You can always create a country in Utopia...

I always look forward to a challenge... Next Saturday evening ?

I managed 3rd this set, got 3rd last set...that's about it for my netting skilz.
I'll be terrorizing the server next set, I think I can give Secret Squirrel some pointers.
Congrats CX, & everyone in tt..

A tyrant jetted up & with weapons & mil strat maxed, gives you 6k grabs, with a pile of buildings & cash..

You can learn a lot more about people, and their personalities, by being the antagonist..



Yea its hard to finish even top 25, when everybody is trying to kill you.

The collusion, is between #13 and #47...Its Obvious, Dr abuse & no Purple..

Some things just don't improve with age...

Limiting PS's to 2 Brigades would work too.

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Bought his own tech...

A express server for Netting, would be great. It wouldn't have PS, GS or AB attacks, no Troops or Tanks, no Missiles either, nor any Medical, War, Mil strat, or SDI techs.... ;)

If you shoot a dead guy, he's still dead..

I have an image of you, st0ney hugging a tree & holding your breath, to get a cookie from your mama, stuck in my head...
Putting funning aside, I ask you, why are you afraid of a bogy man in the night, but you don't mind playing against other netters, that are playing with a staked deck.

chutya & some others suspect something, but don't quite see it, I think..
I been playing express on & off for a long while..
I can put a country in tt in the first few hundred turns & stay teh whole the set..
Until some country from down at the bottom of the server jets up & hits me.

I can retail, but can't break GDI, if I do..its kill run, or I have a parking lot..
All the same, I'm still down a 100 turns, & a couple $B rebuilding..
Chances for a really good NW are gone.

A few sets ago, after said " suicider" hit me..
I dropped NW & land & made good spal..
I went down into the server
In the land of Dead countries & High DR
I made friends with the Hit man, & spied him & others, traded AB's & GS,s
Because it doesn't really matter there..

What I found out..
He hit me because I was 2'nd on the server, & his buddy was first.
I could tell he wasn't a very good player, because he was buying Med & Spy tech for $6k & reselling it for $1k... ;)
After a few messages, & joking around, I had the feeling, he didn't quite understand all the aspects of teh game, & was tutored to do, what he needed too..
There were other countries that looked similar, that were just playing around, with lots of stored turns, but prolly could jet up if needed.


That pretty much killed my will to net...

I don't really care who they are, but I do know..

"Netter Farming" is a lot more lively, I get love letters, & still have a chance for tt.. :D

Anything other than 1v1, would be against server rules.
2 sets of 1v1, & play offs teh next week, would be with in rules tho.
There would also have to be an unbiased referee, like galleri.. to pass out country #'s at an appointed time...

St0ny I'm going to raise the bar.
I was throwing sucker punches thinking, that after the game someone would be pissed enough to stand up & challenge me..
In the last hour of the set, I was thinking of farming chutya, because he had $1.1 B or maybe Cx, as he was messaging me lotsa fluff. I figured he was mad enough already & chutya was being decent, & diplomatic. I spied around & found (#2) & he had a $B also. I decided ..ahh somebody new to piss off & get money too...Game over & chuty got the win. I figured #52 would get it, as on a spy op, he had 360 turns on 26k acres.

You say there is no "Netter Farming" a few sets ago ebert tried too, but he started too early in the set & Primeval put him down & he gave up....

So my new goal, since nobody stood up...
Is to work on this new strat of Netter Farming.
I agree with you, that PS is over powered, but I'm going play it like mad, while it is...

The strat is simple... farm bots until Saturday nite, then farm fat netters, until end game.
So get yer def up, get tanks & buy war tech..
There's a monster lurking in the night..

jetsons was a true suicider , he killed himself immediately afterwards & then came back as bam to taunt me with a couple messages like this one...
Message from bam (#137) sent on Jan 13, 5:52

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All those missiles and ops up ur ass. Still LMAO!!!
Loser.

Yea I was throwing sucker punches, but how else to start a fight.. Some how I don't think the DR did me much good any way...Is DR from missiles different than DR from attacks?
Those who retailed got very good returns, while I had 20 Dr.. others just pissed & moaned & never retailed.

I was looking for money in the countries I attacked, to support myself.. I guess you had none.
As for balancing, I just dumped my turrets & bought jets, & dismantled my country to keep going. I had to keep grabbing, after I started, to keep, keeping on...

Jetson also did a pile of spy ops, that took a while to recover from.

Netter Farming 101

If I try it again, I'll get GDI...& not care about the DR
I worry about those peeps pushing the cash button 1100 times, & am trying to bring a little excitement to their game.. ;)

Congrats Chutya, You deserved the win. You've more diplomacy than everybody I hit, combined.
This set was more fun than poking Bees nest, with sticks.

I ran WTF, hoping some one would accept my challenge of a one on one, but no one stood up & accepted the offer. So I figured, I'd just take ya'll on..

So next week if anyone wants step up & fight a challenge & back up all those Love letters they sent me, & test my poor playing skilz... well lets dance. ;)

Looks more like he was hacked

I think ya'll been pushing the cash button too long...

I was looking for some competition...

So what your saying is that its good to farm the fat netters in tt, with 8 - 10 PS's, all Saturday night, while they're sleeping, is good game play?

Your not killing them, but you get a hell of lot more in return...& the dr they give you the next day is great.

I honestly thought there was some peeps here, with some cajones, that would be interested in building a country to stand up & fight with...

Doing a kill run on a country when the owner is sleeping, is akin to stabbing some body 75 times, while they're sleeping, they can't fight back.

Its a lot different to fight some one who's waiting for you, on the corner..

are you stepping up & throwing down?

Bottom feeding.......That's fun too, then ya get lots of whinny love letters...& make it to TT

I wouldn't top feed, its prolly better to hit bots..
get fat, get dr, get jets & farm the server...

Hit #1 a few sets ago, wasn't that great.
I agree with you st0ny..there's nothing better than the love letter ya get Sunday morning.
Especially from a fat netter, after banging on his country all Saturday night..

ga

sounds like an acceptance of Referee

Its gets old Netting & destocking & getting in top ten ...
Building a country just for a war would be a change...
FFA is way to slow
Maybe Griefing is way to go..

I always thought Express was the Test server....

are you the first challenger?

I tried before, anybody up.. for a throw down on Saturday nite?
Build your country, any way you please.
War starts at 2300 server time Saturday evening

One on One Death Fight

galleri or Prime could be the Referee, if one will accept..
The Ref can message country #'s a minute before war time
There could be 2 or 3 matches each set

I don't see any server rules being broke doing this
There be no destock on Sunday

step up
step up

Both give ya $2 in NW

So a tank & a unit of tech are equal?

What's the net worth of a unit of tech?

I was thinking of dumping some tech on the market for $800, to buy military for 125 ish & wondering if it would be better to keep it..... Would I gain any NW ?

over 12k

What's the lowest price to sell tech for? Rather than keep it for its NW...

There should be a limit on acres you can grab as your dr goes up...

Just a simple case of....A Grieifer, Griefing the Griefer of Griefers...

Yea I agree, when the Bots go down is a lot more fun, I like the frenzy when they come back on...But then getting to log in after half a day trying is like winning the Lottery.

Whew....I went & deleted my other country.

Sooooo having 2 countries in Express is frowned upon ?

Its Just Griefing the Griefers ....

Sometimes I re-member

Good diplomatic skills go a long way...
Are there bots on this server, or just people that act like bots?

I'd hate to meet Mac in real life.... :o

At 6:oo pm Saturday they would be given each others Country Name by the referee..

why wouldn't it be legal ? Two players agreeing to commence War at a given time, seems with in the rules.

Would a 1 on 1 challenge every Saturday nite work? Ya wouldn't know the country you'd be up against until a given time Saturday...Build & stock pile for war...There could be a few matches each week, it wouldn't be against express rules, 'cause it'd be 1 on 1 & probably generate sales for the others in the game...