New speed conquest record....425bc

[Scouse Gits]

Well done! That's a great record and a lot of work.
Which civ did you play?
I'm puzzled that you don't think that the starting techs were too important. Surely a Monarchy start must be an advantage? (other conditions such as huts/terrain/accessibility to other civs being average)

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[SmartFart]

Yes...Thinking general,starting Monarchy is indeed an advantage.
Problem is when you start with Monarchy on a small randomly generated maps you got some serious disadvantages as well,like 3-4 civs near you blocking your further expansions,using ZoC to slow your exploration,demanding a tribute from you early on when they bump with a charriot into your fresh undefeded city and similar things.

Clean start gives you opportunity to take 1/3 of the map without firing a bullet because with clean start there's no AI near you.

Besides...what's good in Monarchy when you have 2 cities? By the time i have 3-4,i'll be in monarchy anyway.
You may have additional shield on buffalo,but tribute is what builds Sun-Tzu.

I played as Aztec.

[Scouse Gits]

Very well done!

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[Oldman]

Scouse: just a thought on something you mentioned earlier, about a occ bloodlust game in the off weeks!!
Well thinking about it an occ in bloodulust wouldn't work cause as soon as you conquer anyone it stops being occ!?!? But we could do a bc bloodlust challenge, using a standard map for comparison times? Does this idea grab anyone?

[Scouse Gits]

Sounds good - I'm in (with the reservation that I have just entered the 'buried under two weeks marking' stage of the year)

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[Oldman]

Have fun there Scouse!!!! Oh, the joys of teaching/lecturing?!?!?! Is it at least interesting stuff you're marking? or is it 1st year maths homework?!?! ha ha, first year maths, happy memories!!!!

Unless Paul wants to start this one up too, like the occ i could give it a go if no one else does!!!! i've got a little web space available at uni, access is limited but i can give it a go?!?!

Does anyone have any suggestions for the map, or do we just go for random, diety, raging, 7civs?

I'll start a new thread next week, unless someone else does?!?!

[Scouse Gits]

Don't forget small (or very small) world and no restart of eliminated civs. If you saved as a scenario people could play at whatever level they were happy with.

[moanmode]Program Design Coursework, Final Year Projects & Examination Papers[/moanmode]

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[Oldman]

Yeah, have fun with all that work Scouse!!!! Don't go marking them too hard, now will you?!?!

So what kind of IS do you specialise in? is it programming, webstuff, general stuff?? I once had to program the timing sequence for some traffic lights using a 8085 (maybe) processor and assembly language - muchos funos!!!!

I forgot to say small map!!! so what 40x50, that's the small one on the map editor isn't it? is that one ok? And no restarting civs, and the scenario!!!! ok, i'll sort it out!!

[Scouse Gits]

SmartFart - did you pick the Aztecs for any reason - or was this a random choice. I ask this because the nature of the starting techs of the individual civs are quite different.
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[SmartFart]

No reason at all. I played as Aztec from old Amiga500 days.
Nothing more than habit.

[Scouse Gits]

Oldman - I'm a programmer with the glorious title of Webmaster - normal sort of thing - lots of responsibility no authority. These days I dabble in Systems Theory & Cybernetics - but Civ is more fun!

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[SmartFart]

Not really.
I build 2 cities on 3750 bc. I haven't kept a log for other four.

[War4ever]

hehe its rought being the mongols, three of those games were on the polar caps with no access to land, today it happened five times arggg this is frustrating to me

[Scouse Gits]

Smart Fart - what starting techs are your personal wet dream? Our research would suggest that the Sioux (or maybe the Persians) have the best probability of warlike techs albeit based largely on 'large map' experience - have you tried playing as Sioux?
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[The Mad Viking]

You are indeed a smart fart SmartFart!
Congratulations!

If I understand correctly, you only build 1 city yourself, and you wander around collecting huts before you build it?

The most remarkable thing about Civ is that there seems to be an almost infinite number of ways of winning. So many games there are so few correct "formulas".