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Re: Making money

#16957
From: TCipollina
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:00
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ah, another idea to test
thanks alot!
(no, that wasn't sarcastic)

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Fight Win Prevail
But Never Cheat

DSHammond <David@_deletethis_dshammond.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in article
<78ag1b$6i5$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> There is a trick to get double money via tiberium sale - though its an
old
> version bug, so I assume it's been corrected.  If you build a silo, let
some
> tiberium accumulate in it, then sell it, you'll get half the cost of the
> silo, plus the cost of the tiberium stored (I guess the designers meant
that
> plus to be a minus!).  You lose the tiberium stored, so you can't do this
> indefinitely, but in theory, if you harvested as much tiberium as
possible
> then *sold* it in the silos, you could get double the amount of cash.
> 
> TCipollina <joe...@stny.lrun.com> wrote in message
> 01be44dc$582d24c0$938fd2cc@compaq...
> >oh.
> >i think we are in two different contexts
> >i am talking about singleplayer , just before the end of certain
missions
> >(so no enemy to worry about, and you own almost the entire map)
> >you can build build build
> >then sell sell sell
> >and money is carried forwards to the  next level...
> >
> >but you do bring up and interesting point about canceling a build, i do
> >believe the tiberium is converted to cold hard cash with no discount, so
> >one may get twice the money!
> >oh great, another idea to research!
> >thanks
> >--
> >Fight Win Prevail
> >But Never Cheat
> >
> >Olaf van der Spek <Sp...@EuroNet.NL> wrote in article
> ><785ffc$6dg$1...@beast.euro.net>...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> This is a reply to TCipllina.
> >> With my method, you don't need much space. You can use my method while
in
> >> combat and the opponent doesn't have a chance of destroying your siles
> >(and
> >> money with it).
> >> Also, I guess with my method you have twice the money.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Olaf van der Spek
> >> Almere, Holland
> >> Sp...@EuroNet.NL
> >>
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
> 
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From: "TCipollina" <joe...@stny.lrun.com>
Subject: Re: Making money
Date: 1999/01/22
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