Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds

Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed

kipley joined the game in slot 1

ace0001a visits

ace0001a joined the game in slot 2

kipley: Howdy

ace0001a: hey

ace0001a: I am ready to be owned

ace0001a: hehe

kipley: Have you done any training games to learn the controls?

ace0001a: seeing how you're rank is 2

ace0001a: yeah, actually used to play this game on the vintage C64

kipley: okey dokey

ace0001a: now we just need 2 more

kipley: Could take a while, if we wait for hmans

kipley: We can just go with computer AI for the other two, if you want

ace0001a: lets give it a little while longer if that's fine with you

ace0001a: I don't mind AI

ace0001a: but been playing training only with AI

ace0001a: so I kind would like to see at least one more person

kipley: Ok, we'll give it a couple minutes to see if more humans show up

ace0001a: ok

ace0001a: hopefully we get one more

ace0001a: so 3 people and 1 AI

ace0001a: if not, then 2 of us and 2 AI is fine I guess

turssi visits

turssi joined the game in slot 3

kipley: Howdy

turssi: kipley for 1st

turssi: ace: you know the rules and have 80minutes to finish the game?

ace0001a: ok

turssi: you mean yes ?)

ace0001a: yeah I'm ready

kipley: You good with AI for the fourth, or want to wait for a human?

ace0001a: go for it

turssi: humans

kipley: Nobody waiting in the lobby at the moment

turssi: ai too stupid

ace0001a: I say lets just go with the last being AI

turssi: sorry i wont :(

ace0001a: just one AI isn't bad

turssi: ai sells energy and food

turssi: no excitement

ace0001a: but just one

turssi: it still sells food and energy

ace0001a: sorry kipley, guess I should've agreed to 2 AIs, hehe

turssi: i can leave

turssi: no prob

kipley: It's all good.

kipley: I'm good either way.

turssi: ace: you wanna start 2ai game right now? ill make way

kipley: Just not sure how long the wait will be, since the lobby is currently empty

turssi: ace: just remember to only to plant crystite and smithore

ace0001a: I just want to start playing and I thought 1 AI is a REASONABLE compromise

turssi: the ais will sell you all the food and energy you need

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ace0001a: wow

ace0001a: don't know what to think about that

ace0001a: no offense to anyone, but I'm surprised just how anal people can be about the way a game is played

kipley: Some people just hate playing with AIs. It doesn't bother me so much.

ace0001a: well lets get going with 2 AIs if you want

kipley: Okey dokey...

kipley: But let's give the new lobby guy a chance first

ace0001a: you're ranked like 2 and tursi was like 160 something

ace0001a: I can't believe he was that anal

ace0001a: oh well

ace0001a: yeah lets roll with it

accumulator visits

turssi visits

turssi joined the game in slot 3

kipley: Howdy!

accumulator joined the game in slot 4

turssi: press j to join accu

kipley: Cool. Space to start.

turssi: and space/ctrl to speed up the game

kipley: Space for everything, really

kipley: Arrow keys to move

kipley: Welcome everyone, and have fun.

Round 1 of 12

ace0001a: this is my first actual game experience...doesn't feel as fast as playing "local"

turssi: yeah its really slow

turssi: i hate that 4s wait before turn

turssi: should be button to start...

Round 2 of 12

ace0001a: damn, I keep forgetting I'm blue

ace0001a: hehe

turssi: next turn youll forget to claim!

kipley: I hate it when I get confused about colors

kipley: Yes, at least you remembered before the square left the screen

ace0001a: 69, what a number

kipley: We can make smithore go up to 230 if we let the store run out of ore and mules

Round 3 of 12

accumulator: bite me. missed the freaking wampus.

ace0001a: yeah I never get them either

Round 4 of 12

accumulator: screwed myself pretty hard on that one. Ouch.

ace0001a: yeah, but the higher the risk...

turssi: press space on top of wampus to catch it

ace0001a: msn I suck at that

ace0001a: ah

ace0001a: thanks

turssi: press space to speed up production phase

kipley: He doesn't need to be visible to catch him... but it's easy to be off a pixel or two.

kipley: So if you don't catch him, wiggle around while pressing space

turssi: lol two quakes

ace0001a: no strategy with holding crystite huh?

kipley: Well, hold it if the offering price is too cheap

kipley: For crystite it varies between 48 and 148

turssi: random

kipley: But you also have to worry about pirates coming and stealing it

Round 5 of 12

turssi: accu: you still there?

accumulator: crap. thought I had gotten that last plot.

ace0001a: yeah I got color confused earlier too

turssi: even an empty plot of land is worth 500 dollars on the balance sheet

turssi: nooooo

turssi: my money

ace0001a: ouch

kipley: yeah, they cleaned you out completely

kipley: Oh the bright side, you didn't have enough money to pay the entire bill! ;-)

turssi: eeh

turssi: that sucked

ace0001a: what if we all didn't sell?

kipley: Then it would have been worth 230 next turn

kipley: But we'd have all been hurting for cash!

Round 6 of 12

turssi: i hate this game

turssi: host steals plots

ace0001a: nuts

ace0001a: or strategy depending on how you look at it

turssi: i have payed 3000 and won

kipley: You've got to consider how much the goods will be worth that the plot produces over the entire rest of the game.

ace0001a: I had hoped the makers of this game would've expanded the scope of the game to have more players and plots

ace0001a: but this is still a classic though

kipley: They're working on a prototype version that incorporates new ideas along those lines

turssi: there will be a modified version later this yeas

turssi: year

Round 7 of 12

ace0001a: here we go again

kipley: Whew... busy turn for me

kipley: Guess I really needed that extra food I bought!

kipley: FYI, if we don't sell smithore this turn, it'll go up in price next turn.

kipley: Tursi was right to buy out the store... I'd have done it if I had the cash

kipley: Now smithore will shoot up in price

kipley: And we'll all be rich, rich, rich!!!

kipley: Uh oh! Acid rain!

kipley: You could have made some good money for your energy, ace!

Round 8 of 12

ace0001a: probably

turssi: better to make others hurt

turssi: by not selling food neither energy

kipley: Depends on how much money they'll offer

kipley: For the right price, it's worth it to part with your excess

turssi: please 3rd quake

Round 9 of 12

ace0001a: nuts

ace0001a: lol

kipley: Entirely worth it

ace0001a: ouch

accumulator: That was not good.

kipley: And during a mule shortage, no less!

accumulator: now I remember some of the challenges this game posed.

accumulator: It's still got that whole c-64 feel to it, though.

accumulator: but sorry for wasting a mule there, guys.

turssi: everyone for themselves :)

ace0001a: I was surprised you were trying to cut it so close with the time

kipley: Don't apologize to us... it hurt you more than us!

kipley: I wasn't getting any mules anyways, so I don't care! ;-)

turssi: gw ace

kipley: Nice cashin, ace

ace0001a: I was hoping to, hehe

ace0001a: I figured I lost out on the crystite war

turssi: if you sell, ask 1000 for unit

turssi: now that was just plain stupid...

kipley: I wouldn't have paid much more

Round 10 of 12

ace0001a: lucky

turssi: wont help me

ace0001a: yeah, probably would've been better a few rounds earlier

ace0001a: man I totally can remember playing this on the C64 using Atari joysticks

Round 11 of 12

ace0001a: wow

ace0001a: nice cash in guys

kipley: Thanks.

kipley: Crystite is often worth more than smithore by the end of the game, since no more mules need to be built

Round 12 of 12

turssi: still its random

accumulator: oops. forgot you can't mine the river bed.

kipley: If anyone is wondering why I let my food mule loose... it's because I only have 11 energy, and 12 plots

accumulator: Oh. Thanks for explaining that.

accumulator: I was placing an extra emphasis on food - food is just time, isn't it?

ace0001a: man, all kinds of strategy at play here, hehe

accumulator: Energy is what counts.

kipley: Food is time for turn

kipley: Which doesn't matter in turn 12

kipley: However, with food being short, it may actually be worth decent money.

turssi: if crystite goes up to 148 per unit maybe i wont be last

turssi: :)

turssi: last turn sales dont matter

kipley: Also FYI, selling on turn 12 doesn't change your final rank any

kipley: as it's worth the same as assets as it is in cash

turssi: the game counts them at same price not depending on whether you sell or not

ace0001a: yeah I figured, I just wanted to anyway

turssi: saves time

turssi: not to

turssi: i think kipley got it

turssi: rank 1 now?

kipley: Even with a win, piete is still ahead of me by a game

turssi: oops sorry

turssi: i didnt come down

Game Over

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Score saved

ace0001a: not bad for my first game

accumulator: thanks for the game, guys.

turssi: hehe missed 2nd place by 211 dollars

kipley: Good game, everyon

kipley: Hope it was fun for everyone

ace0001a: yup good game

accumulator: My first game in 25 years. yow.

kipley: cool... welcome back!

kipley: See you all next time

accumulator: thanks. g'nite

ace0001a: bye everyone

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