Saturday 21 May 2011

POHM vs. Aussie

I’ve been asked to give some insight into the war that no123 and grel fought in last week, where we the POHMs caused the Aussies to forfeit even though Gor-illa was on their side.

In the initial war the POHM’s played tactically and won because they only put a tiny handful of players out who managed to keep themselves pinned but were winning gold

The war no123 and grel were in the story is slightly different.  50% of the clan had to be active at the beginning, and we were.  What won it for us were things that you will already seen that we’ve discussed before

  • The POHM’s were just way more active than the Aussie’s, loads more hits and steals made, this appears to have been the main reason for the win.  The number of wins may be related to the fact that the POHM’s kept themselves pinned better when they weren’t active by people outside of the clan
  • The times where the POHM’s lead increase was when there were times when tactics were being called and there was a clear lead.

pohm aussie war

There was the possibility that this war could have turned nasty.  Gor-illa had his osf in the war, who had allies.  At some point in the war one of his allies sold, it wasn't bought by anyone on our side.  When no123 and others noticed what must have happened, UK decided to stop hitting silverback.  Screen shots of this conversation were taken.  Negotiations happened and there were some tense moments but it all worked out well.

So all in all it was a fair war but what won it was the number of successes, the active nature of the POHM’s, the careful pinning and points where clear direction helped us increase the lead more.

Oh and BTW… I have spelt POHM right… the English are known as Poms but it originally was Prison Officer Her Majesty – POHM’s which was written on the uniforms of the prison guards when people were transported to Australia.  Not gonna make any political comment about whether that stuff was right or wrong.