Setting up IP Games XXXIV

[rah]

Considering my total lack of trade specials for most of the game, I was pleased with how I did, especially after messing up and forgetting to change to HG and buying up collosus.

I think the next turn would have given me 21 or 22 cities. Gunpowder was two turns away.

ANYBODY gonna be around tonight.

Rich

[Ming]

I will... but as usual, probably not available until 9:30 or 10:30 central time... so If anybody can't make the early game with rah, please post when you will be available... I NEED to play, and the thought of having to play Civ III in SP mode doesn't really interest me...

[Ming]

[threadjack mode]

Hey Rich... Bradley is playing SIU in the quarter finals of the MVC tournament... Fox sports net... AND WE ARE TRASHING YOUR ASS!

[/threadjack mode]

[Brian Bergs]

Saturday night

Look for me on icq tonight. Will we continue last night's? New game is fine too.

[rah]

Originally posted by Ming
[threadjack mode]

Hey Rich... Bradley is playing SIU in the quarter finals of the MVC tournament... Fox sports net... AND WE ARE TRASHING YOUR ASS!

[/threadjack mode]

Yep, I saw the disaster.

Fortunately I only saw parts. (which was quite enough) Congrats to the sulukis.

RAH

BB, I know berz is playing in the sat diplo game so I assume we'll be starting another one. *sigh* that game would have been just fine for continueing.

[ColdWizard]

i've got a question. in these last two games i've been second or challenging for second (on the PG). have i improved or have people had off games?

[Ming]

Originally posted by ColdWizard
have i improved or have people had off games?

A man with real confidence

Well... practice does help

[ColdWizard]

confidence? is that a civ strategy like pride?


*meditates, mumbling about oedo and revolting in timely fashion*

[rah]

Originally posted by ColdWizard
confidence? is that a civ strategy like pride?


*meditates, mumbling about oedo and revolting in timely fashion*

LOL, been there, done that. (usually after a FEW beers)

At least you didn't forgot to change which wonder you were building after buying up and build collosus instead of HG. LIKE SOME OF US DID. I was shocked that I still got HG later, but I had to sweat it out.

NOTE: while granted, your last two games were better and showed definite improvement, they were both far short of the runaway leader. MOI

RAH

[ColdWizard]

the only reason i don't forget to change wonders is that i tend to stockpile caravans



as for your running away abilities:

[gameleague mode]
the only way you win is that you're a big cheater, and you smell bad and have a bad haircut. and besides you can only win on your specialized settings and using rah rules all this is baseless of course but since i can't match your skill i have to attack you in order to improve my own sense of self-worth you big cheater, since there is no way a person of my supremely awesome skills can possibly lose to anyone
[/gameleague mode]


since i seem to be doing much better against barbs, and expanding fairly well, i have to figure out how to celebrate WLTLD (in deity) and get HG

[Ming]

That is one of the nice things about this group... when the game is over, the accusations don't start

I can't remember a "you cheater" flame war with this bunch

[rah]

ROTFLMAO

Setting up IP games threads have avoided most of this type of baseless accusations in the past I HOPE YOU HAVE SOME SAVES THAT CAN BE SENT TO EYES TO JUSTIFY THOSE ACCUSATIONS. Otherwise post this Cr** in a thread with a more approriate title, Like "SINCE I CAN"T WIN, RAH must CHEAT and I feel the need to act like a 2 year old"
[/gameleague mode] I guess I really can't use this, since I never played in gameleague


However, there is some truth to your settings comments. I prefer them and have adjusted my stratagies to take advantage of them. I sometimes expend too many resources on defense so I like settings that entail risk if you don't. I don't do as well in 1x1x games or those less than deity. (usually because I'm so hammered that I forget the differences and end up building temples way too early or drop that city on a mountain without adaquate food resources nearby) I'm sure I could readjust but what the hey. Having them called RAH rules doesn't help either

Back to serious, There are ways to celebrate without happy wonders. (granted they make it a lot easier and more successful)
You can use the even-odd pop count method that Berz uses quite successfully. Or extensive trade routes with markets and sometimes banks like Markus does. Or you can say the heck with it and build pyramids early and race towards SOL and Communism.

Practicing the different methods is critical in MP since you're not always guarenteed the easy path. (No S**T sherlock)
Very early in MP, I never took advantage of the rapid growth as much as I should have. I practiced by playing MP 2x1x games with myself being the only human. I'd play to the beginning of AD and start over and do it again and again and again. You can do this quite a few times in one evening. I started to set goals for myself to guage my improvement. It was quite helpful. I finally got the hang of celebrating, with or without the wonders.

RAH
Practice does help.

[-Jrabbit]

That's why I'm hoping to join in. (Sorry I couldn't make it Saturday, Ming. Family was in bed by 9:30 but I fell asleep on the couch )

In the meantime, I've started the campaign for a DSL line. Wish me luck with the wife...

[Ming]

JR...
You should really try what Rah suggests...
Play some practice games with Rah rules settings by yourself against the computer.
Granted... the AI can still bribe your cities... but it usually doesn't happen before AD...

Just play a bunch of games until that point... focusing on expanding your empire and population as fast as possible.

And good luck on DSL... but what about cable...

[-Jrabbit]

Celebrating...

RAH -- although this might properly belong on the Strategy forum, maybe you could enlighten me on the following statement you made...
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Back to serious, There are ways to celebrate without happy wonders. You can use the even-odd pop count method that Berz uses quite successfully.
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(Sorry but I don't know the Quoting function in vB. I'm an idiot.)

Celebrating without HG is a mystery to newbies like me...

I've only achieved HG a couple times, and also suspect I'm not getting full benefit of my WLTxD when it happens. How explosive is the growth? I really don't see so much that it seems like a big deal...

I seek enlightenment at the feet of the massa...