THE GAME:
The object of this game is to control your underground
operations, grow big and kill everyone in sight. Or just
make tons of friends and control the world with your network.
Use all your units that you have to your advantage. Each
unit will help you grow stronger in different ways.
When you start the game, you get 1000 turns to play with
an assortment of other items / units which can be found
in your console.
HOW THIS GAME WORKS AND THE GOALS OF PLAYERS
This game is always going whether you are online or not. Each round lasts for 7 days. The main prize to be won is the person with the highest Net Worth at the very end of the round.
There are 55 prizes that individuals can win total and an additional 5 prizes that a cartel can win. These prizes are won by the top 10 supporters of the round...the top 10 free players...the top 10 killers...the top 5 car thieves of every kind of car on the market (4 kinds of cars)...and the top 5 prostitute thieves.
WHAT NEW PIMPS NEED TO KNOW
There isn't a whole lot to learn to start pimping right now, but without knowing a few key things early...you'll find it a hard pimp life out there. This Guide is here to help you get started. Reading this will teach you most everything you will need to know. If you do not understand something here or if something is not mentioned to your satisfaction...the game has a board called the "Help Board" where you can ask questions to game helpers. The Helpers names are also in Green on the main game page and you can also ask them questions at any time.
The 3 MAIN THINGS YOU WANT TO LEARN RIGHT FROM THE START ARE:
-CARTELS
-NET WORTH
-EXTORTION
WHY YOU SHOULD BE IN A CARTEL
The very first thing you want to do is either create a cartel or be invited into one. Cartels are so important to join because each cartel has the option to buying cartel thugs. Cartel thugs will protect every member of the cartel if that cartel has purchased them.
How the cartel thugs work is simple. When attacking you get a 2 to 1 ratio and when being attacked you get a 1 to 1 ratio of cartel thugs in relation to how many personal thugs you or any member of that cartel have.
For example...lets say you scouted up to 50,000 thugs.
If you get attacked while in a cartel...100,000 thugs will come to your defense if you are attacked and your cartel has that many thugs in it.
So your 50,000 thugs become 150,000.
If you were to attack another pimp with that same 50,000 thugs...then your cartel would aide you with another 50,000 thugs if your cartel has them.
Meaning your 50,000 thugs would attack as 100,000 thugs.
These cartel thugs are obtained by buying them. ONLY the cartel leader or co leader can purchase cartel thugs and guns for the cartels protection.
More about cartels below under EXTORTING.
HOW TO START OR JOIN A CARTEL
To start your own cartel, simply click on the game menu tab to the left that reads "Cartel".
It is the second option on any page of the game.
From there you simply create a name for your new cartel, as well as a slogan and recruit slogan for others to read when they are looking for a crew to join.
To join a crew...or to invite people to join your cartel...simply post a message on the "Recruit Board" tab found on the left of any screen (except the cartel menu tabs).
TURNS:
Turns are needed to do stuff like scouting, drug ops,
travelling, attackting and many other things within the
game. Make sure to have some turns stored to do things
like retaliating against someone that just attacked you.Turns
are currently added every 10 mins.
By buying turns in a game , you qualify to win top supporters
prizes wich are the best prizes we offer!
NETWORTH:
This is a vital part of game play. Your net worth is listed on the right hand side of the screen...right above how much money you currently have on hand. Your networth is a collection of how much money you have on hand and how many thugs/prostitutes/dealers/cars/smack/crack/banked money that you have on hand.
Networth is dependent on the following:
Money available + Prostitutes ($2200) + Dealers ($2700) + Thugs ($1500) + Crack rocks ($3) + Smack ($15) + Civics ($8000) + Cadillacs ($15000) + S-Classes ($30000) + 5-Series ($50000)
The reason you want to be mindful of your networth is that will make a difference of who you can attack and who can attack you. If your Networth is 1/4 the value of someone with higher Networth than you...they can attack you. If your Networth is less than 6 times greater than someone with lower Networth than you...they can attack you.
For example...If you have a Networth of 20,000,000...you can attack any player with a Networth as high as 120,000,000 or as low as 5,000,000. You will NOT be able to hit anyone below or above that range UNLESS they have hit you first.
If somebody hits you...you can hit them back within 24 hours no matter what their Networth is at. Click on the "Revenge Hits" tab on the left to see who you are able to hit back anytime.
Most players will typically do everything they can to keep their Networth as LOW as possible throughout the round. The main plan is only to gain thugs during the round and to use those thugs to get a TON of Net Worth on the final day of the round. Rounds typically 7 days long.
Information on how to keep your Networth really low can be found below:
HOW TO KEEP LOW NETWORTH
The best way to keep down your Networth is to know how to set your "Payroll" tab and what to buy for your gang and what NOT to buy or keep arround. One key thing is losing most of your prostitutes and dealers. Pros/Dealers add a ton of Networth to you and put you in the danger zone.
To lower your networth...set payroll to all 3 0's. Yes, even thugs. Sell off your smack...keep little money...lower crack levels (less than 200,000 crack)...don't hold on to any cars (UNLESS ATTACKING VIA Drive By).
Also, do NOT make use of the bank until the rounds end.
Once you manage doing those things...start scouting with 1 turn at a time to get your prostitutes and dealers to leave you (as you want to happen). You ONLY want thugs...every thug will need 1 gun (of any of the 4 kinds of guns). Also, thugs NEED loads and loads of beer.
Menu items can be found on the left side of each screen.
scout:
The "Scout" tab is the ONLY way you can generate more thugs to work for you (attack others and defend you). You can scout in more than one place, but will get varying results based on where you choose. The place that gives you the most thugs will be the place you will want to use. Scouting with 1 turn will show you what is giving the most thugs. Also, you may want to scout with 1 turn to till you feel like the highest number will hit again...and use many turns when you expect the highest number of thugs to happen. This is tough to predict, but the more you scout...the more thugs you will have to help you win.
STORE:
BUY
ITEMS / SELL ITEMS:
Unlike most of the important game tabs, the BUY/SELL tabs are NOT on the left side of the screen. They can be found almost in the middle of any screen (slightly to the right). These tabs will be used every time you log into the game. You will buy and sell stuff the entire round and you will need to click on these tabs to do so.
In here you can purchase items for your operation.
Condoms are to be used for your prostitutes. Each prostitute
consumes about 2 condoms per turn. They offer your prostitutes
protection when they are on the job.Crack is used by your
prostitutes. You will find that prostitutes consume about
1 crackrock over 10 turns. Keep crackrock in stock and
your prostitutes will be happy.
Smack is just another drug you deal... but make sure to
have some in store to keep your dealers happy.
Beer will quench your thugs' thirst... *Gulp* ...Every
10 turns a thug will use 1 40oz beer.
Civics, Cadillacs, S-Classes, 5-Series allows your thugs
to get around and also it's helpful to have the best since
this will increase your thugs attack rate when it comes
to a fight. Mainly because they are proud to drive around
with such luxurious cars :)Glocks, Tek-9s, Uzis, AK-47s.
You need to have at least one weapon per thug or your
thugs will be pretty pissed (or scared to death)...In
the sell menu you can unload your drugs, or sell your
cars, or get quick money to buy other items.
DRUG OPS:
MAKING DRUGS:
Making drugs is for those thugs that really
want to make that quick buck! But you need dealers for
this. Make sure to have enough dealers to make your drugs
and also make sure that they are happy. You will make
random amounts of each type of drug available. The more
dealers you have, the more drugs you can make per turn.
SELLING DRUGS:
This is a great way to sell your drugs. But be careful
not to push ALL your drugs or your dealers and prostitutes
may get upset at you. Pushing drugs helps sell whatever
is available in your stash of drugs. Be sure to have drugs
ready, or else you'll be wasting your turns.
HIRE KILLERS
This tab is a way for players to put hit contracts on other players. You can put as much money as you choose on players that you would like for somebody to kill. Usually this is done because the player you want to hit has too many thugs for you or your cartel mates to hit personally.
LIVE CHAT
This is a great place to talk live with other players.
This is also a place to see a live account of who is killing who live. Every attack is listed in the chat. You have to be in the chat to see it. You won't be able to see past attacks if you weren't logged into the main chat lobby.
ATTACKS:
The "Thug to attack", lets you see who is
in the current city.There are currently 5 types of attacks
available: Drive by, Grand theft auto, Break n Enter,
Sabotage Drug Labs, and Snatch some snatch (stealing hoes).
Take note of the fatigue of your thugs.
DRIVE BYS:
You will need to have autos for this to be possible. Buy
your thugs better cars and you will see your kills increase!
BREAK N ENTER:
This is mainly used to piss someone off royally. Why?
because if you win you can take their money as well. All
your thugs will fight for you, so make sure to arm them
with good guns. Autos will also help your thugs fight
better so play around with different items and see what
results you come up with.
SABOTAGE DRUG LABS:
Same as a Home Invasion, but instead of robbing their
money stash, you take their drugs!
GRAND THEFT AUTO:
This will allow you to steal another person's rides, this
will only work if their thug happiness is below 100% though,
so make sure!
STEALING PROSTITUTES:
Need some more prostitutes for yourself? well if your
enemy isn't pleasing his pros. (100% happiness) then you
have a good chance of bringing them over to your operation.
(Note: no thugs get killed in this one).
Territory:
Extortion is a fundamental part of the game. In order for a cartel to get cartel thugs and cartel guns...members need to extort. Any good cartel will expect most or even all of its members to extort for the crew.
Extorting will earn a player more money than anything else. The money you make extorting will either go directly to you or directly to your cartel or both.
The cartel leader and co leader can change the cartel cut at any time during a round. To do so...they click on the "Cartel" tab on the left. Inside appears a different list of tabs on the left. The one that reads "Cartel Cut" is the one that they will click to change it from 0-100%. The higher the cut...the more of your extorting or scouting dollars will go into the cartel.
At the beginning of a round it is helpful to have a really low cartel cut so that players can load up on a lot of beer, guns and Kevlar.
Also, at the end of round it is a good idea to turn the cartel cut off to 0 so that the players in the crew can extort for the chance to get the highest Networth they possibly can so as to get the best ranking they can.
For most of the round...most cartels will keep a really high cut so the cartel will make money.
Cartel money will be used for two major things, the first is for cartel thugs/guns as mentioned above. The second reason is that the cartels with the most collective Networth will be able to rank in the game as well. The top 5 cartels will win turns that each member of that cartel will receive for the following round.
Not all money that you can make in the game will be involved with the cartel cut. You can always attack other players to steal their money or drugs. NONE of the money you take from other pimps goes into the cartel. If you need money for any reason and there is nobody in your attack range...you can click on the "Pimp Pawn" tab and spend some turns there to get some money in a jam.
HOW TO EXTORT IN A TERRITORY
As most everything else in the game, you will start off by clicking a tab on the left. Click the "Territory" tab on the left to get started.
There you will find 16 separate boxes that you can extort on. Newer players tend to take several or all of these grid boxes but that is a waste of turns. You will ONLY need one grid to make all of the money you need. Grid 11 is the highest earning grid and the most sought after in every city. Every city has its own set of 16 grids to extort on.
Here is the basic to use for extorting well:
1. TAKE ONE GRID (preferably 11,10,6,or 7 grid as they are worth the most).
2. PUT ONE THUG, ONE GUN ON GRID.
3. CLICK UPDATE.
4. CLICK PAYOFF
(You will need the money to pay it off)
5. PUT AS MANY THUGS/GUNS AS YOU CAN ON THAT GRID.
(You MUST have same number of guns as thugs)
6. CLICK EXTORT (WITH 25 TURNS YOU SEE AUTOMATICALLY IN THE BOX THAT APPEARS
ABOVE THE EXTORT TAB
7. GO BACK TO THE GRID AND REDUCE THOSE THUGS/GUNS TO JUST 1 AGAIN.
8. CLICK UPDATE.
9. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AGAIN, CLICK PAYOFF AGAIN
(YOU NEED AT LEAST 1 THUG AND GUN ON THERE TO PAY OFF)
IMPORTANT-IF YOU DON'T ACT REALLY FAST, THOSE THUGS WILL DIE! MOST PEOPLE WILL OPEN UP THREE SEPARATE BROWSER WINDOWS JUST TO DO THIS AS FAST AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. CARTEL THUGS DO NOT HELP YOU ON THE TERRITORY GRIDS.
ALSO, IF THE POLICE AND GOVERNMENT ON A GRID DROPS BELOW 50%, YOU WILL LOSE 10% OF THE THUGS YOU PUT ON THE GRID IF YOU TRY TO EXTORT ON THIS UNPAID GRID.
THE
HOSPITAL:
This is where your injured thugz go! During attacks,
when your thugz are injured, they will end up here. Note,
the hospital is a local one, if you move then your thugz
will be left behind (make sure to go back and check them
out on the check out day or they will check themselves
out and you will lose them for good).Plus upon checkout, $150
per thug will be charged to you (make sure you have enough
money, or you won't get all your thugz back).
HIRE
KILLERS:
Are you being attack by guys you can't even dream
of hurting? well this is the place where you can hire
someone to do your dirty work. Here you can post up a
attack you want done and see if anyone will be willing
to do it for you. Note, set the rates to whatever you
think will attract a person to take the job. Factor the
facts of thug losses a person may take and turns compensation,
so make sure that if you're looking to attack someone
really strong, that it's going to pay enough for a person
to recoup his/her losses. If you don't have anyone you
want to attack, then you can also take on a job. By taking
on a job you can easily make some extra money. It's a
good tip to see if there are any attack's for hire for
the person you are planning to attack, then you can kill
two birds with one stone!
THE TRAVEL
AGENCY:
Travel the world and see what each city has to offer.
Travel within your continent or areas near you will be
cheaper of course, than if you were to travel to another
continent. Once you decide who's going with you and where
you're going, click the calculation button and you will
be given the option to fly. If you don't have enough money,
you will be asked to choose another city to travel to. Make sure that before you
move, that you sell your autos because they don't come
with you.
Their are 7 different cities that you can travel too. The more thugs/pros/dealers you have on hand...the more flying to another city will cost you. Many cartels will set up their base in one main city. Others will scatter. People going for killing ranks will be most likely to fly around all round long while others will typically fly only to hit a certain person.
MESSAGES:
Self Explanatory... Messages from other players,
the Market and from incoming attacks are also stored here.
CARTELS:
This is where you can group up with other PimpsLord.com
players. Form a cartel and expand your network. The more
members you have the stronger you are against your enemies
(or at least you may think so). Cartels can set a cartel
cut rate, which automatically takes a percentage of your
operation's earnings. Be sure to join a cartel that has
a reasonable rate, some cartels can have rates that soar
to 100%... so watch out. Make sure to join the right cartel
as well, if you join a bad one that pisses people off,
they may come after you for vengeance.
Cartels can store a load of drugs, cash, and weapons.
Cartels can also purchase thugs to help protect their
members if a fight was ever to arise. Cartels can donate
drugs and guns to you, but are limited to 5 donations
a day so having too many members in one cartel may not
really benefit you.
UNITS:
Dealers:
These are the guys that help you bring in the drug money.
The more you have the more money you can bring in. Make
sure to have 2 thugs per dealer though or you'll find
that your dealers will be unhappy (more scared than anything).
Thugz:
Thugz are the protectors of your operation. You need these
guys to protect your dealers and prostitutes. They will
keep everyone in check, and help defend you if some other
thug wants to beat you down. Make sure these guys have
cars and guns as well as at least one prostitute each
to keep them happy ;) ! The better the gun, the more kills
your thugs will get for you! Keep thugs happy by having
enough beer! Also it's a good idea to have 1 gun per thug,
unless you want them to leave.
Prostitutes:
Prostitutes will bring you the cash, but they won't do
anything for you unless they have condoms, crackrocks,
and thugs to protect them!
PAYROLL:
This is where you set the payroll rates. You will
want to set these rates based on what your current objectives
are... Are you trying to please your units? or make massive
money to attack someone?
HAPPINESS
LEVELS:
The happiness levels of each unit are listed on each
page. You will want to keep your units relatively happy
if you don't want to lose them. Some units will take more
to keep happy than others (check unit descriptions for
happiness factors).
MEMBERSHIP:
The main basis of the game is to get to the top!
When first starting out, scouting is the safest thing
to do. Use about 2-5 turns each time. Keep your happiness
levels up, or else your units will start to leave you.
Buy condoms and have drugs for your hoes; thugs need one
gun each and beer as well as one prostitute at least each;
dealers need at least 2 thugs per dealer to protect them.
If all else fails to keep your units happy raise the payroll,
see what makes each group happy. Glocks are the best for
a starter, when u can afford it go straight up to AK's.
Cars can make a difference while attacking or being attacked
best car to get, of course, is the 5 series but if u cant
afford it go with the next best for you. Making and pushing
drugs are a good way to get money, use about 1-5 turns.
Join a cartel to get some protection, make sure the cartel
pay isn't too high, or you cant build up because all your
money is going to the cartel. The last thing to remember
is try everything in the game!! If you don't like the
city you're in, leave! If you aren't making enough money
try other ways to get money (attack someone in your range).
There are other ways also to get easy money you just need
to find them ;). If you need further help we have online
helpers (their names are in green) if you message them
they will be happy to help you.
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