You need 4 players to start a Tournament game.
Only 2 computers players are allowed.
arghman visits
Mordicain joined the game in slot 1
Mordicain: hey
arghman: looking for other players?
Mordicain: sure
arghman joined the game in slot 2
Mordicain: not very good here
Jayisgames visits
Mordicain: but the comp is boring
Jayisgames joined the game in slot 3
Mordicain: one more
arghman: 'sok, i don't mind giving advice. :p :-)
Jayisgames: hello
Mordicain: hey
arghman: actually it's fun to beat up on the computer opponent
Mordicain: this game is a blast fromt he past
Jayisgames: yeah it is
arghman: i just don't like getting into pissing matches w/ human opponents
Mordicain: ya I just hate how fast they can get tiles
Mordicain: just grabbing a drink while we wait for 4th
Mordicain: ok back
Mordicain: you want me to get one AI?
HerrMann visits
HerrMann joined the game in slot 4
Mordicain: ah there we go
arghman: aha, great, we have 4 people
Jayisgames: yay
HerrMann: been so long ... this is awesome
Mordicain: lol same
Jayisgames: it's an awesome recreation
Jayisgames: i get goose bumps
Round 1
Mordicain: lol the hunt is on
HerrMann: woo
Mordicain: lol
HerrMann: is the crackly ground a desert?
arghman: y
Round 2
HerrMann: just realized I missed the free land
Mordicain: same
Mordicain: lol forgot my color
HerrMann: same!
arghman: freaky that mountains move in the earthquake
Round 3
HerrMann: ya im the man
HerrMann: you should all be thanking me
Jayisgames: ty herrMann
arghman: i love the sound fx
arghman: mordecain: you have to press the button when you're on top of the wampus mtn
Mordicain: ah
Mordicain: didn't know that
arghman: an excellent time for smithore
HerrMann: ya especially since mules are getting low
Round 4
Jayisgames: oh noes
arghman: hate those elves
arghman: see what i mean?
Mordicain: heh is it getting us all?
Jayisgames: it didn't help that when the insertion point is in this chat box, the arrow keys don't move your char
Mordicain: ah crappy
arghman: make SURE you click on the main window so your focus is NOT on the chat
Jayisgames: clicking the main window on Mac doesn't switch focus
arghman: ?
Mordicain: he lagging?
arghman: herrmann what's up
HerrMann: darn i lagged
arghman: bizarre
HerrMann: very unfortunate :(
arghman: something got out of sync there
HerrMann: that probably lost me the game
arghman: a time-warp elf opened a hole in the space time continuum
arghman: DOH!
Mordicain: lol
Mordicain: hit the button too soon
arghman: watch out for those green clouds
arghman: something strange in the network
HerrMann: i cant move
Jayisgames: hit enter
arghman: click on the upper half of the window?
Mordicain: ya I had that problem once
Jayisgames: clicking upper half doesn't work for me, had to hit enter
Mordicain: the chat is a separate window
Round 5
HerrMann: i hope I don't lag this time
arghman: just curious: what states/countries are you all from?
Jayisgames: NY
HerrMann: CA
arghman: NH here
Mordicain: vancouver
arghman: almost
Mordicain: ya was close
arghman: old game had a quirk, if you entered into the store from the top/bottom edges it would put you right near the pub entrance
arghman: f, i thought i had enough energy :/
arghman: i forgot, they only forecast one additional non-energy mule per turn and i got 3
Mordicain: it's ok..we've all made a bunch of mistakes this game
Round 6
arghman: mules get sick + die when the mtns developed
arghman: er, not mules, i meant the wampus
arghman: i always let other people assay for me :D
arghman: i smell pirates.....
Round 7
Mordicain: noes!
HerrMann: never gamble!
arghman: a lucky find
Mordicain: never realized that you can adjust your mules
arghman: yup
Mordicain: this changes everything
arghman: the store even buys it back at the same price they sell it at
arghman: f'ing pirates
Mordicain: crap
Jayisgames: :(
Round 8
Mordicain: first my gambling problems made public...now my bad eating child is on the tabloids
Jayisgames: i knew there was something odd about you
arghman: (yawn)
Mordicain: lol
arghman: buying crystite at $150/unit?!
HerrMann: i am already last
arghman: stop that you still have 4 turns
arghman: there's just no energy speculation in this game
Mordicain: ya cause if soemone is out of energy it's best to let them not get any since it stops production
Round 9
arghman: that's cutthroat play
arghman: ;)
arghman: f!!!!
Mordicain: ya but it helps you to win sooo much
arghman: this game is EVIL towards the leading player
Mordicain: is there a pattern to the dimond thiings?
arghman: crystite?
Mordicain: ya
arghman: yes, there are 4 plots of land that have 3x crystite production
arghman: they are each surrounded by 4 2x crystite plots
arghman: and those in turn are adjacent to 1x crystite plots
Mordicain: so it's like a bullseye
HerrMann left the game
Computer takes over HerrMann
arghman: yup
arghman: uhoh we lost herrmann :-(
arghman: earthquakes move mountains!!!
Mordicain: it killed one of my mines
Round 10
arghman: crystite just doesn't yield as much as it did in the original game
Mordicain: nore does it scale
arghman: that's what i mean
Mordicain: if you have a ton of mines every 3 adds 1 production
Mordicain: crystal gets nothing
arghman: hmmm... jay: that was weird
Mordicain: and to get ahead on it over ore you need to get good prices
Jayisgames: i couldn't understand why i wasn't getting an assay
arghman: right, i only develop 3x crystite plots when they are not on top of mountains
arghman: f!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
arghman: this game is EVIL towards the leading player
Jayisgames: like mariokart
arghman: I can see it being biased towards hurting the lead player more than others
arghman: but ALWAYS????
arghman: hmm, i'm getting 5 units of crystite from a 3x plot?
arghman: we're doing pretty well as a colony
Jayisgames: i got 0 from a 2x plot
arghman: i suspect pirates showing up though
Jayisgames: i have to gamble
arghman: no real money in food or energy anyway
Mordicain: ya
Mordicain: I alwasy see it so low price
Round 11
arghman: thx jay!!!!!
Jayisgames: don't mention it
arghman: remember only you can fight wart worms
arghman: lead player f'd again
arghman: we're lucky this game, the pirates only stopped by once
Mordicain: always next turn
arghman: no, last turn is always the store
Mordicain: the store?
arghman: er, i mean the ship coming back
Mordicain: ah
arghman: food is worth $50
arghman: ...but if the computer wants to sell for less fine w/ me
Round 12
Mordicain: do you not need power in the last round?
Mordicain: or you bought enough to last right?
arghman: you do but energy always gets produced for the next round
arghman: predictions of shortages/surplus are figured out based on 1 additional nonenergy mule per turn
arghman: i wanna see a mule tapdance
arghman: huh, i'll bet we hit a really high colony score
Mordicain: best gaem I've had yet
Mordicain: and I screwed up 2 times
arghman: one or two little mistakes don't matter much
Mordicain: lol cost me 2 squares
arghman: $60 for crystite?
Mordicain: shafted
arghman: darn, should have switched it all to smithore
Mordicain: goood game
Jayisgames: gg
arghman: yeah!
arghman: you guys play well
Mordicain: how do you exit without disconnecting?
arghman: idk
Jayisgames: that's how
Mordicain: ah it always warns me it won't keep stats
Jayisgames: cheers
Jayisgames left the game
Jayisgames was disconnected
arghman: yesterday i played against some guy named gyura that was cutthroat and we had an awful colony score