Election: Minister of Imperial Expansion

[Jon Shafer]

This is the election poll thread for the Minister of Imperial Expansion race.
Duration: 5 days, 06/15
Canidates: atawa, Chandragupta, Timeline, Jonny, Gen. Hancock

[Timeline]

Campaign Summery:

I value early land grabbing because it leaves options for our people, and allows us to be a large nation without having to go into an early war if we don't want. My plan of strong early expansion will ensure that we as the people, have the option to play the game however we want (peacefully or militaristically).

By voting for me, you will be ensuring that our cities are placed in the most efficient manner possible, with very little land wasted.

I will colonize jungle/desert/tundra areas only when all more valuable locations are settled.

I value strategic, bonus, and luxury resources and will see to it that they are used in the best manner possible.

Also, I understand the importance of waterside cities to ensure our civ's naval superiority, and I i wll lay out our cities to include "panama" type tiles in order that we may be effective in our maritime maneuvers.

Before I conclude I just want to say, should I be elected for this position, I will make informing and listening to the people my TOP and NUMBER 1 Priority as Imperial Expansion Minister. I plan to post detailed information and maps of our expansion area, along with suggestions and remarks, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU, THE PEOPLE, the Final say in all matters. Elect me, and I will be active in getting all the people involved, and everyone will have a say.


Vote for Timeline, and put our nation in line for cities that stand the test of time

[Chandragupta]

Obviously one would want rapid early expansion, but there's more to Imperial Expansion. Preventing other (esp more powerful) civs from setting up encleves in the middle of a hole in an empire is critical, because not only would it be embarassing to a nation, but strategicly unsound as well. Also a civ needs resources badly therefore cities placed to absorb a desert might seem wasteful early on but might be valuable for oil later on.

Chandragupta's empire spanned the lands from northern Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and if I am elected I will aid in the creation of one just as glorious. (i.e., vote for me!)

[Jonny]

My Views on Expansion:

I strive for maximum efficency, with little overlap but few unused squares. I will break this pattern, however, in certain situations (such as when I build a city near an enemy city to try to culture flip a resource).

I think expanding to get land and resources while keeping the land up to date with improvments is important, but getting lots and lots of land is important as well, and I try to balance those.

I build in jungle/desert/tundra after all the good city sites are taken in the hopes that a resource will appear there, and so an AI won't build there.

I strive to claim luxury/strategic/bonus resources with our cities, so others can't have them.

I believe in very little overlap, which means each of our cities are further apart, which claims more land for us.

I believe in building many cities on the coast to give our navies more mobility.

I like to build many cities on our borders with our neighbors to 'culture blitz' them and get cities to flip to our side.

I believe in listening to the people and being friendly.

So, vote for Jonny, the best choice for the Empire!

[civman2000]

sorry timeline, i was gonna vote for you but then jonny came along and he's a bit less expansionist than you, just eniugh less o be better...

[Jon Shafer]

I encourage everyone not to be brash with their votes. I have yet to vote in any election (except where the Almighty Banana is present ), because I feel I want to wait and make sure who will support me and my ideas first, and who's ideas I'm sure are what I agree with.

[TechWins]

I voted for Jonny because he was the last person to tell me to vote for him. Better luck next time guys.

[civman2000]

only people i've voted for without seeing their ideas and those of the other guy(s) are the ones in uncontested election. I don't like the banana, we got in a fight and he broke both my legs when we were little

[punkbass2000]

DO any of you support cities being close together? I would vote for that person. Jonny appears to be out in my view.

[TechWins]

I support long "walks" on the beach with hot women? Should I run for the Coast Guard leader?

[Pythagoras]

Originally posted by punkbass2000
DO any of you support cities being close together? I would vote for that person. Jonny appears to be out in my view.

I agree with close city placement in most situations, much denser culture, easier to move units from nearby city to bolster another city... gives you a productive edge in building units early on.

[Timeline]

Excellent question, so as to not turn this election thread into another arena of debate, I have posted my answer for you here

(p.s. TechWins: But I was the first, doesn't that count for anything )

(p.s. vote for me )

[Jon Shafer]

Just thought I'd point it out, but thanks Timeline for not bogging down the elections with explanations/debates. Outlining your position in your first post is best, but anything else is left to other threads.

[Jonny]

My counterpoint to what Timeline said can be found here.

[Moral Hazard]

I think it's important to decide what happens if there is no majority winner. I started the discussion on the pre-election thread (too lazy to link it is topped tho)