22-11-2020 00:11:03 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: bot Automation 22-11-2020 00:11:21 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: apparently it's simply not economically viable to build luxury cars in the Soviet Union. ;-p 22-11-2020 00:11:30 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: so now trying to build the best cheapwagon possible. 22-11-2020 00:11:40 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 15% of the lower market can afford the car! 22-11-2020 00:11:48 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: they have no money. 22-11-2020 00:13:15 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Glorious 8.5 HP engine. 22-11-2020 01:50:54 -!- ER!ER@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com has joined #einsteinianroulette 22-11-2020 02:00:09 < ER!ER@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com: no sy :( 22-11-2020 02:02:16 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: mmm 22-11-2020 02:18:29 -!- ER!ER@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com has quit [Quit: HydraIRC -> http://www.hydrairc.com <- Go on, try it!] 22-11-2020 02:19:09 -!- er!androirc@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com has joined #einsteinianroulette 22-11-2020 04:45:55 -!- syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com has joined #einsteinianroulette 22-11-2020 04:52:25 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: boop 22-11-2020 05:00:57 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: I've felt fine all day, and only start feeling sleepy just before my eight hour shift. 22-11-2020 05:00:59 < * syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com sighs 22-11-2020 05:05:19 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: heh. 22-11-2020 05:05:22 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: right on time. 22-11-2020 05:07:44 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and heya syv, er. 22-11-2020 05:07:51 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: and heya dev, er. 22-11-2020 05:07:56 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Right on time? 22-11-2020 05:08:16 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: time to get tired, just before work. 22-11-2020 05:08:35 < er!androirc@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com: Hello 22-11-2020 05:08:40 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Hello! 22-11-2020 05:09:31 < er!androirc@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com: Sleeeepy 22-11-2020 05:09:45 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: looks like Nak's back around. 22-11-2020 05:09:48 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Hum. 22-11-2020 05:09:56 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 1 year delay between updates. 22-11-2020 05:10:10 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Haven't posted in PS, though PS looks dead. 22-11-2020 05:10:24 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Hasn't, but yes. 22-11-2020 05:10:35 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: there is only one Nakéen. 22-11-2020 05:11:17 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Is there anything special about them? 22-11-2020 05:12:06 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Well.. yes. 22-11-2020 05:12:14 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Such as? 22-11-2020 05:12:24 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but don't say haven't, it sounds like " I haven't " 22-11-2020 05:14:39 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Hum. Yeah, problem arising from thinking of Nak as a gender-neutral individual. "They haven't" vs "Nak hasn't". 22-11-2020 05:15:50 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: The thing is, "Hasn't posted in PS" is itself non-masculine or feminine. 22-11-2020 05:16:15 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Yep! 22-11-2020 05:16:28 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: But I was omitting the "they" in my head. 22-11-2020 05:16:48 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Still don't see one, there's only Nakéen. 22-11-2020 05:16:52 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but you know my opinion on that. 22-11-2020 05:18:21 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: That carmaking game might be too complicated for me. 22-11-2020 05:18:54 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Also the business plan of 'building luxury cars for the post-war soviet union was a poor idea.' 22-11-2020 05:19:37 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Indeed. 22-11-2020 05:19:47 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: The market is just too small. 22-11-2020 05:20:06 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: game not really intended for making 30 cars a month, when the smallest engine factory can make 1000 units a month or so. 22-11-2020 05:21:26 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but it was fun designing soviet jalopies. Just how cheap can you make a car? 22-11-2020 05:22:25 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Can get like 400 competitiveness ratings for like the budget family demographic, because you can't go below a zero rating in many categories. 22-11-2020 05:22:47 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Sportiness for a 9 HP vehicles might be like -45, but that rounds to zero. 22-11-2020 05:23:09 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Hah 22-11-2020 05:23:58 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: "We want to make the people's car! What is the shittiest vehicle that can move?" 22-11-2020 05:25:45 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Basically. 22-11-2020 05:25:54 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: It's a few years in now.. 22-11-2020 05:26:11 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: some of the markets have gotten more money. 22-11-2020 05:26:17 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: some with more buyers, some with more money. 22-11-2020 05:26:43 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Family budget median: 2780, +- 2080. 22-11-2020 05:27:29 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: so the poorest individual buyers there have 700 bucks. 22-11-2020 05:27:41 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: No, I can't make a car cheap enough for that. 22-11-2020 05:28:26 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: some poor bastard in the standard convertible market bought one, which is sad. 22-11-2020 05:28:40 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: How cheap *can* you make it? 22-11-2020 05:29:51 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: I'm pretty close to the limit. It's hard to give an exact number, because there's factory tooling and wage adjustments. 22-11-2020 05:32:56 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: okay, 5.5 million to build 2080 cars a month. 22-11-2020 05:33:17 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 2644 per car. 22-11-2020 05:33:25 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but there's engineering and tooling and factory costs above that. 22-11-2020 05:34:34 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Makes sense. 22-11-2020 05:34:50 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: So the average family *can* indeed purchase your jalopy/ 22-11-2020 05:35:20 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: It's pretty shit. 22-11-2020 05:36:01 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Does it explode when it crashes? 22-11-2020 05:37:21 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: it has a safety rating of 6. 22-11-2020 05:37:24 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: so probably not. 22-11-2020 05:37:42 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: it's easier to design a new one rather than to show you in the middle of things, can't change stuff when a project is ongoing. 22-11-2020 05:37:47 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: 6 out of what? 10? 22-11-2020 05:37:57 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: doesn't seem to be an upper limit for most ratings, but sure. 22-11-2020 05:38:03 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: closer to 100. 22-11-2020 05:38:54 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: anyway, it's easier to show you. 22-11-2020 05:38:56 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: want a stream? 22-11-2020 05:41:23 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Ah, sure. 22-11-2020 05:41:33 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: But will have to set up comp, so a few minutes. 22-11-2020 05:45:18 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Ok 22-11-2020 05:45:26 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Stream? :3 22-11-2020 05:45:34 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Stream up. 22-11-2020 05:46:40 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Okay, what's the name of jalopy motors? 22-11-2020 05:47:37 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Brb clouds >a. 22-11-2020 05:50:13 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Gasmea is America, Hetvesia is Sweden, Fruinia is Italy, Archana is the Soviet Union, and Dalluma is basically an oil petrostate. 22-11-2020 05:50:18 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Okay 22-11-2020 05:50:50 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Fruit, I guess. 22-11-2020 05:51:01 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Just to change from the sovoet union 22-11-2020 05:51:19 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: ahh, I was going to show off jalopies. 22-11-2020 05:51:41 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and they're really only amusing when dealing with the utter shithole that is the glorious soviet market. 22-11-2020 05:51:47 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Well, make a soviet jalopy if you want/ 22-11-2020 05:51:56 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Basically, demographics here are how many car buyers there are in each market. 22-11-2020 05:52:57 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: What's the %? 22-11-2020 05:53:02 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: And how is it negative? 22-11-2020 05:53:21 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: how much the size of each category is changing per year. 22-11-2020 05:53:32 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Ahh, so you 22-11-2020 05:53:45 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: 're growing massively in Russia. 22-11-2020 05:53:49 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: as you can see, some people are getting out of the dirt poor categories, so they're not growing as fast as the sane ones. 22-11-2020 05:53:56 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: this isn't you, this is the whole country. 22-11-2020 05:54:10 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Oh. 22-11-2020 05:54:46 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but jalopies, well.. aiming for family budget. 22-11-2020 05:54:54 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Big category. 22-11-2020 05:55:07 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: There's another detail there. 22-11-2020 05:55:16 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: see that checkbox with 'limit to awareness'? 22-11-2020 05:55:20 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Yeah. 22-11-2020 05:55:25 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: here it is with only the number of people who have heard of this car company. 22-11-2020 05:55:33 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: so this is the reachable market size. 22-11-2020 05:55:36 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Oh. 22-11-2020 05:55:42 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Well fuck. 22-11-2020 05:55:52 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: it goes up as you expand dealerships, and actually sell vehicles in that category. 22-11-2020 05:56:10 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: I picked level 3 to start with for free, so 6% across the board. 22-11-2020 05:56:18 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: I like how there's one single convertible luxury buyer who knows you exist. 22-11-2020 05:56:29 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Luxury Convertables! 22-11-2020 05:56:40 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: unlmit it and you can see it's a whole 22 people a month. 22-11-2020 05:56:53 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: the Luxury Premium market seems to be two people every three months or so. 22-11-2020 05:57:08 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Those are the friends of the president, I guess. 22-11-2020 05:57:12 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: presumably. 22-11-2020 05:57:27 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: although, really, premium, luxury and luxury P are probably all officials. 22-11-2020 05:57:43 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: maybe guys like factory bosses and such can make it into the regular premium demos and Premium Budget. 22-11-2020 05:58:18 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but no, need to target those lower demos, as they're the only ones with enough people to keep a car factory running. 22-11-2020 06:00:27 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: anyway, going back a year because for some reason the 1946 trim bodies all have small cabins and long hoods. Don't need that, so going back a year for more room. 22-11-2020 06:01:40 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: This game strikes me as a car company fetishist's wet dream. 22-11-2020 06:01:51 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: It's insanely detailed. 22-11-2020 06:01:53 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and yes. 22-11-2020 06:04:42 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: I'll be seeing if I can add a couple varients to this, like the pickup bed one. 22-11-2020 06:04:47 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: helps increase your market a little. 22-11-2020 06:05:02 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but might not be worth it, since these have more storage than the '46 model. 22-11-2020 06:05:21 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Two gears? 22-11-2020 06:05:27 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 1946, baby. 22-11-2020 06:05:27 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Wow. 22-11-2020 06:05:42 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: was common in dragsters through the 60s. 22-11-2020 06:05:59 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: And in jalopies? :P 22-11-2020 06:06:02 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: oh yes. 22-11-2020 06:06:42 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Note that the Premium AM Radio is 1800 bucks just for the radio. 22-11-2020 06:07:34 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: okay, there's issues and a ton of optimization to be done, but here we go. 22-11-2020 06:08:48 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: This is just a wall of information. 22-11-2020 06:09:18 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: basically. 22-11-2020 06:09:44 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: right now I'm jsut making it bounce on springs horribly, because it's at zero sportiness and will never get positive, so.. 22-11-2020 06:09:49 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: may as well have some comfort! 22-11-2020 06:12:50 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: the amusing part is the numbers at the upper left. 22-11-2020 06:13:03 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: the percentages there are the estimated percentage of that market who can afford this vehicle. 22-11-2020 06:13:23 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: at.. 1470.7 per car, game estimates it at 15.7% of that market can buy this. 22-11-2020 06:13:26 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: which is hilariously low. 22-11-2020 06:13:34 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: I'll get it lower from engineering choices and factory choices. 22-11-2020 06:14:42 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: tire and wheel sizes there made it steer much differently. 22-11-2020 06:14:58 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: currently it's at a position that's mostly functional on skinny tires.. that's 105mm. 22-11-2020 06:15:08 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: or about four inches. 22-11-2020 06:15:40 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: smaller tires also knocked 50 bucks off the price. 22-11-2020 06:15:51 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: If your car kills people, will you lose market share 22-11-2020 06:15:53 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: ? 22-11-2020 06:16:07 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: dunno! 22-11-2020 06:16:12 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: ...Actually, can you kill off a market by making sufficiently lethal cars? 22-11-2020 06:16:15 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: but no, recalls hurt how many people like it. 22-11-2020 06:16:18 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and no, they just won't buy them. 22-11-2020 06:16:18 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: I want that to be possible. 22-11-2020 06:17:00 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: This game seems really silly to me, but if someone made basically the same thing but with guns, I'd adore it. 22-11-2020 06:17:32 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Yes. 22-11-2020 06:17:40 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: it'd even have the different markets! 22-11-2020 06:17:55 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: The gun version should definitely allow you to kill off markets. 22-11-2020 06:17:59 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: I'm gaming the fuel efficiency calculations there by having the gearing be too short to reach the next speed. 22-11-2020 06:18:19 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: ..but nah, not my cup of tea. 22-11-2020 06:19:19 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: fuel system quality there affects the fuel mileage. 22-11-2020 06:19:28 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: so more expensive can be much cheaper. 22-11-2020 06:20:06 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: with that I'm mostly looking at engineering time, the bottommost symbol there in the lower left. 22-11-2020 06:21:01 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: in there, the better engineered exhaust makes it slightly faster and quieter. 22-11-2020 06:21:05 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: I'm not paying close attention, just looking occasionally and thinking "wow that's a lot of numbers" 22-11-2020 06:21:07 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: again, at no dollar value. 22-11-2020 06:21:09 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: heh. 22-11-2020 06:22:02 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: I like the x10 multiplier on the dynomometer down there. 22-11-2020 06:22:08 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 8.9 HP! So amazing! ;-p 22-11-2020 06:26:20 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: okay, paint time. 22-11-2020 06:27:32 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Why paint it? 22-11-2020 06:27:39 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: That's money! 22-11-2020 06:28:46 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Mostly so you can make it look like this. 22-11-2020 06:29:14 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: A glossy banana? 22-11-2020 06:29:27 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: The thing is ridiculous. 22-11-2020 06:30:02 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: anyway, there's more that can be gotten out of it, but that'll do. 22-11-2020 06:30:53 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: the last jalopy I had scored better, but I gave that game better starting R&D, so there were more points to be earned. 22-11-2020 06:31:10 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: ahh, that tall tall second gear. 22-11-2020 06:31:25 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: This car is massive shit 22-11-2020 06:31:37 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: well, yes, a 1946 soviet jalopy? 22-11-2020 06:31:40 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: That's kinda the idea. 22-11-2020 06:32:36 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: yay, uphill. God. 22-11-2020 06:32:48 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: in reality I'd shorten that gear a bit, but the game doesn't care. 22-11-2020 06:33:37 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Banhammerhead. 22-11-2020 06:33:47 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Oh hey, >40 hm/h 22-11-2020 06:34:02 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: this part's the downhill. 22-11-2020 06:34:02 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Can the test driver lose control and go off course? 22-11-2020 06:34:05 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: it might get past the redline. 22-11-2020 06:34:35 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: no. I mean, you can. 22-11-2020 06:34:39 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: This is the fastest one of these will ever go, I'm guessing? 22-11-2020 06:34:42 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: these cars can be exported to a driving program. 22-11-2020 06:34:53 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: yeah. In reality that'd have to be put in neutral to take that. 22-11-2020 06:35:12 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: it hit 88. 22-11-2020 06:35:15 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: kph. 22-11-2020 06:36:18 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: should be significantly worse than the starting bay 12 motors jalopy, that had 27 horsepower. 22-11-2020 06:37:19 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: I couldn't bear it and retuned it to get an extra horsepower. 22-11-2020 06:37:30 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: spent an extra 5 bucks on the engine. 22-11-2020 06:38:24 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and 5 more brings it to 11 HP. 22-11-2020 06:39:01 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and sanity gears. 22-11-2020 06:39:03 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: should save like a minute. 22-11-2020 06:39:14 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 7 minutes, 29 seconds. 22-11-2020 06:39:17 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: this should be much better. 22-11-2020 06:43:09 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: only hit 91, heh. 22-11-2020 06:43:56 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 6 minutes 7 seconds. 22-11-2020 06:46:00 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: then there's the factory and engineering phase, which is FAR TOO MANY NUMBERS. 22-11-2020 06:51:35 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and I fucked up. 22-11-2020 06:51:40 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: a small factory can't make steel cars. 22-11-2020 06:51:43 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: only aluminium. 22-11-2020 06:53:33 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: looks like starting cost is 831.2 per car body. 22-11-2020 06:55:02 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: broke 500 with some expensive tooling choices. 22-11-2020 06:55:30 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: and rock-bottom pay. 22-11-2020 07:00:27 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: engines down to 376 each 22-11-2020 07:01:51 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: 368 with engineering changes. 22-11-2020 07:04:08 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: game thinks it's gonna be a big winner. 22-11-2020 07:04:19 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: total cost is.. 2740 per unit. 22-11-2020 07:05:09 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: didn't get it as low as the last one, but that had a 340cc engine. This one has a 450cc engine. 22-11-2020 07:07:03 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: well, actually, the game thinks I'll lose 41 million after ten years, but sales are going to be much higher than those minimums. 22-11-2020 07:07:16 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: ie, market awareness will mean they all sell. 22-11-2020 07:08:38 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: it also includes building a medium factory, which wouldn't have been necessary if I wasn't being stupid about things. 22-11-2020 07:08:55 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Room for expansion! 22-11-2020 07:09:03 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Soon there will be a car in every home! 22-11-2020 07:09:47 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: yes. 22-11-2020 07:10:11 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: Man, you know a car factory would have all kinds of fun stuff for alida to play with. 22-11-2020 07:10:25 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: can run on a dyno, pull a sled.. 22-11-2020 07:10:31 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: probably something to test biting too. 22-11-2020 07:11:43 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: whoops, went bankrupt. Too many factory addons. Could have done it for like 500 million less, but hit some of the factory addons for way too much money. 22-11-2020 07:13:18 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: really easy to screw yourself by screwing up when clicking a button to spend 360 million or so. 22-11-2020 07:15:39 < syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com: Hah 22-11-2020 07:16:13 < Devastator!chatzilla@xubh-3j6qm0rn4rizkitsko5j9igrr.ipv7.telus.net: yeah, I clicked two buttons when building that factory that spent too much money. 22-11-2020 07:44:07 -!- syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 22-11-2020 07:44:26 -!- syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com has joined #einsteinianroulette 22-11-2020 12:35:52 -!- syv!GreatWyrmG@794-221-764-269.biz.spectrum.com has quit [Quit: FuckAT&T] 22-11-2020 19:29:09 -!- er!androirc@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com has quit [Quit: AndroIRC - Android IRC Client ( http://www.androirc.com )] 22-11-2020 20:05:55 -!- ER!ER@444-989-172-914.res.spectrum.com has joined #einsteinianroulette