You need 4 players to start a Tournament game.
Only 2 computer players are allowed.
Mega Byte joined the game in slot 1
cyounghusband visits
piete visits
cyounghusband joined the game in slot 2
Mega Byte: Howdy everyone
dariust visits
piete joined the game in slot 3
dariust joined the game in slot 4
Mega Byte: I know Piete and CY
Mega Byte: Welcome Dariust
Mega Byte: Where are you from?
piete: hi mb, hope you have better luck today ;)
Mega Byte: hehe
Mega Byte: Is ok
dariust: hi, from czech rep.
Mega Byte: Are we playin coopeartive, or one-on-one
Mega Byte: ?
cyounghusband: MB, be warned that the first thing he said was there was no friends here...so a different kind of game...
piete: i only knew mb, for others, im a finn living in brazil
Mega Byte: LOL
Mega Byte: Ok
piete: coop? ;)...
cyounghusband: i'm fine with coop, but we need dariust to agreet
dariust: i dont care
Mega Byte: Play it by ear.
piete: but whats the aim in coop?
Round 1 of 12
Mega Byte: We can go one-on-one
Mega Byte: High score overall
Mega Byte: Trying to hit over 200k
Mega Byte: :)
piete: but it needs sacrifice of at least one not trying to win
cyounghusband: i don't care about my record
piete: i could do that only after round 6 if i see that theres no chance to win...
piete: speaking of which, i dont think theres need to coop in the first rounds anyway
Mega Byte: Yeah, my record is crap anyway
Mega Byte: Would rather have at least contributed to the highest score in the game, then be #1 player.
piete: well, im on the heels of gabrielpope... ;)
Mega Byte: Piete, you are right.
Mega Byte: Not much to coopearet in round 1 - 3 really
Mega Byte: Except for maybe selling or making food/energy
Mega Byte: Yeah
Mega Byte: You're one of the strong players.
cyounghusband: the trick is, that people going for mountains will win later if they can get through the early parts with enough food and energy, quite simply
Mega Byte: \But we're here to help make you look good. :)
Mega Byte: Yup
cyounghusband: wow, just in time
piete: i also prefer winning a tight battle... or losing it, but on the other hand i see that machinus plays a lot with even 2 ais
Mega Byte: Pirates, PLEASE
Mega Byte: round 1 pirate YES!!!!
Mega Byte: Just what we needed
piete: in my games theres normally 3 planetquakes...
Mega Byte: Yeah, quake only takes 1/2 though
Mega Byte: Priates take it all, even if you have stock.
Mega Byte: SO it is worse.
piete: but quakes against my strategy, i dont stock in the beginning
Mega Byte: yeah
Mega Byte: Me either.
piete: but they dont take smithore anymore
piete: i only wanted to buy one... damn lag!
piete: ping 344
Mega Byte: Sorry
Mega Byte: You can blame me for the ping rate
Mega Byte: Once I get my network sorted, that will be resolved.
piete: it wont, i have the same problem with anyone
Round 2 of 12
piete: never played with a guy from same continent
Mega Byte: haha
Mega Byte: Well, I think I should be able to get it down below 200 at least.
Mega Byte: I have a bit of a mess in my network.
piete: im the greediest ;)
Mega Byte: Very strategic plot of you.
piete: first time food plot was auctioned
Mega Byte: hehe
Mega Byte: Yeah, I haven't seen that in this version.
Mega Byte: Only on c-64
cyounghusband: you still have your c64?
cyounghusband: i only had the vaguest of memories of this game from my c64 days
Mega Byte: In storage, I still have C-64, C-128 and an Amiga
piete: i have c64 and c128 but both broken
piete: some day ill study electronics and repair them
piete: i just hope there will be right chips available...
cyounghusband: yeah, the disk drive broke on my c64
cyounghusband: not sure if I threw it out altogether or not
piete: thats good, 144 and 140 2 first rounds
Mega Byte: Pirates help
piete: or was it the previous game?
Mega Byte: Their presence does make it go up
Mega Byte: No it was 144 and 140
piete: ru sure?
Mega Byte: Yup
piete: i cant wait for the sound, if i wait i buy 2
Mega Byte: Oops
Mega Byte: almost sold my spare. :)
Round 3 of 12
piete: cant buy that one... ;)
cyounghusband: lol
Mega Byte: I wanted it, but couldn't be left with no money after... :(
piete: trust your luck! ;) after yesterday...
Mega Byte: My luck has been just as bad today.
Mega Byte: Got murdered by bad timing in the last game.
Mega Byte: Spent the whole 12 turns never having more than about $600 available.
piete: was it with you or another game, i received a plot being second
Mega Byte: Yes
Mega Byte: After I lost one while in 3rd... :)
piete: so today im prepared for bad luck, used all good yesterday
piete: that was fast!
Mega Byte: speedy... :)
piete: 1st
Mega Byte: But of course...
piete: 2 more to go...
Mega Byte: Yeah, but I've been screwed now...
Mega Byte: 2 out of 3 rounds, all my production is wasted...
Mega Byte: No wonder I'm in last.
cyounghusband: good plots and cash, it's no problem
piete: hey, my aim is to be last
Mega Byte: Ah, that was not too bad I guess.
piete: until round 12 ;)
cyounghusband: "1/2" completely wiped out my production, at least you got some
Mega Byte: hehe
Mega Byte: Nice.
Mega Byte: Shhh, you're giving away my secret. ;)
cyounghusband: damn network
piete: whats your ping cy?
cyounghusband: 234
cyounghusband: i should stop all these background torrents
piete: ;)
cyounghusband: catching up after finally getting home after time with the parents
piete: i have 100kbps, no much room for other things
Round 4 of 12
piete: wheres my cash? ;)
cyounghusband: damn
piete: yesterday one guy hunted wampus next to his plot and accidentally let go his mule...
piete: whew...
Mega Byte: LOL
Mega Byte: Yeah, my knuckles where white over that one!
Mega Byte: :)
piete: ive moved space to ctrl to remind more c64 emulator
piete: but one day ill configure my comp pro 500 usb joystick!
piete: actually its easy, there are these joykey programs
piete: thats good cash
Mega Byte: You betcha...
cyounghusband: I think I tried the emulator for c64 and couldn't get the joystick working for most games
piete: havent tried it yet
piete: bought it for mule and came this...
piete: on my screen youre behind me
piete: :@
cyounghusband: it's pretty awesome that they ressurected this game, and for free
Mega Byte: indeed
Round 5 of 12
piete: cant help being greedy
piete: lost too many mules already...
piete: cant read the timer right yet
piete: on c64 i knew exactly what was to be done and what not
piete: here i dont have a clue yet
piete: lost yesterday 4 or 5 mules
Mega Byte: Yeah
Mega Byte: I'm with you there.
Mega Byte: Turning and manuvering is tricky too.
cyounghusband: yeah, I can tell how you're playing that you have no clue
Mega Byte: I don't have a joystick.
cyounghusband: not.
Mega Byte: I loved the simplicty of the old style joystick.
Mega Byte: One stick, one button.
Mega Byte: Easy.
piete: ok, now i had a hunch that there was not enough time...
piete: since im short on cash didnt want to risk
piete: of course on mine...
piete: i have a feeling that i always buy one slot too much
piete: im always broke...
Mega Byte: Yeah. I was last game.
Mega Byte: This time I'm making a little bank.
Mega Byte: So there's hope for me yet. :)
piete: mb, at least crystite is doing you well this game
Mega Byte: Yeah
Mega Byte: So far.
Mega Byte: So good...
Mega Byte: We'll see if that holds
Mega Byte: Piete, you seem to be over your glack-elf fear. :)
piete: what? didnt you see last turn?
Mega Byte: hehe
Mega Byte: No.
piete: they came
Mega Byte: No kidding?
Mega Byte: I was looking ast something else.
piete: so i lost my buffer and then the ants completed the thing for me!
Round 6 of 12
piete: no race for me
piete: seems darius is concentrating more on game and less on chatting, thats what i should do too... :P
dariust: sorry, was chatting with my girlfriend :-)
piete: thats ok, better than arguing with your wife... ;)
Mega Byte: LOL
piete: somebody here thinks i play too much mule
cyounghusband: yeah...part of the reason I tend to play single player
piete: no!
Mega Byte: Indeed
cyounghusband: oh man, like piete needed thta
piete: dont care for crystite this early
piete: now i have kid on my lap
piete: even more difficult chat and play...
cyounghusband: yeah, I've gotten called to look after the pets shortly
Mega Byte: hehe
cyounghusband: my infant has even less patience for MULE, I"m sure
Mega Byte: It's good to be the single guy...
Mega Byte: :)
piete: but hes gonna learn mule
piete: seems ants have longterm effect...
Round 7 of 12
piete: i pressed the button!
piete: :(
piete: only free plots
piete: wampus
Round 8 of 12
piete: 2nd time...
cyounghusband: so much for driving up the price
Mega Byte: No, that's exactly what they are doing...
Mega Byte: Note the store quantity.
Mega Byte: And they are buying to prevent it from staying low.
Mega Byte: Mule demand will drive the price up.
piete: afraid of pirates?
Mega Byte: He77 yeah
Mega Byte: BAH.
Mega Byte: That's is total crap
piete: cy, we have to let the rest of the mules out
cyounghusband: we'll do that with the plots anyway, right?
Round 9 of 12
piete: no, theres 6 mules
cyounghusband: okic
Mega Byte: Yeah, and more than 6 plots undeveloped
piete: 4
piete: it only counts the taken plots
piete: :(
piete: damn
cyounghusband: the food was an accident?
piete: wheres coop? ;)
Mega Byte: Pest took it last time, nothing in the store, and no one to sell to me.
Mega Byte: Nothing I can do...
piete: yep
Mega Byte: I hate that.
Mega Byte: So I lose a whole round of production on a plot because of it.
Mega Byte: SELL SELL SELL
cyounghusband: so you think this is the highest price it will reach?
piete: if the store didnt have those 2 mules the price would have been higher
Mega Byte: Well, I would have helped if this was cooperative... but since its not, sorry guys. :)
piete: ;)
Mega Byte: I still have a chance of winning this one.
Mega Byte: So I will make the best of it.
piete: you do, but now ill start producing crystite too
piete: you only had the ants so far
Mega Byte: Im sure you will
Mega Byte: ants?
piete: pest
piete: food loss
Mega Byte: No
Mega Byte: Turn 1 was pirots
Mega Byte: pirates
piete: turn 1 is luck!½
cyounghusband: ok, sorry, now I regret not throwing away a mule
cyounghusband: i thought someone more cash rich was going to take it over at the time
Mega Byte: You guys are leading me now though.
piete: next time youll know... ;)
Mega Byte: I have no asset value
Mega Byte: So I'll be in 3rd now
cyounghusband: put i thought the smithore price would keep going up
piete: noone has
Mega Byte: It would have if you didn't sell last round.
Mega Byte: But I was going to anyway.
piete: maybe glac-elves come again...
Mega Byte: And you didn't have the $$$s to stop me.
Mega Byte: So last round was a good move.
cyounghusband: hmm
Mega Byte: As Piete says, it's a crystite race now.
piete: hey, how come you got to buy it, im behind you in score?
Mega Byte: You weren't on the line.
piete: i was pressing up all time
Mega Byte: Our group score is pertty good though.
Round 10 of 12
cyounghusband: not a good time to actually finish on top!
Mega Byte: ANd not based on a fluxuating asset price
Mega Byte: Its a real value...
Mega Byte: So we may top 100k anyway
Mega Byte: Or 120 even
piete: thats right, no soviet union!
Mega Byte: We need NO pirates now.
Mega Byte: Yup
Mega Byte: :)
Mega Byte: Or great wall fo China.
Mega Byte: ;)
cyounghusband: we need to be able to buy some mercenary pirate defenders. It's whta they would have done in the old days!
Mega Byte: 2 plots about as far away as they could be... :(
piete: mb, were you in the game that pirates never came?
Mega Byte: Not with you, but I had 1 game where they did not.
Mega Byte: uh oh
dariust is not responding to continue
Users who are not responding must be kicked to continue the game
piete: no
Mega Byte: NO
piete: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
cyounghusband: MB, I am begging to think that is a purely random function the programmers used, with about a 15% probability of it happening each round
Mega Byte: Did Dariust bail on u?
piete: darius, still there?
Mega Byte: us
cyounghusband: looks like we may need to kick dariust
dariust was disconnected
Computer takes over dariust
piete: i got the cash! ;)
cyounghusband: i should have bought too? I didn't understand why we sold last time
Mega Byte: BAH
piete: last round was good to sell to get cash
cyounghusband: oh well
piete: now we can enjoy the second coming of smithore
cyounghusband: seems like a neat play anyway
Mega Byte: Well, you can kiss this game goodbye too...
Mega Byte: Piete will own us
piete: time for coop?
piete: ;)
piete: cpus not that stupid...
Mega Byte: Really?
Mega Byte: :D
piete: that was better than on c64
cyounghusband: why buy food?
Mega Byte: I need it
piete: im paranoid
Mega Byte: Have plans for next round...
piete: glac-elvomania
piete: i sell if you produce
Mega Byte: Come on dude
Mega Byte: You've won already
Mega Byte: really not cool...
piete: i would have sold
piete: but i wanted you to produce
Mega Byte: Why you let the price run up so damn high then?
Mega Byte: You should have jjust come down and sold to us...
piete: i was typing
Mega Byte: Good luck...
piete: we need voice communication here...
piete: soryy
piete: really wanted you to have those 2
Mega Byte: move on
piete: but you have 1 shortage only
Mega Byte: whatever
piete: just change 1
Round 11 of 12
Mega Byte: Yeah, thanks for playing my startegy for me...
cyounghusband: uhh
Mega Byte: intesting
cyounghusband: @!#
piete: whats happening now?
Mega Byte: Still some bugs in this game...
Mega Byte: better than the first one though
Mega Byte: No idea.
Mega Byte: Give it a second, I think it will recover
Mega Byte: Since it's an AI player.
cyounghusband: it was about to be the AI's turn, eh?
piete: what if you kick him?
Mega Byte: Dunno
Mega Byte: Let me try.
cyounghusband: we should report the bug...i'm sure you guys are playing more than the programmers
Mega Byte: Nada...
cyounghusband: what was the group score last turn?
piete: damn
Mega Byte: Dunno, didn't notice.
Mega Byte: Anyone look?
piete: we can look on webpage
piete: 101000
piete: and thats with cheap smithore!
Mega Byte: Yup...
Mega Byte: Its stuck...
Mega Byte: What are your ping rates showing now?
piete: 2 more rounds left
Mega Byte: Mine is 1ms
piete: 351
cyounghusband: 234
piete: twas about that the whole game
piete: im more sorry than you will be, machinus and gabrielpope play every day min 2 games and theyre getting away from me...
Mega Byte: This sucks
piete: kick him again ;)
Mega Byte: CY... do you mind taking a dive in the name of seeing if this will move it?
Mega Byte: If I bail, the game will collapse.
cyounghusband: ok.
Mega Byte: Piete will certainly win either way.
Mega Byte: Thanks dude...
piete: it may be me
Mega Byte: Maybe somethign will force it.
Mega Byte: Nah, you got this.
piete: mb, if i have to bail too, let the mules out
piete: cpu can still do something idiotic
cyounghusband: (for what it's worth, I was very close to him in score)
Mega Byte: LOL
Mega Byte: Ok.
cyounghusband: but i'm fine with it
Mega Byte: Yeah
cyounghusband left the game
Computer takes over cyounghusband
Mega Byte: But he has a butt load in asset
piete: nothing
Mega Byte: Butgger still stuck
piete: ok, i go too :'(
piete: remember, mules out! ;)
piete: and one empty slot, thatll resolve your energy shortage too
Mega Byte: LOL
Mega Byte: Yeah, was going to switch the food one to energy
Mega Byte: since I won't need it anymore.
piete: bye, see you around
Mega Byte: and the energy go crystite.
Mega Byte: Ok
Mega Byte: CU
piete left the game
Computer takes over piete