Incredible

[Heresson]

So, I was playing that @@!(#)^!)^ Zulu game, and decided to reload to the previous auto sav, because I let one of my cities revolt twice, and my gouverment collapsed. The last turn before that, I moved my diplo at a specific position.
I reloaded - and OK, no revolts, not even the first turn of the revolt in that city (Ummaka it was I think).
I didn't enbd the turn, and decided to reload again the earlier autosave.
To my suprise, the earlier autosave was the turn with all my cities revolting; the current autosave was the autosave from before several turns WITH MY DIPLO STANDING IN POSITION OF THE LAST TURN.
On the revolt sav, my diplo does not exist

OK. That's it. Bye, back to the game.

[duke o' york]

Er, Heresson.
You really shouldn't have posted that, because you're not allowed to reload in competition games. By saying that you reloaded, you've invalidated your game, and, because you've seen the map, you've invalidated all future games too. If you've still got a save after your government collapsed, then you could submit that, but by reloading, you're not allowed to submit any other games.

Sorry.

[Heresson]

I didn't know You can't reload....
Must have missed that.
Why?
Wonders OK, but reloads? Dumb.
Either I should use one of my old old savs, or start a new game?
Bueh.

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by Heresson
Why?

So that we all play off a level playing field - if you only ever get barbs from huts - live with it; if your tank loses to a spearman - live with it; if your government collapses - live with it. Anything else is called 'cheating'.

Stu

[Heresson]

Yeah, but it's so common I am suprised anybody tries to fight it

[duke o' york]

There is also no way of checking the save files submitted to the competition, so if you were exceedingly unscrupulous then you could keep reloading your saves until you got exactly the game you wanted. But you'd only have yourself to answer to.

Reloading saves are only allowed in one circumstance: if you are playing a OCC then you must save before you open any hut. If the hut contains an advanced tribe then you must reload until you get something else. If it is anything else, then you just have to live with it, even if it means that your only exploring unit is killed by barbs.

[Heresson]

What? I need to resign if I find an advanced tribe too?!?!
Who had such a dumb idea?

[duke o' york]

No, that's only if you're playing a One City Challenge. Obviously the OCC finishes if you have a second city, so if you find one in a hut, then you are allowed to go back to the save before you opened the hut and try again until you get something that is not an advanced tribe.



[edit]Grandma[/edit]

[Heresson]

Oh, so that's OCC. Then, it's obvious, of course. I 've played a one city game. In the end, the vikings "subverted" my city, though it had a palace in it. I was enraged.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Heresson
I didn't know You can't reload....

Ahh, so that's what's been holding me back

[Heresson]

huh?

[N35t0r]

Originally posted by Heresson
Oh, so that's OCC. Then, it's obvious, of course. I 've played a one city game. In the end, the vikings "subverted" my city, though it had a palace in it. I was enraged.

Eh? that's not supposed to happen...

[Heresson]

That's why I was enraged.

[rah]

I've never seen that happen.

[Heresson]

I THINK I've seen a thread about something like that...
or a discussion at least.
It was a very unpleasant thing, but I reloaded, found that spy and destroyed. I was so angry that I decided I will cease to play one city only and started capturing their cities