Think you know everything - Turn Tracking

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
Oh, Googlie:
Since you're a bit behind, I'll donate you some tech once I get in contact with you.

Aha - but I don't intend to stay behind for ever.

As the crone said to Caesar: "beware the IoD's"

(or was it the "Ides of March")

G.

[Enigma_Nova]

Shall I donate you some ships to let you get those IoDs?

[Chaunk]

Scout destroys cult former by EvIlCoW()
Probe downloads Doc:Flex from the cult. Becomes elite
Rover... odds of success on attacking scout in Dawn of Planet 32:35. Worth a go... Success! Although Rover now 70% damaged. Cult will be eliminated next turn I think.

I can't afford to rush a CP at DataDeCentral() or OptiCommons() so I don't. Scouts stay in the bases. AA set to hold. Formers still forming.

LE FIN

[Googlie]

Carnoustie commissions a colony pod, send it north towards the being-prepared site, Starts building recycling tanks

Miner retraces steps thru last piece of the wreckage - absolutely no ec's

Former #2 returns to sunny tile to commence road building opertaion

Former #3 does same

Mindworm pops a pod and discovers a monolith

Chopper returns to Carnoustie

I change to green, and adjust sliders to 10/10/80 (tech every 7 turns) Next tech - Industrial Base - in 3 turns

[Enigma_Nova]

Aha! Turning images off has helped my upload speed dramatically.

I'll play this turn -if- this reply loads in under 10 seconds.

[Chaunk]

Enigma's turn

-turn begin-
Scout to 51,25
Colony pod found U4 on Pwnjoonoo bay
Another pod is at 51,35, heading to 51,33.

-press WAIT a bunch of times-
Formers have finished farm, start building a road.
Formers roading from Overflow ridge to U3 continue to do so
Set all production to Rover Supply, in case of mineral pod.

Pod at 69,37 contains: A mineral Pod.
Pod at 68,48 contains: Another mineral Pod.
I've received 4 mineral pods across my PBEMs today, I guess
it's the random seed when you start SMAC.
Time to take a quick survey of what I've got:

3 porkbarrels at 90 minerals each
3 AAs at 45 minerals each
for a total of 405 minerals.
The Weather Paradigm costs 180, and the Virtual world costs
270.
The remaining 45 minerals will be a bit of a stretch.

A-sp-binge I'll go, a-sp-binge I'll go,
Hi-ho the dairy-oh, a-sp-binge I'll go!

Formers rushed in U1, U1 will be the site of the Weather
Paradigm.
First rover supply workin' 60,30.
AAs move to U3. U3 will be the site of the Virtual World.
Setting Stockpile in Queue, setting Doctors where needed.

U4 is producing the Laser Skimship prototype - will switch to
the Impact Skimship prototype when I get NLM in 4 turns.
I expect Chaunk will not be able to take ChaDawn's last base
this turn.
ChaDawn is guarding it with his mind worm boil.

[Chaunk]

My turn

Probe lost attempting to gain tech from Cult.
Scouts do nothing
rover moves back to EvIlCoW().
Move formers as they're being bombarded... should have noticed that earlier

END TURN

[Googlie]

Is anyone else reading these posts? Or are we just being narcissist?

Boring turn

OPENTURN

miner moved adjacent to Carnoustie, colony pod moved north towards designated site, mindworm moved east, Chopper repairs at Carnoustie

ENDTURN

[Enigma_Nova]

Narcissist.
Still, I find it useful to know future tactics.
I'll stop the gridpointing, since you're probably opening my save anyway - right?

[Googlie]

actually, I'm not - and when I load Chaunk's save, I immediately hit enter to bring up mine - I never did see the value of starting my turn with his endturn.sav file opened (or you starting your turn with my endsave opened, for that matter) but I play along

So I'm really just treating this as another PBEM - albeit a not very representative one - but one where we explain our rationale for decisions as and when we make them

[Kody]

I'm reading the posts, but not opening the saves.

Then again the fact I'm reading these posts doesn't say much considering how much other stuff I read.

[Enigma_Nova]

Okay, here it goes.
I start the VW and the WP.
I burn 2 formers, 1 Spatrol and 24 ECs on the VW.
It's a big hit, but I'd sooner have this project now.

My scouts are moving to pods, and my colony pod is at a future base site.
With VW next turn, I no longer need any drone control until a base hits size 4.

Oh, and I pacted ChaDawn to sell him tech now that Chaunk's Probe is gone.

[khslinky]

I check this page about once a day. I've learned a few things, and it's more entertaining than you might expect.

[Quango]

I'm following infrequently. I appreciate the occasional frame grab, as I don't download the game much.

[Enigma_Nova]

^
Must have forgot to e-mail Chaunk...