# Pandemic **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 23, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513 "2008-07-23T18:51:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/61 "2008-08-28T13:35:22Z")
[QUOTE=Projammer] Ah bugger madagascar with a barbed bunsen burner. [/QUOTE] Heh, an “Infect Madagascar!” tee-shirt would have some amusing one-in-ten-million-instant-recognition humour value. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/62 "2008-08-28T18:53:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sleel] I swear the tutorials sound like they were narrated by either [this bubblehead](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731928/#actress) or [this one](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414130/). [/QUOTE] The narrator is a bit of a mush-mouth, isn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/63 "2008-08-28T18:58:48Z")
84 days using your method, **Controvert**. Is it wrong that I was sitting here at my computer in the end game thinking, “Die, you bastards!”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/64 "2008-08-29T04:31:34Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] Heh, an “Infect Madagascar!” tee-shirt would have some amusing one-in-ten-million-instant-recognition humour value. 😃 [/QUOTE] And a one-in-one-instant-arrest-in-airports value. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/65 "2008-08-29T07:00:11Z")
Yay! Though my parasite was defeated by Peru, Argentina, and Madagascar, the Obamarama bacteria has decimated the entire world’s population. Unfortunately, it did it while I was exercising, so I have no idea how long it took. Is 101,909 a good score for a second game? ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/66 "2008-09-03T05:31:25Z")
Well **Controvert** I must say I am impressed. You are a diabolical genius. And very attractive. _backs away slowly, discreetly applying gas mask_ Don’t hurt me! AHHHH! ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/67 "2008-09-03T06:18:47Z")
Sorry for the two posts, but I just had to share… My Strongbadiophage virus infected every nation save two: a certain island starting with M (grrr!) and Indonesia. In other words, I left the world in the hands of the planet’s largest muslim nation. So… do I get my virgins now, or do I have to wait? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/68 "2008-09-04T21:22:26Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > I’ve done it in [77 days](http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/fe8cff9822.gif) on Realistic. Does it count if the last survivor hangs himself? (pop culture reference challlenge) ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/69 "2008-09-05T13:22:30Z")
If your disease has the Harmless trait, restart. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/70 "2008-09-06T01:46:09Z")
**The Controvert** , you are a god. It felt so good to finally infect Madagascar. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/71 "2008-09-06T02:00:15Z")
> [@MHaye](#): > > If your disease has the Harmless trait, restart. Agreed. I had more than half the symptoms and people still weren’t dying. Where’s “Spontaneous Combustion” when you need it? ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/72 "2008-09-06T15:01:35Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Agreed. I had more than half the symptoms and people still weren’t dying. Where’s “Spontaneous Combustion” when you need it? Who knows? But I found that, when I managed to get the lethality up a ways and people started dying, the governments burned bodies and deaths stopped. I think I had everyone in the world infected (except Madagascar and Greenland) but no deaths were occurring. On the other hand, **The Controvert** ’s algorithm is good. I finally got a plague ship in to Madagascar port last night. I watched it sail in with bated breath, and cheered (quietly) when the screen told me I’d got them. 84 days to exterminate life (I couldn’t buy Drug Resistance IV straight away). ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/73 "2008-09-06T23:52:57Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Agreed. I had more than half the symptoms and people still weren’t dying. Where’s “Spontaneous Combustion” when you need it? Really? I was able to wipe out the planet with “Harmless” active, it just took a bit longer than usual.. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/74 "2008-09-07T03:15:31Z")
I got bored, so I minimized the screen and did some other stuff. It’s now been 500 days since the first case of “The Snuffles”, and there’s a single ship wandering around the Atlantic, trying in vain to find an open port. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/75 "2008-09-08T20:26:24Z")
I got 254039 in 50-odd days thanks to **The Controvert** ’s advice. Got on the high score list of the day, too! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/76 "2008-09-08T21:58:09Z")
> [@Queen of Town](#): > > I got 254039 in 50-odd days thanks to **The Controvert** ’s advice. Got on the high score list of the day, too! Glad I could help, that’s a very impressive tally. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/77 "2008-09-09T04:47:10Z")
I’m learning to hate Peru and ARRGHentina, too. ETA: Today’s a good day to play - I’m in 8th place for today with only 164,000. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513/78 "2008-09-09T05:08:24Z")
In 10th place (yay me, but the day is early) with 186,913 points. I think I started in Mexico. I sent the link to a few of my coworkers (here at the Center for Vector Biology, hehe what perverse fun). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic/457513.md?page=3)