The banana poll series - Part 2

[M. le Comte]

New poll in our attempt to know civ players better.

[Flight]

why oh why didnt i vote banana

[marcuspeddle]

What is this banana poll thing? It's obviously a running joke / in-joke but I don't know why it started. Can anyone fill me in?

[Spiffor]

I love spaceship wicotry, but I also like to win by diplo from time to time, when I have enough with a game. I most often don't finish my games, because I always play on huge+ maps, and the waiting time at the end is too much (I know, I have it coming)

[Spiffor]

Banana is an old joke on 'Poly that you will find everywhere on this site. You can get more information in this thread. For all questions about Apolyton itself, I highly recommand you to check the Community Forum

[aaglo]

Heh.. this poll would be much more interesting, if you had asked "which is your least favourite way of winning the game?"

What I like the most is conquest. It's a challenge.

What I dislike the most is cultural (except in the OCC). It allways sneaks up on you at the most inconvinient times - like just when you have build a huge army and are ready to launch some devastation on your mortal enemies

[Nym]

I quite always go for a spaceship victory: easy and sure. Sometimes I win diplomatically if it seems I will not achieve a space victory.
I never won by domination nor conquest (I am a builder).
I never won by points (it needs too much time and I am usually the first one by points when I launch my spaceship).
Never tried to win culturally (not enough wonders maybe).

[statusperfect]

Domination.

cheers

[Jaybe]

Banana. UN if that's the only chance I've got. Others as it works out, dependent on how the game goes. I agree with aaglo that Cultural can be frustrating if you are working on a domination/conquest victory.

[Fosse]

Banana. The game peters out way before victory.

[alva]

Each time I try to go for a spaceship one, but always end up with a domination victory . Havn't even seen that movie..

[Chemical Ollie]

I try to get a little of everything, but I normally quit my games before full time. Only tournament games and games that will reach my personal hall of fame will be played all the way.

I have turned cultural victory off, as that was the only way I won on Emperor for a while. It sneaks up on you and ruins the fun, just when you are about to invade that enemy continent with your modern armour.

[Aramis]

I turn cultural victory off, now. It DOES sneak up quickly and ruin the fun. Domination seems cheap: why not go for Conquest when that strong? But Conquest victory is warmongering. Spaceship victory is fine if it's truly a race and I have to sabotage somebody else's, or go to war with them to slow them down. Diplomacy not possible for me, with all my warmongering. So maybe I should have voted for Conquest. But I voted Banana because I really want some new victory condition (and not princess, regicide, or silly flags).

[alva]

If you achieve domination, conquest is just a matter of time a probably some tedious turns.
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Turning cultural off is not really fair to the AI IMO who doesn't realise this. It's not really cheating, but you do give yourself the option to neglect a very significant part of the game while the AI doesn't. (this is especially true on higher difficulty levels.)

[Robert]

Conquest