Utopia - Age 22 - Page 2

Eli · July 14, 2003, 18:26

Bump/

Zopperoni · July 15, 2003, 02:23

You still sending that PM, Tim?

You can send it too, Eli, if you want =)

Eli · July 15, 2003, 09:41

Queen's ICQ number PMed. But she's on a week long vacation now.

War4ever · July 16, 2003, 21:54

sorry zops, iwas out of computer range for a few days.... now i c eli has beat me to it...

the king and queen are on vacation....

back in about 6 days or so..

i will stay in touch ken

Zopperoni · July 26, 2003, 15:29

Alright, I added your Queen on ICQ, and I hope to have a chat with her soon.

I'm on a break from the game right now. I deleted my Genesis account and I gave my BF account away, and already I feel much more at ease =)

Eli · August 1, 2003, 08:31

Bump.
We're about to finish our pump.

In addition to science, I pumped almost 14k elites.

Lemmy · August 1, 2003, 10:44

I decided to start playing again, landed in an avg kingdom on WoL.
Playing as Avian warrior, semi-suiciding for the elites.

War4ever · August 3, 2003, 15:44

yeah my pump is done, got great scis, pumped 14k elites myself and helped some people out with cash ...

Lemmy · August 5, 2003, 17:45

Plundering newbs and inactives is fun

I used most of the gold to max my sciences...when that was nearly done, i used it on elites, i'm plundering maybe 2 or 3 mil gc/day now...i expect it to drop once i get bigger -> less inactives.
But then i think i'll use the learn attack to keep my sciences high.

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The Province of Bubblewrap (7:34)
[http://www.utopiatemple.com Angel v1.47 Beta 3]

Utopian Date: January 17th, YR5
RL Date: August 5th, 2003 (22:00 GMT)

Ruler Name: Sir Lemmy the Warrior
Personality & Race: The Warrior, Avian
Land: 427 Acres
Money: 150,573gc (16,129gc raw daily income)
Food: 635,882 bushels
Runes: 36,633 runes
Population: 11,566 citizens (27.09 per Acre)
Peasants: 5,203 (100% Employed)
Excited: b:100%, t:3.1gc, p:103%, m:103%
Trade Balance: 443,537gc (0% tax rate)
Networth: 67,088 (157.11 per Acre)
Thieves+Wizards+Science Networth: 5,161gc

Soldiers: 0 (54.1% estimated draft rate)
Harpies: 2,082 (8,328 offense points)
Griffins: 2,399 (9,596 defense points)
Drakes: 1,406 (8,436 offense / 5,624 defense)
Prisoners: 885 (2,616 offense)

Total Modified Offense: 19,961 (46.75 per Acre)
Practical (100% elites): 19,961 (46.75 per Acre)
Total Modified Defense: 15,677 (36.71 per Acre)
Practical (0% elites): 9,884 (23.15 per Acre)

[500 Acres land assumed for thieves calculation]
Thieves: 365 (0.73 per Acre / 67% Stealth)
Wizards: 111 (0.26 per Acre / 10% Mana)

Crystal-Ball on your province will show:
Maximum Possible Thieves: 782 (1.56 per Acre)
Estimated Thieves Number: 586 (1.17 per Acre)
Maximum Possible Wizards: 782 (1.83 per Acre)
Estimated Wizards Number: 186 (0.44 per Acre)

Buildings: 914gc to build, 457gc to raze
Away bonus: 26,015gc (12h) / 78,045gc (20h)

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Science Intelligence on Bubblewrap (7:34)
[http://www.utopiatemple.com Angel v1.47 Beta 3]

** Effects Summary (Known Science Only) **
+33.6% Income (11,273 points)
-45.9% Building Time (9,959 points)
+16.3% Population Limits (9,450 points)
+62.5% Food Production (7,734 points)
+9.5% Military Strength (10,694 points)
+54.3% Thievery Effectiveness (6,262 points)
+60.1% Magic Effectiveness (9,003 points)

And a glimpse in my kd news

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January 4th, YR5 jEhoVAh (32:34) invaded and pillaged Georgianna (7:34).
January 5th, YR5 iHaTeNoEpSiNmYKd (7:34) has sent an aid shipment to Mr Sinister (7:34).
January 5th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and pillaged the lands of aventara (23:34).
January 5th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and pillaged the lands of Chaotic Rogue (28:34).
January 5th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and stole from Chaotic Rogue (28:34).
January 6th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and pillaged the lands of Mata Nui (11:34).
January 9th, YR5 WoLvErInE FKs JeAn (7:34) has sent an aid shipment to iHaTeNoEpSiNmYKd (7:34).
January 10th, YR5 In local kingdom strife, Antichrist Superstar (7:34) invaded Minde (7:34) and captured 83 acres of land.
January 11th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and stole from Me Aginst The World (6:32).
January 11th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and pillaged the lands of Me Aginst The World (6:32).
January 11th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and pillaged the lands of BCity (35:33).
January 11th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and pillaged the lands of BCity (35:33).
January 12th, YR5 Mr Sinister (7:34) captured 103 acres of land from UNfallen (38:34).
January 12th, YR5 UNalienable (38:34) invaded Mr Sinister (7:34) and captured 116 acres of land.
January 13th, YR5 Bishop (7:34) has sent an aid shipment to WoLvErInE FKs JeAn (7:34).
January 13th, YR5 Bishop (7:34) has sent an aid shipment to WoLvErInE FKs JeAn (7:34).
January 13th, YR5 Bishop (7:34) has sent an aid shipment to WoLvErInE FKs JeAn (7:34).
January 17th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) captured 73 acres of land from Vemordia (41:33).
January 17th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and stole from Vemordia (41:33).
January 17th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and stole from Vemordia (41:33).
January 17th, YR5 Bubblewrap (7:34) attacked and pillaged the lands of MacCoke (43:35).

I think i've been OOP 4 or 5 days now, and already have 48 succesfull attacks.

Eli · August 12, 2003, 14:00

The Most Honorable Humans in the World

4 SMURFGWORERWSLCFAELI (1:14) Human 25 Active Smurfs Foo (1:14) Nen (#14) 3983

The Most Honorable Kingdoms in the World

2 25 Active Smurfs Foo (1:14) Nen (#14) 80,372

The Most Powerful Provinces on the Island of Nen (#14)
The Largest Provinces on the Island of Nen (#14)

1 SMURFGWORERWSLCFAELI (1:14) Human 25 Active Smurfs Foo (1:14) 451,591 gc
1 SMURFGWORERWSLCFAELI (1:14) Human 25 Active Smurfs Foo (1:14) 2578 Acres

Zopperoni · August 12, 2003, 14:22

Very good

What are the other letters between "SMURF" and "ELI" supposed to stand for, or are they random gibberish to make it twenty letters?

Eli · August 12, 2003, 15:57

Random gibberish.

At first we wanted to insert some phrases into there, but then someone remembered that Pansies did the same last age so we settled for random.

Eli · August 24, 2003, 06:02

We're about to end a long long pump in a few days, I'm well on my way to have 45k elites on ~2700 acres.

Zopperoni · August 24, 2003, 11:31

Farking hell, that's 100 dpa with purely elites, and it only sucks up what? 50% of your population?

Eli · August 26, 2003, 13:55

Ack!

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We will be using this thread to post possible changes for the next Age of Utopia, set to start around September 7th. Please use the Bugs & Suggestions forum to post your suggested ideas for the next round.

At this point, race changes look to include strengthening of orcs and weakening of faeries. Undeads and dwarves may also need slight improvements.

Our main project is going to be looking at a possible redesign of the relations system yet again, to make it even more action-oriented rather than declaration oriented. One possible system includes:

* Wars would occur when two kingdoms had attacked each other (successfully?) a cumulative number of times - with actions needed by both parties to enable war.

* A "Hostile" declaration would provide offensive bonuses and accelerate the pace of potential war. However, War would no longer be limited to kingdoms one is hostile with. Kingdoms could declare 3 or 4 other kingdoms Hostile.

* "Peace" declarations would probably still exist, but their exact function hasn't been determined yet.

This is only a skeleton possibility of one proposal - we're open to other options and ideas in this area. The primary intent is to make wars a more natural progression of actual hostilities and avoid the "fake war" syndrome in the current system.

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Additional possible changes:

* Attack gains would be have a relative kingdom size component. That is, attacking a large player in a large kingdom could net more than attacking a large player in a small kingdom. This would help protect larger players in smaller kingdoms.

* Possible addition of "Good" and "Evil" ratings. Different races would start with different ratings, but then each player would develop ratings based on their actions. There would then be various bonuses for interactions between certain styles of players (Good attacking Evil, etc). This is an area that needs to be far more developed (obviously) and may be something we look at for future rounds.

Lemmy · August 27, 2003, 05:38

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* Attack gains would be have a relative kingdom size component. That is, attacking a large player in a large kingdom could net more than attacking a large player in a small kingdom. This would help protect larger players in smaller kingdoms.

ABUSE!!!
Have few (4 or 5) provinces in your kingdom grow to huge sizes, and all the others stay at 250 acres...or even smaller

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* Possible addition of "Good" and "Evil" ratings. Different races would start with different ratings, but then each player would develop ratings based on their actions. There would then be various bonuses for interactions between certain styles of players (Good attacking Evil, etc). This is an area that needs to be far more developed (obviously) and may be something we look at for future rounds.

/me likes that
Attack bonusses perhaps for attacking an opposing alignment.

Eli · August 29, 2003, 03:46

So we're involved in a war with a whiny kingdom who decided to PK us one by one. We already lost a player, and tonight it was my turn.
Luckily we have login details of everyone backed up, so a kingdom mate logged in instead of me and saved me.
(I was happily sleeping).

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Recent News Report
[http://www.UtopiaTemple.com All-in-One v3.21b]

** March 18th **
949 wizards assassinated
Sundry Ops: Thieves Caught (x11)
Caught: HiGh On SoMeThInG (17:40) (Thievery)
Caught: IWantSandysBody (13:8) (Thievery)
Caught: NoSSmokeSABlunT (13:8) (Thievery)

** March 19th **
1,405 acres to 9 attacks
125 Soldiers, 3,475 Knights
......... killed in 9 attacks (1 failed)
1,482 wizards assassinated
2,298 peasants to fireballs
18,513 peasants to kidnappings
Sundry Ops: Spells Vortexed (x2), Thieves Caught (x77),
......... Failed Spells (x51)
Received: 3,265 Soldiers, 65,000 Runes in aid from
......... SMURFBOSJFTHKDLSHIVA (1:14),
......... SMURFXJDFKLJIEOJNVKK (1:14),
......... SMURFRELDIEORWQSUPER (1:14),
......... SMURFVIPOERGHANUBISX (1:14),
......... SMURFJOCNEBUNPUREVIL (1:14)
Caught: RelentlessAndKilling (13:8) (Thievery)
Caught: SMURFXJDFKLJIEOJNVKK (1:14) (Magic)
Caught: SMURFHDKIAUGHKLTOEDE (1:14) (Magic)
Caught: SandmanLovesU (13:8) (Magic)
Caught: EdmanRazesEveryone (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
Caught: BiGbOyMakesUBowDown (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
Caught: ArchTheMasterPimp (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
Caught: AthenaWaNnaHuGGiEs (13:8) (Thievery)
Caught: CoolFreakWillOwNyoU (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
Caught: TyIsMyLuvGod (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
Caught: SvenneIsSoSexy (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
Caught: JoshGanjaKing (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
Caught: IWantSandysBody (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
Caught: FairchildIsSexier (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
Caught: Happy Harpy (13:8) (Thievery+Attacks)
Caught: MorticusHDDgotFried (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
Caught: NoSSmokeSABlunT (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
Caught: RJsGonnaRuulYa (13:8) (Attacks)

** March 20th **
2,360 troops deserted due to housing shortages
202 peasants to fireballs
Sundry Ops: Failed Spells (x7)
SMURFLFASJUGPHYRAGOS (1:14) cast Fog on us
............. (10 days)
SMURFLFASJUGPHYRAGOS (1:14) cast Clear Sight on us
............. (9 days)
SMURFLFASJUGPHYRAGOS (1:14) cast Love & Peace on
............. us (11 days)
Caught: FairchildIsSexier (13:8) (Magic)
Caught: RJsGonnaRuulYa (13:8) (Magic)
Caught: SMURFHDKIAUGHKLTOEDE (1:14) (Magic)

** March 21st **
1,715 troops deserted due to housing shortages

** March 22nd **
1,351 troops deserted due to housing shortages

--------------------------------------------------------
** News Summary: March 18th to March 22nd **

** Received **
3,265 Soldiers, 65,000 Runes in aid from
......... SMURFBOSJFTHKDLSHIVA (1:14),
......... SMURFXJDFKLJIEOJNVKK (1:14),
......... SMURFRELDIEORWQSUPER (1:14),
......... SMURFVIPOERGHANUBISX (1:14),
......... SMURFJOCNEBUNPUREVIL (1:14)
Elf Spells:
SMURFLFASJUGPHYRAGOS (1:14) cast Fog on us
............. (10 days)
SMURFLFASJUGPHYRAGOS (1:14) cast Clear Sight on us
............. (9 days)
SMURFLFASJUGPHYRAGOS (1:14) cast Love & Peace on
............. us (11 days)

** Losses **
1,405 acres to attacks and land lust
5,426 troops to spells, thieves, and desertion
2,431 wizards to assassinations and propaganda
21,013 peasants to spells, thieves and attacks
125 Soldiers, 3,475 Knights
......... killed in 9 attacks (1 failed)
Sundry Ops: Spells Vortexed (x2), Thieves Caught (x88),
......... Failed Spells (x58)

** Caught **
HiGh On SoMeThInG (17:40) (Thievery)
.......... Mar 18
IWantSandysBody (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
.......... Mar 18, Mar 19
NoSSmokeSABlunT (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
.......... Mar 18, Mar 19
RelentlessAndKilling (13:8) (Thievery)
.......... Mar 19
SMURFXJDFKLJIEOJNVKK (1:14) (Magic)
.......... Mar 19
SMURFHDKIAUGHKLTOEDE (1:14) (Magic)
.......... Mar 19, Mar 20
SandmanLovesU (13:8) (Magic)
.......... Mar 19
EdmanRazesEveryone (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
.......... Mar 19
BiGbOyMakesUBowDown (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
.......... Mar 19
ArchTheMasterPimp (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
.......... Mar 19
AthenaWaNnaHuGGiEs (13:8) (Thievery)
.......... Mar 19
CoolFreakWillOwNyoU (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
.......... Mar 19
TyIsMyLuvGod (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
.......... Mar 19
SvenneIsSoSexy (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
.......... Mar 19
JoshGanjaKing (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
.......... Mar 19
FairchildIsSexier (13:8) (Thievery+Magic)
.......... Mar 19, Mar 20
Happy Harpy (13:8) (Thievery+Attacks)
.......... Mar 19
MorticusHDDgotFried (13:8) (Thievery+Magic+Attacks)
.......... Mar 19
RJsGonnaRuulYa (13:8) (Attacks+Magic)
.......... Mar 19, Mar 20

Barley · August 30, 2003, 23:02

Ive just logged onto Utopia, can you give me some advise what to do and what not to do at the start, or maybe post a link to some essential tips.

Eli · August 31, 2003, 03:41

First thing first :

http://games.swirve.com/utopia/help/

That's the guide, read it.

---

The age is about to end very soon, so whatever you do now is not very important. Use the time to experiment a bit with whatever you want.

Some general advices :
1) www.utopiatemple.com - Download angel and learn to use it, the vast majority of players use it and cant do without it.

2) Post and read the kingdom forums. Your kingdom mates are your only allies. Throught the age, they will be the ones who will fight with you, aid you, etc.
I guess you're on WoL... Most WoL kingdoms pretty much suck, but every one of them has a couple of good players. Find them, and get to know them. They will be your primary source for advices.
3) Read the public Utopia forums.
http://boards.swirve.com/board.cgi?boardset=utopia
They contain the information needed to move up from an ok-player level to a pretty-good-player level.
I'd reccomend you to read this thread first :
http://boards.swirve.com/board.cgi?b...6&spec=4987429

Zopperoni · August 31, 2003, 05:03

4) Trevor's guide is pretty good for beginners to get used to the gameplay/interface and stuff.

Barley · August 31, 2003, 05:56

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Eli · September 1, 2003, 15:20

Zopper :

Shadowdale(remember him from Villains Workshop?) is leaving our kingdom, if you still want to join and replace him :
1) Talk to our Queen. IIRC you already have her ICQ number.
2) Idle in our public kingdom IRC channel.
irc.evek.org
Port 6667
#smurfs

(2) is a must.

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[22:14] [Shiva] eli if you have someone he needs to come and idle in #smurfs
[22:15] [Shiva] that's the screen for new canidates

Zopperoni · September 2, 2003, 20:00

I can't believe this, but I'll pass actually.

I'm completely comfortable having quit now.

Thanks a lot for the offer though.

Eli · September 6, 2003, 04:35

We were leading the honor charts by 12,000 points... Until Mehul came.

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April 19th, YR9 Alas, the once proud province of SMURFHDKIAUGHKLTOEDE (1:14) has collapsed and lies in ruins.
April 19th, YR9 Alas, the once proud province of SMURFICXHUSFLLWFOODA (1:14) has collapsed and lies in ruins.
April 19th, YR9 Alas, the once proud province of SMURFTYURGJDFGUYWAR4 (1:14) has collapsed and lies in ruins.
April 19th, YR9 Alas, the once proud province of SMURFXCTWQAEVSEVERIN (1:14) has collapsed and lies in ruins.
April 19th, YR9 Alas, the once proud province of SMURFKIYLHLYHONUSILK (1:14) has collapsed and lies in ruins.
April 19th, YR9 Alas, the once proud province of SMURFVNKDSALIOJDEGGS (1:14) has collapsed and lies in ruins.
April 19th, YR9 Alas, the once proud province of SMURFBFLDXWHRZBLLNNT (1:14) has collapsed and lies in ruins.

RIP

Zopperoni · September 6, 2003, 08:06

Dang, that sucks =\