PleasingFungus joined the game in slot 1

BIG MAN visits

BIG MAN joined the game in slot 2

Super-Dot visits

plonkgnard visits

plonkgnard joined the game in slot 3

PleasingFungus: Hello, everyone!

Super-Dot joined the game in slot 4

BIG MAN: Hello, not-everyone!

PleasingFungus: Your record is below your little dude.

PleasingFungus: See it, Super-Dot?

plonkgnard: little dudes!

Super-Dot: I see it! I see it!

PleasingFungus: Okay! Let's go!

Super-Dot: li'l folks

PleasingFungus: aww

PleasingFungus: okay

PleasingFungus: so

PleasingFungus: rough ground is good for power

PleasingFungus: mountains are good for ore

BIG MAN: river is food-love

PleasingFungus: (the more mountains, the more ore)

PleasingFungus: also there are hidden crystal-deposits

BIG MAN: crystal you have to use this little assay-bot to find

PleasingFungus: you have to assay for them

Super-Dot: which is good for agility

PleasingFungus: agility bands

BIG MAN: you can buy them in the town--place

PleasingFungus: obviously

PleasingFungus: Hopefully we'll go first, so you can see what to do.

Round 1

PleasingFungus: If not, try to buy a MULE and maybe get some food or something.

PleasingFungus: (And then place it on your plot.)

PleasingFungus: it is performing oddly

PleasingFungus: and slowly

PleasingFungus: hmm

PleasingFungus: Okay, Super-Dot, you'll want an ore-thing.

BIG MAN: what

BIG MAN: that

BIG MAN: what

BIG MAN: hax

PleasingFungus: you get money in the pub based on how much time you have left - um

BIG MAN: now i can't do anything

plonkgnard: wtf

BIG MAN: that was

PleasingFungus: that is pretty much yeah

BIG MAN: lame

BIG MAN: super-lame

PleasingFungus: Sorry!

PleasingFungus: Ha!

plonkgnard: yey

BIG MAN: hate everyone

PleasingFungus: I love this game.

Super-Dot: I still don't understand anything but that's okay

PleasingFungus: get a food thing

PleasingFungus: top-right

BIG MAN: The top four rooms are things for MULEs.

PleasingFungus: go to the top-right

PleasingFungus: yes

Super-Dot: which one is ore

Super-Dot: second from left?

PleasingFungus: now go to the plot

BIG MAN: The bottom ones are things for when you don't have a MULE with you.

PleasingFungus: go to your p-lot

PleasingFungus: and press space

PleasingFungus: noooo

PleasingFungus: out of time

PleasingFungus: jerk mule

PleasingFungus: also

BIG MAN: Oh, it runs off if you run out of time.

plonkgnard: the heck

PleasingFungus: ore is the one with the gear symbol

BIG MAN: I thought that was just random!

Super-Dot: aw yiss

PleasingFungus: the $75, I think

PleasingFungus: oh no

PleasingFungus: oh dang

PleasingFungus: sell your mule

PleasingFungus: oh wait you can do that

PleasingFungus: cool

PleasingFungus: space

PleasingFungus: yesss!

PleasingFungus: go to the pub

PleasingFungus: pub

BIG MAN: pub

PleasingFungus: That's what you do with excess time!

BIG MAN: pub converts time remaining into money

plonkgnard: that pub is losing serios cash

Super-Dot: I am rich

PleasingFungus: You always win at the pub!

PleasingFungus: Hurray, super-dot!

BIG MAN: by the way, i hate you all

PleasingFungus: okay

PleasingFungus: when the lines match

BIG MAN: and your having-plot-ness

PleasingFungus: things are sold and bought

PleasingFungus: you'll see

Super-Dot: what what's going on

PleasingFungus: move down to sell at a lower prince

PleasingFungus: now I bought all your ore

plonkgnard: i have no idea what's happening

Super-Dot: is this a good thing

Super-Dot: what just happened

PleasingFungus: For me, hopefully!

PleasingFungus: It was an auction!

PleasingFungus: I bought your stuff!

PleasingFungus: aw dang we ate food

BIG MAN: It's the most absurdly interactive auction system ever!

PleasingFungus: It's magical!

BIG MAN: And it is wonderful!

PleasingFungus: I grew food

PleasingFungus: okay

PleasingFungus: if you don't have enough food

PleasingFungus: you starve

BIG MAN: what

BIG MAN: man

BIG MAN: this is lame

PleasingFungus: here you go

Super-Dot: what just

Super-Dot: what

PleasingFungus: buy food or die

PleasingFungus: success

BIG MAN: what

PleasingFungus: ha you are buying out the store

Super-Dot: Did I die

PleasingFungus: (your resources are in the bottom)

PleasingFungus: (in your pane)

Super-Dot: Did I just spend all my savingsn

PleasingFungus: Nah, you've got plently left!

PleasingFungus: Food is cheap.

BIG MAN: YOU HAVE A SURPLUS

Super-Dot: what are those twoes and zeroes

PleasingFungus: How much of the resource you have!

PleasingFungus: go down

PleasingFungus: sir

BIG MAN: wait what am i selling

PleasingFungus: you are spending all your money on things you don't need

Super-Dot: oh it increases with time

PleasingFungus: (power)

BIG MAN: oh

Super-Dot: what the whhhhtowheuha

BIG MAN: man

BIG MAN: of _course_ i'm last

BIG MAN: i got no plot

BIG MAN: :(

PleasingFungus: this made more sense when we had voice

BIG MAN: ...yeah

PleasingFungus: it was a halcyon age

BIG MAN: doesn't g- have a voice thing?

PleasingFungus: Any last questions, guys?

plonkgnard: my button will not go

Super-Dot: It was a Galcon age

Round 2

PleasingFungus: Not for talking to non-GTalk people!

PleasingFungus: also that

BIG MAN: but but

BIG MAN: like

Super-Dot: I am a Gtalker

BIG MAN: don't we all have g- ?

PleasingFungus: Another auction!

PleasingFungus: Okay.

BIG MAN: swsssssssssssw

BIG MAN: oops

PleasingFungus: that is the price you are willing to buy at

PleasingFungus: oh no

PleasingFungus: now you are raising the price

BIG MAN: hit enter accidentally

PleasingFungus: it is in the bottom-right

plonkgnard: b@stard

PleasingFungus: Ha!

BIG MAN: ha ha

BIG MAN: i needed it!

Super-Dot: I am confused what even happened therehere

BIG MAN: i bought a piece of land

BIG MAN: that the colony was selling

Super-Dot: no yes bring it to the purple

Super-Dot: the purple land is where you should bring your supplies

BIG MAN: except i didn't actually know what the land was because i'm only half-paying attention

PleasingFungus: oh dang

PleasingFungus: sorry Kelsey

PleasingFungus: I guess I must have gotten confused

Super-Dot: sweet mulery

PleasingFungus: I will bring all my mules to you in future

PleasingFungus: Go do a thing!

PleasingFungus: mule

Super-Dot: what do I do aaa

PleasingFungus: mule

plonkgnard: do something

PleasingFungus: okay

BIG MAN: muuuuuuule

PleasingFungus: now oregear

PleasingFungus: oregear

PleasingFungus: okay

PleasingFungus: now mountain

PleasingFungus: no

PleasingFungus: wrong module

PleasingFungus: hmmm

PleasingFungus: let us see how it goes

PleasingFungus: aaaa

PleasingFungus: okay

plonkgnard: put it in your land

PleasingFungus: too late

PleasingFungus: Okay.

PleasingFungus: I will explain things now.

BIG MAN: what why am i last place :(

Super-Dot: I was not successful in publishing

PleasingFungus: You have parcels of land, yeah?

PleasingFungus: And you build things on them with your mules.

PleasingFungus: You can build four types of things:

Super-Dot: Good ol' mules

BIG MAN: YES FINALLY A GOOD EVENT

PleasingFungus: Mines, farms, power farms, and crystite things.

Super-Dot: good ol' spaceguys

PleasingFungus: To do this, you:

PleasingFungus: 1) buy a mule

PleasingFungus: 2) get the appropriate module

PleasingFungus: (YOU ONLY NEED TO BUY THE RELEVANT ONE)

PleasingFungus: 3) place the mule on your land!

BIG MAN: whooooooooa

PleasingFungus: also meteorite-land is super-valuable

PleasingFungus: so we'll all want that

BIG MAN: it's actually only okay

PleasingFungus: ehhh

PleasingFungus: we'll see

BIG MAN: it's like a more volatile mountain

PleasingFungus: heh

PleasingFungus: Like a volcano!

BIG MAN: yes !

PleasingFungus: So, hey!

PleasingFungus: Want any smithore?

PleasingFungus: You could speculate on it!

Super-Dot: So what's the point in building stuff in a place?

PleasingFungus: It produces things!

BIG MAN: It produces things every turn.

PleasingFungus: So an ore-factory makes smithore.

plonkgnard: no commerce. econ fail.

PleasingFungus: And a farm makes food.

PleasingFungus: Heh, yeah.

PleasingFungus: (If you run out of food, you won't have much time to act on the next turn.)

BIG MAN: YOU HAVE A SURPLUS

Super-Dot: I guess I have food

PleasingFungus: So you can sell your excess to Plonk!

PleasingFungus: but try to get the best price

PleasingFungus: Hey, you win!

PleasingFungus: Sort of oh no

PleasingFungus: now look

PleasingFungus: you have a deficit

BIG MAN: oh god

BIG MAN: not that

PleasingFungus: everyone does that

PleasingFungus: I did that my first time

BIG MAN: what is _with_ that feature

PleasingFungus: it is unfortunate

Super-Dot: hmm

PleasingFungus: Energy is similar!

BIG MAN: (I did it first actually)

Super-Dot: I have negative food

PleasingFungus: You use one energy per turn for each factory you're powering.

PleasingFungus: (Farms, mines, whatever.)

BIG MAN: YOU HAVE A SURPLUS

Super-Dot: YOU HAVE A SURPLUS

PleasingFungus: aw you are so kind

PleasingFungus: (if you go to the bottom, you sell to the store)

PleasingFungus: (The store price is in the bottom-left)

PleasingFungus: (also kelsey no)

PleasingFungus: (you are out of power now)

Super-Dot: hmm

PleasingFungus: it is okay

PleasingFungus: you have enough for the next turn

PleasingFungus: and then we will see what we will see

PleasingFungus: so:

Super-Dot: I do not think that I am necessarily doing things right yet

BIG MAN: it's okay

PleasingFungus: It is okay!

plonkgnard: a strange game, the only winning move is not to play

PleasingFungus: We are all Learning!

Round 3

BIG MAN: my first game i did the same thing!

PleasingFungus: Mr. Rebert, good quote, but no.

Super-Dot: It's Mr. Rebert!

PleasingFungus: It is! OH NO SPOILER ALERT

BIG MAN: whoa it's mr. rebert

Super-Dot: I am astonished, also amazed

PleasingFungus: guys you should choose land

Super-Dot: I am in awe

BIG MAN: also, question

PleasingFungus: That kind of land is good for power, Mr. Rebert!

Super-Dot: This riverbed is dry

PleasingFungus: "f " " y" " i"

BIG MAN: is this a 6-round or 12-round game?

PleasingFungus: 6.

Super-Dot: what is the deal with that

PleasingFungus: It is still good for food, Mr. Kessler!

PleasingFungus: also why isn't anything happening

plonkgnard: uh oh, hath it froze again?

PleasingFungus: whyyyyy

Connection to Super-Dot timed out

BIG MAN: man

PleasingFungus: gosh heck what the heck

plonkgnard: that can't be good

BIG MAN: this game is the least stable

BIG MAN: o

Super-Dot: Did I win

PleasingFungus: gosh gosh dang _gosh_

Super-Dot: I won right

BIG MAN: of all possible games

PleasingFungus: posisibly

PleasingFungus: very possibly

BIG MAN: posisibly

PleasingFungus: (to Mr. kessler)

Super-Dot: posisibly

plonkgnard: where's the box so I can apply percussive error correction?

Super-Dot: is the goal at the end to have lots of money

PleasingFungus: I wish this thing actually worked.

PleasingFungus: Basically yeah!

PleasingFungus: Lots of money and assets. (Like ore and crystal and food and power.)

PleasingFungus: Also land helps.

Super-Dot: Okay I am sort of grasping things I think!

PleasingFungus: Yeah!

BIG MAN: so uh

PleasingFungus: If this stopped locking up, you'd be a pro in no time!

Super-Dot: So is there a Winner at the End?

BIG MAN: why does it keep locking up

PleasingFungus: There is!

BIG MAN: We don't know?

BIG MAN: I assume so.

PleasingFungus: IF WE COULD EVER GET THERE

BIG MAN: We haven't gotten there.

Super-Dot: hoho

PleasingFungus: (I think their servers may be stressed)

plonkgnard: 17ms ping seems like it should be fine

PleasingFungus: (They just started today)

BIG MAN: Oh, really?

PleasingFungus: Yeah, that's not the issue.

BIG MAN: I didn't know that.

PleasingFungus: I think so, yeah!

PleasingFungus: Today or maybe yesterday.

plonkgnard: isn't there something about private servers?

PleasingFungus: ?

plonkgnard: it asked which server to use at the program's login screen

plonkgnard: with a URL field

Super-Dot: So the assets are converted to dollar values at the end, and whoever has the most dollar values wins?

plonkgnard: presumably that means there are/can be other servers

BIG MAN: True.

PleasingFungus: You are correct, Super-Dot!

PleasingFungus: You know those things between rounds?

plonkgnard: I want to convert to space-Euros

Super-Dot: You can also connect to a dude's IP address.

PleasingFungus: Where it tallies everyone's net-worth?

BIG MAN: We could try Hamachi-ing it.

PleasingFungus: Yeah, I don't know how that works.

PleasingFungus: We could!

BIG MAN: Hamachi sometimes helps.

PleasingFungus: I think it might be a game-stability thing, though.

PleasingFungus: We could still try.

plonkgnard: Hamawha?

Super-Dot: Is Hamachi cross-platform?

Super-Dot: I can never remember.

plonkgnard: at least there chat server seems stable

Super-Dot: this is the best chat client

Super-Dot: it has colored nicks and everything

PleasingFungus: Huh, the forums speculate that lockups are due to dudes not moving back behind the lines before auctions end?

PleasingFungus: Wild speculation.

Super-Dot: eeeenteresting

Super-Dot: brb miscellaneous affairs

plonkgnard: how was this game located in the first place?

PleasingFungus: Me!

PleasingFungus: Specifically, Rock, Paper, Shootgun.

PleasingFungus: also heh

PleasingFungus: http://www.planetmule.com/forum?topic=46.0

PleasingFungus: Yeah, hmmmm...

PleasingFungus: Do we want to try one more time, now that everyone has some idea of what's going on?

PleasingFungus: It's a good time when the game's not locking up.

BIG MAN: uhhhhuhuhuh

BIG MAN: i still think we should try Hamachi-ing

PleasingFungus: (also, if we could set up some kind of voice thing, that'd be rad)

BIG MAN: but i would be good regardless i guess

PleasingFungus: Yeah, I can start Hamachi up.

PleasingFungus: Mr. Rebert, can you grab it?

PleasingFungus: Shouldn't be hard to find.

BIG MAN: Is it Mac-compatible, though?

BIG MAN: I can't remember.

PleasingFungus: I think so! Not sure.

plonkgnard: unmanaged mode?

PleasingFungus: Yep!