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Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System, Alpha-Quadrant, Milky Way
Sep 2002
time: 06:32
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the process of buying cheaper items first, then going up the 'ramp' to more expensive ones (also of the same type), while buying at least twice is called 'ramping' and is considered cheating - because of the mentioned effect.
i dont know how buying one item, switching to one of the same type and letting base production do the rest, is regarded.
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Mathemagician
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Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System, Alpha-Quadrant, Milky Way
Sep 2002
time: 06:32
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quote:
Originally posted by filix
Yes when i play with the "not at apolyton forum" players
Like Paul, Attila, Dragon, Grafxfx, Yoda(if i ever get a win 95 partition), ...
Some might know them, the onliners
We talk about rules before we start the game. |
hmm, i shall believe you that you havent been aware that i considered it a cheat and did not use it. 
however, that cries for a revenge. some day. 
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filix
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quote:
Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
man if Blackice was here we would have a great Paul-SOL-discussion |
I know I love that
Im still surching for Petes new emailadress, anyone know it? I want to contiune our game
Last edited by filix on 12-01-2005 at 04:20
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filix
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quote:
Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
filix
havent heard from me buddy in month
hopes hes ok
ctp is super but i mean in real life i hope nuthin happened |
His emailadress doesnt exist anymore and he isnt registered at apolyton I think
Im sure he started a new live
Last edited by filix on 12-01-2005 at 05:24
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dancemasseuse
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Houston
Jul 2002
time: 23:32
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wow I have only done that a few times, but before I did I did ask. I think checkmate is who I asked as well as someone else I was playing at the time. I did notice during one game that I bought a building and switched back to a unit and saw the difference and never did that again, it was when the light went off in my head and I finally really understood what was said. I figured that is what they meant by cheating, because I did not understand it at that point. the only other times I did it in a game was I was so close to building marines that each needed 2 turns to complete, but the production was about 100 shy of completing it in 1 turn, so each second turn I only needed and additional 100 to 400 gold to have finished building it in 1 turn. so I consulted whoever I was playing and asked about it and was told the above. as long as I was buying the same thing, unit/unit, building/building, wonder/wonder, then it was proportional and legal. I have only done it a very few times, but I am sure it is with the people I talked to, so no one else has too worry if I did it in our game, smile. I did it so few times that I am sure where I did it. and I have NEVER done it in a SL2 game. what I was doing was buying a lawyer for about 1800 gold and then the marine still needed about 6000 gold to rush buy, but now it could be gotten in one turn because of how high the production was. And at that price for the money you can't always do it too often. anyway if that is a cheat then please let me know. I feel a sense of honor and want to play it straight up.
I have restarted when the AI unit was not in the square I attacked, but even if it was not in my favor did the same moves again.
I thought I saw some where in a forum that the farm under the city was not a cheat. I see it all the time In games I have played. I haven't done it, because I am kinda greedy and prefer to set on a good or hill with the extra gold involved. I never cared if someone did it so I never thought about it. Also there is a concept like this too. Often in old civilizations they did in fact build around fertile ground that was farmed first, so with the additional food would have grown faster. now I am not saying all cities did that, but many cities in south/central america, before the spanish conquest, did have orchards and very large gardens in side the walls. so why wouldn't the ability to do that in the game be legal and semi-realistic
also, smile, yes I get longwinded sometimes too, sorry guys.
what about this. I call it my "fleeing peasants" method of looking for enemy submarines. I go to each city and then the worker screen and pick up a worker and start trying to place him in each square. if he won't work in the square then a submarine is there and I attack it. I call it "fleeing peasants" to symbolize the old days when the lord of his lands did not always know brigands or an army was approaching until the peasants started fleeing and he sent troops to investigate.
Any comments???? ken/dancemasseuse
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Mathemagician
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Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System, Alpha-Quadrant, Milky Way
Sep 2002
time: 06:32
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if you have a government type with a high rush buy factor, e.g. communism, and have a lot of money that you want to spend on cheap rush buying, you can do the following:
- switch government to another government, resulting in anarchy
- rush buy the items for the cheap anarchy rush buy factor
- switch government back to your original government
this should rather go into the strategy thread. usually it will take the regular 1-4 turns until the anarchy is gone, so no reason to call it a cheat. sometimes, however, mostly in the 2 newest ages, i have experienced that the original government will return right in the same turn.
does anyone have an explanation for this effect ? should the whole thing be called a cheat simply because of the possibility of restoring the government right away ?
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