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http://www.mmosbg.com/ Hey all, you guys might have noticed the banner that replaced Fonger's ad (Fonger, noooo ). Well I checked it out and it's a pretty awesome game (well...I have no idea wtf it is, but it looks awesome!)
So if you wanna join us just go to the ad and make an account on board 1 (The first one when you go to select a board).
So far we have.
(If they're not listed here AND they don't have a TL or Starcraft related logo/name, you can attack them)
Falcynn (my main is sleepytoss though, so you can attack Falcynn) Chezinu CaucasianAsian Yubee JeeJee (hait2) Syxygy SuperiorWolf evanthebouncy! LemonWalrus wolfy4033 Cascade Ra.Xor.2 zdd Caller Sadir (pflaume) wswordsmen Randombum Jyvblamo Solarian MasterOfChaos Raithed
I'm light blue, chezinu's a lighter blue, and CaucasianAsian is teal. You can tell who they are since they made/are making T L signs. And I'm to the right of them owning the purple dude.
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i just joned, i'm the dark blue guy. i tried to kill pyramids and light green a bit to the bottom & left of your SS how do you get more turns?
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I think we get more turns at after a certain time (tomorrow, in a few hours...not sure). They don't have a FAQ though so I guess we just have to figure everything out ourselves =/
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i tried to write "TL ROX" but i ran out of yellow squares
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I joined in but I don't know how to play Sky blue~
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Awesome. However I'd recommend we each stockpile some moves in case of emergencies.
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Zomg it needs to refresh each time I place a square. Well, there are 4 baby blue squares there, protect them, for they are the spawn of Lemonwalrus.
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On July 02 2008 04:32 Lemonwalrus wrote: Zomg it needs to refresh each time I place a square. Well, there are 4 baby blue squares there, protect them, for they are the spawn of Lemonwalrus. When you place a square it takes you to a page with a "before" square and an "after square". You can actually use the after square to place more squares on the field.
However sometimes it's nice to be able to see the whole field while you're placing them, in that case you have to refresh after each move
Edit: also, are you flrk or Ben? Edit2: It seems Knutt is a former champion, let's take him down fast!
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Registered~ed! Lemme read the tutorial or w/e
edit: I'm writing MJY in the middle of the board :D -_- why am I the same color as like 5 people?
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I am registered as Lemonwalrus.
I will use the rest of my moves in a bit with falcynn's advice.
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On July 02 2008 04:49 Superiorwolf wrote: Registered~ed! Lemme read the tutorial or w/e
edit: I'm writing MJY in the middle of the board :D -_- why am I the same color as like 5 people? I dunno, I just sent a request to have my icon changed to a picture of a falcon.
http://www.mmosbg.com/custom.html
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I don't get it rofl... I just used my color to patched in all the TL w/ missing limbs.
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I just invaded some guy towards the bottom on the right side, hope it wasn't one of you. I also have a hidden block in case his retaliation eliminates that outpost. I'm lame.
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On July 02 2008 05:36 evanthebouncy! wrote: I don't get it rofl... I just used my color to patched in all the TL w/ missing limbs. That means you are attacking TL people! Sabotage!!
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oh i get it, just a rip off of Go, and probability in it too haha
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not that's not us, he was in the lead win we started playing.
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This game is actually pretty cool. Do you think one of you could make the image in my TL profile into a 25X25 gif?
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here u go, looks nothing like a lemon nor walrus haha
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Kind of doesn't look that great when reduced.
Edit: nooo, beaten
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Thanks guys!
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AHhahA his software is clearly superior to mspaint
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i finished my little domination of light green and pyramids. im attacking those weird red things in top right now.
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Lol, just started. Im in the lower right somewhere.
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On July 02 2008 08:21 JeeJee wrote: i finished my little domination of light green and pyramids. im attacking those weird red things in top right now. Yes! Help me comrade!
Edit: omg, the chicks just pwned that red dude.
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OK, im in on this as well. I'm trying a hardcore macro approach with spaced out tiles so I can get many free squares when I fill it up later. Assuming, as with all macro builds, that noone disturbes me meanwhile.
EDIT: reread the rules, and it turns out that I can only get extra squares by stealing them from others, not from white ones, so my macro approach is completely pointless and is only opening me up for attacks. Dont do like I did!!
Also discovered you can see who it is by hovering the mouse over a square.
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Is someone here sleepytoss? If so then I'll go north to wage war on the cherries ;o
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syx just killed one of your tiles to kill the duckies, you can kill one of mine to kill knott if you want edit: Where did the duckies top right come from! must kill them!! edit2: thats you falc head north and kill!
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Nah it's cool, I think I might have killed one of yours before I figured out how to play ;o
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ok, well it's next hour time to move!
edit: this game is more fun than I though it would be edit2: ugh, we just got taxed again..
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im gonna try this... reg as Ra.Xor.2
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On July 02 2008 08:36 Cascade wrote: That is my real name he has highlighted in skype...I'm fucking famous now!
And that is the same place I put winamp on my screen, we are awesome.
/lameness
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OMG TEAL blocked me from finishing MJY!!! KILL HIM
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On July 02 2008 09:10 Syxygy wrote: Is someone here sleepytoss? If so then I'll go north to wage war on the cherries ;o That's me as well didn't see any rules against 2 accounts so I made one just for shits and giggles
I'll probably use him as a tile farm to make revenge hits when necessary.
On July 02 2008 10:34 Superiorwolf wrote: OMG TEAL blocked me from finishing MJY!!! KILL HIM You're attacking lemonwalrus, wtf?
Edit: and Cascade's macro strategy isn't working
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Damnit Superiorwolf, stop absorbing me!
I didn't know what you were going for.
Edit: And by the time Cascade wakes up, flytrap will have destroyed half of his grid.
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Awww damn it. When you get your icon changed it only effects future tiles you place, the ones you already have in play stay the same stupid color
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On July 02 2008 09:57 Lemonwalrus wrote:That is my real name he has highlighted in skype...I'm fucking famous now! And that is the same place I put winamp on my screen, we are awesome. /lameness
haha, yeah I saw you were playing as well and I was about to ask you for strategy, but then changed my mind and just went for the macro strategy. Which turned out to be a mistake. I'll just ask you next time. Also note the time 1.31am... I hate teamliquid for the sleep it is stealing from me.
I looked at another board, and the most successful players are like everywhere on the board. Also, one of the top players was drifty, the guy with the blue man sitting on something yellow, and he is just infiltrating everyone everywhere on our board. So Ill change strategy and just infiltrate any (non TL) players. And by infiltrate I mean steal their empty spaces that the tax creates.
TL FIGHTING!!
EDIT: Yep, Im fairly convinced that infiltration is the way to go. Even if you just put a new tile completely on its own it still got a decent probablity to turn a adjecent tile white, or make it yours. If it turns white, just follow up, and you will have a better chance on the second shot since you already have a tile nearby that reinforced your probability. I just got 7 bonus tiles from my 40 that I places, and I destroyed maybe 30-40 tiles for other players. So just infiltrate the hell out of everyone (but CHECK WITH THE PLAYER LIST IN THE OP FIRST!! no friendly fire plz) and we will DOMINATE!! My macro idea was probably the worst possible way to play this.
i also emailed a custom tile . Let's all make that to easier see who we should not infiltrate, and to display our awesomeness. It's like 1 min to open paint resize to 25x25, draw "TL" in random color, save as "gif" and mail to them.
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what tax? i'm so confused i just attacked the crap out of wasabijoe, stealing like all of his squares, propelling me in top 20 with 57 under my control!
I also emailed a custom logo to mmosbg ok so it's not TL but pretty obvious anyway
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I just did a two pronged attack against the chicks and the red kanji dude. However the chicks still have 20 moves left so I kept a reserve in preparation for her counter attack.
It seems Syxygy is getting the hang of things, he was in the top 20 for a while.
Also as I said, I'll be using sleepy as a tile reserve to take revenge hits on people. If anyone needs help just ask and I'll try to send some over (then I'll let you kill sleepy's tiles once the threat is gone).
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Nobody here is ophelia right? I just noticed they were attacking one of the TL signs so I sent a few (...ok the rest) of sleepy's tiles there.
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I just spent 46 moves with cascades strategy. I am ranked second right now, with sleepytoss behind me. TL internet owning has commenced.
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More strategy thoughts:
I think in early game, as in plenty of open space as it is now, it is probably more important to get more tiled yourself than to destroy your oponents. At least as long as they dont get too big. And to get as many tiles as possible you must feed of the other players. The more spread out the other player, the easier to feed of him. (which made my "macro" strat a VERY easy prey)
So you dont want to attack a solid block just for your own good. For destroying a powerful opponent i tmay be neded later on, but not early game imo. If you find holes in it it may be a good idea to infiltrate though.
And the very best scenario is if you find some n00b (like us) that has their tiles in more or less the same area, but with lots of holes in it. Then you can abuse the holes and you will get many of the opponents tiles forf free since you will have so many other tiles close by yourself.
Infiltrate is good, but it may be a bit more agressive that what is strictly neccessary as of yet. So to "macro up" what we should do is to eat the other newbs that cant defend themselves properly.
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im caller
i have a septic colored blob in the top middle-right
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After observing this game for a while I think the best way to get ahead is to just put a couple of tiles in so you can start getting 2 tiles per turn instead of 1, then just hold back and mass tiles for a while. Then after you have enough start invading/absorbing smaller blobs and spread yourself out a lot.
That's kind of what I've been doing with sleepytoss and he's doing awesome. With Falcynn I've just been trying to establish one large blob and while it worked for a bit, I'm starting to get my ass kicked now.
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Vatican City State1176 Posts
a browser game?
Im in, I am pflaume, no clue what I am doing ^^
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Vatican City State1176 Posts
there is definitely too much thought in this, and I drank sth today, so Im out
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On July 03 2008 08:16 Sadir wrote: there is definitely too much thought in this, and I drank sth today, so Im out There's really not that much thought in it. Just start placing your tiles randomly and you'll slowly start to understand.
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i still don't have my custom icon blah
just trying to stay above 81 squares for now to keep up extra production =)
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WOOT!!! I am ranked #1 on our board right now. Don't think it will last too long though.
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I'm in and have no idea what to do.
Currently surrounding the stray squares of other players.
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On July 03 2008 10:46 Lemonwalrus wrote: WOOT!!! I am ranked #1 on our board right now. Don't think it will last too long though. haha yeah, you and me (sleepytoss, I'm getting my ass kicked with Falcynn) are ranked 4th and 5th right now.
Also if anyone's still paying attention to this thread, let's try to absorb non-TLers who are ranked in the top 10. This way all of us TLers can grow while bringing down everyone else.
Edit: Oh and Solarian, you got the general idea. Just spread out and try to absorb/destroy other peoples tiles. A peaceful strategy probably isn't going to work well this far in the game. Here are the rules if you haven't read them yet. http://www.mmosbg.com/game.php
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I've been busy, just got back home and moved now I'm in 14th place, lol
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On July 03 2008 12:16 Solarian wrote: Currently surrounding the stray squares of other players.
I think this is the way to grow yourself the fastest. Macro mode.
On July 03 2008 13:53 Falcynn wrote: Also if anyone's still paying attention to this thread, let's try to absorb non-TLers who are ranked in the top 10. This way all of us TLers can grow while bringing down everyone else.
This is agressive mode, to infiltrate the other top players.
We are sc-players! Let's all macro up, and then switch to agressive with EH-HAN TIMING!! So my advice atm is to find the most spread out n00bs and feed on them.
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i'm losing hope for this game mostly because I AM NOT GETTING MY CUSTOM LOGO AND MY COLOR IS SO GENERIC blah =(
do they email u back if they decide not to accept the custom logo or what..?
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It took less than a day for them to update my logo, but it won't change previous tiles But they didn't change lemonwalrus's yet either so maybe it'll just take a while.
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I signed up under this name, I am currently in 16th. Signed up yesterday but didn't mention it.
edit: I emailed mine a few hours ago (6-8) and it is up already try sending it again, or a different one.
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I'm playing a bit too. But what I hate is that taxholes appear next to me, and when I want to fix them, I automatically grow into another TL-member. Sorry JeeJee. On the other hand solarian is eating me^^
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based off of the thread name on the left hand side, i thought it was about kpop star boa
talk about disappointment
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This is really confusing, but I think its just place a buttload of squares down and take out neighbors who arin't tl?
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On July 05 2008 17:21 MasterOfChaos wrote: On the other hand solarian is eating me^^
Woops, I guess I'll watch where I go.
I hate the fact that it automatically eats people when I only want eat to devour those not from TL.
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I got pwned overnight, just like cascade predicted I would if I didn't shore up the borders to my base on the right edge.
Looks like this game is quickly coming to a close though, so I will try my luck on the next one.
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Syxygy move now and secure your top 10 rank! you don't have much time!
edit: only 161 squares left! edit2: zomg! cascade you need to move you have 131 more moves and almost all the blank squares are by you! you can make top 10 ez! edit3: too late syx me and you just got attacked, but lemon just moved and now is in 10th edit4: 93 more spaces!
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Woot! I was able to squeeze into the top ten!
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Just made a large block some distance to the right of lemonwalrus's blob.
Hope I gave you enough space ^_^
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woot im first! more moves
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damn, I was on iccup and missed the transition
setting up bottom right~
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Alright, from now on I'm going to use sleepytoss as my main character and use Falcynn to harass everyone in the top 10 (who aren't TLers). Or I might switch back and forth, whatever.
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Opps, crap I just screwed up, sorry walrus
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On July 06 2008 09:13 wswordsmen wrote: Opps, crap I just screwed up, sorry walrus haha, I just noticed what you did and came into this thread to say WHAT THE FUCK MAN!?!?!
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On July 06 2008 09:19 Falcynn wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2008 09:13 wswordsmen wrote: Opps, crap I just screwed up, sorry walrus haha, I just noticed what you did and came into this thread to say WHAT THE FUCK MAN!?!?! lol, guess lemon needs a new spot..that is so funny you completely surrounded him! I thought it was going to be just a little damage.
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On July 06 2008 09:13 wswordsmen wrote: Opps, crap I just screwed up, sorry walrus Well, I guess I am switching into 'infiltrate mode' a bit earlier than I expected. No hard feelings
Edit: Just let me hold on to those spaces inside long enough to get a good amount of tiles elsewhere, if possible. Although I guess you don't really control that, so nevermind.
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On second thought, lets take this outside.
I hayt u.
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Great, now Kestrel is encroaching on both of us and the person I infiltrated is fighting back...this doesn't look good.
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it is definitely gang up on Lemonwalrus day
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Set up a little something on the leftern edge of the board. Is iheartflan part of tl?
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My username is Jyvblamo @ board1.
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jyvblamo you are becoming bait..hehe
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Yeah, my next attempt will be a ball. I played my moves before I read the rules. t_t
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On July 06 2008 11:54 Jyvblamo wrote: I played my moves before I read the rules.
that sounds cool edit: I don't know what it is b/c moves and rules don't rhyme but still sounds poetic..I think it is the beat (i played my moves)[4] and (I read the rules)[4]
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I'm going to need help mid-right, can someone help kill yuenmei from the top while I come from bottom.
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Aw crap, I think I might get banned from this game eventually. I just made a couple more accounts with made up emails to see if there was a maximum you could have. I guess the creator just hasn't put anything in place yet =/
I ain't gonna tell you guys my other accounts though (you'll probably figure them out anyways, shouldn't be hard).
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fuck falcynn i just attacked u by accident me bad
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On July 06 2008 12:32 Caller wrote: fuck falcynn i just attacked u by accident me bad eh? don't worry, I'm using Falcynn purely to bring non-TLers down. Sleepytoss is my main.
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On July 06 2008 12:32 Caller wrote: fuck falcynn i just attacked u by accident me bad You attacked him after you steamrolled 4 of my tiles.
Friendly fire is gonna take me out of this game if you guys don't ease up.
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jeejee just killed one of my tiles,
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Raithed
add me to the list. and im invading you all like the mofoing plague.
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On July 06 2008 12:34 Lemonwalrus wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2008 12:32 Caller wrote: fuck falcynn i just attacked u by accident me bad You attacked him after you steamrolled 4 of my tiles. Friendly fire is gonna take me out of this game if you guys don't ease up. immah sorry
it was so vulnurable looking T_T
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Alright, I have resecured the bottom corner, stay away TLers, because I has a knife.
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Practice just killed nine of my squares.
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LOL, damn solariarn you built like a line of tiles where I want to expand >.<
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I think I might have accidentally invaded you... ;_;
sorry...
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Just a heads up, board one seems to give you your new tiles at about 19 after the hour.
I'm getting too into this.
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I don't care if I win this one, my only goal is to make sure that Kestrel does not make it into the top ten, the bastard will not let me get above 40 tiles.
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im dead, everyone is invading me..
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On July 07 2008 06:23 Lemonwalrus wrote: I don't care if I win this one, my only goal is to make sure that Kestrel does not make it into the top ten, the bastard will not let me get above 40 tiles. Don't worry, I'll make sure he pays!
Well...later, I don't want to waste anymore moves right now
...=/
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On July 07 2008 07:38 Falcynn wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2008 06:23 Lemonwalrus wrote: I don't care if I win this one, my only goal is to make sure that Kestrel does not make it into the top ten, the bastard will not let me get above 40 tiles. Don't worry, I'll make sure he pays! Well...later, I don't want to waste anymore moves right now ...=/ Idk, he is pretty close to me, so you might hurt me too.
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On July 07 2008 07:44 Lemonwalrus wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2008 07:38 Falcynn wrote:On July 07 2008 06:23 Lemonwalrus wrote: I don't care if I win this one, my only goal is to make sure that Kestrel does not make it into the top ten, the bastard will not let me get above 40 tiles. Don't worry, I'll make sure he pays! Well...later, I don't want to waste anymore moves right now ...=/ Idk, he is pretty close to me, so you might hurt me too. Don't worry, I'll be gentle
Also just wondering, TheSteve wouldn't happen to be fakesteve would he? Because if not I'm going to attack him after I'm done with kestrel.
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I was thinking that too, but I am guessing he would have posted in the thread or something.
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Sleepytoss is in first with me close behind.
We should turn the top ten into all TL members. ^^
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On July 07 2008 09:50 Solarian wrote:Sleepytoss is in first with me close behind. We should turn the top ten into all TL members. ^^ That's what I'm trying. I'm using my smurfs to attack all of the top 10 non-TLers ^_^
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So is solarian TL or not because he has a TL sig, but he's attacking me.
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On July 07 2008 09:50 Solarian wrote:Sleepytoss is in first with me close behind. We should turn the top ten into all TL members. ^^
On July 07 2008 10:51 randombum wrote: So is solarian TL or not because he has a TL sig, but he's attacking me.
NM I Can't read in that case stop fugging attacking me.
Edit: can somebody make me a custom TL sign since I seem to be computer illiterate and can't figure out resizing in paint. If you want you can send it straight to the custom place for randombum . Instructions on how to resize according to pixels and and % would also be appreciated.
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How to resize in mspaint (for dummies, the blind (who can't read this), and those who haven't experimented with it)
1) Get the image you want into mspaint and have it fill up the entire are (no white), I recommend making the white area well smaller than the image then pasting it in. 2) Image---> Attributes to see what size the image currently is 3) Determine what % you need to scale image by to get desired size 4) Image---> Strech/Skew, use the strech option
I assume you are going to want to measure in Pixels and you might need a calculator to find the percentage to scale.
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On July 07 2008 15:11 wswordsmen wrote: How to resize in mspaint (for dummies, the blind (who can't read this), and those who haven't experimented with it)
1) Get the image you want into mspaint and have it fill up the entire are (no white), I recommend making the white area well smaller than the image then pasting it in. 2) Image---> Attributes to see what size the image currently is 3) Determine what % you need to scale image by to get desired size 4) Image---> Strech/Skew, use the strech option
I assume you are going to want to measure in Pixels and you might need a calculator to find the percentage to scale. lol, I just opened up mspaint and pasted a 25 by 25 pixel image. Then I pasted image I wanted and moved it to the correct spot. Since, only 25 by 25 will be shown. I just opened up another mspaint to resize image, hehe.
edit: I got the 25 by 25 from mmosbg, I used the duckie image, tehe.
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All I did was go to attributes and make it 25 by 25, then I Painted a little TL in there, That works right?
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Yes, it does. And sorry about the attack. Now I check names and ctrl+f to check if it's on the list on the first page.
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Hey! Lemonwalrus finally got his icon! Congrats man ^_^
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Jyvblamo got his too... KoL? :O Have you played in the nethack devnull tourney before too~?
Sleepytoss looks to be the first to 121 though, congrats
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Thanks syxygy
Lemonwalrus: This fucking banana dude's fucking pissed me off so I'm gonna try to fuck his shit up. I'll try not to attack any of your pieces, but if I accidentally hit 2 or 3 of your pieces...well I apologize in advance.
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tony have 100 squares but has 26 moves saved up, so he is kind of in the lead.
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On July 08 2008 07:56 Chezinu wrote: tony have 100 squares but has 26 moves saved up, so he is kind of in the lead. Good call. I'll start attacking him
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On July 08 2008 08:04 Falcynn wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2008 07:56 Chezinu wrote: tony have 100 squares but has 26 moves saved up, so he is kind of in the lead. Good call. I'll start attacking him ok, now you are winning,lol! he now has 121 together. edit: but if he gains more than 26 square from moving by attacking someone he could potentially be in the lead!
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I am having trouble connecting mmosbg, is the site down? Anyone else having trouble? edit: its working now
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On July 08 2008 09:20 Chezinu wrote: I am having trouble connecting mmosbg, is the site down? Anyone else having trouble? edit: its working now
I couldn't get on for a while either. Now it's just really slow, much more than before the downtime.
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I know there's a specific time, around 18 after the hour when we gain squares, but is there a certain time when tax is taken or is it all random?
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On July 08 2008 11:14 Syxygy wrote: I know there's a specific time, around 18 after the hour when we gain squares, but is there a certain time when tax is taken or is it all random? From what some other people have said and from experience I think tax is taken at :49 and only if you've been inactive for a certain amount of time.
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SlayerS_`BoxeR` you must construct additional pylons!
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oops i accidentally ate into randombum wasn't paying attention at all my bad =(
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wait wahat do i need to do?
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dammit Practice, stop attacking my pylon heart
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New board just went up, in case any of you are still playing.
Edit: And congrats on 4th last game syxygy!
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This actually got boring pretty fast =/
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On July 11 2008 04:25 Falcynn wrote: This actually got boring pretty fast =/ Meh, I check it once/twice a day while I am doing my normal internet routine.
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Yay :D
But yeah, it's hard to stay on top of things; you'd have to check pretty often once you get more points, otherwise you'd get raped by tax holes :|
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Alright, this time I know how to play, time to own up the top left corner. ;D
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2 things
1) TL domination in spots 1, 2, and 3.
2) Damn you walrus, just when I think I might start catching up a few tiles by passing 160 first, you go right back and overtake me.
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The three races dominating: Terran, Zerg, and.. bizarre lemon-walrus hybrid!
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Lol, as of this posting though it is Terran, Zerg, and Star of David.
note: Take that walrus I am finally going to start gaining ground on you so there. [/tease]
edit: this game moves fast right now Star of David dropped 2 places.
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i woke up to get absolutely r aped by tax holes and el manu/le manu combo =(
still hanging on to top 10 hopefully won't get raped by this last hole until :19 ... damn maybe i should be just as obvious and create hait3 to piss off others =(
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i joined, but don't think ill ever play it...
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I slept + worked and came back and got right back into 3rd place. I thought I was done for when my boss asked me to stay for an additional 5 hours.
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I joined And have no clue wtf to do
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Gah. I was in the top 10 for one glorious moment this morning. Now I'm back down to 13-17.
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k i just joined and now im looking at a huge board splattered with sc/tl-related squares, wtf am i supposed to do
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On July 14 2008 09:14 tube wrote: k i just joined and now im looking at a huge board splattered with sc/tl-related squares, wtf am i supposed to do
Same here. How can we tell which are TL people? My icon is optimus prime.
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3 of the top 4 are TL! the TL people list is in the OP (you can mouseover an icon to see whose it is), but you can also look for starcraft icons - chances are, they'll be TL.
the current game will be over soon, but the basic game goes like this: depending on how many squares you have on the board, you get new squares every hour that you can place (at xx:19) 1 if you have 0 sq on board 2 if you have 1 3 if you have 41 4 if you have 81 etc.
also, random squares (afaik) become neutral/white at random times (at least i think it's random. iirc someone said xx:49 but that doesn't seem right)
every time you place a square, depending on how many of your own squares you have around it, enemy squares either turn white/neutral or your color.
more details @ http://www.mmosbg.com/game.php
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Basic stratagy: 1) early game place them in a big block (square/rectangles), expand the block as you get more moves. Filling in holes in the block will be your first priority through out the game. 2) Mid-late game you will want to use the "tax" to take holes opened in others large blocks to damage others. 3) Never stop expanding your block even if that shifts to a secondary priority. 4) You will figure out the rest.
Timings New moves: 20 past the hour (at least on my computers clocks) Tax: Unknown I would predict 50 past (theoretically this is the best time to spend your moves. [Immediately after the tax not 50])
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End game it is good to take tax holes in areas populated by a lot of DIFFERENT players, because the probability of expansion is better than if it is just one guy.
Edit: At least it seems to work for me.
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This game I had a pretty good start, building a block off-middle and away from the walls and trying to keep filling in tax holes. But towards mid game, it's key to save up some blocks and take up tax holes in other territorities because they're insulated, and if somebody attacks your expansion they'll hurt other players too. My main block got half-eaten by splatter/h3ri/Knutt, but I'm still in game with expos.
btw is TL- markoman604 someone from here, or somebody taking up the name so they don't get attacked? ;o
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On July 15 2008 03:28 Syxygy wrote: This game I had a pretty good start, building a block off-middle and away from the walls and trying to keep filling in tax holes. But towards mid game, it's key to save up some blocks and take up tax holes in other territorities because they're insulated, and if somebody attacks your expansion they'll hurt other players too. My main block got half-eaten by splatter/h3ri/Knutt, but I'm still in game with expos.
btw is TL- markoman604 someone from here, or somebody taking up the name so they don't get attacked? ;o
You'd be first if you would use your moves =).
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hahaha, I had no idea you were from here too :o so TL has 5 of the top 10 spots~
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How could you. And obviously, we Starcraft players have the mechanics to quickly click those squares ^_^.
The best start imho is to put two squares randomly in to earn that 1 more interest, until you have about 40 (can collect 48 at max or 150% of your squares), and then devour a player to get above 40 fast. After that I dont really now, I guess building your blob is better at first than randomly attacking in the tax holes at first. If you build a tax hole in a players blob he early he will take those back sooner or later. If its late in the game, building randomly works just as good probably, because everyone is all over the place anyway .
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Optimus prime is on the board! Thanks for the posts guys.
On July 15 2008 03:28 Syxygy wrote:btw is TL- markoman604 someone from here, or somebody taking up the name so they don't get attacked? ;o
Hopefully not. I started taking his squares and he hasn't posted. Would be nice to update the list though if it has changed.
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Yay #1 :D We got 1-3~ and hait2 and Jyvblamo got in the top 10 :D
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h3r1n6 sorry about when I attacked you, you were my main competition for 1st other than Syxygy (congratulations on placing 1st).
I did play the end game totally wrong I should have saved up for a few hours instead of going every time I had moves.
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W00t, I finished 10th. ;D
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damn i had a lot of moves leftover, how do you know when the game ends? i might've made higher place instead of 6th = (
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On July 15 2008 10:50 JeeJee wrote: how do you know when the game ends?
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Also, I started near wswordsmen because I figured it was a good idea. Should I move somewhere else instead? I only have a lone optimus there to get extra moves.
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The game ends when the board is full, so when you see the board at about 90% completion you can figure it'll end in several hours. But there's no hard time limit to when the game ends.
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Bottom right corner is probably the best starting spot. Anywhere near top left will get you raaaaped.
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On July 15 2008 11:54 SonuvBob wrote: Bottom right corner is probably the best starting spot. Anywhere near top left will get you raaaaped. I was in the top left all of last game, and I did well.
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I'm sitting this one out, but gl guys, and congrats to the FUCKING FIVE of you that got in the top ten last round. Oh, and syxygy is level 2 now. Or at least I think so, haven't checked though.
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On July 15 2008 10:32 wswordsmen wrote: h3r1n6 sorry about when I attacked you, you were my main competition for 1st other than Syxygy (congratulations on placing 1st).
I did play the end game totally wrong I should have saved up for a few hours instead of going every time I had moves.
Why feel sorry? That is the game. You don't say sorry everytime you kill a unit in sc.
Havin exams this week is just perfect for this game. You just log on every hour to get a short break and put your moves . I'm at home all the time anyway.
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Is there any way to get rid of enemy squares in the middle of your big blocks? You'd think they'd turn neutral at least. I suppose tax might get them eventually...
Edit: Caller did a huge attack on me. That's a little dissapointing .
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On July 17 2008 06:32 Durak wrote:Is there any way to get rid of enemy squares in the middle of your big blocks? You'd think they'd turn neutral at least. I suppose tax might get them eventually... Edit: Caller did a huge attack on me. That's a little dissapointing .
I also attacked you, because you were in the way .
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On July 19 2008 03:24 h3r1n6 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 17 2008 06:32 Durak wrote:Is there any way to get rid of enemy squares in the middle of your big blocks? You'd think they'd turn neutral at least. I suppose tax might get them eventually... Edit: Caller did a huge attack on me. That's a little dissapointing . I also attacked you, because you were in the way .
Ya but yours was tactical. I could have had that ground easily if Caller didn't spend 50 moves surrounding me...
Edit: I'm going to be gone all weekend so don't own me too hard .
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