A Classical Diplo?

[deity]

Originally posted by Zylka
Greeks = Ljube (Ozzy regular)
French = Atawa
Spanish = Zylka
Egyptian = Makeo
Romans = Frank Johnson
Carts = deity
Babs = Dylan Baker

OK, all you lurkers! You know who the players are. Look at the map and try to pick the winner.

Will it be atawa with his lush French civ and ports full of Dreads?

Or Zylka the great fighter expander?

Or Makeo with his civ nestled in the Upper Nile?

Or Ljube/ozzy as the diplomatic Greeks in the heart of the world?

Or Dangime as the strong and steady Roman builders expanders?

Or deity with his dumbos rolling through Spain and Rome?

But for me the wild card is Dylan Baker whom I've not heard of. Welcome to diplo land Dylan where your dreams become reality!!

LOL

Come on lurkers, place your bets!

For me, I think if Makeo plays his cards right he has an excellent chance in this. And atawa as the French has to be one of the best bets. If Zylka gets a war machine going that has a tech advantage he could do well. If Dang is allowed to grow he'll be dangerous. If Ljube starts off the Greeks with ICS strat I'm not sure how this will go.

[deity]

I've created a new City.txt file that we could add to the final modpak. Because Carts have taken the Indian slot it picks the Indian ciy names. I've changed that to Cart city names and fixed it so Rome is Romans first city etc...

Let me know if you want me to add it to the modpak Zylka; or any other customisatioin anyone wants.

The Wonder names Dang proposed in the latest rules.txt look pretty good too!

[Zylka]

Nice post, D

My bet will have to go with the Ljube/Ozzy combo for a (by mid game) dominant world force, there's a lot of big city room in that north eastern portion of the map - and I put a lot of worth in the tactics of both these players.

Neighbour interaction between the builders of Makeo and deity are something to watch closely as key variable in their own growth as powers. Frank is always a brilliant influence in any game worth more dominance than what he'll talk up - yet his own slender terrain in this scenario is definitely significant enough a hurtle for anyone to jump.

Although I am honestly not a war machine in entirety, only as sitution warrants - atawa is another to be feared on the fields of battle with much of the same gameplay style from 2x monger days. Dylan is an incredibly intelligent and capable player from outside circles who only needs a bit of time to become accustomed to the rather harsh and unforgiving building standards of the 1x mp world.

Have not had the pleasure of seeing most of these players operate extensively in more modern eras, though - so any full out guess is as good as a newcomer's. So guys.. spill the beans for us

[Zylka]

Originally posted by deity
I've created a new City.txt file that we could add to the final modpak. Because Carts have taken the Indian slot it picks the Indian ciy names. I've changed that to Cart city names and fixed it so Rome is Romans first city etc...

Let me know if you want me to add it to the modpak Zylka; or any other customisatioin anyone wants.

The Wonder names Dang proposed in the latest rules.txt look pretty good too!

"Song of Roland" was an especially witty pick.

Are there 3 different graphic styles of classical cities we can mix in to make things a little more interesting visually? Find something like that and include it with your city.txt if possible

[Zylka]

Ok.. I'm doing basic warping of the classical city drawings to give us 4 easily distinguishable yet different forms to enhance things visually. Here's a quick peak at the inluded flags - with an SPQR for Frank and a Dumbo for Dumbo

[Zylka]

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[Ljube]

I confirm my availability. Any time is good.

[atawa]

I'm available this saturday morning, preferring to either start as late or as early as possible.

Can you change my civname to Gauls btw?

Looking forward to this game

[atawa]

One more request, can you change my startinglocation to 41/9? If we start at historic positions Lutetia seems most logical.

[Zylka]

We're not doing Gauls, bro - that was decided against a while ago.

Here's part of a graphic mod almost done btw - more classical themed arid civilizations. Not quite Spanish, not quite Babylonian, not quite papyrus Egyptian - but somewhere in between. Now I start on the Carthage graphic just for you, froppy boy!

[Zylka]

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[deity]

Looking good Zylka. I take it you will come up with the new and completed cities.bmp or cities.gif file then?
I can't seem to successfully copy and paste from the posted graphics. BTW, it's stroppy NOT froppy! LOL

This is my current city.txt file.

Did you say no to atawa's request? We've been customising most other starts haven't we?

[deity]

Just looked at 41/9 and this strengthens French civ. It takes them down a river system so the original start above is automatically 'owned' as backfill. I think the consensus is that the French start with a good player should be harder not easier!

But hey, I leave that up to Zylka and ozzy to argue about

[Zylka]

The French start won't be moved for that very reason.

Don't copy from that image though, it's a poor quality gif. You'll owe me when you see the Carts own specialised city graphic.

[Zylka]

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