Teddy Bears' Picnic - turn reporting thread

[Radman]

Hi all:

Move 2107 to Darsnan! Boy, you guys must be living well as all I'm seem to be getting are a few red fungus things (WORMS)!

Radman

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Radman
Hi all:

Move 2107 to Darsnan! Boy, you guys must be living well as all I'm seem to be getting are a few red fungus things (WORMS)!

Radman

Boy, I'd give my left frontal lobe for a worm - automatic first worm capture and all!

Turn to Spasm

[Radman]

Hi all:

Move 2108 on to Darsnan who already posted!

Radman

[Radman]

Hi all:

Move on to Darsnan!

Radman

[Darsnan]

OK, so you beat me posting this time Radman - its just cause you overloaded me with too many turns at once!

Turn to Spasm!

[Googlie]

Originally posted by SPasmofiT
TURN to the believers.

Is it me, or this map stinks?! I mean, little or no resources, arid land, narrow strips of land, etc.

Do this meant that this is a "surpsise" map?

Spas:

Not sure what you mean - I've checked out the map and your nearest arid tile is ten moves away - in fact you have only six arid tiles out of the 400 or so in your main landmass. And your start position is surrounded by resources, plus you're within three tiles of four rivers.

Sure, you're on an isthmus, but I don't see how your first two comments bear out.



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Darsnan:

You have fungal fields to romp in - you just have to get to them.



Googlie

[SPasmofiT]

Let me repharese. There is no fertile land (the green one), which is vital for Hive's development.
As far as I see, the maps is fine, but doesn't adtantages me

[wgabrie]

turn to Radman

[Googlie]

Originally posted by SPasmofiT
As far as I see, :

Ah - that's the crucial comment

About ten % of your contiguous landmass (some 40 tiles in all) are rollining & rainy or flat & rainy - slightly more than the other factions. But in balancing it out I usually don't start the growth-impired factions on their best land (although I do put goodies in the immediate landing area) - you just have to explore, find it and colonize it

I'd say you're pretty OK as regards resources - with your industry you'll have farms/solars galore

Googlie

(I just playtested 50 turns as the Hive - I don't think you'll have any worries about being able to sustain decent growth - I hadn't quite caught up to the AI, but was comfortably fourth, and did snag the WP and the HGP. Had thirteen bases and nineteen pops by 2150)

G.

[Darsnan]

Gaian Intelligence, working covertly, have interecepted a communique from the enigmatic agent "Googlie" to his superiors, to quote:

"My last couple of efforts have a significantly improved middle-game AI - I'll do a section to add to the Academy - maybe titled Advanced Scenario Concepts

Might wait for players' reactions first. Teddy Bears' Picnic is prolly my best so far.

G."

Bad news: we're part of an experiment. Good news: "Googlie" considered us worthy of such a challenge!

[Googlie]

LOL, Darsnan



G.

[Darsnan]

Since I appear to be the only "Teddy Bearer" cruising Civgaming, I thought about keeping this knowlegde to myself, however I think in the best interests of gaming, that the information my agents gleaned should be shared with all factions on this Planet. I am also aware that I may now be the target of reprisal from the agent "Googlie" in an alternate universe, known as "CGN7". Because of this, I would appreciate all factions on this Planet researching a hitherto unknown tech called "Alternative Universes" , and once researched, start pouring in units to the Gaian faction there to counter the anticipated Googlie offensive against our faction there....

[Radman]

Move 2110 to Darsnan!

Radman

[Darsnan]

turn to Spasm

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Darsnan
I am also aware that I may now be the target of reprisal from the agent "Googlie" in an alternate universe, known as "CGN7".

Naw - the Drones and the Gaians have so much in common - like .................. hmmm .............. same # of letters in their name??

G.