Talic

Joined the Harkonnens as a random in the later part of Round 1. Learned quickly under the instruction of Terror of the Night and Enterprise. Has since proved to be a strong leader and as stubborn as any true Harkonnen.

As posted by Talic himself in IC Forums 'Top 10 Players' thread on Oct. 20th, 2005:

I hate even considering making a post here, but heck I will anyway, cuz a lot of you lot don't even seem to have a clue. 

Who would I name as best players? The ones that know how to win this game and those that have played IC long enough to see how the game changed, the ones that adapted to those changes and dealt with them. 
A lot of vets used to be good, but many disappeared. Why? Quite simple, they don't like the current play style, or just don't manage to play along with that style. Those people don't belong to the best. 
It's those that play the game, always try to win and continue to try and develop new strategies or perfectionize old ones. 

Anyone else is either an old player that went inactive, a new one that didn't know the game how it was 2+++ years ago, or a popular player that's here for fun and for the community. 

Good players can have fun too, it's those that enjoy making new strategies and try finding ways to get out on top. And then succeed at it too. 

Last but not least, rather the most important part of the game: the fam builders, and those that keep their fam together as an oiled machine, to dominate a galaxy.

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If I look at the conditions I put up, I could list myself. 
Arrogance? Probably, I couldn't care less But I do care about the game, and the fact it's supposed to be fun. I enjoy coming back every round for over 4.5 years and trying to come up with new strategies or older advanced strategies, just to beat up last round's winner I keep trying to break the core game that has been developped the past 14 rounds, even though I was one of the first that started using the big cores, if not the very first in MW. 
I know how to attack, I know how to bank, I know how to pax, I know how to lead. And when it comes down to pure theoretical skill in the game, I know my stuff. 
The reason I don't list myself, is because I never really accomplished what I planned to accomplish. First to use a big core, but failed at actually doing it. Have been part of great fams, but ended up having to leave or having to deal with an inactive fam ordidn't have the time to play a major role. 
I keep trying to build my own fams, or at least join one and contribute to the fam to the best of my capability, yet I feel I've never really succeeded. 
It's why I don't list myself. 
It's why I'll be back next round together with yet another family, who all seem to play for the very same reason I play. To win and to change the game's style. 
No bias. Honest opinion.

Retirement

Talic left IC on Dec 25th 2005
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