________________________________ From: 18xx@yahoogroups.com [18xx@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of thomas wall hannaford, jr. [twall1958@...] Sent: Monday,...
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thomas wall hannaford...
twall1958
May 20, 2013 11:16 pm
Chris, if you don't mind sharing (it's OK if you don't), I'd like to hear your thoughts on how your Player-position looks at the end of OR4a (or maybe at the...
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Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer
May 21, 2013 2:18 am
Appears that at the start of MR4a, I have $142 and a net worth of $312. The other three players are: Mike $756 $2,256 Bruce $173 $3,903 Jeff* $479 $2,219 Looks...
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Daniel
nonteadrinker
May 21, 2013 5:42 am
So Bruce - who reported on a grisly OR - made it that way by pushing the trains... Danny Victor...
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JC Lawrence
clearclaw
May 21, 2013 6:09 am
Given that you had 5 ORs(?) of the foreigners eating 3Ts, how could it be MR4a? -- JCL...
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Mike Coyne
justlak2
May 21, 2013 7:10 am
Pretty simple: OR1B - export 3T OR 2A&B export 2x3T OR 3 A&B export 3T OR4A - buy last 3t, 8x4T, etc Mike Coyne mpcoyne@... ... From: JC Lawrence...
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Mike Coyne
justlak2
May 21, 2013 7:12 am
Correction: Pretty simple: OR1B - export 3T R 2A&B export 2x3T R 3 A&B export 2x3T R4A - buy last 3t, 8x4T, etc ike Coyne pcoyne@... ... rom: JC Lawrence...
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john boocock
johnlner
May 21, 2013 8:20 am
hi all well surely you saw bruce had a wodge of cash..... what was he gojng to do with it all?? john b ... From: Nicholas Barclay <nicholasnbarclay@...> ...
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dave4b
May 21, 2013 8:50 am
That is so going on a T-shirt!...
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 21, 2013 11:32 am
1817 is one of the few games in which one playe can create a train rush all by himself. But Mike was also culpable. With 3 x 2+ and no 3TS, he bought the...
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Daniel
nonteadrinker
May 21, 2013 12:06 pm
So you do get more use out of the late 3s and 4s than in some games of 1830 that I've played.Still quite a vicious rush,though. Thanks for the stats. Danny...
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Jeff Behan
jdbehan
May 21, 2013 12:13 pm
A couple things to keep in mind... The stock round started on 28-Apr and ended on 13-May. Several of us had some personal things going on through this time...
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Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer
May 21, 2013 1:48 pm
I'm not sure I understand the question. We have had SR1, OR1a, MR1a, OR1b, MR1b SR2, OR2a, MR2a, OR2b, MR2b SR3, OR3a, MR3a, OR3b, MR3b SR4, OR4a, MR4a Given...
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thomas wall hannaford...
twall1958
May 21, 2013 2:33 pm
Chris, thank you for all this information (it is VERY educational/instructive for me [an 1817 "newbie", who still hasn't played the game, and is trying to...
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thomas wall hannaford...
twall1958
May 21, 2013 2:35 pm
Jeff, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for all these details! -TWHJr ________________________________ From: Jeff Behan <jbehan92@...> To: 18xx@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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JC Lawrence
clearclaw
May 21, 2013 3:30 pm
And have ~10 companies in player hands with ~8+ of them as 5-share companies and stock prices of $80 or larger? If so, that's an impressive rate of...
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 21, 2013 3:37 pm
Keeping your share price low is one of three ways deter shorts. -Bruce ________________________________ From: 18xx@yahoogroups.com [18xx@yahoogroups.com] On...
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Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer
May 21, 2013 3:56 pm
Clearly I was far too vulnerable. -- Chris Please consider the environment before printing. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer
May 21, 2013 3:56 pm
The other two are staying 2 share and....? -- Chris Please consider the environment before printing....
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JC Lawrence
clearclaw
May 21, 2013 3:57 pm
Yup. Still a lot more 5-share companies than I'd expect. Looking through the spreadsheet I see what seems like a headlong lemming rush for high stock prices...
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 21, 2013 4:13 pm
Keeping your loan total low Having the right trains or enough cash (or both) -Bruce ________________________________ From: 18xx@yahoogroups.com...
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 21, 2013 4:18 pm
I would not dare argue with a man who say "Hurm." But nor would I be cavalierly dismissive or strategies and tactics other than my own. Despite my lemming...
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Dutton, Richard
dutton_rick
May 21, 2013 5:29 pm
Why on Earth would you want to deter shorts? I think that baiting people into shorting my shares is one of the easiest ways to win. Unfortunately, the locals...
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JC Lawrence
clearclaw
May 21, 2013 5:36 pm
Not dismissive. Curious. My question isn't for the activities in that SR, but for the coherency across the players leading up to that SR. The events in the...
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Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer
May 21, 2013 5:40 pm
You shorted all my companies that had one or zero loans, so I'm not sure keeping your loan total low is sufficient. -- Chris Please consider the environment...
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JC Lawrence
clearclaw
May 21, 2013 5:49 pm
Not forever, no. Nothing lasts forever, not even good trains. Having low loans is good for a while...and then it is not enough. Just like having good...
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d_mitton
May 21, 2013 6:58 pm
I find the technology behind the spreadsheet fascinating! Can I get the full copy? (when I try to down load, my Excel 2010 says that the file needs repairing,...
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Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer
May 21, 2013 7:06 pm
All the Google spreadsheets that I've found are linked in the YahooGroup links page: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/18xx/links Choose the Spreadsheets...
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JC Lawrence
clearclaw
May 21, 2013 7:27 pm
Jeff Behan (on this list) made that spreadsheet. -- JCL...
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 21, 2013 11:00 pm
Rick, I can think of nothing more likely to deter shorters than winning easily whenever they short you. -Bruce ________________________________ From:...
