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Havok II: Designing Nations
| Deity: | Bob Marchese |
| Start Date: | December 26, 2003 |
| End Date: | February 17, 2004 (55 days) |
| Code used: | Wolfpack 4.2.12 |
| Winner(s): | Dr. Jellyfinger (Bungholio) Shakespeare |
December 12, 2003
The second in the series of Havok games will begin soon. This one will be similar to the last with one major feature. You get to design your own 44 sector start island using the following sectors types: 2 caps (0,0 and 2,0), 24 -, 12 ~ and 6 ^. Here's how it works, you send me a script with a list of deity commands like
des 4,0 ^
des 6,0 -
des 8,0 ~
and I will apply them to your start island that was generated by fairland with 2 sectors initially.
These totals are subject to change before the final game, but in the meantime we'll go with them in a couple of blitz mode games to get things sorted out. Your map must include caps at 0,0 and 0,2, but doesn't have to be centered there. Send your designations to b_marchese@yahoo.com along with preferred country/rep. Scripts received before 10 PM (GMT +5 or there about) will be applied to the next days blitz game. Your can also just log on using country/rep of 1/1, 2/2 etc to see how the game plays with the a round 40 sector island without plains.
Most of the setting will be like Havok I, but the ships will be 80% cheaper. I'm still trying to sort out the best world size, island and continent counts. Resources will be flat like before too. More details (like sample scripts) to follow. Check my web page:
http://users.erols.com/bmarches/HavokII.html
- Bob M
Empire 4.2.12
(KSU distribution 1.04, Chainsaw version 4.00, Wolfpack version 2.12)
The following parameters have been set for this game:
World size is 180 by 90.
There can be up to 99 countries.
By default, countries use their own coordinate system.
An Empire time unit is 1800 seconds long.
Use the 'update' command to find out the time of the next update.
The current time is Tue Jan 6 08:43:11.
An update consists of 60 empire time units.
Each country is allowed to be logged in 1440 minutes a day.
It takes 8.33 civilians to produce a BTU in one time unit.
A non-aggi, 100 fertility sector can grow 0.12 food per etu.
1000 civilians will harvest 1.3 food per etu.
1000 civilians will give birth to 4.0 babies per etu.
1000 uncompensated workers will give birth to 2.0 babies.
In one time unit, 1000 people eat 0.5 units of food.
1000 babies eat 6.0 units of food becoming adults.
Banks pay $260.00 in interest per 1000 gold bars per etu.
1000 civilians generate $8.13, uncompensated workers $1.80 each time unit.
1000 active military cost $80.33, reserves cost $4.02.
Happiness p.e. requires 1 happy stroller per 10000 civ.
Education p.e. requires 1 class of graduates per 10000 civ.
Happiness is averaged over 48 time units.
Education is averaged over 192 time units.
The technology/research boost you get from the world is 50.00%.
Nation levels (tech etc.) decline 1% every 96 time units.
Tech Buildup is limited to logarithmic growth (base 2.72) after 1.00.
Sectors Ships Planes Units
Maximum mobility 127 127 127 127
Max mob gain per update 60 90 60 60
Max eff gain per update -- 100 100 100
Ships on autonavigation may use 6 cargo holds per ship.
Trade-ships that go at least 4 sectors get a return of 4.5% per sector.
Trade-ships that go at least 8 sectors get a return of 5.5% per sector.
Trade-ships that go at least 14 sectors get a return of 8.0% per sector.
Cashing in trade-ships with an ally nets you a 30.0% bonus.
Cashing in trade-ships with an ally nets your ally a 20.0% bonus.
The tax you pay on selling things on the trading block is 10.0%
The tax you pay on buying commodities on the market is 10.0%
Fire ranges are scaled by 1.00
Options enabled in this game:
ALL_BLEED, BRIDGETOWERS, DEMANDUPDATE, EASY_BRIDGES, FALLOUT,
GODNEWS, GO_RENEW, INTERDICT_ATT, LANDSPIES, LOANS, MARKET, NEUTRON,
NEW_STARVE, NEW_WORK, NEWPOWER, NOMOBCOST, NUKEFAILDETONATE, ORBIT,
PINPOINTMISSILE, PLANENAMES, SAIL, SHIPNAMES, SHOWPLANE, TECH_POP,
TRADESHIPS, TREATIES, UPDATESCHED
Options disabled in this game:
BIG_CITY, BLITZ, DEFENSE_INFRA, DRNUKE, FUEL, GRAB_THINGS, HIDDEN,
LOSE_CONTACT, MOB_ACCESS, NO_FORT_FIRE, NO_HCMS, NO_LCMS, NO_OIL,
NO_PLAGUE, NOFOOD, NONUKES, RES_POP, SHIP_DECAY, SLOW_WAR,
SNEAK_ATTACK, SUPER_BARS,
"info Options" for a detailed list of options and descriptions
The person to annoy if something goes wrong is:
Bob Marchese
(b_marchese@yahoo.com).
You can get your own copy of the source using:
ftp://ftp.wolfpackempire.com/pub/empire/server or
http://www.wolfpackempire.com/
Execute : show ship build 300
Printing for tech level '300'
lcm hcm avail tech $
fb fishing boat 25 15 75 0 $145
ft fishing trawler 25 15 75 35 $240
cs cargo ship 60 40 160 20 $560
os ore ship 60 40 160 20 $400
ss slave ship 60 40 160 0 $240
ts trade ship 200 100 420 30 $1750
frg frigate 30 30 110 0 $480
gal galleon 20 40 120 25 $560
oe oil exploration boat 25 15 75 40 $640
od oil derrick 60 60 200 45 $2800
pt patrol boat 20 10 60 60 $400
lc light cruiser 30 40 130 55 $960
hc heavy cruiser 40 50 160 65 $1600
tt troop transport 50 50 170 20 $640
bb battleship 50 70 210 95 $2400
sbb super battleship 100 120 360 180 $3600
bbc battlecruiser 50 60 190 100 $1800
tk tanker 60 40 160 50 $560
ms minesweeper 25 15 75 80 $320
dd destroyer 30 30 110 80 $640
sb submarine 30 30 110 70 $520
sbc cargo submarine 40 40 140 120 $960
cal light carrier 50 60 190 70 $1900
car aircraft carrier 60 70 220 140 $3200
can nuc carrier 70 80 250 170 $6400
ls landing ship 60 40 160 125 $800
af asw frigate 40 30 120 160 $720
na nuc attack sub 30 40 130 170 $960
ad asw destroyer 40 40 140 175 $880
nm nuc miss sub 30 40 130 200 $2200
msb missile sub 30 30 110 175 $960
mb missile boat 20 20 80 150 $460
mf missile frigate 40 30 120 180 $800
mc missile cruiser 50 50 170 150 $1200
aac aa cruiser 50 60 190 165 $1850
agc aegis cruiser 50 60 190 185 $2400
ncr nuc cruiser 50 50 170 200 $2800
nas nuc asw cruiser 50 50 170 220 $3000
nsp nuc supply ship 60 40 160 210 $1200
Execute : show ship stat 300
Printing for tech level '300'
s v s r f l p h x
p i p n i n l e p
def d s y g r d n l l
fb fishing boat 15 16 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
ft fishing trawler 15 39 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
cs cargo ship 30 39 23 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
os ore ship 30 39 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
ss slave ship 30 16 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
ts trade ship 30 39 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
frg frigate 77 40 16 3 1 1 2 0 0 1
gal galleon 77 37 20 4 6 4 0 0 0 1
oe oil exploration boat 15 39 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
od oil derrick 45 23 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
pt patrol boat 14 58 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
lc light cruiser 74 46 20 5 9 4 2 0 0 1
hc heavy cruiser 103 46 20 5 12 5 4 0 0 1
tt troop transport 91 31 23 3 1 2 2 0 0 1
bb battleship 137 37 24 6 14 9 2 0 0 1
sbb super battleship 207 40 15 8 16 17 2 0 0 5
bbc battlecruiser 78 44 25 6 14 7 2 0 0 1
tk tanker 112 38 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
ms minesweeper 14 37 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
dd destroyer 65 53 14 4 9 3 1 0 0 1
sb submarine 36 30 3 4 4 3 0 0 0 0
sbc cargo submarine 70 43 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
cal light carrier 88 45 27 5 3 2 0 20 20 4
car aircraft carrier 110 49 29 7 2 2 0 40 40 10
can nuc carrier 131 61 30 9 2 2 0 60 4 20
ls landing ship 56 43 22 2 0 0 6 0 0 2
af asw frigate 66 48 22 5 2 2 0 0 0 4
na nuc attack sub 59 54 2 6 6 3 0 0 0 0
ad asw destroyer 78 54 27 6 10 3 0 0 2 10
nm nuc miss sub 68 45 1 6 0 0 0 20 0 0
msb missile sub 45 40 2 3 0 0 0 10 0 0
mb missile boat 20 56 11 3 2 2 0 10 0 0
mf missile frigate 64 47 23 5 2 2 0 20 0 2
mc missile cruiser 95 49 26 8 11 7 0 40 8 8
aac aa cruiser 106 48 23 6 1 9 4 0 0 1
agc aegis cruiser 102 46 23 6 1 18 0 32 2 30
ncr nuc cruiser 124 58 28 6 18 7 0 20 2 10
nas nuc asw cruiser 95 55 28 9 12 4 0 0 8 25
nsp nuc supply ship 48 56 28 6 0 0 2 0 2 10
Execute : show ship cap 300
Printing for tech level '300'
cargos & capabilities
fb fishing boat 150c 10m 900f 15u fish
ft fishing trawler 300c 10m 950f 25u fish
cs cargo ship 600c 50m 300s 50g 900f 1400l 900h 250u supply
os ore ship 30c 5m 990i 990d 200f 45u 990r
ss slave ship 20c 80m 200f 1200u
ts trade ship 50c 50m 100f trade
frg frigate 60m 10s 2g 60f semi-land
gal galleon 30m 40s 2g 100f mine
oe oil exploration boat 10c 5m 100f 1o oil
od oil derrick 990c 80m 990f 990o 990u oil
pt patrol boat 2m 2g 12s 5f torp
lc light cruiser 100m 40s 5g 100f mine
hc heavy cruiser 120m 100s 8g 200f
tt troop transport 120m 20s 4g 120f semi-land
bb battleship 200m 200s 10g 900f
sbb super battleship 250m 300s 18g 700f
bbc battlecruiser 180m 100s 10g 400f
tk tanker 30c 5m 990p 200f 990o 25u oiler supply
ms minesweeper 10m 90f 100s 1g mine sweep
dd destroyer 60m 40s 4g 80f dchrg sonar mine
sb submarine 25m 36s 5g 80f torp sonar mine sub
sbc cargo submarine 5c 10m 104s 20g 900f 500l 300h 100p sonar sub oiler supply
cal light carrier 175m 250s 4g 300p 180f plane
car aircraft carrier 350m 500s 4g 500p 900f plane
can nuc carrier 350m 999s 4g 999p 900f plane oiler supply
ls landing ship 400m 300f 1g 10s land
af asw frigate 60m 60s 4g 120f torp dchrg sonar sub-torp
na nuc attack sub 25m 60s 6g 500f torp sonar mine sub sub-torp
ad asw destroyer 100m 80s 6g 40p 500f torp dchrg sonar sub-torp
nm nuc miss sub 25m 200s 500f 1g miss sonar sub
msb missile sub 25m 100s 500f 1g miss sonar sub
mb missile boat 5m 100s 3g 500f miss
mf missile frigate 60m 220s 4g 120f miss
mc missile cruiser 120m 500s 6g 160p 200f miss anti-missile
aac aa cruiser 100m 100s 15g 200f anti-missile
agc aegis cruiser 200m 400s 25g 40p 900f miss anti-missile
ncr nuc cruiser 200m 400s 8g 40p 900f miss anti-missile
nas nuc asw cruiser 200m 120s 6g 160p 500f torp dchrg sonar sub-torp
nsp nuc supply ship 50c 50m 600s 50g 999p 999f 1500l 900h supply
Execute : show land build 300
Printing for tech level '300'
lcm hcm guns avail tech $
pik pikeman 12 6 0 44 10 $300
cat catapult 15 5 0 45 20 $400
cav cavalry 10 5 0 40 30 $500
linf light infantry 8 4 0 36 40 $300
inf infantry 10 5 0 40 50 $500
mtif motor inf 15 10 0 55 120 $400
mif mech inf 15 10 0 55 130 $800
mar marines 10 5 0 40 100 $800
mmar mech marines 20 10 0 60 180 $1200
sup supply 10 5 0 40 30 $500
tra train 100 50 0 220 40 $3500
spy infiltrator 10 5 0 40 40 $750
com commando 10 5 0 40 70 $900
aau aa unit 20 10 0 60 80 $200
aaa advanced aa unit 30 12 0 74 180 $300
art artillery 20 10 0 60 55 $800
lat lt artillery 20 10 0 60 80 $500
hat hvy artillery 40 20 0 100 120 $1200
mat mech artillery 20 10 0 60 175 $1500
eng engineer 10 5 0 40 150 $3000
meng mech engineer 10 5 0 40 200 $4500
lar lt armor 10 5 0 40 140 $450
har hvy armor 20 10 0 60 120 $800
arm armor 20 10 0 60 160 $1000
sec security 10 5 0 40 130 $600
rad radar unit 10 5 0 40 140 $500
Execute : show land stat 300
Printing for tech level '300'
s v s r r a f a a x l
p i p a n c i m a f f p n
att def vul d s y d g c r m f c u l d
pik pikeman 1.5 1.7 56 32 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cat catapult 0.3 0.8 65 20 18 1 1 6 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
cav cavalry 2.0 0.8 65 43 18 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
linf light infantry 1.6 2.5 49 37 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
inf infantry 1.6 2.4 49 33 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
mtif motor inf 1.8 3.4 51 42 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 13 1 0 0
mif mech inf 2.3 3.8 42 42 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 13 1 0 0
mar marines 2.2 3.8 50 32 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
mmar mech marines 3.5 3.5 26 55 34 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0
sup supply 0.2 0.3 65 33 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
tra train 0.0 0.0 98 13 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12
spy infiltrator 0.0 0.0 65 42 18 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
com commando 0.0 0.0 66 42 18 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
aau aa unit 0.8 1.6 50 23 20 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
aaa advanced aa unit 1.4 2.0 26 24 40 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0
art artillery 0.2 0.7 57 23 20 1 0 12 41 6 4 1 0 0 0 0
lat lt artillery 0.3 1.0 50 39 18 1 1 7 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
hat hvy artillery 0.0 0.3 51 15 20 1 0 16 84 10 6 1 0 0 0 0
mat mech artillery 0.3 0.9 43 43 17 1 1 10 30 7 4 4 13 1 0 0
eng engineer 1.8 3.6 43 31 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
meng mech engineer 2.5 4.9 40 39 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 6 25 2 0 0
lar lt armor 3.0 1.5 43 53 15 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 25 1 0 0
har hvy armor 3.1 1.2 42 23 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 2 0 0
arm armor 4.4 2.2 34 41 16 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 13 1 0 0
sec security 1.5 3.0 51 31 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
rad radar unit 0.0 0.0 43 41 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 2 1 0
Execute : show land cap 300
Printing for tech level '300'
capabilities
pik pikeman 12f 15m light assault
cat catapult 12f 10s 10m 3g light
cav cavalry 12f 20m light recon
linf light infantry 15f 1s 25m light assault
inf infantry 24f 100m light assault
mtif motor inf 60f 8s 100m light
mif mech inf 60f 8s 100m light
mar marines 60f 4s 100m light marine assault
mmar mech marines 75f 4s 120m light marine assault
sup supply 200s 10g 300f 200l 100h 100d 10b 100i 300p 25m supply light
tra train 990s 200g 990f 990l 990h 500d 100b 500i 990p 990m 990o 150r xlight supply train heavy
spy infiltrator light recon assault spy
com commando 3s light recon assault spy
aau aa unit 12f 5s 20m light flak
aaa advanced aa unit 12f 10s 20m light flak
art artillery 24f 40s 25m 10g light
lat lt artillery 12f 20s 25m 6g light
hat hvy artillery 24f 100s 25m 12g
mat mech artillery 15f 40s 25m 10g light
eng engineer 12f 3s 20m engineer light assault
meng mech engineer 15f 4s 20m engineer light assault
lar lt armor 30f 4s 50m light recon
har hvy armor 48f 3s 100m
arm armor 30f 4s 50m light
sec security 30f 4s 50m security light
rad radar unit 7f 10m xlight light radar
Execute : show plane build 300
Printing for tech level '300'
lcm hcm crew avail tech $
ob1 observation balloon 20 2 1 44 30 $250
f1 Sopwith Camel 8 2 1 32 50 $400
f2 P-51 Mustang 8 2 1 32 80 $400
jf1 F-4 Phantom 12 4 2 40 150 $1000
jf2 AV-8B Harrier 12 4 2 40 180 $1200
sf F-117A Nighthawk 15 5 2 45 200 $1500
es P-38 Lightning 9 3 1 35 110 $600
jes F-14E jet escort 14 8 2 50 160 $1000
lb TBD-1 Devastator 10 3 1 36 70 $550
jl A-6 Intruder 14 4 2 42 150 $1000
mb medium bomber 14 5 3 44 85 $1000
jfb FB-111 Aardvark f/b 20 10 5 60 165 $1200
hb B-26B Marauder 20 6 2 52 100 $1100
jhb B-52 Strato-Fortress 26 13 5 72 150 $2200
sb B-2 stealth bomber 15 5 2 45 250 $3000
as anti-sub plane 10 3 2 36 90 $800
np naval plane 20 10 4 60 125 $1100
nc AH-1 Cobra 8 2 2 32 150 $600
ac AH-64 Apache 8 2 2 32 180 $700
cc AH-66 Comanche 8 2 2 32 200 $800
tc transport chopper 8 2 2 32 140 $700
tr C-56 Lodestar 14 5 3 44 115 $1000
jt C-141 Starlifter 18 5 3 48 170 $2000
jht C-5A Galaxy 25 10 5 65 200 $3500
zep Zeppelin 6 2 3 30 55 $1000
re recon 12 4 2 40 120 $800
sp E2-C Hawkeye 15 5 2 45 180 $2000
lst landsat 20 20 0 80 220 $8000
ss KH-7 spysat 20 20 0 80 250 $12000
mi Harpoon 8 2 0 32 160 $200
sam Sea Sparrow 3 1 0 25 180 $150
ssm V2 15 15 0 65 145 $1000
srbm Atlas 20 20 0 80 185 $3000
irbm Titan 20 20 0 80 195 $4000
icbm Minuteman 20 20 0 80 210 $8000
slbm Trident 20 20 0 80 220 $4000
asat anti-sat 20 20 0 80 270 $2000
abm Patriot 16 8 0 52 270 $1500
Execute : show plane stat 300
Printing for tech level '300'
acc load att def ran fuel stlth
ob1 observation balloon 61 1 0 5 15 0 30%
f1 Sopwith Camel 61 1 11 11 11 1 0%
f2 P-51 Mustang 56 1 14 14 15 1 0%
jf1 F-4 Phantom 33 1 21 21 18 3 0%
jf2 AV-8B Harrier 23 1 23 23 20 3 0%
sf F-117A Nighthawk 36 3 24 24 26 4 80%
es P-38 Lightning 43 1 14 14 22 2 0%
jes F-14E jet escort 45 1 17 17 32 3 0%
lb TBD-1 Devastator 34 2 0 13 14 1 0%
jl A-6 Intruder 18 3 0 16 18 3 0%
mb medium bomber 31 5 0 15 21 3 0%
jfb FB-111 Aardvark f/b 23 8 14 14 27 5 0%
hb B-26B Marauder 64 6 0 14 22 2 0%
jhb B-52 Strato-Fortress 60 15 0 18 37 6 0%
sb B-2 stealth bomber 21 8 0 17 35 5 80%
as anti-sub plane 60 2 0 13 22 2 0%
np naval plane 51 3 0 12 27 2 0%
nc AH-1 Cobra 41 2 0 10 18 2 0%
ac AH-64 Apache 11 1 0 15 17 2 40%
cc AH-66 Comanche 8 1 9 14 21 2 90%
tc transport chopper 0 6 0 11 14 2 40%
tr C-56 Lodestar 0 9 0 11 22 3 0%
jt C-141 Starlifter 0 19 0 15 37 4 0%
jht C-5A Galaxy 0 35 0 15 41 8 0%
zep Zeppelin 41 2 0 7 22 2 0%
re recon 0 0 0 13 22 2 20%
sp E2-C Hawkeye 0 0 0 17 36 5 50%
lst landsat 0 0 0 7 47 9 0%
ss KH-7 spysat 0 0 0 5 66 9 0%
mi Harpoon 38 7 0 12 13 0 0%
sam Sea Sparrow 0 0 0 24 8 0 0%
ssm V2 45 3 0 10 11 0 0%
srbm Atlas 47 7 0 10 15 0 0%
irbm Titan 47 9 0 15 21 0 0%
icbm Minuteman 48 11 0 19 47 0 0%
slbm Trident 49 8 0 10 26 0 0%
asat anti-sat 44 6 0 8 17 4 0%
abm Patriot 44 0 0 32 16 0 0%
Execute : show plane cap 300
Printing for tech level '300'
capabilities
ob1 observation balloon tactical VTOL spy
f1 Sopwith Camel tactical intercept VTOL
f2 P-51 Mustang tactical intercept light
jf1 F-4 Phantom tactical intercept light
jf2 AV-8B Harrier tactical intercept VTOL light
sf F-117A Nighthawk tactical intercept light
es P-38 Lightning tactical escort
jes F-14E jet escort tactical escort
lb TBD-1 Devastator bomber tactical VTOL light
jl A-6 Intruder bomber tactical light
mb medium bomber bomber tactical
jfb FB-111 Aardvark f/b bomber tactical
hb B-26B Marauder bomber
jhb B-52 Strato-Fortress bomber
sb B-2 stealth bomber bomber tactical
as anti-sub plane tactical ASW mine sweep
np naval plane tactical cargo light ASW mine sweep
nc AH-1 Cobra tactical VTOL helo ASW sweep
ac AH-64 Apache tactical VTOL helo
cc AH-66 Comanche tactical VTOL helo
tc transport chopper cargo VTOL light helo para
tr C-56 Lodestar cargo para
jt C-141 Starlifter cargo para
jht C-5A Galaxy cargo para
zep Zeppelin tactical cargo VTOL spy
re recon spy
sp E2-C Hawkeye spy
lst landsat satellite
ss KH-7 spysat spy image satellite
mi Harpoon tactical VTOL missile light marine
sam Sea Sparrow intercept VTOL missile light x-light
ssm V2 tactical VTOL missile
srbm Atlas tactical VTOL missile
irbm Titan tactical VTOL missile
icbm Minuteman tactical VTOL missile
slbm Trident tactical VTOL missile light
asat anti-sat VTOL missile satellite
abm Patriot VTOL missile SDI
Execute : show sector build 300
Printing for tech level '300'
sector type cost to des cost for 1% eff lcms for 1% hcms for 1%
f 0 5 0 1
Infrastructure building - adding 1 point of efficiency costs:
type lcms hcms mobility $$$$
road network 2 2 1 2
rail network 1 1 1 1
defense factor 1 1 1 1
Execute : show sector stat 300
Printing for tech level '300'
base max max -- packing bonus -- max
sector type mcost off def mil uw civ bar other pop
. sea 0 0.00 0.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
^ mountain 25 1.00 4.00 1 1 10 1 1 99
s sanctuary 0 0.00 99.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
\ wasteland 0 0.00 99.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
- wilderness 3 1.00 2.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
c capital 2 1.00 2.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
u uranium mine 2 1.00 2.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
p park 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
d defense plant 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
i shell industry 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
m mine 2 1.00 2.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
g gold mine 2 1.00 2.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
h harbor 2 1.00 1.50 1 2 10 5 10 999
w warehouse 2 1.00 1.50 1 2 10 5 10 999
* airfield 2 1.00 1.25 1 1 10 1 1 999
a agribusiness 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
o oil field 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
j light manufacturing 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
k heavy manufacturing 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
f fortress 2 2.00 4.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
t technical center 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
r research lab 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
n nuclear plant 2 1.00 2.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
l library/school 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
+ highway 1 1.00 1.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
) radar installation 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
! headquarters 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
# bridge head 1 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
= bridge span 1 1.00 1.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
b bank 2 1.00 2.25 1 1 10 4 1 999
% refinery 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
e enlistment center 2 1.00 2.00 1 1 10 1 1 999
~ plains 2 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 49
@ bridge tower 1 1.00 1.50 1 1 10 1 1 999
Execute : show sector cap 300
Printing for tech level '300'
--- level --- reso
sector type product use1 use2 use3 level min lag eff% $$$ dep c
^ mountain dust 0 0 75 0 0 d
u uranium mine rad tech 40 10 100 2 35 r
p park happy 1 l 0 0 100 9 0
d defense plant guns 1 o 5 l 10 h tech 20 10 100 30 0 g
i shell industry shells 2 l 1 h tech 20 10 100 3 0 s
m mine iron 0 0 100 0 0 i
g gold mine dust 0 0 100 0 0 d
a agribusiness food tech -10 10 900 0 0 f
o oil field oil tech -10 10 100 0 0 o
j light manufacturing lcm 1 i tech -10 10 100 0 0 l
k heavy manufacturing hcm 2 i tech -10 10 100 0 0 h
t technical center tech 1 d 5 o 10 l edu 5 10 100 300 0
r research lab medical 1 d 5 o 10 l edu 5 10 100 90 0
l library/school edu 1 l 0 0 100 9 0
b bank bars 5 d 0 0 100 10 0 b
% refinery petrol 1 o tech 20 10 1000 1 0 p
Blue coloring on countries in the power charts indicates the eventual winners of the game.
Three days after start, December 29, 2003
Havok II is now under way! As you may know, the theme for this game was to allow players to design their own start islands. They were given 2 caps and asked to place 24 wildernesses (-), 12 plains (~) and 6 mountains (6) around them, not necessarily contiguous and not necessarily centered on the initial capitals, but enclosed in a -12:12,-6:6 realm. Once the game is completed I will share some of the interesting start islands folks came up with.
The game got off to a bit of a rocky start. I had setup the game in blitz mode initially to let potential players try things out, but these games had food disabled. However, I posted the version report from these games on the web page and did not note the differences planned for the real game. For the record, the web page now shows the current Version info. Most notably, food was disabled in the blitzes but enabled in the real game. The only warning besides the final version report was a line in the motd "feed your peeps!" In spite of this most players got the message, and the one that didn't agreed to play on with the starvation. (Lesson learned #1: communication is key, everything a deity says must be accurate)
I had planned a server outage for 12/24 through 12/26 so people would not have to worry about the first (or second) updates over the holidays. But I enabled the game a few hours early to let the last player break and setup his country even though game was still technically down. After doing this I send out an email to all the players warning them that the game was back up and the demand updates could occur. But I didn't think updates would happen until after 1:00 AM Saturday when I planned to enable them. Apparently, I was mistaken since a demand update happened at about 10:48 PM Friday. About 2 dozen sectors showed starvation after the initial demand update. I went to bed hoping that everyone would get the message and log in before the next update scheduled for 7:00 PM Saturday. (Lesson learned #2: Do not enable demand updates until after the first scheduled updates happens)
To make a long story short, not everyone got the message in time to be ready for the 2nd update. Since the first one had happened while the game was technically supposed to be down and because of a few miscommunications on my part, I decided to intervene and help the two countries that were hurt by the extra update. I tried to do the minimum possible, putting the starving civs back to work and exchanging some iron for lcms (so they could make edu at update #3). The theory being that if they had fishing boats, they could do the first thing on their own, and both countries' delivery, distribution and designations showed they would have made some lcms had they been on for update #2. I'm sure an "Inquest of the Deities" will be called, but I stand behind my decisions, and plan to let the mapmaker take the heat. (Lesson learned #1: communication is key, everything a deity says must be accurate. Hopefully I've got it now.)
We had our third and fourth updates on schedule Sunday afternoon and Monday morning at 7:00 AM local time. As far as I can tell they went smoothly. There were a few outages as Nick worked on his home network and enabled NTP. This should get rid of that pesky 10 min server time offset.
The leaders are making tech and several have started building navies. A few have even found new land. Here is how the power chart looks so far:
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Mon Dec 29 08:34:21 2003
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
DrJellyfi 45 36% 5.0K 25 0 0 0 850 550 50 0 4 0 20K
unemploye 45 28% 4.8K 20 0 0 0 750 200 50 0 1 0 20K
... 50 38% 4.8K 200 0 0 0 700 200 100 0 4 0 20K
Ringworld 30 48% 3.8K 0 0 0 0 700 250 50 0 0 0 20K
Thistle 45 38% 4.7K 250 0 0 0 550 150 43 0 6 0 20K
Shakespea 35 43% 4.8K 30 0 0 0 700 100 50 0 2 0 25K
Eden 45 30% 4.9K 29 0 0 0 1.4K 50 34 0 1 0 25K
Aiser 45 21% 4.8K 50 0 0 0 1.4K 16 0 0 4 0 25K
Frank 45 34% 3.8K 0 0 0 0 1.1K 200 16 0 0 0 25K
Puddles 45 32% 4.5K 0 0 0 0 700 100 100 0 0 0 25K
Phantom 45 9% 3.4K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 470 32% 49K 550 0 0 0 8.8K 1.8K 500 0 20 0 255K
(lesson learned #1a: communication is key, everything a deity says must be accurate, but should not give away more info than the visitor account would)
The next 6 updates will occure every 18 hours, unless we get any more demand updates. I expect things will be moving pretty fast. It won't be long before players start making contact with each other, then things get even more interesting. The funniest anno award (bragging rights only) goes to unemployed and is attached below.
Eleven days after start, January 6, 2004
The countries of Havok II just had their 11th update. I'm happy to report that all now seem to be under active management. A replacement player that was willing to take over one country that had been left to grow food and not much else. He did get a fairly large treasury, so has been using the market to find much needed commodities. Most nations are at the bottom of their revenue curves now and some have been quick to capitalize on this. The leader board remains the much same with only Ringworld and Dotdotdot swapping positions. One funny situation from the last update concerned guns and ammo. One nation had shells but no guns, another had guns but no shells. Most seem to have fixed this now.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Tue Jan 6 07:47:11 2004
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
DrJellyfi 75 52% 21K 550 24 5 0 3.0K 500 200 1 20 3 1.1K
unemploye 65 49% 21K 300 150 0 0 3.1K 500 650 0 10 0 843
Thistle 90 42% 20K 800 50 5 0 2.7K 500 150 0 20 6 1.1K
Ringworld 40 70% 17K 250 15 3 0 3.1K 500 450 0 9 0 8
... 70 52% 20K 1.0K 0 0 0 2.4K 500 500 0 30 5 1.9K
Shakespea 105 31% 19K 1.0K 75 4 0 3.2K 500 250 0 20 6 5.0K
Eden 70 51% 19K 400 20 4 0 4.1K 500 400 0 9 0 5.0K
Frank 65 48% 16K 350 16 0 0 2.4K 300 200 0 10 0 1.6K
Puddles 60 51% 17K 400 25 0 0 2.5K 250 700 0 5 0 1.4K
Aiser 50 52% 14K 900 0 0 0 1.4K 1.3K 250 0 4 0 10K
Phantom 45 58% 8.3K 200 0 0 0 1.2K 44 37 0 0 0 30K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 740 48% 192K 6.2K 350 25 0 29K 5.5K 3.8K 1 130 20 60K
The Visitor account is open and the game server/port is 66.92.172.65 / 6665 The main Web page for the game is http://users.erols.com/bmarches/HavokII.html Version info is here: http://users.erols.com/bmarches/h2version.txt And the update schedule: http://users.erols.com/bmarches/UpdateSchedule.txt
Exploration continues as the navies grow in size and technology. About 4/5 of the offshore islands sectors now claimed and the rest are going fast. Just a few countries have made contact, but the world is fairly large (180 by 90) so that is to be expected. So far hostilities have been limited to border skirmishes and a bit of piracy.
Tech production is in full swing with most nations gaining about 5 points per update. Several nations are currently vying for the tech leader position. The first units have been produced and now even and aircraft or two. One of the non-standard units in this game is the ob1 or observation balloon. I had wanted to let if carry one iron so it could drop anvils (well, maybe flechettes would have been more realistic - http://www.adrax.com/watsons/fcollect.htm), but that would have taken more server code changes. So it has an attack rating of 0. More on Havok II units can be found at http://users.erols.com/bmarches/h2units300.txt
There haven't been too many funny annos this week. Most have been boring stuff like what the new update schedule would be (its now every 30 hours) and so on. Since Eden at least tried (and because I liked "Being There"), he takes this weeks title for Funniest Anno. Maybe I should start offering Gold Bars...
Three weeks after start, January 14, 2004
The games has slowed down a bit since we went to the 30 hour update schedule but things should be heating up again shortly. The world in now out fee land as all the islands have been claimed. In fact, a few have started changing hands, some more than once.One goal of the game was to make it so relative newcomers might be able to survive long enough to achieve some interesting tech levels. As the 17th update approaches one of the players have been eliminated, although a few of the less active ones have been pushed back to their home islands.
Tech production still hovers around 5.5 per update but tech bleed has fallen off a bit as some fo the players turn their cash to other things. Aircraft are now being build in earnest and along with ever faster ships. These will be shrinking the distances between the islands quickly now.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Wed Jan 14 08:35:01 2004
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
DrJellyfi 100 83% 58K 1.8K 575 105 1.2K 7.5K 550 1.6K 7 60 30 10K
Thistle 90 90% 53K 2.6K 1.1K 140 900 5.9K 550 500 4 50 30 15K
... 85 88% 54K 2.5K 125 15 1.2K 3.9K 650 550 10 80 20 1.6K
Shakespea 150 54% 57K 2.2K 475 85 800 7.5K 550 1.0K 2 70 20 985
unemploye 80 74% 39K 1.6K 800 145 0 5.0K 500 400 0 40 20 3.1K
Ringworld 60 79% 35K 1.5K 550 75 450 5.2K 700 550 20 20 20 2.1K
Frank 85 68% 38K 2.0K 775 30 0 5.1K 550 400 0 30 30 3.1K
Puddles 70 68% 28K 800 150 60 30 4.7K 300 650 0 6 10 15K
Eden 50 85% 25K 900 275 25 0 6.4K 1.0K 400 0 10 0 10K
Aiser 45 93% 27K 1.5K 125 25 0 2.0K 350 600 0 5 0 5.0K
Phantom 45 91% 25K 1.1K 75 10 0 1.9K 550 350 0 2 8 4.5K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 855 77% 440K 19K 5.1K 715 4.7K 55K 6.2K 7.0K 40 370 200 65K
DrJellyfinger and Phantom seem to have a firm grip on first and last place
respectively while the other players may be devided into two groups that rotate
2nd through 6th place and 7th through 10th place.The Visitor account is open and the game server/port is 66.92.172.65 / 6665 The main Web page for the game is http://users.erols.com/bmarches/HavokII.html Version info is here: http://users.erols.com/bmarches/h2version.txt And the update schedule: http://users.erols.com/bmarches/UpdateSchedule.txt
This week's winner of 10 gold bars in the anno contest is Shakespeare. He provided good advice on a wide range of topics as only he can. The bar has been raised for him in more than one way though. If he want's to win again he will have to write me a sonnet. Honorable mention (and 5 bars) also goes to dotdotdot for his ship names. I found "DFS Wanderer" particularly enlightening as I now know what a Depth First Search is thanks to him.
Four weeks after start, January 21, 2004
This was a busy week for the Havok players. At the time of my last report, no one had been eliminated. At this point, 4 players have been pushed out, each being broke or without sectors.First to go was Eden. While putting up a vigorous defense of his last island he had committed all his units to that fight. Meanwhile Shakespeare gave him the "back door" treatment, first shelling his bank then bringing in a landing force. Shortly after this Dr Jellyfinger launched a second wave from his new base of operations. It was all over shortly after that.
The next was Puddles who fell in a well crafted single handed attack by Rinworld. His defenses were overwhelmed by several high tech ships and units. Puddles actually fell off the power chart but is now back (for a little while anyway) thanks to Che.
The sleepy nation of Aiser fell to sudden aggression by Dotdotdot. This was possibly to secure his distant ports.
While all this was going on, Thistle was shelling and bombing key targets on Phantom. A few updates later the attacks began in earnest when unemployed landed an invasion force. Phantom had few units to fend him off the two aggressors, but had managed to claim a few sectors by launching daring raids from his mountain strongholds.
With several easy kills out of the way, several of the countries have swelled and 5 are currently in the "Century Club". Tech continues at a brisk pace, with bleed now at an all time high.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Wed Jan 21 07:18:48 2004
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
DrJellyfi 145 99% 99K 5.0K 1.6K 245 2.5K 12K 950 2.6K 90 120 60 30K
... 130 93% 100K 5.4K 575 100 4.0K 8.4K 900 6.8K 30 170 60 30K
Shakespea 175 91% 114K 4.5K 2.4K 260 4.7K 18K 800 1.2K 60 100 40 10K
Thistle 115 90% 78K 4.2K 2.1K 260 6.0K 8.3K 550 300 60 70 60 15K
Ringworld 110 88% 63K 3.8K 1.1K 245 2.8K 8.4K 1.1K 500 70 60 50 10K
unemploye 90 90% 69K 2.7K 1.2K 275 1.8K 10K 550 1.9K 30 80 30 358
Frank 80 95% 59K 3.0K 1.1K 165 1.7K 8.5K 550 1.3K 40 60 40 25K
Aiser 15 100% 3.9K 1.3K 275 45 0 800 450 500 0 0 0 -19K
Phantom 20 71% 2.8K 300 1 0 0 300 5 0 0 3 1 -289
Puddles 2 58% 100 12 1 1 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 -334
Eden 0 0% 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 449
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 885 92% 588K 30K 10K 1.6K 23K 75K 5.8K 15K 370 650 330 95K
The Visitor account is open and the game server/port is 66.92.172.65 / 6665
The main Web page for the game is http://users.erols.com/bmarches/HavokII.html
Version info is here: http://users.erols.com/bmarches/h2version.txt
And the update schedule: http://users.erols.com/bmarches/UpdateSchedule.txtThis weeks funny updates was a bit of a problem. I hadn't figured out a way to deal with ties, but this case it really didn't seem fair to award bars to Puddles without giving a share to his straight man Ringworld. In the end, Ringworld wins out for mentioning Haggis so close to Burns Night but he splits the pot with that "wee timorous beastie" Puddles. Although Ringy will probably have those soon too.
Six weeks after start, February 4, 2004
Between the change to 42 hour updates and the seven remaining players mostly consolidating their positions, it had been a slow couple of weeks. Most of the hostility was limited to the little war that has been going on between Thistle and unemployed for some. Frank was relieved of many of his colonial sectors by Dr. Jellyfingers. Some of the players were starting to wonder if this thing would ever end. Things heated up shortly after update #32 when Dr. Jellyfinger and Shakespeare launched a combined attack on Ringworld, seizing a total of 29 of his sectors and destroying many of his planes and units.
With the attack on Ringworld, DrJellyfingers regains the lead he had held for over 20 updates. But it remains close, very close.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Wed Feb 4 08:12:03 2004
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
DrJellyfi 195 98% 169K 8.7K 3.5K 470 5.5K 23K 1.4K 5.3K 280 250 110 60K
... 160 98% 127K 10K 1.9K 235 7.4K 23K 1.3K 16K 120 360 100 55K
Shakespea 220 94% 189K 8.7K 5.6K 655 11K 20K 800 8.6K 220 200 130 30K
Thistle 150 99% 117K 7.7K 4.5K 555 8.8K 16K 1.1K 1.7K 130 130 90 30K
unemploye 70 100% 64K 4.3K 3.1K 325 1.6K 12K 550 2.7K 60 80 40 25K
Ringworld 90 93% 55K 2.1K 1.6K 160 4.0K 15K 850 150 30 50 10 15K
Frank 55 100% 40K 4.5K 1.8K 570 2.1K 4.2K 550 3.6K 160 70 80 20K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 940 97% 759K 46K 22K 3.0K 40K 113K 6.6K 38K 990 1.1K 560 185K
Its still a three way race for the Tech Leader spot, with bleed at another all time high. At these rates I expect to see JF1 soon and nukes before too long.Not too many annos, so no bars will be given. The ever helpful Visitor had these economic observations though. Actually, I have to take some blame for this imbalance. I had scaled the Trade ship pay outs for a smaller world size, but then made things quite a bit larger to accommodate all the players.
After 39 updates, its finally over. Dr. Jellyfinger and Shakespeare made a victory anno but it was contested by Frank (not to mention Puddles, and I won't since he's been absent from the power chart for weeks now). Frank was obviously dug in *DEEP*. Reports from the field indicate he had two and three fully fortified units per sector. Even after being stripped of air cover, this was enough to hold them through Friday's update, only losing two coastal plains sectors to the aggressors. But Shakespeare moved in after the Sunday's update seizing half his island. Dr. J had announced his order of battle, true to form moved in with Naval bombardments to neutralize two large fleets of battleships and destroyers in Frank's inland lakes. The amphibious assaults followed using some 40 marine units. When the dust had cleared, Frank had zero sectors. They renewed the declaration and it held uncontested through this morning's update. It can now be revealed (with said player's permission) that Dr. Jellyfinger is none other that Bungholio.
Tech Notes:
All through the game it was a three way race for tech between Dr. J, Ringworld and unemployed. Dr J's suspicion of a nuclear strike was confirmed when
he took Ringworld's tech center and found a massive tech building program underway. Unemployed went broke trying to keep up, and was eliminated by
longtime rival Thistle. Interestingly, only one player made it to the nuclear age with Thistle just missing the 180 threshold.
I now hope to compile some graphs showing the power chart score, money, tech and bar counts over the course of the game. I'm sorry to say I didn't find the script for capturing a movie until the game was well underway. Maybe next time. Thanks again to all that played, and if you haven't done so already, please send me your thoughts on your start island design so I may include them in the final wrap up.
Thanks to all that played!
For the first time ever, a deity has made 'game graphs' available. These graphs detail a number of progressions of statistical summaries for all countries in the game. It is a good lesson in Empire to review these graphs while remembering the victors of the game.
Power Tech Level Tech Delta Education Research Happiness Gold Bars
Blue coloring on countries in the power chart indicates the winners of the game.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Tue Feb 17 07:03:57 2004
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
... 190 100% 167K 13K 3.7K 390 7.7K 45K 1.4K 10K 150 410 140 1.2M
DrJellyfi 285 95% 227K 15K 8.0K 885 8.9K 43K 1.8K 18K 800 350 180 215K
Shakespea 370 94% 314K 12K 8.0K 1.0K 17K 27K 1.6K 56K 430 220 180 200K
Thistle 200 97% 145K 9.7K 8.8K 1.0K 15K 23K 1.1K 1.9K 300 160 140 80K
unemploye 10 78% 2.7K 550 475 120 0 950 24 1 0 60 2 -11K
Ringworld 1 100% 1.0K 100 75 20 100 300 0 0 0 7 1 40K
Frank 0 0% 0 38 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 45K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 1.1K 96% 857K 51K 29K 3.5K 49K 139K 6.0K 87K 1.7K 1.2K 630 1.8M
Blue coloring on countries in the report indicates the winners of the game.
Tue Feb 17 07:01:37 2004 # name tech research education happiness capital 0 POGO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0,0 1 Aiser 88.00 24.88 0.22 0.00 12,40 2 ... 178.54 24.88 24.34 0.00 0,18 3 DrJellyfinger 186.80 65.24 18.94 17.46 72,32 4 Eden 89.57 24.88 0.11 0.00 -78,4 5 Frank 119.17 24.88 0.42 0.00 33,5 6 Phantom 86.82 24.88 0.22 0.00 -24,-32 7 Puddles 99.12 49.50 0.08 0.00 18,-22 8 Ringworld 156.89 24.88 4.78 0.00 15,-25 9 Shakespeare 164.45 58.75 21.69 9.22 -86,0 10 Thistle 179.98 60.08 20.83 18.80 -11,-7 11 unemployed 164.04 24.88 4.28 3.12 -74,-28 12 visitor 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0,0 40 mapmaker 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0,0
No awards
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Sat Dec 27 02:03:09 2003
somewhere deep within the shanty towns of unemployed, our family
is celebrating christmas. let me tell you, buying gifts for seventeen
kids is not so easy on my salary. and by salary i mean government
handouts.
"mommy, what am i supposed to do with a chunk of iron?"
"why does michael get a bigger lump of coal than me? do you
love him more?"
"stop complaining, dear god, just stop it! there are children
in Ringworld who are starving today, and still you complain!"
my wife, bless her heart, she tries to keep the kids quiet. she
beats them and screams at them, and when all else fails she cries
right alongside them, until the kids turn around and start to
comfort mommy, forgetting for a moment about their rotten
christmas.
(con't..)
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Sat Dec 27 02:04:54 2003
but later that night when we are in bed and i present her
with a gift, a rusty necklace that i won in a dice game, she
turns on me too. literally, the bitch turns on me. she pulls
the sheets up to her shoulders and rolls on her side, and when
i try to spoon she tells me to back off. she says she is not in the
mood. she suggests that maybe if i learned to provide for
her, that she would see fit to provide me with some lovin'.
welcome to the story of my life. just when you think you're going
to get lucky, you find yourself back at square one. back in a
primitive country with no job, no money, and nothing to do. not
even a boat upon which to pin some hopes and dreams. just a bunch
of bums like me standing around with no one to fight. with no
exotic islands to explore, to reinvent ourselves on.
don't get me wrong, things are not hopeless. in a week we will
celebrate the new year. let us see what the new year brings.
> Announcement from Eden, (#4) dated Sun Jan 4 15:36:40 2004
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! News from the Garden of Eden
Eden Genomic Botanists Discover New Fruit
The Chief Gardner's Hut, Eden (ENS). The Chief Gardener, Chauncy (apologies to
Peter Sellers fans), announced the discovery from the Royal Genomic Botanists of
a new fruit. The new fruit, described as very sweet and juicy, has been named
the "Fruit of Knowledge." It is grown on a hybrid tree, termed by its creaters
the "Tree of Knowledge." The Garden of Eden plans to market this new variety of
fruit to all nations interested in peaceful trade with it. The Chief Gardener
asks for all applications for such trade to be submitted to the Gardener's Hut
in Eden.
Also, the Chief Genomic Botanist in Eden is now actively looking for fig leaves.
Supply in Eden has become quite tight and riots have been reported in some
neighborhoods once supplies were exhausted. Anyone knowing of a ready source of
these leaves are asked to so inform the Chief Genomic Botanist.
Eden scientists are now working to discern the reason for the great demand of
fig leaves.
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#9) dated Sun Jan 11 01:48:57 2004
wine loved I deeply, dice dearly: and in woman out-paramoured the Turk: false of
heart, light of ear, bloody of hand; hog in sloth, fox in stealth, wolf in
greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey. Let not the creaking of shoes nor the
rustling of silks betray thy poor heart to woman: keep thy foot out of brothels,
thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lenders' books, and defy the foul fiend,
empire warriors
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Fri Jan 16 22:52:36 2004
i need to stop shellin when im high
shoot up my own damn ships
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Fri Jan 16 23:52:43 2004
If you got a job and a haircut, son, these kinds of
shenanigans wouldn't occur so often.
I'm afraid you're grounded.
Puddles DuVall
> Announcement from POGO, (#0) dated Sat Jan 17 07:53:57 2004
Greetings players,
As you probably know, we are fast approaching our 20th update.
The update schedule is supposed to change to 42 hrours after
this. But it seems with country sizes what they are, this may
be too slow. I propose to keep the 30 hour schedule for a few
more updates (say untill after 25). This wouild give you another
week's worth of 30 hour update. The 21st update would be
scheduled for 7:00PM on 1/18 instead of 7:00AM on 1/19.
If any of you have a problem with this, let me know and I will
stay with the original plan and switch to the 42 hour schedule
after today's update. Please send mail to bmarches@erols.com
with your preference.
Thanks
Bob Marchese
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sat Jan 17 13:21:04 2004
From the crusting over, sinkhole the final stage
of the conversion of low-level ground to fertile soil
has begun...
Dutch specialists are being shipped in to examine the dikes
to help shore up this promising wasteland.
Ding
,
> Announcement from POGO, (#0) dated Sat Jan 17 16:03:51 2004
Someone has pointed out that the following command:
ship * ?type=sb
doesn't return anything when clearly there are subs. This is
because I added a new ship type sbb, and the server is matching
this first. A workaround is to add a trailing space and put
qoutes around it like this:
ship * ?type="sb "
Sorry for the confusion
-Bob M
> Announcement from POGO, (#0) dated Sun Jan 18 06:56:13 2004
Greetings,
Since no one voice any concerns about sticking with the 30 hour update schedule I have
decided to go with this until after update 25. Please note that there is
an update scheduled for today at 7:00PM. The complete update schedule is given below.
WARNING: some of you still have starvations.
- Bob M
Upd # Date/Time Inteval Notes
21 1/18/04 7:00 PM 30.00
22 1/20/04 1:00 AM 30.00
23 1/21/04 7:00 AM 30.00
24 1/22/04 1:00 PM 30.00
25 1/23/04 7:00 PM 30.00
26 1/25/04 1:00 PM 42.00
27 1/27/04 7:00 AM 42.00
28 1/29/04 1:00 AM 42.00
29 1/30/04 7:00 PM 42.00
30 2/1/04 1:00 PM 42.00
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sun Jan 18 18:55:29 2004
And so sets the sun
on another day, whilst waves break
upon the shores of exotic lands
with breezes sweet,
fruits erotic
smells of women unknown before
waif upon me, waif upon me
shells strewn upon the floor
Battle cries a distant murmur
smeared blood upon one's flesh
dried to cracking
lilac salts, tamerind powder bath awaits
refreshing the body, soul and mind
A soldiers dream is mine, divine.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Sun Jan 18 19:01:31 2004
SPY report
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Mon Jan 19 17:31:13 2004
fully functional mb on trade.
enjoy
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Mon Jan 19 19:02:33 2004
Dear Ringworld:
I think it's entirely inappropriate for you to be selling
merchandise on thie server. Who needs a fully functional
motherboard, anyway?
Regards,
The Great Nation of Puddles
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Mon Jan 19 19:07:49 2004
at least Puddles still has humor although not after the FIRST invasion
but he has mellowed in the fine subterean, dank, smelling hole
we put the previsou ruler in.
Ding
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Mon Jan 19 19:20:11 2004
Much like haegus. He will be tasty for my larder after a few more
updates.
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Mon Jan 19 20:34:15 2004
It pays to have better weapons systems:
Mon Jan 19 20:29 Ringworld pilots down DrJellyfinger planes
Ding
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Mon Jan 19 20:39:44 2004
Cool! Another observation balloon hits the deck!
Did you shoot it down with a fleet of zeppelins?
Or did you use native gourndfire-flak mode?
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Mon Jan 19 22:29:26 2004
actually drew it in to air defense since it was on interdiction mode.
and some f2's blew it up.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Mon Jan 19 23:15:56 2004
BOOO! You're bragging about THAT?
I at least want to hear about how you shot Hitler, and
Gengu Khan, in a daring night-time panty-raid!
For the record, I am still alive, Ringie...I'll give you a couple
more updates to surender, then it's Go Time.
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Tue Jan 20 01:00:15 2004
ahh.. quiet.
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Tue Jan 20 01:00:54 2004
Last call!
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Tue Jan 20 20:52:59 2004
been watching a couple, actually one two, that without
fireing a shot seem to be losing shells, and they have not sold them
either...
hmmm...
the world becomes more deadly.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Tue Jan 20 22:47:47 2004
Regarding Ringie's obervation about losing shells without firing:
Missions? Flak?
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Tue Jan 20 22:52:52 2004
try: minefields
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Tue Jan 20 23:47:22 2004
Seems as though that Dr can't keep his wandering fingers
away from strangers' bums. Slipped one of his knobby
digits right up me chute without so much as a "how do you
do".
A newly finished case of beer has inspired a toast:
"When the Dr's about at night, keep your sphincter shut tight"
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Wed Jan 21 08:22:38 2004
Important Announcement from DrJellyfinger.
Today, DrJellyfinger announces the acquisition of a Frank outlet
shop. "By adding the Frank product line to the existing Rectalscopy
expertise, we now provide a full service one-stop-shop," says CEO,
Harry Butterfucco. "We have perfected the colonscopy as well, but
our experience with penile exams is, rather intrusive. There's
something really really painful about shoving a cathoder up
the urethra which can bring a grown man to tears, even just
thinking about it years after the procedure."
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Wed Jan 21 12:48:34 2004
i was taking a nap when thistle woke me up with winace beeps
i was pissed at him for making so much noise
but three minutes later cars started blaring their horns on my
street corner so it's a moot point.
> Announcement from Thistle, (#10) dated Wed Jan 21 15:46:02 2004
In the LOTR II game I co-ruled
with someone playing on opposite
side of world (time zone).
We kept Mordor awake for 48 hours
straight by lobbing a shell into
his sector every 30 minutes.
Sure pissed him off, but wore him
out also.
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Wed Jan 21 15:48:55 2004
in the LOTR II game i co-ruled with someone who, like me, didn't feel
like doing a god damn thing for the final month of the game ;)
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Thu Jan 22 09:14:30 2004
The fight for the Phantom starting
continent (?) is getting bloody. :)
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Thu Jan 22 09:18:18 2004
Thistle,
From the annos in this game and the annos
in LOTR2, you should have noticed that
the ruler of Mordor is a prominant player
in this game...
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Thu Jan 22 13:50:58 2004
Subs are fun, here are the stats from
my missions this round.
It appears in terms of sub movements that
MUST have happened but were not seen
and sub movements that were seen (mission flew)
but only observed some sub.
versus observed, flew and attempted bombing.
Based on those facts the probabilites I got were:
ASW plane actually observing a sub movement
?55%
once have observed the sub: flying out and successfully
bombing (although it kept report ~28-32% hitchance)
I got only 20% this go round.
On recon/bombing observing the subs seems to
be 100% but finding a target to bomb 33%
and lastly once observed/targeting success was 100%
not bad on that one!
So if one compares recon with auto defenses
If a sub navs 4 times: one would expect 4 flights,
and only a 50% final chance of hitting the sucker.
However, on recon, 4 flights yielded: 100% kill.
(this go round)
Ding
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Thu Jan 22 13:52:38 2004
sorry change the one line to "if a sub nav 7 times"
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Thu Jan 22 15:37:36 2004
So ringy, what is your sample size used in your research?
I question the validity of your results, due to insufficient
data points, and thus the mean variance cannot be quantified
with such an insignificant subset of datum.
Let me help you out:
Command: build ship * ?des=h sb 10
that just cost you $4160
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Thu Jan 22 16:12:05 2004
the size one subset of the sampling you can determine based
on the number of DrJ subs that are now non-functional.
Didn't bother to sink them, you can nav them now and again and
get sunk later.
However, the statistical relevance is that it is the ONLY sampling I
have and the ONLY broadcast one. Use it as you like, or not. But for many
people info like this could be useful if that have not run into this scenario
and have no idea how effective certain measures are.
Ding
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Thu Jan 22 16:37:19 2004
I prefer nukes to statistics.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Thu Jan 22 18:43:49 2004
Thu Jan 22 18:40:26 2004
CENSUS del dst
sect eff prd mob uf uf * civ mil uw food work avail ter fall coa
-20,-12 h 15% 127 .. .. 0 3 0 96 100% 100% 0 0
1 sector
So Ringie - you wanna do this the easy way, or the hard way?
I'll tell you what. You give me three islands and a battleship, and I'll
place you under protective custody to ensure your own safety
from the marauding hordes that are coming your way.
Otherwise, I will have no recourse but to take your homeland
by force, and subvert your weak-kneed people to my will.
Your choice!
Evil Dr. Puddles
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#9) dated Thu Jan 22 19:45:09 2004
Great annos, Puddles. Keep it up and a liberation
movement may just develop.
> Announcement from POGO, (#0) dated Sat Jan 24 02:27:09 2004
Updates have now been disabled so that I can change the schedule to
42 hours as planned. The next update will be at 1:00 PM on 1/25/04.
-Bob M
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sat Jan 24 05:19:27 2004
ahh... 4 hc's 4 lc's 2 carriers, 5 pts, 5 subs all sunk
in a failed misserable attack on Ringy's Dingy at sea.
we lost 8 planes. took damage on 5 ships.
hmmm....
come back to papa boys... let me have some fun again!
Ringy Ding's Dingey at sea...still afloat and a bit drunk.
:)
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#9) dated Sat Jan 24 07:16:58 2004
Upon malicious brave face, dost thou come, to start my quiet?
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sat Jan 24 11:41:39 2004
I guess that was fun. Damn pt's are pretty effective
upon review of their torp ability:
1 strike on a bbc gave the bbc 22% damage.
1 strike on a light carrier and it took 58% damage.
Must used the explosive packing persian gulf method.
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sat Jan 24 11:43:44 2004
and here is a good one. hit a pt for 30 damage, but the pt
returns fire on the dd for 62! sheez.. pt a much more powerful
than I recall in this game!
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Sat Jan 24 15:03:21 2004
In response to Ringy's claim for his kills, the Nation of DrJellyfinger
would like to clarify some of the details.
Yes, we sustained heavy losses in the failed invasion attempt.
But, Ringy received more damage than he is reporting.
Ringy's losses include several destroyers, 2 bridgpans, 1 sunk loaded
carrier, 1 damaged carrier, 1 crippled BBC, a crippled airfield, and
some random collateral damage in various sectors.
Further, Ringy, just because you fire at a PT boat, more than the PT
boat may be returning fire and causing the 62 damage you are observing.
I will leave it as a lesson for the student to figure out the possible
sources of said extra return fire-ers.
DrJellyfingers
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Tue Jan 27 15:57:52 2004
Wow, this game has gotten much quieter
now that the updates have slowed. I
guess the remaining players are all
busy...
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Tue Jan 27 17:14:48 2004
So quiet the cold
bitter and dark
enough to die in
freezing things that do not freeze
so cold that you know
that you do not know what this cold can do
quiet
deep
bitters end
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Tue Jan 27 17:15:48 2004
it's a littl early to start drinking, don't you think so, ringy?
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Tue Jan 27 17:17:02 2004
busy.
busy making adjustments
busy balancing budgets.
busy drinking coffee.
enjoying....
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Tue Jan 27 21:08:21 2004
it is warming up, we are up to a balmy
-12 degrees F.
which for you celsiusheads: -25. C
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Tue Jan 27 21:39:22 2004
sheez, 12 flights by a asw plane:
results:
12 times subs present in sector
12 times it could not locate one for a bombing run.
that is F(*&*(ing useless results.
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Tue Jan 27 22:26:51 2004
Here's a good one:
I go and take a bunch of sectors from Frank, tamp down the che, and
convert the civs to UWs. Except the problem now, is these UWs are
even more useless than regular Frank civs. Bottom line, should have
just shot the M.F.'s. If anyone wants to buy some useless lazy workers,
send me a tele and I;ll gladly ship some of these loosars off to you.
DrJ
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Tue Jan 27 22:30:14 2004
I will take them cheap! put them up.
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Wed Jan 28 00:41:35 2004
why why WHY! is everyone so
darn, dang, quiet?
Ding
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Wed Jan 28 19:25:08 2004
school started :/
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Wed Jan 28 19:28:02 2004
it's not really quiet. ringy was just saying that to take the distraction
away from the fact that he was planning an invasion on me which he
blundered in execution. 4 ringy HCs, 1 CAL, 2 FRGs, 12 Units, 1200 mils
were the estimated ringy losses.
but who's counting?
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Wed Jan 28 22:35:12 2004
actually very close estimate.
my biggest blunder was putting 2 com's, 1 sup and 1 art on
the hc's that entered the harbor and unloaded. leaving
me with the 4 100 infs that would have finished taking
the island. I didn't leaving him mobility and access.
AND they were to board his hc and his aircraft carrier but then
I couldn't.
hence leaving him with RESOURCES that should not have been there.
AND THEN even after that. I used the wrong ship to assault the sector
next to his airport so the units that were to take the airport where NOT
on the ship NEXT to it. SO then I had to blast it below 60% to take
it will just mil. BUT THEM my mb/hb could not come in and finish off
from my mistake. and para into the last sectors
so it took 2 (count them!) 2 blunders that it took to make it too
easy to come back.
bummer bummer.
the price of war.
BUT HEY my budget rocks now!
ringy dingy's floating off the sea!
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Wed Jan 28 22:36:52 2004
having NO harbors for someone to come into would have made it muchy
harder for DrJ and he would have simply have had to assault and shell the
shit out of his own island but....
live and learn.
FOLLOW the damn script and confirm ship #'s when loading. Especially when
tired!
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Thu Jan 29 09:01:56 2004
The prices on the market are bizarre. You
can buy oil for less money than petrols.
Additionally, since this game is bounded
by iron and 'cm production, not cash, I
think lcms and hcms are going too cheap.
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Fri Jan 30 09:58:00 2004
No annos for 24 hours? Wake up!!!
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Fri Jan 30 16:27:59 2004
looks like the game is back up. did anyone else have trouble connecting
the past 4 hours or so?
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Fri Jan 30 22:13:04 2004
fuck, I missed an update.
damn dumd.
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Fri Jan 30 22:14:39 2004
well duh!
who didn't.
I was lucky I took care of some stuff. just
hoped it fucked up you guys as much as it did my plans
but everyone knows *I* whine so ignore me!
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sat Jan 31 13:01:38 2004
does anyone have any experience with why some
fb won't take an auto feed command.
I have a stupid boat that no matter how many times you issue the command
when you check on it it says
loading
no eta AND it has NO ending cargo limit.
and it WON"T take it.
sucks.
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Sat Jan 31 13:02:43 2004
maybe the path has mines in it?
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sat Jan 31 13:13:50 2004
no that would just report a long route.
this fucker 50 % of the time wont accept an ending amount
and when it does
then it is always loading.
everyother ship works fine. and it has been happening from
BEFORE any type of warfare as well.
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Sat Jan 31 19:01:04 2004
I wonder if possibly that the fb is located right on the edge of
the deity map, and the orders command is getting confused on how to
get from 89,1 to -89,1 or something to that effect?
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sun Feb 1 00:10:00 2004
now DrJ is using his head muscles, that is the best idea I have
heard since discussing this issue and it has come up before.
I remember argueing with some others about deity coordinates are not just.
that we should be able to specify the order of everything in an update
including deliver AND distribution so that a person can actually exploit the
two better. right now NW is preferred over SE and that sucks.
I will give the fb to god and see if he can confirm the deity
coordinate thingy dingy
Ringy.
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sun Feb 1 10:23:32 2004
carolina by 6
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sun Feb 1 10:44:40 2004
stupid things to bet on:
who wins the coin flip,
who's "cheerleaders" are shown on tv first.
which player touches the ball 'after the kickoff' first.
which team passes the ball firs
which team runs the ball first.
which team punts first.
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Sun Feb 1 11:30:33 2004
how about:
first fumble
first injury
first player shown to scratch nuts on camera
> Announcement from Ringworld, (#8) dated Sun Feb 1 14:25:17 2004
connectivity all of a sudden an issue.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Wed Feb 4 01:12:57 2004
Ringworld: You have one last chance to capitulate.
If you do not comply, and lay down your amrs by 24:40 WST GMT - Zulu,
You WILL be assilimated.
YOU HAVE BEEN WEANED - I strongly suggest laying down
your arms and giving in to me for I WILL NOT SHARE BMAP until 25th update.
Regard!
Puddles
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Wed Feb 4 10:13:16 2004
My anno got posted - I want my bars!
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Wed Feb 4 12:33:33 2004
[a different visitor]
Deity, grant him his wish. Lock'm up behind some bars.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Wed Feb 4 16:46:37 2004
Ringie, you have lef me no choice but to declare TOTAL WAR on you.
I hereby declare TOTAL WAR on you. Actually, I hereby decalre
TOTAL DOUBLE ULTRA WAR on you since I already declared TOTAL WAR On you.
Want some of this?
Puddles
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Thu Feb 5 01:51:01 2004
news 1 ?action=51
Thu Feb 5 01:38 DrJellyfinger pirates keep their Ringworld booty
Thu Feb 5 01:45 DrJellyfinger pirates keep their Ringworld booty
LOL!
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Thu Feb 5 12:17:23 2004
Well, this game appears just about over.
DrJellyfinger and Shakespeare have taken half
of the Ringworld sectors in 2 updates. The
remaining contenders are ... and Thistle.
Thistle is actively trading with DrJ and
... is trading with everyone. I guess
nukes will not come into play in this game.
Maybe the next game will be more interesting.
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Thu Feb 5 18:48:57 2004
i actually think that for an 11-player game run over the holiday
break (ie a casual-ish game for people with sudden free time) this game
was pretty interesting.
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Tue Feb 10 09:23:10 2004
Frank,
What you have done is a recipe for death,
or losing the game, which is the same.
Yes, you built defenses. However, they
are useless. A capable defense means
that you must control land, sea and air.
Since you are smaller, you cannot control
the air. Therefore, you cannot control
the sea either to prevent subs from
gaining intelligence. Very soon, since
you cannot control the air, nukes and
paratroops will start falling from the
sky. Therefore, you will not control
the land either. Units on reserve and
artillery on interdiction cannot stop
this attack. Therefore, since you have
chosen only defense, you have chosen to
lose. Learn from this. Next time,
use a different diplomatic strategy
and you might do better - no guarantees
though. We all lose sometimes even with
excellent diplomacy.
I may be annoying, but their is a lesson
to be learned here.
Annoying and Helpful Visitor
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Tue Feb 10 13:00:49 2004
You're so missing the point, annoying visitor.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Tue Feb 10 15:46:30 2004
IMPR0TANTS BULLETIN TO ALL PLAYERS
THE NATION OF PUDDLES WISHES TO DECLARE TOTAL VICTORY
OVER ALL OTHER NATIONS AND LANDS STOP
OUR IMPENETRABLE SECTORS WILL TOTALLY CO-RULE THIS ISLAND AND YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING
TO STOP US STOP
ANY NATION WISHING TO CONTEND THIS DECLARATION OF VICTORY SHALL SUFFER
A FATE WORSE THAN HAVING SEX WITH DR JELLYFINGERS SHEEP STOP
PLEASE REPLY BY SNAIL MAIL IN ORDER TO POST YOUR REBUTTALS OR ARGUMENTS STOP
IN THE MEANTIME I CHALLENGE ALL TO A DUEL TO THE DEATH USING RUBBER CHICKENS AND
FEATHERDUSTERS AS ONLY WEAPONS STOP
REPEAT PUDDLES TOTALLY CORULES THIS MAP AND NOW DECLARES TOTAL VICTORY! STOP.
> Announcement from visitor, (#12) dated Wed Feb 11 08:52:57 2004
Its true! Puddles == Empire King. You guys better
quit while you're ahead. LOL.
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Thu Feb 12 05:44:13 2004
Does it really require BOTH the largest
nations to harass me?
Coudln't ONE of you just attack me so we could have
a spirited contest? Or are you just looking for another
lame white-washing?
Oh - that's right. You folks call that DIPLOMACY>
Lame.
The rest of us just call you pathetic.
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Thu Feb 12 05:45:15 2004
Come on, ..., I'm sick of your lame rhetoric and
wartless vibe. I've got a big hairy johnson waiting
for some ... loving, so get busy.
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Thu Feb 12 22:38:06 2004
The nation of DrJellyfinger hereby voices its contestment to the
win declaration claimed by Puddles. I also hereby *nullify* Puddle's
claim due to the *fact* that myself and Shakespear occupy the Puddles
continent, and the fact that Puddles is not represented in the power
report as to having any power whatsoever.
DrJellyfinger
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Thu Feb 12 22:49:24 2004
I M P O R T A N T A N N O U N C E M E N T
From the nations of DrJellyfinger and Shakespeare
The nations of DrJellyfinger and Shakespeare hereby are
declaring victory in this game, Havok 2. Any contesters
please identify yourselves ASAP, so that we may lay the
smack down uponst you in a timely fashion.
Respectfully,
DrJellyfinger and Shakespeare
> Announcement from Thistle, (#10) dated Fri Feb 13 07:45:03 2004
To JellyFinger and Shakespeare
No conest here. You have the power.
Well done.
Thistle
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Fri Feb 13 11:22:00 2004
Still haven't lost a sector yet...
waiting...
waiting...
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Fri Feb 13 11:25:41 2004
I accept the Puddles win declaration....
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Fri Feb 13 12:41:01 2004
That is very humorous, Frank, "haven't lost a sector yet..."
perhaps your memory is fading. my records indicate that you
have lost 5 of your islands in the past few weeks.
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Fri Feb 13 13:25:32 2004
You're even more humorous. Not enough balls on you to
take an island that's defended (and worth defending)?
Not enough backbone to try and do it yourself?
You've gotten complacent... used to dealing with all those
SHEEP.
It's now clear why everyone says that your communication
skills are on par with kindergartners.
Mwuahahahahahaahahaha!!!
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Fri Feb 13 13:27:55 2004
By the by... many thanks to Bob for putting a game up for
everyone to muck around with. Fun idea getting to
craft our islands.
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Fri Feb 13 13:37:48 2004
The nations of DrJellyfinger and Shakespeare are hereby temporarily
withdrawing our win declaration due to the veto vote cast by
Frank. We expect to have this issue resolved within the next 40
hours and will keep the world notified of our status when we
have an update on our progress in the annihilation and silencing
of Frank.
Regards,
DrJ and S
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Fri Feb 13 18:29:35 2004
Get over yourselves. This was a game with 10 players.
Making formal proclamations like you're speaking to
hundreds of nations (when, in reality, only you two
and Thistle are still active) makes you look
even more lame.
Why don't you do something interesting like have
a solo winner?
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Fri Feb 13 18:31:30 2004
And before your panties get scrunched even further up
that tight little arse of yours, you'll note that
I didn't cast a veto vote.
(But I would appreciate it if you'd assault my island)
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#9) dated Fri Feb 13 20:24:57 2004
Frank:
If there was to be a solo winner, it would very likely
be Dr J. But most experienced players realize its
foolish to go it alone, so they find someone to work
with.
But you -- you've been mouthy the entire game. You were
heading to finish the game with your start island intact,
but you just can't stop flapping your gums.
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Fri Feb 13 20:53:03 2004
Oh... thy wit and word doth bruise my feelings....
> Announcement from unemployed, (#11) dated Fri Feb 13 21:35:52 2004
unemployed doesn't contest the victory. but since im now bankrupt (woops!)
i'm not sure i even have a vote.
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Sat Feb 14 01:42:12 2004
The nation of Pudlles hereby declares the nation of
JellyFinger a bunch of lame Gaylords A-Prancing.
I think it's prety evident that I've completely Co-ruled this game, and
if JellyFagger or SplotSplotPSplot want to take me on that's fine.
I hereby VETO and REJECT any so-call win declarataion by JellassFinger.
You Have Been Warmed!
PUDDLES
> Announcement from Frank, (#5) dated Sun Feb 15 01:30:56 2004
Losing your cap, unemp? You definitely have no vote. ;)
> Announcement from DrJellyfinger, (#3) dated Sun Feb 15 07:20:31 2004
Dear Nations of the World,
I am sorry to report, that there has been a slight delay in the
extermination of Frank. He has spent the past 4 weeks super
fortifying his home continent with tons of defensive stuff.
I'll have to give him credit on this as pretty good defenses,
it's going to take me 2 updates to zero him out instead of the
only one update which I originally planned. He's got a marine/art/
aau in every sector (fully fortified too), along with flak.
He's got internal lakes, the one I'm dealing with has 8 battleships
and about 15 destroyers in it. We've carpet bombed all his sectors
to minimal efficiency, and his airforce is not an issue.
My plan for today is to continue the massive carpet bombings with
30 JHBs, then launch 50 harpoons at his capital ships, then roll
in with 40 heavy units off of landing ships and just roll the island.
DrJ
> Announcement from Shakespeare, (#9) dated Sun Feb 15 22:10:54 2004
As the sun sets on Frank, and he runs out
of BTUs, the chances are slim that his mouth
will be silenced. Rest assured he will flap
his gums yet again.
Shakespeare and Dr J wish to re-new our victory
declaration. We also wish to thank ... for
supporting our economies during the entire
course of the game. His final standing is
well deserved.
Shakespeare and Dr J
> Announcement from Puddles, (#7) dated Mon Feb 16 00:16:28 2004
It is a known fact that Dr. Jelyfinger has a sheeeeeeeeep problem.
Please tell everyone you know - the lamb you save may be your won!
> Announcement from POGO, (#0) dated Mon Feb 16 13:09:33 2004
It looks like we have another victory declaration. If you would like to
contest it, please annouce your intentions before the next update.
Otherwise I will declare the game finished and these two the winners.
Also, I am currently working on the final game report. I would like to
include bmaps from all the start islands in it. I'd like to have a few
words about your island designs and what worked/didn't work. If you no
longer have access to your start island, please let me know and I can
send you a copy of the bmap.
Thanks,
Bob Marchese
PS: Only countries with NON-zero sector counts may take part in the
victory voting.
> Announcement from POGO, (#0) dated Tue Feb 17 07:11:22 2004
With none contesting the Dr Jellyfinger/Shakespeare victory
declaration, I wish to announce that Havok II is now over
and that they are the winners. Thanks very much to all that
played. hope everone found the game interesting and exciting,
but most of all had fun playing. Now everybody shake hands
and get ready for the next one!
Cheers,
Bob Marchese
> Announcement from POGO, (#0) dated Tue Feb 17 07:15:36 2004
I have now disabled updates, but I will leave the server
up for a few days while I finish my final report to the
Wolfpack. I'd really love to get your thoughts on your start
island designs so please send me a tele or email to
bmarches@erols.com
Best Regards,
Bob M
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