Another Happy Evening of Multiplaying Part III - Page 2

March 22, 2001, 02:14

Well I intend to be around. Probably finbar too if he can drag himself away from the cricket.

On reflection maybe you were talking to deity on Tuesday. He sent me a message saying he didn't want to play. Maybe I missed some of the other icq convo that went on.

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finbar · March 22, 2001, 06:21

Well, I'm here. Having just watched an absolutely enthralling last day of Test cricket. What a quite amazing series. Now I have the one-day series to look forward to from Sunday night, and the one-day series between South Africa and the Windies (in the West Indies) from May 2. Fun, fun, fun.

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March 22, 2001, 19:50

No I'm not getting cable.

I'd like to know how you get good terrain on a small map.

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finbar · March 23, 2001, 01:00

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No I'm not getting cable.
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Okay, if your problem is that the kids would hog the 2 or 3 cartoon channels, get rid of the kids. You can watch the cartoons in peace yourself.

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Obviously. Because you started a thread about it elsewhere. I responded to it. To save you going and looking - the answer is that you can't get enough good terrain on a small map to be anything like fair to all. The majority of the terrain on small maps, regardless of the settings, is always mountains, jungle, swamp and plains.

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March 23, 2001, 02:29

Maybe we should start this game again on a larger map. But I think normal is too big for 1x.

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finbar · March 23, 2001, 06:42

I'm perfectly happy with the game. Hydey will be, too, in a coupe of turns.

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March 23, 2001, 09:22

I don't know what you 2 are complaining about anyway. I see now you both have good land. Better than mine in fact.

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finbar · March 23, 2001, 22:43

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I don't know what you 2 are complaining about anyway. I see now you both have good land. Better than mine in fact.

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Me? Complain?

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March 24, 2001, 08:09

It could work I suppose

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Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) On coastal cities, he uses spies to blow the coastal fortresses, then brings in battleships. He then brings transports full of units into the taken city and spreads out
Spy Reports: (From Druid Steve Pastic)(To President Rod Potter) (A.D. 1933) ok I guess I will be ****ed then
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) with as many units as he has, it's impossible to defend against. It's a matter of striking his cities first. Just be careful he doesn't have subs, etc, around his cities
Spy Reports: (From Druid Steve Pastic)(To President Rod Potter) (A.D. 1933) Striking with what?
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) It also depends, of course, on how many waves of units he has in reserve. That's why giving you these cities is the best tactic. He has to waste troops taking them
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) what units do you have?
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) He can't attack your mainland AND clean up my cities at the same time
Spy Reports: (From Druid Steve Pastic)(To President Rod Potter) (A.D. 1933) mainly alpine and marines and fanatics
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) battleships?
Spy Reports: (From Druid Steve Pastic)(To President Rod Potter) (A.D. 1933) I have 1 of those
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) I'd steal techs from him till you get espionage; build battleships and transports; and marines (to take his coastal cities). Use the spies to knock out walls and coastal fortresses
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) His capital and the cities around it are all coastal
Spy Reports: (From President Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1933) forget science, crank up your income
Spy Reports: (From Mr. Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1934) Horse would rather play a game he's winning

From High Priest Rod Potter (A.D. 1934): all right that's the transfer done, except for Bombay, which I can't cede because it's tyhe last city
Spy Reports: (From Druid Steve Pastic)(To High Priest Rod Potter) (A.D. 1934) I have no money for buying cities
Spy Reports: (From High Priest Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1934) oh well, you will. it will be dirt cheap

From Druid Steve Pastic (A.D. 1934): I have to stop real soon as the room is spinning

From High Priest Rod Potter (A.D. 1934): I've saved it. You save it too, I think Horse has gone for a canter somewhere
Spy Reports: (From High Priest Rod Potter)(To Druid Steve Pastic) (A.D. 1934) a few more defenders than last time, Hydey?

Spy Reports: (From Druid Steve Pastic)(To High Priest Rod Potter) (A.D. 1934) yes 1 or 2 thanks

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OTOH maybe not

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Hydey · March 24, 2001, 08:40

yes well done horse (penishead) it looks like you will win this game that you controlled your civ from the start and Hydey took over a civ from the stupid AI .

You are the best, simply the best.

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March 25, 2001, 00:21

Ha ha ha ha! Hmmm I'll put that reaction down to the drink talking

*horse busies himself deploying subs around his cities*

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Hydey · March 25, 2001, 04:17

I wouldn't bother if I were you, for you may find yourself just playing the AI.

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finbar · March 25, 2001, 05:59

I think I'll have to watch the first one-dayer tonight. India were 2/50 after 10. Luckily Tendulkar was run out for 35 (off 29). He was in the process of smashing us out of the game, including 18 off a McGrath over.

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finbar · March 25, 2001, 06:11

Make that 2/90 off 14. Warne's first over just went for 15.

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finbar · March 25, 2001, 07:40

Make that 4/218 off 36. Their number 6, a newcomer by the name of Segwar, a little threshing machine, has 56 off 50. Has a partnership of 98 going with Dravid.

Edit. Fleming just bowled Segwar for 58. Phew. 5/222.

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finbar · March 25, 2001, 08:43

Make that all our for 315 off 49.4 overs. The track is a batsman's paradise.

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March 25, 2001, 09:01

Not a happy evening of multiplaying for hydey. He came online early only to find Deity's game didn't happen. He's not a happy camper.

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Hydey · March 25, 2001, 18:05

Mrs Hydey is less happy after telling her I could not go to our friends for dinner as I had told Deity I could play at 6 PM.

Hydey will have to suck up for a long time now

March 25, 2001, 19:54

I know your not very enthusiastic about continuing this game hydey, but its a good opportunity to brush up your military skills. Lots of fighting guaranteed. If I were you I would try and inflict as much damage on me as possible and play for a stalemate.

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finbar · March 25, 2001, 21:08

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Make that all our for 315 off 49.4 overs. The track is a batsman's paradise.

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Not that Australia - apart from Matthew Hayden, yet again - were able to make proper use of it.

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March 25, 2001, 21:36

Have you just come here to try us?

One thing Hydey is finding out is that unit bribing is a damn stupid idea. I bought his lone battleship last night.

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finbar · March 25, 2001, 22:04

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Have you just come here to try us?
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Why not? I've got cable and you haven't. Hydey's got cable, but the wrong brand.

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</font>One thing Hydey is finding out is that unit bribing is a damn stupid idea. I bought his lone battleship last night.

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All good experience. It's one of the perils of Fundy. Unless one has a massive treasury - as you have - one must always travel in pairs.

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March 25, 2001, 22:36

Travel in pairs or let common sense prevail and NOT have unit bribe.

On cable, the combination of that and civ would pretty much end my marriage I suspect.

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finbar · March 25, 2001, 23:20

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Alexander's Horse on 03-25-2001 09:36 PM</font>
Travel in pairs or let common sense prevail and NOT have unit bribe.
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As I've said before, I don't have strong feelings either way about unit bribing. I'm not sure, though, what your problem is with it. Is it the "reality"?

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I don't know what Mrs Horse's viewing habits are, if any, but Mrs finbar, who never saw the need for cable, and is a discerning viewer, would now not be without it.

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March 26, 2001, 01:19

Mrs Horse likes Chinese Kung fu movies and Jackie Chan (I do not joke).

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finbar · March 26, 2001, 02:08

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Mrs Horse likes Chinese Kung fu movies and Jackie Chan (I do not joke).

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You get whole seasons of them on World Movies. Along with the stuff about which your olds are suspicious, of course.

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March 26, 2001, 02:44

Yes well you have to pay extra for world movies. Otoh, could be a useful marital aid

At last, finbar comes up with a good argument for cable

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finbar · March 26, 2001, 03:43

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Otoh, could be a useful marital aid

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The only marital aid you appear to need is a one of those little stretchy plastic ring things they use on sheep..

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Hydey · March 26, 2001, 06:45

The unit bribe thing was my fault, Horse sooks so much about it that I assumed he had refused to play games with unit bribing . That was until he started bribing my units.

Finbar you know all those units you had defending your cities in forts but had to move them into the cities so you could transfer them to me, well horse moved his units to fill those forts before I got to have a turn so as to make sure this game was fair and even, perhaps it would have been much better if you had stayed in the game after all.

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finbar · March 26, 2001, 07:39

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The unit bribe thing was my fault, Horse sooks so much about it that I assumed he had refused to play games with unit bribing . That was until he started bribing my units.

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Who knows? He doesn't agree with shepherding units with spies and partisans but he does it.

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</font>Finbar you know all those units you had defending your cities in forts but had to move them into the cities so you could transfer them to me, well horse moved his units to fill those forts before I got to have a turn so as to make sure this game was fair and even, perhaps it would have been much better if you had stayed in the game after all.

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I should have given you the fortified troops first, then the cities. That was the way to do it. I've never done anything like it before, so I had no idea. Sorry.

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