Another happy evening at the zone

[War4ever]

went back to the zone yesterday with berzerker. started a four player game after to three player games didn't work out becasue of tech issues.

the other guy never quites so i just shut down civ.

the four player game had berz, markus, strategicking and myself.

as it started, for some reason that rogue player from the last game was in too, i guess for some reason he connected in time, although it was a four not five player game.

strat leaves after his second settler is killed by barbs, good bye eight time gameleague champ *snicker* whined about his land which turned out to be awesome, though he was my neighbor

next to bail was markus, guess he didn't like being my neighbor either finally firestorm bailed too...leaving myself and berzerker to duel it out the rest of the game.

he had more land but i had the better start......

was alot of fun i got mikes SOL, and leos, he had library, HG, and Suns

he was leading on the pg but i was disappointed that everyone quit.... oh well its the zone i guess

[Bird]

You should kill the other civs and finish it as a duel.

[rah]

Gee, Saturday Berz knocked off my second city the turn I created it, then killed it again when I sent the next settler to the same location. (Third time was a charm) My land started bad but looked a little better after some exploration. Needless to say it was a long night. BUT I DIDN"T DROP OUT AND RUIN THE FUN FOR THE OTHERS. Smartfart lost his capital and other cities to the barbs the previous night. BUT HE DIDN"T DROP OUT AND RUIN THE FUN FOR THE OTHERS.

I guess I'm trying to make a point, but I'll be damned if I know what it is

Rich

[Ming]

Gee, I wonder if our "champion" strategicking considers that game a loss on his record... probably not since he "retired" early in the game

The zone is a great place to get some practice, test some strategies, and just play when non of the regular gang is around... just don't count on people who are behind staying in the game

[SuperSneak]

Rah--was that the game I was in?
Man...talk about trial by fire.
I was in a War4/Aztec (who was that?) sandwich. I thought War was going to waste me right off, but luckily I got to the GW before he could get too motivated.
BTW, Caesar felt really bad about dropping...guess his computer crashed hard.

If that's the kind of competition I can expect, I'm going to have to really ramp it up.

You know you're in trouble when you're in 5th place in the Demographics.
I seem to hold up fine, but toward the end, there is always a huge dropoff for me...what am I doing wrong? I managed to build a Wonder...my cities were all good sized...just seem to have a hard time rocketing up the tech tree like others do.
You guys weren't trading behind my back, were you?!?

[Caesar the Great]

I Zmed you, but you didn't respond..... I didn't end up playing civ 2 that day though.... I just played chess for a few hours....

[Alexander's Horse]

Noone Home at the Zone

I've checked in a few times at the zone and the major problem I find is a lack of players. Time zones are a problem for us Australians there as well.

I did see a guy called Jochem there a couple of times but after playing him once on a 1 minute timer I didn't feel like doing it again. With lag, he's in Holland, 1 minute is insane.

[Rasputin]

played a guy the other day there, he started on best lans lot sof grasland, pheaseant around and whales too, the rest of us started on mountainous regions or swamps ... He quickly built 4 citys, and lots of horses. took me a while to realsie he had started with bonus techs!!! on a small world by 3200 he had surrounded my civ with citys (he had 20 citys to my 4) forutnalty I had to goto shops for wifey , so I surrendered and left... An unhappy ZONE experience

[Alexander's Horse]

Wham bam thank you maam

One good thing about the zone is its a good place to go to have a bit of anonymous warmongering. Reps counts for nothing over there so once I was done over (see opening post) I realised I could do unto others without any inhibitions

[SuperSneak]

Yes...and your restraint is usually so tangible.

I think the zone is just a playground for punks...and somehow they've found Apolyton and are infesting it with their lowbrow brand of chest thumping.
I think the silverbacks need to whup on a little junior monkey ass, personally.

[Alexander's Horse]

Could be my bad - I always tell zonies about this forum - we need new players.

I know its hard to believe but many civ players have never heard of this site or the people here.

[Alexander's Horse]

more zone

Hydey and I ventured to the zone again tonight. We found someone from Germany called "King Rob" to play with us. He immediately destroyed my undefended second city upon first contact. Then he started attacking my capital which was defended by a phalanx and an archer and was on a river. After losing 2 or 3 horse in suicide attacks he retired from the game with not so much as a goodbye. Then Hydey and I quit.

If you go to the zone, go with a friend. Hydey and I talked about him all the time on icq.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Ming
Gee, I wonder if our "champion" strategicking considers that game a loss on his record... probably not since he "retired" early in the game

He would not consider it a loss.

[Kuja]

lol... these people that you guys talk about at the zone -I- have never even heard of! But the zone is a lot like here I suppose. If you play the right people, then you know they aren't going to bail on you in the middle. It's as simple as that. I can refer you to some players there if you like.

[rah]

Yes SuperSneak, that was the game you were in.
Small worlds keep things interesting. Space is at a premium.
Every now and then we get a "snoozer, everyone develop game" but most are usually very lively.

Rich