Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds
Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed
Mean Jim joined the game in slot 1
Rhodan visits
Rhodan joined the game in slot 2
Sniper visits
Rhodan: bs
Sniper: that was one of my best starts in some time.
Sniper joined the game in slot 3
Rhodan: he did it on purpose
Sniper: I knew I had a high and 3 med plots
Sniper: High was right off the river and I had all 3 surrounding.
Rhodan: high was under the store
Mean Jim: concur w/ rhodan
Rhodan: othe high was in lower left corner
Sniper: yeah, I suppose so.
Sniper: oh well.
Sniper: I don't even know if I have the time to do this one.
Sniper: Sorry.
Rhodan: i have look at some of his game logs. 99.9% he did it on purpose
mandel visits
Sniper: Probably
Sniper unjoined the game
Sniper: good luck. I guess no game for me before I leave for work.
Sniper: L8r
Sniper left the game
mandel left the game
Rhodan: notice mr. kipley hasnt rejoined
Mean Jim: yeah - that's the most telling sign
Rhodan: yes it is
Rhodan: if it was honest disonnect he would be jumping in here
Mean Jim: actually he appears to be continuing in the other game
Rhodan: geeez whats rank worth when you cant brag about it
agybaszaras visits
agybaszaras joined the game in slot 3
Rhodan: he hardly ever plays ranked players and alot of ai games with one
agybaszaras: Need some pre-going-to-work mule
Mean Jim: the other game is now in round 4
Mean Jim: filling the coffee cup... brb
Rhodan: i let him know
Rhodan: i just need a game with ethical players
agybaszaras: how do you define "ethical"?
Rhodan: let me get my dictionary so i get this right
Mean Jim: the current ranking system rewards cheats - people who kick folks that are leading, or people who purposely seek out games between one noob and then add two AI's
agybaszaras: oh, yeah
agybaszaras: that's lame
Mean Jim: the good part of the current ranking system (wins only) - is that i'm encouraged to play with great players - i learn from them and when i finish poorly, i haven't hurt my ranking
Rhodan: guess i will post a message about him along side of mr akire1
Mean Jim: kipley's #2 ranking gives him lots of visibility already, and I've noticed where he's been called out before.
Mean Jim: akire1 has stopped kicking folks (after i wrote the forum post), and has now gone the noob-and-2-AI's route
Mean Jim: he's moved way up in the rankings, too - #22 with an outstanding 28 wins for 29 games!
Rhodan: my game logs speak for me
Mean Jim: ditto
agybaszaras: 90 minutes is such a long time to put into a crappy game
agybaszaras: I don't think I have the patience
agybaszaras: and noob+2-AIs is certainly destined to be a crappy game
Rhodan: i dont see how they can stand to play that way
Rhodan: bores me to tears
Mean Jim: did you read the new post about the proposed new ranking system?
Rhodan: no, let me go read it
Rhodan: peite last post?
Mean Jim: yes
Mean Jim: actually, i'm sorry - the thread has been on there for awhile - I guess I hadn't read it until piete's last post put it at the top of of the page again
agybaszaras: I feel like all of this would be solved if you based the number of points you get on a game on the strngth of your opponents
agybaszaras: that way playing 2 AIs and a noob would get you very little
Rhodan: yes and the number of human players
Mean Jim: agreed
agybaszaras: no need for complicated formulas with colony scores
Rhodan: dont know why they are hung up on colony scores
Mean Jim: i do think there should be a way to recognize good colonies. i started playing mule on my atari 800 aboard an aircraft carrier. me and my 3 roommates played it non-stop (when we weren't flying). after we finished pummeling each other...
Rhodan: ranking base on strengt of player and number of players
agybaszaras: that should be a different ranking system
agybaszaras: because it really is a different game strategy
Mean Jim: ... we started working cooperatively to achieve the highest colony scores - we found that as fun as the cut-throat type games vs each other
Rhodan: i played great games with strong players and had poor colony scores
agybaszaras: yeah - there is no way to play a game where everyone is trying to win and get a super high colony score
Rhodan: then there is what mean just said. so colony scores is not a true reflection of the game
Mean Jim: kipley update: remarkably, he's winning, 13K to 9K for the rest of us - round 8
agybaszaras: you should get points based on your ranking in the game and the quality of players playing
Rhodan: he wants that gold medal badly
Mean Jim: yep
agybaszaras: he did mention thinking about throwing the game last night
Rhodan: he played poorly
Rhodan: wasnt impressed at all
Raiste visits
Raiste joined the game in slot 4
agybaszaras: yay!
agybaszaras: good luck everyone
Round 1 of 12
agybaszaras: I hate when mts block the entrance
Mean Jim: under the damn store again?
Rhodan: yep
Round 2 of 12
agybaszaras: love it when I grow nothing
Round 3 of 12
Round 4 of 12
Mean Jim: god that was dicked up
Mean Jim: but i'm not the lone ranger
Mean Jim: naturally
agybaszaras: food!!
agybaszaras: rhodan?
Mean Jim: he's stratergizin'
agybaszaras: sounds hot
agybaszaras: but I'm already late for work.... :(
Mean Jim: hmmmm.
Raiste: looks like youre not going to work today
Raiste: lol
agybaszaras: I just have to make sure I am there in time for lunch!!
Mean Jim: i like to get to work in time for happy hour
agybaszaras: is he there?
Mean Jim: which, on friday, is lunch
Raiste: Rhodan doesn't, do this often
Raiste: he is does, its an emergency
Mean Jim: yes, true
agybaszaras: I think rhodan is gone
Mean Jim: but he usually gives us a heads up if he's leaving the computer
agybaszaras: yeah - I think he got disconnected
Mean Jim: I'll give'em another minute.
Mean Jim: 30 secs
Raiste: =\
Mean Jim: 10 secs
Mean Jim: ok - sorry rhodan... here goes
Computer takes over Rhodan
Rhodan was kicked
Round 5 of 12
Mean Jim: i hated doing that
agybaszaras: he was disconnected for sure
Raiste: well time to start playing defensive
Mean Jim: goddamit
Round 6 of 12
Raiste: dammit
Mean Jim: nice work
Round 7 of 12
Raiste: damn
Raiste: lol
agybaszaras: brilliant
Round 8 of 12
Raiste: this might be the loweset scoring game ive seen
Round 9 of 12
Raiste: i hate you mule
Mean Jim: rhodan has found a love for agriculture
Round 10 of 12
Raiste: FUCK
Round 11 of 12
Mean Jim: wow - nice work
Round 12 of 12
agybaszaras: I think you are too far ahead, Mean Jim
Raiste: gg
agybaszaras: gg
Mean Jim: big delta in crack production - depends on the price.
agybaszaras: still, you have way more land than me
Mean Jim: gg - sorry about rhodan dropping out
agybaszaras: oh, yeah -- that killed me
Mean Jim: yeah - hard to catch up at 52 bucks per
agybaszaras: someone needs to tell the AI he can change his plots
Mean Jim: they really need to work on the ai programming
Game Over
Saving score, please wait...
Score saved
Mean Jim: gg everyone - thanks for playing
agybaszaras left the game
agybaszaras was disconnected