empire_game - PettingZooTwo

Summary:
Fifteen updates have occurred in the Petting Zoo Two game. Nine cap sacks
have occurred so far. Four players are completely zero'd out. Things are
heating up, alliances and anti-alliances are forming. With the tech leaders
able to build aircraft, the next wave of eliminations will come quickly.

Details:
Players got off to a quick start, with everyone starting with four
sanctuaries versus the usual 2. Players quickly got their productions
running, mining iron, pumping oil, and panning the dust from the mountains.
Edu and Tech got off to a good start, although initial Edu numbers were
slightly lower than usual due to players having double the standard civs.
Units came into production, with lots of them being made, even considering
that in this setup the land units' mobilities are reduced to half of that in
the default game, and units have seen combat. We've got some planes in the
world, but no real air combat to report at this time.

Initial ship explorations found nearby expansion islands, which required
players to bring enough mils to beat back the Bungholio 1-mil defender. By
update 6, one of Ricin's early exploratory frigates wandered upon an
undefended coastal Fodderton city, and upon them venturing ashore, Ricin
scored the game's first cap sack (at update 6 = amazing!).

The first player eliminated was twistle, killed by Shakespeare and beep at
the 9th update. At the 14th update, three players were zero'd out.
Fodderton was rolled by Ricin, Darkness was shagged by Rook, and Gemini got
haxored by beep.

Who's the next to die? Large armies and fleets are amassing. Does someone
have their eye on the big bankroll available, is it a trap, is it a decoy,
or is it a sucker's bet? Only time will tell...

For Further Information:
Check out the action at sheepfarm.game-host.org : 6665, the visitor account
is available. If you are interested in being a replacement or as a
temporary substitute player, send email to the deity (empire_bungholio @
verizon.net).

Power:
     - = [   Empire Power Report   ] = -
      as of Sun Jul 11 15:03:12 2004

         sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money
     Rook 170   90% 118K 2.7K 2.0K 165 4.4K 11K 2.7K 4.5K   0   50   20 5.0K
     beep 180   98% 116K 3.8K 1.9K 195 1.6K 23K 1.4K 5.3K   0   70   30 644
Aquitaine 155   87% 86K 2.8K 2.4K 265    0   15K 1.4K 4.2K   0   40   10 15K
    Ricin 165   93% 101K 5.7K 1.1K 165 8.7K 20K 1.3K 2.0K   5   70   40 1.1K
Euforia 110   97% 80K 3.0K 650 165 4.0K 14K 850 3.4K   2   50   10 719
   Wicked 110   82% 61K 3.4K 575 165 500   10K 900 2.0K   2   40   30 15K
Shakespea 145   86% 87K 3.0K 900 170 1.6K 11K 850 1.8K   6   80   60 2.0K
Perdition 85   98% 63K 2.7K 875 100    0 5.5K 500 2.9K   0   30   20 2.1K
    Limbo 85   90% 49K 2.1K 650   90 1.1K 13K 600 1.6K 10   20    8 2.0K
   Dorsai 75   87% 49K 1.8K 1.4K 220 850   14K 350 1.5K   2   20    5 381
Cincinnat 70   98% 48K 2.2K 2.2K 210 2.5K 8.0K 500 1.1K   0   20   20 3.6K
nuke_em 70   88% 45K 2.3K 950 175 800 6.8K 450 2.7K   5   30   10 10K
Trantor 45   88% 25K 800   50   20 1.0K 4.6K 550 650    0    3    0 110K
   Howard 15   82% 8.6K 1.1K   1    0    0 600    3   50    0    2    0 5.0K
Anguiron    2 100% 400 150    0    0    0    0 200    0    0    2    0 20K
    Seven   5 100%   0 150   50   10    0    0    0   10    0    2    0 15K
twistle   0    0%   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0 15K
Darkness    0    0%   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0 15K
   Gemini   0    0%   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0 10K
          ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 1.5K 91% 936K 38K 16K 2.1K 27K 157K 12K 34K 30 530 250 235K

Deity's Favorite Anno:
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> Announcement from beep, (#14) dated Thu Jul 01 22:59:09 2004
dear world,

all chocolate countries are scum. all chocolate countries must be
annihilated.
being a chocolate country is a hostile act. being chocolate is unclean.

yours in peace,

citizen leader, beep: the tiny little nation of happy, industrious people.
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-Bungy