thanks for the nice words guys

Really the secret of my success is that I have no life out of work for summer, and I slept quite a bit less these last couple weeks playing :} 6 ticks an hour, the key is just being active. That was probably the most important thing.

Obsessive, that helps too...I learned SO much in just a couple weeks about the game, and applied it quickly to great benefit. I ended up being instrumental in the capture of 4 of the relics, and personally owned two of them at the end of the set. I also did a lot to preserve our home territory...patrolling is essential, especially when there are tons of rogues gunning for the top alliance!

now I'm sitting with over 2800 bonus tokens, trying to decide if I want to go in for another couple weeks of this, and play the next set, or just retire young, and sleep again

Thanks guys for all your help answering my noob questions couldn't have done it without you guys!