- Petting Zoo Four - Update #14 Report - We've had 14 updates so far in Petting Zoo Four. PZ4 let players choose their start continent shapes from 4 choices. Start continent shapes are based on a shape similar to the suits on playing cards. Unlike previous PZ games, none of these start continents came with any particular production bonuses (no extra mountain or industrial sectors). We have a pretty even distribution of start continent shapes: Diamonds : 5 Spades : 6 Hearts : 4 Clubs : 5 All players have seen some combat action so far, upon running into Terminator, the protector of the expansion territory. Terminator's defenses included mils, planes, and units, and the intensity of defenses varied relative to the size of the particular expansion island. Some expansion islands were quite easy to take, as expressed early in the game in the following anno: > Announcement from Resvon, (#11) dated Thu Apr 07 03:33:56 2005 For as well as Terminator fights, you should have just named him Temekula. But then players continued venturing out, and ran into some of Termy's other islands. Here's some tidbits of player comments received and overheard: * The %&*$&*!@# piece of %$&*%*# barely worth the $*%($%)# effort it takes to land on just to stare at a 350 strength mountain with unknown quantity of #(*%($#@ resources * You sadistic b*stard. Just got a look at the mountains on the more well defended outposts. * well hell, now I've found a different looking island. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MIX THINGS UP * You are a little bast*rd, you know that. I've counted 7 units on this island so far It makes a deity proud to see that his players are challenged and busy. Terminator has added gameplay value, by making players earn their expansion territory. Terminator helps fulfill the fodder-beat- down fun part of the game, EVERYONE (all 20 countries) got some action. Termy also has provided a nice fodder buffer (or distraction?), as we are now 14 updates into the game and no one has been too seriously invaded [yet]. The tech leaders (it is log base 2 with 25% all-bleed) are able to build Submarines. Seven players are now in the century sector club. - = [ Empire Power Report ] = - as of Sat Apr 23 10:21:55 2005 sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust oil pln ship unit money J.S.R ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ?.?K ? ?? ?? ??? Lunachick ??? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K Dorsai! ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?.?K ?.?K ??? ?.?K ? ?? ? ?.?K Bordello ??? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ??? Partimers ??? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K Resvon ??? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ??? EK ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K beep ??? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ? ??? Nova ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?.?K ?.?K ??? ?.?K ? ?? ?? ?.?K LightCahi ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K Outland ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K Plundaria ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ??K nuke_em ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K unemploye ??? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K BlackBox ??? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ??? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K Snark ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ?.?K ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K Raistmich ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ??? ?? ??? ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ?? ?.?K Portugal ?? ?? ??K ??? ??? ?? ?? ?.?K ?? ?.?K ? ?? ? ?.?K WildFores ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ? ? ?.?K ?.?K ??? ??? ? ?? ? ?.?K Chitzerla ?? ?? ??K ?.?K ? ? ? ??K ?.?K ??? ? ?? ?? ??K ---- --- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --- ---- ---- worldwide ?.?K ?? ???K ??K ?.?K ??? ?.?K ??K ??K ??K ?? ??? ??? ??K As mentioned above, players have been busy haxoring on Termy. Just in the last 2 weeks: === The Bottom Line == Bordello seized seventy-four sectors from Terminator unemployed seized fifty-eight sectors from Terminator Lunachicks seized fifty-seven sectors from Terminator BlackBox seized forty-nine sectors from Terminator beep seized thirty-three sectors from Terminator Resvon seized thirty-one sectors from Terminator Nova seized thirty sectors from Terminator Partimers seized twenty-six sectors from Terminator Plundaria seized twenty-five sectors from Terminator nuke_em seized twenty-four sectors from Terminator LightCahill seized sixteen sectors from Terminator EK seized sixteen sectors from Terminator Outland seized fifteen sectors from Terminator WildForest seized fourteen sectors from Terminator Dorsai! seized thirteen sectors from Terminator Snark seized twelve sectors from Terminator Raistmiche seized twelve sectors from Terminator J.S.R seized twelve sectors from Terminator Portugal seized eleven sectors from Terminator Plundaria seized eight sectors from WildForest Partimers seized eight sectors from EK Chitzerlake seized eight sectors from Terminator Raistmiche captured four sectors from BlackBox Lunachicks took three sectors from Outland Lunachicks took three sectors from Chitzerlake BlackBox took three sectors from Chitzerlake Snark took two sectors from EK unemployed took two sectors from nuke_em Lunachicks took two sectors from nuke_em Partimers took two sectors from BlackBox unemployed stole one sector from Plundaria Dorsai! stole one sector from Outland Bordello stole one sector from Dorsai! Raistmiche stole one sector from Outland Bordello stole one sector from EK BlackBox stole one sector from Outland Petting Zoo Four is hosted at: sheepfarm.game-host.org:6666, with Deities Bungholio and Ski. The visitor/visitor and peeper/peeper voyeur portals are available. The official PZ4 game webpage is: http://www.angelfire.com/empire2/bungholio/PettingZooFour.html If you would like to be added to the "replacement players" list or the "temporary sub" list, send an email to empire_bungholio @ verizon.net saying such (incase an opening comes up). The Shagger Lord, Bungholio