Tournament Mode - 12 Rounds
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Orv joined the game in slot 1
Avernus visits
Avernus: Hey
Orv: Hello.
Avernus: brb grabbing a coffee and my smokes
Avernus joined the game in slot 2
Orv: Sure. We probably have a few minutes before we have a full group, anyhow.
Avernus: Yeh I had a lobby up but nobody joined so went for a smoke
Avernus: This will only be my 4rth game I think
Orv: Looks like it from your stats.
Avernus: Never won but I think I have the basics down now =)
Orv: The only way to learn the strategy in this game is to get beaten repeatedly, in my experience. ;)
Avernus: Yeah a buddy of mine logged in last night and he was so upset he did so poorly and made so many mistakes
Avernus: I said that is how you learn my friend not by restarting =)
Avernus: Odd how some people dont like MULE
Orv: Yup. I don't mind getting beaten by someone I know is better at it than me. It's a chance to watch and learn.
Avernus: Hell I spent 30 bucks on Steam yesterday and this game blows them all away
Orv: The ones I really think are odd are the ones who claim not to like it but keep showing up to play. ;)
Avernus: Id really love to see this game on XBOX live with Achievments and also on PC with achievments but keep a trial version for free to play with registered users
Orv: That'd be pretty cool.
Orv: An XBOX port would really widen the audience.
Avernus: Yeah 4 player on XBOX with headsets would be a riot
Avernus: Would work so well for Arcade format also
Avernus: You could play MULE on a 1080p tv
Avernus: =)
Orv: Well, let's give it another 5 minutes...if we don't have anyone by then I'll throw in some AIs so we can get going.
Avernus: I'll wait no big deal
Orv: OK.
Avernus: Sunday here and chores are all done =)
Avernus: Just had some lesbiens come by my house looking to buy so I had to show them around =)
Avernus: You play any other games aside from MULE?
Orv: Nothing multiplayer, really. I'm a fan of the Half Life 2 series of games, and Portal, though.
Avernus: Wondering how Badlands is on PC compared to XBOX
Avernus: Was thinking about buying it
Avernus: I love strategy and citybuilders
Avernus: Picked up Age of Rome for 6.75 on Steam yesterday
Avernus: Actually big deals on Valve stuff right now
Avernus: They having a summer blowout sale
Orv: Yeah, so I hear. I haven't looked because I'll just get tempted, and I'll spend money I shouldn't. ;)
Avernus: I spent 20 bucks so I dont feel bad =)
Avernus: Would have bought Dawn of Discovery if it had no DRM heh 20 bucks
Avernus: That other game is nearly completion
Avernus: Well sort of heh
Avernus: That number 1 guy is in the other game hehe
Avernus: That dallas guy was quiting out yesterday so I didnt join it
Orv: Yeah, that's what I heard. Almost joined one of his games but was warned off.
Orv: I've played with Rhodan before. He's really good but he's not a jerk about it. I mean, he doesn't give you a hard time if you screw up, and doesn't act like he has a big head.
Avernus: Yeah seems like a nice guy says hello even
Avernus: shrug
Avernus: He told me about holding down spacebar to grab land hehe
Avernus: After I lost a plot to him when I should have gotten it heeh
Orv: I didn't learn that one until like my 30th game. ;)
Orv: Don't remember if it was him or someone else who told me about it.
Orv: We'll probably get someone when that other game ends.
Avernus: Well I read the rules that stated if the last place player hits button same time as first he gets it kind of deal
Trebor1234 visits
Avernus: Welcome
Trebor1234 joined the game in slot 3
Trebor1234: ty
Orv: Hello.
Trebor1234: hello all
Avernus: heh spamming people on XBOX live to come play =)
Avernus: Like talking to rocks them console freaks
leahcim99 visits
leahcim99 has the same IP address as Trebor1234
leahcim99 left the game
Avernus: same ip? =)
Trebor1234: oops
Avernus: hehe what you play two games at once? =)
Trebor1234: :P
Trebor1234: if i could
Avernus: hehe duel boxing MULE! =)
Orv: Could be like my fiancee and me...we live together so we have the same Internet connection.
Avernus: I must be getting real old
Trebor1234: why?
Avernus: Never thought Id ever play MULE online hehe
Trebor1234: hell-wehn we started playing this...no-line really didnt exsist
Trebor1234: on line
Avernus: I never did own MULE only played at friends houses on commodore and atari
Trebor1234: on line did not exist
Trebor1234: C64 here
Trebor1234: lucky...7 or 8 of us all had compueters or atatri
Orv: Wel, the other game ended and we haven't picked anyone else up yet, so we may have to thow in an AI.
Avernus: wait im spamming someoen on xbox =0
Avernus: ill drag his ass over if i have to lol
Orv: Heh heh.
Avernus: Does EA still have rights to MULE?
Orv: I've wondered that, too. I don't know who the developers of this game are licensing them from.
Avernus: I dont think they need a license if its free to play and completely original code
Avernus: EA would be wise to invest in him if they cared
Orv: Yeah, but at very least they'd need some kind of agreement to use the M.U.L.E. trademark.
Trebor1234: so we could always get a game on
Avernus: Maybe they already have that agreement
Orv: If it were called Planet Hinney or something I could buy it was an unlicensed port. ;)
Avernus: Yeah
Trebor1234: The rights are still owend by the family
Orv: Yeah, shall I throw in an AI so we can get going?
Trebor1234: brad trying to catch rho
Trebor1234: on ranking..need to play and beat him
Avernus: Cool
Orv: Oh, Dani Bunton's family?
Avernus: That is good news
Orv: We're not gonna get any more, I don't think. All the people currently not playing have been there since we created the game.
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Avernus: Id love to see them get royalties for it
Avernus: rgr
Trebor1234: disclosure before we start
Avernus: What do you mean?
Trebor1234: This is my second avatar for mule
Orv: Too bad Dani died of lung cancer before she got to see this.
Orv: Gotcha, so you're not really a newb. ;)
Trebor1234: my other avatar has played almost 200 games
Trebor1234: :)
Avernus: This is my only account
Avernus: I am still learning really
Orv: Same here.
Trebor1234: certain mulers made up new toons
Avernus: How come?
Trebor1234: to play against a high ranking player as noobs
Avernus: Silly =)
Avernus: Get that in COH all the time
Avernus: Makes it hard to find good games
Trebor1234: 1am - was a RIOT
Trebor1234: 3 "noobs" who actually came in 1, 2 , 3
Avernus: heh
Round 1 of 12
Avernus: ok well i want tips =)
Trebor1234: tip # 1 - BRAD 1867 is EVIL
Trebor1234: :P
Orv: Heehee.
Orv: We screwed him over good in a game yesterday.
Trebor1234: Rhodan he #1 for a reason
Trebor1234: he damn good
Avernus: I mainly play for fun however be nice to play with some guys of my level =)
Avernus: Im trying to recruit a bunch of new players
Trebor1234: thats good
Trebor1234: the games are better when all players at same skill level
Trebor1234: play higher ranks when ever u can
Trebor1234: turn on comp decelopment pls
Host set game to show computer player development
Avernus: yeh i read in forum how they cheat when its not on =)
Avernus: I still dont know how to win this game heh
Orv: Eh, you can beat 'em anyway, and it speeds up the game.
Trebor1234: yes they do
Trebor1234: they can change 10 plots if off
Avernus: yeah
Avernus: no good
Trebor1234: biggest thing to remember
Trebor1234: LAND IS KEY
Trebor1234: 12 mining plots = 48 bonus
Avernus: any kind?
Trebor1234: food always spoil so always keep odd number
Trebor1234: all mining plots have to be same for bonus
Avernus: mining being ore or crystite?
Trebor1234: yes
Trebor1234: when u get to round 8 or 9
Orv: Either one. There's a big production bonus if you have them all the same.
Trebor1234: buy all the energy u can
Round 2 of 12
Trebor1234: WEST side of store allows for faster changes
Trebor1234: best tip
Trebor1234: try to stay in 2nd or 3rd until final month
Trebor1234: preferablely 3rd
Avernus: What wins the game tho money or assets?
Trebor1234: 1st place usually misses out on a plot in final grant
Orv: Both.
Orv: It all gets tallied up in the final score.
Trebor1234: that sucks
Trebor1234: really
Avernus: =)
Trebor1234: really im serious
Trebor1234: at auction....
Orv: A store fire early in the game always makes things interesting.
Trebor1234: the second plot sells for 60.00 less than previos 1
Trebor1234: so if u buy a plot for 60.00 more than your opponents cash total....
Trebor1234: u will ensure no plot for them
Trebor1234: which is good
Trebor1234: as it increase your chances of 12
Round 3 of 12
Trebor1234: see....
Orv: AI's not very smart, there. I would have bought it.
Trebor1234: FINAL SNEAKY TIP
Trebor1234: PLAY THE BOT
Trebor1234: if you have an AI...use him
Trebor1234: read about the FLOWER in how to - you will learn to know where tite is
Trebor1234: how the lay out is when u find a high
Trebor1234: 1st sucks
Orv: Yeah, and try to do the minimum number of assays to guess where the high plot is. Other players are watching, too, and may beat you to plots if you give too much away.
Avernus: heh i love this game
Avernus: my 65 year old friend hates it hehe
Trebor1234: show me 2 lows and I got the high
Avernus: lol look at my money
Avernus: =)
Trebor1234: my number...how quaint
Trebor1234: :P
Avernus: lol
Trebor1234: sun is shining hear and I hear thunder
Trebor1234: ??
Trebor1234: avernus...1 food will rot for sure
Trebor1234: so you should have sold 1...would have got 175.00
Avernus: doh
Trebor1234: if food 15.00 let it rot
Avernus: noooo
Avernus: heh
Trebor1234: but at 150-215 SELL
Trebor1234: nice
Round 4 of 12
Trebor1234: avernus read the flower
Trebor1234: sup
Avernus: read the what? =)
Orv: The curse of 1st. :)
Trebor1234: the flower in how to...shows how tite laid out
Trebor1234: u got high and 2 med
Trebor1234: i take the 3rd med
Trebor1234: sorry
Trebor1234: :)
Avernus: did I do something wrong?
Trebor1234: Hell no
Trebor1234: U did real good
Avernus: k thought maybe i picked wrong spot heh
Avernus: if the plots are above and below do they still get bonus?
Trebor1234: a high tite plot will have a med on each side and 1 above and 1 below
Avernus: but like say building 2 things beside each other gives bonus
Avernus: what about above and below?
Trebor1234: yep
Orv: As long as it's touching.
Orv: On edge, not on a corner.
Avernus: ok thx
Trebor1234: what he said
Trebor1234: holy chit
Trebor1234: the bot stayed
Trebor1234: 1000.00 will rot
Orv: Surprised me, too.
Trebor1234: i need UPS
Round 5 of 12
Trebor1234: DRIVE IT
Trebor1234: ALWAYS
Trebor1234: against the mule vets....
Trebor1234: we will pay what we have for land....
Trebor1234: dont be afraid to drive up price
Trebor1234: AND IF U GET PLOT...BONUS
Trebor1234: sorry bout caps
Avernus: ok good tip
Trebor1234: bad parrot
Trebor1234: bad
Orv: That was dumb...hit the button too soon.
Avernus: mule ran away?
Orv: Yeah, I accidentally hit the button on DAN's plot.
Trebor1234: u want price to go up...gotta dump mules
Avernus: oh hehe
Avernus: yeh i saw one guy do that
Trebor1234: thought thats what u were doing....
Orv: Yeah, btu that's not what I was trying to do that time. I wanted to put downa couple food. :)
Trebor1234: in that case...lol
Trebor1234: :)
Orv: <-- fail
Trebor1234: u killing it on tite
Avernus: sell it?
Trebor1234: curse going bite your ass
Trebor1234: usually over 100 always sell
Trebor1234: under 8- keep
Trebor1234: 80
Avernus: heh didnt want to lose it to pirates
Trebor1234: weird
Avernus: wow not bad food money
Trebor1234: they have updated ai
Orv: Also it spoils over 50, so anything over 50 you usually want to sell.
Trebor1234: doing different things
Avernus: good to know
Orv: Same with smithore, anything over 50 will spoil.
Trebor1234: all except nrg will spoil if over 50
Round 6 of 12
Trebor1234: 2 highs u luck shit
Avernus: heh my food and assays payed off for once
Trebor1234: excellent speed orv...good pings all around
Orv: Thanks. I put some queueing rules on my router to give MULE traffic priority.
Trebor1234: got out of 1st...good
Trebor1234: excellent suggestion for forum
Avernus: i made a mistake
Trebor1234: just so u know about tite
Avernus: didnt mean to pick that plot
Avernus: wanted one above heh
Trebor1234: I have seen players with 2 highs and the mediums
Trebor1234: out produced by guy with 12 plots
Avernus: it will prolly happen =)
Avernus: what about bonus if buildings are beside each other but different player?
Trebor1234: nope
Avernus: k
Avernus: cry
Trebor1234: if u can get 12 plots doing tite...u would produce 120 and more in final month
Trebor1234: with the corner u got
Avernus: heh never had this much of it before
Avernus: was a mistake it happened really
Avernus: lucky
Trebor1234: played one nite...no assay by anyone
Trebor1234: ended up with 3 highs
Avernus: nice =)
Trebor1234: nah..beat by brad
Trebor1234: should have bought av
Trebor1234: cheap
Trebor1234: u got cash
Avernus: doh
Trebor1234: keep u out of 1st
Round 7 of 12
Trebor1234: cant let u have it all
Trebor1234: i nice not dumb
Avernus: doh thought i bought it
Trebor1234: all yours
Avernus: cool
Orv: If you're not the host you don't have quite an accurate view of what's happening if people are moving continuously. The lag means you're always slightly behind where you think you are.
Orv: The higher the ping the worse it is.
Avernus: wierd isnt this peer to peer?
Orv: Yup. But the host has a very low ping.
Orv: Because they're connecting to their own machine.
Trebor1234: host should be 0-2
Orv: Yup.
Orv: So their commands get through faster, and they get a more up to date view of what's happening.
Trebor1234: plus...sneaky mulers steal plots
Trebor1234: my alter ego has even been know to use host advantage
Trebor1234: bad alter ego
Trebor1234: bad
Avernus: hrmm
Trebor1234: Rhodan and Brad in death match
Avernus: nooooo!
Avernus: haha cool
Trebor1234: dont worry bout food
Trebor1234: bot got lots
Avernus: so the 12 factories have to be either all ore or all crystal right?
Trebor1234: yep
Orv: Yeah, if the bot gets screwed over once on food it usually over-produces for the rest of the game.
Trebor1234: all same same
Avernus: wow your all rich heh
Trebor1234: go buyu buy round 9
Trebor1234: see...play the bot
Trebor1234: if nrg short
Trebor1234: he over produce that
Trebor1234: CHEAP
Trebor1234: course you do have to watch for others playing bot as well
Round 8 of 12
Trebor1234: bye bye wampus
Avernus: hehe
Trebor1234: 3250
Trebor1234: lucky
Avernus: quick bio break after my turn
Avernus: so if it does production ill brb
Trebor1234: that might drop u from first orv
Orv: Might. I kinda mistimed it.
Avernus: why does it drop him?
Trebor1234: spent his cash
Orv: Yeah, I paid all tha tmoney for a plot.
Orv: Sorry, I'm typing like a spazz today. :>
Trebor1234: u can make back your mney easy on increased producion
Avernus: afk a sec
Trebor1234: if plot touches one of yours....
Trebor1234: or if gives u 6, 9, or 12 plots...
Trebor1234: bonus production pays off easy
Avernus: 6 9 and 12 all give bonuses?
Avernus: back thx sorry for making ya wait
Orv: I had an earthquake actually destroy a MULE, once.
Avernus: coffee goes right through ya
Trebor1234: zallright
Trebor1234: TIMMS
Avernus: I see so money AND assets determines rank
Trebor1234: yep
Trebor1234: av - u been unusally lucky with the tite prices
Trebor1234: and no pirates
Avernus: yes
Avernus: its cuz i never have any I think
Avernus: finally getting a break lol
Trebor1234: UNUSUALLY LUCKY
Orv: Doesn't really matter...tite prices are random.
Trebor1234: only seen 1 game before
Avernus: what is bonus at 6 and 9 and 12?
Trebor1234: 3 6 9 12
Avernus: cool
Avernus: +1 for each?
Trebor1234: at 3 plots, 1 extra, at 6 is 2 at 9 is 3 and at 12 its 4
Avernus: good to know
Trebor1234: see orv there
Trebor1234: he can now switch all his nrg plots to tite
Trebor1234: and not worry
Round 9 of 12
Trebor1234: evil little parrot....good
Orv: Not quite right. :>
Orv: My math was off.
Trebor1234: that was one I'd have passed
Trebor1234: doesnt get u 12
Orv: I probably would have too, just because having so little money when there's no wampus to hut really cripples you for a round.
Orv: hut=hunt
Avernus: yeh i should keep count of my plots better =)
Avernus: nooooo
Avernus: ow
Trebor1234: u get 12...but 1 food
Trebor1234: bonus is
Trebor1234: u stopped me
Trebor1234: I would have gotten last plot
Trebor1234: why i was in last
Trebor1234: sneak
Avernus: heh
Avernus: very
Round 10 of 12
Trebor1234: orvs game
Orv: Hate it when I clip the edge of the store like that.
Trebor1234: yep...
Trebor1234: need joystick
Avernus: does joystick work?
Trebor1234: 12 orv...go
Trebor1234: u can do it...watch your food
Avernus: should i have changed a power to crystal?
Trebor1234: yep
Trebor1234: and placed 1
Avernus: k
Avernus: didnt have enough money
Orv: Energy isn't worth much. So try to aim to have enough of a stockpile you don't have to produce any in the last few rounds.
Avernus: nods
Orv: Some will spoil, but that's OK, it's cheap.
Trebor1234: and if spike...u golden
Trebor1234: spike unlikely....we carry too much excess
Round 11 of 12
Trebor1234: FIRE
Trebor1234: FIRE
Trebor1234: FIRE
Trebor1234: FIRE
Trebor1234: FIRE
Trebor1234: FIRE
Trebor1234: get down mules
Trebor1234: tite
Trebor1234: mt plots
Trebor1234: final month food max is 43
Trebor1234: so switch nrg to tite
Trebor1234: and food to nrg
Avernus: k
Orv: Crummy crystite price, all of a sudden.
Trebor1234: over 50 spoil
Trebor1234: sell to 50
Trebor1234: 1 over good at 11
Orv: I really should have starved you out. I had the chance and didn't take it. :>
Trebor1234: no curse at 12
Trebor1234: and here I am being so nice
Avernus: I apreciate the tips
Orv: Well, I didn't do it, did I? ;>
Avernus: helps alot
Orv: Actually, I tend not to be a jerk about food unless someone else is. Or I'm playing someone I know is a lot better than me, and is way ahead.
Round 12 of 12
Trebor1234: your game.....
Trebor1234: grats orv
Orv: Thanks. That was a fun one.
Orv: I'm sure you'd have done better if you hadn't been so busy typing tips. ;)
Trebor1234: its ok
Trebor1234: why i used alter ego....
Trebor1234: excellent game all around
Avernus: gg
Avernus: that was one of my better games actually heh
Avernus: NOW I understand how the game works much better
Orv: I learned a few things, too. :>
Trebor1234: if I had gotten that 12th plot...game was mine
Trebor1234: good to be last in 10th and 11th months
Trebor1234: get last plot
Orv: As far as I know, there's no point in selling in the last round.
Avernus: yeh
Trebor1234: nope
Avernus: i just kind of realized that
Trebor1234: unless someone drives up price
Game Over
Saving score, please wait...
Score saved
Orv: Good game.
Trebor1234: lest i beat the bot
Avernus: damn you guys are pro =)
Avernus: did I screw ya with buying that plot treb?
Trebor1234: no...
Avernus: ok
Trebor1234: but messed up my plan
Trebor1234: thanks host orv
Avernus: well again thanks guys
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