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:...
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Lemurrush .
lemurrush
May 22, 2013 3:37 am
Hello all, I've never used a computer moderator before for an 18xx, and -- quite frankly -- wouldn't even know where to start. Are there some that are...
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John David Galt
john_david_galt
May 22, 2013 4:14 am
The best known moderating program for 18xx is Rails, a Java program you can download for free from rails.sf.net. Rails is actually more of a play-by-computer...
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Lemurrush .
lemurrush
May 22, 2013 9:30 am
... Thanks! I do have a physical copy of the game (and people would want to play the actual game). Has no one ever created a translation (in terms of...
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Nick Wedd
maproom
May 22, 2013 9:56 am
... I have tried Lemmi's moderator using a translation (and knowing a little German). It didn't help. To get a benefit from it, it's not enough just to know...
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Jeff Behan
jdbehan
May 22, 2013 10:28 am
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Beard, Bruce D. ... This sounds eerily familiar.... Mongol General: What is best in life? Conan: To crush your enemies, to see...
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Bjoern Rabenstein
ursuscorvusl...
May 22, 2013 10:49 am
... Not even that will help (or let's say, even then it will require heroic effort to learn using the moderator just from the written docs). The UI (which is,...
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 22, 2013 11:16 am
I believe that quote is attributed to Tamerlane. -Bruce ________________________________ From: 18xx@yahoogroups.com [18xx@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff...
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Jeff Behan
jdbehan
May 22, 2013 11:25 am
I'll bet Schwarzenegger said it cooler... On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Beard, Bruce D....
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 22, 2013 11:28 am
And some people prefer Klingons to Crzy Horse.... -Bruce ________________________________ From: 18xx@yahoogroups.com [18xx@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff...
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Beard, Bruce D.
bruce_d_beard
May 22, 2013 12:17 pm
Certainly, this was not a typical game or I would not have discussed it on this site. But it was not unique. I thin it is the 4th I have played in which a...
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pentaclebreaker
May 22, 2013 12:43 pm
Get Lemmie's moderator running (in DOS-BOX) and give it a try with a simple game of 1830. I am sure, after a couple of games you will get used to the sometimes...
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Chris Shaffer
chris_shaffer
May 22, 2013 1:56 pm
I'm imagining an audience for this email post (there surely must be people this young on the 18xx YahooGroup) who don't know what DOS or "sanity points" are. ...
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Dr. Martin Brumm
marbrumm
May 22, 2013 2:04 pm
HiĀ At one time i uploaded a translated setup to the yahoo group. Perhaps it is still there, if soneone is willing to test it and finds deficits and maybe can...
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PirateLawyer
dasewh
May 22, 2013 5:31 pm
Some of us [*raises hand*] still run a regular Call of Cthulhu campaign ... -PL...
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John Desmond
jafdesmond
May 22, 2013 6:32 pm
... Salutations, gentlefolk, Speaking as an old grognard, here ... Note that some varieties of Win 7 not only don't do DOS, but botch up running DOSBOX * ...
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d_mitton
May 22, 2013 6:38 pm
Many years ago, I sat down and tried to learn the moderator. I got the English translation and setup files, and had it running. (back when dinosaurs ruled...
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Richard Clyne
rclyneuk
May 22, 2013 7:07 pm
BBBCon (http://www.bbbcon.org.uk/) is a new 18XX-friendly board game convention. We have a large quiet room that will easily hold eight standard sized tables,...
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pwork58
May 22, 2013 7:25 pm
Where can I get a copy of Lemmi's moderator? I thought that it required an emulator for DOS or something like that. I'd be willing to experiment and see if I...
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Lemurrush .
lemurrush
May 22, 2013 7:59 pm
... Would a simple spreadsheet accomplish the same type of thing (i.e., cut down the playing time?) -- if so, are there some that are better than others?...