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Introduction / Re: geo.ro

« on: July 26, 2012, 09:29:57 pm »

i have to say youre waaaay more patient with rule breakers then lets say alex or st2 

we have different styles:P
they are patient too, but each in his own pace

30 minutes vs 2 minutes

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Complaints / Re: Points system in general

« on: July 26, 2012, 09:29:06 pm »

well thanx for the answer Yorvex
I can live with that

I am glad its been discussed anyway, now I know some answers about how things work, or why things are working like it does.

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Server 8 Temperate Extreme Goal (20 Bilion Goal,2000-2300) / Re: 8 difficulty

« on: July 26, 2012, 07:49:39 am »

I heard some rumors they wanted to make some changes in the near future (start later and later end)

i finished this game once in 35 years  with pax lines only so its possible to start at year 2000 and still win it (if you build insanely fast)

but I agree about one thing I wont start at this map after 2010/2015 because then it hard to win. and after 2020 its almost impossible (especialy if they decrease pop growed in towns)

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Introduction / Re: geo.ro

« on: July 26, 2012, 07:42:00 am »

i have to say youre waaaay more patient with rule breakers then lets say alex or st2 

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Complaints / Re: Points system in general

« on: July 26, 2012, 07:37:37 am »

lol
geo.ro is right about you thinking too much

But I agree on decreasing pop growed especialy on server 8

Before I started this topic I knew it would be very hard change anything. Its not like I wanted things to change now but I only wanted to give give stuff for you to think about.

I think the penalty thing is a good idea on longer server, most players who play on s5 or s8 dont bother with the end at all because they dont know how to make a 100 mil a year anyway.

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Complaints / Re: Points system in general

« on: July 25, 2012, 09:38:43 pm »

after the admin game I played the map alone and changed everything to maglev 4
with the same tracks I made a whopping 1.4 billion a year with only 300 trains
I think I would have made at least 500 points if we started our tournment in 2020 with that amount of work

The point I try to make is this. Its harder to get points with slower trains (the 450 asiastars) while the game ends very fast its not possible to be efficient.
Playing good at the start of the game is not awarded

Doing a fast search on DB I find two interesting things about these games. In your lazy game you took 78 year to reach the goal, a difference of 11 years when compared with Admins tournament(67 years). So you took 78 with 82 trains and 67 with 241. But the main difference between both is that,  in admin T., your played with batt and in you lazy game you played alone.

it took me 53 years with 450 trains (not 67 years)
it took me 78 years with 74 lev4 trains they made 300 mil a year
the 450 asiastars made 700 mil

I played in both games alone

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Introduction / Re: Geert

« on: July 25, 2012, 08:03:15 pm »

 

I have two bad dogs that bark very loudly to me everyday
but never been chased

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Complaints / Re: Points system in general

« on: July 25, 2012, 07:43:32 pm »

now you are going on about my ''lazy'' game but thats not the point I could easily made 300 mil with other trains (other goods). Maybe I need 30 more trains for that but still i would have a big lazy game.


Lets say I only use what is of a village the 9 x9 what in the centre, build the 2 big station beside it and wait. I will only take about 2 years longer to grow that big.

And besides when i use a city like this it grows so fast at the start that i only have more than 50% the first 3 years I use a city after that other people come and build airfields and stuff
The city on the picture has like 90% free space to use for everyone

When i fund a city this way most of the time 10% of the buildings are already at the free side of the station at the start and cities expand really fast trough all sides.

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Introduction / Re: Geert

« on: July 25, 2012, 04:41:42 pm »

given the fact that "leiden" in german means "pain" i hope your city is not as painful to its inhabitants as it sounds.
what else? ah yeah: postmen are cool 

Leiden means in To lead
like
Leider in dutch is Leader in english


Lijden and Leiden have the same pronunciation in dutch
Lijden means indeed pain or to suffer

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Complaints / Re: Points system in general

« on: July 25, 2012, 04:12:07 pm »

in my last game I didnt fund any towns so I ''used'' the map
the town you see there was only really small when i started my stations there so thats not the point

and with the system i use I dont ''own'' more then 50% of a town like the rules state


If i build 2 stations like that on any other city without using tunnels like other people do!! would that be better?

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General Chat / Re: My favorite n-ice OpenTTD server is...

« on: July 25, 2012, 11:44:45 am »

It hard to choose between s5 and s8

but I like s8 because the map is less boring

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Complaints / Points system in general

« on: July 25, 2012, 11:31:57 am »

I dont know if this belongs in Complaints or suggestions

I really dont understand how points are rewarded for games and I dont think its a fair system after I Finished at least 15 long server games now.

2 weeks ago at the admin tournment I worked my ass off and played like 8 hours in a row with only minimal brakes to get it done. I made like 700 mil a year with asiastar trains only and got rewarded with 348 points (oke thats not bad)

At that point I didnt understand why i didnt get much more points for a in my point of view a more impressive game then other games i played that week.
2 days ago I started a game with no intention to win and I was very lazy. Only build one pax line with 8 stations and about 50 trains. And had some planes. Thats only 1.5 hour of building. AFter that I was afk for about 30 game years and when I waked up the next morning I was surprised my company was still there. Changed my line to maglev and made almost 300 mil with a year. AFter that I left again for work for almost 20 game years. When I got back I won the game.

I got rewarded with 397 points for almost doing nothing!! I was I think 60 game years afk of the 80 years my company existed and most of the play time I was chatting with other players.


The difference between those game is so enormous that I had to write it down here.

hard labour + high income + fast game = relative low points
Sleeping and talking + mediocre income + long game = high points
 

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Introduction / Geert

« on: July 24, 2012, 02:23:46 pm »

hey all

I am Geert (my real name) and I live in Leiden (holland)
I am 26 years old working as a postman and some other jobs.

just ask if you want to know more