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KoHeartsGPA

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Aug 11th 2018, 19:08:37

I've been spying too, but to steal cash :P granted I've been victim of said crime as well

Mess with me you better kill me, or I'll just take your pride & joy and jack it up
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Player Z

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Aug 11th 2018, 19:38:25

i admit i accidentally built one CS and then destroyed it immediately. Waste of a good turn. Could have built four buildings with that!

Celphi

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Aug 11th 2018, 19:42:22

I think the min is 5. I forget though.

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

Player Z

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Aug 11th 2018, 19:43:53

Originally posted by Celphi:

I think the min is 5. I forget though.

Unfortunately, the dict "bonus" affects that, too.

Theos have it good with their default 7 bpt.

Ektar

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Aug 11th 2018, 19:55:09

Ive been zero cs for the duration.

Marshal

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Aug 11th 2018, 19:57:38

dictatorship isn't best choice.

Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

KoHeartsGPA

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Aug 11th 2018, 20:00:00

Originally posted by Marshal:

dictatorship isn't best choice.

Says the guy with the green country....

Celphi

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Aug 11th 2018, 20:00:32

disagree w/ marshal

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Gerdler

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Aug 11th 2018, 20:08:29

I don't know if theo or dict is better.. I know which takes more time to be useful... :)

DancingBear

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Aug 11th 2018, 21:19:50

I opened with theo for the 7bpt and the 50% pop bonus = more people = more cash per turn

Switched to commie to try to get somwhere by grabbiing and the 35% indie bonus good for mil units and spies

Got to a full rainbow 5k country ...what to do about that? Nothing i could think of ...

Switched to demo to play the markets and try to get lucky ... my piles of turns are mostly spent teching at about 300 tpt -- gotta love that ...

I use my spy ops mostly to steal ... i've got a substantial database of saved spy ops, so my thieving is modestly organized

But i still don't know how i'm doing. LOL!!

But am happy i gave this a try

:D

KoHeartsGPA

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Aug 11th 2018, 21:47:51

I can tell you how you're doing, wrecking my market play, that's what you did...

Ektar

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Aug 11th 2018, 23:14:34

I explored/grabbed to 3k labs with 7bpt theo. Tech 1.1k per turn and resell units. I should get 12m~ish.

Riddler

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Aug 12th 2018, 0:40:28

I simply went with a tyranny for the attack gains. not sure if its helping or not, I am sitting on around 7k acres maybe 8 but damn that 5 BPT is a killer on turns to build unused land with

Celphi

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Aug 12th 2018, 3:28:59

Don't build just grab your buildings. Max out your Military Strategy with dictator play as techer. Drop any non-lab buildings. Tech your readiness.

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

DancingBear

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Aug 12th 2018, 18:27:54

Hoping not to jinx myself here, but it does appear that i will break 5mnw ... 10 mnw looks far, but maybe ... who can say?

But if you are certain of 10mnw and shooting at 15mnw+, then i tip my hat to you

:)

Gerdler

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Aug 12th 2018, 18:47:09

Two players passing 20m? Either way this is far from settled.

KoHeartsGPA

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Aug 12th 2018, 19:00:50

Yeah, I lose :P

Player Z

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Aug 12th 2018, 19:14:19

Originally posted by Gerdler:

Two players passing 20m? Either way this is far from settled.

Definitely going to be down to the line. You may have me beat at this point. That $6m/turn cashing from early on is hard to keep up with.

Gerdler

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Aug 12th 2018, 19:28:13

If I had kept tabs on you from the start I would have made a more serious effort for sure. Well played either way. :)

DancingBear

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Aug 12th 2018, 20:41:57

I think the 0CS Challenge is worthwile. This set and these threads are a reference. If it were held 4 times a year, or even once a month, i think it would draw interest. Anyone can try 0CS experiments any set, preping for the monthly challenge.

Good on you if you break 20mnw

:)

KoHeartsGPA

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Aug 12th 2018, 22:31:03

I'm done, better luck next time, going to watch The Meg :-)

UgolinoII

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Aug 12th 2018, 22:45:18

Originally posted by DancingBear:

A lot has been learned in this inaugural reset!

Looking forward to having another bite at this one in the future. A nice little puzzle.

Gerdler

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Aug 12th 2018, 23:01:33

I think it needs to be quite unusual to draw interest.

Player Z

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Aug 12th 2018, 23:33:05

Originally posted by Gerdler:

If I had kept tabs on you from the start I would have made a more serious effort for sure. Well played either way. :)

Oh god. I forgot to switch to theo before my first PM buyout. I'm an idiot.

Riddler

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Aug 13th 2018, 0:00:22

Networth: $4,190,676

Player Z

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Aug 13th 2018, 0:03:41

Looks like Gerdler took it with $20.4M nw!

I messed up my destock but ended up with NW of $18,983,218. Should have broken $20m! Crap.

DancingBear

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Aug 13th 2018, 0:05:40

I had the cash to break 10mnw, but only pricy mil units at end of set ... bhah ... classic mistakes ....

Finished : 28 0cs ZERO ZERO (#43) 6400 $9,083,743 DG

Anyway, would be happy to try again in a month or two ... much learned ... nice diversion ...

Cheers!

(~¿~)

Edited By: DancingBear on Aug 13th 2018, 0:09:55
See Original Post

Gerdler

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Aug 13th 2018, 0:26:15

I also messed up my destock.. resold a bunch of units at 195 and had to rebuy jets at 250 and recall and stuff... then I also missed running my last turns. I think I would have gotten about 21m.

Really awesome play player Z! you had me real worried.

Thanks all for a fun competition, and thanks a lot for the initiative. I really like these one-off things hehe, been touched by Rockman enough to enjoy troll-strats but not so much that I can only play them. :P

Edited By: Gerdler on Aug 13th 2018, 0:34:26
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UgolinoII

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Aug 13th 2018, 0:39:15

So I think these are final standings
rank country # land networth special nw/land
7 Elephant 98 14,965 acres $20,412,574 HG 1364
10 Captain Curmudgeonly 4 13,144 acres $18,983,218 H 1444
22 Odins Ravens 11 3,263 acres $9,750,482 HG 2988
28 0cs ZERO ZERO 43 6,400 acres $9,083,743 DG 1419
56 Dont bother me I have 0 CS 9 1,757 acres $4,650,039 DG 2647
57 Sky Low Low 6 4,420 acres $4,491,521 H 1016
60 Feast or Famine 17 8,086 acres $4,190,676 T 518
96 0cs or bust 71 2,601 acres $1,547,236 H 595
99 0cs 0cucks 0fks 7 3,262 acres $1,255,626 I 385 (Dead)

If I missed u let me know ill edit post, well played all, an interesting challenge.

Riddler

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Aug 13th 2018, 0:44:17

well i didnt completely suck

KoHeartsGPA

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Aug 13th 2018, 1:57:56

I'm dissatisfied with my gameplay, I completely fkd it up by thinking I can play the market, I'll definitely participate in the next one, can't wait , GG all, it was fun for sure :-)