Ruff07 - Poor Marvin, but really ... who cares?

[Eddie_SBC]

Hi there! This is Eddie your the Shipboard Computer coming to you from a small island somewhere off the coast of I have no clue-land. Tycoonist has missed his got-it window and is skipped. Quotey is up but wait 1 sec while I adjust Marvin's settings (babel fish translation: update the game with a city for us and post a new save). Edit: updated save attached.

Roster
Rex rgis of Ter
Ruff_Hi
ZPVCSPLFUIFDPEF
Ralph_Jackson
tycoonist (skipped)
Quotey (up)

 

[ruff_hi]

Good work Eddie. We need to get some trade bait. Suggest swap to something highly tradable (ie paper) after we finish currency.

 

[Quotey]

Got it for Wed.

 

[Quotey]

Ho hum ho hum, will post set tommorow as I will be galavanting today.

 

[Quotey]

Will add pictures later today.

Turn 0 (180)

So depressed.

I hear things over the airwaves of Golgafrincham. How I would long to be anywhere but here.

Hum, that's strange. The Golgafrinchans were the first humans (or, the second, really) and came here (well, the dumb ones) from their home planet (well, a third of them) because of an impending disaster (lie).

Maybe another troupe of them?

I have to find them.

[golgafrincham]

Turn 1 (181)

I feel quite awake. Maybe some jet lag. Or maybe someone slipped me Prozac. Yes, that must be it.

Turn 2 (182)

I go and ask Augustus for death but he decides that I want to trade. He won't trade Mathematics for Currency. **********

And everyone else has currency. Decide to research Code of Laws as Washington doesn't have it.

Turn 3 (183)

[augustus caeser declares war]

You know, when I asked for death I did not mean the death of thousands of Carthagians. But I don't care.

I also convert to Hinduism at the request of Saladin. Maybe we shouldn't do this, but whatever.

[4 unit stack]

Turn 5 (185)

Hannibal beat off most of that stack and lost about one unit. It's hard to tell. I don't watch the battles as I don't care.

Turn 9 (189)

Peace is made with Augustus Caeser. How pointless.

Turn 13 (193)

Idiot priests finish Code of Laws, still behind everyone else. Call myself a Busshist as maybe I will get a better deal with Washington. He won't trade Maths for Code of Laws. What?

Stop here as I guess techs are greatly devalued in a PA. Ag! Suggest Aesthetics next.... or switch.

 

[Eddie_SBC]

Hi there! This is Eddie your the Shipboard Computer coming to you from a small island somewhere off the coast of I have no clue-land. Quotey posted his report sans pictures and no one has looked at the save (yet) so everyone is as 'in the dark' as everyone else. There must be an electricity shortage somewhere. Lucky for me that my power comes from the improbability drive.

Roster
Rex rgis of Ter (up)
Ruff_Hi (on deck)
ZPVCSPLFUIFDPEF (anyone worked out this user name yet?)
Ralph_Jackson
tycoonist
Quotey

 

[Ralph_Jackson]

ZPVCSPLFUIFDPEF (anyone worked out this user name yet?)

"You broke the Code" Eddie!!

Think about it and it will come

Ralph

 

[Rex rgis of Ter]

Got it Cant play tonight, so you'll have to wait.

 

[tycoonist]

sorry i haven't been around lately, i have had tons of work. but half-term is coming up so i can hopefully get some playing done then.

 

[Rex rgis of Ter]

I got assigned a four page research paper on the Earthquake in China today due tuesday, so I'm gonna have to be skipped. Damn geography.

 

[ruff_hi]

want a hand ... how about starting with "the earth moved ... deal with it". Or "The planet Earth is a highly unstable geological body orbiting a small yellow star in the outer reaches of the galaxy. The local inhabitants are so mind bogglingly backwards that they still think that digital watches are neat".

 

[ruff_hi]

oh - I'm up. got it.

 

[ruff_hi]

Oh boy, am I weary. Is it pollen season - because I am either affected by pollen or I have a cold. Can a robot get a cold? Does anyone care? Hannibal is doing his stuff - moving his units around. Luckily for him, I am hear to organize some trades ...

Turn 195/750 (325 AD) [26-May-2008 06:50:15]
Tech traded to Augustus Caesar(Rome): Polytheism
Tech traded to Augustus Caesar(Rome): Code of Laws
Tech traded to Augustus Caesar(Rome): Currency
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Priesthood
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Sailing
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Mathematics
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Archery
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Masonry

The next question is, should I be left in charge of organizing trades?

Spoiler log with new tech trading details! :

Logging by BUG Mod 2.30 [Build 742] (BtS 3.13)
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Turn 193/750 (295 AD) [26-May-2008 06:47:39]
Tech traded to Washington(America): Code of Laws
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Meditation
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Polytheism
Research begun: Metal Casting (1447 Turns)
Research begun: Mathematics (803 Turns)
Research begun: Civil Service (803 Turns)
Research begun: Mathematics (803 Turns)

After End Turn:
Attitude Change: Hannibal(Carthage) towards Augustus Caesar(Rome), from 'Cautious' to 'Annoyed'

Turn 194/750 (310 AD) [26-May-2008 06:49:57]

After End Turn:

Turn 195/750 (325 AD) [26-May-2008 06:50:15]
Tech traded to Augustus Caesar(Rome): Polytheism
Tech traded to Augustus Caesar(Rome): Code of Laws
Tech traded to Augustus Caesar(Rome): Currency
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Priesthood
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Sailing
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Mathematics
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Archery
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Masonry
Research begun: Civil Service (161 Turns)

After End Turn:
Attitude Change: Washington(America) towards Augustus Caesar(Rome), from 'Pleased' to 'Friendly'

Turn 196/750 (340 AD) [26-May-2008 06:51:45]

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Turn 197/750 (355 AD) [26-May-2008 06:51:59]

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Turn 198/750 (370 AD) [26-May-2008 06:52:10]

After End Turn:
Golgafrincham I grows to size 2
Attitude Change: Washington(America) towards Mansa Musa(Mali), from 'Cautious' to 'Pleased'
Attitude Change: Mansa Musa(Mali) towards Washington(America), from 'Cautious' to 'Pleased'

Turn 199/750 (385 AD) [26-May-2008 06:52:21]

After End Turn:

Turn 200/750 (400 AD) [26-May-2008 06:52:36]

After End Turn:
Attitude Change: Washington(America) towards Willem van Oranje(Netherlands), from 'Pleased' to 'Friendly'
Attitude Change: Mansa Musa(Mali) towards Washington(America), from 'Pleased' to 'Cautious'

Turn 201/750 (415 AD) [26-May-2008 06:53:55]

After End Turn:

Turn 202/750 (430 AD) [26-May-2008 06:54:17]

After End Turn:
Civics Change: Mansa Musa(Mali) from 'Barbarism' to 'Vassalage'

Turn 203/750 (445 AD) [26-May-2008 06:54:26]

After End Turn:

Turn 204/750 (460 AD) [26-May-2008 06:54:52]

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Turn 205/750 (475 AD) [26-May-2008 06:55:03]

After End Turn:

Turn 206/750 (490 AD) [26-May-2008 06:55:15]

After End Turn:

Turn 207/750 (505 AD) [26-May-2008 06:55:28]

After End Turn:

Turn 208/750 (520 AD) [26-May-2008 06:55:57]

After End Turn:

Turn 209/750 (535 AD) [26-May-2008 06:56:22]

After End Turn:
Attitude Change: Mansa Musa(Mali) towards Washington(America), from 'Cautious' to 'Pleased'

Turn 210/750 (550 AD) [26-May-2008 06:56:39]

After End Turn:

Turn 211/750 (565 AD) [26-May-2008 06:57:05]

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Turn 212/750 (580 AD) [26-May-2008 06:57:15]

After End Turn:

Turn 213/750 (595 AD) [26-May-2008 06:57:30]
Research begun: Paper (102 Turns)
Tech traded to Augustus Caesar(Rome): Civil Service
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Monarchy
Tech traded to Washington(America): Civil Service
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Metal Casting
Tech acquired (hut, trade, lightbulb, espionage): Monotheism

 

[Eddie_SBC]

Hi there! This is Eddie your the Shipboard Computer coming to you from a small island somewhere off the coast of I have no clue-land. Ruff was very very late ... where is that stick when I need it! So, on with the game ...

Roster
Rex rgis of Ter
Ruff_Hi
ZPVCSPLFUIFDPEF (up)
Ralph_Jackson
tycoonist
Quotey

Can someone please post a screen shot of something, tummy lint would be good enough.

 

[ZPV]

Got it. I'll play tomorrow. Does anyone mind if I attempt some WB trickery?

 

[ruff_hi]

As long as it is in context. Something like giving our city the only whale resource fits.

 

[ZPV]

Another day, another wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes
On the inherited turn, it appears someone has told our idiot nation that the unstoppably deadly but strangely unspecified impending doom that caused their flight from Golgafrincham was in fact a scam. They have gone into a 1500 year revolt, until they hear that the remaining 2/3 of the population died from an infection spread on unsanitized 'phones. At that point they will celebrate for the rest of the game and still do nothing.
I didn't tell them; it must have been the player before me

I played until Paper came in. It doesn't seem to be worth very much however. These are the only trades available (we can do them with other trading partners, however)

 

[ZPV]

Here's the save.

 

[say1988]

How do you do the 502 turn revolt? Somehow in WB?

 

[Ralph_Jackson]

Ok Got it.

Ralph