ditto wanderingtraveler, not a cool way to earn a badge....Does daddy have to kick you a$$?

http://www.planetmule.com/hi-score-game/game?game_id=24941

The meteorite only strikes plots with no crystite not on the river.

Actually, not the case in this version.  A strike can (and does) often hit sites that already have crystite.  Happens all the time.

Here's my take on a ranking model:

Assumptions:
- game on central server (to avoid ping and kick issues)
- majority rules for kicking player (to remove ignorant players)
- a kicked player does not count as an abandon for points up for grabs (to avoid penalizing players for playing respectable game)
- 2 player game, no kicking
- for a game to be counted for points: at least 50% of players have recorded 2 or more finished games, whether training or real (to avoid new player exploitation)


1) Each game is worth Maximum of 100 points: 1st = 50%, 2nd = 30%, 3rd = 15%, 4th = 5%.

2) Ending (live) Players Factor for Maximum points: 4=100%, 3=66%, 2=33%, 1=1%


Examples with no abandons:
4 start, 4 Finish = 100 pts x 100% = 100 pts  as follows 1st=50, 2nd=30, 3rd=15, 4th=5
3 start, 3 Finish = 100 pts x 66% = 66 pts as follows 1st=33, 2nd=20, 3rd=10, 4th=3
2 start, 2 Finish = 100 pts x 33% = 33 pts as follows 1st=16, 2nd=10, 3rd=5, 4th=2

Examples with abandon:
4 start, 4 Finish = 100 pts x 100% = 100 pts  as follows 1st=50, 2nd=30, 3rd=15, 4th=5
4 start, 3 Finish = 100 pts x 66% = 66 pts as follows 1st=33, 2nd=20, 3rd=10, 4th=3
4 start, 2 Finish = 100 pts x 33% = 33 pts as follows 1st=16, 2nd=10, 3rd=5, 4th=2
4 start, 1 Finish = 100 pts x 1% = finishing player gets 1 point

3 start, 3 Finish = 100 pts x 66% = 66 pts as follows 1st=33, 2nd=20, 3rd=10, 4th=3
3 start, 2 Finish = 100 pts x 33% = 33 pts as follows 1st=16, 2nd=10, 3rd=5, 4th=2
3 start, 1 Finish = 100 pts x 1% = finishing player gets 1 point

2 start, 2 Finish = 100 pts x 33% = 33 pts as follows 1st=16, 2nd=10, 3rd=5, 4th=2
2 start, 1 Finish = 100 pts x 1% = finishing player gets 1 point


Hopefully simple and effective...
Cheers,
WIYM

Good summary for new players, MM

I will add...

Crystite plots CAN have 2 (or more) High plots side-by-side;
Crystite may be high under store or river;
Cannot mine on river;
A fire will wipe out all stock in the store (except mules already built);
Normally, turns go from 1st place to last place, but if mule shortage, it is reversed;
Shortage of food = shortage of time.  3 foods = 100% in Rd1-4, 4 in Rd5-8, 5 in Rd9-12;
Example, if you are 2 foods short in Rd5-8, you will only get 50% of time;
Shortage of energy = any non-energy plot may (randomly) not produce;
and
if you can get in a game with high ranked players - you will LEARN A LOT!

And as MM said, DO NOT EVER GIVE UP - we have seen many remarkable comebacks
from players down and out early.

Cheers,
WYM

...you can't simply walk from one end of your house to the other without picking up something, dropping it off in the next room and repeating, over and over...and after you sit down to watch tv, you realize that you could have moved the items more efficiently had you done x before y...my perfect example: taking recycling down to the basement, sorting it and then bringing clothes up from the laundry and putting in drawers

[I SECOND THIS!This player has no respect for the game, other players, and himself.]

I SECOND THIS!

This player has no respect for the game, other players, and himself.

He has started and quit, or has been kicked many times:
7 of 12 Abandons = 58%
http://www.planetmule.com/hi-score-players/user?user_id=14448

Right after quitting our game, he went on to ruin johnwelshphd's game.

Here are some of his chat logs:

http://www.planetmule.com/server/chats/chat_game_22486_user_13482.html
http://www.planetmule.com/server/chats/chat_game_22394_user_14760.html
http://www.planetmule.com/server/chats/chat_game_22177_user_11176.html
http://www.planetmule.com/server/chats/chat_game_21944_user_7153.html
http://www.planetmule.com/server/chats/chat_game_21784_user_11145.html

GREAT!

That was very close to what I needed to do!!!

THANKS! 

Hello,

I just got a new D-Link router and can't get it to port forward

I've tried all sorts of combinations of IP addresses but I am still missing
something.  

It's a D-Link DIR-825.  I'm not too technical with things, but I'm
running XP SP2, my internal (network) IP is 1XXXXXXXXXXXX (static),
my external IP is XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

When I try to open and host a game the IP at the bottom is XXXXXXXXXXX.

Right now, the best I can get is this message:
ADDRESS: 127.0.0.1
CONNECTION FAILED
FAILED TO START SERVER ON PORT 6260
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STARTED ONLY ONE INSTANCE OF THE GAME.

Help Anyone??

Cheers, and I look forward to hosting (again)!