Something to LOL about!

[SilverDragon]

To test how dumb the diety ai is, I built one city, and built nothing but phalanxes in it. I never moved the phalanxes out, and only built more phalanxes. I did not improve any terrain, and I built on my starting spot and immediately joined with the other phalanx. It was on a large map, BTW. I survived until 1902. I think if I keep trying, I can survive till 2020. And the manual says that's a win?

[Richard Bruns]

I tried this on a medium map, just for a laugh. The Indians landed and wiped me out with marines and cannons in 1907. I had declared war on them a few hundred years earlier in exchange for an alliance with a neighbor. They promptly made friends with my allies, but would never agree to peace with me. I got the "We have decided to rid the world of your worthless civilization" message.

The moral is not to declare war on anybody. It might also help if you are not on the coast. Let someone completely surround you, and give them whatever they want to stay allied I'll see if I can survive until the ending date.

Maybe I can set a record and be the first to win the "Phalanx Challenge."

[SilverDragon]

I tried again. 1957!!

[Richard Bruns]

I made it!

After another false start where the French declared war on me for absolutely no reason, I survived to 2020. There was a close call when a Viking helicopter blasted my city down from size 5 to size 2, but then wandered away.

Large Map, 7 Civilizations, Raging Hordes.

Civilization Score 33, Rating 4%, "Richard Bruns the Foolish"

I clearly deserve recognition for this difficult and momentous achievement! This is just as important as being the first to win at OCC!



After "winning", I cheated to reveal the map and then found out why I'd survived. I had started on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere. It was about the only place in the map that hadn't been taken over by the AI.

I think this would be a lot harder on a small map. That way you would be more likely ro run into the AI and thus be killed due to its illigical hostility.

It's fun to see how the AI develops on its own. They were building Cure for Cancer before J.S. Bach's Cathedral! The Vikings built Manhattan Project around 1950, which fit history pretty well. But they never used the nukes they built, as far as I can tell. Nukes and cruise missiles are apparently reserved for the human player.
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[cavebear]

I don't normally play special games, but this sounds so weird I just have to try it. See you all in about 12 hours...

[cavebear]

Well, that didn't take anywhere near the time I expected! I survived to 2020 AD with just Phalanxes! And I had a size 4 city at the end with about 6 units. No one but Barbs attacked me the whole time, though I noted that the 2 AI civs had at least submarines...

[cavebear]

Only takes 30 minutes. Give it a try. It a real hoot.

[Mercantile]

Well no contact until 1878 with french, cost 50g
then with russians 10 yrs later cost 150g
Mongols decided to rid the world of my backwards civ and two years later with one cannon and a destroyer, i was tost in 1958 large map, i was in the center of the map in a little corner, my vet phalanx was crushed by the cannon.

I had 107 attacks by barbs and received only one vet gr...
[This message has been edited by Mercantile (edited November 07, 2000).]

[JESSVG01]

Ever try no military at all?

[Makeo]

yep the no military units at all challenge was one on Stewert Spinks old site.

[SilverDragon]

quote: Originally posted by Richard Bruns on 11-06-2000 08:11 PM a Viking helicopter blasted my city down from size 5 to size 2, but then wandered away.

LOL!!

[DrFell]

well im gonna try it with a small map, on tot. the ultimate challenge

[DrFell]

thats got to be a new record fastest game i ever played... got wiped out by the carthaginians, 420ad! They landed and instantly decided to rid the world of my civilization... surrounding me with elephants and crusaders! if only i could move my phalanxes, i was surrounded by hills and mountains..

[SilverDragon]

quote: Originally posted by DrFell on 11-08-2000 10:10 PM thats got to be a new record fastest game i ever played... got wiped out by the carthaginians, 420ad! They landed and instantly decided to rid the world of my civilization... surrounding me with elephants and crusaders! if only i could move my phalanxes, i was surrounded by hills and mountains..

Yep. That can happen. They sometimes don't find you till 1800, though.

[DrFell]

i had to laugh tho trying this... it reminded me of civ1... on the world map the romans and chinese especially often got stuck with only 1 city... they were never good occ ers tho..