You need 4 players to start a Tournament game.

Only 2 computer players are allowed.

Mega Byte joined the game in slot 1

dude2005 visits

dude2005 joined the game in slot 2

Mega Byte: Dude. :)

Mega Byte: Good to see you back again.

dude2005: hello mega byte

dude2005: this is addictive

Mega Byte: hehe

Mega Byte: Try selling more instead of letting it spoil

Mega Byte: The colony will get a much higher score.

Mega Byte: You really gimpped me last game.

dude2005: what do you mean

dude2005: gimped

Mega Byte: That crystite gambit only works about 1/5 of the time.

dude2005: ow ok

dude2005: just luckj

Tingcat visits

Mega Byte: Yeah

Mega Byte: Very

Tingcat joined the game in slot 3

Mega Byte: Hey Cat

Mega Byte: Where are you from?

Tingcat: England

Mega Byte: Cool.

dude2005: he meha

Mega Byte: Dude, where are you again?

dude2005: netherlands

Mega Byte: UK as well, no?

Mega Byte: Ah close.

dude2005: and you

Mega Byte: I'm in Tokyo

Mega Byte: 3:20am here. :)

Tingcat: remember, this is my first game. Go easy

dude2005: crazy

Mega Byte: We'll wait for 1 more if we can get.

Mega Byte: Cat: No worries.

Mega Byte: Look down here, and I'll give you some pointers as you go.

Tingcat: k

Mega Byte: Main thing is, press space bar when you are on the squiare you want during land grab

Mega Byte: To catch wampus, spot him, go to that spot, press space bar a lot.

dude2005: easy does it

Tingcat: k

Mega Byte: And as I learned last game, don't do that with a mule in hand. :)

dude2005: haha

Tingcat: k

dude2005: the can run fast

Mega Byte: hehe

dude2005: +y

Tingcat: do u get money if u catch him?

Mega Byte: Yes

dude2005: 100-300

Mega Byte: Yeah

Tingcat: where can u find him?

Tingcat: anywhere?

Mega Byte: in mountains

Tingcat: k

Mega Byte: only

Mega Byte: Did you play any of the old versinos?

Mega Byte: version?

Tingcat: no

Mega Byte: Ok.

Tingcat: my FIRST EVER of this type of game

dude2005: where is the 4th player

dude2005: how did you find it?

dude2005: through google?

Tingcat: no, spore has a piece of music

Mega Byte: Trying to get one now.

Tingcat: called m.u.l.e

Norlamin visits

Norlamin joined the game in slot 4

dude2005: aha

Mega Byte: There we go

dude2005: ok

Norlamin: abandoned 47%

Norlamin: ?

Mega Byte: I started in 1.0

Mega Byte: and in the first 8 games I played only 2 finished.

Mega Byte: Was very buggy

Mega Byte: And we had one crash in turn 11 today

Mega Byte: Check the 1.1.1 bug list, you can see I reported it.

Norlamin: im getting 300 ping

Round 1 of 12

Norlamin: could that be why?

Mega Byte: No

Mega Byte: I'm in Tokyo, that is why ping is 300

Mega Byte: I've hosted about 20+ games now.

Norlamin: sugoi

Mega Byte: Only had 1 freeze in 1.1.1 version

dude2005: how can you host a game?

Mega Byte: Nihongo deska?

Norlamin: watashi wa felix dess

Norlamin: thats all i can say lol

Mega Byte: hai, Felix san

Norlamin: lol

Mega Byte: watashi wa sukoto des

Mega Byte: (that's Scott) :)

Norlamin: lol

Mega Byte: Name doesn't really translate

Mega Byte: ganki deska

Tingcat: that was scary and fast.

Mega Byte: hehe

Mega Byte: no big deal this round, but if everyone presses space after production the game goes a LOT faster.

Mega Byte: Be my guest.

Mega Byte: :)

Mega Byte: But MULE price will go up. ;)

Norlamin: i know but i dont intend to have anymore land after this go

Mega Byte: haha

Round 2 of 12

Tingcat: how do i get mpore

Tingcat: more food?

Mega Byte: More what?

Mega Byte: Grow it.

Mega Byte: In river

Mega Byte: Or side-by-side plots

Tingcat: dang

Mega Byte: Your blue

Mega Byte: Not purple

Norlamin: mule wasting lol

dude2005: i have no plot

dude2005: what the fuck

Mega Byte: Did you forget to grab one, or did it take it from you at the start of your turn?

Mega Byte: I wasn't looking.

Norlamin: he forgot to get one

dude2005: stupid

Mega Byte: Nice catch cat

Tingcat: ?

Mega Byte: Well, don't cry to me when mules are 460 :)

Tingcat: ???

Mega Byte: Mule price is tied directly to smithore price

Norlamin: x2

Mega Byte: prozactly

Mega Byte: crap

Mega Byte: I hate being in the lead

Round 3 of 12

Tingcat: ha

Tingcat: ha

Tingcat: ure not

Tingcat: ;)

Mega Byte: MINE

Mega Byte: :)

Mega Byte: LOL

Mega Byte: NOT

Mega Byte: DOing good Tingcat

Tingcat: pleez sell it low

dude2005: cool move

Mega Byte: Mule price will be killer next round. :)

Mega Byte: Just making the game go slow now...

Round 4 of 12

Mega Byte: what are you doing?

Tingcat: wampus

Mega Byte: Ah but you went into sell land

Mega Byte: So not sure if the computer was still expecting you to pick a plot to sell...

Mega Byte: Don't know if you can catch the wampus during that phase...

Mega Byte: Never sold land before actually :)

Tingcat: k

Norlamin: i have

Tingcat: ?

dude2005: must be possible to sell land

Mega Byte: It is.

Norlamin: once i was loosing so i sold all my land

Mega Byte: I've just never done it.

Mega Byte: haha

Norlamin: and then bought all the shops stock

Mega Byte: Too funny

Norlamin: and i came 2nd

Mega Byte: Nice

Tingcat: can someone help me?

Norlamin: people were going mental for my land

Tingcat: i only hav 153

Norlamin: like 3400 was the highest one went for

Mega Byte: oops

dude2005: oops again

Mega Byte: You are on the wrong side of that ling Ting

Mega Byte: line

dude2005: goog sell

Tingcat: grr

Mega Byte: Wish that had been turn 8 :)

dude2005: oops

Mega Byte: ta

Mega Byte: Come on dude

Tingcat: ha ha!

Mega Byte: don't screw the colony

Norlamin: market

dude2005: hahaha

Tingcat: :)

Mega Byte: For what?

Mega Byte: You had all the energy to sell...

Mega Byte: and didn't

Mega Byte: THe store already had 0

Norlamin: yeah so i raised the price

Mega Byte: You could have made a killing...

Round 5 of 12

Norlamin: so next turn even if there is competition to sell energy eg ting

Norlamin: the price is so high that it doesnt matter

Tingcat: :) :) :)

Norlamin: im trying a new tactic

Norlamin: not buying any land

Tingcat: the mule price!!!

Norlamin: the humanity!

Mega Byte: Damn elves

Mega Byte: I told you...

Mega Byte: It would happen

Mega Byte: I had such a plan for that round too... :(

Tingcat: he he!

Mega Byte: So it goes..

Mega Byte: I'll catch up to it.

Tingcat: me production!

Tingcat: its tiny!

Mega Byte: Well, that solved my energy shorate problem.... :)

Tingcat: nooo!

Mega Byte: Space ting

Mega Byte: Hu ting... why arnet you selling?

Mega Byte: The price is never better than 230

Mega Byte: I so wanted to get that 2nd food plot down

Mega Byte: Hmmm

Mega Byte: Store price for energy... still $10

Mega Byte: Ting

dude2005: strange huh

Mega Byte: That is giving you your energy shortage

Mega Byte: Not really

Round 6 of 12

Tingcat: evil

Mega Byte: Weird

Mega Byte: It tried to sell Tingcat's plot...

Mega Byte: Did you see that???

Mega Byte: That's why I ran it off the chart.

Mega Byte: Not fare to sell your plot off...

Mega Byte: Oh

Mega Byte: Is that how itworks?

Mega Byte: Knew that was comoing. :)

Norlamin: put the price up

dude2005: oops

Mega Byte: Dont need to... supply = demand

dude2005: shortage energy coming

Round 7 of 12

dude2005: ow and food ofcourse

Mega Byte: Ting... space bar

Mega Byte: Please

Mega Byte: :)

Mega Byte: Ouch

Mega Byte: No power on one, and eaten on the other... :)

Tingcat: WTF?

Mega Byte: Oh wait, it gets better. ;)

Tingcat: DANG?!

Mega Byte: Norlamin, I must admit, your strategy is intriguing...

dude2005: very\

dude2005: interesting

Round 8 of 12

Mega Byte: You take this one

Mega Byte: Squeed

Mega Byte: squeeked

Mega Byte: Wrong coridor. :)

Mega Byte: Space Ting

Mega Byte: Ta

Round 9 of 12

Norlamin was disconnected

Computer takes over Norlamin

Mega Byte: Thought he was going to bail...

Round 10 of 12

Tingcat: next roud ill sell one of me plots

dude2005: sucks

Mega Byte: Ah.....

Mega Byte: Bugger

Mega Byte: Just screwed myself.

Mega Byte: Grave mistake I just made... :(

Tingcat: ha ha!

dude2005: why

Round 11 of 12

Tingcat: dang

Mega Byte: damn it...

Tingcat: dude il buy ure plot for alot!

dude2005: ok

Mega Byte: Since I won this game anyway... (and I have) can I get someone to buy one unit of smithore from me at $500 or more?

Mega Byte: Buy out the store stock (not many, cause I gouth them)

Tingcat: yaknow, the one with crystals

Mega Byte: And then the value of 1 share from me run up to $500+ will fix the price of smithore for round 12 at 250+

Mega Byte: Otherwise our colony score is going be crap...

Mega Byte: Please just buy 1

Mega Byte: Guess not..

Mega Byte: Thanks.

Round 12 of 12

Mega Byte: Way too late to catch up with crystite now.

Mega Byte: No wampus after all mountan plots taken

dude2005: think so too

Tingcat: no more wampus

dude2005: oh yeah

dude2005: forgot that one

Mega Byte: I wish people would cooperate more in the game.

Mega Byte: Everyone gets a higher score then...

Mega Byte: Instead of this "mine mine mine" thing...

Tingcat: k

dude2005: whats the problem

Tingcat: u and me will work together

dude2005: the price of smithore?

Tingcat: mega byte

Mega Byte: Sure

Mega Byte: Norlamin didn't help us any but not selecting plots

Mega Byte: so per turn production was crap.

Mega Byte: Yeah, this is where I get F***ed

Mega Byte: You guys sold at 66 last turn

Mega Byte: So my production value is now 1/2 what it was.

Mega Byte: And we will get a crap score

Mega Byte: Don't sell in last round

Mega Byte: Will not change the outcome of value/goods/$$$s

dude2005: it is also a game

Mega Byte: And if you seell food or energy, you are cutting your value in those areas by 1/15th.

Mega Byte: I have validated this with the game desginers.

Mega Byte: That won't help the valuation in round 12

Mega Byte: Also validated with desginers, and in the Home page

Tingcat: so no selling

Tingcat: ??

Mega Byte: Nope

Mega Byte: You can, but it will reduce your value

Mega Byte: Just slowing the game down

Game Over. Your progress has been saved.

Mega Byte: Yeah... dismal result.

dude2005: ok pretty goog game

dude2005: could be better

Tingcat: oh.

Mega Byte: Yeah

dude2005: but agh

dude2005: cograts

dude2005: mega byte good hosting again

Mega Byte: Thanks

Mega Byte: NP

Tingcat: yay!