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NitelL

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Feb 3rd 2021, 15:35:26

Slagpit!

Originally posted by Slagpit:

I think I get why express could be a good choice for new players in theory. Resets only last a week so there's plenty of chances to start over and learn from your mistakes from the last round.

This was also the reason why I picked Express when I returned couple months ago. The lack of human players generally explains the evolution of most (solo) servers (Express is a bot farm fest with a couple of human players who want to war, Primary is like 5 guys farming the entire server of humans, Tourney is all-x contest between 20 countries....).

I'd say Express today is primarily a contest between a handful of players who can finish >50m nw, and at least 2 of us trying to land 100m nw. xD

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Feb 3rd 2021, 15:29:45

Well SuperFly, I got farmed pretty big last set (I'm in 2nd). Haha

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Feb 1st 2021, 14:36:37

Congrats Rob! Way to go on the record!

Now I gotta beat you on the 100m xD

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Jan 18th 2021, 0:52:43

Second Rob here. Game needs good players and hate to see you go, Netty.

You've nailed CI on Express to the point where it's the benchmark/hurdle people have to beat to win (otherwise, you win by default). Don't think 'win by default' is a descriptor for any other player now.

There will always be suiciders who ruin what you feel is the 'once-in-a-lifetime-record-set'. Yet, there are many more sets to come, which is why I like Express - next set = next week!

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Jan 18th 2021, 0:10:37

There were 104 countries in the Express server.

Rank Country Land Networth Special
1 Grab a Bot Instead I Will Retal (#49) Game profile 19,688 $73,241,454 DG
2 s (#20) Game profile 21,201 $51,022,347 DG
3 UP and DOWN (#77) 17,256 $49,538,648 DG
4 Alex Trebek was my hero (#80) Game profile 39,074 $45,431,024 CG
5 a l l e x p l o r e r (#84) 8166 $43,976,300 DG
6 ASTRAL (#73) Game profile 23,035 $37,748,058 DG
7 Zabracadabra (#92) Game profile 6900 $31,341,166 H
8 Seventy Nine (#79) 34,662 $29,572,105 HG
9 B6S92022h46 (#102) 34,210 $19,329,359 C
10 Government is SLAVERY (#18) Game profile 16,589 $16,533,247 FG

Congrats to Rob on first!

Seemed like an epic techer set with nw record in the running, but alas there was only 1 big commie and hence not enough military on the market for everyone to destock their massive stocks properly.

I'm now pretty certain it's possible to get over 50m nw on an all-x demo techer.

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Jan 17th 2021, 23:56:33

Are these the humanitarian or GDI mechanics? Gerdler, could you explain what the triggers are?

I was under the impression that in the last 6 hr of the set, humanitarians kick in and the nw requirement gets higher and higher %-wise to top feed.

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Jan 11th 2021, 17:09:17

Ah so you were #13! I noticed you were farming a lot of human players - that's usually an easy way to get into a war.

If you're looking to net, best to grab bots!

(I ended first this set. Was trying to do all-x but got 9-tapped so had to grab a little back.)

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Jan 4th 2021, 18:12:19

Doesn't look like there are any bots in this new set. Gonna be fun! Haha

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Jan 4th 2021, 15:34:25

Congrats on the win SuperFly!

Haha it was a weird set with no free land and new market dynamics.

I kinda wonder if we can spice things up by changing the bot composition from set to set. Say 1 set we have too many techer bots, then next set too many farmers bots, and then too many indy bots etc.

This might make it so that we get more strats getting to the top, instead of every set being some version of a CI or Demo/Theo Techer on top.

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Jan 3rd 2021, 3:15:50

Originally posted by Gerdler:

Hah. no sub 5k tech for you my friend! Bots back on! :P

Strangely enough I bought most of my tech sub-2k, even after the bots came back on. xD

...but low effort play, so not expecting a spectacular finish. haha

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Jan 2nd 2021, 2:31:01

I basically switched from low effort demo techer to low effort demo casher just looking at these prices. lol

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Dec 28th 2020, 17:33:27

Haha I'd love to gun for it as well - but can't really login proper for this express set. I'd be bummed if you get to 100m nw before I do! Haha

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Dec 28th 2020, 3:33:42

Rob took it with some cash left on hand.
I had like 5b on hand as well. lol Congrats Rob!
(Though I'm certain now 50m on allx is possible.)

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Dec 27th 2020, 5:17:45

I'm trying to prove 50m is doable all-x, though I've been grabbed a bit. lol

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Dec 18th 2020, 7:43:22

Please play the food market and keep it over $100. Thanks!

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Dec 14th 2020, 0:11:13

I figured I might need the last min resell profits to get ahead - I just didn't realize someone would buy and leave me no time to spend it. Haha

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Dec 14th 2020, 0:04:02

Well played!

You bought all my stuff right at the last few seconds and I dropped 2m nw. lol I thought you might've jumped ahead!

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Dec 8th 2020, 4:35:09

Congrats to top 10 and Netsquash for the win! A lot of higher nws this set!

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Nov 30th 2020, 2:56:10

Congrats to the winner!

I really screwed the pooch on the destock, otherwise would have been more competitive! Haha
(I played the large FFO.)

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Nov 23rd 2020, 0:01:16

There were 100 countries in the Express server.

Rank Country Land Networth Special
1 Hope Clouds Observation (#89) 12,097 $52,749,820 DG
2 ASTRAL (#3) Game profile 13,104 $37,354,683 HG
3 oompaloompa (#97) 12,305 $31,488,264 D
4 Nancy Pelosi (#84) 28,040 $28,792,993 HG
5 XxAphroditexX (#5) 19,209 $23,536,852 RG
6 halfwit (#15) 10,181 $20,941,232 HG
7 Kahuna (#95) 7244 $20,188,395 DG
8 Gold Bars All Over Your Forehead (#2) 14,810 $19,940,130 CG
9 I love waffles (#91) 22,388 $18,603,660 HG
10 RasTIEfari (#78) 12,971 $16,743,152 H

Congrats to top 10!

Got farmed for >5k acres early on, but still managed to come in for the win! (: (Tech prices were really insanely low this set...)
Was hoping Rob (50k acre rep casher) would challenge, but I'm guessing he forgot to login!

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Nov 22nd 2020, 21:22:38

Well, remember I had $2b stolen from me the set I was close to the all time nw record, with an SPAL of ~10:1. It's really hard to keep an effective SPAL, cos a dedicated spy strat will break you even if you go 20:1. lol

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Nov 19th 2020, 4:12:38

Well this set I picked a name that looks like a bot, and I've gotten immediately grabbed already.

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Nov 19th 2020, 4:11:24

Originally posted by Netsquash:

Originally posted by NitelL:

I'm going to play techer this set, but I'm likely doing an indy-ish start, so you'll have to rely on them bots for the tech. Haha

Just do a quick tech and convert back to casher. Way better imho

I got picked on last set by ppl just wanting to see a new #1 so i obliged and warred.

This set playing new strat and new name so ill be hidden until the last day. See if my gut on my strategy yields over 50m nw

...but I'm not playing casher. lol I'm playing techer!

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Nov 18th 2020, 14:18:39

I'm going to play techer this set, but I'm likely doing an indy-ish start, so you'll have to rely on them bots for the tech. Haha

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Nov 18th 2020, 0:42:46

Not that much. In fact, I was actually travelling a lot, and even got on a 20hr flight during the set so didn't even login on 1 day. lol
Played a casher though. Techer is a lot more involved because of timings.

The key is getting to your desired acreage as fast as possible turnwise, and then using your turns on that higher production. It's a lot easier on techer.

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Nov 16th 2020, 0:03:40

Rank Country Land Networth Special
1 DontKnowWhyImStillPlayingExpress (#54) Game profile 20,329 $53,682,306 DG
2 Anya Taylor Joy (#88) 23,609 $52,602,746 DG
3 ASTRAL (#2) Game profile 24,851 $31,646,886 DG
4 A Star Is Born Movie Soundtrack (#9) 33,437 $26,736,222 CG
5 halfwit (#5) 10,544 $22,771,363 H
6 XxDionysusxX (#13) 15,101 $21,464,112 D
7 85 (#86) 22,660 $20,264,913 HG
8 SwordOfFrost (#56) 19,651 $17,584,285 RG
9 Swede (#90) 14,012 $16,163,099 H
10 Deathwish (#33) Game profile 10,566 $14,947,708 H

Congrats to the top 10 and Rob for the win!

Was travelling quite a bit this set but glad I managed to land a demo casher in 2nd place. Close finish! Would've tried something different with destock if I had expected it to be that close! Haha

(Also, Queen's Gambit is a great show.)

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Nov 9th 2020, 18:12:06

(psst it's actually 2 L's at the end of nitell)

Haha yes. Unfortunately got in a bit of a ruckus while switching from Tyr Indy to Farmer but snuck into the top 10.

Congrats to the rest and Netsquash for winning on CI again!

Good acreage from MILORD - were you a demo casher?

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Nov 5th 2020, 20:27:40

Got it. I might try to test it again!

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Nov 4th 2020, 3:01:25

Does this need to be at 100%?

I tested this at -10% resource decay bonus in Express last set and it seems there is no corruption above $2b cash? (There was still food decay though). Am I just completely mistaken?

I assume corruption works like food decay, where it just happens to the amount on hand and is not reflected in the turn-by-turn +/- changes (e.g. +$1.2m cash, -30k bushels when you use a turn). I basically looked at cash on hand, spent 1 turn, and see the difference between the cash on hand vs the cash change on that turn for using the turn. My new cash on hand is exactly what the cash change on turn is (therefore no corruption), but I lost more bushels than I ate (therefore food decayed).

Is this accurate?

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Nov 2nd 2020, 0:26:48

Congrats! Good finish as usual.

What terrible tech prices (for techers) this set. lol

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Oct 26th 2020, 1:48:42

Congrats to 1st place!

Would've been a close one. lol Left turns and cash on hand thinking I'd login in the last 15min, and only just remembered to do so.

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Oct 24th 2020, 17:54:39

It's not really screwing his set up because of what happens after.

In order to retal, 4-5 guys bought a ton of jets (because of his really high defence). Now, instead of 1 guy with jets to break the top humans, you have 5-6 guys with enough jets to break anyone in the game, which means everyone now has to raise their defences if not you might be grabbed with no recourse.

So everyone raises their expenses. Unless you play it risky, and luck out by not being grabbed.

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Oct 24th 2020, 15:34:20

Is this even a legit thread? Haha

The bloke decided to hit 10 humans (single taps) and jump in NW to defend his acreage (buy tons of turrets/tanks) - love it! Typical old school Earth solo server style ("try to take it back punk!"). Unfortunately people ended up using turns/cash on hand to jump in NY (buy jets) and retal. lol Too easy in Express to have 300 turns stored and make retals.

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Oct 23rd 2020, 12:57:14

Not enough indies, clearly a reaction to last set's too many indies. lol
Also, still a bunch of larger acreage techers on top so there's the supply.

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Oct 19th 2020, 0:47:21

It was pretty funny. I had $30m on hand I think on first day and it disappeared really quick before I managed to build my land and was wondering what's up. Went back to market and realised what I had done. Lol

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Oct 19th 2020, 0:36:13

I got >10 tapped and ran outta food >10 times. Lol

I'll tell you right now I'm the guy who sent you $6m in the early game cos I bought your bushels without checking the price and wondering how I ran outta cash so quick. I also sent a couple million to the guy who sold food at 279 after buying out the 179s. Haha won't make that mistake again!

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Oct 19th 2020, 0:27:22

Congrats Netsquash on the win and Hessman for the close fight!

I'm surprised I finished anywhere at all given how much I got farmed. Lol

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Oct 18th 2020, 2:03:00

Well, he was definitely in SKA! Haha

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Oct 18th 2020, 0:18:42

This thread seemed to have gone do

Originally posted by mazooka:

https://www.earthempires.com/...lk/ska-47253?t=1562959024

I just saw this thread. Hi mazooka!

I've been trying to convince Trep to come back for a set with me. lol I just started playing express again a month or two ago. I wonder where our SKA and strat room folks bobby/raheel/slagpit/kingme/mikers/braden etc. are these days...

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Oct 12th 2020, 21:10:34

Oooo... if we do that, I'm pretty sure we can convinced a lot of people to rejoin for 1 set.
I'd say Poker Tournament style, so top 5 get something but in exponentially decreasing amounts.
(Assuming we can get at least 100 players interested)

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Oct 11th 2020, 19:31:13

Those two definitely look like collusion/multis.

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Oct 10th 2020, 21:55:11

Aren't they ABing each other?

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Oct 1st 2020, 12:47:25

Had $19b on hand, so it was very difficult to spend it ASAP. lol
The guy who spied me had something like 1mil spies (40:1 SPAL) but am guessing there are diminishing returns at some point.

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Sep 30th 2020, 19:06:03

The mistakes were pretty basic, though the losing $2b was prob the biggest difference. Haha I'm not sure how much more SPAL I should be holding though.

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Sep 28th 2020, 0:46:22

Haha yes. I also got very lucky and managed to sell tech over $4k all set.. even up to the last day.
It's really a bummer I didn't have that last $2b (but again, my fault on SPAL). What's a good SPAL to hold?

Also, given the sheer number of mistakes I made this set.. it really does seem like 100m nw is possible in Express.

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Sep 28th 2020, 0:04:40

Great finish too Netsquash!

2 N E T S Q U A S H (#100) 53,488 $67,963,427 CG
3 Bowflex Max Trainer M5 (#12) 54,284 $35,384,327 C

2 very big commies on my tail. Haha I really don't know how much SPAL I need to keep. I've already doubled it since last.

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Sep 28th 2020, 0:01:17

So I tried a number of diff things again this set and had a rough one.

Picked a bot-like name and got 4-tapped right off the bat. lol Got grabbed another 2 more times. Ran outta food at 28m nw. And then had $2b cash stolen from me (had 10:1 SPAL, clearly not enough). Prob had a shot at ebert's record but missed. Could've gotten $90m+ nw if I had destocked better (and had that extra $2b lol).

1 Ephemera Withering (#71) 19,122 $80,608,113 DG

Will ebert and Gerdler return to defend the record? Haha

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Sep 21st 2020, 16:47:30

Congrats! Saw your #3 finish. Good one!

Oil market is.. the hardest to play imo. It's like a "go big or go home" that usually ends in the latter. Haha

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Sep 21st 2020, 1:58:44

Congrats! That's a good non-GDI finish!

I had a terrible set that began with forgetting GDI, running outta cash/food a lot, getting farmed a little, eating missiles, having to run a (successful) kill run, getting ABed, rebuilding and sneaking into the top 10. lol