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As much as I'd like to get behind reducing micro and APM, I don't believe that enabling auto-sell is a good decision. The timing of selling is very important, especially in a 1v1 environment where the cumulative effects of proper timing leads to winning or losing. Auto-selling enabled by defaults leads to new players unknowingly making mistakes. Using alunimum, for example, theres 3 early game cases. Both players mine aluminum --> It's a race to se

Agreed! Thanks All!

As much as I want to get back into an OTC tournament, I have no free time :( Sigh... Good luck to all participants.

1. Is gameslayer playing. If yes > found Robopower at -100. If no > quit and play something else.

[quote who="InSyncOTC" reply="10" id="3607710"] Quoting blackmagic1, reply 8 I'm going to disagree that all the HQ's are balanced at the moment. Scientists have a clear advantage based on the double fuel cost change in beta 8 and 9. Why do you think that 9 times out of 10 the scientific spot is the first one founded and

[quote who="InSyncOTC" reply="8" id="3607446"] Indczn posted a pretty extensive spreadsheet some time ago. http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TTBSBI95C1vhax-jVFCCBu-kyWsnnoWqWvEGOOwvm1c/edit#gid=1677077146 I'm not sure if he keeps it up to date, but in any case it's better than nothing. [/quote] I haven't updated it

Im on steam as well: indczn. Can't miss me. Haven't been around as much lately, woo real life, but feel free to add me. The problem the stock/debt is that its been tweaked so many times that I stopped caring what the formula really is. The important thing is Debt = lower stock price. Cash has a lower effect on stock price, but cash flow is king.

[quote quoting="post"] Good day to everyone, I have purchased this wonderfull game 4 days ago and have 10 hours of gameplay. However i find it a bit dissapointing that a 40€ game (20 with sale) you need to see a youtube link to get a decent tutorial and still don't get one! And now even with these movies and some searches here on the forums i need a few noob questions answered... 1-what do sandstorms do? <span

That won't help. What if theres no cash? Added to debt? Any player will just burn all cash on high end resources for the debt tick.

Killing the main threat is usually the thing to do, no matter what the stock mode is. The only time someone else was purchased happened was they lagged far behind and/or debt spiraled and were cheap. I don't think changing the function of stock is going to change this aspect very much. The cashflow from the subsidiaries will hopefully justify the "investment" into stock, instead of trying to snowball enough cash via resource manipulation to win. Either way, I'm thrille

[quote who="OffworldDermas" reply="19" id="3597854"] Dammit, just missed out! [/quote] Take my spot and play with Tom. Glad to see some new names for this tournament!

Anyone want to team up? I promise to be as difficult to schedule with as possible :(

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I can't wait for the MP ranking interfaces :)

Thanks Cubit! Ill give these a watch.

Is there video/stream? Thanks.

I admit I haven't played too many matches with destroy buyout on. I did watch the games Cubez posted/streamed. I don't like the mode at all. It removes almost all incentive to buy someone for their advantages, and turns it into buying someone because they are a stronger player, instead of being a strategic decision to buy someone out for their resources and production Since it clearly looks like destroy buyout is intended to be "anti-snowballing" it has certainly achieved that

Yes, I'd like to see graphs like that. Cash/Resources/buildings/debt often get coverted from one to another so it would be nice to see how those items are related to come up with the colony value and stock price. Having those on the same graph with the vertical event markers (upgrades, shorts/surpluses/offworld launches/etc) would make it much easier to understand what is going on and how growth is effected. All of those should be included because towards the end of the game, ther

You buy upgrades for the colony in t.he campaign. Office housing lab etc. Most upgrades at the end wins that mission.

@Soren. No, I'm not able to. Thanks for changing the time though to accomodate the pacific time zone.

Can't make any of those times. Friday would have been doable.

I wouldn't mind seeing this experimented with. It could add another useful dimension to play with.

This could work. The only thing is that it mandates using offworlds at a certain point. Price would also only ever rise offworld, which I still find bothersome. It will also mess with the game length. The exponential growth should tie in line with the desired game length, but im not sure offhand how long 30 minutes is in game days. By market prices, do you mean onworld? If so only glass/electronics would always be the end game resource as they start highest.

Can I sign up for a reserve list? I'll play if I'm needed to fill out the bracket or replace someone, but would prefer to let some other players participate this time around.

[quote who="Cubit32" reply="9" id="3585904"] The balance between D rating and making it to the offworld 2nd is a thin line to balance your competitive 1v1s on. D ratings occur not too often but frequently enough in highly competitive QMs. Usually the person to get to OWs first even by just 5 seconds usually wins the game because the first infusion of >40k cash is huge. The only other ways in 1v1 to generate a lot of cash within a couple of game days are natural and artificial shortage