You need 4 players to start a Tournament game.
Only 2 computer players are allowed.
Gunnar visits
Ivan visits
Ivan joined the game in slot 1
cyounghusband joined the game in slot 2
Gunnar joined the game in slot 3
Gunnar: howdy Cy, Ivan
cyounghusband: gunnar, you've play 50 games! wow
Ivan: hi guys
cyounghusband: my stats only say I've played 13 complete ones I think
cyounghusband: wait for a 4th?
Gunnar: sure
cyounghusband: my first try at v1.2
Gunnar: major improvement
cyounghusband: yeah, I lost some interest in 1.1 when the smithore thing came to be really dominant
Ivan: just started yesterday
Gunnar: it now really feels like the original
cyounghusband: did you hear about it on slashdot?
Ivan: yep
Ivan: played it a long time ago
Gunnar: bluesnews.com
cyounghusband: player count went up 4x at least since thursday
Gunnar: ftw :]
cyounghusband: i saw it on arstechnica just before christmas
Gunnar: i think there has been 1k new players since yesterday
cyounghusband: heh
cyounghusband: so are players winning with crystite now gunnar?
Ivan: I tried it in my last game. price never got above 64 the whole game
Gunnar: o yea,its hard to dominate when there is spoliage
Ivan: seriously lagged in standings because of it
cyounghusband: yeah, the price is a huge variable. I've also played games where it stayed over 96 the whole game
Ivan: round after round I was banking on it going up, but it never did
Ivan: wanna play with 3 or wanna add a bot?
cyounghusband: so now I could really see the price of it in the last couple of rounds being a roll of the dice between a smithore producer and a crystite producer
cyounghusband: give it another 60s and we'll go
Ivan: ok
Ivan: yeah, my last game, the smithore guy let all the mules go in last round
Ivan: to make his smithore value go up
cyounghusband: how high did it go?
Ivan: 230 in the final round
dj_leethol visits
dj_leethol joined the game in slot 4
cyounghusband: interesting. well, at least he could only carry 40 into that last round from what I understand now. before you could carry hundreds
Ivan: sweet
cyounghusband: cool. hey dj
Gunnar: gl all
dj_leethol: hey
Round 1 of 12
Ivan: fun fun fun
dj_leethol: this is my first game online
dj_leethol: i'm so excite
dj_leethol: d
Gunnar: welcome aboard
cyounghusband: i think gunnar is going to teach us a thing or two, but I've played a bit too
Gunnar: :]
Ivan: good... I need to learn!!
Gunnar: too kind Cy
cyounghusband: there was some talk of making the wampus harder to catch, but I guess not in the version. I remember almost never getting it when I played the c64 version
Gunnar: same in the atair
Gunnar: atari
cyounghusband: oh, now that's playing to win
Round 2 of 12
cyounghusband: dammit! I'm hosting and I still got the wrong plot!
dj_leethol: yeah, i was about to comment on that
cyounghusband: i used to be able to blame the network, now I htink I can just blame my slow reactions
Gunnar: ;p
dj_leethol: i like how the price of food went up
Round 3 of 12
dj_leethol: selecting the plot is the most exciting part
cyounghusband: exciting, and I don't mind losing the draws when multiple players try, but getting the wrong one altogether bites
dj_leethol: good idea, cy
dj_leethol: with the switchign to power
cyounghusband: the wampus moved 3 times in my turn, so I think they might have updated from the last 1.1 version?
Gunnar: i think so
Round 4 of 12
cyounghusband: nice call gunnar!
cyounghusband: i didn't expect it to hit 76
cyounghusband: now, this looks like a bug
Ivan: yep
dj_leethol: yup
Gunnar: :[
cyounghusband: you can also stop time completely...
Ivan: apparently
Round 5 of 12
cyounghusband: that energy will come in handy for you
Ivan: yep
Gunnar: i wanted to sell it to the store though :[
Ivan: i know
Gunnar: bugz0r3d
Ivan: lol
Ivan: you sure were
Gunnar: geez
Ivan: apparently I cannot buy anything
Ivan: it's pushing me down and then selling to the store
dj_leethol: and i can't sell
Gunnar: gr34t
cyounghusband: now this is annoying.
Ivan: abandon ship!!
dj_leethol: ok, so time stops when bids are even....
dj_leethol: on energy
Gunnar: well lets see if it happens a 3rd time
Ivan: ok
cyounghusband: hey, can we have a good faith agreement that you try to sell just 1 to the store, and then back off if a player wants?
Gunnar: k
cyounghusband: just to see if that fixes it
dj_leethol: sure
Round 6 of 12
dj_leethol: lol, i don't even have the $ to bug
dj_leethol: *bid
Ivan: uh...
Ivan: Ummmm... I just won BOTH of those bids on my screen
Ivan: but didn't get either one
cyounghusband: hmmm
Gunnar: not on mine!
cyounghusband: that's not good
Ivan: my connection is effed
dj_leethol: did your money go down?
Ivan: no, at least that part worked
Ivan: but the 2nd one, I was the only one up there
Ivan: oh well
cyounghusband: that's a shame. i've only hosted a couple of times, but never had problems
cyounghusband: the auctions are done with UDP I think, and other parts with TCP. so maybe it is your UDP data flow that is not working
Gunnar: i never saw u move on the auction Ivan
cyounghusband: yeah, he was just parked the whole time from what I saw
dj_leethol: me niether
Ivan: that'd explain it
Ivan: it was working earlier
cyounghusband: oh no!
Gunnar: gah
dj_leethol: good for me! :)
Ivan: really? Can't sell now??
Gunnar: womens pantyhose!
cyounghusband: well, this is not looking playable...
Ivan: nope
cyounghusband: ivan, mind if I kick you to see if that fixes things?
Ivan: can't deal with 6 more rounds like this
Ivan: sure
Ivan: kick me
Ivan: c-ya all later
cyounghusband: ok, sorry 'bout your luck
Ivan: no prob
Gunnar: cya zIvan
dj_leethol: bye
Computer takes over Ivan
Ivan was kicked
Gunnar: figures
Gunnar: bad conn i guess
dj_leethol: let's not forget about freezing time, thought
cyounghusband: yeah, from the messed up games, kicking the player seems to fix it about half the time
Gunnar: that should be fixed too though now
cyounghusband: (we figured it was ivan that broke all of the auctions, i think we're good now)
Round 7 of 12
dj_leethol: finally i have capital to develop these properties!
Gunnar: yea
cyounghusband: interesting and unexpected
dj_leethol: bahh! i got excited!
cyounghusband: lol, i've done the same thing more than once
Gunnar: me 2
cyounghusband: brb, pee break
Gunnar: k
dj_leethol: is crysite ever a good investment?
Gunnar: yes
Round 8 of 12
dj_leethol: i've never seen the prices go above 120
cyounghusband: yes, i definitely should be
cyounghusband: I gambled wrong on the crystite hot spots and was disappointed...
cyounghusband: the high point I was choosing around is actually on the river I think
Gunnar: hopefully you are wrong :]
cyounghusband: ah, so you can still push around the price...
Gunnar: if yer lucky
cyounghusband: hmm, I think you're going to come out on top
cyounghusband: you picked a good point to do it in terms of production levels etc.
dj_leethol: economies of scale play a bigger role than i thought
Round 9 of 12
cyounghusband: two important things -- adjacent plots, and having at least 3 of some production type
cyounghusband: the two store burnings this game was unusual (and no pirates)
dj_leethol: not yet....
dj_leethol: get ready for a run on smithore....
cyounghusband: yeah, he's about to blow us away
Gunnar: not by much
cyounghusband: but 'nuff I think...
Gunnar: bad luck can change all that :p
cyounghusband: ivan is doing pretty well for himself so far
cyounghusband: ivan got this AI headed in the right direction
Gunnar: ^&%*$( muchtrons :p
Gunnar: mmm spoilage
Gunnar: :p
Round 10 of 12
Gunnar: ha mechtron!
Gunnar: eat that
cyounghusband: now the AI is letting gunnar switch all his energies to smithore...
Gunnar: sez u :p
Gunnar: gah
dj_leethol: my riches!
Gunnar: i want a missle defense system
dj_leethol: did you do that to starve the house?
cyounghusband: i think gunnar has enough to tie him through, but trying it out
Gunnar: i like batteries
Gunnar: :p
Round 11 of 12
cyounghusband: lol
dj_leethol: 48 bucks! boo!
Gunnar: i fear glac elves
cyounghusband: ?
Gunnar: they eat half yer food
Round 12 of 12
cyounghusband: 136, i'm toasted!
cyounghusband: if it was at 48 maybe I had a prayer
Gunnar: gg guys
cyounghusband: yes, I quite enjoyed that
dj_leethol: does it matter if you sell on the last round?
Gunnar: no
cyounghusband: no, it doesn't
dj_leethol: oh
dj_leethol: gg, very educational
Gunnar: unless someone buys it at a higher price
cyounghusband: this last auction round is basically useless from what I can tell
Game Over
Saving score, please wait...
Score saved
cyounghusband: gg, shame we lost ivan
Gunnar: happy trails guys
cyounghusband: cheers
dj_leethol: nite nite
Gunnar left the game
Gunnar was disconnected
dj_leethol left the game