No More Ikariam

I deleted my Ikariam account today. Nothing against the game. It is a good game and I actually enjoyed playing it for a while, but it couldn't overcome my lack of interest in strategy empire building games.

Pillaged!

I became too complacent in Ikariam and my capital was pillaged. The attacking force was very strong, so I doubt that I could have prepared for that level of assault. My problem is that I'm a little bored with the game since I'm not hugely interested in empire building strategy games. I prefer to play Rommel or Montgomery rather than Hitler or Churchill, in terms of game scale.

I got an offer from an alliance which I decided to join just to see how that part of the game works. Maybe it will renew my interest a little.

Another Time Waster

Just what I need, another distraction and time waster. In the pub after the TLUG meeting last night, I talked with two enthusiastic players of Ikariam. Ikariam is a browser based massively multi-player real-time strategy game similar to Civilization and Age of Empires. Although I am not overly fond of strategy games, I decided to check it out today. Bad mistake. Yes, it is addictive.

Fortunately the game truly is real-time, i.e., game time and clock time pass at the same rate. If it a building takes 6 hours to construct, you might as well logout and come back 6 hours later when it is done. So, while the game is definitely a distraction, it can at least be pushed aside, while you wait for something to finish.

I did have the misfortune of starting on a very crowded island. A couple of the other towns are already high level and could swat me like fly, if they were so inclined. I hope the neighbours are not too aggressive.