I didnt say it was a good strategy
It just really depends on what I get out there, and what I see other people get. Its nice to have the outer tiles on my side of the board for more choices later on, the inner ones I can grab whenever I want, I just let it go turn too long, and you shut me out.
But at the end of the day, none of my tiles mattered, because I went for a AntiMatter cannon build, and without the expansion its a really shitty build, If I would have stuff missiles on there instead I would have been in a much better place, and could have won battles in the 8th and 9th round, which would have helped me a lot, and hurt you a lot as well.
Its a lot of fun trying out new ways to win, or just fucking around and using weapons/items I dont use very often, but it often doesnt go too well for me, haha. But I cant just stick to the conventions of the races, or just use missiles+computers all the time

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