User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 39 of 50: Leolab (Lloyd) v Redkite (Markus)/@comment-4661256-20140121235935/@comment-4661256-20140130035334

Sure, Markus has plenty of men. And Lloyd doesn't? If you're implying that when push comes to shove, Markus' troops will somehow outmaneuver a foe who's already got them trapped against their own wall, then I don't know what the heck you're thinking man. Markus isn't an idiot, no, but neither is Lloyd, and as I've explicitly stated both in my vote and in my response to Leo, it's not like Lloyd is just going to walk up to the front gate and only attack from there. Obviously repetition is necessary here to get you to understand my main point: "The ladder troops, the underground sappers, and Lloyd's own siege weaponry will give Markus enough trouble that he can't mass all his men in front of the main gate and wait to exploit his situational terrain advantage." And to me, giant pikes and shields don't scream ease of use and mobility in tight quarters. Yeah, they can defend directly in front of themselves, but as I've said over and over, have fun turning around with those big spears and maintaining formation when the enemy's both in front of you and behind you. Leo was right - it is Thermopylae. But what everyone forgets is that in that battle, the Spartans lost.