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Sep 17th 2019, 23:20:19

I combed the records. I didn't see anyone over 55m.
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Sep 16th 2019, 23:04:52

Thanks for "wrecking" a 60m NW indy, lol. Now I'll have to throw down harder.
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Sep 16th 2019, 17:50:49

You, Celphi!? Goddammit lol.

If I had known, probably wouldntve hit you. Probably. :P
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Sep 16th 2019, 11:43:46

Thanks SF! It could have been a little better but 66 had a hard-on for me and felt the need to lemming ~3.5m NW from me in the last 90 mins so I could have gotten close to/surpassed 60m NW.

That said, with all his chirping about how he was going to switch to Dict and ruin my finish; how he was going to jet-up and retal me for 5kA; how he was going to retal all the hits on him this round; and, how I better have a lot of turrets because he's going to sell 30m oil fast and hammer me, I still won, with a CI-record NW, and he didn't successfully retal a single hit from anyone ...

so .... 66, if you're reading this, thanks for graciously donating that 1,600A to the cause. You were my final grab and it made it all worthwhile! Thanks also for taking particular -- and creepy -- interest in my finish. I guess sometimes I'm popular, and sometime people just have hard-ons for me. I get it. I'm just glad you could be there to assist my record finish. Thanks, bro!
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Sep 16th 2019, 0:57:48

Yeah but still had to destock as a Tyr instead of a Theo.
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Sep 16th 2019, 0:13:47

As a Tyr, no less. Well done.
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Sep 16th 2019, 0:04:58

56.6m NW as a CI is the highest ever in the history of Express. Massive finish.
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Sep 15th 2019, 15:19:27

In my experience, oil also crashes on the last day, unless it's very cheap, because it's more viable in most cases to buy mil off of the public than buy oil to private destock. I've personally only done it once in the last 100 sets, and that's because I could get oil at $80 and I was a Dict.

Tech *normally* crashes, but it was still north of 3k for a bus point this morning.

FFO is also run best when at a ~60/40 farm/oil ratio. Based on how you're talking about oil, you like far more rigs, which means, if you're retalling (which is what this entire discussion was based on; not destocking), you have majority production in arguably the most volatile sellable commodity. You're either selling on PM for dirt cheap, or you're selling on the public and your oil *might* sell - it won't sell at once either; you're waiting as revenue trickles in, especially on the last day of the set.
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Sep 15th 2019, 14:34:12

FFO is highly -- HIGHLY -- market-dependent and produces a low $/acre, relative to techer, for instance.
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Sep 15th 2019, 1:33:19

American History X
Blow
8mm
The Green Mile
Forrest Gump
Twister
Dazed and Confused
Fight Club
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Sep 14th 2019, 18:55:56

Ragequit
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Sep 14th 2019, 15:04:36

Yeah, it's like playing hopscotch in a minefield.
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Sep 14th 2019, 14:11:33

Yeah. Hitting techers, or Dictators generally, or Indies sitting on full turns are not smart plays.
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Sep 14th 2019, 12:42:22

The odds of decent players getting through a set these days w/o some nonsense is slim. The odds tumble if you slow-play.

You've seen some fluff this round, between 4 and 47.

Edited By: CX LaE on Sep 14th 2019, 14:09:57
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Sep 13th 2019, 20:10:18

Still w the $79 turrets midday Friday. This is garbage. I should've gone casher again.
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Sep 7th 2019, 1:39:08

The salutation for Doctor.
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Sep 6th 2019, 12:06:20

Damn. I wanted to topfeed him before he died. :(
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Sep 2nd 2019, 14:38:13

I never have the same name twice and I change up the strats I run so I can avoid any griefers from previous sets.
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Sep 2nd 2019, 12:40:03

I thought you said you weren't gonna get to 70m NW... ;)
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Sep 2nd 2019, 2:39:56

I was luckier, but the bulk of what I bought was 2500-2800.
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Sep 2nd 2019, 2:16:45

That was a hell of a finish, but you couldn't beat those tech prices this set ... or mil prices today for reselling.
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Sep 2nd 2019, 1:48:34

3rd Armored Division finished .. 3rd! lol

Who was #91?
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Sep 2nd 2019, 1:17:36

Holy isht, it's llaar!
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Sep 2nd 2019, 0:05:21

4th. Not bad. If I didn't have throw a pair of retals today, I probably could have ended between 35-38m somewhere.
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Sep 1st 2019, 21:40:43

Mmmmmm, agree and disagree.

I'd say the indy deals w/ topfeeds the best.

Techers often get to their land goals first, so they are topfed whilst in stocking mode, which means loss of stock on hand if you're unlucky enough to get caught with some available. You have to grab and rebuild, which means more turns not teching, which is turns not producing.

A 35kA Casher is a monster, if a Theo or Rep.... not so much a Dict. That, and I cash started, expecting tech to fall more than it did. It didn't. When I had to retal yesterday (#19, I think), I had to cash through a bunch of turns to get the extra mil to throw the retal. Sucked. I was 23kA @ turn 970.
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Aug 31st 2019, 22:16:35

Time for a little n00b vs. Pro!

2019-08-31 22:11:28 PS Three Point Realty Inc (#9) runnin with the devil (#19) 2191A (3436A)
2019-08-31 20:49:26 PS runnin with the devil (#19) Three Point Realty Inc (#9) 853A (1282A)

Why... why someone would grab a Dict Casher w/ 300 turns.... Made sure to bulk up on weps and strat to make it hurt, too.
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Aug 26th 2019, 0:33:43

Could be. All speculation in the end.

I should have gone casher this round though.
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Aug 26th 2019, 0:25:09

5th. Wow.

The killrun on #104 including the gov't switch, rebuilding, etc. cost 350 turns, or ~11m NW.

Damn. Coulda been a Tyr win, maybe.
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Aug 25th 2019, 21:37:38

If I finish top 10 after a government switch and a solo kill, that will be hilarious.
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Aug 24th 2019, 13:56:41

I don't kill often because I much prefer netting, but people who do dumb fluff deserve it.
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Aug 23rd 2019, 21:57:40

I did get the kill. :P
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Aug 23rd 2019, 12:09:14

For a country name of "This Bot Retals Please Try", I hope you enjoy the retals. All 121 of them.
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Aug 17th 2019, 2:19:55

Too many. This may be fun.
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Aug 17th 2019, 1:23:43

Pfft. Proving a point that retals aren't respected. No worries. If that's how IMP wants to roll...
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Aug 16th 2019, 22:31:38

lol yeah. Currently going back and forth with some illiterate dunce in-game who runs some crappy Tyr Techers.
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Aug 16th 2019, 22:18:38

I suggest you get your members in order. If I retal you legitimately and your fluff-ass members retal retals, don't come crying when I farm the fluff out of the offenders.

You can DM me for info. :D
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Aug 13th 2019, 21:24:06

Who wants it?
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Aug 12th 2019, 23:30:38

nice finish, Z!
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Aug 12th 2019, 20:01:33

Damn. There was a tech buyout and I missed it!?
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Aug 12th 2019, 19:17:13

Hessman -- Thanks! I guess I'm decent. Trying a new approach this round. It definitely needs tweaking though. Gotta find a way to avoid losing so much damn land to really maximize my chances. I think saving my last real round of attacks to when I did really helped me. Was low mil, and then able to cash a bunch of turns while buying up tech w/ low mil before buying like 3m turrets really helped.
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Aug 12th 2019, 13:42:55

Thanks, boss. That was an insane set. I lost 11kA to grabs and nearly just gave up on the round. Apparently people thought I was a bot....
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Aug 11th 2019, 19:54:24

I'd be interested in beta testing.
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Aug 11th 2019, 17:37:41

You aren't the only one whose had trouble with multitappers. It's been an interesting set.
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Aug 8th 2019, 22:58:53

n00b vs. pro, lol! Helluva nice retal.
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Aug 7th 2019, 22:58:16

Word.

Originally posted by Pang:
Originally posted by Hessman123:
I think the Donald is right.. there is a mental health crisis in the US of A


Totally. It starts in the Oval Office.
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Aug 7th 2019, 0:09:58

Anyone who still supports Trump must be mentally deficient in some major facet.
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Aug 5th 2019, 16:20:23

No allies in Express anymore. Not for a long, long time.

I finished like 80-something I think. Was a fully-built Theo Techer on 14.5kA @ turn 760 but tech crashed, tech didnt sell, and I got topfed twice. Probably for the best though, as I as out of town Sat/Sun.

Great finish, ebert.
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Aug 3rd 2019, 0:53:03

Something like 8 hours, I think.
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Aug 1st 2019, 2:38:31

LOL... I don't have time for FFA. I barely have time for Express most weeks. Last set was my first go in 5 months.
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