ITW Final Report

[pat]

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International Trade Wars is officially over. Our friends as Zergland
must have cashed in a few dozen trade ships during the weekend and went WAY
over the victory threshold (450). So as per the diety imposed stipulation,
Zergy is teh sole winner.

We do have a few other awards to hand out (although none of them
come with a neat trophy or check like Zergland got.)

Top -Also Ran- Award: Ragnarook claimed 2nd place. But officially, every
other player can claim 2nd place. They all tie. Hey, it's a wide podium.

Best Time management Award: All along I said this game would not take up much
of the players' time. Phantom, WhiteStar, and Luciania epitomized this.
For the last few weeks of the game, they didn't even need to sign on. Cactus
was almost as efficient, though he made rare appearances.

Best use of Submarines Award: Everybody BUT Phantom, WhiteStar, Luciania,
and Cactus. There were a lot of submarines.

I'd like to thank all the players who signed up AND bothered to log in on a
regualr basis. This game was a bit of a departure from the norm.

Pat
AKA Overlord

- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Mon Mar 14 15:30:45 2005

sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
Ski 10 100% 0 15K 11K 1.4K 0 0 0 0 132 339 20 111K
Tortuga 10 100% 0 14K 12K 1.5K 0 0 0 0 188 264 10 25K
A.F.K. 10 100% 0 7.3K 9.6K 926 0 0 0 0 200 324 11 31K
Cactus 10 100% 0 4.1K 7.0K 1.3K 0 0 0 0 62 71 4 339K
Industmec 10 100% 0 14K 7.0K 846 0 0 0 0 30 162 5 80K
Zergland 10 100% 0 2.9K 10K 948 0 0 0 0 126 159 10 14K
Thistle 10 100% 0 4.1K 7.8K 1.3K 0 0 0 0 102 244 16 8.3K
Phantom 10 100% 0 6.7K 6.4K 780 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 477K
WhiteStar 10 100% 0 519 4.3K 896 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 470K
Luciania 10 100% 0 515 3.5K 741 0 0 0 0 12 14 0 439K
Ragnarook 10 100% 0 12K 11K 1.3K 0 0 0 0 132 110 5 21K
beep 10 100% 0 2.6K 13K 1.2K 0 0 0 0 150 120 22 26K
Parpara 10 100% 0 20K 5.9K 522 0 0 0 0 168 133 23 5.3K
Dorsai! 10 100% 0 6.3K 16K 1.1K 0 0 0 0 160 124 0 60K
DrunkNDis 10 100% 0 3.2K 4.7K 367 0 0 0 0 131 66 10 12K
ResPublic 10 100% 0 1.9K 2.8K 681 0 0 0 0 115 69 8 18K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 250 100% 0 115K 132K 16K 0 0 0 0 1.7K 2.2K 140 2.1M

Mon Mar 14 15:31:07 2005
# name tech research happiness Victory Pts capital
1 Industmech 115.00 230.00 0.00 150.10 2,0
2 Dorsai! 115.00 230.00 0.00 18.60 34,-32
3 Zergland 115.00 230.00 0.00 609.73 2,-16
4 Ragnarook 115.00 230.00 0.00 428.26 -62,16
5 Thistle 115.00 230.00 0.00 176.40 -30,-16
6 DrunkNDisorder 115.00 230.00 0.00 28.30 34,0
7 WhiteStar 115.00 230.00 0.00 0.00 2,16
8 Luciania 115.00 230.00 0.00 0.00 2,-32
9 beep 115.00 230.00 0.00 246.83 34,-16
10 Parpara 115.00 230.00 0.00 1.20 -62,-16
11 ResPublica 115.00 230.00 0.00 94.61 -62,0
12 Cactus 115.00 230.00 0.00 0.00 -62,-32
13 Tortuga 115.00 230.00 0.00 42.00 34,16
14 A.F.K. 115.00 230.00 0.00 176.40 -30,16
15 Ski 115.00 230.00 0.00 139.20 -30,-32
16 Phantom 115.00 230.00 0.00 1.00 -30,0

 

[Guest]

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Thanks for running the game, Pat. An interesting twist. But kinda too slow for
my taste (I was A.F.K. incase if no one knew, as I joined the game not really
planning on being too intensely into it, or Away From Keyboard quite a bit), as
it basically took 20 minutes per update to do all my moves while the updates
were an undeitly slow 46 hours apart.

I like games that have some tech progression. Even if it is something nasty
like log base 10, or maybe a negative decay so you go up about 0.25 points an
update, just some tech growth.

The thing I cannot understand is how players scored lower on the power charts
than those players who did not log in for the last 3 weeks. Did the abcentee's
have like 10k's of surplus CMs?

Isn't empire a wargame? Basic elements should include Economics, Exploration,
Expansion, Eploitation, and Sheep Banging. I feel like I missed a few of those
elements here, and I felt more in a Sim City style game. Sure, we had cats
(that was Overlord's sick motd focus, how to varnish a shaved or unshaved
kitty, but I didn't think we were playing "Fur Traders 101".

-Bungy (A.F.K.)





"Pat" <overlord@multi.usr.ch> wrote in message
news:d14g0o$269b$1@multi.usr.ch...
> International Trade Wars is officially over. Our friends as Zergland
> must have cashed in a few dozen trade ships during the weekend and went WAY
> over the victory threshold (450). So as per the diety imposed stipulation,
> Zergy is teh sole winner.
>
> We do have a few other awards to hand out (although none of them
> come with a neat trophy or check like Zergland got.)
>
> Top -Also Ran- Award: Ragnarook claimed 2nd place. But officially, every
> other player can claim 2nd place. They all tie. Hey, it's a wide podium.
>
> Best Time management Award: All along I said this game would not take up much
> of the players' time. Phantom, WhiteStar, and Luciania epitomized this.
> For the last few weeks of the game, they didn't even need to sign on. Cactus
> was almost as efficient, though he made rare appearances.
>
> Best use of Submarines Award: Everybody BUT Phantom, WhiteStar, Luciania,
> and Cactus. There were a lot of submarines.
>
> I'd like to thank all the players who signed up AND bothered to log in on a
> regualr basis. This game was a bit of a departure from the norm.
>
> Pat
> AKA Overlord
>
> - = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
> as of Mon Mar 14 15:30:45 2005
>
> sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit
money
> Ski 10 100% 0 15K 11K 1.4K 0 0 0 0 132 339 20
111K
> Tortuga 10 100% 0 14K 12K 1.5K 0 0 0 0 188 264 10
25K
> A.F.K. 10 100% 0 7.3K 9.6K 926 0 0 0 0 200 324 11
31K
> Cactus 10 100% 0 4.1K 7.0K 1.3K 0 0 0 0 62 71 4
339K
> Industmec 10 100% 0 14K 7.0K 846 0 0 0 0 30 162 5
80K
> Zergland 10 100% 0 2.9K 10K 948 0 0 0 0 126 159 10
14K
> Thistle 10 100% 0 4.1K 7.8K 1.3K 0 0 0 0 102 244 16
8.3K
> Phantom 10 100% 0 6.7K 6.4K 780 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
477K
> WhiteStar 10 100% 0 519 4.3K 896 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
470K
> Luciania 10 100% 0 515 3.5K 741 0 0 0 0 12 14 0
439K
> Ragnarook 10 100% 0 12K 11K 1.3K 0 0 0 0 132 110 5
21K
> beep 10 100% 0 2.6K 13K 1.2K 0 0 0 0 150 120 22
26K
> Parpara 10 100% 0 20K 5.9K 522 0 0 0 0 168 133 23
5.3K
> Dorsai! 10 100% 0 6.3K 16K 1.1K 0 0 0 0 160 124 0
60K
> DrunkNDis 10 100% 0 3.2K 4.7K 367 0 0 0 0 131 66 10
12K
> ResPublic 10 100% 0 1.9K 2.8K 681 0 0 0 0 115 69 8
18K
> ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
> worldwide 250 100% 0 115K 132K 16K 0 0 0 0 1.7K 2.2K 140
2.1M
>
> Mon Mar 14 15:31:07 2005
> # name tech research happiness Victory Pts capital
> 1 Industmech 115.00 230.00 0.00 150.10 2,0
> 2 Dorsai! 115.00 230.00 0.00 18.60 34,-32
> 3 Zergland 115.00 230.00 0.00 609.73 2,-16
> 4 Ragnarook 115.00 230.00 0.00 428.26 -62,16
> 5 Thistle 115.00 230.00 0.00 176.40 -30,-16
> 6 DrunkNDisorder 115.00 230.00 0.00 28.30 34,0
> 7 WhiteStar 115.00 230.00 0.00 0.00 2,16
> 8 Luciania 115.00 230.00 0.00 0.00 2,-32
> 9 beep 115.00 230.00 0.00 246.83 34,-16
> 10 Parpara 115.00 230.00 0.00 1.20 -62,-16
> 11 ResPublica 115.00 230.00 0.00 94.61 -62,0
> 12 Cactus 115.00 230.00 0.00 0.00 -62,-32
> 13 Tortuga 115.00 230.00 0.00 42.00 34,16
> 14 A.F.K. 115.00 230.00 0.00 176.40 -30,16
> 15 Ski 115.00 230.00 0.00 139.20 -30,-32
> 16 Phantom 115.00 230.00 0.00 1.00 -30,0

 

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>
> The thing I cannot understand is how players scored lower on the
power charts
> than those players who did not log in for the last 3 weeks. Did the
abcentee's
> have like 10k's of surplus CMs?

I guess the absentees had lots of cash. They didn't spend much on mil
and none on tradeships (which don't give you back what they are worth
if you traded them in for VPs).

And they didn't lose anything in combat.