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Title: Challenge: Become A Pirate - Online!
Post by: Rattler on 27 July 2009, 23:12:34
Always wondered what it sould be to be a pirate, but no dough/time to make the trip to Somalia? Well, here goes: Just tried it out and made some serious money:

 Cutthroat Capitalism  An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business Model:  http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/cutthroatCapitalismTheGame (http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/cutthroatCapitalismTheGame)

Easy to play, hard to win (I just love the negotiation part)!

Have fun!

Rattler

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Here is the challenge:

- 20 attacks

I made $ 860.000

Beat it,

Rattler


Title: Re: Challenge: Become A Pirate - Online!
Post by: FACman on 29 July 2009, 21:40:11
20 attacks 1.49 mil...


Title: Re: Challenge: Become A Pirate - Online!
Post by: TechAdmin on 29 July 2009, 22:15:30
WoW!

Beats everything I have seen so far (before: 1.100.000 the record in the various places I posted it).

Your trick?

I fail about 30% of attacks, so my 20 just yield negotiations for 14/15, and I make a meidum of 2M $

Anyway, well done (for a pirate:) )  :champ:

Rattler


Title: Re: Challenge: Become A Pirate - Online!
Post by: FACman on 29 July 2009, 23:35:38
I only go after Cruise ships and Container ships as they have the most value, you start off asking 10 mil and laugh all the way to the bank with 5-6 mil in ransom. If they are antsy/diff  to begin with in negotiations, I take the 2 mil early and look for loot more easily separated from the shipping magnates.


ps almost forgot...YARR!


Title: Re: Challenge: Become A Pirate - Online!
Post by: FACman on 30 July 2009, 05:45:18
(http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww278/sgtfaust/War%20and%20Tactics/th_bigleatherneckpirates.jpg) (http://s727.photobucket.com/albums/ww278/sgtfaust/War%20and%20Tactics/?action=view&current=bigleatherneckpirates.jpg)