OFFICIAL, Set 220, 999A Challenge Thread!

ericownsyou5

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Feb 16th 2014, 18:13:03

I'm #107. Took a lil beating, but let me know if I win.

CX LaE

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Feb 16th 2014, 19:38:33

Highest NW

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Cable

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Feb 16th 2014, 22:11:44

2.28 NW after I killed 16w for entertainment, he kept trying to spy my to kill me.

Probably wont win but I dont have time to run the last 25 turns.

ericownsyou5

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Feb 16th 2014, 23:05:22

CX are you 84? Looks like I'm gonna get 2nd.

Did you tech?

TDA101

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Feb 17th 2014, 0:47:41

Apparently I did a TMBR switch without going T.

Yer I was rushed in the last hour and did like 5 mistakes. Also losing like half my stockpile doesn't help.

CX LaE

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Feb 17th 2014, 1:45:55

I was Academic Atrocities. I teched and resold food.

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h2orich

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Feb 17th 2014, 2:23:36

so who won

CX LaE

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Feb 17th 2014, 2:38:55

Me.

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mrford

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Feb 17th 2014, 3:38:37

by like a 45% NW margin over 2nd place too lol

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[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford

Academic Atrocities 84 999 acres $4,492,745 DG 4497
11234123123123 107 625 acres $2,919,928 HG 4672
TDA999 98 999 acres $2,449,441 MG 2452
36 hour Crimson Rock Lobster 12 999 acres $2,281,764 TG 2284
fytffdsdghhjlvzaeeg 75 999 acres $1,667,182 FG 1669
Cypselos 144 999 acres $1,362,577 C 1364
ZT 104 999 acres $882,035 R 883

Alin

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Feb 17th 2014, 8:01:52

Yea CX is a clean winner here.

Kaloop

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Feb 17th 2014, 9:24:40

yea.. my oiler sucked. haha

h2orich

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Feb 17th 2014, 9:28:12

how many of them got into a war?

Xinhuan

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Feb 17th 2014, 13:22:49

Why is anyone surprised a techer won this? A techer has the highest $$ earnings per acre, and normally other strats have to get almost 2x the land to get the same NW. Since land is the competition rule limit, it reasons to follow that techers win by default.

TDA101

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Feb 17th 2014, 13:28:05

Actually techers don't make THAT much more in express since Tech is usually capped at around 2500 per point in most sets. That's a fairly low amount across the board.

I thought I had a fair chance till someone hit me :P.

Xinhuan

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Feb 17th 2014, 16:25:19

Even at $1800 tech prices, it still makes more $ per acre per turn, assuming you tech 95% of your turns.

blid

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Feb 17th 2014, 16:33:28

I'm honestly surprised every participant didn't tech. The craziest thing though is that CX was the only demo. Wtf, isn't it going to come almost entirely down to market play in a 999-acre game? How can you not go Demo?

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

Cable

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Feb 17th 2014, 16:38:36

ya the contest was a shame. .. I tech started easy to get max bus/res military and agri. Came in at 11k bushels per turn then I was reselling food buying at 31-35 and selling at 45 on saturday. I lost a ton of NW killing 162 when I jumped defense to avoid him taking my cash....

blid

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Feb 17th 2014, 17:25:06

Yah that guy ruined it quite a bit.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

CX LaE

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Feb 17th 2014, 18:07:01

Those idiots hitting the 999A countries ruined it, IMO. I dont think there was one country who wasn't hit by 129 or 162.

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hsifreta

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Feb 17th 2014, 19:50:48

Originally posted by blid:

yeah, i was expecting a lot of 999 acre demo techers. you're small, you can play the market easy without much influence, and teching with close to 100% labs is definitely a clear advantage, not to mention no allies.

and with the usual techers missing, the market was doomed to have higher demands

hsifreta

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Feb 17th 2014, 19:53:45

Originally posted by CX LaE:

Those idiots hitting the 999A countries ruined it, IMO. I dont think there was one country who wasn't hit by 129 or 162.

just call it a pioneer run, now you know to get spies and minimal defence to make it work. i think ZT got hit the least, though he didnt do much either. he wasn't in GDI and had significantly more defense than the other guys.

CX LaE

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Feb 17th 2014, 20:53:15

I had spies and reasonable defense.

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Mrredmanbhs

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Jul 31st 2023, 20:50:16

I didn't play this challenge years ago but would be interested in giving it a go now. Anyone have any interest?

-MrRedManbhs

NitelL

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Aug 1st 2023, 14:16:35

I wouldn't mind, though it's just going to be who runs the best 999 acre demo techer, given that's the highest production and you'd need to play the market. (Any challenge that limits the acreage, is almost always gonna be a demo techer challenge.)

I also wouldn't mind doing like the tyr casher challenge again - it was painful but at least there are more degrees of freedom on how one would play it vs 999 acre challenge.

Or best dictator finish. lol That could be fun too.

Mrredmanbhs

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Aug 1st 2023, 17:12:41

Originally posted by NitelL:

Or best dictator finish. lol That could be fun too.

I haven't run a dictator in a long time. Might be worth trying something new.

-MrRedManbhs

Ratski

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Aug 1st 2023, 21:33:02

Question can I steal a kill, if I see a player in the news getting pounded down to losing 5-7 population per turn. This is a sure easy kill at this point. But I have been purpled enough to be reluctant to do this? I don't accept allies in
Express nor do I coordinate with other players, like Maj 1. or Farmer or who ever. Prime made his point with me, no more Ratski if I do.

https://youtu.be/8rh6qqsmxNs

SuperFly

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Aug 2nd 2023, 1:36:48

Go with the extreme challenge of seeing much land you can you farm before you get killed!

Daniel900

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Aug 2nd 2023, 12:11:22

Daniel900

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Aug 2nd 2023, 12:11:44

Originally posted by SuperFly:

Go with the extreme challenge of seeing much land you can you farm before you get killed!

You gave a great demonstration of this strat in action last set.