center and left held strong and routed my army. It was a well executed plan destoryed by the unfairness of hills.
Heh ad to leave after that, I hope to play him again tommorow.
Weren't these just the most pitifull storys ever..? ;p *LOL*
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"I maintain none the less that Yin-Yang Dualism can be overcome. With sufficent enlightment, we can give substance to any distinction: Mind without body, north without south, pleasure without pain. Renember, enlightment is a function of will power, not of physical strength."- Shang-ji Yang, essays on mind and matter.