Hvy Metal II : Game Status Report #3
Plundaria
Mountain of Power, Plundaria Prime
Hvy Metal II just had its tenth update, and several wars are raging.
Cavalry are being raised and sent into battle in increasing numbers.
Artillery and infantry are expected on various fronts shortly.
BlackCompany had to declare bankruptcy at the sixth update, and
Dentrassi moved promptly to seize some of the bankruptcy estate,
earning the honor of starting the first major war between players.
Right before the seventh update, TheDiplomat attacked Aridon, and beep
attacked HeavyBarrel. TheDiplomat ran into stiff Aridon resistance,
but beep has advanced unopposed.
Across the next update, 1EyedMonster took the back entrance into
HeavyBarrel, and Beehive attacked Council. BlackCompany became
solvent again, and, apparently not content with the Dentrassi war,
jumped into the HeavyBarrel dogpile.
Violence then escalated as multiple wars broke out: Baldoria attacked
Aridon and Fighting_53rd, Loc-Nar attacked Council, Lowland, Wales and
Dentrassi joined the Fighting_53rd melee, DonQuixote opened yet
another front on Aridon, and so did Xymaca on Council.
Turn ten saw Dethklok emerge as tech leader, and the first gun fired
in anger by a player: BlackCompany shelled a Dentrassi ship.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Wed May 28 14:01:27 2008
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
Dethklok 360 76% 70K 500 100 2 0 4.2K 1.4K 350 0 5 20 10K
Lowland 375 80% 71K 1.8K 0 0 0 2.5K 800 200 0 3 50 5.0K
Xymaca 370 63% 74K 450 0 0 0 2.6K 4.3K 750 0 1 10 522
beep 430 65% 71K 950 0 0 0 3.3K 1.6K 650 0 7 20 1.9K
Beehive 410 75% 68K 1.1K 200 1 0 3.2K 3.2K 1.2K 0 0 9 36
1EyedMons 360 67% 70K 1.8K 125 0 0 2.7K 1.6K 200 0 7 20 20K
Baldoria 365 61% 71K 450 0 0 0 2.9K 1.7K 550 0 5 10 2.3K
DonQuixot 380 79% 69K 1.6K 0 0 0 3.5K 750 400 0 4 5 20K
Wales 395 51% 72K 1.1K 0 0 0 6.5K 4.2K 1.4K 0 2 5 3.3K
TheDiplom 355 68% 68K 1.1K 0 0 0 2.8K 1.3K 300 0 3 10 3.8K
Dentrassi 400 37% 70K 750 0 0 0 4.1K 1.8K 950 0 5 7 966
Loc-Nar 400 58% 68K 1.4K 75 0 0 2.3K 3.3K 400 0 3 10 15K
Aridon 290 63% 62K 700 75 10 0 3.1K 5.1K 900 0 2 7 4.3K
RimFire 355 49% 70K 700 0 0 0 3.4K 1.8K 300 0 1 0 902
Metallica 340 41% 55K 800 25 0 0 8.1K 400 250 0 5 0 30K
BlackComp 325 72% 56K 1.1K 5 3 18 3.4K 1.7K 700 0 3 2 672
Fighting_ 190 71% 42K 550 0 0 0 8.4K 1.5K 1.6K 0 0 40 353
HeavyBarr 185 19% 38K 400 0 0 0 2.2K 1.9K 950 0 0 0 70K
Council 220 32% 41K 1.0K 0 0 0 5.2K 4.7K 450 0 2 1 25K
Plunderbo 20 30% 0 500 950 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 145K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 6.5K 61% 1.2M 19K 1.6K 135 18 74K 43K 12K 0 60 230 355K
Announcements since Mon May 19 07:00:00 2008
> Announcement from RimFire, (#17) dated Mon May 19 09:32:22 2008
Deliveries for WinACE
The delivery is split into the two parts.
c_cut is the direction
c_del is the cutoff value
Sorry, the names were before my time.
F4 - graduated only has c_del as c_cut is not number
F4 - conditional has both
Ron K.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Mon May 19 10:27:32 2008
I was just being a bit anal and that is what forced me to ask this
because WinACe actually displaces the following 72. in my delivery column
which means I deliver 72 something to the sector it is in. I did not
removing the amount of delivery only the direction. what got me worried is i can
see during the update the sectors picking up 72 tons of stuff and then going
damn, not suppose to go anywhere and either a.) some of the stuff vaporizing when
dropped or b.) stupid algorithm calculated mobility BEFORE delivery and
picked up only the amount allowed by delivery but then failed to deliver AND
removed the calculated mobility. SO I want to change all sectors that had a
no direction vector set to a cut of 0 as well to prevent the
presumed error possibility. Of course beep being poisined by a random
food sabatuer is still far more enjoyable to think of then our past programmers
getting the server correct.
bz..zzz..z
dang buzzer still not working right.
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Mon May 19 10:34:06 2008
random my lily white ass. i know some of you people know where i live, and
i know the lengths to which some of you will go to get an edge. don't
think i can't put two and two together...
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Mon May 19 10:48:00 2008
...and come up with eight
> Announcement from RimFire, (#17) dated Mon May 19 12:12:17 2008
WinACE Automatic attack
As it turns on at1 is there to support the Attack Form.
Here is an example sequence from the code
at1 /mil=0; /probe=y; /unt=N;
attack x,y 0 0 0 0
at2
I would say follow the same pattern.
There is no reason it should not work from a script.
Ron K.
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Mon May 19 12:19:12 2008
Chewie, I've got a bad feeling about this.
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Mon May 19 12:25:23 2008
"Never tell me the odds!"
> Announcement from visitor, (#20) dated Mon May 19 12:29:36 2008
attack bots are unclean.
they have some Barsoom with them.....
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Mon May 19 13:51:51 2008
I hate waiting for an update.
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Mon May 19 13:52:08 2008
but does the update hate waiting on you?
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Mon May 19 14:00:41 2008
an nice pun.
WINDOWS SUCKS
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Mon May 19 14:00:54 2008
TIME OUT!!
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Mon May 19 14:02:01 2008
there are no times outs in life son.
there's just the long walk
> Announcement from RimFire, (#17) dated Mon May 19 14:03:02 2008
There is no update today, it is a holiday.
Victoria Day
Ron K.
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Mon May 19 14:03:17 2008
Only in backwater countries
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Mon May 19 14:03:17 2008
Could we walk in the other direction for a while?
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Mon May 19 14:03:18 2008
just like Windows.
Slow and laggy.
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Mon May 19 14:03:48 2008
Suddenly an Aerosmith song flashes through my head...
"She told me to walk this way..."
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Mon May 19 14:07:50 2008
I hate food
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Mon May 19 14:25:50 2008
So with winace, how do you get rid of stale intel?
Some players are having issues with destroyed enemy units
still showing up in on their clients.
Unix geek myself, never used that winders stuff much.
:)
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Mon May 19 14:28:23 2008
just click on the units tab in the upper display area of the enemy and then
click on the units
then click on the big X to delete them.
Voila....
gone.
> Announcement from Fighting_53rd, (#13) dated Mon May 19 20:32:08 2008
Wierd all my rail valus are zero now? Anything change?
> Announcement from RimFire, (#17) dated Mon May 19 20:46:58 2008
WinACE rail
The problem with rail value not being recalculated properly
is a known problem. I just don't how it gets out of step yet.
Try Update Sector from the toolbar I think it will force
WinACE to recalculate the rail values.
Logging out and back does fix the rail values.
Ron K.
> Announcement from Fighting_53rd, (#13) dated Mon May 19 20:51:41 2008
yeah that fixed it thanks man...
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Mon May 19 21:49:46 2008
"wire | grep 'winace' > /dev/null"
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Mon May 19 23:56:34 2008
Does this version of Empire have a Righteousness clause?
Where if a country separates itself from the evils of money
for three consecutive turns then said country due to the previously
mentioned clause wins outright?
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Tue May 20 00:24:13 2008
that ain't a righteousness clause, that's a "what the frack is his
problem" alert: decision tree: (1) country adjacent then attack. (2) if country
not adjacent then offer "friendly" advice so that adjacent countries
have a harder time pig-piling.
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Tue May 20 00:51:28 2008
beep, lay down your anger and the evil that is your money.
Join me, trust in the dieties to provide your needs.
Let go, isn't it enough to just "be"?
--Excerpt from message BlackCompany Ministery of Ministers
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Tue May 20 01:09:02 2008
it is a scientificly proven fact that money can buy happiness...up to a point.
both lack of money and an excess of money are proven stressors that
detract from your quality of life. countries that cannot figure out how
to manage their economies should therefore be subject to "optimization"
by their neighbors in a collegial effort to alleviate the stress their nominal
rulers are under as they struggle to understand the simplicities of
Empire.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Tue May 20 01:51:26 2008
that being said, there is a lesson here
that being; never be broke for two updates in a row.
corollary: If one is never broke once, then theorem above can
never apply.
bzzzz...
> Announcement from Hanuman, (#22) dated Tue May 20 02:06:00 2008
If you find yourself moving lots of food to starving sectors by hand
every update, then you are either:
* broke, and need to get solvent, or
* green, and need to learn more about food distribution, or
* getting senile. Not fixable, sorry, but you'll forget the pain of
having to move all this stuff soon enough, so it hardly matters.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Tue May 20 02:23:44 2008
* forgot about the feed people custom tool button on Winace
that only used 10x the mobility the update takes but fixes those minor
lapse's in judgement or the effects of those pesky TIA's older geeks
get.
zzzzzzzzzzz.
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Tue May 20 12:49:07 2008
New from DentrassiTec it's the UberBlender!
Just place your fodder in the maw of the blender and
clamp the lid down tightly. Then, press the "puree"
button and make all your kids giggle with delight as
your poor, unsuspecting victim screams in agony!
For a demonstration of how it works in the kitchen version, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69Vi5IDc0g&feature=related
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Tue May 20 13:31:59 2008
cav cavalry 20m 1b 2f recon
^^
||
when did the jesse_james option get implemented?
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Tue May 20 13:48:13 2008
}> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Tue May 20 13:31:59 2008
}cav cavalry 20m 1b 2f recon
}when did the jesse_james option get implemented?
hvy_metal I
Looting and pillaging is encouraged.
;)
> Announcement from DonQuixote, (#6) dated Tue May 20 14:21:05 2008
I had Sancho make a list of his favorite corn receipes.
Since some of you dont like food, maybe this will provide help.
Corn Mash for the old timers with few teeth, like Metallica
Corn meal variety
Corn pone only in the South
Corn cob chew it or smoke it
Corn pudding for the soft touch - Council
Corn balls the edible kind, although Bungy is not selective
Corn pulao bees love it
Corn souffl? stick it once and it collapses - HeavyBarrel
Corn beef great for fodder
Corn tortilla can Wales even grow corn?
Corn cake afraid to try this one, maybe beep will
Corn bread sorry BlackCompany, not the negotiable kind
Corn casserole TheDiplomat uses to host his out of town guests
Corn BBQ ask RimFire to start up the grille
Corn dumplings Dethklok can hide his ISD's within
Corn liquer 'burp'
Corn dip 2EyedMonster went in too far and fast
Corn relish eat up Deities, you deserve some too
Corn soup
DQ
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Tue May 20 15:04:44 2008
There's, um, shrimp kebabs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried,
deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp,
coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad,
shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich... That's,
that's about it.
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Tue May 20 17:36:24 2008
frak me
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Tue May 20 17:38:22 2008
well at least I've got the number of sectors
starving down below 100
:)
I suppose that's a start...
> Announcement from RimFire, (#17) dated Tue May 20 18:16:47 2008
WinACE USERS
There has been a suggestion to use F4 graduated and F4 deliveries
selected commmodity to control the initially selected commodity
in the move form.
So if the F4 graduated or F4 deliveries are active for the main
display, the default commodity for the move form would be the same
commodity form as the F4 display.
The default commmodity for the move form is currently last commodity
used.
Ron K.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Tue May 20 19:15:06 2008
Empire Players
It has been suggested the Wolfpack Server/Client protonic interface
be upgrades so that F12-F15 110-Standard Keyboard interface act to facilitate
superbly subtle meta-tool integration options via allometric time-sequence
pulses. A white paper on the RSC-1210 proposal and its impact on VT100 telnet
interfaces to other clients is being handled by Plundaria and Rimfire. Due to the popularity
of POP/IMAP and mp3 bindings to F12 and Enzyte male-enhancement to F13 (see beep your local
reseller for info) at least 2 years development time is planned.
Sergie Lenonov
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Tue May 20 19:46:58 2008
If it won't support VT52, it's junk!
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Tue May 20 21:12:39 2008
note to potential customers: even enzyte won't help co-rulers grow
a decent one
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Wed May 21 00:15:05 2008
ick been fodder
dew beast fodder
RZS east fodder
> Announcement from Hanuman, (#22) dated Wed May 21 09:52:02 2008
A player wondered whether there's any reason to build a fort with
NO_FORT_FIRE enabled, and asked how to use guns and shells.
With NO_FORT_FIRE, fortresses can't fire guns. You can still fire
from warships and artillery units. You can arm frg and tt, but they
lack the range to be effective at bombardment. The real naval gun fun
starts at tech 45 (bb and lc). The first artillery unit is art at
tech 35.
You also need guns for flak, but that won't be necessary for a while.
Forts may still be useful for their defensive and offensive bonus.
Check out "show se s". Note that sectors need to be efficient to
enjoy the bonus; a 0% sector always has just 1.0. Except mountains,
whose defense starts at 2.0.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Wed May 21 12:29:42 2008
Real empire Players build forts no matter what.
Large installations of metal and large caliber phallix like metal tubes
protubing in the air. With cocking good looking muscle bound men walking around
looking important. The fact that you can fire the guns doesn't keep they from
playing with them.
Just look at http://gayporn.com/realsoldiers_with_guns/sample.mpg
Bzzzz..
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Wed May 21 12:56:05 2008
what the frak
forts that don't fire?
what sort of namby pamby game is this?
has no one ever heard of the Maginot line?
you go around those suckers and keep your distance
big guns and well fortified.
next thing you know, you'll tell me there is no market...
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Wed May 21 13:08:13 2008
go back outside and yell at some more clouds, metallica
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Wed May 21 13:15:46 2008
And where the hell are the tradeships????
> Announcement from Hanuman, (#22) dated Wed May 21 13:23:17 2008
Did I hear a call for enabling FUEL one last time?
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Wed May 21 13:24:28 2008
FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL!
FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL
FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL
FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL FUEL
Yeah, I like the idea of fuel.
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Wed May 21 13:33:27 2008
bars delivered, details forthcoming.
> Announcement from Lowland, (#10) dated Wed May 21 13:43:19 2008
Ok, so fortresses can't fire guns as they normally do. Someone please explain what the following land unit is all about:
25 "frt fortress gun" 20 20 45 500
> Announcement from Hanuman, (#22) dated Wed May 21 13:44:19 2008
Make the Deities Chuckle Awards!
In alphabetical order, five bars of gold each:
beep for his "jackhole republican deities" rant,
BlackCompany for his call for a Righteousness clause,
Dentrassi for his crazed, long bearded hippie in a rotting oarless
rowboat, and
TheDiplomat for his civs standing on the tracks.
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Wed May 21 13:44:45 2008
}25 "frt fortress gun" 20 20 45 500
}Ok, so fortresses can't fire guns as they normally do. Someone please explain what the following land unit is all about:
Think a BB sized gun you can mount in a fortress, mountain, etc.
Same range as a BB gun. But fewer tubes.
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Wed May 21 13:46:35 2008
}Make the Deities Chuckle Awards!
}
|In alphabetical order, five bars of gold each:
}
}Dentrassi for his crazed, long bearded hippie in a rotting oarless rowboat
Ok, we'll wrap them in lemons and start hitting people with them.
> Announcement from Hanuman, (#22) dated Wed May 21 13:50:15 2008
The "fortress" in fortress gun also stands for its speed: it moves
slightly faster than its namesake.
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Wed May 21 13:51:52 2008
}The "fortress" in fortress gun also stands for its speed: it moves
}slightly faster than its namesake.
At least it is all terrain now.. It remains to be seen if that
is an improvement.
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Wed May 21 13:52:14 2008
how many times do you have to pump that bb gun to get that kind of
range and damage?
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Wed May 21 13:53:14 2008
}how many times do you have to pump that bb gun to get that kind of
}range and damage?
42 or 69.
Depends on your angle.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Wed May 21 13:53:45 2008
Ahh.. I would venture to guess that since the fortress gun is a unit.
you would use the lfire command (hence firing a unit) to fire the gun and
me also thinks that it would be a cool idea if the fortress gun got a +1 range
if fired FROM a fortress and hence I believe the name fortress gun would be well designed.
my 3.5 cents worth.
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Wed May 21 13:55:41 2008
must be the Red Ryder LE then.
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Wed May 21 13:59:52 2008
on current tv they're having a pod cast about teaching people to snitch
fruit from trees that have limbs that overhang the public right-of-way on
streets and sidewalks. brilliant!
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Wed May 21 14:01:16 2008
obviously eminent domain needs to be applied to those
offending streets and sidewalks
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Wed May 21 14:23:38 2008
I don't understand.. I try to be righteous by not having any money and
I get 5 bars for free??? So if I pretend I'm celibate...
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Wed May 21 14:26:58 2008
The Wicked Hornet crack Anti-Swat Team of Stabem Kill and Fly
has been practicing maneuvers near the vicinty of Council Meadows.
A very nice retirement village now planned for retired Beehive workers.
Vast area of flower abound with several cable swings mount so the olderworkers
can simple sit&glide above the field (bad wings or not) and harvest succulint nectar
until their soul leaves them for the Honey Pasters.
We will keep you posted as to the events as they unfold.
Bzzz..
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Wed May 21 14:30:11 2008
WOO HOO black is nolonger broke.
go black go.
> Announcement from Lowland, (#10) dated Wed May 21 14:32:13 2008
Looks like someone else is nearly broke. Must be hard to build units that way:-)
> Announcement from Wales, (#7) dated Wed May 21 20:31:37 2008
Why NO "improve"? What am I to do with all these hcm and lcm?
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Wed May 21 20:38:15 2008
Turn them into Whales.
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Thu May 22 01:28:00 2008
the citizen leader reads the latest dispatches with a grim face;
turning to the members of the committee for public safety he offers
this somber reflection on the events of the day: "we told you the
vultures would start to descend. now you see how our decision to
bring the people of our neighbor under our benevolent protection
was the proper one. we can only hope that we are in time to save
the majority of them from the slavery of the warmongers, and
instead offer unto them the joy of our peaceful, industrious
harmony."
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Thu May 22 01:46:15 2008
and we have a clear tech leader.
congrats Deth
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Thu May 22 01:48:51 2008
warmongers are people too
> Announcement from Xymaca, (#15) dated Thu May 22 07:55:49 2008
... Our minister of finance resigned under allegations of funds misappropiation ...
... The prime minster has since seeked and found an appropriate replacement who has now set our economy back on track ...
... rumors of our financial demise have been grossly exaggerated ...
... The government is setting aside more college grants in order to spur technological breakthroughs ...
*** from the minstry of information ***
> Announcement from visitor, (#20) dated Thu May 22 09:42:35 2008
Comments from power and report outputs:
- Lowland has too much money - probably should be making
more tech
- Xymaca is basically broke because he has 5.3K dust - if
made into bars would be paying about 12K per update
- 1EyedMonstor has too much money - probably should be
making more tech
- Those with only 100 oil probably not making enough tech
- Those holding 1K or more mil should learn to make
reserves - mil are espensive!
- Others have too much dust - I am sure your neighbors
will help you turn it to bars
- Tech leaders are in the mid 30's - if you are below 30
at this point you should be concerned
- The cheapest start for edu production was to make about
350 edu continuously since the 3rd update - any less and
you have spent more money later trying to catch up - it
is easier to get the level up when the civ count is
lower - prime example is Xymaca who is almost broke because
he was running 2 tech centers with a low edu level
Remember, this kind of information in the reports invites
> Announcement from visitor, (#20) dated Thu May 22 09:42:41 2008
neighbors help your people be more productive as part of
their country...
Your helpful neighbor
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Thu May 22 10:06:21 2008
Command : info pillage
Sorry, there is no info on pillage
command failed
Command : info destroy
Sorry, there is no info on destroy
command failed
Command : info carnage
Sorry, there is no info on carnage
command failed
Command : info carpetbomb
Sorry, there is no info on carpetbomb
command failed
---
And this is a wargame???? <sigh>
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Thu May 22 10:15:38 2008
of course it's not a wargame, silly-billy! just look
at some of the commands:
tend - care for your aging parents/grandparents, giving their twilight
years meaning and peace
improve - become wealthy and successful with these simple lifestyle
enhancements. seminars are free, just buy the book.
skywatch - bird-watching clubs are enormously popular and educational
ways of managing your citizens leisure time.
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Thu May 22 13:59:42 2008
dun-da-dun-dah dun-da-dun
dun-da-dun-dah dun-da-dah-dah-dah
dun-da-dun-dah dun-da-dah
dun-da-dah-dun da-dah-dun
da-dah-dun da-dah-dun...
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Thu May 22 15:33:32 2008
the finances of 1eyedmonster are a direct result of our
recent economic stimulus package put together in order to
avert a heavy metal-wide recession.
needless to say, those rebate checks work!
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Thu May 22 17:13:10 2008
While you worry away the hours prior to the next update,
you might consider taking a couple minutes to do an empire
survey.
http://www.stdio.com/~rhyatt/empire/hvy_metalII/Poll.txt
I'll use the results for evil, don't worry.
;)
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Thu May 22 17:14:58 2008
Info bridge is wrong currently.
Bridge spans are limited to 1 span. Two get a 2span
bridge you'll need to build from both sides of a 2
sector wide waterway.
Not that it affects players much here.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Thu May 22 18:31:37 2008
I better changes things a bit
Balance forward 7
Estimated delta 1
Estimated new treasury..............8
hm....
bzzzz...
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Thu May 22 19:32:39 2008
how did he get a positive delta this early? he must be cheating.
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Thu May 22 20:17:30 2008
pimping out the queen
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Thu May 22 20:26:54 2008
bzzzz....zz.z.z.z..zz
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Thu May 22 22:37:46 2008
I have a sim tool I use in openoffice or xcel and
you guys might be interested in it.
it helps determine the number of mil you should attack with.
> Announcement from Baldoria, (#19) dated Fri May 23 00:24:30 2008
Bzzzt, Bzzt, where? Bzzt, Bzzt is? Bzzt, Bzzt this file?
I'm getting tired of losing 2 to 10 of my mil to 0 mob sectors because
my ad hoc estimates is off the mark.
Can you email it to a deity? Can a deity put it up on www.stdio.com?
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Fri May 23 00:43:57 2008
a warmonger doesn't need excel.
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Fri May 23 01:40:11 2008
Knock Knock
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Fri May 23 10:10:01 2008
who's there
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Fri May 23 10:20:20 2008
Impatient Cow
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Fri May 23 10:20:31 2008
MOO!!!!
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Fri May 23 11:12:07 2008
Ok 3 people have asked for my simulation excel program.
I am going to put it up on an FTP site. It is very basic
makes 2 assumptions that are NOT necessary if you are attack from
one sector and NO units.
I will post the ftp link today.
Bzzz...
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Fri May 23 11:30:18 2008
}> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Fri May 23 11:12:07 2008
}I am going to put it up on an FTP site.
I can host it on the heavy metal II page if you like.
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Fri May 23 12:12:51 2008
could you also please post the country names of the 3
nations that requested it?
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Fri May 23 12:18:46 2008
And the next of kin to notify?
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Fri May 23 12:49:32 2008
that's a totally bogus conclusion, I know many people
who can't take a mathematical statement and make it realized
in actually setting so that it has meanning. The fact that
A:mil:10,Eff:30,Max_Def:2.5,Max_Off:2
B:Mil:9,Eff:50,Max_def:2,Max_Off:1
A attacks B
The very fact that the server at each battle calculates a strength to determine
a single probability implies that the total probability is complicated. In fact, I made
NO attempt to solve it theoretically. Only implemented a simulation. Even the simulation
lacks specifics like in what order does the server kill of militia during the battle?
and add to it the prob of morale failure it is even MORE complicated.
So anyone who needs help to understand the implementation of empire code is NORMAL not
a foddereous_weiny_wacker.
Bzz.zz.z...
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Fri May 23 12:54:28 2008
geek
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Fri May 23 13:09:24 2008
you foddereous weiny wacker. a warmonger innately knows how
many mil to use.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Fri May 23 13:21:03 2008
That's like saying the Male Stud that you are knew how to use
his Unit for the get go and needed not training or practice
but since we know you ARE a weiny wacker, you HAVE ALREADY had lots of
individualized training sessions. It is those more dynamic multi-person
session that are more interesting.
Bzzzz....
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Fri May 23 13:22:22 2008
you needed to be trained to use your unit?
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Fri May 23 13:26:27 2008
You do understand what the life expectancy of a typical male bee is, yes?
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Fri May 23 13:39:26 2008
we doesn't use any mil to take territory. we just get
the girls coming off their shift at the local strip
to dress up in their "G.I. Joe" outfits and go to the
border to flash their boobies at the enemy soldierboyz.
they surrender in droves.
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Fri May 23 13:43:22 2008
those must be some messed-up boobies to scare
professional soldiers into surrendering.
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Fri May 23 14:01:21 2008
tick tock
tick tock
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Fri May 23 14:22:29 2008
grrr...
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Fri May 23 14:36:49 2008
oo oo ooo.
I had only 14 sectors after the udpate complaining about food.
woo hoo....
bzz.z.z.zz
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Fri May 23 17:07:57 2008
I had 3. Neener neener :)
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Fri May 23 17:14:45 2008
I can't make a research lab?
woah
> Announcement from Metallica, (#5) dated Fri May 23 17:45:54 2008
-- At the Capitol City, Kill 'em All --
TheDeathAngel reported a breakthrough in relations
with various neighbors...
"I've decided that everyone around me are friends.
As such, I've declared friendly relations to all of
my significant neighbors."
No word yet on the views from the neighboring countries
but word has it that the general response was
general apathy followed by a dose of who cares.
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Fri May 23 18:25:34 2008
i guess we don't count as significant *sniffle*
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Fri May 23 18:57:18 2008
"momma? why's that creepy old guy being so friendly
to me?"
> Announcement from BlackCompany, (#12) dated Fri May 23 21:24:11 2008
Hey, where's the save button so I can restart when I mess up again?
> Announcement from 1EyedMonster, (#2) dated Fri May 23 22:03:53 2008
you haven't reached the first checkpoint
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Sat May 24 18:07:01 2008
A player asked why land units on a reserve mission report
radius 0.
By default new units have a reaction radius of 0. This
prevents unprepared units from running off to get slaughtered
before their owner actually wants them to.
If you want the unit to react to battles you need to
run the lrange 200\201\202 3
where 3 is the range you want them to try to protect and
200\201\202 are the units in question.
show land stat will give you more details on the various
types of units and their reaction ability.
Strenght command can help you see the benifit that the
units are adding to a sectors defense.
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Sat May 24 18:07:24 2008
Don't forget, game is offline during the holiday Monday.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Sat May 24 18:44:29 2008
F(*&^*&^&ing you've got to be F(^*(^*&D^&*^ing kidding me
you s*^&-of-B708708ast(&d piece of cat-(*^&(!
why the F)(86798798 would anyone consider an AMERICAN federal payday
padding a god-)(*&)(*& holiday? Holiday's are like christmas, hannukka, easter
ramadan, New's Year Day and something f(*&(^& stupid things like Boxing Day
but who the f)(*&)(*& would ever f(*&()ing think that Memorial Day should count.
F(&(&0ing tw(*)(*&)at squatting f()*&)(*&ing deities lame-a*(&^(*6 f*((^ing policies.
ARGHHHH>>>>>.....
respectfully
Bzzzz...z.z.z...z..)(*&()*&(*)ing-Aye. piece of SH()*&()87-ite llama-squat dung-*&^(*
zz.z...
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Sat May 24 18:44:56 2008
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> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Sat May 24 18:50:50 2008
now I read it even closer. F*(^&ing OFFLINE on monday. I can't even waste
time. I am offline, disconnected, discombobulated, severed, argghhh...
what are these the deities of old, striking mere mortals down with
the sole purpose of watching our pain for their enjoyment?
ARGHHHH....
bzzzz....
> Announcement from Wales, (#7) dated Sat May 24 20:37:43 2008
Beehive said it all for me!! Although I think
he was a little too restrained and polite.
I'll be at work Monday, like everyone else
in this country...who had their holiday last monday.
the welsh
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Sat May 24 20:59:15 2008
i wanna meet a girl i saw on jerry springer
she was kickin' her boyfriend's girlfriend's ass
and givin' the audience the finger
when the bouncers broke up the fight
she was still trying to throw another right
i wanna meet a girl i saw on jerry springer
--- johnny o'neal "the jerry springer song"
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Mon May 26 21:10:12 2008
So quiet out there....
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Mon May 26 21:10:37 2008
Its like I have the whole world to myself.
> Announcement from Dethklok, (#16) dated Tue May 27 08:57:30 2008
You would know...
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Tue May 27 10:45:13 2008
we know what really happened.
You re-routed port 6777 to another port with a server running with the same logings
and you put up a message. THEN you all weekend logged into everyones
country and played around ran updates. fake battles, power reports
to see what the world was going to look like.
Then rolled it back and rerouted the port at 06:00 this morning.
literally playing a little god for the weekend!.
> Announcement from TheDiplomat, (#4) dated Tue May 27 21:06:27 2008
That's an interesting take on "What would Jesus do?"
In empire, he would blow some shit up!!!
> Announcement from Dentrassi, (#18) dated Wed May 28 07:59:32 2008
First you beg for it to stop, now you beg for it to continue?
> Announcement from Plundaria, (#21) dated Wed May 28 11:49:18 2008
Thanks to everyone who sent in responses to the Poll.
The presentation went really well, your data actually
lingered up about 1.5 minutes. I'll post the slides on
the webpage once I get them in a html friendly form.
May have sucked in some new players, got the wonderful question:
"what host and port do we connect too?"
Muahahahaha!
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Wed May 28 13:59:33 2008
o ohhoo,
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Wed May 28 15:49:36 2008
All hail he Queen mother BEE!
Kneel workers on your six knees!
The Honey Production Manager for Foreign
hives wishes to explains certain news facts
that may be necessary to discuss.
Vast numbers of foreign workers died recently
due to lack of sufficient honey supplies.
However, these were strategic ethnic cleanses
necessary to control foreign sectors. Have no
fear that all of Beehive is safe and well fed.
Bzzzz....
> Announcement from beep, (#1) dated Wed May 28 16:07:31 2008
? All hail he Queen mother BEE!
^^ ^^^^^
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...we always suspected something like this.
> Announcement from Beehive, (#9) dated Thu May 29 09:30:56 2008
in case anyone is interested, The Hive, is an excellent short sci-fi novel.
> Announcement from RimFire, (#17) dated Thu May 29 09:39:44 2008
WinACE users
The build information for cost to designation and cost for 1% are reversed.
To correct them, do a show sector b and the show tool will correct itself
in the short term. The xdump parsing is incorrect so each time you start
WinACE it will be reset back to the incorrect values. I will do a release
on the weekend to fix this. I also have fixed some issues with the max safe
civs particularly for cities.
Ron K.
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