Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds

Need 4 players to start - Max 2 computer players allowed

magic visits

magic: hi piete

piete: hi

magic: what does the game title mean?

piete: about to hand over no1

piete: rhodan is tied with me already

magic: to whom

magic: ah but you don't quit mule or?

piete: never

magic: good

piete: although may take a couple of weeks break

piete: have some studying to do...

piete: if i can stay away

magic: ggg i have saturday my last test for this semester :)

piete: but i guess it will be easier not to check in every night after im no longer no1

magic: after learning mule is good to relax :)

magic: the sad thing would be if eumel or akire take your no1

piete: what makes these games with constant good opponents and tight games so interesting is that the games i lose i keep thinking about the wrong decisions i made...

magic: yup and mostly it is just one smal error

magic: or bad luck

piete: there should be a "save state" opportunity although the winner would not be that interested to play again from the saved point

piete: i havent had that bad experiences with eumel, is he as bad as akire?

magic: no this would made it boring if you could go back

piete: yeah but im still contemplating trying to achieve perfect score with c64

magic: yup he is ... the last weeks only hosting and after starting kicks opponents

piete: i guess the random events are decided in the beginning, so you save the state on round 1, play the game noting the events to be able to prepare the next time, just for experimental purposes naturally... ;)

magic: there is no perfect score in mule

magic: no they randomize every round

piete: true, the possibilities are infinite

piete: but c64 didnt have that good random generator

piete: and i have saved some states and coming back i think i see the same events

piete: but never bothered to make note of them

magic: hmm which computer has a good random generator?

magic: no computer could have one cause they are based on algorithems

piete: but i mean that maybe the events are all drawn in the beginning

piete: did you have c64?

magic: yup and it should still running

piete: remember tetris? first game was always the same order of blocks

magic: but its stored at my parents house

magic: tetris i played first on amiga but mostly on nintendo

piete: me too on gameboy

piete: i still have it here, the best d-pad ever!

piete: later versions plus ds are too small

magic: i didn't own a nintendo only played with i was fine with my amiga

magic: and there lemmings was my favorit it cost me sleep ...

piete: my first nintendo console was n64, i regret not having owned the previous consoles as much as i regret not having owned the atari 8-bit (any version)

magic: i had a atari 2600 with frogger spaceinvaders pacman asteroids...

magic: but i was to good in frogger and especially pacman that my mom came in after hours and i still on the same game as i started with max bonus lifes

piete: i bought 2600 later, the "new" version in an sellout

piete: it seems to have been a great system harmed by the lack of then expensive memory

piete: whats this game dropzone was a copy of?

magic: don't konw dropzone right now

magic: the 2600 had no build in memory it was at the cardriges

magic: so you can't save games... :(

magic: ah and i rember pitfall on it

piete: it was defender

piete: anyway, it was graphically a very good game on 2600, showing its potential

magic: jup but then came the c64 :)

piete: had the memory (in cartridges) been cheaper, it would have had a lot better games

magic: and afterwards the amiga :)

piete: after all, it was designed by the same people that designed atari 8-bit and amiga

magic: a friend of mine has an origial amiga 1000 with the signatures of the developers and the dog of jay

piete: i still have both amiga 500 and an atari 1040 st

magic: the atari1024st was a crap

magic: we had it in university an i had my c lessens on it

piete: no it wasnt, it was much cheaper than amiga and a very nice machine

magic: we had overall 6 of it completely identical but on one the prog work on the others you got bombs

piete: and many games were faster on it due to its faster cpu and the laziness of programmers, they converted the games directly to amiga without taking advantage of amigas custom chips

magic: the amiga was more stable an much more capable

piete: true

piete: thats why i bought it afterwards 2nd hand

magic: most of the games i played on amiga didn't have atrari versions

piete: if they were 1st programmed to amiga the conversion to atari would have been more difficult

WhosYourBuddy? visits

magic: but the discusion atari or amiga was the same as today linux and windoof

WhosYourBuddy? joined the game in slot 1

piete: hi who

WhosYourBuddy?: can i have a 10 minute break?

WhosYourBuddy?: hi

piete: sure, waiting for rhodan

WhosYourBuddy?: can i?

magic: hi who

WhosYourBuddy?: k

WhosYourBuddy?: brb

magic: could i have green piete?

Added computer player <A.L.A.N.>

magic joined the game in slot 3

piete joined the game in slot 4

magic: thx i will take a break on the balcony brb

Clintone visits

Clintone: next time

piete: hi clintone! im waiting for rhodan to pass the torch

piete: but

Clintone: he's been on for a while

piete: if he doesnt show up until whos back i guess well play

Clintone: i already emailed him before my last game

Clintone: no i've got class @ 5

Clintone: not enough time

Clintone: gotta walk and all

piete: ok, until next time then

Clintone left the game

WhosYourBuddy?: gtg

piete: gtg?

piete: good to go?

<A.L.A.N.> was kicked

piete: i never irced so dont know these acronyms

WhosYourBuddy?: yup

WhosYourBuddy?: ttyl

WhosYourBuddy?: u2

magic: re

piete: i have 5 people at my lobby...

magic: me 2

magic: only rhodan and clinton available

piete: i pmd rhodan and he didnt reply so hes afk for sure

magic: like most af the time :) rhodan is the top idle guy in the lobby ;)

piete: they should make an indicator for that

fightingarmadillo visits

fightingarmadillo joined the game in slot 2

piete: i really wanted to play rhodan...

fightingarmadillo unjoined the game

piete: what do you guys think?

fightingarmadillo: excuse me

piete: np

WhosYourBuddy?: yeah, he didn't want to play against me either

piete: im sure its got nothing to do with wanting

WhosYourBuddy?: in love with rhodan

WhosYourBuddy?: lol

fightingarmadillo: ?!@

piete: he always takes up the challenge when hes around

piete: but i asked, do you want to wait or shall we just play?

fightingarmadillo joined the game in slot 2

fightingarmadillo unjoined the game

piete: this is probably tonights only game for me

piete: who & magic, your call

magic: up to you but its getting late here if you want to wait for rhodan fighting could have my spot

fightingarmadillo: what is it guys, I feel like a red-headed step child

piete: nothing to do with you arma

WhosYourBuddy?: up to you, i'm installing RAM

WhosYourBuddy?: new ram

WhosYourBuddy?: the ram failed on my iMac

piete: while playing?

WhosYourBuddy?: got 2 beeps followed by 3 beeps on startut

WhosYourBuddy?: actually it didn't startup

fightingarmadillo left the game

WhosYourBuddy?: on a software upgrade restart

piete: youre installing while playing?

WhosYourBuddy?: actually would you mind if i quit and logged back in to my iMac?

WhosYourBuddy?: i can wait

WhosYourBuddy?: i've been playing on my Macbook for the past week

WhosYourBuddy?: doing everything on my macbook for the past week

piete: im now at my work thinkpad

WhosYourBuddy?: just got the RAM when I asked for 10 minutes

WhosYourBuddy?: just installed it

magic: isn' an imac overall is a failure ;)

WhosYourBuddy?: i c someone has never used an imac before

piete: this comp sucks but i did some working so the net cable is connected to this and im too lazy to switch

magic: pc hardware for a price doubled ;)

WhosYourBuddy?: check the stock price recently?

WhosYourBuddy?: just want to change machines

piete: magic, isnt mac vs pc more like amiga vs atari, for me windows vs linux is a no-brainer, windows sucks but we still use it

piete: actually ms-dos is microsofts best product so far

piete: a lean and fast os on any system

WhosYourBuddy?: one moment

WhosYourBuddy?: brb

piete: k

WhosYourBuddy? left the game

magic: i would prefer amiga os :) still

magic: the best os i ever have

WhosYourBuddy? visits

piete: that was a good one i remember

WhosYourBuddy? joined the game in slot 1

WhosYourBuddy?: ah, that's much better

WhosYourBuddy?: back home

WhosYourBuddy?: now I can do diagnostics and play mule

WhosYourBuddy?: 2 of my favorite activities

magic: far away to all os at this time and today still away from win

piete: well, even leaner than dos was c64basic v2

magic: amiga os could things windows never will be able to do

piete: for me, mouse is just another game controller

WhosYourBuddy?: i still have my amiga 500 and 2000

WhosYourBuddy?: but then again I still have my C64 & C128

WhosYourBuddy?: and Atari 2600

WhosYourBuddy?: it's in a box right next to me

magic: i have 3 amiga2000 in the cellar i wish i had the romm to make them work

WhosYourBuddy?: actually there are about 8 computer scattered around my apartment

piete: i have c64, c128d, amiga500, atari1040st, atari2600 and gameboy original...

magic: :) i have tzhe boxes in the cellar

Rhodan visits

Rhodan joined the game in slot 2

WhosYourBuddy?: oh good

magic: hi rhodan

Rhodan: hello

WhosYourBuddy?: i'm feeling unlucky

piete: but they are in finland at my parents house, i only have the gameboy here in brazil...

magic: now we could start

piete: hi rho

magic: gl and hf @ll

piete: what a sector!

Round 1 of 12

piete: why 2?

piete: spoil 1

magic: laag

piete: how much?

magic: 250

WhosYourBuddy?: trying not to be in 1st

piete: i play with that always

WhosYourBuddy?: crap

Round 2 of 12

piete: how?

Round 3 of 12

piete: nooooooooooooooo

Rhodan: noooo?

piete: i hate lonely plots

piete: was trigger-happy

piete: this comp sucks

piete: on a work laptop, 12 inch with small keyboard

piete: produced 0 crys!

WhosYourBuddy?: that's a small amount of crystal

piete: with the other medium plot

Round 4 of 12

piete: of course skipped the turn i had money...

piete: almost

magic: merde a millisecond

Round 5 of 12

piete: auch

Round 6 of 12

Rhodan: all are taken

Round 7 of 12

WhosYourBuddy?: who's downloading something?

magic: my ping went up to 700 now its 266

piete: auch, completely forgot that im prone to pest now

WhosYourBuddy?: mazel tov

WhosYourBuddy?: but i needed that energy

piete: i know, quake next round...

piete: or pirates

magic: nope pirates

WhosYourBuddy?: monster attack

piete: no way, mr luck rhodan just bought crystite ;)

WhosYourBuddy?: like godzilla or similar

Rhodan: :)

piete: i cant understand how rhodan can stay 4th with the money he got

Rhodan: you have more then i

WhosYourBuddy?: it's all politics

piete: yeah after you bought the smith

Round 8 of 12

Rhodan: piete cant believe you didnt leave us couple ore in store for mules

piete: didnt even cross my mind

Rhodan: costly

magic: i hate laag

magic: on my screen i was just in time grml

piete: my lifes work wiped

Rhodan: aye

WhosYourBuddy?: i'm ok

Rhodan: are we buying ore again next round?

piete: go ahead

WhosYourBuddy?: sure

Rhodan: ;)

Round 9 of 12

piete: messed up

Rhodan: looking shaking there piete

WhosYourBuddy?: so we're buying right?

piete: no

Rhodan: dead even that round

WhosYourBuddy?: final 3 plots

WhosYourBuddy?: whos going to get them?

Rhodan: yeah need some one to out produce me

Round 10 of 12

piete: damn minikeyboard

WhosYourBuddy?: darn quakers

Rhodan: you guys know i have production up?

piete: yeah

piete: waiting for quake

WhosYourBuddy?: GL

Round 11 of 12

piete: dont

Rhodan: i made game loosing error thought it was last round

piete: ive made so many errors lost count

Round 12 of 12

piete: f....

piete: another

Rhodan: darn kids daddy me to death didnt keep track of round

piete: lol

magic: lol im to tired now and especially unconcentrated ... ;)

Rhodan: didnt need any more

Rhodan: only needed 3 empty plots

WhosYourBuddy?: GG

WhosYourBuddy?: solidarity

WhosYourBuddy?: like i need the $10 energy units?

WhosYourBuddy?: GG

piete: ill throw this piece of shit aside, never play with this anymore

Rhodan: hard to play when kids still up

piete: except when on work trip ;)

magic: i think i entered last place now :)

WhosYourBuddy?: hey i just put the RAM in this machine

WhosYourBuddy?: and this is the first thing I did with it

WhosYourBuddy?: replaced actually

magic: ggg

piete: blessed mac

Rhodan: i dont think you out produce whos enough

Rhodan: gg

piete: who?

magic: who wins

piete: lol

WhosYourBuddy?: thanks for hosting

magic: he has the lucky ram in his mac now :)

WhosYourBuddy?: yep

Game Over

Saving score, please wait...

WhosYourBuddy?: if I was on my mac book I would have lost

Score saved

Rhodan: i gave that one away. good play though

piete: good colony

magic: thx for hoisting

piete: youre welcome

magic: and well played @ll instead of me :)

piete: last time with this piece of s though

WhosYourBuddy?: till next time

WhosYourBuddy? left the game

magic: cu next time

WhosYourBuddy? was disconnected

piete: i played bad, some fault goes to keyboard but not all of course

magic left the game

piete: another?

Rhodan: i had kids in my ear last 3 rounds

magic was disconnected

piete: ill just swictch