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FAQ

1 Why play The Ultimate Businessman?

You should play The Ultimate Businessman because it is FREE, it is FUN and it allows you to CONNECT with players around the world that share the same interests as you.

2 Why should I trust The Ultimate Businessman?

The Ultimate Businessman has been up and running since 2005. Over 150 rounds were played and over $100,000 were paid out in prizes. You can view all past rankings and prizes on the past rounds link in the ranks page. Feel free to ask old players about the game.

3 What is a "new" player?

A "new" player is a member that have just registered this round. After their very first round, "new" players are no longer considered "new". New players are completely separate from the rest. They can only participate in competition with other new players. One reason is to give new players the necessary time to learn the game without having to worry about being attacked by more experienced players. Another reason is to prevent cheaters from creating new accounts just to attack and ruin the round of the other established players. Besides, new players have a separate ranking.

4 What is the game objective?

The objective of the game is to finish the round in a ranking position. You can compete for Net-worth and/or kills.

5 What are turns?

Turns are what you use to perform all the actions (recruiting employees, collecting, producing, investing, traveling, competing...) Your active turns replenish themselves at a rate of 5 turns every 5 minutes only when you have below 1,500 active turns. Reserve turns can be used at any time during the round, but do not replenish themselves and can not be deposited back into reserves once transferred to active. Account turns contains turns bought and won. They can be used in any round but once transferred to the reserves of a specific round, they can not be deposited back into the account. The jackpot increases by $0.75 for every 1,000 turns transferred!

6 Why is The Ultimate Businessman better than the other games?

Most other games on the internet are clones based on the same scripts. The Ultimate Businessman is completely unique. Thanks to its members' suggestions, it has evolved over many years to become one of the best games available. Besides, The Ultimate Businessman offers 2 completely different layouts for you to choose from: The "original" and the "new" design. Finaly, the jackpot system over here is also unique. It is based on turns used rather than on cash spent. Therefore it allows you to know exactly the number of turns being spent on any round. More importantly, players with banked turns will be contributing to the jackpot as well!

7 Why should I buy subscriptions AND/OR extra turns?

Because you can! Having extra turns gives you a tremendous advantage over the free players and it is a lot more fun. You will be able to take full advantage of all the game has to offer and you will be respected by the other players and invited to the best alliances. Finally, you will have the possibility to compete for the progressive jackpot! The more turns you use, the more the jackpot increases and the more fun you have :)

8 How does the progressive jackpot work?

The jackpot increases each time any player transfers turns from his account. It increases by $0.75 for each 1,000 turns transferred.

9 Why is a progressive jackpot based on turns used better than one based on turns bought?

In other games, your ennemies may have a lot of turns already in their account and they can use them without the jackpot increasing one bit. In this game, any turns used will increase the jackpot. Besides, the jackpot level will give you an exact idea about the number turns that were put into the round.

10 Can I change my Password ?

Yes, send an e-mail to admin@theubm.com with your username, current pass and new pass.

11 Can I change my business name?

No Once you pick a name for a round it stays until the next round.

12 How can someone be worth so much, so early?

Perhaps he is a supporter. It is easy to become a supporter. It is just a matter of buying turns OR subscriptions VIA Paypal from the turns page.

13 What is the attack range?

The attack range is meant to avoid strong businessmen wiping out weak ones. Your attack range goes from 1/2 to 4 times you networth. You can attack people in your attack range. New players (Same round registration) are not able to participate in competitions. The goal is to give them time to learn the game AND to prevent players from breaking the rules by making new multiple accounts to compete with other players.

14 What is the best competitive unit?

It depends on the type of competition. Each unit is specialized in one type of competition and serve as an assist for another type. You should chose your units according to your strategy. Also it is better to be strong in one unit type that to be average in all of them. In recent rounds, experts and lawyers have been the most popular. You can check other players inside info to see what they are doing.

15 What are the best business privileges?

Exclusivity right. However, poison pills are the best if hostile acquisitions are attempted against you. Finally, you should have a minimum number of all business privileges for a copetitive units happiness purposes.

*Tips for new players*

During your first round, you are only able to participate in competitions with other new businessmen. The goal is to keep u protected so that you can concentrate on learning the game. We highly suggest that you take this time to familiarize yourself with the game. Besides, first round players have a separate ranking. After your first round, you will be able to compete with all businessmen except the new new ones. Starting it off you should learn about the strenght and weakenesses of all employees (collectors, producers and competitive units). That is the key to this game. Happiness is also very important. It increases your power during competition and it increases your output during collection and production. Besides, during collection and production, a lot more employees will leave you if your happiness is low. To increase your employees happiness you need to have a combination of employee payout, drugs and petrol, and business privileges. Also, you should be part of an alliance cause teamwork is key in this game.

*Tips for new supporters*

When you purchase turns, the bigger package you buy the bigger bonus you get. For example if you want to buy 200,000 turns and you buy 2,000 for $10 at a time, you end up spending $1,000 when you could have spent only half that is $500 on the same amount of turns. When you buy turns, they go to your account. You can use them in any round you like. Each time you use turns, the jackpot inreases. You also have the option of buying subscriptions. Subscriptions increase the turns you receive every 5 min and increase your maximum storage. Subscriptions have much greater value for money than any of the packages. However turns must be used in the round of purchase, and are only awarded for one round. Make sure you know what you are doing. At least 50% of the turns should be used to recruit employees. Keep in mind that it is better to be strong in one type of unit than to diversify between all units and end up weak. During competition, make sure that your competitive units have business privileges and that they are happy to increase your power. During production and collection, make sure your employees are happy and that you are in a city with less than 50 businessmen for a maximum output. Finally, it is extremely important to seek out allies in the game. You won't make it on your own!