SGOTM5 - Russia. Game Thread Team Bede.

Hi everyone, and welcome to the SGOTM5 Game thread.

Note: EVERYONE will have to install the correct resource graphics whether or not they have played SGOTM4.


Here is the start position.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/SGOTM5-starta.jpg
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/SGOTM5-startb.jpg

Map Parameters
Playable Civ - Russia
World size - Large, 25% land give or take.
Difficulty Regent - but plays harder.
The map is handbuilt, and therefore may not have a standard configuration.

Here are a couple of links you might find useful.

The original GOTM23 Announcement. (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/games/gotm23_arabs.shtml)
The Constitution (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=1733966&postcount=61)
The GOTM Reference Thread. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=71788)
SGOTM5 Maintenance Thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=105346)

This Months' sponsored variant is OBCC - One Built City Conquest the rules for which are as follows.

1. You may never build a settler.
2. You must win by conquest victory condition.

Since we're going to be playing this SG for a while, I'd like to know a bit more about my <teammates>. I don't care so much about skill level as style...and it doesn't really matter, I'm just trying to gain some perspective.

Here are some questions for my compatriots:

How would you describe your style of play? Builder? Warmonger?

What do you tend to seek first, military strength, commerce, production, or science?

Do you have preferred civ traits? (This is not intended to start a 'best civ' sub-thread...)

In warfighting, do you prefer to "blitz" or use a "combined arms" approach?

Do you have a favorite Age?

Borrowed the above from scoutsout and thought it might be a useful way to introduce ourselves.

So here are my answers:
How would you describe your style of play? Builder? Warmonger?

Neither. I am opportunistic and commercial.

What do you tend to seek first, military strength, commerce, production, or science?

Above all things else I enjoy trading and diplomacy so I am always looking for competitive advantage. So it's food in the early game, then cash, then, military. Resources and luxuries are important throughout. Science is a tool to get all the other things needed to sustain competitive advantage.

Do you have preferred civ traits?

Nope. Each combination of traits presents both opportunities and challenges. Finding the ways to enhance the opportunities and mitigate the challenges is the most fun.

In warfighting, do you prefer to "blitz" or use a "combined arms" approach?

Overwhelming force, however attained. I usually seek the weakest opponent who holds something I need, hit 'em hard and take what I want.

Do you have a favorite Age?
Every Age has its own set of challenges and opportunities.

I tend to overbuild things like courthouses, libraries and marketplaces.

My military is often inadequate to the task at hand and I occasionally over-commit and forget to provide for defense.

I view corruption and waste as personal affronts so will try too hard to eliminate them.

On the other hand I really love squeezing the last minim of juice from the pomegranate. Hand me a large empire with lots of towns and I can spend hours tuning and trimming to get maximum output and minimum waste.

There are lots of things I don't know about this game so I prefer playing SG's to solo games: I learn a lot from fellow players and don't get that middle of the night, it's dark and I'm lost feeling when confronted with a nasty challenge.

Signing in :)

Playing style: not afraid to get my sword bloody.

Strengths: early Commercial strength is a by product of my obsession with Workers. Followed by a later concentration on Science ;)

Civ traits: they all work just fine for me.

Strategies: generally I fell that combined arms work best but, as with any generalisation, sometimes you just have to push.

Favourite age: not sure I have one. Difficulty & map settings can radically change the way a game pans out.

Looking forward to an enjoyable game with you all.


Ted

Shall I PM your team guys? Looks like they need a gentle reminder. ;) They have a reasonable post count in SGOTM4 though - so no need to worry. :)

It is not acceptable for three members of a team to not check in 3 days after a game starts. I am sorry, but I must scratch this team and place Ted an Bede in other teams.

Hi! Is this team is still active? It was a weekend and I was out of reach of computer. Sorry.

Thread closed for inactivity.