Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds

Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed

kipley joined the game in slot 1

Variance visits

Gorp visits

Variance: What good timing, I was languishing in the lobby

deedeedee visits

Gorp: cant join

Variance: ...and I can't join this game either

Variance joined the game in slot 2

deedeedee joined the game in slot 3

Variance: tada

Gorp joined the game in slot 4

kipley: Forgot to turn my zonealarm settings down

Variance: deedeedee has a bad rep

Gorp: thx for the host

Variance: I don't know what was going on, but whoisyourbuddy was really angry at him

deedeedee: why?

kipley: deedeedee... do you intend to finish this game?

deedeedee: yes

kipley: 4 games with 3 abandons is why I ask

Variance: Aha

deedeedee: bad connections

kipley: Fair enough

Variance: Kipley, you are 6th now

Variance: Congratulations

kipley: Thanks. Just means that I play too much

Variance: Once you beat piette ther will be nothing left

Round 1 of 12

Gorp: gla

deedeedee: owned by wampus

Variance: I found out that crystite blooms as an orthogonal fractal

Variance: now i understand why people prospect random spots

Round 2 of 12

Variance: lol

Variance: Kipley knows that too

kipley: oh yeah

Variance: In fact, you stole my plot

Variance: but all is fair in love and war

Gorp: :)

kipley: I shall call the mine I build on it "Variance", in your honor

Variance: Thank you kindly

Variance: That's why it read medium on deedee's farm

Variance: Crap, my energy plot will have low crystite then

kipley: I'll bet medium, not low

Variance: quiet, I'm trying to imply that I didn't get high readings on the plot to the east

kipley: Ah

Variance: A lesser person might've taken the bait

deedeedee: sell all

Variance: yeah right

deedeedee: buy

kipley: hold!

Variance: seven

Round 3 of 12

Variance: Kipley, you are too kind

Variance: i am tempted in case of a land auction

Round 4 of 12

Variance: told you

deedeedee: run

Variance: i better get the next one

Variance: damn

kipley: You'll have plenty of money during the next one

Variance: so will you

Variance: ugh

Variance: i was gonna say

Round 5 of 12

Gorp: saw kipley topping the wekkly leaders - finding it entertaining to watch

kipley: (Joe Pesci voice) So what I am, here to amuse you, is that it?!

Gorp: lol

Variance: ugh

kipley: Very nice of Gorp

Variance: yes

Round 6 of 12

Variance: Thank you gorp

Gorp: wlcm

Variance: you are a true ?? ?? ??????? ?? ????

Variance: oh, I can't say it here

Variance: lol

Gorp: :)

deedeedee: asldkfklj;asdfas

Variance: eh, not sure if want

kipley: It is fun to watch you decide!

Variance: lol

kipley: Like a woman rearranging the furniture in the house... no, maybe over there...

Variance: not as much fun for progress on my agenda

Variance: to have the entire house arranged in the pattern of the crystite symbol!

Variance: (not funny)

kipley: press space, please

Variance: deedee

Variance: grop, it looks like kpley

Variance: is going hungry this winter

Variance: WINK WINK

Variance: WINK

kipley: Yes! Stave the bastard!

kipley: (Urg, Starve, that is)

Variance: Hit him with our staves!

Variance: oh

kipley: heh

Variance: damn you deedee

deedeedee: distractions here

Variance: oh, HEW NO, ova my mutha

Round 7 of 12

Variance: I need to fix my 6260 port so I can host and get host advantage

kipley: It IS nice to host, I'll agree with you there

Variance: plus you can actually make games when you want

kipley: Not a huge advantage, but it's nice to have less lag

kipley: And making games is also nice.

Variance: Unless your opponents all have >100ms ping, you pretty much can pick what plots you want in land grants

Variance: <100ms, i mean

kipley: Not quite that good of an advantage. At least, not to my reflexes

Variance: deedee, you can't catch the wampus on owned land

kipley: space, please

Variance: If you're psyched the extra 100ms can help

deedeedee: oh

Variance: horrible timing

Variance: I have to stop playing with people above rank 100

Variance: it doesn't help my rank

kipley: heh

kipley: You learn the most when you play the better players, though.

Variance: True

kipley: Some of my most instructive games where when I got my butt kicked

deedeedee: the artificial smithore demand is interesting

Variance: I think i know all the technicals now that I understand crystite distibution

Variance: But as you said, good judgement comes with experience

Variance: Or an excel spreadsheet

Round 8 of 12

Variance: Forums said land is worth 5000 each

kipley: 500

kipley: not 5000

Variance: they said 5k over the whole game

Variance: if you get peak crystite

Variance: even if the land has no crystite

kipley: People say a lot of things. Opinions are the cheapest commodity.

Variance: very true, very wise

kipley: While there's some truth the the statement from a certain perspective, it ignores many other factors/realities of the game.

Variance: It's probably mostly circumstantial

Variance: It might be 5000 if it's round 2 and you somehow have 6000 dollars to safely pay 5000

Variance: but usualyl not

Variance: ohohohohoho

kipley: Until we start witnessing top players routinely paying $5000 per plot, I think it's safe to say the statement ignores certain truths

Variance: Usually they don't have 5k to begin with

Variance: And even then it's such a substantial percentage of any pot of wealth

Variance: Well played, kipley

kipley: thanks

Variance: The meteor won't hurt you either...

kipley: Nope, not complaining about it

Variance: lol

Variance: damn, missed deedee

Variance: how did I only make 6 energy?

Round 9 of 12

Gorp: ????

Variance: kipley has host advantage

Variance: he kep pushing ~70ms after you saw the auction close

Gorp: its good to be the host

Variance: I want to be host when I grow up

kipley: The lag makes the displays of the auction lines not sync up between the computers. Makes it appear like you're ahead when sometimes you're really not.

kipley: It's been complained about in the forum

Variance: wow, 600$

deedeedee: and I get nothing, where's the socialism

Variance: ComradeKangaroo will help you there

kipley: Planet Irata has free health care

Variance: deedee, take the other mule too

Variance: starve the capitalist pigs

deedeedee: this game needs hope

Variance: and change

Gorp: lol

Gorp: lol

kipley: space, please

kipley: I briefly considered spiking it one more time, decided not to

Variance: you couldve

kipley: yep

Variance: also, pirates

Variance: uh...

Round 10 of 12

Variance: that caught me off guard

deedeedee: free land

Variance: just mash space

Variance: oops

Variance: space

Variance: not bad puraisu

Gorp: SELL

Variance: deedee, sell

deedeedee: betting on pirates?

Variance: rpices only range from 50-150, or 48-148, depending who you ask

kipley: 48-148, if you ask me

Variance: always sell above 100 unless you really need to catch up

deedeedee: gambling on higher price... only chance

deedeedee: wont be enough

Variance: also, never leave more than 50 in your inventory after an auction

Variance: it spoils above 50

deedeedee: sold to 40

Variance: always sell at leatst to 50

Round 11 of 12

kipley: Never say always

kipley: There's always exceptions! ;-)

Variance: maybe, but I can't see how it owuld help

Variance: Unless you're convincing someone with 100 or something not to sell

kipley: I've bought the store out of smithore before, even though it meant putting me over 50 unites

Variance: Well, smithore is different

Variance: I bought up to 70, but that was probably a bit more than was intelligent

Variance: oh lawd, zero energy

deedeedee: may have to leave, ride coming..

Variance: sell to us then

kipley: game's practically over

Variance: energy crisis though

deedeedee: I'll sell energy

Variance: good good

Variance: not to gorp though

Variance: nevermind, energy crisis abated via hordeing

deedeedee: yest

deedeedee: bye

Gorp: i always try to have double by summery round ten

kipley: wow, didn't expect that

Variance: bai bai

deedeedee left the game

Computer takes over deedeedee

Round 12 of 12

Variance: double what?

Gorp: double enery - convert all

Gorp: lands to cry

Variance: I try to horde, but it's less controlled than that

Variance: I just kinda horde

kipley: everything in moderation

kipley: including moderation

Variance: Except in round 12 with crystite?

kipley: I got a food plot! ;0)

Variance: lol

kipley: Good game, everyone. It was quite fun.

Variance: good game

Gorp: yes -gg

Variance: One day you will beat piette, and you on't be looking...

kipley: At least deedeedee waiting until it no longer mattered before leaving

kipley: It'll all depend on whether I get sick of playing so much before I reach the top spot. Could go either way at this point

Variance: You have to be careful to allot plenty of time for mule, as too many people fail to

Variance: Have you ever played piette?

kipley: Yep, a couple times.

kipley: We've both beat each other at least once.

Variance: I heard he shoots fire from his ears and lightning from his corneas

kipley: Aiy! I AM William Wallace!

Variance: ?

Gorp: lol

Variance: I think that one went over my head

kipley: Your quote was right out of Braveheart

Game Over

Saving score, please wait...

Score saved

Variance: That would be why

Gorp: thx again for the host

Variance: Good game

Variance: Good luck slaying the first place dragon kipley

kipley: Thanks.

kipley: cyas

Variance left the game