JAC Promisance - Page 3

mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 15:58

I think I can knock out #30...anyone got any problems with that? He's Nidaros, Present Age, TF Clan. For, as that dude said,

"If you don't cruelly dismember your enemies completely, they will only come back ten times as strong."

Or something like that.

Oh, and in other news...

Grumatopia - Whut's your Poly nick again? I know I haven't paid back the money yet (trust me, I will, with plenty of interest, thanks, dude).

I'll send you $150mil as soon as I can--my nation's eaten up all its land, and I need a big army to get more land from my enemies, and I need more money to get more land from my enemies, and I need markets for money, and I need land for markets...

I'm getting better and I'll pay you back promptly.

EDIT: Whoever you are, Grumatopia (I know I've seen some Grumatopia on Apolyton before

) I've sent you 3 shipments full of cash-65+60+55million or so. The loan and interest.

And since no one's objected yet, I'll continue crushing 30. I tried at the beginning of the server reset to create an isolationist state which only attacked as defense, but I'm apparently going to turn out like a weak US -- I proclaim myself as the righteous, pacifistic character then I go and attack someone and grab up all of their land

(See US History to 1876.

)

mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 16:26

Whut the hell is up with #4? Should we try to take him out?

Barley · May 10, 2003, 16:38

This is getting worrying - - see #46's money and grain.

Can we all try and target (#46) with all types of attacks, especially 'Storms' and 'Embezzlement' - also reduce his land

HIT ME FOO! (#46)
Turns 28 (max 500)
Turns Stored 0 (max 300)
Rank #1
Peasants 54,133
Land Acres 16,377
Money $749,679,407
Grains 796,435,932
Mana 1,512,547
Networth $49,980,401
Era Past
Race Orc
Health 85%
Tax Rate 40%
Footmen 22,403
Catapults 0
Zeppelins 0
Galleons 26
Wizards 205,491

Economic Status
Income: $16,088,068
Expenses: $11,994,461
War Tax: $0
Loan Pay: $0
Net: +$4,093,607
Agricultural Status
Produced: 415,252
Consumed: 400,090
Net: +15,162
Population & Military Status
Drones: +758
Master AIs: 0
Bandwidth: +5,155
Cyborgs: 0
Juggernauts: 0
Hovercrafts: +19
Dreadnoughts: 0

Swissy · May 10, 2003, 17:20

I'm Grumatopia.

I don't need the money all back. I seem to be able to embezzle at will if I choose the right opponent. The last couple days I have fleeced #30 for over a $200Billion. I catch him right after he gets half a billion from somewhere but has low wizards, a dozen embezzles later he's broke again.

Barley · May 10, 2003, 17:20

Ive got, it, just tried an experiment.

I did a farm turn and received +$4,521,919 net & +577,389 net grain.

I then did a cash turn and received +$8,499,120 net & +386,986 net grain.

This means although on the Farm turn I received $3.977,201 less cash I received and extra 190403 grain which if sold on the black market for $6 would net me $1,142,418.

I still dont see the value of what they are doing is any better than the cash harvesting I do.

What is VERY concerning is that #46 (and #38) has have been able to is keep a low profile and just accumulate money/grain while not getting attacked / attacking people.

They are obviously preparing for an offensive, we must counter them before they can do this.

Swissy · May 10, 2003, 17:38

These non-aligns are hard to attack because of the attack limit. Just as you seem to be getting somewhere, you can't attack for an hour. They get back on in that hour and you back to square one.

Barley · May 10, 2003, 17:39

Anyone know Equanimity's Poly nick?

Sheng-ji Yang (#49) Lazerus
Ottomania (#16) Jdd2007
Germmania (#48) germanos
Grumatopia (#13) Swissy
Equanimity (#20) ?
Park-n-Flush Trailer Park (#52) mrmitchell
Wittlich (#22) Wittlich
The Empire of Sol (#54) Jonny

Barley · May 10, 2003, 17:49

Swissy - yes I know, im afraid we are going to have that problem.

We might need to post maybe a daily list of selected targets and each clan member should try to attack them each hour they are online.

I imagine within there is rivalry for being top (I am certainly competitive - if you hadnt already guessed by all my posts lol). I know we dont gain much personally from attacking tarkets that dont have much land but we need to keep some of the good players down.

My preferred target list (of potential threats) is:

HIT ME FOO! (#46)
I HATE RESETS (#38)
Nidaros (#30)
Purple People Eater (#4)

*** See my post re HIT ME FOO! (#46) - 5 posts above this one ***

Barley · May 10, 2003, 17:54

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Sheng-ji Yang (#49) is Lazerus an Apolyton member allied to Warrior dont attack him

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mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 17:55

DUUUUUDE.

I just figured out that news is ordered from last to first, so I haven't even been noticing Black Flag--he got 12,000 ****ING ACRES off me.

Aw, ****, man...I'm going to kick his ass.

EDIT: Black Flag is 10 and I'm really in need of aid now due to that little bastard...

mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 18:02

Sending this message to Black Flag(#10):

Uncle! Uncle!

LOL, I didn't notice that news is ordered from _last_ to _newest_ so I didn't even know you were attacking me!

mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 18:04

Any tips on recovering from THIS quagmire?

Turns 186 (max 500)
Turns Stored 0 (max 300)
Rank #15
Civilians 174,894
Land Acres 2,390
Money $1,176,791
Nutrients 29,447,555
Energy 975,320
Networth $6,811,354
Era Present
Race Human
Health 33%
Tax Rate 11%
Infantry 1,249,974
Tanks 783,850
Jets 13,061
Battleships 257,586
Telepaths 117,983
---
Business Centers 1,425
Apartments 267
Bases 0
Factories 49
PSI Centers 81
Plantations 245
Bunkers 22
Unused Land 149
---
Income about negative 2 million...
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BTW he's still attacking me so basically I'm going to be dead in about 5 minutes. *cries*

germanos · May 10, 2003, 18:23

Cavalry coming to the rescue of Mrmitchell

Lazerus · May 10, 2003, 18:27

Black Flag (#10)
Turns 0 (max 500)
Turns Stored 21 (max 300)
Rank #16
Peasants 196,438
Land Acres 10,431
Money $71,986,354
Grains 519,616
Mana 1,672,365
Networth $6,360,563
Era Past
Race Dwarf
Health 74%
Tax Rate 30%
Footmen 341,581
Catapults 472,547
Zeppelins 445,120
Galleons 331,036
Wizards 122,219

I tried to join the clan earlier but i see its full, just new some friend was going to rape me by accident

Lazerus · May 10, 2003, 18:28

Black Flag (#10)
Turns 0 (max 500)
Turns Stored 21 (max 300)
Rank #16
Peasants 196,438
Land Acres 10,431
Money $71,986,354
Grains 519,616
Mana 1,672,365
Networth $6,360,563
Era Past
Race Dwarf
Health 74%
Tax Rate 30%
Footmen 341,581
Catapults 472,547
Zeppelins 445,120
Galleons 331,036
Wizards 122,219

I tried to join the clan earlier but i see its full, just new some friend was going to rape me by accident

Sell your food mr.mitchell and use guerilla strikes to hit back

germanos · May 10, 2003, 18:32

I punched #10, but I cannot send you money, since I cannot open a time portal

Myth · May 10, 2003, 18:33

Quote:

Originally posted by Barley
Anyone know Equanimity's Poly nick?

That would be me.

Barley · May 10, 2003, 18:38

Update on #46 at 11.40pm GMT Saturday

HIT ME FOO! (#46)
Turns 16 (max 500)
Turns Stored 0 (max 300)
Rank #1
Peasants 51,496
Land Acres 16,007
Money $778,336,377
Grains 1,006,135,848
Mana 4,127,181
Networth $62,598,064
Era Past
Race Orc
Health 85%
Tax Rate 40%
Footmen 22,403
Catapults 0
Zeppelins 0
Galleons 8,905
Wizards 205,491

Economic Status
Income: $14,691,324
Expenses: $11,891,099
War Tax: $0
Loan Pay: $0
Net: +$2,800,225
Agricultural Status
Produced: 765,912
Consumed: 429,213
Net: +336,699
Population & Military Status
Drones: +628
Master AIs: +1,651
Bandwidth: +14,017
Cyborgs: 0
Juggernauts: 0
Hovercrafts: +1
Dreadnoughts: 0

germanos · May 10, 2003, 18:44

MrMitchel,

use your wizards to generate money with the tree of gold spell.

Also you can borrow money from the world bank.

mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 18:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Lazerus
Sell your food mr.mitchell and use guerilla strikes to hit back

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for that tip.

I've recovered a little, and though I've lost a hell of a lot of citizens, I see the light at the end of the tunnel now... *relief*

With enough attacking I was able to get enough land to build enough markets to break into the positive cashflow again.

(BTW he attacked me again after I sent the "Uncle!" message

)

mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 18:53

Ah **** he's attacking again and I only have 8 turns left

Barley · May 10, 2003, 19:12

Mr mitchell, ive sent you some money and grain you can sell.

mrmitchell · May 10, 2003, 19:20

Thank you for the aid Barley but now it's just more of a need of turns than money.

Want it back? I can't do anything with it

Jonny · May 10, 2003, 19:51

Black Flag (#10) is now down to 707 acres of land, it looks as if he might be eliminated soon.

Also, Purple People Eater (#4) has been eliminated.

Barley · May 10, 2003, 19:53

No, keep the money.

Anyone online, keep trying to attack #38 and #46 every hour.

jdd2007 · May 10, 2003, 23:56

i can never attack HIT ME FOO! (#46)

its always "too many recent attacks"

Barley · May 11, 2003, 04:38

Keep trying the attacks on #46, #38 and now #70. ive just got through.

*** We are facing a very strong threat *** ***

These three empires - #46, #38 & #70 are grain harvesting at an immense rate. 46 alrady has enough grain to sell to get $7billion and the other 2 are not far behind.

At some point in the next few days they are going to sell all this grain, build lots of units and attack.

We need to cash/grain harvest, to do this take a block of turns, then before you start harvesting sell as many units as you can on the black market, convert all non wizzard, market, hut and farm buildings to markets / farms (to do this you can demolish and rebuild).

Then take blocks of maybe 50 or 100 turns (up to 300 - 500 in total) as cash turns, use your turns and check the results. Ive just done it this morning and made $6billion cash and 300,000 grain.

The harvesting may be more difficult for the non established empires, if you are struggling to keep land stay as you are we can send you money later if you need it.

The important thing is for us to all build up a supply of money / grain to sell to buy units for when the inevitable attack comes.

Also, our best defence is to continually attack them, so continue to try attacking these empires every hour.

Finally, keep an eye on whats going on in the game, you need to take the harvesting turns quickly then re-buy back your defence at the end.

Good luck.

Barley · May 11, 2003, 07:47

J A C Promisence server went down at 12.25GMT. I dont know when it will be up again.

Ive sent them an email to let them know.

If you discover the server is back up - let us know.

mrmitchell · May 11, 2003, 10:05

46, 38, 70, 10...(well, 10 is a problem for me at least probably

)

Server down!? Just when the game was getting interesting, too!

jdd2007 · May 11, 2003, 13:01

nooooo server still down