Yeah. It's true. I'm a newb.

wtf you talking about?

Awesome job stealing Triple Crown through your new lapdogs elders. You're all worthless and pathetic scum of the game. You can't beat the best through skill and prowess.

I get absorbed in this game where I find most other games boring. I enjoy the challenge of building good countries and I think the market is a great feature. The need for quick math skills is great. But I think one of the main things that makes the game addictive is that however hard you try, by learning, by good playing, by hard work, by diplomacy or by having good allies, there is always going to be some asshole who pounds your country into the ground and ruins your day. Its that element of risk and the effort to reduce that risk that makes the game so absorbing.