Norman,
a:he broke all his remaining bonus' at 23:42:13 on 05/16.
his first message was on 10:31:37 on 05/17.
that is 10 hours 49 minutes 24 seconds after the income changed to 20-5
go to turn 9, it starts at 12-16, and ends at 5-20.. that turn was at 05/16
turn 10 was on 05/19 10:46:56, which is when billy had adequate time to deduce what I deduced in less than 5 minutes from his screen, which puts him in what he deemed to be an instant surrender position.
he mentioned at 05/17 10:37:18 that he thought there was still a chance of him winning, despite 11 hours earlier his position being put into a position of no return.
https://www.warlight.net/Forum/155011-idea-fix-ladder-stallingmy point was that he wants the exact situation he was in to be where it counts as a loss, and even after the opponents response he stated *I don't ever surrender until I am convinced the game is over, i am not quite convinced and my next move requires thought* it would of taken him 5 minutes to add up the incomes and see that according to his own testimonial he has lost, so either he is lying in this game, or his idea is entirely flawed at it's premise *as he was at 25% income and 30% armies, and he still thought a comeback was possible*
b-c: I wasn't arguing that point at all, so I don't understand why it was brought up towards me, nor am I defending Billy's opponent.
you can see from the play speed that billy played fast up until that point, and stalled every turn after that save for one, while the opposing player took pretty long turns to play, even early in the game. This however doesn't change the fact that Billy acted incredibly worse than the opponent after receiving practically nothing as an insult.
the comment was obviously meant as bait for billy walsh to act in a way that would make him look bad.. and not a very good one. the fact that Billy fell for it so easily just shows what kind of a player he truly is.. the opposing player had been playing an average of 25 hours a day and only gave 11 hours of wait before making a comment when Billy had clearly lost.. Billy, rather than be the *greatest player on warlight* as according to his own claim, acted the child, with proof to be seen, instantly cursing at the opponent.
d: respect is earned, not given. I have seen nothing of Billy Walsh that deserves respect, and in fact I see many things that deserve the opposite. He brags about his 1v1 win rate, like being a one-trick pony is something impressive.. he refuses any sort of real challenge and instead repeatedly plays against noob players to pad his stats to make himself look better.
looking at his ladder rating, I am sure he is good on that template. However being good at a single template is far from determining how good a person actually is. Someone that can take unique and unusual challenges and perform under pressure, that can adapt to situations, is a much better player than someone that can just regurgitate the same techniques over and again.