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Twitter Game Spymaster

Craig — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:31:17 +0000

So… Twitter has some Games, this is the first one I’ve joined, It’s called Spymaster an off-shoot website by the tweeple that bring you iList, inc.

Spymaster on Twitter

The First thing you need to do when you get signed up is choose an organisation for your Spymaster Game, is it going to be: CIA? MI6? or the FSB? Let’s look at them in more detail:

CIA: The Americans use their money and prestige to win over defectors, so therefore you obtain 10% more money than other starting groups.
MI6: The British rest between the superpowers, giving them unmatched speed, so therefore you obtain 10% more energy than the others
FSB: Russian Cold War projects and extreme physical training make the FSB strong, so therefore you get 10% more health.

Right, so that sounds reasonable… (I choose MI6) next up is choosing your notifications… if you choose ALL the notifications:

Spymaster Notifications

Assassinating a user
Wiring money to another spymaster (reply)
Securing a new Safe House
Spymaster level increase
Performing a task
Failing to assassinate a user
Depositing money in my Swiss Bank account
Buying new items from the Black Market

if you choose them all, then you get 8% of your Total Money increased.

Then it’s Continue and Game starts….
During this process for me – someone tried to assassinate me, but failed! #spymaster – denied !! haha! (@sjalan on twitter)

Well – where to now I think….. hmm, it turns out that all of your followers are now Spies.
and it would seem that 10 of them are already playing Spymaster Game on Twitter, superb… these 10 people are called Spymasters, and my current aim is to gain more of these.
I seem to be starting on £2156.82 – Hey, at least it’s in ££’s…! (good start in my opinion)!

Anyways, my tasks : While they’ve started you with enough money to buy a knife or a vest from the Black Market, you’ll need to perform tasks to make money and progress through the levels. With the money, you can buy items on the black market for tasks or for assassination plots.. woohooo… AND: Once you have weapons, you can plot assassinations against other real spymasters in your own spy ring or in others. Attacking them will set them back and you may even have the chance to steal their assets

It of course dangles a wee carrot, – you can be “perhaps” the greatest spymaster of them all…. I wonder…

So – I need to invite people… – Join me now if you want: http://twitter.com/the_assassin
Then you need to buy stuff, of course… I bought Makarov PM, 9x18mm (as you do…) then I done my first 2 tasks..
Coerce a Mafia Boss and collected a Dead Drop… then eek……

My status gets updated on twitter… now to find out how to lose that…
Dashboard | Tasks | Assassinations | Convert Spies | Black Market | Safe Houses | Swiss Bank
Hmm, nothing strikes me as – remove status updates… aarghh.. what have I done… I’m starting to worry – as I don’t want my twitter stream to be an endless cascade of #spymaster this and #spymaster that…. however, I’ve found it – it’s down the bottom of the screen! phew – panic over…

Now… the Assassination of someone on twitter – result – congratulations, however – you only wounded them
When you click Start Assassination, you are presented with a rather funky flash type screen when you are attempting your plot, then it automatically refreshes you to your result..
In my case here it was good: – You were also able to take some of your opponent’s assets; see the overall gains and itemized gains in the rightmost column.

What next, well, it’s really just there to have a wee bit of fun…
Keep doing your tasks and your energy levels go down….
I currently only have 15 for my energy level..

And now I’ve just realised that your energy level is increased every 5 minutes…!
It looks like it’s 25 energy each 5 minutes… upto a total of 120…

To get to the next level you must gain:

Current Experience: 74
46 to Next Level

So what next….

Safehouses in Spymaster

Safe Houses… superb, you can buy Safe Houses in Spymaster as well…
Ultimately they bring in funds on a regular interval, of course – associated with that is RISKS, as you can see – the lower you pay, the higher the risk of losing the income stream, the more you pay, the higher the income and the lower the risk…

Decisions Decisions Decisions

Wow – then there’s banks too, and not just any banks, SWISS Banks! – you can store your hard earned cash in these institutions, just like you would any bank, AND withdraw at any time too – which is a really cool feature. Another feature is that you can transfer funds to someone else, and they can do the same to you – nifty…

2 Hours of playing, and I’m on level 2 now, (that was around the point when I started to realise how to play it)!

Hopefully with the help of this guide you can start playing it.
If you want to add any comments – with tips, hints, etc etc then please do so – just leave a comment, remember to put in the comment your @ twitter name so I can add you to my follows… and ring of Spies!!!

Comment below remember!

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Saturday news May 30th

Craig — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:22:49 +0000

Second days posts, wow, I didn’t think there was so many dodgy headlines.

The first one I noticed this morning (it was 7am) was about how the Safe Sex campaign was a waste of money, apparently “Want respect? Use a condom” campaign included a specially-made drama series, called “Thmbnls” which cost £250,000. – eek – that was well promoted – did YOU hear about it? nope? me neither. complete waste.
however – there was a joke regarding the Swine Flu earlier this month… 90 people get swine flu and everyone wears a mask; MILLIONS have AIDS & people still don’t use condoms. – this to me had more impact!!!

Cobra Beer

Cobra Indian Recipe Beer

They have went up the swanny, (but knowing they were going up the swanny). They have been bought by Coors. Reports suggest that Cobra Beer racked up £16million worth of debt in 2008. how do you do that? give money away? I mean seriously…

Cobra, which markets itself as a “less gassy” lager, is popular in Indian restaurants. It is sold in 6,000 restaurants in the UK.

It has spent £40m on marketing since it was founded in 1989 as it has tried to break into the pub trade.

They shouldn’t have tried to break in, as they are now in administration, well done!

Why do people want to fix things all the time when what they are doing is working perfectly well.

The old addage – if it ain’t broke – don’t fix it!

This next one bugs me – No knighthood for Alan Bennett – “It wouldn’t suit me.” – FFS – get a grip, you’ve been honoured.

Glitch sees £10,000 trillion ferry fare – Yes you read right – £10,000TRILLION!!! -
£10,000trillion, wow, – by the way – it’s normally only £150 to Belfast!! – but people putting in for quotes on prices were quoted this ridiculous price online – The firm said that the problem had been on the site for about a week and that customers receiving inflated ticket prices were being redirected to call centres where they would get their discount. – Would it not have been easier to change the price online??? – no – we’ll wait a week and get some press coverage… free advertising… you gotta love it.

Beavers return to Scottish forest after a 400-year gap – my my – that’s one hell of a hibernation…

Wedding rescue for surfing couple – Unreal – your Reception guests??? Let’s go surfing whilst the rest of the guests enjoy the party!!! – We’ll just get caught out at sea….

Dying man wins bet he would live – Congratulations – I hope you win the other £10k next year… hats off to you.

Korean dish ‘may cure bird flu’ – Is that WITH or WITHOUT the North Korean Nuclear Testing?

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Gravatar – The Icon / Avatar for everyone everywhere!

Craig — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:15:32 +0000

The Gravatar Logo

Gravatar, It’s the Globally Recognized Avatar System.
Basically – sign up on their website – Gravatar, and you can then upload an icon to their servers, with your name and email address.

What’s the point in this I hear you say? Well that’s the beauty of it, all you need to now do is post a comment on a blog or forum that supports Gravatar. WHEN you do this, the blog in question checks Gravatar to see if you are signed up, if you are – then the blog will bring through your Icon.

UKwins Avatar

I guess this saves loads of time, and allows you to have a recognizeable icon everywhere you visit – Globally! – woohooooo Absolutely Amazing.

Avatars – this is what the icons are called.

That’s all well and good, however – you surely now need to create one? yes? Thought so!

If you haven’t got your own photoshop program then the best (that I certainly suggest) is MadAvatar

IF you have your own photoshop program, then make an image with 125px x 125px dimensions. Then you can just upload that to the Gravar system. The avatars are actually displayed at 80 x 80, so just quickly that your image doesn’t look out of place shrunk!

Another really funky function of the Gravatar System is that each Gravatar is rated with an MPAA – style age recommendation, which allows blog owners to control the content of the Gravatars displayed on their site, ps the Current level set for Craig | Dearden’s is set to Adult, so we can “potentially” see all levels! (I look forward to seeing them)!

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Twitter tips, hints, do’s and don’ts

Craig — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:07:44 +0000

Tweetdeck A Twitter Client

Twitter, I find it great, however it’s hated and it’s loved. Whichever way you turn inevitably there is someone using it, what makes it interesting? I really don’t know, it’s one of those things which eludes me each time I use it. I actually “tweet” from 3 accounts and use tweetdeck as a client to access the twitter service. It looks as though the client is soon going to be skinnable, so I would recommend using it – hands down winner for any PC users out there. There are other clients for other systems – ie Macs – probably best to use Nambu I think, however – I’m not a tried and tested mac user!

So – on to those tips:

I can’t stress enough – don’t use Auto Responders, it’s a SOCIAL network, not an auto network, there is nothing more annoying.
Provide content, tweet on topic, be interesting, network with people – that means using the @ reply function, converse and of course enjoy it!
Re-Tweet, if you have 10 people following you, and one of those people find one of your posts interesting, they will (or should) Re-Tweet it, this means that your post will be seen to THEIR list of followers, and potentially it could go out to everyone in the “twitterverse”
following on from 3. Post things that are interesting. don’t spam, be nice, normal, and you will be re-tweeted!
Follow like minded people.
use effective #hashtags, ie don’t use the #golf hashtag when you are talking about your 5 a side football game earlier that night!
#FollowFriday and #FF – every friday seems to be the phenomenon called Follow Friday, this is a day that you can post to your list of followers who YOU find interesting, I’ve found quite a few people to follow with this method, and it’s great to increase your number of followers..
If you ONLY want followers, it’s not going to happen, unless you are a celeb, trust me it’s not going to happen.
Be active, if you aren’t talking/tweeting, what’s the point in following you?
Add yourself to the WeFollow directory, it’s a good place to find other like minded tweeple..

What about the Don’ts…

Don’t block people that are actually genuine people, only block spammers – especially the “here’s my webcam” type ones – if lots of people block, then the account will be suspended.
Don’t use Auto DMs, these are honestly – highly highly annoying, there’s nothing worse, if someone follows me and says what is it you do – they obviously haven’t bothered their rear end in actually looking at my profile at all.
Don’t spam!
There are loads of other “Don’t” out there – if you are a twitter user, then please, by all means leave a comment, and I’ll add it to the list.

Have a great day!

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