Training Mode - 12 Rounds

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Solshine joined the game in slot 1

Streak visits

Streak: me

Solshine: awesome

Solshine: you need to press 'j' to join the game first

Streak joined the game in slot 2

Solshine: I'll add a couple of bots..

Added computer player <B.I.L.L.>

Added computer player <A.D.A.M.>

rAphax visits

Solshine: yo

rAphax: can i play?

Solshine: I'm training a new player :P

Solshine: like brand new

Solshine: maybe next one?

rAphax: ok

Solshine: streak - you know roughly what to do now?

rAphax: have fun!

Solshine: did you see the instruction vid?

Streak: i read the page

Solshine: rAphax - thanks

rAphax left the game

Solshine: ok, well as soon as the game starts the colony will land.. then we all grab our first land

Solshine: should I explain more or should we just go?

Streak: landgrab thing first then

Streak: i think ill learn from doing more

Solshine: right, ok

Streak: than explanation

Solshine: good luck!

Round 1 of 12

Solshine: darn

Solshine: he got that land real cheap

Solshine: that fucker, such cheap 3-mountain land..

Solshine: he's gonna get rich fairly quickly

Streak: erp

Solshine: guess I have to do energy next.. jerk :P

Streak: im only half following this lol

Streak: did i buy too much food

Solshine: you overbought slightly, yeah

Solshine: but it means if there's a shortage you might ahve some extra stock

Solshine: although the more food/energy you have in your own stores, the more spoilage you get

Solshine: so be careful with that

Round 2 of 12

Streak: actually why did i do that

Streak: welp

Solshine: quick mvoe up so he overpays

Solshine: good

Solshine: AHAHAHA

Streak: he's paralyzed

Solshine: he totally oesn't know what to do yeah

Solshine: lol

Streak: with robo-fear

Solshine: oh what he detected that from inside the damn town?? cheaty mccheat

Streak: do assays cost money

Solshine: no

Streak: i forget

Solshine: just time

Streak: oh okay

Solshine: green will probably win, he's gonna make a fortune later..

Solshine: urp, I'm gonna need more energy..

Solshine: questions?

Streak: so why do i mine hte ore

Streak: i know the colony uses it to make the mules

Solshine: ok right

Solshine: if it doesn't have ore, no more new mules..

Solshine: so the less mules are in the store, the higher the ore price

Solshine: we use mules over the course of the game

Solshine: nearer to the end there are very few mules, that's when people who stockpile smithore make a killing

Solshine: I wanted the 3-mountain tile that green bought and didn't get it, but I did get a tile that makes a medium amount of crystite

Solshine: hooopefully I can make a bit more, they can make a bit of money

Solshine: but smithore is a more secure way of making cash

Solshine: which is why b.i.l.l. wants to hoard it

Streak: hmm okay

Streak: right lets just keep going i guess

Round 3 of 12

Solshine: heh, it's you and a.d.a.m.

Solshine: make him paaaay

Solshine: but not too high cuz the price of land will rise :P

Solshine: I should mention that buying land, especially early in the game (there are 12 rounds), is very profitable

Solshine: so do get it if you can, even if you have to wait before you can develop it

Streak: do plots have to be right next to reach other for that bonus

Solshine: adjacent plots with the same kind of factory get an extra 1 unit for each plot

Solshine: that's what purple did there

Solshine: shitfuck

Solshine: energy is kind of an issue right now

Solshine: the store has none

Solshine: sell me some before the computers eh? :P

Streak: i didn't produce any

Streak: did i

Solshine: crap

Solshine: don't sell any now

Solshine: it'll get really expensive very very soon

Solshine: sell your excess off

Solshine: it'll only spoil

Streak: oh okay

Solshine: we're pretty much all making food, it won't get very expensive

Solshine: the store has tons

Solshine: we're all screwed for energy though

Streak: yeah fuck u bill

Streak: im wondering what to do next

Streak: i've got a colony of each now

Solshine: we're about to run out of mules right

Solshine: try to produce as much smithore as you can.. it'll get expensive probably this or the next round

Streak: i guess with the energy thing, i should make another adjecent energy

Solshine: yeah actually do that you'll make a killing

Streak: assuming bill doesn't one up me

Solshine: I'll probably just suffer because hnnng I should've gotten a better energy source :P

Streak: that jerk

Streak: okay lets goo

Round 4 of 12

Solshine: I'm gonna not produce food this turn, store has plenty

Solshine: aw looky he's preventing me from even bidding

Solshine: make him paaaay :D

Solshine: seriously have him pay as muc has possible

Solshine: if you accidentally buy land you'll still profit

Solshine: wow you got some cheap land there

Streak: i wanted it actually

Solshine: now you can get teh three of a kind bonus on energy

Streak: wwwwwhat a jerk

Solshine: fuck I am gonna have nooo mules

Streak: wait so bill is in third here

Solshine: how did he start before me, that's interesting

Solshine: and purple is SOL

Solshine: no mules for you

Solshine: FFFS

Streak: oh cmon

Solshine: dude it's supposed to be rarer the more it occurs

Solshine: and this has happened like 3 times

Solshine: at least we know there won't be any more acid rain

Solshine: I dunno what they're doing, there's no players to buy higher than market price

Streak: bill you asshoole

Solshine: we fucked them over a bit just now as well

Solshine: cuz the price of smith will fall now

Streak: is 34 good

Solshine: uh I dunno, I think it's like.. ok?

Streak: sell?

Solshine: shiiiiiiiiit

Solshine: I was gonna buy

Solshine: I'm fucked

Streak: D:

Streak: right so

Streak: whats the store about

Streak: does it need energy

Streak: i know it uses ore for the mules

Solshine: the store represents the colony, and it's like the 'bank' in monopoly

Solshine: the prices of food and energy depend on OUR demand, but the price of smithore depends on the number of mules in the store compared to the number of turns we have left to play

Solshine: crystite is just randomly priced

Solshine: but the store doesn't 'need' anything in particular

Solshine: however, the more it has, the more total colony value we have at the end of the game

Solshine: if you're palying a friendly game where your personal goal with your friends is to raise that value as high as possible through co-operation then this matters

Solshine: scratch that I dunno if the store affecs total colony valye

Streak: can you buy from the store?

Solshine: so other than a place to buy and sell at market price it doesn't matter,n o

Solshine: yeah absolutely

Streak: okay and i do that by moving to the top?

Streak: or bottom

Streak: if selling

Solshine: bottom = buying, top = selling

Streak: players seem to get in the way of that though

Streak: is that because they're cheaper

Solshine: yeah they have the perpensity to do that :P

Solshine: well everything is sold at auction

Solshine: so each player bids at a different price

Solshine: and this is done by moving up or down..

Streak: what do you think i should do now

Streak: i've got energy sorted

Solshine: energy gets used every month

Solshine: one per plot you operate

Streak: so i think uh

Solshine: right now you consume 4 food per turn and.. uh.. I dunno, some energy per turn :P

Streak: 5 plots i think?

Solshine: try to make sure you're self sufficient

Solshine: make the minimum food/energy you need

Solshine: and use the rest of your plots to make something really valuable, like ore or crystite if you have some deposits

Streak: food is best made of the river, is it second best on plains?

Solshine: again, crystite is a bit of a gamble

Solshine: yeah

Solshine: energy is best on plains, second at river

Solshine: ore is best at 3-mountain, then 2-mountain, then 1-mountain, then plains

Solshine: yuo can't mine ore or crystal in rivers

Streak: okay so can you explain how the ore price works

Streak: you said it depends on rounds left?

Solshine: yes

Solshine: the game estimates that each turn we use 4 mules

Solshine: so if we have like 8 turns lef,t like this turn

Solshine: we would need 8*4 mules at least

Solshine: so the percentage of that that is left in the store ffects the price

Solshine: I don't know the exact formula, it's on the how-to-play page

Streak: so the more we need

Streak: is it lower priced?

Streak: or higher

Solshine: higher priced the more we need

Solshine: low supply and high demand means high price

Streak: so it gets cheaper towards the end?

Solshine: we are demand

Solshine: the store is supply

Solshine: supply runs out over time - if we don't sell ore to the store, the supply continues to decrease, while our demand increases

Solshine: although yes it should be cheaper towards the end I think

Streak: i wonder if drufle would like this game

Streak: right i think im ready to go again

Round 5 of 12

Solshine: when I suggested a similar game, off-world trading company, he said he doesn't have the reflexes :P

Solshine: damn

Solshine: nice

Solshine: looks like you could do a pretty nice ore setup in those three tiles

Solshine: they're adjacent and you can work three of them

Streak: dirty mules

Streak: god he's busy

Streak: nice one

Streak: man you're loaded

Solshine: yeah but I don't own a lot of of goods

Solshine: green is actually the leading party right now

Solshine: next time there are zero mules in the store, if the ais don't sell we shouldn't either

Solshine: it'll push the price even further up

Solshine: because it'll e an official shortage

Solshine: finally, energy

Solshine: green is also trying to capitalize on me and purple not producing our own food

Solshine: but the store has tons

Solshine: so fuck you green

Solshine: sell it all, it'll get really cheap now..

Streak: bill............

Solshine: I think we're probably set for most of the game

Solshine: I wonder if they'll change to crystite now

Solshine: when did they get so much energy

Solshine: jesus

Solshine: heh let 'em raise the price

Streak: fuck u bill

Solshine: yeah purple fucked green a bit!

Streak: hey im not in last place

Solshine: no :D

Solshine: me neither, that's new

Solshine: ore will be really cheap for a good while now, try to focus on other shit?

Streak: so i guess i should try make more food

Solshine: this is tentative advice, I'm not actually sure

Solshine: the store has tons of food, it won't get expensive anytime soon

Streak: i might be okay for food for one round though

Solshine: and you have surplus

Solshine: you only use like 4 food right now, it's not per plot

Streak: does it go up over time?

Solshine: you start uot using 3 and increase by one every 4 round?

Solshine: I think?

Streak: hmm

Streak: im not sure what to do then

Solshine: assay some land

Streak: i assayed one of my energy plots

Streak: and it was medium

Solshine: see if you landed on more

Solshine: i think medium is close to high because there are like 4 high blooms with lower levels spread circularly around them?

Solshine: so somewhere near tehre is a high one

Streak: so i could be right next to high?

Streak: hmm

Streak: okay

Round 6 of 12

Streak: adam stole the one i wanted

Streak: well this is awkward

Solshine: adam has a ton of land.. jesus

Solshine: yeah they'er gonna try for crystite

Solshine: damn!

Solshine: bill you sunuva bitch!

Solshine: crap I wasted too much tiem assaying

Solshine: noice

Streak: woops

Streak: :B

Streak: i got excited because thats the first time i've ever saw that thing

Solshine: heh it was only ever gonna be on that one little mountain

Solshine: all the other plots are being worked

Solshine: it only appears in 'neutral' mountains

Streak: oh does it

Solshine: yeah

Solshine: fuck look at that shitty fucker

Solshine: please let there be pirates!

Solshine: YEEEEEEEES

Solshine: bwahahahaha!

Solshine: oh shit i'm still not making food huh

Streak: i spit on you, bill

Solshine: yeah he's doing REALLY well

Streak: should i focus on the crystite mining then

Solshine: I have no good advice, I dunno

Solshine: that's what I'm going to do

Solshine: especially now there's been soem pirate

Solshine: they'll be less likely

Solshine: that was such a godsend for me <3

Streak: is that what typicially happens to the end of the game

Solshine: we're not at teh end

Solshine: we're about halfway through

Solshine: and it varies

Solshine: chaotic things happen

Solshine: I love this music :D

Streak: im quite lost about what my goal is

Streak: just getting the highest score?

Solshine: your main goal is to be worth the most at the end of the game

Solshine: so yes

Streak: through asset hoarding or making lots of money from selling

Solshine: uh I'm not sure exactly

Solshine: I think through money

Streak: well, a combo of both i was thinking

Solshine: the AIs do clearout sales at the end of the game

Streak: but there's a cap on stuff you can hoard right

Streak: 50 was it

Solshine: in the end we're all here to help colonize this planet

Solshine: yeah something like that

Streak: yeah but, like, fuck bill

Streak: right onwards i guess!!

Round 7 of 12

Solshine: I don't think land at this price will pay off whatsoever to be honest lol

Solshine: not this late in the game

Solshine: bahahahahaha

Streak: robo gypsies

Solshine: hey now that's speciesist

Solshine: robots are lifeforms too

Streak: they're still robots!

Solshine: autonomous, sentient robots!

Streak: i have a robot friend im allowed to say that

Solshine: crap crap crap

Solshine: such bad time management

Solshine: yeah no way is ore gonna be profitable at all any time this game

Streak: i forget is energy good on mountains or terrible

Solshine: terribad

Solshine: hehe he lost a mule

Streak: oh so thats what happens

Streak: almost happened to me

Solshine: this is so bad..

Solshine: pirates, come again please!

Solshine: :P

Solshine: oh holy fuck that's amazing

Streak: oh dear

Solshine: wish it'd burn their crystite

Solshine: grr

Solshine: gambling

Solshine: so bad

Solshine: :P

Solshine: gawd

Solshine: I'm gonna burn me ships

Solshine: no energy

Solshine: oh well I can produce some if There's time left I suppose

Streak: not sure if i have any questions

Solshine: not sure if I have any answers

Streak: unless you have any advice at this point

Solshine: store's all burnt, lol I dunno what t osay

Streak: yeah what are the implications of that

Solshine: that everything would be expensive if we didn't have some stashed away

Solshine: ore will probably only get a little bit more expensive now

Solshine: food and energy we all still have

Solshine: crystite doesn't care

Solshine: so it's either crystite or ore

Streak: if no one sells ores, the mules might run out

Solshine: I'm goin' for crystite

Solshine: yeah but we only have like 2 more turns

Solshine: 3

Streak: ait how many months was it again

Solshine: 12

Streak: right okay then

Round 8 of 12

Solshine: shit!

Solshine: I didn't realise it wouldn't let me not buy it

Solshine: yeah look he's all about the re

Solshine: ore*

Solshine: guess i'll do that then

Solshine: fuck I placed the wrong tile!

Solshine: fuck fuck fuck

Solshine: fuck

Solshine: man these mistakes

Solshine: they're such stupid ones

Solshine: get the wampus he's still in that tiny mountain

Solshine: too late

Streak: oh woops i meant to as well

Streak: my short term memory is not great

Streak: in general

Solshine: me neither

Solshine: food monopoly, adam?

Streak: god these bots are so methodical

Streak: they never pause

Solshine: they are crazy yeah

Streak: its spooky

Solshine: gaaah

Solshine: noooo

Solshine: bill is a motherfucker

Solshine: I have no choice, I have to gamble on this

Solshine: lol

Solshine: he's not gonna make a lot of money at all

Solshine: we're ALL fucked

Streak: dancin

Solshine: short on four energy units.. jesus

Round 9 of 12

Solshine: almost made the same mistake again

Solshine: I woul've been on par with bill otherwise

Solshine: yay he doesn't get as much time

Solshine: that was close

Streak: yeah nice reacting though

Streak: everyone's going green i see

Solshine: fuck me

Solshine: now that tile has 25892580235 crystite

Solshine: although it won't be worked just now

Solshine: This is a stupid gamble, don't emulate me on that one :P

Solshine: I made him sell the lot

Streak: it'll be great if it works though

Solshine: don't sell to the store, it might mke a shortage?

Solshine: 3rd place because I accidentally bought land

Streak: ?

Solshine: I was late in typing it, dont' worry

Streak: okay

Streak: so when a meteor lands

Streak: the tiles around it aren't affected are they

Solshine: crystite base production value is maxxed

Solshine: no

Streak: in terms of crystite

Solshine: just that tile

Solshine: maxxxed

Solshine: I totally put an extra x there

Streak: maxxxed sounds like it would be the name of an edgy deordrant or something

Solshine: exxxtra x, free of charge

Solshine: hahaha

Solshine: or a porn involving someone called max

Streak: "hey babe im maxxx" but he pronounces it weird

Solshine: maksususussfblrgh

Streak: okay lets keep going

Round 10 of 12

Solshine: it's a gay porn

Solshine: he eats cock while saying max

Streak: im not sure why i grabbed that land

Streak: i just wanted land since i lost a chance last time

Solshine: wow they're just banking it all on crystite

Solshine: just like me

Solshine: bill is a MOTHER

Solshine: FUCKER

Solshine: my gamble didn't even fucking work

Solshine: boogie

Solshine: selling doesn't affect price, so I'm gonna gamble for one more turn

Streak: POWER

Solshine: i know what I did wrong

Solshine: my plots are all over the map

Solshine: that's what I did wrong

Solshine: clumped together is better for time management

Streak: i haven't got any sense of how this all happened really

Solshine: heheheh it's a really chaotic game isn't it

Solshine: i love it

Streak: yeah it is

Streak: fun though

Round 11 of 12

Solshine: man I don't think I can coem above third even if my crystite gambit does work

Solshine: ya'll are making it too and max price is like 230?

Solshine: something like that

Solshine: so I'm stuck in third place I think lol

Streak: POOOWEERR

Solshine: bleh

Solshine: I may have to give my gambit up

Solshine: nnnng

Solshine: one more turn

Streak: bill

Streak: stop

Streak: pls

Solshine: he's trashing us

Solshine: vrooom

Solshine: bzzzzzzzzzzt

Solshine: max power

Streak: all my actions this round were based on pure confusion

Solshine: sums this game up pretty much lol

Solshine: easy to play, hard to master

Streak: how does selling land work

Solshine: uh you go to the land offic in the town then press the button on the plot you wanna sell

Solshine: and it goes on auction

Solshine: but nobody will buy it

Solshine: not at the final round

Streak: but what about adam, that guy aint smart

Streak: what happens if no one buys it

Solshine: yeah I dunno he failed miserably

Solshine: I think you don't sell?

Streak: so you just keep it?

Solshine: yeah

Solshine: it doesn't cost you to keep land unless you're working it with a mule so it ain't too bad

Solshine: at least I think you ke pit

Round 12 of 12

Solshine: what the hell could you still be doing bill

Solshine: what

Solshine: what

Solshine: you fucking

Solshine: piece

Solshine: of robotic shit

Solshine: I hate bill so much

Solshine: oh riiight I forgot he got a crater

Solshine: damnit

Solshine: fuck

Solshine: i REALLY hope that the price of crystite skyrockets on the last turn

Solshine: it's random

Solshine: but I REALLY hope it does lol

Solshine: last turn's auction*

Solshine: this *is* the last turn

Solshine: HI

Solshine: the govt has shut us down

Solshine: it's 5-0, scatter!

Solshine: damn you don't get to sell?!

Solshine: fuuuuuck

Solshine: fuck

Solshine: fuck fuck fuck

Game Over

Saving score, please wait...

Solshine: ah well

Score saved

Solshine: I'm basically a newb at this game

Solshine: and I made a huge mistake not selling the crystite

Solshine: I didn't realise I won't get to sell on the final turn

Solshine: you however are second place

Solshine: very well done!

Streak: thats a good result for the confusion i acted on

Solshine: much tougher against experienced human opponents but getting this close to beating the ai means you're probably a natural pro

Streak: this was fun

Solshine: I hope you play with me again soemtime! :D

Streak: i guess, i just have to learn what the heck is even happening

Solshine: and welcome to M.U.L.E. !

Streak: we should try get other players

Streak: we have mopp

Solshine: yes I want more threeple playing this

Solshine: it's an awesoem game

Streak: right, it's late so we'll maybe play more tomorrow or something

Solshine: yeah sure :)

Streak: 2 hours this lasted

Streak: apparently

Solshine: yeah they can go like aroun 1.5 hours..

Solshine: it's because there's a lot of waiting in auctions and stuff

Solshine: it could probably be trimmed but that's the dev's job

Streak: i guess ours went on a bit since we were talking alot

Solshine: mhm

Streak left the game

Streak was disconnected