Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds

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discostrings: hiya york!

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Sgt York: hi disco - nice to cya again

Sgt York: i c u have been putting those tips well to use - LOL

napier: hey all

Elvenwitch: Hello

discostrings: haha sure have : D

Round 1 of 12

Round 2 of 12

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Computer takes over Elvenwitch

Sgt York: always a quitter anymore

Sgt York: disco- thereis a price for not getting food by round 2

Sgt York: if there isn't a noob or an ai to save u.. u can get taken out of the game for get'n too greedy

discostrings: hasn't happened to me yet, but I've cut it pretty close....

Round 3 of 12

Sgt York: no idea how u beat me to that

discostrings: yeah you should have had it

discostrings: do you push the button when it's gray from the frame before?

Sgt York: ur failure to get food... could take u out of it... we'lls ee

Sgt York: yep

discostrings: I usually just hit it then and I haven't had too many problems

Sgt York: and if 2 ppl hit it at same time.. person who is losing most gets it.. that's why i'm surprised u got it

discostrings: I've been playing it pretty riskly lately... I'm sure it's going to catch up with me soon

Sgt York: i should have u now.. unless ai or oob bailes you out

Sgt York: i've made 3 diff ppl pay for it lately - lol

Sgt York: there is a price for get'n too greedy - LOL

discostrings: I hope my off-planet relatives will send me a pack of food

Sgt York: wow.. can't believe napier is bailing u out

Sgt York: he's giving u the game

napier: not into starvation

Sgt York: your giving him the game

Sgt York: he starved himself.. by not getting food... instead he mined ore/crist...

Sgt York: and u 'enabled' him.. which is why he will win

Round 4 of 12

discostrings: someone usually gets greedy themselves and eventually sells... at least in what I've run into

discostrings: cutting the person off is definitely the better strategy though

Sgt York: yep.. and it makes ppl bank on it.. and play greedy like u have... i've learned not to do it.. against good ppl.. they will starve u

Sgt York: we have to use our plots/time to get food/energy while u get the more lucrative ore/crist.. which spring boards u to the win

Sgt York: by him selling u that 1 - u got ur food out now

discostrings: yeah, I would have been totally screwed over were it not for that

Sgt York: yep.. for 200.. now u are b ack in it..and it made ur earlier investment pay off... that 200 will net you 5000 easy

Sgt York: that is the only counter ppl have for soeone who goes ore/crist first 2 rounds..

Round 5 of 12

Sgt York: very nice

discostrings: thanks

Sgt York: it's unbeleivable.. for 1 stick of food... so much was given up... some ppl have no clue

discostrings: yeah... in the end, probably worth $15000

Sgt York: not that much.. but 5k minimum

napier: York, it's not real money

napier: btw

discostrings: I don't know, I could have been out of the game for many turns

Sgt York: but it is real TIME

napier: same time spent either way

napier: does winning give you back time?

Sgt York: wasted time.. vs time well spent

napier: meh

napier: it's a point of view.

Sgt York: i prefer smart play... makes the time more enjoyable..

Sgt York: just my preference

Round 6 of 12

discostrings: gah! this time I should have had your plot york !

Sgt York: that is bs

Sgt York: that one is the worst of them all..losing a plot

discostrings: yeah I think other than losing a 50+ cristite, that one is worst

Sgt York: lose money - no big deal. but a plot affects you the rest of the entire game

Sgt York: even losing 50 crist.. is just 1 round.. and everyone else loses theirs.. so it's countered

Sgt York: same with mining halved

discostrings: someone in a game earlier today lost their plot on the third turn which was for food

discostrings: that REALLY hurt

Sgt York: yes, i've had that happen also

Sgt York: i think losing a plot in first 6 rounds should be coded out

Round 7 of 12

Sgt York: sigh

discostrings: I'd agree with that

discostrings: buy/sell trickery is always fun

Round 8 of 12

Sgt York: an empire.. built on 1 stick of food.. LOL.. because someone wants to play spoiler instead of to win - LOL

Sgt York: you have done really really well disco.. great job!!

discostrings: thanks!

discostrings: as long as things go okay for me early on and I don't miss the ore cycles, things usually go pretty well

Sgt York: i was doing like u.. and going heavy.. and some of the better players made me pay for it.. and i learned, u MUST get food by round 2, else u can be taken out of the game

Sgt York: of course, if u have an AI or a noobie.. it works well

discostrings: heh, I should not have quavered

Sgt York: wouldn't have mattered b/c ur in 1st place

Round 9 of 12

Sgt York: very nice

discostrings: using the wampus time to think is very helpful

Sgt York: my biggest prob right now.. is not keeping enuf capitol early on to buy the land

Sgt York: that comes up for auctions

discostrings: that was happening to me during the week

discostrings: but in playing a ton this weekend I've stopped doing that

discostrings: now I never buy the ore in the first auction

discostrings: and things go much better

Sgt York: then when i was buying a lot - i couldn't develop them before rnd 12 - lol

Sgt York: yes, that is the gamble

Sgt York: that's tough

Sgt York: b/c him selling it - hurt.. but i couldn't go to the BUY side.. else i could have let you sell.. and left me out in the cold -i had dto stay on the same side as u

Sgt York: very nice.. i wanted to capitolize on food also... but didn'thave the plots to do it

Sgt York: instead of all that waste... u should have sold it to the store.. don't let him come up so high

discostrings: this is the first game I've really ever made it work

Sgt York: u just lost almost 1000 in spoilage now

Sgt York: that's a gamble

discostrings: yeah

discostrings: I gamble a lot : D

Sgt York: you've already won it - no reason to gamble.. other than to experiment..

Round 10 of 12

Sgt York: i have only picked the winner by round 6 wrong 'once'.. and it was by less than 20 bucks.. LOL

discostrings: wow

Sgt York: once u see plot alignment.. who has the crist bonuses.. it's not hard to tell

Sgt York: i knew our only shot was making u pay for your early gamble.. napier bailed you out and made ur early gamble pay off

Sgt York: ur gamble in energy may be the thing that kills u or saves you now

discostrings: it could be close

Sgt York: yes, only because you threw so much money into energy buying the store out

Sgt York: 300 bucks

Sgt York: and you invested several thousand into energy and it didn't go up

Round 11 of 12

Sgt York: what was it.. aboaut 42 pieces at 46/ea that you bought out?

Sgt York: i sold all i had food to the store, to help repress that cost also - u still have 2 in food

discostrings: yeah... the problem is that I forgot I still had so many plots doing ore

discostrings: I wanted the last few turns to be all cristite and just have a stockpile of energy

Sgt York: good to experiment tho

discostrings: but I messed it up

Sgt York: game was clearly yours tho.. nothing wrong with trying something new

Sgt York: you've gotten very good disco

Sgt York: LOL

discostrings: thanks, I've been working at it

Sgt York: u shoulda sold napier.. it's only going down... i woulda backed out

discostrings: or at least playing way too much lol

napier: true

discostrings: I think I'm addicted to this game

Sgt York: i think you still won

Sgt York: 300 wasn't enough.. for the plots you had

Sgt York: 290

Round 12 of 12

Sgt York: actually.. i shoulda converted the 2 energies to crist, and the food to energy

Sgt York: i messed up there.. coulda eeked a few hundred more out

Sgt York: this should still do it for you :) LOL

Sgt York: the x3 u will get out of that.. will more than do it

discostrings: phew

Sgt York: u were already out producing me by 3.. that will guarantee it...

discostrings: hands got a little shaky there cause I knew it was over if I didn't pull it off

Sgt York: great game.. it's nice to see you doing so well :)

discostrings: always a pleasure to play with you york : )

Sgt York: i woulda made you pay tho.. just to learn the lesson ;) hahaha

discostrings: hehe and I'm sure you will one game soon

Sgt York: problem is.. it only takes 1 person to bail u out

discostrings: teach me, that is

Sgt York: i'm going to guess... u have it.. by...just under 1000

discostrings: I've definitely seen people not get bailed out

Sgt York: i've had it happen to me.. LOL

Sgt York: part of the game.. it's a smart play

Sgt York: ouch

Sgt York: 1900

Sgt York: u killed me

discostrings: the game is much better without AIs because they take a lot of the strategy out

Sgt York: totally agree

napier: thanks for the enlightening game guys

Sgt York: np napier.. tnx for playing

discostrings: any time!

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discostrings: wow

Sgt York: omg.. only 100??

discostrings: way closer than I thought

Sgt York: uproduced 1900 more than me in crist.. not sure how that happened

Sgt York: me too

Sgt York: dang

Sgt York: if i had convereted the 2 energy to crist, i coulda won it hahaha it's what i get

napier: g

Sgt York: gga

napier: g'nite folks

Sgt York: i'm going one more...

Sgt York: cya outside..

discostrings: certainly more than the cost of the food : D

Sgt York: great job disco

discostrings: yeah I will too

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