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by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Feb 19, 2008 10:38pm PST

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Whats up Shackers? The middle of the week seems to be treating you well, did you lose a few pounds? Looking good. GDC is ticking away, and so plenty of interesting news coming in such as the big announcement of the PC Gaming Alliance, and actual impressions of Too Human. And failing all other forms of amusement, you could make a flip-book of Mario Kart Wii screenshots .

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ShackMenz who waste time at work playing web games (ogame/urbandead)

A new one came out which is quite similar to OGame but a old greek setting.

http://ikariam.org/

A new world just opened up today, Epsilon.

I have played the last couple days on Delta, built up some sling throwers and ransacked some towns. It's basically like OGame yet you can occupy enemy settlements, which make things quite more interesting. Plus battling over islands for resources.

I know it was impossible to gain dominance in OGame, but this server opened today - also is the first non beta server.

Feb 20, 2008 12:29pm PST

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ShackMenz who waste time at work playing web games (ogame/urbandead) A new one came out which is qui... : shortbuscaptain
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- Sweet. I'm doing tape backup at the moment so this should waste some time. : midgetherder
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  I just registered an account, I will try this later tonight. : Jayx77
  - 54:73 Shacktopia : Jayx77
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  hrm this might be fun if I can get Ratalon, NFXFSX, and Solstice to play as well. : Galadriel07
  - I am building a barracks right now! : Galadriel07
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    I need a good name for my town that is not too obviously sexual. : Galadriel07
    - Penis in Vagina Town : EvilDolemite
    - I named mine Retardopolis, have to be historically accurate and all. : shortbuscaptain
    - Houston : deveus1
    - Hot Tots. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      how do you rename the town? : Jayx77
      
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      go to your town hall and its at the bottom of the page. : Galadriel07
      
      I never said thanks... so thanks! : Jayx77
      
      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16309837#itemanchor_16309837 : Ride-My-Rocket
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    THEY ARE NOT GETTING ME AGAIN : NFXFSX
    - oh yes, we will ;) : Galadriel07
- darn you ... on Meedio62:75] town name = canada : Nation
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  k I made an account. Endietia[65:74] > Polis Now what do I do? : riptyde
  - rename your town ... I cannot remember how I did it ... I have managed to send some of my people to p... : Nation
  - Town is Lampopolis : riptyde
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  Oh no.. I lost an entire month to Ogame last year. I can't do it again! Though it does give me someth... : Vantage
  - Brand-new server -- take off the skirt and come play. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  how do you name your town? : MagicWishMonkey
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    when looking at your town view ... click on the main building. : Nation
    - sweeeet, thanks : MagicWishMonkey
  - Click the "Show Town" map on the top toolbar, then click your city hall or what ever it's called. Then... : shortbuscaptain
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  Registering now -- paging tunis5000... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I'm at Clatios [X=69, Y=64] -- town is named "Chiba City", my name is "Chronolith". : Ride-My-Rocket
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      how do you name ur town? : goatjc
      
      nm, I'm the island right next to you : goatjc
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  Remember to play on EPSILON, first non beta server which just opened today. Will make things much easier. : shortbuscaptain
  - I'm on there now. : midgetherder
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  Just started. Named my town Shackopolis and sent all my works to get lumber : Visceral Monkey
  - Quorio70:63] > Shackopolis : Visceral Monkey
  - That was the first name I typed, but ended up going with ILTCopolis. : trOmblyj
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  Good beginner's guide on the Ikariam Wiki: http://ikariam.wikia.com/wiki/Start_Guide : Ride-My-Rocket
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    sweet!! I have a barracks and an academy building right now Slicoio57:74] > mickeyopolis : Galadriel07
    - I keep renaming my town but it really is at Slicoio [57:74] : Galadriel07
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      Got Barracks & Academy -- just switched my research to Science (Well Digging) and spent some gold to upgr... : Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      hrm mine is on economy still... it must be better to move along to science since it seems that Ratalon an... : Galadriel07
      
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      You just want to put it on science long enough to get well digging, then switch back to Economy. : perstephanie
      
      ^^^^^^^ : Ride-My-Rocket
- Ateatia[43:74] city-> Funkytown : MagicWishMonkey
- it's a little too graphical for my work =( : ass-street
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  Dubios 69:65 : goatjc
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    What's your town's name? : Ride-My-Rocket
    - Nm, found you "OGC". :) : Ride-My-Rocket
- I'm on the island Aleeos [ 72:60 ] with the town Peegyopolis. : helvetica
- Bresuio75:57] > Dahaneseville : dahanese
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  Tureetia[75:55] > Funkytown : cltcprd
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    you dirty bastard : MagicWishMonkey
    - I changed it :( : cltcprd
  - shit, MagicWishMonkey already did FunkyTown. Switched to SammamishVille : cltcprd
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  Chebio73:67] > Philiopolis : hawkeye
  - shacktagged :( Chebios [73:67] > Philiopolis : hawkeye
- awesome. Crolios [76:59] -> Boofitown : boofy
- Chrockaos 76:58, ILTCopolis : trOmblyj
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  FyunchClick @ Drarious 76:54, Sandopolis
  
  Feb 20, 2008 1:53pm PST
  
  FyunchClick @ Drarious 76:54, Sandopolis : Fyunch Click
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  How do I rename my town? : bRAINsick
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    paypal me $10 : Nation
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      done : bRAINsick
      
      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16309837#itemanchor_16309837 : Nation
  - nm I found it. Pyrosville has been created > Hadio75:47] > Pyrosville : bRAINsick
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    Click on your town hall. It'll be at the bottom of the subsequent page. : riptyde
    - I am going to sue you for copyright infringement .... paypal me $100 : Nation
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  So should we go ahead and form the shack alliance? : bRAINsick
  - need to build up a little before the alliance can be started : Nation
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  i miss urban dead. : xxiv
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    Me too. I'm waiting on RmR to weigh in on whether we should dominate this game or not. : Rotten Deadite
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      I say yes, we do. Lets get the OGAME forum back up and switched over to this so we can strategize. : trOmblyj
      
      hell yes. I second this. : Galadriel07
      
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      Needs more IRC. : NFXFSX
      
      IAWTIRCP : bRAINsick
      
      oh its on now, lets do this : Jayx77
    - I'd say get in now -- it's a ground-floor opportunity. : Ride-My-Rocket
- Atoo64:74] > Ratalin : Ratalon
- I almost posted this yesterday. : perstephanie
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  Baneeos [64:34] > Aresopolis : zanzares
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    Crap. 4 hours to research Well Digging. : zanzares
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      Upgrade your Academy to Level 2 (~35min) and then increase the # of researchers to 12 once it finishes. ... : Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      I built a trade port not knowing what it did and now I have no lumber. :[ : zanzares
      
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      At least you did not build a Slinger (talk about a waist) : Nation
      
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      I built 2! And sent one out. And he got killed. : zanzares
      
      me too :( : cltcprd
      
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      Haha I built one out of curiosity. The upkeep costs on an army are total bs. : riptyde
      
      yeah, and you cannot cancel building one ... so as soon as it popped I killed it : Nation
- Rhyseio67:33] > town name Bastardo Anyone near me, let me know. we can team up on the other island fag... : judge
- 54:27 Hippopopolis : ant_hillbilly
- This thread is pretty epic in it's shacktagginess. : Jonathan
- 53:27 Sodom : retardhumper
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  I was looking at some of the last upgrades, holy shit. Field of Research: Seafaring Name: Seafarin... : bRAINsick
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    sounds correct, remember that is at your current production level of Research Points : Nation
    - Ahh I didn't realize that. : bRAINsick
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  I'm at Tantallo37:28] username: captf Now, to figure out how to play this : captfarrell
  - shacktagged! anyway, it's Atotia [37:28] > Tantallon, because I'm stupid :) : captfarrell
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  Can't wait to see how long this lasts. : NFXFSX
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    you had better be getting a town hall as we speak mister : Galadriel07
    - IAWTP : trOmblyj
- Thrygio36:64] > Beervana : sigpro
- Why do I get sucked into this stuff? (Shagiios 52:65) -> Myocardia : sergeon
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  Why am I doing this? I am going to hate myself. Damn you all. : NFXFSX
  - BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS PURE AWESOME thats why. : Galadriel07
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  Umitia[40:58] > Scarra : NFXFSX
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    Wow.....this about as slow as OGame too...... I wonder if SadisticBitch plays this. I have a beef with... : NFXFSX
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      I hope there's no equivalent to fleet-saving :( : daedraug
      
      Us OGame kids need to stick together. :( : NFXFSX
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    4 HOURS TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A WELL!? My Greeks are failures. : NFXFSX
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      it could be worse : Nation
      
      I give it five days before they figure out we're back. : NFXFSX
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  51:58, Bunnytown. Damn you all. : daedraug
  - I love that show. It's like a kids-show version of Monty Python. : riptyde
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    hey! Welcome to the game fellow Bunny lover! my town is named Bunnyopolis - after playboy bunnies!! : Galadriel07
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      Aww, you guys can celebrate Carrot Giving Day together. : riptyde
      
      HAWT : Galadriel07
      
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      On the rare occasion that someone is goign to give her a carrot, that someone is going to have to pay me ... : Ratalon
      
      well hopefully the carrot will be coming from you. : Galadriel07
- Looks like fun. Therauos [49:64] > Town - Spamopolis : AltZero
- Thofio42:56] > Fuqthapolis : hardfl1p
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  UPDATE @ Wednesday 7:21pm I've copied down the info of 27 Shackers so far -- hopefully I got everyone b : Ride-My-Rocket
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    28 including hardfl1p. :) : Ride-My-Rocket
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      I never played OGame, but kind of understand this. Will we be able to join up as a Shack alliance at some... : hardfl1p
      
      I think we'll join up as an alliance once we get the basics down, and have a better understanding of how ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    wow deju-vu RMR - I see this will be crazy for a while and then we'll find some fatal flaw with it. : sergeon
    - This is why I wasn't going to join but there was some convincing or at least I think there was... : NFXFSX
    - It's a risk I'm willing to take. =) SHACKERS, PREPARE FOR GLORY! : Ride-My-Rocket
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      It appears that towns can be occupied, but not permanently conquered. You cannot lose your town - so its... : trOmblyj
      
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      here is their version of "fleetsave": http://board.ikariam.org/thread.php?threadid=1549 : sergeon
      
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      *sigh* So it's OGAME with boats. : trOmblyj
      
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      IT'S ALL THE SAME! Gameforge can suck my nuts. : NFXFSX
      
      Yeah this is a bummer, I was hoping for something a little more brutal. : trOmblyj
      
      well this sucks. : ant_hillbilly
      
      even if there is "fleetsaving", we're not going to have to worry about players who have been on here for ... : tunis5000
      
      More like UD, we can occupy the world! : daedraug
      
      FUCK :( : NFXFSX
      
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      what happens when you occupy a town though? : cltcprd
      
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      your troops there have a high upkeep because they are spending their money in the bars/whorehouse (its tr... : trOmblyj
      
      hahahaha : Jayx77
      
      sounds reasonable. I don't see a problem with that :) : cltcprd
      
      The only whores in OGame were the fucking mods. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Here's the list I have so far, sorted by X-Y coordinates: [36:64] sigpro - Thrygio > Beervana [37:28] c : Ride-My-Rocket
    - I'm at 62:31. Persteph, Perstephalis : perstephanie
    - I changed my town name to Pyros same location : bRAINsick
  - haha oh no, are you leading this? I'm sure you all will triumph! : ]pm[chem
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    Daeshyio51:75] > MidgetMound : midgetherder
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      oh shit, what's up Daeshyios buddy : deveus1
      
      Wait, so how do I annihilate you in this thingy? : midgetherder
  - Daeshyios - 51:75 - Stunkington : deveus1
  - Yeroio78:34] > Sudopolis : cara1701d
- i dont think I can do this again... : Slowtreme
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  Will I ever have to "fleet save" in this? That was an OGAME killer for me. : icon_of_syn
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    Yes, there is fleetsaving, sadly. : NFXFSX
    - I wonder if I can run a bunch of slingers into their town and give them a 20% chance to have The Wall of ... : icon_of_syn
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  ehio49:34] > vynnopolis : vynn
  - err Kehio49:34] > vynnopolis : vynn
- Whanios (47,26) Kansas no I do not live on a farm : Sanityjr
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  Dickiio40:28] > Polis lol Dickiios : mwasher
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    scratch that --- Dickiio40:28] > TownOfOneCup : mwasher
    - and that should be Dickiios fuckin shacktags : mwasher
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  ATTN! You cant pillage Level 1 towns. You will just lose your troops. : zanzares
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    And I just upgraded my town hall. Dang. : riptyde
    - damn, so did I : Jayx77
- Lerutia[51:36] > El Capopolis : yosemiteclimber
- Zhieyios [28:49] > MooTown : Mmmmmoo

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