DT8: TigToad vs Misotu - Page 2

Misotu · May 30, 2001, 16:10

2114 to the Awesome Academician ...

mark13 · May 30, 2001, 16:47

2114 to the Scheming Scientist

Misotu · May 30, 2001, 17:31

2115 to the Triumphing Technologist ...

mark13 · May 31, 2001, 08:57

2114 to the Phabulous Physicist. (Yep, after all of 30 seconds of thought, this was the best I could manage

)

Misotu · May 31, 2001, 13:27

2116 to the Rigorous Researcher ...

(first one to crack has to give the other a tech. Gotta find a way to catch you up somehow

)

Misotu · May 31, 2001, 14:50

All right. I give up

2117 to the Mark13 ...

mark13 · May 31, 2001, 16:17

Heh. I knew there was a reason I didn't have time to post

Misotu · May 31, 2001, 17:00

Very cunning, Provost. Watch out for those worms

2118 back to you ...

mark13 · May 31, 2001, 17:50

Funny you should mention that. I didn't think it was possible to get four from the same pod this early in proceedings

Misotu · May 31, 2001, 18:14

Worm coincidence - call me psychic

Well I may be behind on practically every sodding measure, but in MY2118 the Merchant Exchange is mine, all mine, mwa haha ha ha

Now. What to do about the rest of it?

2119 sent.

mark13 · May 31, 2001, 18:19

'19 back....having missed the ME, we are down

Trying to work out how exactly you get an SP within 18 turns of the start of a game....and a still at a loss....

Oh well....there are more important things in life I suppose....like winning

Misotu · May 31, 2001, 19:12

Oh, it's easy to build an SP in the first 18 turns (she says, hah!).

All you do is scupper your pop growth, build almost no pods, formers, facilities or anything else useful, ignore Cent Eco until after Ind Auto and throw everything you have at it. Then you end up behind on every other measure but at least you get to see a video

Remains to be seen whether it'll pay off ... bit of a gambit but it's a good SP for this particular set-up so I thought I'd give it a whirl and see what happened .... It probably means that you take the next 2 or 3 best SPs is what I reckon.

2120 sent.

mark13 · May 31, 2001, 19:33

Well, it makes things interesting, anyway - you are now ahead on the power graph, at any rate

2120 to Misotu.

Misotu · May 31, 2001, 19:53

Hah! The mind worms come and they fall before my very green scouts

You're ahead on *tech*, wealth & territory. I've been watching the pop stats, you definitely have more bases than I do ...

2121 to Mark.

mark13 · June 1, 2001, 14:42

The ME should sort that out soon enough - in any case, you can always build a few more bases.

2121 to Misotu.

Misotu · June 1, 2001, 16:52

Very true ... I have snatched the tech lead for the first time

2122 is off to Mark.

mark13 · June 1, 2001, 17:04

Very strange. I discovered another tech this turn, and Misotu was still in the tech lead?

Do you know something I don't?

2122 to Misotu.

Misotu · June 1, 2001, 17:24

I wish

It probably means we're equal on tech. I'm not sure how the game chooses a name under those circumstances, but it will always claim one of us is leading ... 2123 sent.

mark13 · June 1, 2001, 17:38

Yeah, I suppose....still, you have the definite early advantage, I would say.

2123 to Mis....

Misotu · June 1, 2001, 18:07

Possibly. You are leader in pop now ... 2124 sent.

Tau Ceti · June 1, 2001, 18:09

If two or more players are tied, I believe the game will say that the last one in the turn sequence (in this case Misotu) is the leader.

mark13 · June 1, 2001, 18:21

Uh-oh - considering the first ten turns were gong absolutely dreadfully, I dread to think what a possible advantage is

Thanks Tau

2124 to Misotu....

Misotu · June 1, 2001, 18:39

Oh, take no notice. Building an SP always makes me wildly optimistic for a few MY. I'll be back to my usual despondent self again shortly

You have 20% more pop than I do. This I understand, but how come I'm leading in military? I've hardly built anything - only built my first former a couple of turns back

Thanks for the info Tau

2125 back to Mark.

mark13 · June 1, 2001, 19:20

You have more scouts than I do?

Otherwise, I'm at a loss. Oh well....neck and neck in the power chart, 2125 back to you

Misotu · June 1, 2001, 19:31

Not any more ... one of my treasured scouts was buried with full military honours this year

2126 sent.

mark13 · June 1, 2001, 19:42

You're still ahead in military though

2126 sent....

Misotu · June 1, 2001, 20:04

Yeah. There's that indescribable feeling of joy when you pop that pod right next to your base, the one in the *ideal* location for a monolith. Or a nut special. And out pops a unity rover ...

2127 from Thoroughly Militaristic Mis

mark13 · June 1, 2001, 20:16

Hmmm. Better than four mind worms I suppose

2127 to Misotu.

Misotu · June 1, 2001, 20:42

True. Still, no more complaining about pods. Just popped one and got

Environmental Economics!!!

Never happened to me before ...

We note with dismay that the Markite faction has kicked off the VW, the blueprints for which were produced by Misotu scientists and copyrighted on Chiron by Misotu lawyers. :sulk:

2128 sent

mark13 · June 2, 2001, 08:54

And I'm still a good 10 turns away from EnvEcon. Oh well, there's always BM1...