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C64 nostalgia joined the game in slot 1

johnwelshphd visits

johnwelshphd joined the game in slot 2

johnwelshphd: fine to join?

C64 nostalgia: hello

C64 nostalgia: yep

johnwelshphd: cool..nice..no rush, hopefully it fills without no AI, g/l to u

johnwelshphd: /

GabrielPope visits

GabrielPope: Hello

C64 nostalgia: hello

C64 nostalgia: come on in

GabrielPope joined the game in slot 3

johnwelshphd: hello, hop in

GabrielPope: was waiting to see what kind of a ping I was getting

C64 nostalgia: np

GabrielPope: the other day I tried to play on a server with 300+ ping and I got disconnected in round 10, which sucked

johnwelshphd: was it after the fix or no? Since the fix, games have been much better, fix 12/23

GabrielPope: Really? Honestly, I've had much worse problems with lag on this verson compared to 1.0

GabrielPope: I didn't have a chance to play during the initial 1.1 release, so I don't know if that was even worse

johnwelshphd: interesting...the first release was bad, I only played two games since fix they both completed

C64 nostalgia: the guideline is about 200ms from what I hear

C64 nostalgia: no more than about 200ms

GabrielPope: well, the game does seem to do a better job keeping everyone on the same page I think; it doesn't just occasionally stop working like it did on older versions. but the cost of that seems to be a jerkier, less responsive game

johnwelshphd: I don't know what it is about MULE, but have always loved this game, great to see an online verision

C64 nostalgia: i remember trying to play when I was about 7...

C64 nostalgia: My much older brothers took pity on me and let me play

C64 nostalgia: i wasn't very good

johnwelshphd: you win? heh heh...they took advantage =)

C64 nostalgia: i couldn't catch the good plots

johnwelshphd: u will have the same problem here =)

C64 nostalgia: perhaps

C64 nostalgia: you never know sometimes

johnwelshphd: that is what is great about MULE, it's always different

Zanegray visits

Zanegray joined the game in slot 4

GabrielPope: howdy

C64 nostalgia: welcome everyone

johnwelshphd: g/l...

Round 1 of 12

johnwelshphd: zangray, fyi, the river will grow food better

GabrielPope: gah

GabrielPope: auction netcode seems way dodgier in this version, albeit less likely to fail catastrophically

GabrielPope: I was nowhere near the buying line when it bought that last unit of food...

Round 2 of 12

GabrielPope: GOD DAMMIT

johnwelshphd: damn lol

GabrielPope: auctions are freaking impossible

GabrielPope: I had bid $50 more than C64

johnwelshphd: that was lucky

GabrielPope: but because of lag I don't get it

GabrielPope: that's another thing I swear is worse in this version

C64 nostalgia: on my screen i was something like 50 bucks higher than anyone else

GabrielPope: because you're the host and don't have to worry about lag

GabrielPope: which isn't even that bad, it's clocking at 117ms for me

C64 nostalgia: lag sucks

GabrielPope: in 1.0 sometimes it would be ambiguous who would win an auction if you snuck in at the last split second with a $12 high bid or something, but I'd never seen it let the discrepency get nearly that bad

Zanegray left the game

Computer takes over Zanegray

GabrielPope: freaking ridiculous

C64 nostalgia: damn, one gone

johnwelshphd: lol, yeah, oh well

GabrielPope: I need to get my router working again so I can play host and get the advantage in auctions

johnwelshphd: oops

johnwelshphd: pay

johnwelshphd: up

Round 3 of 12

C64 nostalgia: damn

johnwelshphd: you guys going to have to pay top dollar this round for energy, just telling ya

GabrielPope: it's time for everyone's favorite game

GabrielPope: WHO WANTS TO EAT?

johnwelshphd: ha

johnwelshphd: holy cow...lot of bucks for food

Round 4 of 12

johnwelshphd: WTF????

GabrielPope: ?

johnwelshphd: 768 dollars

GabrielPope: OH FFFFFFFF

johnwelshphd: =)

GabrielPope: I swear that always happens to me

C64 nostalgia: that blows

GabrielPope: I'm not even in 1st place!

johnwelshphd: it's the lag =)

GabrielPope: $298, very funny joke sir

johnwelshphd: bug

GabrielPope: that's normal--if the price gets pushed up the store gets pushed out

C64 nostalgia: market goes, when you make people beg

Round 5 of 12

johnwelshphd: ah

C64 nostalgia: early first curse

johnwelshphd: got to start planting soon

Round 6 of 12

GabrielPope: heh, AI is winning!

Round 7 of 12

johnwelshphd: won't be for long

GabrielPope: yeah, the AI is never smart enough to adjust after a food/energy bubble

GabrielPope: look, he's still making more food

johnwelshphd: at least computer not in first

Round 8 of 12

GabrielPope: hooray for stupid AI :)

johnwelshphd: ha ha, say what

johnwelshphd: computer is a supermarket

Round 9 of 12

johnwelshphd: don't buy it

johnwelshphd: that was risky gabriel

johnwelshphd: jackpot!

GabrielPope: problem is, C64 is so heavily invested in smithore that he hurts himself too if he doesn't also contribute to the smithore price

C64 nostalgia: WOW

johnwelshphd: yes, that's true

johnwelshphd: but MULEs are not needed at this point of game

GabrielPope: the store isn't smart enough to know that ;)

johnwelshphd: only two more needed...let's see

johnwelshphd: really?

GabrielPope: nope

johnwelshphd: then it will pay off for you

GabrielPope: running out of mules will trigger a smithore spike at any stage

johnwelshphd: I did not know that

Round 10 of 12

johnwelshphd: I am selling

johnwelshphd: =)

GabrielPope: don't sell more

johnwelshphd: sell c64, take what you can get

GabrielPope: if you kept at 16 the store would've used it up

johnwelshphd: going to 30

johnwelshphd: next round

johnwelshphd: =)

GabrielPope: no, it's purely random what it does at this point

johnwelshphd: you guys diluted yourself

johnwelshphd: ok

C64 nostalgia: what are you doing?

johnwelshphd: nice price

GabrielPope: if we'd had about $1000 more between the two of us, we could've made tens of thousands

GabrielPope: but it's kind of an all-or-nothing deal

johnwelshphd: you diluted the smithore gabriel

GabrielPope: the problem wasn't that I diluted it

C64 nostalgia: all we had to do was buy the mules

GabrielPope: the problem was there wasn't enough money between me and C64 to buy everything out

johnwelshphd: yeah, I agree with c64

GabrielPope: like I said, we were about $1000 short, otherwise we could've pulled it off

C64 nostalgia: sell a little and wait a turn

GabrielPope: except we wouldn't have had enough money between us to buy out 14 mules

GabrielPope: now I really wish the AI wasn't so stupid, or else they would've gotten in on it

C64 nostalgia: selliing a little and waiting to buy all the mules--yes we could have done that

Round 11 of 12

GabrielPope: dude

johnwelshphd: yeah...but I will say I think

GabrielPope: 14 mules = $1000+

johnwelshphd: you guys could have pulled it off though

GabrielPope: we could not have gotten $1000+

C64 nostalgia: you sold all yours; just 1000 would be a small bit

johnwelshphd: I hope pirates don't come this round

johnwelshphd: smithore going to be like 40 bucks this go around

GabrielPope: smithore bottoms out at $50, plus or minus a purely random amount

johnwelshphd: gabriel, you know smithore, I was surprised you sold it all last round

C64 nostalgia: if you buy all the mules on 11, it will spike on 12

GabrielPope: apparently I overestimated your intelligence then

GabrielPope: because I assumed that you'd be smart enough to cement your lead by continuing to aggressively sink smithore

johnwelshphd: me gabriel?

C64 nostalgia: too late....

johnwelshphd: I had to go crystille

johnwelshphd: but only have one smithore plot and I sold it

GabrielPope: you were ahead by a large margin, and there's nothing stopping you from switching several plots back to smithore

GabrielPope: just enough to make it impractical for us to continue to lock out the store

GabrielPope: just like you did with your 8 smithore to begin with

johnwelshphd: you make a good point gabriel

johnwelshphd: did not think about diluting the smithore store

johnwelshphd: even more by switching out mules...you overthought it

GabrielPope: again, I overestimated you :)

johnwelshphd: it was the phd eh? )

GabrielPope: I assumed that was why you were keeping smithore reserves to begin with

GabrielPope: I should've just waited 1 more turn before buying out the store

johnwelshphd: yes...but I did not think about swithing out mules, it was to dilute the store but not by switching mules

GabrielPope: I was hoping that you'd try to get in on it

johnwelshphd: trying for the win going for crystals =)

GabrielPope: nothing stopping you from lining your pockets playing the smithore market

johnwelshphd: yes, but I am going for the win

Round 12 of 12

GabrielPope: doesn't change anything

GabrielPope: people often panic in smithore rushes and try to stake out what profits they can while there's still stock to buy

johnwelshphd: not sure about that...if I switched out mules would lost crystal production

GabrielPope: not talking about producing, just talking about buying

johnwelshphd: I think if you did not sell everything would have won =)

GabrielPope: possibly, but only through your own incompetence ;)

johnwelshphd: lol, thanks, I think

johnwelshphd: yikes, look at that smithore price

GabrielPope: it's just random, though.

johnwelshphd: is it...thought it was supply/demand

GabrielPope: smithore is a bit of both

GabrielPope: there's enough supply to bottom out the price, but smithore has a small random factor (+/- about 15 or 20)

johnwelshphd: I don't know man, my strategy worked..thanks to you though =)

GabrielPope: like I said... I made my play too soon

GabrielPope: if I had waited a turn and the store used up 16 more smithore I could've pulled it off regardless of interference

C64 nostalgia: YES

johnwelshphd: yep, agree

johnwelshphd: that was your mistake =)

Game Over. Your progress has been saved.

C64 nostalgia: for both of us

johnwelshphd: yep.....good game guys

GabrielPope: wow

johnwelshphd: I will let you stay in my mansion

GabrielPope: I'm amazed the colony actually succeeded by a decent margin

johnwelshphd: ;)