Aquaseafoam

==Aliases==
Jeremy
==Bio==
ASF was one of the leaders of Rage of Absalom. 
ASF played for many years, trying to put in the 'minimum effort' to keep both Rage of Absalom and the Absalom alliance running smoothly. He said that as his time became limited he focused on making decisions over coordinating activities directly. 
Many players also knew ASF for his strategic ability both numbers wise and big picture wise. He valued kingdom leaders having mission statements or long term goals that they can set targets and plan for each age and across ages. ASF thought science was very important and it was quite difficult to compete late age without it. 
He thought it was important for kingdoms to believe in themselves and set high goals without fear of failure. 
"If you want to go for land, then don't be afraid to set your goal as #1 land even if it's unlikely you could achieve it. That said, you should also have a secondary goal that can still be achieved even if the primary goal isn't achievable. Relating to the previous example, this could be something as simple as "rank as high on the land chart as we can."
If a kingdom wants long term stability and success, then individual age goals should not override your main mission statement. For example, if your overall goal is to be known as an honorable kingdom, then you wouldn't want to break NAPs or cheat even if it might help you achieve your age goal. Age goals should work to help build on the goals of your mission statement without using methods that would discredit your long term goals."
=== Early Ages ===
ASF started playing Utopia in Age 3 after being introduced by a friend who co-ran a starcraft website with him. He met Return To Power who founded Absalom in Age 4 and became a leader in the Absalom court that age when RTP suddenly took a break. ASF continued to lead the alliance for many ages, with a short break when ASF handed his role over to Zoot. 
He has developed many innovative strategies, including mass-science pumping for networth, Cows and he has held many records in Utopia for both his kingdoms and provinces. He was the first player to finish with more than 40k acres. Under his regency, his kingdom was the most successful in Utopia in ages 4 to 8, before disbanding. Many of his friends reached top 10 ranking following his advice and strategies. 
* ASF started a few weeks into Age 3 as a Dwarf in a ghetto and became monarch on his 4th day. The province and Kingdom made top 10 on the island by the end of the Age.
* Following the reshuffle, ASF's kingdom finished top 10 in Age 4. He was the largest province in Age 5 for most of the round until he was peasant killed by 'the #2 player's 20+ thief accounts while I slept'https://web.archive.org/web/20201028175853/https://www.utopiatemple.com/photo.php?name=aquaseafoam&fpage=all (though Flogger said this was an exaggeration). 
* In Age 6 ASF was given a province back in the same kingdom, as was DarkSky, and chose to target land rankings. Both ASF and DarkSky reached 40,000 acres without feeding or intra-kingdom farming or the use of landfarms. ASF finished the age as the only player to end with over 40,000 acres despite a Darwins Dark Legion gangbanged on the last day.
* Age 7 ASF's KD finished top 10 in fame, land, and NW but struggled to get wars. They also finished with all provinces over 1 million networth. Age 8 ASF's LD lead most of the age, while he played a small casher province, but self destructed while ASf was traveling finishing top 10.
* AGE 9 ASF played undead in a new kingdom with friends. In Age 10 (Nov 2000) ASF claimed to be semi-retired, having little time for utopia.
=== Retirement ===
ASF retired while playing in Emeriti and spent sometime as an advisor for Emeriti without playing. 
=== Views on the game ===
ASF thought that in later ages many players made the mistake of believing they knew everything and being unwilling to consider others' advice. He said he frequently asked other leaders for opinions and discussed strategy with them throughout his career. 
He said that kingdoms were are successful due leadership (one or several people) with:
* A sound understanding of utopia strategy at three levels: 
** province, 
** kingdom, 
** interkingdom 
* "the motivation, activity, communication ability, and charisma to attract and motivate players and negotiate with other kingdoms to implement your strategies". 
==Achievements==
ASF ran a number of top provinces particularly in the early ages when it was still possible to attack to #1, 
He developed the modern exploring "cow" strategy designed to economically support a top kingdom.http://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?620415-An-interview-with-AquaSeaFoam on 06/04/24
He led Absalom to around 30 crowns across its various Kingdoms. 
==Associated Kingdoms and Alliances==
Kingdoms
* Absalom's Dark Lords 
* Hand / Skies / Heart of Absalom (All the same kingdom but switched names)
* Beauty of Absalom
* Destiny of Absalom
* Rage of Absalom
* Emeriti
Alliances
* Absalom
==Controversies==
ASF admitted that in early Utopia he thought at least minor trading was needed to competehttp://forums.utopia-game.com/showthread.php?620415-An-interview-with-AquaSeaFoam/page2 on 06/04/24. In his early Utopian career there were claims ASF and lady Exci shared an account. 
Dreams Gangbang 
After two accounts in Rage of Absalom were accessed by Versace in Age 50, ASF directed a gangbang on Dreams. Elit claimed that Dreams Leadership were not aware or involved in the hackiing of Rage accounts and that Versace acted alone, while over 2/3 from kd roster never was in Sonata. He also said the notice given by Rage broke their deal as notice couldn't be given in an active hostile/war/post war. ASF later apologised in forums for targetting Dreams. 
==Personal life==
ASF was born in 1976, originally from Minnesota, USA, but moved to Canada to be with his girlfriend, LadyExci. ASF met his partner playing Utopia and said it "definitely makes it easier when you need to wake up in the middle of the night for a wave". He said that Utopia wasn't the main thing they talked about, but they did sometimes discuss strategies and didn't see this as very different to any other joint activity a couple might do together. 
ASF works in materials research and was also working on a PhD in 2012. 
His nickname came from the lyrics of the nirvana song "All apologies" - "I'll take all the blame, aqua seafoam shame". He thought it sounded a bit like 'I'll proceed from shame'.
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