You almost had a comeback there. If you had just started raiding earlier. Steel_Blue had so much naked expansion.
Also, hate the game, not the player. :P

I don't care that I lost at all - was so much fun to play this match. Steel is a monster!

Such sweet sportsmanship.

I learned that kind of grit from Godde. Even when I thought I had him for sure, he just became more determined.

When you think about the "metal tide", even if I'm just trading attrition with you in my territory, I'm profiting from the reclaim enough to compete with mex expansions. It's in situations like this where my energy is the most precious resource. Take that out and I'm toast. You could say that my biggest fault (other than switching to gunship) was succesfully driving you out of my reclaim territory.