Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds

Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed

TheHamburglar joined the game in slot 1

angad visits

angad joined the game in slot 2

TheHamburglar: hey

angad: hey

TheHamburglar: this your first game?

angad: first online... must have played 1000's on an atari when i was a kid

TheHamburglar: hah, its over for me

TheHamburglar: then

TheHamburglar: this is my 9th game ever

angad: it's not that difficult to get used to... and it is maybe 23 years since i played it ;)

TheHamburglar: hah, maybe ill have a shot then

TheHamburglar: yeah, its really fun

BaronHelix visits

angad: i'm interested to see what this new version is like... the origional had big block graphics....

BaronHelix joined the game in slot 3

TheHamburglar: c64 or nes?

BaronHelix: hihi

TheHamburglar: hi

angad: hi

angad: atari800

TheHamburglar: ah

BaronHelix: i was an Atari child too

TheHamburglar: i had an nes

TheHamburglar: atari was a little before my time

angad: my dad was well into atari... 400, 800, not sure what was next - then a ST...

angad: yeah i had a nes a bit later on

BaronHelix: I think that was it. After the 800, the Amiga kind of moved in

TheHamburglar: what kind of ping are you guys getting?

BaronHelix: 67

TheHamburglar: not bad. im at my university's library

angad: my ping slow... 350

BaronHelix: uhoh

TheHamburglar: thats not good

BaronHelix: a nice ping will make for a good change. the last game I think I mainly lost to to "host advantage:

angad: hmmm what's the biggest it is poss to play with?

TheHamburglar: if someone else wants to start a game ill join that

TheHamburglar: to fix angad's ping

BaronHelix: it won't make a difference

TheHamburglar: why?

BaronHelix: unless we find someone much closer to him and the two of us get pings in the 250-300 range

TheHamburglar: ah alright

BaronHelix: then we all end up slow

BaronHelix: better to hope one can still slog through

BaronHelix: :)

TheHamburglar: i guess we'll see

TheHamburglar: this is the worst part. waiting

angad: ok... where does the ping effect the game - land grab?

Sgt York visits

Sgt York joined the game in slot 4

TheHamburglar: hi york

Sgt York: hi

BaronHelix: hf all

Round 1 of 12

angad: gl

TheHamburglar: hard to see him pop up without sound

BaronHelix: ???

TheHamburglar: ...

BaronHelix: bugged

Sgt York: someone's lag'n

TheHamburglar: probably an

BaronHelix: just let it go

Sgt York: this is bs

TheHamburglar: lol

TheHamburglar: should i boot him?

BaronHelix: York!

Sgt York: yes.. this seems like it always happens with non rated

Sgt York: Baron!

TheHamburglar: baron, you agree to boot him?

BaronHelix: i am getting there, yeah

Computer takes over angad

angad was kicked

Round 2 of 12

Sgt York: wow it moves a lot faster now

BaronHelix: forgot to get land York

Sgt York: wtf??

TheHamburglar: york, you missed it

Sgt York: i hit it twice

Sgt York: the one green got.. i had it, and held it down.. then hit it again

Sgt York: gg baron

TheHamburglar: maybe you'll get a free plot

Sgt York: sorry guys, i rarely ever quit, but between ai, lag, losing a plot - this game is over. No use wasting over an hour when it's obvious baron wins - gg guyz

BaronHelix: ??

TheHamburglar: man

BaronHelix: wow

BaronHelix: ijust finished a game I was down 18k

BaronHelix: good to know where you stand

TheHamburglar: just finish it

TheHamburglar: screw us over or something

Sgt York: the ai will feed him.. he has the ore run, and capitol for 2nd ore run.. he's got a crist foothold... i've played enough to see it

TheHamburglar: its the second round

Sgt York: want to abandon, i'll start again.. but at this point, it's just a waste of an hour

BaronHelix: i tend to blow it all on land

Sgt York: i'm not host.. so it doesn't matter if i stay or not

Sgt York: ya'll have fun

Sgt York left the game

Computer takes over Sgt York

BaronHelix: ass

TheHamburglar: should we keep playing?

Round 3 of 12

BaronHelix: yep

TheHamburglar: k

BaronHelix: no sense in you getting an abandon as host on your record

BaronHelix: all my monies

BaronHelix: buy him out

BaronHelix: good man

TheHamburglar: working on it hah

TheHamburglar: i hate playing against ai

BaronHelix: yeah. York pushed to get the guy booted and caused it

TheHamburglar: i dont think angad would've recovered

TheHamburglar: but york should have stayed

Round 4 of 12

TheHamburglar: fuck

BaronHelix: totally lucky there

TheHamburglar: twice

TheHamburglar: hah i know its over already

BaronHelix: you pushed me into it too, when you snagged the plot i was trying for

TheHamburglar: the ai totally wrecks my strat

TheHamburglar: and plus you have all the crystite

BaronHelix: honestly, value of crys is less important than total # of plots working it

BaronHelix: so you can still be in it

TheHamburglar: my whole game depends on getting crystite

TheHamburglar: which is probably a bad idea

BaronHelix: i am going to make money on ore this rd, but then I am solidly in 1st and all the handicapping joy that means

BaronHelix: comp spot

TheHamburglar: oh man, i hope my hosting lag gets me that hah

TheHamburglar: er, non-lag

BaronHelix: comp will get perfect timing on it

TheHamburglar: damn

TheHamburglar: making big money on that crystite already

Round 5 of 12

TheHamburglar: hah

BaronHelix: grats

TheHamburglar: thx

BaronHelix: you know you can turn off comp turns, right? it will be much faster that way

TheHamburglar: how

BaronHelix: under settings

TheHamburglar: ugh