Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds

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kipley joined the game in slot 1

Gohar visits

Gohar joined the game in slot 2

Gohar unjoined the game

Gohar: hi kipley

kipley: Howdy

Gohar: green pls

Added computer player <A.D.A.M.>

Gohar: : )

Gohar joined the game in slot 3

<A.D.A.M.> was kicked

Gohar: thanks

kipley: No problemo

Mops visits

Mops left the game

Gohar: thats some cool name to the game kipley. mule = cruel ? lol

kipley: eumel and ushci don't seem to want to join our game... how... unsurprisinging.

kipley: Yep, I like to have fun with my game names.

Gohar: yeah, i did double take when i saw u inviting them

Gohar: do they try it even with you and rhodan when they're hosts

kipley: Oh, I didn't expect them to respond. But it's fun to play dumb sometimes just to see if they react.

kipley: I've never joined a game when they were hosting. Don't feel like being booted.

Gohar: i dont get why they do it. i mean what enjoyment can they get when no one likes them or plays them. no friendly rivalry. no respect

Gohar: its pointless

kipley: Some people gain satisfaction from an arbitrary high-score, even if they have to abuse the system and alienate the players to get it. All that matters is the score.

kipley: If I'm going to stoop to such behavior, I'll at least do it in an activity that involves making me a lot of money! ;-)

Gohar: but since we are the only people who know their sore, and know its fake, its like being the top scorer when your the last eprson left on earth, as no one cares about their score in the end. and wahts worse they're spending hours of their lives on it

Gohar: I'm sure you wouldn't really, but its true what you say. at least there should be more benefit than harm to make it worthwhile

Gohar: no sense of achievement eithr for that matter.

Gohar: they're like people pretending to be millionaires and spending all their time trying to show it, when everybody else knows its just monoploy money.

kipley: Well, there's a whole online population of "griefers" out there who gain enjoyment simply out of ruining games for other people online. Fortunately, there's relatively few of them on the Mule site.

kipley: Would make for a interesting psychology paper to examine the motivations of such folks.

Gohar: the worst thing is that he probaly has some skill and could get a decent ranking anyway

kipley: I may try and play him sometime. See if I can get him to promise not to boot me at the start of the game. Of course, he might anyways, but I suppose I should try it once just as an experiment to see what happens.

Gohar: u should, altho maybe he will baulk at doing it to a top 5 guy

rolystic visits

rolystic joined the game in slot 2

Gohar: hi royal

rolystic: hi

Gohar: played b4?

rolystic: hello?

kipley: One of them (forget which one) tends to brag about how awesome he is whenever somebody asks about his high win ratio, so that player at least would have a difficult time justifying not playing anyone

kipley: Howdy, rolystic

rolystic: XD

rolystic: lol

kipley: Did eumel-123 boot you, rolystic?

rolystic: no

Gohar: he's generally considered a cheat

jksjksjks visits

jksjksjks joined the game in slot 4

rolystic: i play with eumel-123

kipley: Hey guys... have you played the game before? Know how the controls work?

Gohar: altho i should ad i have nio proof myself, but it is general consensus

Gohar: doesnt have to be planet mule, but just experience of the game

rolystic: your weird gohar

kipley: Rolystic and jksjksjks... have you played the game before, and do you understand the controls? It kind of ruins the game if you haven't gone through any training games yet.

Gohar: probably am, but have u played before?

rolystic: i understand the cotarols whatever

jksjksjks: im good, let's go

rolystic: im good too

Gohar: ok, be nice, and we'll have a good game

rolystic: have a nice trip!]

rolystic: :)

kipley: I'll hope beyond hope that both of you actually stick around and finish the game... new players tend to just quit. But I believe in you guys! ;-)

Round 1 of 12

rolystic: we are both humans

jksjksjks: I can never find the mountain guy

Gohar: hope lag doesnt interefre with the actual bidding process

rolystic: sace pirates!

rolystic: !!!

rolystic: lol

kipley: Urgh, that lag will make things difficult

Gohar: yes wasnt good at all

Gohar: that as awful

Gohar: ..lag

rolystic: ???

Round 2 of 12

kipley: I like the backing off on my auction to get a better price on the second one... neat trick

rolystic: ha ha

Gohar: thanks, i knew if there was a 2nd one i wouldnt be able to afford it if i maxed u out

kipley: Yep, and I would have paid the max, too

Gohar: lag affecting my choice of plots. i went for both of the ones orange and purple got, and even tho im in 3rd, didnt get either

Gohar: oh well

kipley: Yeah, that's a bummer, alright

rolystic: and me

rolystic: what happned

kipley: lag, lag, lag, lag

Gohar is not responding to continue

Users who are not responding must be kicked to continue the game

rolystic: !!!

kipley: It thinks your network connection is the problem, Gohar. Just FYI in case it winds up kicking you

Gohar: my ping is 219 atm. but if it continues into next 1-2 round and is like this i dont mind being kicked, even by you. i wont takeoffence

kipley: Oh, I won't kick you manually. But the game might do so automatically.

Round 3 of 12

kipley: I've played through games with much worse lag than this, before.

Gohar: i'll continue as long as every1 else is happy

rolystic: a plot for sale!

rolystic: too late

rolystic: :(

Gohar is not responding to continue

Users who are not responding must be kicked to continue the game

rolystic: again!

Gohar: thats the most stingiest gift in the game

kipley: FYI, second time the game has said your network is problematic, Gohar... but we can hope it holds on

Gohar: along with 50 quid for food plot cultivation

rolystic: yea

Gohar: oh, i didnt know it was saying that

kipley: Yep. But you've come back both times, so far.

Gohar: ok, let me know if it happens again pls

rolystic: me

rolystic: ok

Gohar: anyone

rolystic: ants

rolystic: !!!

rolystic: cant move

kipley: Weirdness all around

rolystic: im stuck

Gohar: ok guys. you neei got mssg this time

rolystic: come on

kipley: Wow, that sucks, rolystic

kipley: Haven't seen that bug before

rolystic: im stuck

kipley: He's free!

rolystic: lol

rolystic: it is a bug

rolystic: lol

rolystic: not again

kipley: Wow, hope that fixes itself, rolystic

rolystic: its stuck again

Round 4 of 12

rolystic: its fixed

rolystic: watch me

rolystic: watch

rolystic: see

rolystic: stuck

rolystic: honey

rolystic: :(

rolystic: unstuk

kipley: That's a weird bug, alright

rolystic: :)

rolystic: yea

rolystic: its driveing me nuts

rolystic: XD

rolystic: lol

kipley: ???

kipley: Is that the keyboard bug, or are you really trying to buy energy at that prices?!

rolystic: bye ;D

rolystic: good luck

rolystic left the game

Computer takes over rolystic

Gohar: facepalm

kipley: Well, I guess if he was having weird movement bug issues, I can't really blame him

Round 5 of 12

Gohar: thats true

Gohar: i need some lovin from the cpu. no gifts for being last spot so far

kipley: You could certainly use some

kipley: just pains you that I could possibly profit from that, eh?

Gohar: lol just needed more money for it

kipley: hmmmm

kipley: stuck again

Gohar: othrwise wouldnt have stayed at 92

Round 6 of 12

kipley: Ok, this is getting ridiculous

Gohar: bargain. purple must be sleeping

kipley: Well, if ever there was a game where I deserved the "lose a plot of land" event, it would be this one

Gohar: more good fortune there

kipley: pirates could come again, then it would be bad

Gohar: but good gamble

Round 7 of 12

Gohar: man no luck today. went for that meteor plot hardcore. but i guess i dont have anyone one to blame apart from my own conenction

kipley: Wow, computer's paying more than usual for land

kipley: I tried for the meteor plot, too. Couldn't get it with even with the host advantage. But then, jks should have got it over me, so that's something. Of course, Gohar should have got it before jks, so it wasn't perfect...

kipley: Poor Gohar, this game has been rough for you.

Gohar: proper. but i should be more prudent when buying land which will take most of my moneyt away

Gohar: i guess if u have no money makers like smithore ready to bail u out its better to delay the purchase till later

kipley: It's a tricky balance, that's for sure

kipley: I think I bought for less than 88...

kipley: I think I bought for seventy something

Gohar: 72 i think

Round 8 of 12

kipley: Nice hold on the crystite

kipley: Ooh, going to gamble further... I like it!

Gohar: no point playing conservatie at this point

Gohar: all or nothin

kipley: Yep, I don't blame you

Gohar: thanks purple

Round 9 of 12

kipley: there it is

Gohar: not too bad stage to lsoe it tho i guess, although it is tight between u and purple

kipley: Oh, I'm not complaining... I've had way too much good luck this game

kipley: Like I said, I deserved to lose a plot this game.

kipley: Can't win every gamble

Gohar: cpu playing hardball there

Round 10 of 12

kipley: Hey, you got the last plot despite your lag! Congrats!

Gohar: wahaaay : )

Gohar: im hoping to at least catch up with cpu in this game if i an get good crystite price.

Gohar: not interested in buyin. had two turns to burn

Gohar: altho he might not go along with it i guess and try to sell cheap

kipley: I almost did. It wouldn't be too hard to get it above 51

kipley: But I don't figure that I needed to, so didn't bother.

Gohar: price sucks

jksjksjks: fellas, this was interesting but the phone won't quit, regrets, ciao

kipley: Ah, well

Gohar: u got a good chance tho

jksjksjks left the game

Computer takes over jksjksjks

kipley: Not really. I have a ton more land, so I'll be outproducing him these last few turns by a lot.

Gohar: thanks

kipley: Well, you would have only had to pay the computer 1 dollar more, so I didn't do you that big of a favor!

Gohar: nooooo!

Gohar: was relying on cpu fo my nrg

kipley: Sorry, took me too long to figure out how much I could sell... need enough energy for my own plots for 2 more turns...

Round 11 of 12

Gohar: no worries

kipley: I actually could have sold you a few more and still had enough to make it to the end

Gohar: lol, not my night!

kipley: Should have done the math ahead of time... but like you, I wasn't expecting me to be the only guy with an energy surplus

kipley: I'll sell you all you want this turn

kipley: Just need to keep 13 for myself

Gohar: ill take u up on that

Gohar: not a pretty picture

kipley: Course, you'll have to outbid the computers, which aren't producing any energy either

kipley: But the new AI never bids that high on food/energy

Gohar: of coursre

Gohar: yeah they will end up with -6 for the sake a a ew quid

kipley: THIS is why I wasn't worried about beating jks....

Gohar: wow 10K

kipley: 12-plot crystite bonus makes for a LOT of crystite...

kipley: 4 bonus per plot on econonies-of-scale alone

kipley: I can sell all but 13 energy

Gohar: ok

kipley: And roly will sell some, too

Round 12 of 12

Gohar: out of curiosity, wont u only get EOS on 5 plots, as the othrs are not adjacent?

kipley: That's the adjaceny bonus you're thinking of, that's different

kipley: Econmies of scale gives you a bonus of 1 for every 3 plots you have producing the same thing

Gohar: ok, i thought it as the same thing. my abd. i got to go back and read it again then

kipley: So it's really good to have 3, 6, 9, and 12 plots producing the same thing... each time you hit a multiple of 3, the bonus kicks in that much higher, which can be HUGE.

Gohar: thanks

kipley: Hey, a crystite gamble that actually paid off

Gohar: jsuta little too lat eto catch p blue tho

kipley: Yes, you had a pretty crippling first half

kipley: You acgtually might have enough, though

Gohar: also when i had crytsal last few turns, didnt give me goo dprice.

Gohar: had to keep selling xcess cheaply

kipley: You've got almost $6000 on crystite value difference... you might be in seocond place

Game Over

Saving score, please wait...

Score saved

kipley: Nope, I was wrong

Gohar: congrats. huge score too

kipley: Good game, Gohar. Glad your network held in there

Gohar: tc kipley

Gohar: me 2

Gohar left the game