Normally I don't like picking on weaker players, but this was just too pathetically funny for me to resist.

REPLAY

2v2 match. Me and the opponent above me get horrible map placement while the other side has decent territory, but mostly volcanic and ice. I go after the better placed opponent because that's where my scraps of possible territory lie.

Facing illum rush backed by superior econ, I decide my best bet is to split my fleet and alternate attacks on opposite ends of his territory to bait him into a game of cat and mouse. Sure enough, he takes the bait and I continually raid one side while he's busy chasing the other. When he finally does split his fleet, he just throws unsupported illuminators at their counters.

There were several opportunities he could have laid a few traps to cut me off, and a few moments where I was vulnerable and he could have attacked. Instead, this brilliant strategist brags about how much of a "pain" he is and continues to mindlessly chase my raiding parties. Eventually, my partner finished with his opponent and joins up with me to bring the pimp hand down on this poor naive illum spammer.

Does my opponent wisen up at all? Of course not, it's much more productive to whine instead "Green, why do you keep running from me? " He then throws his entire force head on against the combined fleets of my partner and I. Did I mention that we both have a level 6 Marza?

He ends the game by congratulating my partner and insinuating that I'm a coward for not mindllessly sending my fleet to confront him revolutionary war style. I find it ironic to be called a coward by a player whose only venture into my territory was a complete accident (and a failure at that).

Some people exist for my amusement.