oh no, not a landfat stocker. what a terrible thing to be
oh no, not a landfat stocker. what a terrible thing to be
Northbabylon-Andy#6 (NS): I want you
no wonder he can't get chicks
you fail to understand the basics of undercutting.
let`s assume everyone sells at 100 on beginning. How many people really need all that tons of food on the market that early? So the people have to wait for days and more until their food gets sold, if it gets at all.
So instead of waiting for ages, they sell cheaper. the next one sells even cheaper becouse he 'won`t let the bastard sell first'
It was never about profit, it`s about getting your food sold.
you can always place your food at 100 and wait like a retard for it to sell and be fluffed at the end of set with your 100 when the rest sell lower.
unless you can force people to sell at the same price, they never will
CW, TWC/PX, E
USA(x), Deli, DOOM, GRIM/DEAD(x), EURO, SLOB(x), LoR, ABT(x), CR(x), RE
Max play nice he is an excellent economist and knows what he is talking about when it comes to markets
The Poet of your Slaughter
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I can see how both stocker farmer, and undercutting can drastically effect the NA.
farmer stocker = keep your food on PM all set. towards end of set it begins selling. you put it in your bank. then when your bank is full you start buying your ships. all the food you sell you buy ships with. then you use your bank to buy more ships. simple. ask Dboz about it, thats how he got:
10 DBozMen(#58) [WLF] 11.087 $109.842.929
on purely expand and build all set long. and i remember him complaining that food prices rose too fast meaning that he had to jump too early and wasnt able to use his turns after that anymore.
someone who played more actively:
5 SOS Brigade(#201) [TNR] 17.841 $142.865.845
and thats just from the ones i remember. it depends a lot on the set type. for example these 2 finishes were in a set where there was no war and 2 huge netting nations (LoR & WAL).
Last edited by Divine Intervention; 01-10-2009 at 01:01.