I have no good strategy for the creature knocking down my wall though, and I'm constantly losing townspeople and then rebuilding.Īfter a long stalemate, the computer AI learned how to attack more effectively, and now I'm having trouble keeping my city safe. I've also learned to open my gate, wait for the enemy army to get close, then close the gate and set their army on fire. Although being on the wall has advantages, it leaves the archers vulnerable when the enemy creature attacks the wall. This forced me to try some new strategies. It tried several variants but kept going back to the same approach: kick down the wall, then swarm the town. I rebuilt my wall and started to recover, but the computer's newly discovered strategy worked well. After it breached the wall, the army swarmed into my town and killed half my people. His archers and swordsmen stayed back, out of range, while the creature came up and destroyed my wall, including the archers on it. After a while the enemy creature figured out that he should kick my wall in. The computer player also destroyed major sections of the city using the “earthquake” power, but I recovered from these too.
Sometimes it would come through my main entrance, and sometimes it would come around the back entrance to the city. It tried the creature, archers, swordsmen, and catapults. The computer wasn't using the same attackers each time. I felt pretty safe.Īfter around 40 attacks, I realized that they weren't all the same. I was building up my strength while defending myself, in preparation for a big attack. I had built my town with walls around it, and then put archers on top of the walls. The computer kept sending armies against me and I kept defeating them. The computer player and I were in a stalemate. The evening honored Peggy Kostial, Accenture senior managing director US Southwest, who serves on the Houston Zoo board, co-chaired the gala in 2018 and as auction chair of the virtual gala in 2020 thereby helping the zoo break its previous record funds raised of $1.2 million.I played Black and White 2 for many hours yesterday. In fact, rights to name two of the penguins went for serious dollars with Beverly and Jim Postl scoring one opportunity for $42,000. After-party co-chairs Brooks & Carina Antweil, Kristen & Scott Browning Humboldt penguins, secured in a climate-controlled environment, will share other space in the exhibit with sea lions, giant tortoises, sharks and more animal life from the islands. He also explained how the exhibit enhances the zoo’s efforts to protect the wondrous wildlife of the islands.
Profusions of white flowers played against the black and white linens and the alternating black and white chiavari chairs.Īs the six-year $150 million fundraising campaign approaches its conclusion in time for the zoo’s 100th anniversary in 2022, Houston Zoo president and CEO Lee Ehmke updated guests on progress of the Galápagos Islands 2.5-acre exhibit, the largest and final of the zoo’s master plan. In two adjacent tents Tivoli lights twinkled beneath the clear tops and reflected off of the black and white dance floor. The splendid setting was orchestrated by zoo director of special events Mallett Stafford and Ginger Moon, director of development events and stewardship.Ĭrystal chandeliers sparkled overhead in the draped Masihara Pavilion, which doubled as an elegant ballroom on this night. While guests are still talking about the amazing revenue earned - applause, applause for chairs Alie and David Pruner - they are also continuing to praise the decor - a glamorous tented setting in the middle of the Houston Zoo, one most appropriate for a Black and White ball. In any event, the game was aired on giant LED screens around the tent perimeter.
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More than 700 guests opted to lend their support to zoo programs rather than stay at home to view the World Series game. The Houston Astros’ Game 4 loss to the Atlanta Braves might have cast a cloud over much of Saturday night, but those attending the Houston Zoo “Black and White Ball” could do nothing less than celebrate the event’s record-breaking proceeds of $1.8 million.
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