User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 39 of 50: Leolab (Lloyd) v Redkite (Markus)/@comment-4661256-20140121235935/@comment-422690-20140130232430

1) Trebuchets
 * First off, it's very clearly stated that the trebuchets are installed as part of the outer wall of the fort. This limits their mobility but also brings a high possibility of defense. Lloyd's own siege engines can't attack without giving away their position; Markus's trebuchets, even if they miss, can heavily disrupt the operation of said siege engines. Why? Because people tend to run for cover if a large object is lobbed in their direction at speed, unless it's very clear that it won't hit. This, then, supports that Lloyd's going to be limited to the sappers. Your arguments here rely on Lloyd having a perfect game and Markus having a really shitty one; that assumption simply can not be made.

2) Neither general's an idiot
 * "Leo, you don't give your own character enough credit. Lloyd's not an idiot,..." <-- this was before Cfp even replied. And I put that there because your arguments are, again, based off of the assumption that Markus does stupid shit, when that's very clearly not the case.

3) Pikes
 * The entire point that I've been making is that you don't need 20 men to defend one section. You can easily get a wall with just a few men. In addition, Markus's men have tower shields, which are roughly analogous to a Suctum. Did you even read what he's brought to the fight?

4) Supply lines
 * First off, the supply lines - as mentioned - aren't a continuous stream. It would take several weeks after capturing a single caravan to properly mark out the path and timing of the supply lines to provide a properly working interception. And the supply lines were added in as a control variable so that it's a contest of generalship and inventiveness rather than a contest of "who remembered to not let their army starve?" The fact that you're trying to attack the existence of the supply lines themselves tells me you're kinda grasping at straws on this point.

5) Long Run
 * Four months is ample time when the forces are mismatched, as often happens in both ancient times and previous rounds. I also find it odd that you're saying the people who are inside a building will be more weather-beaten than the ones who are actually camping outside. On top of that, your argument about a "fatigue advantage" makes no sense. Lloyd's men have a large area to cover to provide an attack, so moving about that large area will leave them less fatigued than Markus's side, who for the most part are sitting in the fort and waiting?

And in response to your last statement: It's because I actually do think Markus has Lloyd outmatched here. It's by a very narrow margin, but I believe that he still has the advantage. It has nothing to do with Lloyd being "my character" and everything to do with the fact that I simply think you're completely, utterly wrong.