TOPIC:

BTPro team announces a Special Ex's Servers Tribute event: "Old School CB Experts"!

Once upon a time, between Kurt and Luukland servers existence, a community was rocking on popularity and gameplay called: Experts Hard servers! - "City Mania" (not related with similar named community).
Were the first pure CB goal games (that I recall). Only desert... And was awesome!! Until, one day, surprise with an Hard CB: Temperate, with a mix of Desert industries to make it (even) more challenging.

A tryout to get as closer to the original as possible, this tournament is a humble tribute to all the good CB memories Ex's servers left on players all over the world. Thank you.


Required NewGRF's:
- EX_cities (v0.3): EX_cities.grf (adds Water, Food and Diamonds to Temperate maps. Also modifies cargo payments, build and running costs)
- BaseCosts Mod 5.0: basecosts.grf
* Running Costs: Diesel, 2x; Electric: 4x;
* Property Maintenance: 1/64 for rails, 1/32 for roads, canals and stations;
- Temperate Oil Wells CAN increase: oilsgoup.grf;
All can be downloaded under "Check Online Content" option/button.

Tournament Date:
- 26/06/2016 (Sunday, June 26th) - 15:00 (GMT)

Server Specifics:
- Game version: The stable OpenTTD version on tournament date;
- Gamescript: Aphid's CB Gamescript;
- Landscape: Temperate (+ Water, Food and Diamonds)
- Map size: 1024x1024
- Experts Hard rules: sites.google.com/site/expertshard/ (original Experts Hard server rules)
- Start: 1975; End: Goal
- Companies Autoclean: OFF;
- Limits: Trains: 500, Road vehicles: 500, Ships: 20, Aircraft: 0 | Station spread: 7 tile(s) | Train size: 7 tile(s)
- Distant join stations: ON;
- Breakdowns: OFF; (was ON in the original, but let's make it a bit easier now ^^)
- Max Loan: 150000 GBP;
- Multiple similar industries per town: OFF;
- Max companies: 15;
- Max players per company: 2;
- Goal: Build a town with 7500 inhabitants;

Town demands: (amount values are for 1000 inhabitants)
- Coal: from 200 population; amount: 120; Cargo storage decay: 5%;
- Water: from 500 population; amount: 100; Cargo storage decay: 5%;
- Food: from 1000 population; amount: 120; Cargo storage decay: 10%;
- Passengers: from 1500 population; amount: 200; No Storage;
- Mail: from 2000 population; amount: 30; No Storage;
- Goods: from 3000 population; amount: 120; Cargo storage decay: 5%;
- Diamonds: from 4000 population; amount: 30; Cargo storage decay: 2%;

Reward Points:
- Do well and it's alot
- Registration is not mandatory, but only players that sign up here to tournament will have reserved slots and points.
- Logged in players will also get bonus points for playing.
- Minimal population to receive points: 2500 (33 % of the goal)

Registering will be closed at June 26th, 14:00.

The above settings may be subject to change.

Meanwhile, all can practice on our #TRAINING SERVER#. Enjoy the games
- BTPro.nl- #XX ..:: TRAINING SERVER ::.. | 1975-GOAL

NOTE: it's Expert's HARD... keep that in mind ^^
- When making initial track, avoid: terraforming, build on slopes, farmland and rocky tiles;

Adjustments:
- Goal returned to 7500 inhabitants and loan back to 150000 GBP (finally ^^);
- Using BaseCosts Mod to balance running costs and property maintenance;
- Adjustments on Water and Diamonds demands;
- added oilsgoup.grf, to easy things a bit to make Goods.

Reply on this topic to sign up for this event/tournament. To be on same company with other player, please state that, the first player must agree!

Companies/registered players:
1: A&o Transport: Adsoff and orlinoss
2: tomb Transport: tomb
3: DumbBuilder Transport: DumbBuilder
4: solo Transport: solo
5: Moriarte Transport: Moriarte
6: Gelidis Transport: Gelidis
7: ST2 Transport: ST2
8: Kyler Transport: Kyler
9: blackyjack Transport: blackyjack
10: tomasito Transport: tomasito and nkula
11: tanitobacsi Transport: tanitobacsi
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13:
14:
15:

Retired players/companies:
- TJ8703 (TJ8703 Transport);

Sign me up

sign me up, please

Edit: Is stealing of other players secondary cargo allowed during the Tournament? The first "What you CAN do" picture of Rule #2 of original "Expert Hard rules" allows it.

*it means sign me up*

Nice initiative,

I think I remember those servers but I will have to train a bit to get back in shape xD.
Count me in!,

Solo

Edit: BTW do you know how to contact any of the oldschoolers? I gave mr Moriarte and some others an email bump, however my mind broke thinking of all the other players. Any way to contact mr. Luukland himself for example?
Could be fun to have gL or Janosik aswell, however I don't have them contacts,

Edit2: Go with the good old feeling of 100k loan ST2. This was imo the best part of the whole server xD