arch3004 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Not doing tech deals when I was smaller and switching from the black to yellow team when I started. There was really nobody on yellow at that time and getting trades was terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRCatD Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Big mistake: Anarchying myself on the first day. I tried buying 5 soldiers, when my population was about 100. It was all okay (since I started out with 0 soldiers). So I deployed 1 soldier. I got anarchied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehran Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 thinking I'd be fine without an alliance...then leaving a 7 day old nation alone for 4 days. 3 raiders, anarchy and a nation back to about 10NS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon IIII Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 not tech dealing randomly attacking people in alliances (including NPO) deploying more soldiers than i could thinking guerilla camps would make my nation richer thinking that 500$ was alot May i say anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMbanana Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Believing my friend who told me Oil and Coal were great resources to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali akbar mind Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Having max number of tanks without incurring unhappiness, paying bills on CMs, not collecting at %28, and my enduring flaw, I have never changed my religion. Not getting a Harbor first, because it was cheaper to get something else, and finally buying max airforce when they were first introduced. I quickly went from Level 3s to Level 9s, but had inferior aircraft than my opponents who were wise and waited to get the best they could before the war, and not pay bills on inferior planes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13Pittsburgh13 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Buying a ton of land (But, I have kept that land) Ghosting my current alliance for a month (Saved by a man I hold dear in my heart) Forgetting to capitalize the P in Perfecto, space between Perfecto and Vida, and forgetting to capitalize the V in Vida Tha tha tha thats, thats all folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turetel Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Having furs. Enough said. PS: I still got 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Caelo Missus Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 in my first war I forgot to rebuy soldiers after attacking, thus leading to anarchy when he attacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorkPotPie Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 (edited) Selling infra... Worst you could possibly do... And ghosting the IAA until about 2 weeks before I left... Edited November 18, 2008 by PorkPotPie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir Stukov II Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Never made a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaR Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 (edited) being nice to my citizens and giving them a 10% tax rate. Hah, I was always merciless. Even on the first day adjusting the tax rate and checking collection amounts until I found the right percentage. Ha, I forgot the worst one: I elawyered with the admin once, which had cost me my first nation after just entering the Top200 (of back then nearly 40,000 nations). Without that mistake I would have the damn #1 rank for a year now I always wondered whenever you mentioned your first nation. I was always like... why would he have deleted his first nation!? In regards to original topic again... my noobish mistake was not tech dealing. I've made plenty of non-noob plain-ol' stupid mistakes. As has been said... long back collect and forgetting to have lumber camps; getting swindled in a donation deal when it was fairly obvious the guy was a swindler (I just thought I'd give the benefit of the doubt); collecting or paying bills before checking to see if I had all of my resources, hitting submit before thinking about the numbers, realizing the numbers looked fishy, checking trades and noting I'm missing two or three, thus destroying my income for that round or elevating my bills; being a perfectionist about waiting until the last minute for war attacking etc. and then having real life interfere with my carefully laid plans, losing ground attacks or what have you; in TE planning to wait on bill pay, financing wars through stolen loot, but then realizing I have to pay bills to actually buy anything; in TE being stubborn and leaving troops to defend when facing insurmountable odds, thus losing tons of infrastructure that might have been saved had I simply turtled... I'm sure I could think of these types of mistakes forever. Quick edit: ah, I thought of another. When first starting I had chosen the red team (because red is the color of the gods according to gladiator). After a while of independence, I decided to see what it was like in an alliance (I did fairly well completely on my own, I think). Since I was red, I joined the alliance that was recruiting me: the NPO. Once there, the noobish mistake wasn't so much a mistake as alliance policy. While fellow MFOers joined the game and rapidly advanced in ranks, I was relatively stagnant. They were tech/land raiding, and I was stuck in Fark wars and Great War III, exuberant over my single $1.5mil aid package (I had only asked for $750k, I think). It was impossible to catch up to them, and I soon realized the greatest barrier was the land gains, which are even to this day an advantage (I've never really raided). Edited November 19, 2008 by JoshuaR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander thrawn Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Sadly this was recently and not a noob mistake. I was about 12 days into back collecting and needed to collect again but I didn't notice I lost a trade, with Fish as one resource Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Murphy Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 going to war with another nation and not finnishing them off, later he came back with vengence on his mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylesjl Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Attacking someone in an alliance and getting counter attacked by two of his friends. Then I counter attacked his friends, and then attempted to surrender (they actually accepted it, but they were pretty close to simply pounding my nation into oblivion for those bungles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Murphy Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Attacking someone in an alliance and getting counter attacked by two of his friends. Then I counter attacked his friends, and then attempted to surrender (they actually accepted it, but they were pretty close to simply pounding my nation into oblivion for those bungles) Lol, I nearly did that once to, but lucky for me I spotted the mistake before I became bug splat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnss69 Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 First by joining GOONS. Very shortly I changed AA. Second by attacking an IRON nation. Third by attacking a Legion nation. After that my alliance saw fit to put me under curfew. Now I'm a leading Director in my alliance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentkiller Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 trying to recruit from different alliances . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornguard Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Not tech dealing when I was a little one. Can't think of much else, to be honest. This being nice to my citizens and giving them a 10% tax rate. This 1. I bought infra in random blocks, such as 1, 3.9, .01, and etc when I first started the game. And this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jutopia la Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hmm. Not saving up for a harbor because it took too long. Accepting 2000 soldiers in aid which sent me into anarchy. Sending 2000 soldiers to someone else to get rid of them and then putting that person in anarchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jade Emperor Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Spending almost all my startup money on tech >.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawny Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 I tried to join an alliance but goofed up the process so spent the first month alone and not doing very well. Then i joined a really small alliance and before long found myself part of the government and having to save up for days in order to pay the 20k we used to offer new members (so i never grew). One day i heard about this new fad call tech raiding and how people were making money. So i went to give it a go but misread the american date system and accidentally attacked someone only 3 days inactive as opposed to 15 which was what i thought. Of course he came back and destroyed me. I'd like to say i made only mistakes as a noob, but i still do them occasionally. Like forgetting to buy the labour camps BEFORE paying bills. Also i delayed for stupidly long in starting back collecting, and i started after it was not as good for you. I never sold tech and donated to my nation when it was young. Basically if there is a mistake i made it. This thread makes me lol cos its nice to know i'm not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskofblue Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 (edited) This thread makes me lol cos its nice to know i'm not alone. Yeah someone needs to create a DO NOT DO WHAT THESE PEOPLE DID guide, and post all of these in it. I share your first mistake, I spent my first three months in the Gov of a very small alliance that wasn't going anywheres. It made me realize why so many members split off and formed Sparta. :lol: Buying 2000 land in money I had accumilated recruiting for said small alliance. Being greedy with my tech, by not wanting to tech raid. Not standing up for my beliefs and values, I let older nations who thought they knew best tell me what to do, including how to act. Lasted around 6 months and I may not be seen as "nice" anymore but at least I speak my mind Over deploying twice in a war with no war chest. Anarchy and bill lock are great! Having to delete for two months, I wish I had just tried to get a sitter. I hate seeing people I started with so much bigger, and no they will not get my tech. I think I'll be greedy again :lol: Edited November 23, 2008 by maskofblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ortal Land Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 I remember seeing someone get 400K in aid and thinking OMG THATS SO MUCH ILL NEVER GET THER -accepting a gag 20 dollar aid gift not realizing how dumb that was -buying infra in bits and peaces wherever i could to the last cent i had that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverHawk Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Being cursed with Furs as resource. Other then that, not Tech dealing sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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