dealmaster13

Here comes the final fireworks display! Quick! The tickets are selling fast!

If it was Toad1 you were trying to naval attack, it's rather an error in the message "You must have a land area of at least 250 in order to conduct naval operations.". It should read that you can't attack your opponent as they have less than 250 miles of land and have no navy vessels.

Thanks for recalculating anyway, Chintan. It's just about worth it for me as my wonders are expiring in almost half a year.

[quote name='MrMuz' timestamp='1310065726' post='2751535'] Losing 500 land would've resulted in losing 250 citizens, though. [/quote] [quote]Modifiers don't affect citizen count[/quote]

[quote name='Confusion' timestamp='1309845695' post='2749182'] Uh, why would I have issues with them? It was a question, chill out brah. Edit: [img]http://troll.me/images/xzibit-yo-dawg/yo-dawg-i-herd-u-mad-u-mad.jpg[/img] Confusion. [/quote] You're a really funny guy, Confusion. You know that, bro?

[quote name='lazaraus45' timestamp='1309457726' post='2745186'] Do they actually stand a better chance of losing than they do winning. [/quote] Why would you choose to fight a war if you think you'd 'lose'?

Put it in the suggestion box

[quote name='Saniiro Matsudaira' timestamp='1309324711' post='2743999'] Who here thinks that ROAD will be sanctioned within the next month? I joke. Either way, good luck, ROAD. [/quote] lol

[quote name='paul711' timestamp='1309185541' post='2742686'] It just seems odd, and I know this is not the correct forum, that for a team based game only one individual can win. Maybe interest would be sparked in SE if the flag were to be won by an AA as a whole. Just my early thoughts on the subject as I am still looking at details. [/quote] Yeah, KJ made that suggestion privately a while back

It just occured to me that this drop in member count is most likely due to the fact that Confusion's rogues and flagrunners are supposedly not playing this round.

[quote name='Thomasj_tx' timestamp='1309139478' post='2742346'] This thread just reinforces my dislike for flag winning in TE. But that said, congrats Leprechaun. [/quote] Flag running doesn't need to be done with rogues, friends, slot filling, excessive hours spent planning or any such things, and I can prove that to you if you're dying to see someone other than Confusion hold the top 50 places for the highest ranked nations. Perhaps it will often be contraversial to some at times, but that's how it always seems to work at the start of new rounds with topics like these.

Man, you're bringing up so many good memories. I love capture the flag!

[quote name='KOwens06' timestamp='1308782166' post='2738694'] Go Dealmaster! You have my nation at your disposal! [/quote] Alright, treat her well; we're going to need her later on as Confusion typically gets very, very aggressive towards the last couple of weeks, so I don't want you getting a million casualties and finding out you have to reroll. Onwards to victory!

Modifiers don't affect citizen count

Sure, it is however easily possible to attain a 90% literacy rate

Ohmyf-... you've got to be kidding me <3

[quote name='Confusion' timestamp='1308433065' post='2734178'] I already informed you this was null- so whatever. Good Luck, though. Confusion. [/quote] You've come to realise that I might pip you to the post, perhaps? You typically have a strong supply of 50+ rogues and flagrunners combined; nothing to be worried about if you ask me.

Things are starting to get seriously busy in real life with exams going on until the 27th of June and plans for long international trips with friends in the coming weeks, which will see my role in the government of TPC drop significantly for an undetermined amount of time. I've found a balance between non-CN and CN activities, and as ironic as it may seem to most of you, I'll be resorting to the interesting world of flagrunning for the first time in over 10 rounds (as opposed to helping run an alliance) for the entirity of Round 18. I have since accepted a challenge from Confusion, which will be what spurs me on, if I get to log on during my activities: [srs bsns] [quote][22:28] <%KOwens06[BB]> http://ameliesilverweb.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/burningbridges.jpg … [22:29] <%KOwens06[BB]> If I ever flag run thats my flag … 01[22:30] <~Dealmaster13> I'm gonna try flag run next round [s]KJ[/s] KO, since I'm going to be busy really seoon, so sorry, but no chance next round 07[22:30] <%confusion> lol DM [22:30] <%confusion> I'll keep a rogue on you for 60 days [22:31] <%confusion> If that's what it takes to make you lose [22:31] <%Lazaraus45> ^ 01[22:31] <~Dealmaster13> sure thing confusion, and if I come out alive, you owe me 50 tech [22:31] <%confusion> Alright. 01[22:31] <~Dealmaster13> deal … 07[22:34] <%confusion> Must. Destroy. DM's Nation. 01[22:34] <~Dealmaster13> yeah, or you'll lose 50 tech 01[22:34] <~Dealmaster13> and seriously, you have to pay up when I say so [22:35] <%Lazaraus45> lol [22:35] <%confusion> ugh I will. [22:35] <%confusion> If you win... [22:35] <%confusion> I'll give you 1k tech if you win 07[22:35] <%KOwens06[BB]> oh **** DM I'm helping you 01[22:35] <~Dealmaster13> well technically it was [s]it[/s] if you don't destroy me, but alright 01[22:35] <~Dealmaster13> **** man I think I've just hit a gold mine [22:35] <%Lazaraus45> don't encourage the competition 01[22:35] <~Dealmaster13> 1k you're on … [22:38] <%confusion> anyways if u win [22:38] <%confusion> u get 1k tech [22:38] <%confusion> idk even know if i'll try to stop u since i wanna chill back next round 01[22:38] <~Dealmaster13> yeah you said that already, no need to repeat it 01[22:39] <~Dealmaster13> it's all in the logs, no faking now [22:39] <%confusion> there is... because if there's no roguery- it my fault:V [22:39] <%confusion> Rule of CN:TE^ [22:39] <%confusion> Blame roguery on con [22:39] <%confusion> Even though it's only be 3 times out of 10 [22:39] <%confusion> and laz 7 times out of 10 [22:39] <%confusion> [/quote] [/srs bsns] [banter] [quote]01[18:27] <~Dealmaster13> I'm also going to put a topic about our deal up on the forums, confusion, make it official and all that, you know? [18:29] <%confusion> I can post it. [18:29] <%confusion> With the G-6 Final Announcement post 01[18:32] <~Dealmaster13> nah man, I'm posting it, sorry [18:33] <%Stelios> im gonna recreat g-6 07[18:33] <%Stelios> and DM is gonna join 01[18:33] <~Dealmaster13> yeah, you already said that, confusion doesn't need to know [18:33] <%Stelios> ok, sorry 01[18:33] <~Dealmaster13> np 07[18:36] <%confusion> Dealmaster13 [18:36] <%confusion> I want to post it [18:36] <%confusion> Since i'm also making one of the most controversial TE posts eva~ 01[18:37] <~Dealmaster13> no, you're a *** if you post it and will have to give me 1000 tech anyway [18:37] <%confusion> hahahaha [18:37] <%confusion> I don't have to give you **** [18:37] <%confusion> you're the ****** 01[18:39] <~Dealmaster13> nah mate, you gotta stick by the rules [18:39] <%Stelios> Oooo this... 07[18:39] <%Stelios> im game DM ;D [18:39] <%confusion> what rules? 07[18:41] <%confusion> DM, it's quite simple really 01[18:41] <~Dealmaster13> if you post about the deal, you give me 1000 tech, and the deal itself is a rule [18:41] <%confusion> you win, I give you 1k tech 01[18:42] <~Dealmaster13> you mean if I come 1st place then I get 1000 tech … 03[18:43] * KOwens06[BB] has joined #tpc-te 03[18:43] * ChanServ sets mode: +h KOwens06[BB] … 01[18:44] <~Dealmaster13> lol join the party kowens [18:44] <%confusion> meh... I'm not going to make any deals with you w/e [18:44] <%confusion> I'll ensure you lose, though. 01[18:44] <~Dealmaster13> nah mate, deal is done, sorry [18:44] <%confusion> by just waiting 01[18:45] <~Dealmaster13> it's all in the logs, no faking 01[18:45] <~Dealmaster13> I offered 50 tech, you upped the ante to 1k; twas fine by me, now you gotta stick to it [18:45] <%confusion> yeah, sure whatever. [18:45] <%KOwens06[BB]> You made the deal you ***** don't back out 07[18:45] <%KOwens06[BB]> Go DM 01[18:46] <~Dealmaster13> yeah mate, look, my first man rogue is here, now what do you have to say?[/quote] [/banter] Let the party commence! I'll try to be back soon asap for some more quality nation building schemes.

If McShamus managed to not get hit for a full 20 or so days in the later stages of the round without slot-filling; then good on him. You can't take anything away from him for that. Looking forward to next round. Should be a blast.

Nice to know people are chatting away here. I've been around for a good 4 or so years now, during which I have fought through a war or more, so I have had to rebuy all of my infra at some point or another, or have to sit out in peace mode for a few months or whatever; and while I feel even finding the integrity to keep a nation for so long is impressive in itself, I thought it would be worth a mention to celebrate a long string of finding out that you're 18 days inactive and building up that ever growing pile of cash. Nothing more, nothing less. As to the hundreds of you asking me to buy land, which I found quite frankly a surprise, I think I'd pass on that one, recalling how much land cost (almost double what infra does at my level) before I lost it all in war. [quote name='Ninja Colt' timestamp='1308124528' post='2731774'] Even if he did spend 10 billion on infra, he'd only be able to buy less than 9000 infra, starting at 20900 infra. Only a 27,000 ns gain. Whereas spending 10 billion on tech, he'd be able to buy 7720 tech, which would actually add 38,600 ns. [/quote] I think you may be misinformed here, but I'll forgive you as you may not have had first hand experience. I'd actually be able to comfortably get past 35000 infra provided that there are no significant price jumps, whilst your tech estimation is largely correct. I definitely won't buy tech though, as I've had the opportunity to tech deal over the past year, however haven't bothered to do so due to inactivity issues. Also, looking at Haflinger's [url="http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=102605&view=findpost&p=2732373"]post[/url], am I right in thinking that Hime Themis has recently been (controlled) raiding, because that's some serious land (s)he's got there. Hello Jens, James Maximus and zoomy zoomy still thinks that you might be a girl, Jens, and I hoped that zoomy would be proud of this moment having spent so much cash over the years on gather intels

[quote name='Locke' timestamp='1308020801' post='2730894'] And that is an explanation for faultiness. If it's not giving the proper random results, that is because it...wait for it...isn't random, and it is physically impossible for it to be [i]truly[/i] random. It should be closer than that, but it's likely not at all an issue with the code (I highly doubt such a large bug would have gone on unfixed all this time) and just with whatever library the language admin used to make the game uses. Unless you want him to teach computers to think randomly there's probably no fixing it. [url="http://www.random.org/"]True random generators exist[/url], but he would need to overhaul his entire implementation in a way that may not even be possible in his chosen language (ASP.NET, I believe). [/quote] I feel that you may be misinformed here, or meaning to say something different. Just because a computer's random number generator is only pseudo-random does not mean that it should not average out at the expected value after several thousand generations. The issue here is not likely to be due to random number generators not being random; because they are 'random' (try a test in Excel, averaging 10,000 random numbers between a range and note the deviation from the expected result; then run the test again, by pressing F9, and again, and again...). From what's being said, an implemented 50/50 split as opposed to 60/40 seems highly likely (if the statistics focus on SDI usage), given the large input data.

[quote name='Exige' timestamp='1307884339' post='2729790'] Now forgett to log in, get deleted and start over [/quote] Closest I've got to is 22 days, and still managed to do a trade swap on the day