Apolyton University AUSG101

[BRC]

real quick: what year is 40 turns at?

[Rhothaerill]

2150bc. In each of the DAR threads I will post the year ending as well as the turn ending for each turn block. That was another reason I didn't want to change this one from 40 turns so it didn't confuse people.

[BRC]

thanks rhoth!

[TheArsenal]

Good to know there is nothing for me to fix.

40 turns wasn’t many at the beginning of the game. I almost overshot it. But I agree, as the game goes on the turn number should come down.

[vmxa1]

I did over shoot it and had to find an autosave. We may need to use fewer turns as we go along, but this seemed fine. You need to have a bit of a chance to see if a plan was going to be effective.
BTW thanks for your efforts Rhothaerill.

[Rhothaerill]

Originally posted by vmxa1
I did over shoot it and had to find an autosave. We may need to use fewer turns as we go along, but this seemed fine. You need to have a bit of a chance to see if a plan was going to be effective.
BTW thanks for your efforts Rhothaerill.

I think 40 ended up being fine for the first turn block. It will definitely be shortened for later turn blocks when each turn starts taking more time and thought.

Glad to be of service. It was kind of fun introducing something new to Apolyton University.

[Rhothaerill]

So has anyone seen any hints about the little surprise I added yet? It's nothing much, just a bit of flavor based on the current avatar trends.

[Konquest02]

I noticed it, but haven't grabbed the surprise to it's full extent yet!

--Kon--

[Dominae]

Originally posted by Rhothaerill
So has anyone seen any hints about the little surprise I added yet? It's nothing much, just a bit of flavor based on the current avatar trends.

No clue what you're talking about Rhoth...

City names? A "Gondor" civ?


Dominae

[Rhothaerill]

No hints until it becomes common knowledge. I just wanted to add something a little fun.

[Master Zen]

Actually 2150 BC is the 41st turn... which means that when you post you're not supposed to have played that turn, just saved it when 2200 BC ended.

[Tarquinius]

Ah, 40 turns it is now. Then I will play 10 more turns in a moment
Thanks for your efforts Rhoth!

[Beta]

* Beta cranks up his machine for his 40 turns.

Rhoth - thank you! Thank you!

[Beta]

Do you know what this game format reminds me of? A golf match that is used often for corporate and charity tournaments - called a scramble, or best ball. In that format - the four players - all of who are on the same team, tee off. They decide which was the best shot - and all four players play their next shots from that point. They then determine again which was the best shot - and play from there. Etc. Etc. You can see the similarities.

In golf - this makes tourneys go much faster where you have a lot of inexperienced players, and as well, players new to the game are more comfortable as they are not pressured to come up with 'the' shot.

The other requirement in a number of scrambles - which does put some pressure on new players - is that each player must have a minumum of 3 of their drives off the tee used. This is somewhat analogous to the rule for this AU 'match' about only using one player's save a max of two times in a row. In golf - the strategy used is that if a newbee has good drive which is as playable as the best shot - you use it so that you do not get to the 18th tee and are forced to use their drive regardless of how poor it is.

The analogy in our AU match: A top-notch player might have the best result for the second round, also having his first 40-turn save used as well. But that would eliminate his play for the third round (as his save could not be used three rounds in a row)- so the team would be better off picking the second best save in the second round (assuming it was fairly close), so that all players saves could be considered for the third round.

Something to think about, anyway.

[Konquest02]

Nice analogy Beta... As a golf player, I don't understand why I haven't saw the similarities...

So you might want to rename this format "Scramble Civ" or "Continuous Mulligan Civ"...

--Kon--