Turns of ACT003 game (3rd ed.) in Apolyton SMAC Tournament

[Paul]

2146 sent

[Enigma]

Turn not recieved

[Paul]

turn sent again

[Misotu]

2147 sent to Paul

[Paul]

2147 sent

[Enigma]

47 -> Mis

[Paul]

2148 sent

[Misotu]

2148 sent to Paul.

[Paul]

2149 sent

[Enigma]

Turn to Mis

I will be honest with ya'all- I was trying to corner the market. Unfortunatley the cost jumped from about 2500 to 3600 in 1 turn. I can't keep up when the costs rise like that. I am going back to regular 50/50.

[Misotu]

How lucky I pop-boomed when I did

I must admit, I was very confused as to why you switched your SE settings so dramatically. Completely forgot about the energy victory

2150 sent to Paul.

[Paul]

2150 to Enigma.

I must say that I had also forgotten about economic victory. It's something I never use in my SP games. To bad for you that Mis started pop booming at the wrong time and now that I also started booming you would have to save a lot more money to corner the market.

[Enigma]

Grr.. Too bad this is SMAC and not SMACX. Say goodbye to being anywere near the front.. citizens of Morganland.

I was at about +450 credits a turn... it would have been only 3-4 more turns before the cost jumped. It would be quite a strain on me to have to run at SE like that for more than 5-6 years, after that jump it would have been more like 8-12 years, perhaps even more. You would have figured it out eventually, and since it takes 20 years to corner the market I am NOT prepared to fight both of you in a TOTAL WAR for the 20 years plus whatever when you did figure it out. This map... is too close for comfort. That is also why I started building garrisions, in anticipation of the coming waves of invaders. But having my entire empire deprived of tech and cash for such a huge period of time would put me behind.. too much of a gamble for me.

I had a good chance at winning though.. until that cost just jumped. I guess I thought you two would figure it out anyway, kinda pleased with my own deviousness

Blah not being able to pop boom is not feeling nice right now.. especially on a map where I can not ICS very easily. I have opened 2 pods containing 6 worms each in the past 10 years or so, Mis is outexpanding me like crazy, my prospects of actually doing anything this game are pretty low

Now I almost wished that I had not told you.. I really assumed that you knew I was on my way to market cornering. By the way does anyone here know when the other players get the actual message that the market is about to be cornered? I have never had it happen to me... is it like 10 years after it is initiated?
[This message has been edited by Enigma (edited May 01, 2000).]

[Enigma]

turn 50 -> PK
[This message has been edited by Enigma (edited May 02, 2000).]

[Misotu]

2151 to the University.