What is the best strat in Tourney?

xsEvEsx

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May 11th 2011, 1:41:21

It's called don't accidentally delete your country because you thought you were in FFA when you did it.

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shanelee

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May 15th 2011, 18:43:13

Because of auto GDI, I can see that not much people playing grabbing

Trippster

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May 16th 2011, 4:15:31

GDI isn't what limits grabbing on this server as much as the small # of players. IMHO

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diez

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May 16th 2011, 5:17:02

CI is the best still.

Rob

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May 16th 2011, 21:51:32

I think its both a combination of the small number of players & auto GDI that limits grabbing.

With auto-gdi and and the small number of players, grabbing would involve multi-tapping since the pool of available targets are small - which is risky. I dont like to multi-tap, but it appears there isn't much choice in the current environment.

We need to find a way to increase the number of tourney players.

Rob

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May 16th 2011, 21:54:17

caffeineaddict

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May 17th 2011, 8:33:13

Perhaps there should only be game A and game B? Drop game C.

There's currently 194 players registered in the tourney games. Perhaps game A could have 80 and the rest for game A.

afaik

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May 19th 2011, 19:11:09

That's a good idea caffeine, the lower two servers aren't played properly due to the player numbers... just having two makes much sense.

IMO CI isn't the best strat in here... the last 3 or 4 sets mil prices have been rock bottom all set and ending nw's terrible, even with decent land. It seems the lack of allies actually benefits techers by sustaining prices far longer (early over-supply is never an issue due to lower overall tech produced per player)

Rob

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May 20th 2011, 8:16:38

Agreed, I would prefer to see just 2 games with the low amount of players.

Bsnake

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May 26th 2011, 4:39:13

have it as an A & B but promote the top 20/30 from B to A and drop the bottom 20/30 from A to B....

this keeps it like a ladder as it has always been....

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Monex

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May 26th 2011, 13:02:43

Concur with so few players in tourney it would make sense to only have 2 games.

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shanelee

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Jun 6th 2011, 15:19:41

Erm.....

seems like already out of topic.

But I still remember 10 years ago tourney is the most fun server which have Game A to Game Z.

Rob

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Jun 7th 2011, 6:11:24

Yep, it was much more fun when there were more players.

Brink

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Jun 7th 2011, 18:01:37

I played my first tourney in game Y back in the 1990s.

Tourney was a real challenge back then.

Edited By: Brink on Jun 30th 2011, 11:28:56
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Jun 8th 2011, 22:54:38

I dnot think Primary style GDI belongs in tourney:)

Z is #1

ZIP

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Jun 9th 2011, 2:44:12

theo indy works well - try it :P

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Vic Rattlehead

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Jun 9th 2011, 3:03:11

Originally posted by afaik:

Sorry, Diez has a lot more netting credibility than pretty much anyone else.

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shanelee

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Jun 15th 2011, 1:35:24

seriously, i never tried theo indy.

Chadius

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Jun 29th 2011, 5:05:30

Theo indy rocks! Lol, my first game in tourney was Y also. :)

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shanelee

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Jun 30th 2011, 5:10:08

what is benefit of theo indy??

As theo can get cheaper military from private market.

There is no point to produce indy anymore..

Tertius

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Jun 30th 2011, 20:28:50

Originally posted by Vic Rattlehead:

Originally posted by afaik:

IMO CI isn't the best strat in here...

Sorry, Diez has a lot more netting credibility than pretty much anyone else.

heh, diez is good, but just because afaik is a little less known on the forums doesn't mean his opinion isn't valid or that he doesn't have the credibility. Hint: look at his game profile before making such comments...

Brink

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Jul 1st 2011, 3:25:34

Afaik is #1 all time in tourney in total NW, #1 all time in tourney in total land, #2 all time in best 3 averaged tourney finishes, and has finished in the top 10 in game A 11 times.

There is a small chance he might have some worthwhile thoughts......

Edited By: Brink on Jul 1st 2011, 3:29:16
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Rob

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Jul 1st 2011, 6:23:37

Agreed

afaik

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Jul 1st 2011, 6:30:31

lol thanks, my comment was just an observation of the current trend.. take it or leave it ;)

nice finish there rob!!

Rob

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Jul 1st 2011, 6:43:53

Thanks. It was a good tech set with prices stable till 4 days before the end.

Trippster

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Jul 1st 2011, 15:17:06

Congrats Rob
Let's see, the current record is held by a Theo techer, previous record was a Theo.
wins
theo 9
commie 4
Republic 2
It would appear that Theo is most likely to win.

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Rob

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Jul 1st 2011, 19:12:36

Thanks Trippster. I dont like to say it as it might invite more techers and crash the market, but in the current environment of tourney (GDI & no alliances), Theo Techer does appear to be the best strat, if played right and with some luck.

ZIP

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Jul 1st 2011, 22:49:54

ya- and like all strats, land is big - although i get upper teens from 7k land most sets. you will not make #1 if you don't grab.

the theo indy was a joke btw.

tech prices was good all set -

Rob

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Jul 2nd 2011, 1:19:48

Yep - a huge factor is how fast you get land for any strat.

Chadius

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Jul 2nd 2011, 3:20:48

Theo Indy is good, just not in a fast set and used only as part of the bigger picture. Meaning, Theo indy/Theo tech/TMBR. :)

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Rob

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Jul 2nd 2011, 6:07:29

Hey, I use Theo/Indy to Theo/Techer in tourney and it works pretty well

shanelee

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Jul 4th 2011, 4:38:55

Just to share with you guy how theo indy work.

Built up to 180 CS.
Full built IC up to 2.5K
Stock 3 days turns and wait other networth overpass you.
Grab from bottom until to the top.
Convert to theo tech once you reach your land target.

Rob

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Jul 4th 2011, 8:15:27

Thats not the best way to do it.
You should convert early.
CS Build up should depend on what your land goal is. If you go for 180, you should be targeting around 13-15k acres.

DJBeif

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Feb 3rd 2012, 14:12:43

Brink

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Feb 3rd 2012, 17:48:14

Without question, it is TECHER producing Military, Res and Ent tech.

Cashing is for rookies, and a loser strat.

crest23

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Feb 3rd 2012, 18:22:32

Originally posted by Brink:

Without question, it is TECHER producing Military, Res and Ent tech.

Cashing is for rookies, and a loser strat.

Wrong answer. For proof, look at oldman's countries.

CI, techer, casher, even farmer, they are all good. The best strat depends on how good you are. oldman is just too damn good.

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edfjr

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Feb 4th 2012, 1:30:49

Theo casher is the most dependable and easiest to predict. With a tech start you can hit 25mil without grabbing.
You can be completely independant of the market except for food.

Gzisimon2

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Feb 4th 2012, 3:01:30

I suppose oiler is out of the question?

crest23

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Feb 4th 2012, 3:50:20

Do you know what the oil price was on average last set?

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Deerhunter

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Feb 4th 2012, 4:41:30

The best strat is to pick one looser. Read my thread on it- it works.

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silverhybrid

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Feb 4th 2012, 7:51:15

how about bushels?? better casher or oil or bushels?

Mr.Silver

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Feb 7th 2012, 8:42:20

Originally posted by Brink:

I played my first tourney in game Y back in the 1990s.

Tourney was a real challenge back then.

and it took you until the 2000's to break above game G :P

melvin85

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Feb 7th 2012, 11:26:41

lol i play commie till i reach game a or b coz last time other games suck alway on top 10 and mantain till eor

Fulla

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Feb 8th 2012, 9:00:56

The strat i play in tournament fails miserably in express lol

Fulla

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Feb 8th 2012, 9:02:28

Lol @ Mr.Silver it was a lot bigger and harder back then. Land grab the wrong person you might as well delete your account and start again you got retalled that hard.

Mr.Silver

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Feb 8th 2012, 10:12:57

Originally posted by Fulla:

Lol @ Mr.Silver it was a lot bigger and harder back then. Land grab the wrong person you might as well delete your account and start again you got retalled that hard.

heh true. There was also the mini LaF coalition in 2a. Svea Rike, Paco, Daniel, Gramberto, Beerman, and about 5 or 6 others... had to go tippy toe :)

Brink

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Feb 8th 2012, 19:14:27

Remember back when 7th was considered just crazy for all explore, much less as an C/I? Now everyone is all explore.