Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds

Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed

zander joined the game in slot 1

rwgallow visits

rwgallow joined the game in slot 2

zander: hey

rwgallow: hey there

rwgallow: mind if i play with you?

zander: not at all

zander: that's why i made the g so people could join

rwgallow: gotcha

rwgallow: ty [tip my hat]

zander: :)

Bertoid visits

Bertoid joined the game in slot 3

zander: one to go

Patrick Miles visits

Patrick Miles joined the game in slot 4

zander: gl

Round 1 of 12

zander: lol

Bertoid: ......and here we go

Round 2 of 12

rwgallow: oh, the cat-bugs

rwgallow: nasty little beasts

zander: my dog is worhtless

zander: :)

rwgallow: good job guys

rwgallow: u stole nothing

zander: i only have one!

rwgallow: there can be only 1

Round 3 of 12

rwgallow: go for it zander

zander: i wanted it

zander: but too much

rwgallow: i was teasing u on that one

rwgallow: good price on that one

zander: yeah a bit better

zander: that 50 bucks hurt

zander: maybe i'll be in last now

zander: so i can get that plot

Bertoid: I'm constantly in last, just for that exat strategic reason

zander: good idea

Bertoid: ;)

zander: except in the 12th round

Bertoid: No, I usually end up last there, too. Just in case! lol

Round 4 of 12

rwgallow: u never know when something good will come up in round 12

zander: i shouldn't have tried

Bertoid: land grabs like that always suck. I just got lucky

Bertoid: that's the worst. Even as your competition, I can say that's too bad

Bertoid: losing aplot I mean

zander: yeah you beat out Patrick

rwgallow: true...we'll have to see what happens

Patrick Miles: lol wampus right there givin ya a beer ...we r doomin

zander: lol

zander: it's better to not be in first

zander: good things happen

Bertoid: agreed

Patrick Miles: yeah lolz

zander: no way!

Bertoid: Are you kidding me??!??!

Bertoid: Dudes, I'm sorry.

zander: nice for u man

Patrick Miles: groovy

Patrick Miles: see ur never out of it

Round 5 of 12

Bertoid: missed it by thaaaaaat much

zander: i'm glad i didn't buy it

zander: lol

Bertoid: Dudes, can you give me 2 minutes, here?

zander: ok

Bertoid: I need to go put my son to bed. I'll be real quick

zander: i'll get a beer

Patrick Miles: jim beam here......

Patrick Miles: wharr yall from me mid ny state near syracuse

rwgallow: al

Patrick Miles: we hurtin in this game lol,many plots empty

rwgallow: we'll be ok now that the $$ has rolled in

Patrick Miles: alabama?

rwgallow: Alabama

zander: nm

Patrick Miles: wow nm hot there lol

zander: not right now

Patrick Miles: yeah nowhere is lol

zander: i'm in albuquerque...we are high so it doesn't get so hot.

Patrick Miles: you guys mule fans from 80's?commodore,atari?

zander: and we don't have the humidity of AL. ;)

zander: atari all the way

Round 6 of 12

Bertoid: Sorry!

Bertoid: Oh I should have warned you I was back, I'm sorry

rwgallow: ahhh the bat-lizard

Patrick Miles: so my twin lt. beeb 43rd rank talked to dan buntens sis and she said this was comin

zander: where are the cat bugs when you need em

zander: really?

zander: where is his sister live?

Patrick Miles: dunno.....

Patrick Miles: but the game is back thanx to some vikings lol

zander: cool idea to have it over the inet

Bertoid: I'm from Long Island. I was up in Troy last weekend.

Patrick Miles: im near rome,ny

zander: 11 with just 2 plots?

Patrick Miles: smithore is king and left side lolz im tryin

zander: that was nice of me

zander: something is wrong!

Round 7 of 12

zander: productive

Patrick Miles: this version is smithore happy lolz

rwgallow: yeah, zander had a good turn of speculation last turn

zander: was is different in the easlier version

zander: ?

Patrick Miles: seemed to be

rwgallow: human players on this server intentionally create ore shortages

rwgallow: the AI is dumb, they overproduce ore and drive the price down

zander: right

zander: speaking of shortages

Bertoid: wow

Patrick Miles: i hear ya but there needs to be a balance

rwgallow: yikes

rwgallow: nope, no need for balance

rwgallow: i'm telling u the best players do what zander just did

Round 8 of 12

Patrick Miles: i know that but its smithore mania

rwgallow: it's just effective price manipulation

rwgallow: buy it out to start

rwgallow: then sell a ton (usually turn 3)

rwgallow: then buy it back up

Bertoid: ha

rwgallow: then sell again

zander: its econ 101

zander: capitalism

Patrick Miles: i hear ya this game is considered to be the first real time sim

Patrick Miles: i love it

zander: that's funny...i never thought of it that way

Patrick Miles: they have done a great job

Bertoid: real time? It takes place over a year!

Patrick Miles: well wrong choice of words....

zander: veru interesting blue

rwgallow: omg

rwgallow: another one

Bertoid: yeah yeah

Bertoid: I'm counting on another fire

zander: i bet you're right

Bertoid: No, I'm just stupid

Bertoid: But sometimes I get lucky

rwgallow: zander's gonna buy it out

zander: sure...why not

rwgallow: not faulting, just commenting

zander: i took it as a comment :)

Round 9 of 12

rwgallow: AND....

rwgallow: DUMP

zander: you can't have all the plots up there

zander: :)

zander: crazy auctions

zander: ah

Bertoid: aw

zander: yeah aw

zander: lol

Patrick Miles: nice

Bertoid: I will literally cry if pirates come this turn

zander: good thing no one will see

rwgallow: crap

rwgallow: pressed it on someone else's land

zander: gallow's gonna cry for his MULE

zander: we noticed.

rwgallow: not my best game

rwgallow: thx zander

zander: well, it's only round 9.

rwgallow: why don't you kick me while i'm down too

zander: i'm sure you'll come back

rwgallow: i've got some salt for this gaping wound on my arm if you want to pour that in too

rwgallow: :)

zander: no fire or pirates

Bertoid: well dplayed fellas

zander: everyone is rich!

Bertoid: 64?/?

zander: a bit more

zander: :)

Round 10 of 12

zander: last plot and $150

zander: sweet

Patrick Miles: yeah lucky....but crustite is quartz lately

zander: i thought that energy was gonna be a bigger money maker

zander: good try anyways

Patrick Miles: u will win..i just cant be a smithore baron

zander: lol

zander: Bertoid is a baron too

zander: ouch

rwgallow: $900

rwgallow: a whopper

Patrick Miles: wow no biggie

Patrick Miles: he has like 13 plots thats alot

Bertoid: man!

zander: i'm getting screwed on the mules

Bertoid: totally

rwgallow: pirates?

rwgallow: planetquake?

Bertoid: so, sell out yall?

Bertoid: or just to 50?

zander: wow, glad no quake at least

zander: definitely sell out

Bertoid: coulda gone to 230. Just sayin

Patrick Miles: ive never seen such smithore gamelong prices

Patrick Miles: nice

Bertoid: meh, good enough

zander: yeah true but the spoilage would kill me

zander: nice Bertoid

Bertoid: Oh, I hope pirates come. I so so so hope they do

zander: its gonna be hard to come back from the cry production

Patrick Miles: na not with

Bertoid: ass

zander: lol

zander: i've never done that before

Bertoid: glad to be your guinea pig

zander: it is a bit mean

Round 11 of 12

Patrick Miles: omg huge colony score

Bertoid: well you don't get to 31 without being at leat a little bit of a prick

Bertoid: no hard feelings

zander: energy is gold

zander: i guess not

zander: it's caplitalism. perhaps we should be a little more socialist. :)

Bertoid: no way, win win win!

zander: ok

Bertoid: I'm ok with losing, don't worry. I try my best but I can respect a better player

zander: well, i'm just lucky :)

rwgallow: zander's played a great game

rwgallow: in and out of ore market at right time

zander: that does help

Bertoid: No, I got lucky, with 2 meteors and a bucnh of good events. I kind of squandered them a bit

zander: sweet no crazy mule

Bertoid: WOw

zander: there it is

Bertoid: but no pirates, huh?

Bertoid: damn almost had ya

Bertoid: well, I'm boned

zander: nice payday

Bertoid: time to go silly

zander: why not

Bertoid: My wife just brough home KFC Fiery grilled wings. I got no complaints

zander: tasty

zander: i thought energy would be more

Bertoid: goodnight everybodeh!

zander: leaving before the finish?

Bertoid: No

zander: good

Round 12 of 12

Bertoid: I was just reacting to how much you got there

zander: lol

Patrick Miles: will be a huge colony score

zander: i think so

zander: what is your guess?

zander: 180k?

Patrick Miles: and im in last w like 12 or 13 plots wtf lol no 2 games trhe same\

zander: prob more like 150 i think

Patrick Miles: ive never seen that high over like 130

zander: has there been a quake in the whole g?

Patrick Miles: no

zander: wow

zander: any pirates came early

Bertoid: and onl once

Patrick Miles: yeah like 1st round or 2

Patrick Miles: and we all had empty plots till 9

Patrick Miles: smithore heaven

Bertoid: ...

Bertoid: What did that do for you?

zander: we shall see

Patrick Miles: this game never stops to amaze

Bertoid: Oh, so you use less energy?

zander: no

zander: i mean yes, but that's not why

Bertoid: it's too late to do anything about it. Just say it

zander: that's why

Patrick Miles: u stilll had 3 empties and u won

Patrick Miles: omg 200

Bertoid: it raises the price if you get rid of your own mules?

zander: yeah...just learned that recently

Patrick Miles: wow so much to learn

zander: good price on cry too

Bertoid: so...it takes plotted mules into account of their value???

zander: don't sell

zander: it hurts u

Bertoid: Well at leasr I did smart crystite to an extenet

Patrick Miles: im in laqst who cares

Bertoid: Pat, never buy or sell in round12

zander: you get the price 25%

Bertoid: because it slows the game down

zander: i believe

Patrick Miles: drink w me ....salute

Bertoid: he went down on his ship...or down WITH...

zander: i mean you get the price + 25%

Patrick Miles: really?

zander: i'm guess we broke 150k colony score here

zander: yeah i think so

Bertoid: second aint bad

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Bertoid: gg all

Patrick Miles: never stop learning danni would be proud he died not long after sex surgery

zander: all not close to 150

Patrick Miles: he tried to become a woman

zander: but darn good

zander: yeah i know

zander: gg guys

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