A very good example of the importance of patience. This game was won off the opening pop trick on my part. Some New Guy had exploration problems, and my patience allowed me to explore all the way to his 8th system. I pop tricked with South of Orion, The Far East, and Road to Nowhere. Note how far away these systems are from my home system. SNG did a quick pop trick within his cluster of planets after I killed his sci in Orion. I followed 2 turns later. The end result was that I had BR3 to his BR2, and was able to easily colonize Orion. A fight over that system ensued, but it eventually became a builder on his 8th planet. From there, I kept pressing while doing a little gardening in my backfield. The turning point came when I uncloaked 2 ships in his front builder (20,21). SNG was unprepared for the extra ships, and his satwall crumbled.
