This is great. All you reall need is one boat to make contacts, and you are set. AIs generally suck at sea invasions. Builder's heaven.Originally posted by EternalSpark
So, I decide that I'm not going to do another "tons of civs, big ass map, no real way to win" game. I pick Pangea, 3 civs, and I'm good to go.
After a little bit of exploring, this winds up being the land that connects my portion of the island with the enemy Civs.
Of course.
(Or was that a 2-city portion of land?)
Seriously. Kung freaking fu.
Does it get much better for a Phi/Fin?
European trench warfare, BC style! (monarch, continents, large...)
Skirmishers v. Archers, now with extra 1500 AD flavor.
Later Alexander declares war on Isabella, but he's going to have a little trouble reaching her capital.
Last edited by Gherald; January 23, 2006 at 08:13.
@ last screenshot of Gherald
+243 / turn @ 100% sci
And just to keep the screenshots coming, I have one of many shots in which the AIs start way to close:
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
Originally posted by Modo44
This is great. All you reall need is one boat to make contacts, and you are set. AIs generally suck at sea invasions.
Not with me
One of the few games I had with a lot of water. Late in the game, I was behind in tech, Spain came at me with 2 destroyers, 2 landing craft fully loaded. So I sent my frigates on a suicide mission.
Spain lands, captures the first city with one force and starts pillaging with the other force
Same game, other side of the continent, Spains ally starts pillaging with aircraft
ahhhh.....the memories
yours truly
Al Gore
anti steam and proud of it
CDO ....its OCD in alpha order like it should be
Oh you like that? : )Originally posted by Axxaer
+243 / turn @ 100% sci
Here is that city directly after space launch:
I estimate:
2 great artists (1 music, 1 from national epic+nortre dame in capital)
3 great merchants (1 from an early caste system, 1 economics, 1 from eiffel tower oddly enough)
And the rest priests. (only 4, I guess, since 2 were used for wonders)
And here is the capital/wonder builder/researcher/GP pump:
Used a great engineer for Nortre Dame and built Angkor w/o stone (first to Philosophy, obviously). Had marble for the rest...
This one is probably the best game I've played so far... (monarch/continents/large as usual)
Mali is so powerful... can hold its own in the early game w/o copper/iron/horses, financial for the long haul, and no anarchy for indiscriminantly switching between Representation and Democracy during space race.
Built the UN just for kicks... but it was funny, because for like 40 turns neither me nor my ally Cyrus could get a majority. Eventually I made secretary and managed to pass 1 world currency shortly before launch.
Last edited by Gherald; January 28, 2006 at 01:34.
But does this not happen if you are disconnected (i.e. ocean in between)? If you have a way to contact them for trades using a Galley, you should be ok as far as techs go.Originally posted by Platypus Rex
One of the few games I had with a lot of water. Late in the game, I was behind in tech, Spain came at me with 2 destroyers, 2 landing craft fully loaded. So I sent my frigates on a suicide mission.
Spain lands, captures the first city with one force and starts pillaging with the other force
Same game, other side of the continent, Spains ally starts pillaging with aircraft
Originally posted by Platypus Rex
ahhhh.....the memories
yours truly
Al Gore
Seriously. Kung freaking fu.
Got Religion?
Not having the Indians, Egyptians or the Spanish as rivals made getting 5 out of the 7 religions possible. That and getting Mysticism from a goodie hut early on. I used a Great Prophet to snag Theocracy and did the SC slingshot with the Oracle. I had stone in my city radius hence the Pyramids and Stonehenge. Once I had 3 religions in my capital holding back on expanding (since I was isolated) and hitting up Philosophy was a no brainier. This is on Prince difficulty. Christianity is spread to every city in the world, save the Incan cities as he won't go for an open borders agreement.
Last edited by Silver14; January 29, 2006 at 01:36.
Originally posted by Silver14
Got Religion?
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
Forgot to include this snapshot.
I think that was implied by the shot which has the scores in it
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
True, but then I couldn't have needlessly increased my post count while at the same time showing that half the worlds population in my game follows my state religion.
I love the little touches of humor in the diplo screen:
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Amen!Originally posted by Silver14
needlessly increased my post count
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
Try 800 X 600Originally posted by Gherald
Did anyone have Ryan Dunn From Jackass FAME? He died in a fiery car crash speeding after being in a bar. And to think, everyone thought he would die doing something stupid-rah
Oh man that is soooo hilarious. Cyrus: 'I hope we can come to an agreement whereby I mooch off the hard work of others'.
Yours,
Aussie_Lurker
Originally posted by Silver14
Got religion
Wow
342 gold with a science rate of 100%
This space is empty... or is it?
eep
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
If only they had brought a black flag with a skull on it maybe the horde wouldn't notice.
they all came from a goody hut or what??Originally posted by Axxaer
eep
do tell
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CDO ....its OCD in alpha order like it should be
Yep. See the notification "The villagers are hostile". This was the second one I found - I didn't realise they would multi-spawn barbs so early.Originally posted by Platypus Rex
they all came from a goody hut or what??
do tell
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
i see some white fuzzy words
anti steam and proud of it
CDO ....its OCD in alpha order like it should be
How do you like these for white fuzzy words?
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
....roflol
thank you said the blind man who picked up the hammer and saw
anti steam and proud of it
CDO ....its OCD in alpha order like it should be
Ugh, why would I want to post a screenshot that uses 25% of my screen?Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
Try 800 X 600
Translation: 800x600Originally posted by Platypus Rex
i see some white fuzzy words
Thumbnails that load quickly and let you click IF you are interested, automatically scaling down to fit your browser window, and then showing the image original size if you click a second time... are much nicer.
No they are not... I hate to click on thumbnails to see the larger pictureOriginally posted by Gherald
Thumbnails that load quickly and let you click IF you are interested, automatically scaling down to fit your browser window, and then showing the image original size if you click a second time... are much nicer.
This space is empty... or is it?
I was talking about just plain old bad eye sight, I never paid attention to what mom talked about
anti steam and proud of it
CDO ....its OCD in alpha order like it should be
Originally posted by Adagio
No they are not... I hate to click on thumbnails to see the larger pictureThats why I usually crop my images to only show the relevant information as I can get the best of both worlds.Originally posted by Gherald
Ugh, why would I want to post a screenshot that uses 25% of my screen?
Oh and Rex you really should start eating your vegetables then.
Exactly. I did it just for Adagio.Originally posted by Adagio
No they are not... I hate to click on thumbnails to see the larger picture
"You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.
Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess."
- Jack Thompson
Thank you
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