30% Iron Civer Tournament- The Forge of Champions

[Moonbars]

LOL, yes, throw your feeble forces at my Mighty Moonbarean Horde and we'll have the game won before my Holidays

[Rommel2D]

I'm sorry, but dogpiles may not be discussed in the organizational thread...

[Aqualung71]

Ok, dogpile discussion has now been moved to private emails. Whoever isn't getting them may be in trouble.

[bongo]

Oops

[Rommel2D]

And the gladiator-generals resume to plot and maneuver...

[cue Kirk vs alien themesong]

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by bongo
Oops

Bongo, you must have known you would be dogpiled on again here ... I mean, after the LAST game, it was clear you enjoyed being on the short end of a 3 on 1 dogpile ... and I have to say you didn't do too badly there either ...

[bongo]

Getting SoZ from an early SGL helped. Then again, wihtout that SGL there may not have been a dogpile in the first place...

Fascinating how the game is shaped by random events(like SGLs and geography)

[Aqualung71]

Something tells me this is going to be a short game.

Well, short for me, anyway

[Aqualung71]

I'm looking for a clarification and reminder perhaps.

What level of discussion are we allowed to hold with players we have met, before an Embassy is established? I am not talking about tech trading - that is fairly clear.

[Rommel2D]

I think all the restrictions are covered in 1-2 of the code. The only other restriction that relates is with military coordination. Sharing military plans against another player requires an alliance to be declared in the f4 screen (and obviously an embassy).

[Aqualung71]

What about discussions in general? Are we able to discuss how we feel about other players, what others are doing to us, etc?

[bongo]

Why not? As long as we follow the restrictions already in the rules about details etc.

[Rommel2D]

Steeling our time...

Looking over the smoldering embers of Civ3, I'm wondering what it will take to produce some flames to keep us warm until Civ4 is released. Here's some kindling: are enough people interested in another Iron Civer?

My intial plan proposal:

Preliminary round of 4(or 5)-player games:
Double (2-city) elimination
Tiny pangaea, 70% water
Monarch level
Climate/Temperature/Age Random
Roaming Barbarians
Y-Wrapping on
Cultural conversions on
Scientific Great Leaders off
No culturally linked start
Last player must set NoAIPatrol to 0 in their .ini file
The map will be previewed to make sure there are no island starts. All seafaring tribes will be assured of a coastal start


Games will be played with a new Iron Civer Scenario:
(v1.2)
1> SGLs will be turned off. Copernicus’ Observatory is a Scientific Wonder.
2> Basic barbarians are archers. Advanced barbarians are Mounted Warriors.
3> Democracy has free unit support equal to that of the Republic (1/3/4). Corruption for Feudalism reduced to minimal. Secret Police HQ are available to Fascism insead of Communism [ed]and becomes available with Industrialization[/ed].
4> Artillery, Radar Artillery, Tank, Mechanized Infantry, Modern Armor, and Panzer have wheeled property.
5> Ivory is a strategic resource, with appearance ratio of 160 (the same as Iron and Horses), disappearance ratio of 400 (same as alluminum). Tobacco is a luxury resource.
6> Colosseums can be a Tourist Attraction. [Note: This really isn't as important as the rest of the mods here- its more of an 'indigo' mod. A laurel wreath goes to any master of arcane trivia that can explain what that means...]
7> Espionage is an optional Ancient Era tech requiring only Writing [ed]will require Map Making[/ed], with a 30 base cost. 'Cursus Publicus' is a new small wonder identical in function to the Intelligence Agency, costing 200 shields, giving 1 culture, available with Espionage and made obsolete by Nationalism. Industrialisation is now the prerequisite for the IA. [ed]Steal World Map missions have a base cost of 10 instead of 1.[/ed]


Final Tournament structure and rules will depend on the level of interest expressed, but there will be an actively enforced 24-hour clock again. Tribes will be picked by players with identically ranked ones being ignored for the involved players. Circumstances permitting, I'll organize the prelim games so that there are as few rematches from the last Tournament as possible. If anyone is interested, PM or email me the following information:
Your Email for turns:
Password:
Top 5 tribes desired (in order):
Do you wish to use Iron Civer Warrior Code diplomacy options #1-2a) and b)? (Y to both or N to both):
Combat Reporting Level [#4-2 in Warrior Code] Preference (0-3.5):
Primary Availability Times (in actual GMT):

This won't start for a few weeks at the earliest. If we can't get at least 16 interested players, this probably won't happen at all...

[Krill]

nm

[Paddy]

Bring it on Romell