-120% IC!? A VH/Furious/AI can cheat USA Mod 34 AAR

[Shupkay]

-120% IC!? A VH/Furious/AI can cheat USA Mod 34 AAR​

Just a small overview of the start of the game. Game start date was the February 1, 1933 (The beginning of all 1933 scenario, still in beta)

Game options

This is America. Please note the -120% IC in the top right corner.

Only thing to note under Intelligence are the number of spies in our country.

Under Technology, until we can get positive IC these two techs will be the only things we will be researching. With the starting $100 and the tech teams costing $3.8 a day, they can last about 26 days before we will have to trade for money.

Under Production, more then -100% IC we can not make anything. Heck, we don't even earn money from Consumer Goods!

Our cabinet. Only thing to not is that I can't change any of them until January 1, 1936 only because we have no one to change them with.

One slider move to Standing Army.

And last, but not least, on January 2, 1933 we get this. All 4 options show "No Immediate Effects" so we have no ideal what cheats the AI can use under "AI can use all cheats".

 

[Velendesril]

You're insane!

 

[blue emu]

Set your Consumer Goods slider all the way to the right... it will still be zero, but that will stop daily Dissent from increasing.

 

[Shupkay]

-120% IC!? A VH/Furious/AI can cheat USA Mod 34 AAR Part 2

February 2, 1933: We just remember about our old navy and supplying it. (Hence the -70.2 in supplies.) Instead of disbanding the navy, we take the lazy way out. We let the computer handle our trades.

February 5, 1933: Three days later, problem solved! See, it pays to be lazy.

February 5, 1933: Even with over -100% IC, you still bring in resources.

February 16, 1933: Someone tried to kill Mr. Frank. He survives.

February 27, 1933: With our starting $100 almost gone, we have to take action. Time to trade! (Rant: I love it how auto trade won't trade for cash.)

Yes, I know what you are thinking, but they did not cancel these trades the next day.

March 19, 1933: Yeah, we can research Nukes now! Or at least we can start when I have positive IC.

April 6, 1933: Yeah, finally some positive IC! To the banks with your gold people! Your country needs you!

Yeah! -118% IC, after the dissent of course.

The funny thing about nothing is....people still want it. Take nothing away and dissent raises. Give them just the right amount of nothing and they are content. Give them extra nothing and dissent lowers.

 

[Shupkay]

-120% IC!? A VH/Furious/AI can cheat USA Mod 34 AAR Part 3

April 20, 1933: Today, the President took the US off the gold standard. For some reason, this made a few people angry and a few people go back to work.

Yeah! -117% IC, after the dissent of course.

June 16, 1933: Out project "Marxist Economy" is complete. Sure, we get +7.0 to our Peacetime IC, +5.0 IC to our Tech Effect, two slider moves toward Central Planning and one slider move toward Political Left, we also get....

Money! $500 worth! We use the money to hire some tech teams to research for us! That, and we are now at -105% IC.

July 4, 1933: W00t! July fourth! Time to party!

July 27, 1933: Yeah, finally! Our second project "Wartime Industrial Base" is complete! Sure, we get five dissent, but we also get +18.0% to our Peacetime IC and +7.0% to our Tech effect! Which brings us to a total of -80% IC!

And we also get our first democracy event! Of course, being a democracy means being an open society so we take the extra 10 dissent.

Sure, we gained a total of 15 dissent in a single day, but we are also down to -80% IC and since we are below -100% IC, we can make money with consumer goods! The extra money is used to track down and kill spies.

October 20, 1933: Still putting everything in consumer goods, Liberia gives us a blueprint! Thank Liberia!

December 2, 1933: Gee, thanks game. Kick a poor county while it is down, don't you? Oh well, more time in consumer goods.

 

[Ciryandor]

Now that is some gimped-up America.

 

[TombolaG]

Wow. This will be tough. Good luck, it's lookng good so far.

 

[Akaki]

Marxist economy... So you're not full-FM anymore?
Also, I always go with the extremist demmands.

 

[Shupkay]

-120% IC!? A VH/Furious/AI can cheat USA Mod 34 AAR Part 3

Update of the nation and world: 1934​

Welcome to the standard yearly update of the USA and the world. It is now February 1, 1934.

For our standard slider move, we move another spot toward Standard Army. The two moves toward Central Planning were due to our Marxist Economy tech.

Production wise, when the dissent is gone, we will have 49 IC to work with. All of our resources are in the positive (even if the screen shot does not show it). Extra resources will be traded away for supplies.

Spy wise, extra money will be spend killing all spies in the USA. Once all spies in the USA are killed, spies will be sent to other countries to steal their blueprints.

Intel wise, we are under 100% due to a rush to IC raising techs and manpower raising techs. Once all the easy to reach manpower raising techs are completed, only techs that have blueprints or techs that are under skill 6 will be research until we are at 150% research speed. Once 150% researched speed is reached, only then will research into the Industrial branch (where most techs lower research speed) commence.

And finally, the standard non-aggression pacts with everyone in the Americas and Italy.

Military wise nothing has been made so nothing has changed.

Intel on Germany:

Intel on United Kingdom

Intel on Soviet Union

Intel on Japan

And that's the way it is.

 

[Shadow Master]

Hey, forget my PM, as I think I see what is going on here.

April 20, 1933: Today, the President took the US off the gold standard. For some reason, this made a few people angry and a few people go back to work.

This is America. Please note the -120% IC in the top right corner.

Could I ask a favor? Leave off the center code, ok?

When I quoted your post, I noticed the center code, and that doesn't seem to work the way one would expect. Also, if you hit the [return] key after the period following the word corner, it will fix the problem with your map being so far to the right.

And welcome to the forums!

 

[unmerged(112641)]

This is precious.
More, more! Hah! And good luck flghting off the -80% IC you have left...

 

[Mico94]

that's really a challenge, -120% IC. wow.
i'll follow
but where is Stalin? from that Soviet pic it seems that Molotov took power

 

[Shupkay]

-120% IC!? A VH/Furious/AI can cheat USA Mod 34 AAR Part 4

February 10, 1934: No more dissent and after consumer goods, we have 21.45 IC to work with. Time to build some Infantry!

February 19, 1934: Liberia gives us another blueprint. Thanks Liberia!

April 13, 1934: Another blueprint, this time from scientist defecting from Colombia. A program will be set up to give free milk and cookies to defecting scientists.

May 10, 1934: Our first troops are made. They will the first of many.

July 4, 1934: W00t! Independence Day! Everyone party!

August 26, 1934: Our Foreign Policy is attacked. While most people would pick "Revise the policy" for the free slider move in Interventionism and Hawk Lobby, we "Strike a bargain with the Market Liberals" for a slider move in Free Market. Why, you ask? You'll find out next year.

September 19, 1934: War is Asia. *yawn*

October 6, 1934: Catalonia declares independence. Of course, it doesn't help that all three of their provinces (Huesca, Tarragona and Barcelona) were occupied by Republican Spain the second independence was declared.

October 7, 1934: And Catalonia is no more.

October 9. 1934: Peace in Asia. *yawn*

October 10, 1934: King Alexander I of Yugoslavia is assassinated.

October 16, 1934: Wait, five dissent and minus five IC?! Oh come on!

October 24, 1934: A conference in London, talking about ships. Thanks for the minus dissent.

November 3, 1934: Seems that no one can make up their mind at the conference in London. Still, we pick "Seek a final agreement" for the positive relations.

November 3, 1934: Ban those Fascist Parties! They are a bunch of lying punks! We went to one of their parties, and it was a BYOB party! Boo!

November 6, 1934: Oh, our first random Mod 34 event. More oil is good.

November 23, 1934: Yeah, lets anger Japan. In fact, that will be our new policy toward Japan: "Angering Japan for fun and profit".

January 2, 1935: Looks like Hungry might be involved in the assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.

January 7, 1935: I love the new deal.

January 8, 1935: Too bad the new deal leaves us with the negative money. All IC is put into consumer goods until we have positive money.

January 8, 1935: We have a chance to join the League of Nations but we say no. Sure, one slider move toward Interventionism for seven dissent is worth it, but not when you consider the events one will get in the next few years.

January 30, 1935: We get +2% IC to Tech Effect, just before the yearly review.

Yeah! -78% IC now!

Yearly review of the US and the world coming next.

 

[Akaki]

January 8, 1935: We have a chance to join the League of Nations but we say no. Sure, one slider move toward Interventionism for seven dissent is worth it, but not when you consider the events one will get in the next few years.

What events?

 

[Shupkay]

What events?

Fun events that give you no choice, like this one.

And you get it in 1935, 1936 and 1937.

 

[Shupkay]

-120% IC!? A VH/Furious/AI can cheat USA Mod 34 AAR Part 5

Update of the nation and world: 1935​

Intel wise, once a base of over $1000 is saved up, all spies will be tracked down and killed. Then spies will be sent out to the Axis/Allies/Comintern/Japan to steal blueprints.

Research wise, we are currently at 101%. With two manpower techs totaling -9% to be researched, we hope to be back at 100% by the year of 1936.

Production wise, we have 27.61 IC after consumer goods. Production of infantry will continue. Only the last infantry production has a gearing bonus.

Slider wise, another move toward Standing Army.

Military wise, the USA has produced seven infantry and Liberia has produced two infantry.

Intel on Germany

Intel on United Kingdom

Intel on Soviet Union

Intel on Japan

And thats the way it is.

 

[Nathan Madien]

November 3, 1934: Seems that no one can make up their mind at the conference in London. Still, we pick "Seek a final agreement" for the positive relations.

Apparently the United States can improve relations with herself.

 

[Shupkay]

You know, I just noticed something. The Mod 34 Balkan Cluster Fark event didn't fire! Allow me to explain...

On October 9, 1934 the following event fires.

And in the AAR, it did fire.

A second event is to fire between October 1, 1934 and January 1, 1935.

And in the AAR, it did fire.

Our problem comes into play with the third event.

The second event needs to fire for the third event to fire. The third event fires on December 10, 1934 but our second event didn't fire until January 2, 1935. Therefor, we missed the BCF. Pity.

 

[Nathan Madien]

Ah, well. I guess no one wants an investigation then.

 

[gianlucad]

wow, lets see how you get rid of that -78% left...