State of the Game

October 2, 2009

This is Day 23 since Monopoly City Streets went public to the world – integrating present day streets through google maps and a beloved childhood game for many.
The concept is simply brilliant.
… but we’ve definitely had a number of setbacks and challenges along the way, wouldn’t you say?
A brief history. [...]

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Tools, Scripts, and Plugins

September 29, 2009

Here’s a list of Monopoly City Streets tools I’ve come across.
To be honest, I’ve yet to try any of them myself, I don’t want to get banned from the game for any reason at this point, but they seem legit from what I can tell though I can’t say for certain.
I’d love [...]

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How to beat the cheaters!

September 28, 2009

I don’t know if there’s really any way of beating the cheaters, but below is a re-post I got permission from MindBlizzard to share. What I really like about it is how he shares the realities of the game as it is. Some people complain that there are no streets left to buy, [...]

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Advanced Tactics & Tips

September 25, 2009

Hopefully by this point in the game your streets are resilient enough to withstand some demolitions and attacks, and you’re rolling in millions. Here’s some more advanced and nuanced tips that might give you some extra edge currently.
- Negotiations not responded to in seven days are automatically accepted. If you’ve got some time [...]

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What to do when you’ve been sabotaged

September 24, 2009

Depending on a few factors, right now most of you should be making at least 10-30 million dollars.
But what if you’re one of the unlucky few who got slammed because you were on your local leaderboard and logged into find you’ve only got the piddly million everyone gets each day?
1. [...]

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Rent Calculator – Is your next street worth it?

September 23, 2009

Here’s a very rudimentary rent calculator in excel (xls) format.
I was going to make a nifty online form, but I figure it would be a lot more useful if everyone had their own hard copy to track their progress rather than re-entering all the values.
It’s very basic, and a pre-teen could [...]

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Bonus Building Loophole

September 23, 2009

It appears the game goes on with the sudden rule change in rental values.  (It’s definitely a step backwards in my opinion, but just like in real life, things change, just often not that drastically).
Here’s a loophole I’ve discovered and some others have also reported.
If someone adds a hazard to your street, and you get [...]

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The official update

September 22, 2009

Here’s the official update from the development team:

As promised, we have been working to combat foul play in the game and have begun correcting anomalies which have been used by a few to inflate their MONOPOLY City Streets coffers.

Last week, in the interest of adding more excitement to game play, we increased the value [...]

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This just in: Rent multiplier gone!

September 21, 2009

I was about to post some more awesome tips and strategies, when it looks like word is out that they have taken out the rent multiplier for streets over a million dollars.
Needless to say this is a huge change in strategy for people, and an awful waste of time for those who’ve invested [...]

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Gameplay tips early on

September 21, 2009

By third or fourth day depending on your chance cards and the number of enemies you’ve acquired, you should be pulling in $4-12 million dollars on two to three streets.
Since you don’t have to worry about tax yet, there’s basically two things you can do at this point. Build revenue for the [...]

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How to find other players

September 21, 2009

Monopoly City Streets doesn’t have the most intuitive user interface. Ever try to find if your friends are playing this yet, or wanted to get back at that dude who put a hazard on your street but you cleared your inbox with the link in it? Finding other players is definitely a feature [...]

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