| 253 | End Game has been called (see message below). I'm guessing Rob turned it on as there were few pawns and lots of cash, and some filthy individuals have threatened to kill all reamaining pawns in games, causing a draw (not that I would condone such activity).
When End Game is called anyone with no pawns at midnight loses all their money. Should have put it in an alliance (this was the original reason that alliances with 1 person were blocked from withdrawing cash, as some dirty players would use them to amass an untouchable block of cash for an endgame massacre). Pete Sent by Anonymous at 11.4.5 on 08:53 |
| 252 |  Hi guys, one piece of question... As you all know I am out of the game, but I cannot understand why after I lost my last pawn on the top of loosing 1/2 of the money, at midnight I have lost the remaining 1/2.... :(
Maybe I didn't read the Faq properly, or is it a bug? Thanks for the answers! Sent by Kevin Stalflare at 11.4.5 on 05:17 |
| 251 | Gutted. He owed me money.
Sent by Anonymous at 08.4.5 on 15:22 |
| 250 | I am sad to report that Ronald Fisher, owned by Kevin Stalflare has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 08.4.5 on 12:50 |
| 249 | End game begun.
Sent by Chom Isis at 06.4.5 on 14:59 |
| 248 | He was a misrable fucker anyway. Gets beaten up a couple of times and throws in the towel. HE WAS WEAK, didn't like the fella anyway.
Sent by Anonymous at 05.4.5 on 17:06 |
| 247 | I am sad to report that John Maynard Keynes, owned by Peter F. Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 05.4.5 on 16:01 |
| 246 | I am sad to report that Charles Babbage, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 03.4.5 on 07:43 |
| 245 | I am sad to report that Michelangelo, owned by Pete has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 02.4.5 on 13:21 |
| 244 | I am sad to report that Henry Briggs, owned by Roland has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 02.4.5 on 01:54 |
| 243 | I am sad to report that Truman Capote, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 02.4.5 on 01:53 |
| 242 | Michael Francis Atiyah has been fired
Sent by Anonymous at 02.4.5 on 00:25 |
| 241 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 02.4.5 on 00:02 |
| 240 | Gosh darn it I'd hate to be Trueman right about now....
Sent by Anonymous at 01.4.5 on 16:00 |
| 239 | I am sad to report that Joseph Wolstenholme, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 01.4.5 on 11:36 |
| 238 | I am sad to report that Lord Byron, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 30.3.5 on 18:08 |
| 237 | I am sad to report that Tennessee Williams, owned by Pete has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 30.3.5 on 08:06 |
| 236 | I'd like all the opposition to simply drop dead.
I think the forum is a better place for a serious discussion...if you try it here some anonymous bastard will start suggesting obscene things to do with bananas and marmite. And then sign the post with a false name. Santa Sent by Anonymous at 29.3.5 on 22:45 |
| 235 | Since I had a bit of time and added some thoughts about the game and a little wishlist of what I think it would be cool to add to the game... Of course Rob has been sent a mail containing the same things... Maybe we could start a discussion or something so that we can improve Chom3...
Sent by Kevin Stalflare at 29.3.5 on 20:57 |
| 234 | I am sad to report that Elton John, owned by Defecator has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 28.3.5 on 00:35 |
| 233 | I am sad to report that Andrew Wiles, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 26.3.5 on 15:02 |
| 232 | I am sad to report that Christopher Marlowe, owned by Roland has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 25.3.5 on 21:36 |
| 231 | I am sad to report that Edward Carpenter, owned by Peter F. Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 25.3.5 on 16:46 |
| 230 | I am sad to report that Socrates, owned by Pete has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 24.3.5 on 00:01 |
| 229 | I am sad to report that James Baldwin, owned by Pete has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 23.3.5 on 00:22 |
| 228 | I hate to point it out, but teh spy information of Ian Stewart and klaus Roth is just a tad out of date...
Just a little... I think they may have lost their jobs, they didn't turn up in the morning. And their girlfriend's were pissed at them, they just hung round the house all day. Sent by Anonymous at 22.3.5 on 21:01 |
| 227 | Spy job completed. Ian Stewart is content and owned by either Simon, Jim Keodowo or Shobu Kirafuda and lives in Endervold Nodoris, working for as a Partner for Ace Gaia Worlds. He earns 100. His spouse's name is Susan Magallanes and they are Serious Relationship
. His hobby is Planet Ball and he is Novice at it. Sent by Anonymous at 22.3.5 on 20:01 |
| 226 | Spy job completed. Lord Byron is gloomy and owned by either Pete Ganderton, Jim Keodowo or Kevin Stalflare and lives in Endervold Sea, working for no one (Unemployed). His spouse's name is Perween Warsi and they are Second Date
. His hobby is Technomage and he is Beginner at it. Sent by Anonymous at 22.3.5 on 20:01 |
| 225 | Spy job completed. Klaus Roth is content and owned by either Shobu Kirafuda, Kevin Stalflare or Jim Keodowo and lives in Idervold Nordus, working for as a Researcher for Acerine Machines. He earns 70. His spouse's name is Elizabeth Strait and they are First Date
. He does not have a Hobby. Sent by Anonymous at 22.3.5 on 20:00 |
| 224 | I am sad to report that Ian Stewart, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 22.3.5 on 12:17 |
| 223 | I am sad to report that John Couch Adams, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 22.3.5 on 11:01 |
| 222 | I am sad to report that Hans Christian Andersen, owned by Bright Spark has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 22.3.5 on 07:53 |
| 221 | I am sad to report that Henry David Thoreau, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 21.3.5 on 22:26 |
| 220 | I don't understand why he killed himself...I mean, only 3 big ugly fuckers turned up on his doorstop, smashed the living shit out of all his stuff repeatedly, and then buggered off down the pub. I mean, talk about taking stuff too seriously. Miserable fucker.
Sent by Anonymous at 21.3.5 on 12:33 |
| 219 | I am sad to report that William Emerson, owned by Rainbow Butt Monkey has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 21.3.5 on 12:23 |
| 218 | Looks like it might be a waste of time though ;)
Sent by Anonymous at 21.3.5 on 10:22 |
| 217 | Someone's really working hard to keep Lord Byron alive. Must be his last pawn...
Sent by Anonymous at 20.3.5 on 21:58 |
| 216 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 20.3.5 on 00:02 |
| 215 | I am sad to report that Marcel Proust, owned by Kevin Stalflare has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 18.3.5 on 11:05 |
| 214 | Ho Ho Ho !!! The false Secret Santa tried it again.... Ho Ho Ho
Poetry seaons: 10 little chommie pawns getting very tired one tired himself too much... AND THEN HE GOT FIRED !!! Ho Ho Ho Secret "Christie" Santa Sent by Anonymous at 18.3.5 on 00:13 |
| 213 | Looking for a target? Here is some info about W.H. Auden : He is owned by Jim Keodowo, works for Gate Prime and has the hobby of Gaia Games. Sent by Chom Isis at 18.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 212 |  sweet dreams Ian Stewart, sorry about the spouse thing but she had to go
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 17.3.5 on 23:12 |
| 211 | Bugger... I was gonna kill Ramsey.
Sent by Anonymous at 17.3.5 on 12:35 |
| 210 |  Hmmm...some dodgy Elf appears to be impersonating me...I can see the hooks on your fake beard, you cheeky young rascal! Coal in your stocking this year....
Ho...Ho...Ho.... Sent by Secret Santa at 17.3.5 on 11:34 |
| 209 | Ho ho ho!!! Ramsey squealed like a bitch and DIED... AH AH AH AH AH
Secret Santa Sent by Anonymous at 17.3.5 on 08:25 |
| 208 | Hmm. Lord Byron's come into a lot of money recently. Doesn't seem all that happy though..
Sent by Anonymous at 16.3.5 on 18:10 |
| 207 | Just a game? That kinda attitude will get your remains sent home to your mum in a basket.
Sent by Anonymous at 16.3.5 on 17:11 |
| 206 | Looks like someone's missing a sense of humour. Try pulling your head out of your ass every once in a while. This is a game, nothing more.
Sent by Anonymous at 16.3.5 on 16:02 |
| 205 | Fucking amateurs, bragging about 4 kills? I've done more. But you don't see me fellating myself about it. Comes with the turf.
Sent by Anonymous at 16.3.5 on 15:47 |
| 204 | 4 is Ultra Kill, and you know it :P
Sent by Anonymous at 16.3.5 on 13:41 |
| 203 | Not wanting to boast, but its 4 now
MEGA-KILL! Sent by Anonymous at 16.3.5 on 13:28 |
| 202 | well done on the hatrick pete
Sent by Anonymous at 16.3.5 on 13:09 |
| 201 | I am sad to report that Plato, owned by Roland has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 16.3.5 on 04:43 |
| 200 | I am sad to report that Andy Warhol, owned by Roland has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 16.3.5 on 01:18 |
| 199 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 16.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 198 | We heard you the first two times. Do your own expensive jobs.
Sent by Anonymous at 15.3.5 on 21:35 |
| 197 | TARGET: George Green is cheerful and owned by Jim Keodowo lives in Endervold Nodoris, working for as a Partner for Ace Gaia Worlds. He earns 100. His spouse's name is Doris Nation and they are Married. His hobby is Planet Ball and he is Novice at it.
Sent by Anonymous at 15.3.5 on 20:21 |
| 196 | I've had a thought while giving Rob an update of my thoughts on the game...
I'm assuming everyone knows that Evil Matt Warriner (playing as Roland) and Byrnie (playing as Simon) are basically a single operational unit. I'm pretty certain they are both in the Assorted alliance at the moment, and have a third player out as a mole in either Da Boys or Really Nasty Blokes (which is what they did last game under the name of Cloud). However, if you are dealing with one of these 2 players you need to know that all your information and money is effectively being run by the Assorted alliance. Friendly warning...hugs and kisses Pete (alliance-less) Sent by Anonymous at 15.3.5 on 14:03 |
| 195 | Hatrick!
Sent by Anonymous at 15.3.5 on 00:23 |
| 194 | I am sad to report that Francis Bacon, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 15.3.5 on 00:02 |
| 193 | hmmm...wouldn't want to be Francis Bacon tomorrow night.
Sent by Anonymous at 14.3.5 on 00:11 |
| 192 | I am sad to report that Leonardo da Vinci, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 14.3.5 on 00:02 |
| 191 | I am sad to report that John Pell, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 13.3.5 on 00:02 |
| 190 | Chris...Rob has stoped nearly every special character from appearing. I said you WILL lose...
Pete Sent by Anonymous at 12.3.5 on 10:43 |
| 189 | Right, I've got a shit-ton of cash and 4 pawns, and by my reckoning there are 3 people out there who own about 40% of the pawns (ie, they've got about 6-7 each). If I start the killing they will only come back into the sale, and they'll be able to outbid everyone, so people are going to need to vote endgame soon...
Don't start any attrition wars until no more pawns will be made available...otherwise you Sent by Anonymous at 12.3.5 on 10:42 |
| 188 | I am sad to report that Montezuma II, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 12.3.5 on 07:18 |
| 187 | Looking for a target? George Green is content and owned by either Jim Keodowo, Bright Spark or Roland and lives in Endervold South Gate, working for as a Partner for Ace Gaia Worlds. He earns 100. His spouse's name is Doris Nation and they are Enagaged
. His hobby is Planet Ball and he is Novice at it. Sent by Anonymous at 11.3.5 on 09:20 |
| 186 | Looking for a target? George Green is content and owned by either Jim Keodowo, Defecator or Simon and lives in Endervold South Gate, working for as a Partner for Ace Gaia Worlds. He earns 100. His spouse's name is Doris Nation and they are Enagaged
. His hobby is Planet Ball and he is Novice at it. Sent by Anonymous at 10.3.5 on 23:23 |
| 185 | Pete, that's simply fantastic. Thankyou!
Sent by Anonymous at 10.3.5 on 11:28 |
| 184 | I am sad to report that Cole Porter, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 10.3.5 on 00:06 |
| 183 | yea a drink sounds good, where bouts would be best?
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 09.3.5 on 21:35 |
| 182 | Its the mid-game Time-To-Die scorecard!!!! Now with LESS HTML to make it COMPELTELY UNREADABLE!!!! Its like some CUNT worked out how to put fake messages on here, and in your inbox, so Rob BANNED HTML ENTIRELY...don't blame him...BLAME THE CUNT WHO HACKED THE MESSAGE BOARD!!!!
We asked 100 operatives how much they would charge to kill YOUR pawns. Then we lost the results, and some of the money...so went went back and asked 1 operative what he reckoned the chances of killing YOUR pawn was if we gave him 500 hard-earned resources. Heres what he said.... George Green----------------------20 Ian Stewart-----------------------22 Thomas Muir-----------------------23 Michael Francis Atiyah------------25 William Emerson-------------------25 Klaus Roth------------------------25 John Wilson-----------------------25 William Timothy Gowers------------26 H.S.M. Coxeter--------------------27 Christopher Wren------------------27 William Spottiswoode--------------28 John Pell-------------------------29 Charles Babbage-------------------29 Ronald Fisher---------------------30 Frank Plumpton Ramsey-------------31 Henry Briggs----------------------31 Andrew Wiles----------------------31 John Couch Adams------------------32 Elton John------------------------32 Oscar Wilde-----------------------32 Edward John Routh-----------------33 James Baldwin---------------------33 Andy Warhol---------New-----------36 George Gabriel Stokes-------------37 Cole Porter-----------------------38 Montezuma II--------New-----------38 Francis Bacon-------New-----------38 Leonardo da Vinci---New-----------38 Plato---------------New-----------38 Tennessee Williams--New-----------39 Joseph Wolstenholme---------------39 Truman Capote---------------------40 Hans Christian Andersen-----------41 Lord Byron----------New-----------41 Harvey Milk-----------------------41 Marcel Proust---------------------44 Henry David Thoreau---------------44 Michelangelo--------New-----------44 So what we can surmise from this is that there are an awful lot of pawns out there currently "at leisure"...Andy Warhol and below basically. There are 3 pawns who look to be taking on "Super Pawn" status in George Green, Ian Stewart and Thomas Muir...it they aren't already they soon will be earning their owner (or owners) a large amount of expensive-to-kill cash. Not that I'm recommending you kill them when I turn out the lights. There are a number of pawns playing a midfield game, and combining this with the relative availability of the operatives and high number of suicides I reckon that some people haven't been doing the 3-2 stabilization plan...naughty naughty. Pete Sent by Anonymous at 09.3.5 on 21:24 |
| 181 | Show of hands who's Dead?
Sent by Anonymous at 09.3.5 on 20:47 |
| 180 | Rob, excellent idea. Send the car 'round Texas :) (I realize that you already addressed this...I'm just an asshole)
Sent by Anonymous at 09.3.5 on 19:57 |
| 179 | HTML, not phpbbcode mate :)
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 09.3.5 on 15:09 |
| 178 | [b]Post Chom 2 Piss Up[/b]
An idea occurred to me after my weekly Icar session. Why not meet up in town for a fews beers after the game has finished? We can get the London crew in for a beer or 12. It's been a while since we've got them up to Reading for some time. Although this is available to everyone, I will understand if some of you don't fly in from Italy/Texas/Whatever planet Pete is on. If this idea seems good to you, either email me or check out the topic on the other board. Ta. Back to the game. Sent by Rob Lang at 09.3.5 on 15:07 |
| 177 | When a pawn suicides, you lose all your cash. It's set to 0.
Sent by Rob Lang at 09.3.5 on 15:04 |
| 176 | Fair enuff, but what about the cash???
Sent by Secret Santa at 09.3.5 on 15:04 |
| 175 | I have been through the stats and system and the reason penrose died is because his hobby happiness fell below zero. This was caused by two disruptions and then when you moved him, that finished him off. When you move a pawn, it makes him less happy, as it says in Pete's wonderful player FAQ. He wasn't wonderfully upset before but moving him put him over the edge. You killed him by evicting him!
Sent by Rob Lang at 09.3.5 on 10:13 |
| 174 | That sucks. Kevin Stalflare, I'll get you, you SOB!!!
Rob, I gotta coupla probs with this suicide. Firstly, he was overall 'Content' - not a suicidal bone in his body. Secondly, he suicided whilst I was in the middle of allocating resources to a job to sort him out - and he took those resources with him, even though the job hadn't been confirmed. Wtf???? Sent by Secret Santa at 09.3.5 on 09:43 |
| 173 | I am sad to report that Roger Penrose, owned by Secret Santa has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 09.3.5 on 09:32 |
| 172 | Pawn Auction turned a it flakey. Is fine now. Please bid away!
Sent by Rob Lang at 08.3.5 on 13:55 |
| 171 | I am about to switch off two accounts that remain unused. This will alter the numbers a bit but will balance the game.
Sent by Rob Lang at 08.3.5 on 13:30 |
| 170 | I am sad to report that Bertrand Russell, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 08.3.5 on 06:47 |
| 169 | Simon, I'm sorry. Is that your corpse strewn about my yard again? Please clean it up.
Sent by Anonymous at 07.3.5 on 21:37 |
| 168 | I am sad to report that Richard Ewen Borcherds, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 07.3.5 on 19:33 |
| 167 | No offense meant Rob, but she sings when ten of us vote for her to sing.
Sent by Anonymous at 07.3.5 on 10:43 |
| 166 | The game's not over until the fat lady sings. As far as I'm concerned, she's not even warming up.
Sent by Rob Lang at 07.3.5 on 10:29 |
| 165 | yeah, that makes sense. lets kill pawns while they can be replaced, instead of killing them once and for all.
Sent by Anonymous at 07.3.5 on 09:13 |
| 164 | I am sad to report that Alfred Bray Kempe, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 07.3.5 on 08:01 |
| 163 | Keep your money, losers. Don't vote endgame. Let's get rid of some of these pawns first...
Sent by Anonymous at 07.3.5 on 04:58 |
| 162 | All right people, let's get endgame going before those bastards at the top of the leaderboard get any more pawns
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 07.3.5 on 00:18 |
| 161 | Bad luck, Simon.
Sent by Anonymous at 06.3.5 on 17:01 |
| 160 | I am sad to report that Freeman John Dyson, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 06.3.5 on 17:00 |
| 159 | I am sad to report that Isaac Newton, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 06.3.5 on 10:18 |
| 158 | I am sad to report that George Boole, owned by Jimmy has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 06.3.5 on 03:01 |
| 157 | I am sad to report that Arthur Cayley, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 05.3.5 on 21:35 |
| 156 | Simon, Justice is served.
Sent by Anonymous at 05.3.5 on 19:03 |
| 155 | I am sad to report that Thomas Bayes, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 05.3.5 on 17:04 |
| 154 | Sent by Defecator at 05.3.5 on 15:21 |
| 153 | Beautiful job on that murder. He's not so fucking happy now is he?
Sent by Anonymous at 05.3.5 on 10:51 |
| 152 | I am sad to report that Alan Turing, owned by Jimmy has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 05.3.5 on 00:01 |
| 151 | I am sad to report that James Joseph Sylvester, owned by Peter F. Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 05.3.5 on 00:01 |
| 150 | I hear he lost his job recently (around 9am) and is therefore quite cheap to disrupt.... or murder.
Enjoy :) Sent by Anonymous at 04.3.5 on 17:38 |
| 149 | Yeah- I think someone's lavished a little too much TLC on that one!
Sent by Anonymous at 04.3.5 on 15:24 |
| 148 | Who's going to fuck the happy pawn, then? Roll up! Roll up! Set your disruptions here! :-)
Sent by Anonymous at 04.3.5 on 14:51 |
| 147 | You might have noticed some oddness. I have updated the auction system: you may only bid on a maximum of two pawns now. Not that there are any pawns.
Sent by Rob Lang at 04.3.5 on 14:50 |
| 146 | Seeing as the Random Event system is up to all sorts of bizarreness, I have switched back on the rest of it. You should see some more odd stuff going on. If a pawn disappears - check Skynet!
Sent by Rob Lang at 04.3.5 on 10:32 |
| 145 | I am sad to report that Lewis Fry Richardson, owned by Jim Keodowo has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 04.3.5 on 07:42 |
| 144 | I am sad to report that Robert Smith, owned by Rainbow Butt Monkey has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 04.3.5 on 00:08 |
| 143 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 04.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 142 | I am sad to report that John H. Conway, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 03.3.5 on 22:02 |
| 141 | I am sad to report that Simon Donaldson, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 03.3.5 on 07:45 |
| 140 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 03.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 139 | I am sad to report that Isaac Barrow, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 03.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 138 | I am sad to report that John Lennard-Jones, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 03.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 137 | It's a regular complaint that a lot of 99% jobs fail. This is purely unlucky. Each job has a 1/100 chance of failing, which is actually quite high. To prove that there is nothing wrong with it, here is the bit of code that checks to see if the job is successful.
(@jobtobedone[7] is the percentage) $chanceofpass = @jobtobedone[7] / 100; if ($debug == 1) {print " ";} $randomnumber = rand(); if ($debug == 1) {print " ";} if ($randomnumber < $chanceofpass) { if ($debug == 1) {print " ";} [snip] As you can see, there is no smoke and mirrors involved here. You're just unlucky. Sent by Rob Lang at 02.3.5 on 09:12 |
| 136 | Looking for a target? Here is some info about Frank Plumpton Ramsey : He is owned by Bright Spark, works for Acerine Machines and has the hobby of Gambling. Sent by Chom Isis at 01.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 135 | I am sad to report that Thomas Bradwardine, owned by Shobu Kirafuda has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 01.3.5 on 00:00 |
| 134 | I am sad to report that William Sealey Gosset, owned by Spesh has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 27.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 133 | Not having a lot of luck there, are you, Pete? Just thought I'd write to gloat a bit ...
Sent by Jimmy at 26.2.5 on 10:18 |
| 132 | I am sad to report that W. V. D. Hodge, owned by Pete has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 25.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 131 | I am sad to report that George Atwood, owned by Simon has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 24.2.5 on 21:55 |
| 130 | is that it for pawns or will more be available?
Sent by Anonymous at 24.2.5 on 17:32 |
| 129 | Looking for a target? Here is some info about George Atwood : He is owned by Simon, is unemployed and has the hobby of No Hobby. Sent by Chom Isis at 24.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 128 | (staying quiet)
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 23.2.5 on 14:47 |
| 127 | Or everyone in the alliance turns out to be a fucktard, incapable of basic decisions, and you realise you're better off in a pointless 1-person alliance.
1-person alliances can be useful...stick all your money in them! (note to previous players...say nothing ;-) ) Pete Sent by Anonymous at 23.2.5 on 14:45 |
| 126 | And then some mole will give away the passowrd, the opposition will join, take the money and use it to win...
Sent by Anonymous at 23.2.5 on 12:12 |
| 125 | Of course, if the alliance is really big (and hance earning loads of cash) then you'll never get agreement upon who to murder. All the cash will go to waste. Bugger.
Sent by Anonymous at 23.2.5 on 11:28 |
| 124 | Once you have 3 in an allaince, it will satrt accumulating money, which you can then vote to one of the memebers to do a job.
Sent by Anonymous at 23.2.5 on 11:08 |
| 123 | Do you earn cash for creating alliances and getting people to join them?
Sent by Anonymous at 23.2.5 on 10:29 |
| 122 | Just thought I'd post this, no explanation offered or suggested.
Sent by Rob Lang at 23.2.5 on 10:16 |
| 121 | Anonymous, you've been terribly unlucky. There is a small probability but it does happen. There is no way to disrupt the operatives. It's just poor luck.
Sent by Rob Lang at 23.2.5 on 09:46 |
| 120 | Ooooh, that's good. 5 pointless Alliances. We needed more of those. You only start earning cash when you have more than one person in it, otherwise you can't really call it an Alliance.
Sent by Anonymous at 23.2.5 on 09:44 |
| 119 | I am sad to report that Brook Taylor, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 23.2.5 on 08:03 |
| 118 | I am sad to report that John Wallis, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 23.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 117 | How is it possible that 2 jobs at 99% fail in one day?!?!?! Is there any chance to disrupt the work of the operatives? I assume I have been terribly unlucky....ANy ideas?
Sent by Anonymous at 22.2.5 on 18:45 |
| 116 | Kathryn Jago? Didn't she do History of Art? Or was that Donald Campbell?
Sent by Jimmy at 22.2.5 on 18:10 |
| 115 | I am sad to report that Rob Lang, owned by Kathryn Jago has committed Chomicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 22.2.5 on 15:56 |
| 114 | I am sad to report that William Burnside, owned by Pete Ganderton has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 22.2.5 on 00:25 |
| 113 | Jimmy, thanks for the post not only detailling the problem but the solution! If only all the problems I was faced with were provided with solutions.
However, the other Anonymous poster is correct, this is the last game of Chom 2 and so I am not changing any perl files unless there is a major problem. This is not a major problem. At no point did Chom 2 ever support anything but IE so you use your other browsers at your own risk. This is unlikely to be the case in future versions because I will be moving to XHTML, a better standard. Many thanks, Rob Sent by Rob Lang at 21.2.5 on 09:49 |
| 112 | Sorry, that should read "every" instaed of "very"
Sent by Anonymous at 21.2.5 on 09:21 |
| 111 | So, roughly translated, "Could you change very perl script halfway through the last game"?
I don't rate your chances here. Sent by Anonymous at 21.2.5 on 09:20 |
| 110 | Dear Chom,
I have a simple request relating to your HTML output. Not being a fan of the IE browser (and I'm sure you'll understand why) I am playing this game with FireFox. And very nice it is, too. Sadly, all the tooltips (e.g. "Send anonymously") have stopped working (but are perfectly OK in IE). These tooltips are actually quite useful, and I'd appreciate it if they could be made to work. Having searched the web for the reason why, I have unearthed the following information: The ALT tag for images is NOT supposed to produce a little tooltip when you mouseover an image, according to the HTML spec. This is supposed to be the job of the TITLE tag. [...] IE has always done it for the ALT tag too. Full posting here: http://www.gadgetopia.com/2004/11/09/FirefoxALTTagsAndTooltips.html Now, having examined your HTML, I see that the tooltips are in fact recorded in the "ALT" tag. Could you alter this to the "TITLE" tag, so that standards-compliant browsers can enjoy this game to the full too, please? With apologies for being such a pedant, Jimmy Now, which option do I check ... Sent by Anonymous at 21.2.5 on 08:57 |
| 109 | The news on Skynet this morning reads:
Robert Recorde receives a gift from an unknown beneficary. ... but *he* is the beneficiary, (having received it from a benefactor). So it should read something more like this: Robert Recorde has become the beneficary of a gift from an unknown source. Or is it me? Sent by Anonymous at 21.2.5 on 08:40 |
| 108 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 21.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 107 | I am sad to report that Grace Chisholm Young, owned by Roland has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 21.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 106 | Sent by Defecator at 20.2.5 on 15:34 |
| 105 | Noooooooooo.... Someone did something bad on my pawn!!!! YOU !!!... I WILL KILL YOU !!!! Somebody WILL PAY!!
Defecator Sent by Anonymous at 19.2.5 on 15:59 |
| 104 | Noooooooooo.... Someone did something bad on my pawn!!!! YOU !!!... I WILL KILL YOU !!!! Somebody WILL PAY!!
Defecator Sent by Anonymous at 19.2.5 on 15:59 |
| 103 | It takes time... happiness levels control which direction and how much the pawn's happiness changes at midnight, so if you've raised its levels to or just above those required for happiness it will be getting happier, but very slowly. If you max it out it will improve faster, but will cost more and may become a target...
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 19.2.5 on 11:19 |
| 102 | No matter how much money I spend on positive jobs the little bugger doesn't improve his total happiness, or even the sub-areas!! Are there some pawns that are un-improvable?
Sent by Anonymous at 19.2.5 on 10:34 |
| 101 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 19.2.5 on 00:11 |
| 100 | with the lil pop up window is it possible to get a link to get back to the main page? so you can open one from the other?
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 18.2.5 on 19:12 |
| 99 | so is it playing with just tactics no tricks from now on?
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 18.2.5 on 17:15 |
| 98 | Fair enough, I retract that. Let's get on with the deviousness! ;)
Oh, and if anyone is getting mail from me, I NEVER get involved with setting up alliances and the such. If you get a message and want to be sure it is from me, email me to check. Sent by Rob Lang at 18.2.5 on 15:22 |
| 97 | ok i admit to trying with the HTML but i never tried to log in as rob
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 18.2.5 on 15:03 |
| 96 | I should just clarify...neither Byrnie or myself have used anything other than basic HTML on our messages...no brute force password attacks as this was agreed long ago as "not on". The HTML used was not complex, it was mainly cut'n'paste from the existing board, just correctly re-ordered.
If we'd wanted to we could have pulled the entire system apart by now (not belittling Robs coding skill, more emphasising our own persistance and sadness), and trust me when I said we had some really evil tricks we could have done, however we stuck within the safe scope of HTML manipulation (and we made sure we did it properly...). Pete Sent by Anonymous at 18.2.5 on 13:41 |
| 95 | No but nice try, whichever Matt you are - Random or Evil.
Sent by Rob Lang at 18.2.5 on 13:22 |
| 94 | Indeed. I thought the whole bloody point of the game was to win by playing within the world of Chom, not changing it. Besides, it puts us non-HTML junkies at a considerable disadvantage - can we have some extra cash, Rob?? :-P
Matt Sent by Anonymous at 18.2.5 on 12:10 |
| 93 | Right! Have fixed vunerabilities in the mail and glyph system. HTML will now be stripped from it.
In future, if you find a vunerability, check with me before you exploit it. You're supposed to win by playing the game, not hacking it. There are some emergent properties of the game that may be exploited, if you're clever enough (for example Pete's excellent collection of stats using job costs). Check with me first. Sent by Rob Lang at 18.2.5 on 11:25 |
| 92 | RIGHT! I'm not spending any more time fixing the board. If you screw the board up while playing with html, then I will not fix it but instead screw with your player account. I will kill pawns, take resources and publicly expose information.
Also, stop trying to log in as me. You won't figure out my login combination because I used random numbers and letters to create it. If you know what you're doing, not going to screw it up and are doing it for game reasons then you may continue but be warned, I will strike by posting vital information to the board. Like this: The last person to screw up the board (and try to log in as me) was Darren Goodger, who is playing Rainbow Butt Monkey, has one pawn, 113 resources, is the 6th most active player with 251 actions, has sent 12 mail messages and has done 6 'good' jobs and one bad. See what a pain in the arse I can be? I get worse. Don't make me strip out all the html from your messages. I have the code ready, I'm just allowing you to write html to inline pictures and format text. Sent by Rob Lang at 18.2.5 on 10:57 |
| 91 | Dear 'Real SANTA',
Have you been a good boy? I can tell, you know - only good boys get what they want for Christmas! Besides, it's hardly my fault if your nickname corresponds with my name - just ask that cheeky chappy Pete how he feels about his many impersonators... Ho...Ho...Ho.... Sent by Secret Santa at 18.2.5 on 10:30 |
| 90 | Quick suggestion...why don't you save a local copy of the page and play with that.
Also, you can't do a perfect copy at all (the numbers will always be wrong), and randomly entering HTML into the message box will not even do that... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 18.2.5 on 09:10 |
| 89 | And I thought I made a mess.....
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 18.2.5 on 09:02 |
| 88 | Guess you just can't do fake messages then on the board?
I'm sure Rob will be happy to clean it up again... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 18.2.5 on 08:57 |
| 87 | no i didn't get any resources either, could it be a successful fake message?
Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 21:38 |
| 86 | Chom,
That's my very point ... you didn't give any out, despite the announcement that you had. Or have I been singled-out for stinginess? Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 18:05 |
| 85 | We've previously had using Alliances as 1-man banks (now blocked) and a variety of misinformation tricks on the boards (though no-ones managed to fully fake a message yet, as seen by mine and byrnies earlier muck-ups...).
You can do some silly stuff with avatars if you give it a bit of lateral thought, though you should be careful not to trash the overall HTML of the pages. As far as player tricks Fish owns there, by convincing Gareth to publish his own pawn list. Last game someone (we know who) decided to hand over a password for a rather large alliance, thus handing victory to a small group of players...I think my best stunt was convincing most people I had no pawns, while slowly accumulating money in a (now blocked) 1-person alliance... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 16:47 |
| 84 | Team effort that one... I thought of it, Rob said it was OK to test, you tried it and Dwain was the lucky recipient of -200 resources :D
Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 16:35 |
| 83 | nice!! so what other tricks have appeared? or can you not tell me
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 17.2.5 on 16:34 |
| 82 | I'm testing the limits of the environment...I've done nothing that affects the way the game plays at all, merely how you percieve it to be playing. As Rob said, I haven't affected the main game engine...
The best trick ever goes to Byrnie a couple of games back, with the discovery of negative resource transfers (now blocked for obvious reasons). Pete Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 16:22 |
| 81 | so really your trying harder to mess up all of robs hard work than win the game??
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 17.2.5 on 16:15 |
| 80 | Patient? I think Byrnie is closer to the mark...I've spent most of my time this game so far trying to work out how to forge messages on the public message board...
Skynet still eludes me though :-( Pete Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 15:22 |
| 79 | Chom likes a bit of abusing. She's a dirty whore that way.
Sent by Rob Lang at 17.2.5 on 15:11 |
| 78 | For "patient and persistant playing" read "conniving, scheming and borderline abusing" :D
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 14:48 |
| 77 | I'm quite old and crotchery. I have no Idea why I keep giving resources. I suppose I had better stop myself.
Sent by Chom Isis at 17.2.5 on 14:39 |
| 76 | Me. But I doubt it would be anything like it is now without the persistent and patient playing of people like Pete, Fish, Byrn, Dwain and all the others.
Sent by Rob Lang at 17.2.5 on 14:37 |
| 75 | so who designed this game?
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 17.2.5 on 14:24 |
| 74 | very good pete, shame bout the suicide though
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 17.2.5 on 13:59 |
| 73 | Dear Santa,
Please stop using my nick, I am trying to get into alliances and you are creating a hell of confusion!! Pete won't allow me into "Da Boys" if this keeps going on!! The Real SANTA Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 13:54 |
| 72 | Who is this person posing as me?? Must be an elf, perhaps...a bitter, twisted little man who cannot appreciate what it means to be the real Santa, worshipped by millions of children across the Globe!
Happy Christmas! Ho....Ho...Ho..... Sent by Secret Santa at 17.2.5 on 13:08 |
| 71 | Sergeant Goodger, please report in...
:-D Pete Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 11:23 |
| 70 | Dear Chom Isis,
I really don't think much of your fits of random generosity. There was a time when I received a truly pitiful number, but that one from last night didn't actually give me any at all. There wasn't even a message saying I'd been given zero extra resources. Are you sure you're functioning OK? Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 08:09 |
| 69 | I am sad to report that Godfrey Harold Hardy, owned by Pete has committed suicide.
Sent by Chom Isis at 17.2.5 on 08:02 |
| 68 | Another noob question;
Do you get money every night from Chom? I thought you only got money from having pawns? Santa Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 07:41 |
| 67 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources Sent by Chom Isis at 17.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 66 | Certain jobs can immediatley affect a pawns various happiness levels...I think Kill Spouse is one of them (so it would have a dual effect...immediate loss from the job, and the midnight update would also be negative...).
Other instant effect jobs are like Disruption. (Steal is a bit different, as there is an extra layer on jobs...a job affects the wealth level, and the wealth level affects money happiness). But in general, yes, midnight is when your various happiness levels will be updated based on your hobby, job and spouse levels... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:56 |
| 65 | Thanks Pete (the real one?), but the bottom line is that upping or downing will only happen at midnight, is that correct?
For example if someone kills the spouse, I will see it straight away, but at midnight the pawn will suffer from the loss, correct? Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:47 |
| 64 | Thats actually a pretty complex question to answer...
Your pawn has 3 happiness levels (and an overall average). Taking "Love" happiness as an example; The value of Love happiness ranges from 0-200 (high being good)...this is then broken down into 9 arbitary levels that define which little image they get. Every night at midnight the Love happiness is affected positively or negatively by the current status of the relationship...on the Chom viewer (triangle Icon) you can see the "minimum level for happiness"...this relates to a midnight adjuster of zero (so Love happiness will neither go up or down)...you will only see a change when a happiness level goes outside the current arbitary realm...the better the relationship the bigger the affector, and teh faster you will see the change... Simple... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:31 |
| 63 | More newbie questions:
How is the point table affected? Is it only pawn happiness or a mix between money and happiness? Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:27 |
| 62 | another newbie question:
in the faq it says that the effects of a job on the happiness of a pawn is not immediate, (for example help hobby)... Does anyone have an idea of how much time it usually takes for the happiness to rise/fall? Thanks! Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:25 |
| 61 | If the hack was good enough to fool the statistics engine I'd consider that a full success! I shall call my new trick "Message Phreaking"...HURAHH!!!
Now if I could only work out if theres a way to post stories on Skynet...(I highly doubt there is, as there is no direct interfect with it for the players...) Pete (the real one) Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:20 |
| 60 | Bizarre. will try again.
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:02 |
| 59 | Not come through, mate.
Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 16:01 |
| 58 | Oh.. Its just I sent you some emails about stuff.... thought it might be a problem...
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 15:47 |
| 57 | Yep, am at work.
Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 15:43 |
| 56 | Rob, are you not at work today/ unable to access your work email?
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 15:34 |
| 55 | It was, in fact, Pete (as in the real person, who owns IJY, not the fake ones on here who want to be him) who hacked the message "from me". My apologies to Rainbow Butt Monkey, who is absolved of all crime.
Pete, do you really want to toy with me, sunshine? :-) Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 15:23 |
| 54 | i was merely agreeing with your own comment
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 16.2.5 on 14:26 |
| 00 | Hes's done it again, the cheaky beggar...message 67 is complete baloney...
Sent by Anonymous at 17.2.5 on 00:14 |
| 66 | Certain jobs can immediatley affect a pawns various happiness levels...I think Kill Spouse is one of them (so it would have a dual effect...immediate loss from the job, and the midnight update would also be negative...).
Other instant effect jobs are like Disruption. (Steal is a bit different, as there is an extra layer on jobs...a job affects the wealth level, and the wealth level affects money happiness). But in general, yes, midnight is when your various happiness levels will be updated based on your hobby, job and spouse levels... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:56 |
| 65 | Thanks Pete (the real one?), but the bottom line is that upping or downing will only happen at midnight, is that correct?
For example if someone kills the spouse, I will see it straight away, but at midnight the pawn will suffer from the loss, correct? Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:47 |
| 64 | Thats actually a pretty complex question to answer...
Your pawn has 3 happiness levels (and an overall average). Taking "Love" happiness as an example; The value of Love happiness ranges from 0-200 (high being good)...this is then broken down into 9 arbitary levels that define which little image they get. Every night at midnight the Love happiness is affected positively or negatively by the current status of the relationship...on the Chom viewer (triangle Icon) you can see the "minimum level for happiness"...this relates to a midnight adjuster of zero (so Love happiness will neither go up or down)...you will only see a change when a happiness level goes outside the current arbitary realm...the better the relationship the bigger the affector, and teh faster you will see the change... Simple... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:31 |
| 63 | More newbie questions:
How is the point table affected? Is it only pawn happiness or a mix between money and happiness? Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:27 |
| 62 | another newbie question:
in the faq it says that the effects of a job on the happiness of a pawn is not immediate, (for example help hobby)... Does anyone have an idea of how much time it usually takes for the happiness to rise/fall? Thanks! Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:25 |
| 61 | If the hack was good enough to fool the statistics engine I'd consider that a full success! I shall call my new trick "Message Phreaking"...HURAHH!!!
Now if I could only work out if theres a way to post stories on Skynet...(I highly doubt there is, as there is no direct interfect with it for the players...) Pete (the real one) Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:20 |
| 60 | Bizarre. will try again.
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 16:02 |
| 59 | Not come through, mate.
Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 16:01 |
| 58 | Oh.. Its just I sent you some emails about stuff.... thought it might be a problem...
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 15:47 |
| 57 | Yep, am at work.
Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 15:43 |
| 56 | Rob, are you not at work today/ unable to access your work email?
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 15:34 |
| 55 | It was, in fact, Pete (as in the real person, who owns IJY, not the fake ones on here who want to be him) who hacked the message "from me". My apologies to Rainbow Butt Monkey, who is absolved of all crime.
Pete, do you really want to toy with me, sunshine? :-) Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 15:23 |
| 54 | i was merely agreeing with your own comment
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 16.2.5 on 14:26 |
| 53 | Dunno, you anything to do with Firefox?
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 14:04 |
| 52 | Just so you know, as admin I have this thing called the Statistics engine. It's big brother: it logs everything you do in game. Thus, sending messages to the board anonymously isn't anonymous as far as I am concerned. It's plain as day. Therefore, Rainbow Butt Monkey, be careful of taking the piss out of me (calling me a poopy head, really!) or I will retaliate - and I can change anything in the game and release any information. I am normally 99% neutral because no-one has been stupid enough to take on the admin before! ;-) Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 14:02 |
| 51 | well you probably haven't identified me yet, or have you?
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 16.2.5 on 13:39 |
| 50 | ????? How intriguing. Someone who isn't me, asking questions about alliances. V.odd.
Ho....Ho....Ho...... Sent by Secret Santa at 16.2.5 on 13:36 |
| 49 | Tricky to answer...there are 6 players I haven't positively identified yet, and I've accounted for most of the "usual suspects"...
Pete Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 13:33 |
| 48 | how many newbies are actually in this game?
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 13:24 |
| 47 | By the way, great sending ananymously, then signing with your in-game name...
:-D Pete Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 12:37 |
| 46 | Hi Matt,
You'll need to find the password out from someone already within the alliance...I'm sure they'll be contacting you soon... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 12:36 |
| 45 | Newbie question:
If I want to join an alliance, how do I get the password to enter? Do you post a message on the board? Santa Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 12:25 |
| 44 | tell us something we don't know
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 10:07 |
| 43 | I'd also like to add that I'm a poopy head!
Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 09:34 |
| 42 | I know there is nothing in the FAQ but I thought it might be obvious from the phrase ALLIANCE that they do fuck all unless you have more than one person in them.
Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 09:30 |
| 41 | Damn that wasn't very much!
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 00:03 |
| 40 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 16.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 39 | That was supposed to be the suttle test. pity the text escaped really. Rob says he'll fix it soon...
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 23:13 |
| 38 | Okay, it might be "MARVELOUS", but i don't care, all i did was copy and paste. No idea where it comes from.
:0S Sent by Shobu Kirafuda at 15.2.5 on 21:24 |
| 37 | Does look like you've got something outsid the table though...hats off to you...
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 18:56 |
| 36 | Spelling "Anonymous" properly would help as well...
Pete Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 18:55 |
| 35 | Hmm... that didn't work either
Byrn Sent by Annonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:37 Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:37 |
| 34 | A good effort nonetheless mate. I'm not even sure its possible on this board
Byrn Sent by Annonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:35 Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:35 |
| 33 | Nobbing about with the way the Message Board works is totally legal. As long as the main engine of the game is not effected, it's not hacking.
Sent by Rob Lang at 15.2.5 on 16:12 |
| 32 | Shit, the glyph...forgot about that too...also missing out the colour banding, which I think would be tricky too, as I'm not sure how Rob has coded in the incrementation.
Back to the (very poorly defined) drawing board...I'd like to add I'm coming up with all this in the middle of a training course, with encroaching jetlag...its not easy being a devious cunt you know... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:52 |
| 31 | Very clear thanks a lot... you guys are pro at this game!!! Still it adds a lot more of complexity, good job Rob !!
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:32 |
| 30 | Every time you post a message, the number goes up.
Pete forged a message row, using html (probably modifying the source from his previous post, #18). The row above the fake is the real message number, he added a new row in after it with a fake message number and message. Unfortunately he left the old message number in there, which didn't match. Even if he had put the right number in, the real message row would have had the same number. Also, he didn't include the glyph, which is included in all non-anonymous messages, as in Rainbow Butt Monkey's message (#4) and Simon's message (#26) Not sure that's very clear. hmm. Nice try though Pete :D haven't seen message board fakery for a while... Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:25 |
| 00 | Wow, thats a lot of bullshit up there isn't it?
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 09:56 |
| 42 | I know there is nothing in the FAQ but I thought it might be obvious from the phrase ALLIANCE that they do fuck all unless you have more than one person in them.
Sent by Rob Lang at 16.2.5 on 09:30 |
| 41 | Damn that wasn't very much!
Sent by Anonymous at 16.2.5 on 00:03 |
| 40 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 16.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 39 | That was supposed to be the suttle test. pity the text escaped really. Rob says he'll fix it soon...
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 23:13 |
| 38 | Okay, it might be "MARVELOUS", but i don't care, all i did was copy and paste. No idea where it comes from.
:0S Sent by Shobu Kirafuda at 15.2.5 on 21:24 |
| 37 | Does look like you've got something outsid the table though...hats off to you...
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 18:56 |
| 36 | Spelling "Anonymous" properly would help as well...
Pete Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 18:55 |
| 35 | Hmm... that didn't work either
Byrn Sent by Annonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:37 Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:37 |
| 34 | A good effort nonetheless mate. I'm not even sure its possible on this board
Byrn Sent by Annonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:35 Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 16:35 |
| 33 | Nobbing about with the way the Message Board works is totally legal. As long as the main engine of the game is not effected, it's not hacking.
Sent by Rob Lang at 15.2.5 on 16:12 |
| 32 | Shit, the glyph...forgot about that too...also missing out the colour banding, which I think would be tricky too, as I'm not sure how Rob has coded in the incrementation.
Back to the (very poorly defined) drawing board...I'd like to add I'm coming up with all this in the middle of a training course, with encroaching jetlag...its not easy being a devious cunt you know... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:52 |
| 31 | Very clear thanks a lot... you guys are pro at this game!!! Still it adds a lot more of complexity, good job Rob !!
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:32 |
| 30 | Every time you post a message, the number goes up.
Pete forged a message row, using html (probably modifying the source from his previous post, #18). The row above the fake is the real message number, he added a new row in after it with a fake message number and message. Unfortunately he left the old message number in there, which didn't match. Even if he had put the right number in, the real message row would have had the same number. Also, he didn't include the glyph, which is included in all non-anonymous messages, as in Rainbow Butt Monkey's message (#4) and Simon's message (#26) Not sure that's very clear. hmm. Nice try though Pete :D haven't seen message board fakery for a while... Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:25 |
| 29 | Can somebody explain the message number thingy?
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:14 |
| 28 | It's the Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ you fucktard!
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 14:08 |
| 27 | Yeah...almost had it, but not quite...
You can't blame me for trying... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 13:55 |
| 26 | That's a good trick Pete, but the message numbers give away your forgery....
Sent by Simon at 15.2.5 on 13:27 |
| 25 | |
| 18 |
I'm guessing you don't have much money left then? Or do you have a pawn...I'm guessing from the style of writing that thats Skunty? Pete Sent by Simon at 15.2.5 on 13:25 |
| 25 | Well thats fucked you then
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 13:11 |
| 24 | D'oh! I got the timing of the disruption wrong! There were bids for that bugger, so I thought it would be good if he died as soon as somebody bought him. But, no, I fucked -up and now nobody has to pay for him. Not even a mention on the news-page for my money! Damn! damn! damn! PS- Remember that "Generous" allocation of resources last night? I got 4. Big fucking deal.
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 13:01 |
| 23 | For the people who have a better experience at this game:
How long before everyone will be assigned a pawn? If there is a special strategy in play, since it seems that someone had done it before, do you think that bidding more than 400 is a good way to start getting some paens to play with? can this potentially block the strategy? Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 12:36 |
| 22 | Byrn
Its theoretically possilbe for a single player to put down a bid for over 400 at the mo as we were all given resources last night...however I do suspect that there is a non-alliance tem in operation blocking pawn bids as I initially suggested...and as I said its an unbeatable strategy if left unchecked... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 12:29 |
| 21 | I have no idea why I started the game with no pawns in play. No idea. Seemed like a good idea. Thanks for the heads up on the incorrect link, Byrn. Fixed now. I have changed a few other game parameters but you're just going to have to see what they are by watching it do its magic. All the Noobs that I have spoken to recently HAVE read the players guide and are playing by the rules. It seems that there are some new tactics in play! Sent by Rob Lang at 15.2.5 on 12:15 |
| 20 | Doh. I'm crap. link to the forum is here
Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 11:40 |
| 19 | Definately the latter mate... this morning someone put in bids on all the new pawns from 100 to 432.
As well as the (excellent) new player guide, there's also a tutorial. you really need to read these before playing. That's why they were linked from the chom announcement mail. If you have any questions, try the guides, and iff they don't explain it go to the help forum and ask.. (By the way Rob, the help forum icon gives a 'forum not found' error) There are players out there who are happy to answer your questions. Byrn Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 11:27 |
| 18 | I'll try and be a little more helpful...
There is a players guide...I wrote it and it covers all the basics you need to know, like NOT WASTING YOUR MONEY ON JOBS BEFORE YOU HAVE A PAWN. I recommend you read it. Really. Secondly...either people are over-bidding on pawns, or someone (actually 2 or more) are using a strategy I came up with a while ago, where a small gorup of players can effectively block anyone else from buying pawns by overbidding on them, and then removing the money to a safe place for the bid failure...I would say that the startnig volume of pawns was too low fo rthe number of players, which is exasperating the situation a bit. Its a shame Rob didn't start us all off with a pawn as he has done previously, especially if we have a lot of new players (at least one of two of these are probably already out from job spending...) Thirdly...I'll happily consider a decent alliance...emails to the.real.pete@itsjustyou.com . I'm not quite ready to reveal the real Pete just yet... Pete Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 11:05 |
| 17 | For the Noobs: these prices are mental. They can't keep going up like this. Odd that the suicide didn't get caught in Skynet.
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 10:59 |
| 16 | So far only two pawn in play.... :( Let's hope to get something sooner or later...
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 10:55 |
| 15 | There's a sort of grim determination to lose - even before the game has properly started. Is anyone else having trouble getting a reasonable bid on a pawn?
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 10:48 |
| 14 | It's best just to look at it as being doomed. Utterly doomed.
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 10:30 |
| 13 | Full marks to the person randomly disrupting unbought pawns.... what a fantastic waste of resources at this early stage.
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 10:24 |
| 12 | You wait until all your pawns get butchered at random.
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 09:18 |
| 11 | well first time on here and i must say, it's wierd!! I have little to no idea what i'md going but hey it seems fun so far!
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 09:13 |
| 10 | Mmmmmm aggressive strategy continues... :(
Sent by Anonymous at 15.2.5 on 07:44 |
| 9 | In a fit of generosity, you have all been given a random amount of resources
Sent by Chom Isis at 15.2.5 on 00:00 |
| 8 | Looks like one is already acting.... :(
Sent by Anonymous at 14.2.5 on 23:18 |
| 7 | Anyone gonna create an alliance?
Sent by Anonymous at 14.2.5 on 23:17 |
| 6 | But mainly, hes a cunt
Sent by Anonymous at 14.2.5 on 16:13 |
| 5 | For those that don't know, Pete is perhaps the most prolific of all players. He was the one I first sounded out when designing Chom 1, was there right at the start of Chom 1 where he won the first ever game, wrote the fantastic players guide, assisted Chris Simpson in a win of 2002.2 and is now probably plotting with a sizable team. Pete also manages to collate huge amounts of information on people given very little and is a one-man statistical generator!
Sent by Rob Lang (Admin) at 14.2.5 on 14:51 |
| 4 | hello people
Sent by Rainbow Butt Monkey at 14.2.5 on 13:25 |
| 3 | Hello world!!
Sent by Anonymous at 14.2.5 on 13:20 |
| 2 | Shit, theres 4 of me...
Sent by Anonymous at 14.2.5 on 13:09 |
| 1 | It'd just like to say that the number of Peter Gandertons there are has nothing to do with me. If everyone wants to be called Peter Ganderton, then that's up to them. I don't understand the fetish myself but then it takes all sorts - especially in this game.
Sent by Rob Lang (Admin) at 14.2.5 on 12:56 |
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Sent by Chom Isis at 07.1.5 on 13:58 |