Turnplayer Thread #3

[mostly-harmless]

Seems like the game is down (civstat disconnected).
Imperio also demanded a pause til 5th January.

mh

[regoarrarr]

What if anything have we (or should we) said about the PAL-Rabbits war?

[Sullla]

Imperio wants to pause the game for FIFTEEN days?! Look, I'm fine with a short break for the holidays, but that's crazy.

We've finally been getting some actual turns done recently. Our last "state of the empire" (T85) was on November 17. If their proposal goes through, we will have played a grand total of 10 turns over a span of 60 days!

[ruff_hi]

said nothing via email.

[sunrise089]

Where is the post where Imperio asks to pause the game? I can't seem to find it.

[Kodii]

The Pitboss Connection Thread

Imperio is very bussy this Christmas. If nobody have incovenience we pause the game since 23 Dec to 5 Jan.

[T-hawk]

From the current turn thread:

Mutal had 42 shields last turn, and got 9/turn at last caluculation. Any guesses on what they just finished there?

Longbowman. Costs 50, and we know Mutal started that build right after they got Feudalism. Can the C&D soldier count confirm?

[Sullla]

Yes, but not definitively until next turn. The Demographics bar graphs are always one turn behind the current one. The actual Demographics screen updates in real time, but unless the team in question is #1 or dead last, it's hard to get an exact value from this.

I can find out for you when T95 starts, T-Hawk.

[Sullla]

Also, I was wondering about the tile configuration at Airstrip One? The worker is due in 5 turns. Can we work the cottage for any turns instead of the mine? It does get an extra gold, but I don't know when we need the worker complete by. If we are not able to reduce literature to 5 turns, and we need to switch to building research at x-2, then we can afford a 6-turn worker. But if we can get it down to 5 turns, then we need to keep a 5-turn worker but may be able to work the cottage for at least some of those turns.

I agreed with this point made by sooooo in the Great Library thread, so went ahead and made the swap. Worker from 5t to 6t in the capital, while working the cottage. I ran a rough estimate of our Great Library ETA, and this didn't seem to cause any problems. We will need at least 4 turns + 2 turns of zero science in researching Literature, at the bare minimum.

On another note, I will mention here that I'll be away skiing for a few days after the 25th. Our place is supposed to have wireless Internet, and I'm taking my Civ-capable laptop, but if you should see the turn time ticking down and I haven't posted anything in days, please assume the worst and go ahead and play the turn.

Unless something crazy happens, I will always play the turn within the first 24 hours.

[Swiss Pauli]

Imperio managed to find a stand-in or two, and Templars agreed with my suggestion to pause the game as follows:

- 24-26 December
- 31 December - 2 January

Given Sullla's post above, do we have a turnplayer available to be on-deck 27-30 December?

Thanks in advance.

[sooooo]

I think I should be able to cover those turns if Sullla doesn't make the moves in the first 24 hrs.

[mostly-harmless]

FYI: Zoid of the Rabbits has commented in the Pitboss connection thread, that whether we pause or not is a moot point for the Rabbits.

So it doesn't look good for them, as we suspected.

Imagine we would not have managed to resurrect Banana, the Discovery mission might have turned out to be a big disappointment.


mh

[Zeviz]

I can act as a replacement replacement turnplayer if neither Sooooo nor Sulla can play.

About Rabbits, I am not surprized. They probably trained Axes seeing that PAL has no horses, so PAL's chariot army was able to overwhelm them easily.

[Sullla]

Played the turn, too tired to do the writeup right now. (It is 2am here at the moment... I just couldn't go to sleep without playing the next turn! He he. )

Quick synopsis: we founded our sixth city, which cost us a mere 2gpt and gained up 8 beakers/turn! Demographics info is really looking positive at the moment. If it weren't for PAL's rampage on the other continent, we would be in great shape. Much more to come tomorrow, after I get some sleep.

[mostly-harmless]

Jericho got Christianity. They will pop borders in 10 turns, grabbing the cows.
Templars finally managed to farm the Wheat at Damaskus. (That took ages.)

Merry Christmas to everyone.

mh