Oregon Trail, Round 3!
Now, time for what you've all been waiting for: OREGON TRAIL, THE OFFICIAL ROUND 3!
Our cast in today's episode is: Estonia (Leader), Switz, France, Canada (CAN HIS INVISIBILITY SAVE HIM NOW?!), and Sealand. I would also like to mention that we're doing Carpenter difficulty again. >:D This means we're kicking off with the same reduced rations/increased speed as the BS round. Here goes!
Let the games begin!
Independence, MO: April 1
Bought supplies, and ONWARD HOOOOOOOOES By the way, the store you buy all your stuff from is MATT'S General Store... Canada, do you have anything to do with this? *SHOT*
We make it to the Kansas River Crossing with no problems. BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS THE FIRST OF... DUNNO, 13+ STOPS?! It can only get wackier from here.
Kansas River Crossing: April 5
*sigh* We STILL can't ford this river. Hey, Sea-kun, did your papa teach you how to Swede at all? Beh, whatever, we're caulking this thing. We make it across with no problems.
Big Blue Technicolor Pulse Rave Party River Crossing: April 9
4.1 feet deep. Man, not being able to ford rivers is BORIIIIIING. We float across with no problems. Sealand did some crazy isht with his water manipulation powers that made the trip look like an acid trip rave party, though. Pulsing technicolor water + hyperractive 12-year-old boy with ability to make said water do crazy stuff = FUNTIEMS.
April 13: We pass the famous "Here lies andy: peperony and chease" gravesite. Geez, what did this kid DO to die so early in the trip?!
Fort Kearney: April 15
Consider buying some things; end up buying no things. Like before, I've gotta save my money for when all hell breaks loose later. Also, I'm wondering why nothing has happened yet... doesn't at least one person get sick/break something by this point? O_o
April 16: Spoke too soon! France has the measles.
April 19: CANADA'S INVISIBILITY HAS NOT SAVED HIM! HE HAS CHOLERA! Oh dear, there goes that theory. (Also, it makes the Canada/Liet body switch even more interesting- maybe Liet's body got Canada's invisibility when he got shoved into it?) Gotta rest for a bit- health's going into the crapper.
Chimney Rock: April 29
May 1: Wrong trail, lose three days. -_-; Note to self: don't let Estonia read a map without his glasses. Or better yet, tie Switz down when Eesti has to read a map. *DESTROYED*
Fort Laramie: May 5
No need to buy anything just yet.
May 7: SEALAND HAS TYPHOID! NOOOO NOT SEALAND HE'S TOO YOUNG TO DIE and typhoid loooooves to kill people, to the point that it's made me be superstitious. Like, the second someone gets typhoid, we HAVE to rest. No questions asked. Also, I'm noticing that, of the non-immune members, Switz is the only one to not get sick. We'll see if that changes. >:D
May 16: I don't believe this. THE WAGON SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED! And we have no one who does this sort of thing, and we didn't lose any food (only two wagon wheels) in the fire, so it couldn't POSSIBLY have been Gilbert sneaking along... I chalked it up to Switz distracting Eesti at a crucial moment and making him spark. But then Switz made "I'm-gonna-kill-you-so-dead-they-won't-be-able-to-ID-your-body-for-a-week" eyes at me, so ahahahahahaIKIDBECAUSEILOVEnotetoselfdon'tpickonthemodsitwillresultingruesshowingupinyourRPpath
May 17: SWITZ gets what's coming to him GETS DYSENTERY. HAHAHAHAAAAAA oh god now there's DEFINITELY going to be grues in one of my routes OTL OTL OTL By the way, here's my explanation on what a Grue is, if you don't know:
[10:33:59 PM] Ludwig Beilschmidt: In this old text adventure game called Zork, there were these things called Grues. They appeared with the now-famous message: "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
[10:34:21 PM] Ludwig Beilschmidt: Basically, it was to discourage players from bumbling around without a light source.
And now I'm thinking that it would make a crapton of sense for the shadow world to be infested with Grues or for one of the higher-ups to have a pet Grue unless the grues eat them too OHGEEZ DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS BUT I DIGRESS. We rest for a bit. Because I don't want to be eaten by a Grue. I don't even think Ludz could survive that.
Independence Rock: May 24
May 25: Wild fruit! Even if it's only enough for two days (or barely one if you're using the filling portions option, which we aren't), it's always nice.
May 27: Lose the trail and 3 days! Dangit, Switz, don't distract Eesti when he's trying to read the map! *SHOTSHOTSHOT NO STOP DON'T PUT GRUES IN ANYONE'S ROUTES PLEEEEAAAAAASEEEE NO MORE JOKES WITH YOU AND EESTI AFTER THIS POINT I PROMIIIIIIIIISSSSEEEEEEE*
South Pass: June 2
Tank throw sez we go the Green River route. Besides, it's quicker and I'm LE TIRED. [/lame] Also, it allows for more cheap Sealand water sculpture jokes.
Green River Crossing: June 6
You know, I'm wondering... is the Green River related to the Big Blue River? Does that make it a pulsing technicolor rave party river, too? So right, it's 20.2 feet deep, and as usual there's no way in hell we're fording that. Let's float that boat. ...OHWTF WE GET CLOTHESLINED BY ONE OF SEALAND'S CRAZY TECHNICOLOR WATER SCULPTURES IT TIPS OVER AND WE LOSE 67 BULLETS, 1 WAGON WHEEL, 2 WAGON AXLES, 1 WAGON TONGUE, AND 216 lbs OF FOOD. That's a LOT to lose. We may end up gashed for cash come next fort. D:
June 9: First "inadequate grass" warnings.
June 10: A WAGON WHEEL BREAKS. WE LOST ALL OUR SPARES IN THE FIRE AND THE WATER SCULPTURE GREEN RIVER ACCIDENTS. But we repair it. *WHEW*
June 12: After being quiet for so long, France has typhoid. No, France, you can't even get away with molesting the water. *COUP DE GRACE'D* good god foot out of mouth RIGHT NOW
Soda Springs: June 22
Ah, Soda Springs! WATER! And- AAAAAA SEALAND WTF ARE YOU DOING WITH THE WATER STOP DON'T DO THA- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *SPLASH*
Fort Hall: June 26
We stock up like we REEEEAAAAAALLLLLYYYY need to now (food, spare wagon wheels/axles, ammunition). We also rest due to health going into the crapper. THIS is what I've been saving my money for. We're now down to $80; if we have oxen thieves like we did in round 1, we're kinda screwed. ._. Sorry.
June 29: IMPASSABLE TRAIL. LOSE 10 DAYS. WHAT THE HECK IS AN IMPASSABLE TRAIL DOING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FORT?!
July 9: Wild fruit! Thank God for small mercies.
July 16: One oxen injured. D: AND THEN WE LOSE A WEEK TO AN IMPASSABLE TRAIL. WTF, tell me the trail is impassable BEFORE one of the oxen gets wrecked, not after!
July 25: More wild fruit! Yay.
July 27: Another impassable trail, another 5 days lost. DDDD:
Snake River: August 3
Blah blah Snake River. Blah blah, hire an Indian, blah. Blahblah SEALAND STOP DOING THAT WITH THE RIVER YOU'RE SCARING PEOPLE OFF blah
August 5: Heavy fog, lose a day. Huh? Fog... in August? O_o
August 13: CANADA HAS CHOLERA. Again. O_o Invisibility clearly does not work here. In the same day we have heavy fog and wild fruit. Huh.
Fort Boise: August 15
No buying stuff, but we REALLY need to rest for a bit.
August 22: Why hallo thar, round 1 gravesite. More resting since everyone's health seems really unstable right now.
August 29: Lose trail and 2 days. ._. That's the third time now, Eesti!
Blue Mountains: Sept. 3
THEY GLOOOOOOOW *tiring out OTL*
I want to head for the Dalles, but we need to replenish our food supply with what little money we have left, and we never go the Fort Walla Walla route anyway, so HA. Walla Walla it is.
Fort Walla Walla: Sept. 6
I blow the rest of our money on food (well, okay, only $50 of our $80 for 100lbs of food, but whatever). WE NEED IT (well, we had 584lbs left and it's not like we have any of the really big guys or Prussia around to drain the stash, so we MIGHT have been fine, but hey, better safe than dead).
Right outside the fort we find wild fruit! Nice. Also, I now know another good reason to take The Dalles route: Walla Walla route is just the long way to the Dalles. Beh. X_X
Sept. 9: France has Cholera. Hmm, I think he's gotten sick the most out of anyone thus far... so much for being the healer, eh?
The Dalles: Sept. 15
Gotta rest some more... we've got kind of a sickly crowd today. @_@ Except for Switz, who's only gotten sick once. And Eesti, but he's the leader and thus immune (he got sick enough in the BS round).
Hmmm. Columbia River or Barlow Toll Road... beh, taking the river. It's quicker.
The Williamette Valley, Oregon: Sept. 18
WE MADE IT! *applause applause* The funny thing is, during the river rafting minigame, I don't think I had to scoot from the right edge of the river even once. XD
Our score:
5 People in poor health (oops... hey, like I said, we don't have as tough a crew as usual, with Switz being the exception, and MAYBE France, but his healing didn't save him much, apparently): 1500 pts
1 wagon (seriously, can you LOSE the wagon or something?): 50 pts
8 oxen: 32 pts
6 Spare wagon parts: 12 pts
7 sets of clothing: 14 pts
94 bullets: 1 pt (-_-;)
584lbs of food: 23 pts
$30.00 cash: 6 pts
Original Score: 1638 (yikes, the bonus you get from having people in a better condition really DOES work wonders)
Score with 2x carpenter bonus: 3276
We get 5th place in the top ten.
Whew... that round was just... weird... *tired, no commentary today OTL* Oh, but here's something I ought to remember to try: in the BS round, when we rested, I set the portions back to "filling." Maybe people would do better if I kept doing that?
I'm in a bit of a pickle for what to do for Round 4. I initially planned to make that our "All-Stars" round where you guys vote on who gets in/who's the leader, but then I remembered that I've never used Russia or Romano! So they're guaranteed for Round 4. I'm wondering if I should go right to the "repeats" (i.e. different character, same player) or if I should use our more "obscure" characters (Austria, Turkey, and Ukraine come to mind right off the bat). A little advice here is appreciated~
Our cast in today's episode is: Estonia (Leader), Switz, France, Canada (CAN HIS INVISIBILITY SAVE HIM NOW?!), and Sealand. I would also like to mention that we're doing Carpenter difficulty again. >:D This means we're kicking off with the same reduced rations/increased speed as the BS round. Here goes!
Let the games begin!
Independence, MO: April 1
Bought supplies, and ONWARD HOOOOOOOOES By the way, the store you buy all your stuff from is MATT'S General Store... Canada, do you have anything to do with this? *SHOT*
We make it to the Kansas River Crossing with no problems. BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS THE FIRST OF... DUNNO, 13+ STOPS?! It can only get wackier from here.
Kansas River Crossing: April 5
*sigh* We STILL can't ford this river. Hey, Sea-kun, did your papa teach you how to Swede at all? Beh, whatever, we're caulking this thing. We make it across with no problems.
Big Blue Technicolor Pulse Rave Party River Crossing: April 9
4.1 feet deep. Man, not being able to ford rivers is BORIIIIIING. We float across with no problems. Sealand did some crazy isht with his water manipulation powers that made the trip look like an acid trip rave party, though. Pulsing technicolor water + hyperractive 12-year-old boy with ability to make said water do crazy stuff = FUNTIEMS.
April 13: We pass the famous "Here lies andy: peperony and chease" gravesite. Geez, what did this kid DO to die so early in the trip?!
Fort Kearney: April 15
Consider buying some things; end up buying no things. Like before, I've gotta save my money for when all hell breaks loose later. Also, I'm wondering why nothing has happened yet... doesn't at least one person get sick/break something by this point? O_o
April 16: Spoke too soon! France has the measles.
April 19: CANADA'S INVISIBILITY HAS NOT SAVED HIM! HE HAS CHOLERA! Oh dear, there goes that theory. (Also, it makes the Canada/Liet body switch even more interesting- maybe Liet's body got Canada's invisibility when he got shoved into it?) Gotta rest for a bit- health's going into the crapper.
Chimney Rock: April 29
May 1: Wrong trail, lose three days. -_-; Note to self: don't let Estonia read a map without his glasses. Or better yet, tie Switz down when Eesti has to read a map. *DESTROYED*
Fort Laramie: May 5
No need to buy anything just yet.
May 7: SEALAND HAS TYPHOID! NOOOO NOT SEALAND HE'S TOO YOUNG TO DIE and typhoid loooooves to kill people, to the point that it's made me be superstitious. Like, the second someone gets typhoid, we HAVE to rest. No questions asked. Also, I'm noticing that, of the non-immune members, Switz is the only one to not get sick. We'll see if that changes. >:D
May 16: I don't believe this. THE WAGON SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED! And we have no one who does this sort of thing, and we didn't lose any food (only two wagon wheels) in the fire, so it couldn't POSSIBLY have been Gilbert sneaking along... I chalked it up to Switz distracting Eesti at a crucial moment and making him spark. But then Switz made "I'm-gonna-kill-you-so-dead-they-won't-be-able-to-ID-your-body-for-a-week" eyes at me, so ahahahahahaIKIDBECAUSEILOVEnotetoselfdon'tpickonthemodsitwillresultingruesshowingupinyourRPpath
May 17: SWITZ gets what's coming to him GETS DYSENTERY. HAHAHAHAAAAAA oh god now there's DEFINITELY going to be grues in one of my routes OTL OTL OTL By the way, here's my explanation on what a Grue is, if you don't know:
[10:33:59 PM] Ludwig Beilschmidt: In this old text adventure game called Zork, there were these things called Grues. They appeared with the now-famous message: "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
[10:34:21 PM] Ludwig Beilschmidt: Basically, it was to discourage players from bumbling around without a light source.
And now I'm thinking that it would make a crapton of sense for the shadow world to be infested with Grues or for one of the higher-ups to have a pet Grue unless the grues eat them too OHGEEZ DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS BUT I DIGRESS. We rest for a bit. Because I don't want to be eaten by a Grue. I don't even think Ludz could survive that.
Independence Rock: May 24
May 25: Wild fruit! Even if it's only enough for two days (or barely one if you're using the filling portions option, which we aren't), it's always nice.
May 27: Lose the trail and 3 days! Dangit, Switz, don't distract Eesti when he's trying to read the map! *SHOTSHOTSHOT NO STOP DON'T PUT GRUES IN ANYONE'S ROUTES PLEEEEAAAAAASEEEE NO MORE JOKES WITH YOU AND EESTI AFTER THIS POINT I PROMIIIIIIIIISSSSEEEEEEE*
South Pass: June 2
Tank throw sez we go the Green River route. Besides, it's quicker and I'm LE TIRED. [/lame] Also, it allows for more cheap Sealand water sculpture jokes.
Green River Crossing: June 6
You know, I'm wondering... is the Green River related to the Big Blue River? Does that make it a pulsing technicolor rave party river, too? So right, it's 20.2 feet deep, and as usual there's no way in hell we're fording that. Let's float that boat. ...OHWTF WE GET CLOTHESLINED BY ONE OF SEALAND'S CRAZY TECHNICOLOR WATER SCULPTURES IT TIPS OVER AND WE LOSE 67 BULLETS, 1 WAGON WHEEL, 2 WAGON AXLES, 1 WAGON TONGUE, AND 216 lbs OF FOOD. That's a LOT to lose. We may end up gashed for cash come next fort. D:
June 9: First "inadequate grass" warnings.
June 10: A WAGON WHEEL BREAKS. WE LOST ALL OUR SPARES IN THE FIRE AND THE WATER SCULPTURE GREEN RIVER ACCIDENTS. But we repair it. *WHEW*
June 12: After being quiet for so long, France has typhoid. No, France, you can't even get away with molesting the water. *COUP DE GRACE'D* good god foot out of mouth RIGHT NOW
Soda Springs: June 22
Ah, Soda Springs! WATER! And- AAAAAA SEALAND WTF ARE YOU DOING WITH THE WATER STOP DON'T DO THA- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *SPLASH*
Fort Hall: June 26
We stock up like we REEEEAAAAAALLLLLYYYY need to now (food, spare wagon wheels/axles, ammunition). We also rest due to health going into the crapper. THIS is what I've been saving my money for. We're now down to $80; if we have oxen thieves like we did in round 1, we're kinda screwed. ._. Sorry.
June 29: IMPASSABLE TRAIL. LOSE 10 DAYS. WHAT THE HECK IS AN IMPASSABLE TRAIL DOING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FORT?!
July 9: Wild fruit! Thank God for small mercies.
July 16: One oxen injured. D: AND THEN WE LOSE A WEEK TO AN IMPASSABLE TRAIL. WTF, tell me the trail is impassable BEFORE one of the oxen gets wrecked, not after!
July 25: More wild fruit! Yay.
July 27: Another impassable trail, another 5 days lost. DDDD:
Snake River: August 3
Blah blah Snake River. Blah blah, hire an Indian, blah. Blahblah SEALAND STOP DOING THAT WITH THE RIVER YOU'RE SCARING PEOPLE OFF blah
August 5: Heavy fog, lose a day. Huh? Fog... in August? O_o
August 13: CANADA HAS CHOLERA. Again. O_o Invisibility clearly does not work here. In the same day we have heavy fog and wild fruit. Huh.
Fort Boise: August 15
No buying stuff, but we REALLY need to rest for a bit.
August 22: Why hallo thar, round 1 gravesite. More resting since everyone's health seems really unstable right now.
August 29: Lose trail and 2 days. ._. That's the third time now, Eesti!
Blue Mountains: Sept. 3
THEY GLOOOOOOOW *tiring out OTL*
I want to head for the Dalles, but we need to replenish our food supply with what little money we have left, and we never go the Fort Walla Walla route anyway, so HA. Walla Walla it is.
Fort Walla Walla: Sept. 6
I blow the rest of our money on food (well, okay, only $50 of our $80 for 100lbs of food, but whatever). WE NEED IT (well, we had 584lbs left and it's not like we have any of the really big guys or Prussia around to drain the stash, so we MIGHT have been fine, but hey, better safe than dead).
Right outside the fort we find wild fruit! Nice. Also, I now know another good reason to take The Dalles route: Walla Walla route is just the long way to the Dalles. Beh. X_X
Sept. 9: France has Cholera. Hmm, I think he's gotten sick the most out of anyone thus far... so much for being the healer, eh?
The Dalles: Sept. 15
Gotta rest some more... we've got kind of a sickly crowd today. @_@ Except for Switz, who's only gotten sick once. And Eesti, but he's the leader and thus immune (he got sick enough in the BS round).
Hmmm. Columbia River or Barlow Toll Road... beh, taking the river. It's quicker.
The Williamette Valley, Oregon: Sept. 18
WE MADE IT! *applause applause* The funny thing is, during the river rafting minigame, I don't think I had to scoot from the right edge of the river even once. XD
Our score:
5 People in poor health (oops... hey, like I said, we don't have as tough a crew as usual, with Switz being the exception, and MAYBE France, but his healing didn't save him much, apparently): 1500 pts
1 wagon (seriously, can you LOSE the wagon or something?): 50 pts
8 oxen: 32 pts
6 Spare wagon parts: 12 pts
7 sets of clothing: 14 pts
94 bullets: 1 pt (-_-;)
584lbs of food: 23 pts
$30.00 cash: 6 pts
Original Score: 1638 (yikes, the bonus you get from having people in a better condition really DOES work wonders)
Score with 2x carpenter bonus: 3276
We get 5th place in the top ten.
Whew... that round was just... weird... *tired, no commentary today OTL* Oh, but here's something I ought to remember to try: in the BS round, when we rested, I set the portions back to "filling." Maybe people would do better if I kept doing that?
I'm in a bit of a pickle for what to do for Round 4. I initially planned to make that our "All-Stars" round where you guys vote on who gets in/who's the leader, but then I remembered that I've never used Russia or Romano! So they're guaranteed for Round 4. I'm wondering if I should go right to the "repeats" (i.e. different character, same player) or if I should use our more "obscure" characters (Austria, Turkey, and Ukraine come to mind right off the bat). A little advice here is appreciated~