You need 4 players to start a Tournament game.

Only 2 computer players are allowed.

Added computer player <D.A.N.>

goodhope visits

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

<B.I.L.L.> was kicked

Polyrythmmm joined the game in slot 2

<D.A.N.> was kicked

Polyrythmmm: Hiyya good

Polyrythmmm: or can I call you hope

goodhope: hi

goodhope: as you wanbt

goodhope joined the game in slot 1

Polyrythmmm: hop in and we'll see if any other humans are around too

goodhope: hopefully....

goodhope: I'm looking forward to my second game here...

Polyrythmmm: yes I prefer an all human game if possible... we're meaner greedier all those good things

Polyrythmmm: looks like you won the first

Polyrythmmm: are you of the old school atari memorists?

Polyrythmmm: or perhaps a C64 man

goodhope: yes exactly.. 64er

goodhope: I liked it a lot in the past...great that it ist possible to play it multiplayer now

Polyrythmmm: we'll give this another couple of minutes then... was your first game all human

Polyrythmmm: yeah back in the day you could only get 2 human players because no-one had the port hub apparatus to allow more joysticks...

goodhope: yes my first Tournament was all human, but I tried also two trainings with AI

goodhope: its too easy against AI

goodhope: where are you from? I am from germany

Polyrythmmm: I'm Canadian, but I live in England these last 10 years... Where in Germany?

goodhope: near Stuttgart...I have some relatives in Canada, in Kitchener near Toronto

Polyrythmmm: I know Stuttgart better than I know Kitchener :) but yeah I've been out towards Kitchener before nice people... not too beautiful though, out west in the mountains is much nicer... kind of like bavaria

goodhope: my last visit was 32 years ago, I don't remember much from Kitchener either ;)

goodhope: (i was 7 years old)

Polyrythmmm: Ah... I'm only 32 now :) I guess I was the youngest batch of the old time mulers

Polyrythmmm: what do you do in Germany? a trades-man perhaps? or a computer networking engineer

Polyrythmmm: ?

goodhope: teaching maths

Polyrythmmm: advanced LaGrangian invarient stuff? or to children..

goodhope: but I worked for 6 years as software engineer, so you weren't too wrong

Polyrythmmm: neat sounds like a cool gig, I must get something more reliable myself

Polyrythmmm: what do you think shall we wait it out or run with AI

goodhope: you are the experienced one....how many players are here usually on afternoon

goodhope: sorry for the lte answers, but I have here my two small sons (1 and 5 years old)

goodhope: and sometimes its littel bit difficult to type

goodhope: because they want to type too, as you can imagine

Polyrythmmm: If we wait they will join... but it's not a constant flow usually not more than a 15 minut wait Usually even less. but.. here we are sitting. out of sight to the world beyond the event horizon of a vitual black hole... the antique gaming community... maybe 5 years old is enough to try a hand of mule

Polyrythmmm: Do you have a spare laptop?

goodhope: yes i do, but I guess its really to much for the beginning....

goodhope: strategy ist difficult at that age...

Polyrythmmm: hmm probably another 3-4 years then

goodhope: yes, then it won't be a problem

goodhope: he would be too afraid to make mistakes at the moment

Polyrythmmm: I was raised by Germans in Northwestern Ontario, but they were learning Canadian English so I don't have any German

Polyrythmmm: Gerhard and Ermagaurd Gehrmann

Polyrythmmm: good germanic names... my brother is now having a child

Polyrythmmm: and I'm going to suggest foreign traditional names to him...

Polyrythmmm: what did you call yours?

goodhope: unfortunately they don't raised you with 2 languages...its very nice for children, we do it also (my wife is Czech)

goodhope: my first son is called Tristan Alwin

Polyrythmmm: Yes I agree it is a mistake not to bestow all the language interest and skills that you can

Polyrythmmm: I now speak basic Norwegian, French, and English

Polyrythmmm: well my English is Advanced

goodhope: the smaller Hendrik Richard...really Norwegian? Did you work there?

mooTrends visits

mooTrends joined the game in slot 3

Polyrythmmm: Hi

Polyrythmmm: A good farming name? cows .. and all?

goodhope: Hi mooTrends

mooTrends: hey

Sciamano visits

Sciamano joined the game in slot 4

Polyrythmmm: button scia

Round 1 of 12

Polyrythmmm: hey... what's everyone's ping at

goodhope: 101

Sciamano: 251ms

Polyrythmmm: hmm. hopefully that will drop a bit

mooTrends: 134

Polyrythmmm: are you in the states sciam

Sciamano: italy

Polyrythmmm: hmm. we are mainly European then... it should pick up a bit I hope I'll check no-one in my house is downloading

Polyrythmmm: 150

Round 2 of 12

Polyrythmmm: really this is brutal... and I think it's not my hosting.. since the traffic is clear

Polyrythmmm: 300

Round 3 of 12

Polyrythmmm: mine mine

Polyrythmmm: since Sciam is the only one stalling visibly on my host screen I suspect it is his connection that is erratic... or should I say Irratac :)

goodhope: shuit

Round 4 of 12

Polyrythmmm: button moo

Polyrythmmm: hmmm.\

Sciamano is not responding to continue

Users who are not responding must be kicked to continue the game

Polyrythmmm: says sciam is not responding

Polyrythmmm: No!

Polyrythmmm: phew!

goodhope: strange

Polyrythmmm: seems ok now

goodhope: hopefully

Round 5 of 12

Polyrythmmm: ouch!

goodhope: mistake

Polyrythmmm: not for sciam

goodhope: I ment me...i had the same idea like you

Round 6 of 12

Polyrythmmm: How many legs are they supposed to have?

Polyrythmmm: Boo

goodhope: ugff

Round 7 of 12

Polyrythmmm: bit steep

Polyrythmmm: Boo

goodhope: I didn't expect the pirate twice!

Polyrythmmm: Oh well we hadn't committed to chrystite yet :)

Polyrythmmm: oh well I would have paid stupid money but...

Round 8 of 12

Polyrythmmm: darn I wanted one more swap

Polyrythmmm: should have just energized

goodhope: shit

goodhope: I have not yet sold even one crys!

Round 9 of 12

goodhope: are there only bad events for me?

Polyrythmmm: basically since you are in the lead yes

goodhope: ok, that's it

Polyrythmmm: more frequent bad stuff for the leader

Polyrythmmm: sorry moo rough luck since the begining when you went broke early

mooTrends: lesson learned thx

Polyrythmmm: 60!

Round 10 of 12

Polyrythmmm: Nuts!

goodhope: nooo!

Polyrythmmm: 900

goodhope: this irritated me

goodhope: but that was the last time in lead

Polyrythmmm: Well that's fine with me I'd love to take the lead

goodhope: sure ;)

Polyrythmmm: button

goodhope: thx

Polyrythmmm: that's better

goodhope: shit i must go now....don't kick me I just do nothing....

Polyrythmmm: um ok but you will need to come back for button later

Polyrythmmm: are you coming back?

Sciamano: still lead ;)

Polyrythmmm: I can wait a minute or two but...

mooTrends: looks like he is gone...kick him

Polyrythmmm: lets give him one more minute here ok?

mooTrends: he said he was leaving no?

Polyrythmmm: he's got two children in the house

mooTrends: oh ok

Polyrythmmm: i think it's just a moment to deal with something he needs

Polyrythmmm: if he's not back in 2 mins we'll kick

Sciamano: ok

Polyrythmmm: hmm

Polyrythmmm: My appologies goodhope but

Polyrythmmm: since you have not told us for certain that you're coming back...

Polyrythmmm: and you are now gone several minutes

Polyrythmmm: I'm afraid..

Polyrythmmm: I must

Polyrythmmm: kick to continue

Computer takes over goodhope

goodhope was kicked

Round 11 of 12

Polyrythmmm: moo?

Sciamano: now moo is away...

Polyrythmmm: seems so...

Polyrythmmm: sorry moo

Computer takes over mooTrends

mooTrends was kicked

Sciamano: seems you will win, but let's do the last round ;)

Round 12 of 12

Polyrythmmm: yes lets

Polyrythmmm: help me to eliminate those remaining mules?

Polyrythmmm: oh well

Polyrythmmm: darn should have held

Game Over. Your progress has been saved.

Polyrythmmm: gratzie for sticking it out

Sciamano: :) ciao!

Polyrythmmm: ciao