OCC Fortnight Competition #5 -- Discussion and Logs

[Scouse Gits]

Vik - Scouse means a person who comes from Liverpool. (It can also mean the local Liverpool dialect, as well as a "Merseyside" stew)
Git is a contemptible person.
Yes, there are two of us - why? Because, there are not three of us!(yet)
When we first registered, there was a doubt as to whether my e-mail would be acceptable to Apolyton, so instead we used SG1's address.
Hope you're not toooooo confused.
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SG (2)

[vik]

SG*,

I am still confused, but less so than before. Don't you people speak English over there? I've never heard of a 'scouse' or a 'git' but I have eaten a mighty fine breakfast food called "grits."

Based on a recent large-world scenario you (or your brother) submitted in another thread, I would have believed one from Liverpool is called a "Liverpudlian."

[Scouse Gits]

I speak English, you speak American. Grits? Are you eating a road?

Remember, we are two nations separated by a common language!

Liverpudlian is another adjective for people/things from Liverpool. (Both Scouse and Git are informal/slang words, so I doubt whether you would find either in an American dictionary.)

What do they call you guys from Colorado Springs?
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SG (2)

[Scouse Gits]

Hi vik - I just did a quick Web search of "Scouse" and turned up --

• Traditional English Recipes
• SCOUSE BOOKS INFORMATION
• Amazon.co.uk: A Glance: Lern Yerself Scouse

They might be helpful!
However, a similar search on "Git" failed to find anything useful - try an on-line dictionary.
SG(2) and myself met at the Bridge table and have since become firm friends - I corrupted SG(2) into the horrors of computer gaming and he quickly became a Civ fanatic and that, in turn, made me return to this wonderful game after quite some time away.




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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor

[Tom DeMille]

Ok, being Canadian, I can probably bridge the language gap between the brits and the yanks (I spell colour with a u, but favorite without - I don't know why, I just do). I would translate "you stupid git", an expression I've heard on many english comedies, to simply "you idiot" in american.

Vik, I doubt there's anyone left who's actively working on the previous OCC scenario (it's been over 2 weeks now). I'd encourage you to post it now.

[Steve Clark]

We and the media/ads people call this place the 'Springs' since there are no larger cities with Springs in the name. Informally, this area is called 'Silicon Mountain'.

As for us locals? Don't think there's a name (don't say Springers ).

BTW vik, whatcha do here?

[vik]

steve,

i provide my unit at fort carson with communications-electronics support. i live in springs ranch subdivision. it's a relatively new development, and is located off of powers blvd up near constitution.

if we can get in, my family will be trying to eat at that new "Texas Roadhouse" restaraunt tonight that opened up near my house.

how about you?

[Steve Clark]

Been here since the late 1980s and I've seen it grow from 250,000 to 500,000. I live in Cheyenne Meadows.

For those know the Front Range of Colorado, we are having one of those typical spring weather: sun, wind, rain, snow - all in the same day.

[vik]

tom, it is done. emailed to paul about 2 minutes ago. good luck all.

[Dino the Dinosore]

Great game, I loved the Capt. Ahab & the whales and named my city Nantucket after the famous local whaling island. My personal best OCC finish - landed 1877 but I didn't keep a log. Had a great start - Monarchy the 2nd science I got to research, got 3 trade routes to Athens early before they turned vicious. Got a fair amount of gift money from allies English and Canadians. Couldn't get Americans to ally, they always wanted me to war on English. I gave away a fair amount of tech, but maybe not enough. I went for Miniaturization (for Offshore Platform) early instead of Computer, thinking I'd need many more freights than normal. I did use the freights - 15 extra for 1 per SS Structural since I didn't go for 80 shields per turn. And then 2 freights per SS Module + getting 60 shields, and bought the 3 Components, so I did wind up building the ship in minimum time. But my science was slower because of neglecting Computer in favor of Miniaturization so maybe that wasn't the best choice. Missed Darwin's for the first time, but it didn't hurt much. Only got one polluted square, but it takes a long time for a lowly settler to clean it. Never even built a Manufacturing Plant, but I did build supermarket (little benefit) and superhighways (definitely worth it).

[Scouse Gits]

Welcome Dino - good game

[Oldman]

Well, it's a good month after you guys played this one but here's my attempt!!! Managed my best finish yet, AC in 1853ad

I was Friday, as in Man Friday and I settled Paradise. I had a nightmare with the AI, all the other civs were thick as pig ****, i got one exchange of tech in the whole game and that was fussion which i could have done myself. I only got 300 gifts from my English allies, everyone else was peaceful but wouldn't ally!!! I even gave away every tech to every civ, upto and including computers and had ZERO competition at the end!! A quick sneak attack by the greeks in 1840ish, but that's it?!?!

Everyone have a look at this and see where i went wrong!??! i got a republic way before everyone else, but kind of lost my way in the mid game?!?!

The Log:

v2.42 Deity

Monarchy 3450bc
Republic 2450bc
Democracy 780ad

Colossus 2250bc
Observatory 180ad
Shakespeare 75bc
Newton 740ad
Darwin 1380ad
Apollo 1782ad

Trade 1 925bc
2 825bc
3 700bc

Trade 1750bc
Construction 1000bc
Sanitation 400ad
Refridgeration not researched!
Auto 1440ad
Computers 1730ad
SF 1778ad

size 12 60ad
size 21 620ad


4000bc settled Paradise
'B'ed settler
3900bc militia
3800bc Code of Laws
militia
3500bc monarchy - revolution
3450bc MONARCHY!!!
3150bc writing
2850bc litaracy
2450bc philosophy, republic (free)
revolution
REPUBLIC!!!!
2250bc colossus
2100bc currency
1950bc temple
WLTCD size 4
1750bc Trade!!
WLTCD cancelled size 7
1500bc map making
library
1300bc masonary
1200bc tireme
met greeks, peace exchanged horseriding for iron
1000bc construction
950bc caravan
925bc polytheseism (hut)
1st Trade gold to Athens, 100g (unwanted)
875bc maths (hut)
850bc caravan
825bc 2nd Trade, salt with Athens, 100g (unwanted)
725bc caravan
700bc 3rd Trade, dye with Athens, 100g (unwanted)
650bc marketplace
medicine!
550bc astronomy!
525bc aquaduct
475bc harbor
450bc 50 from hut
425bc caravan
350bc caravan
300bc caravan
50 from hut
225bc caravan
175bc caravan
125bc caravan
100bc legion from hut
75bc Theatre!!!!
monothesiesm (hut)
sold temple
50bc WLTCD size 8
1ad 50 hut
60ad WLTCD finishes size 12
80ad navigation from hut
140ad alliance with english, gave mapmaking and navigation swapped maps!
160ad physics (hut)
180ad Observatory
220ad university
exchanged philosophy for wheel with greeks, and gave navigation
260ad engineering (hut)
400ad sanitation
440ad WLTCD starts Size 12
atomic theory from hut
460ad sewer system!
520ad explorer bribed by canadians?!?!!?!?
540ad banking (hut)
620ad WLTCD ends Size 21
660ad invention
720ad democracy - revolution
740ad isaacs college
780ad Democracy!!!!!
840ad steam engine
University (city adv)
techs every 2 turns at 70%!!!!
880ad economics!
920ad gunpowder
bank!!
980ad stock exchange
chemistry!
1000ad exchanged invention for bridge building with canadians
1020ad explosives
1060ad engineers
railroad
1100ad industrialisation
1140ad corporation!!
1160ad gave away techs to keep down costs!!
1180ad refining
gave away more techs!!
1200ad combustion
gave away more techs to keep costs down!!
1280ad metallurgy
1360ad magnetism
1380ad darwins voyage
electricity
steel
1440ad automobile
1460ad superhighways!
1480ad maps with english, 100 gift!
1500ad electronics
1510ad factory
1530ad mass production
1540ad power plant
150 ransom
1560ad conscription
musketeers from hut
1590ad feudalism
1620ad chivalry
given away all techs to 5 civs, reduced beakers from 2050 to 1961
had to give away stuff like feudalism??!!?
1650ad leadership
1670ad tactics
1690ad machine tools
1710ad miniaturization
1720ad offshore platform
1730ad computers
1740ad research lab
1750ad mobile war
1754ad robotics
gave all techs to dutch!!!
gave rest of my techs to other 5 civs, except computers to greeks,
and exchanged warfare for fission with greeks, and 150 gift from english!
1756ad manufacturing plant!
86 production!!!! with 2 hills, mined and railroaded!
1758ad flight!??!
lost 200 beakers per turn?!?!?!
1762ad radio
1766ad adv flight
1770ad rocketry
1778ad space flight
1782ad Apollo!!!
1784ad ss structural (1)
1786ad plastics
1794ad nuke power
1802ad laser
10 structurals!
1810ad superconductor!!
1812ad 15 structurals!
1818ad fussion
3 modules
1836ad 6 components
Launch!!!! estimated landing in 1853!!!
1840ad tank!
1842ad tank!
1846ad battleship!
1853ad AC Landing
Man Friday the Cruel, 36% & 280 points!

[This message has been edited by Oldman (edited May 17, 2000).]

[Scouse Gits]

Well - I knew you would beat me soon, but this soon? Well done Oldman - good game.


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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor

[Oldman]

Cheers Scouse!!! It's a bit of a funny way to compare them, cause i've played back through these in reverse chono... which makes occ5 my 4th game where as the next one would be a better comparison

Do any of you guys know where i went wrong just after republic? i got republic 1000 years before anyone else, but then it went pear shaped for a few 1000 years!! I've got the space thing sorted, i just didn't have enough caravans!!!! i managed to store 14 for the end, but i didn't have time to build more!!!

[Paul]

You waited too long to WLTCD to size 12. You only got to 12 in 60 ad but the other players got to 12 well in the bc era. That's because you don't build a colosseum which means that you only start growing after you build Shakespeare's Theatre.