Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds
Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed
piete joined the game in slot 1
poobslag visits
Rhodan visits
poobslag joined the game in slot 2
Rhodan joined the game in slot 3
piete: guess so... ;)
poobslag: cool, cool
piete: cy seems to be afk
poobslag: oh bummer
piete: no more ranked players
piete: may have to risk with an unranked one...
Rhodan: ok with me
piete: have to interview thoroughly first ;)
poobslag: yeah sure
piete: your pings are ok?
Rhodan: 170
piete: thats good
poobslag: 204 not great
piete: thats ok, when i participate its 250-300
piete: that is, when i decide to play, sometimes its even higher
piete: but up to 300 play is ok
piete: this is still a "cult" game seeing the number of players in the lobby
Rhodan: few know about
Rhodan: needs some more spit and polish to go mainstream
piete: and guns...
poobslag: heh needs to be shorter
poobslag: i'd play more if it didn't commit me for 90 minutes
piete: me 2, could change to simultaneous development
piete: since everybody has their own computer
poobslag: well, just a massively different game at that point. but yeah, something like that
poobslag: played a dos game back in the day "Traders" which was like mule with simultaneous development and lots of other bells + whistles, it was a pretty fun game
piete: not massively, and there could be an option to observe others
Rhodan: that would work
piete: damn, id like to start soon, was going to go jogging tomorrow at dawn...
Rhodan: that might cut it down to an hour
Legolas I visits
kanthony visits
kanthony joined the game in slot 4
piete: hi kanthony! hows your muleing? ;)
kanthony: still getting back in the swing of things after quite a few years since playing the original
piete: but you played original? in that case welcome
Rhodan: brb
kanthony: thanks, I played the original quite a lot back in the ay
kanthony: day
rushmann visits
piete: visitors, press space to watch
rushmann left the game
Legolas I left the game
piete: kanthony, hows your ping?
kanthony: I can here the bleeps if that's what you mean
kanthony: hear
kanthony: man I can't spell tonight
piete: no, the lag ping
kanthony: oh, no lag for me so far in any of the games I've played
Legolas I visits
Legolas I left the game
piete: down here V
piete: vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
piete: next to fps
rushmann visits
piete: rushmann, press space to watch
kanthony: now I see "ping" at the bottom of the screen - 272ms
piete: thats just ok
Round 1 of 12
poobslag: lol oh cmon two?
piete: :)
poobslag: also you picked the left smithore on purpose? that was smart
poobslag: but my smithore plot produces more so... maybe not so smart!
piete: :D
poobslag: hmm weird opening strategy piete, i wonder how it plays if your friends don't buy out the store for you!
piete: weird?
poobslag: everybody i see goes into smithore, buys out the store, plays a few rounds with no money and then sells on round 4
kanthony: So far in my games lot sof people do the same
piete: i never buy the store on 1st round
Round 2 of 12
poobslag: i've tried buying the store on the 1st round but i hate having no money
kanthony: same here
poobslag: just like i appreciate the value of land but i hate having no money, you can't even place a mule this turn now unless you downgrade your smithore
poobslag: i think i'll learn a lot this game
piete: im counting on good luck ;)
poobslag: all luck for me! none for piete
poobslag: that's what i'm counting no
piete: damn
poobslag: it's what like 25% chance? not very good
piete: i have to admit i didnt remember mules were going to be that expensive
poobslag: but even if mules were $100 you wouldn't have enough right?
piete: i paid $4 too much... ;)
poobslag: heh heh okay i understand
piete: accumulated errors...
poobslag: giving us noobs a small chance
poobslag: $121 for one food! is it such a good deal
poobslag: all these things you do i don't understand yet!!!
piete: dont worry, neither do i
poobslag: lol
Round 3 of 12
poobslag: did they fix the game recording bug yet?
poobslag: where games weren't being recorded after the 1.2.3 patch
poobslag: ouch evil wampus
piete: its funny how one mistake in the beginning multiplies the difficulties...
poobslag: mhm i've seen it
piete: so far this game has been a good lesson for me
poobslag: a turn 2 lost plot
poobslag: oh, count the exact $ amount in early land auctions?
piete: im too greedy, i didnt need to buy the plot
poobslag: well it's good to drop to last place
poobslag: and $600 is a good price
piete: sure, hope someone loses the plot soon... ;)
poobslag: can always sell it, i never see anybody auction off land in this game :)
piete: let it spoil
poobslag: heh heh starve :)
Round 4 of 12
poobslag: actually i'm feeling hungry i'll eat the extra food
piete: i will see you eating it before the auction
poobslag: i'll eat it right in front of you
poobslag: mmm it's soooooo good piete
piete: dont need the good luck anyway...
poobslag: oh! i shouldn't have eaten it
piete: thats courageous, no pirates yet...
kanthony: yeah, I don't sell under 100
piete: could have bought one for 100
piete: ah, you mean crystite
kanthony: in my game last night the pirates showed up in round 11
poobslag: oh!
poobslag: i have no money
poobslag: i should have saved $100 or so
poobslag: i needed rhodan to buy out the store with me, now i'm in trouble
Round 5 of 12
piete: im seeing a package...
piete: as my first good luck, havent had any yet
piete: no
piete: at least you didnt have much money to lose
poobslag: mhm
poobslag: aww that was my favorite one
kanthony: looks like you just made your money back
poobslag: and %50 more, so it was an OK profit
poobslag: but a very rotten turn
piete: he can buy the store out again
piete: dont worry, ive had several rotten turns already
poobslag: store has 60 units, it's questionable of it's worth it eh? oh, hmm, maybe
Rhodan: ok money bags
kanthony: nice
poobslag: piete didn't need to ever stop it was bad
Rhodan: more money
Rhodan: thats it?
Rhodan: i was to slow
poobslag: i don't want to produce more smithore, i'd rather have money right now
Round 6 of 12
kanthony: that's exactly what I was going to do as well - food
poobslag: mhm heh heh heh
poobslag: we'll see what food goes to
kanthony: thought I had enough time for another!
poobslag: i'm curious
poobslag: my guess is... $60
poobslag: awwwwww
poobslag: that's really rotten
poobslag: oh! it's still pretty high.
piete: i was expecting more
kanthony: so was I
poobslag: people overproduced, it drives down the price
Rhodan: so was i
kanthony: I was betting it would be more than crystite
Round 7 of 12
poobslag: hmmm
kanthony: wow
kanthony: jackpot piete
piete: and nobody lost a plot... :(
poobslag: mhm
Round 8 of 12
poobslag: wow ouch!
poobslag: i lost a plot after all
poobslag: ouch $560
rushmann left the game
Round 9 of 12
poobslag: owch
piete: here we go, right after i started producing...
kanthony: you knew they had to show up sooner or later
poobslag: grumble grumble
piete: :)
poobslag: rhodan you're no help this game!
Rhodan: dont like helping you win
poobslag: piete's winning
poobslag: i'm in the worst position, fewest plots, worst everything
kanthony: you were still in 2nd place at the end of last round
poobslag: yeah but i'm not making any money
poobslag: i had seven plots!
Round 10 of 12
poobslag: who has seven plots in round 9 that's just very bad
poobslag: i'll have a drink barkeep
poobslag: put it on the mule's tab
poobslag: heh heh heh
kanthony: ouch, two turns in a row and late in the game!
Round 11 of 12
poobslag: no rhodan! smithore goes in the mountains!
poobslag: you're all mixed up
kanthony: lol
kanthony: woops
piete: oops
poobslag: wheh-heh-heh
piete: what a price!
kanthony: crystite was 44 at the end of one of my games
poobslag: heh heh heh is that possible?
poobslag: piete you are weird!
kanthony: I had never seen it below 56 before that
piete: im afraid of glac-elver ;)
poobslag: i've seen 48
poobslag: oh! glac elves good call that's what, half? hmm interesting
poobslag: elf insurance
Round 12 of 12
kanthony: lack of energy pretty much guarantees I'll be in last place
poobslag: mhm
poobslag: it blows
piete: change to energy
piete: you will produce only with 6 plots
piete: rest energy
poobslag: mhm that's what i did when i was short, it's a good strategy
poobslag: at least you produce $50-$60 with each plot instead of nothing
piete: its the only strategy
kanthony: didn't even notice your comment until I already switched one energy out.
poobslag: (shrug)
kanthony: good to know if that happens again though
kanthony: in another game obviously
poobslag: with one less mule smithore might have bumped a little,
poobslag: but too bad
piete: it needs an empty plot
poobslag: mm-mm
piete: real demand
poobslag: it's supposed to but there's a bug
poobslag: or at least there was a bug in 1.2.2, where demand bottomed out at 4 plots
piete: no bugs, more mules than empty plots (0)
poobslag: no, i mean there's a bug in 1.2.2 where you could spike smithore prices in round 12, because it always assumed four players would need four mules next round
piete: ok
poobslag: it's possible it was fixed, but it wouldn't matter since there are four mules in store so... difficult to demonstrate
Game Over
Saving score, please wait...
poobslag: i hope second and third isn't decided by $600 or i will feel silly
piete: i had a rough start but i turned all right
poobslag: mhm you did good
Score saved
kanthony: not bad
poobslag: i've never finished with 9 plots before that was rough luck
kanthony: congrats piete
kanthony: GG
piete: thanks guys, gg and good night
Rhodan: gg
poobslag: see you later!