SGOTM 01 - Hapshepsut of Egypt

This game will be played in Civ4, patched to v1.61.

This first SGOTM will not feature any advanced variant.. the winner simply will be the team that wins the game at the earliest game date with either domination or a diplomatic victory. All victory conditions are still enabled though, with exception of Space Race, so you have to avoid getting another type of victory (and of course prevent the AIs from winning).

The information required to place you in a suitable team is as follows:-


Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?


The game will start on May 12.

Here's the start.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/civ4games/images/SGOTM01_start.jpg

Map Parameters
Playable Civ - Hapshepsut of Egypt
World size - Standard
Difficulty - Monarch
Landform - Mystery
Game Speed - Epic

Permanent Alliances are turned on (can form permanent alliances after either communism or fascism is researched)
Space race is disabled.
Egypt is locked into war with Huayna Capac of the Incas.
Egypt is locked into peace with an unknown civilization.

The map is hand built, and therefore may not have a standard configuration.

Please visit the following links to ensure that you are adequately prepared:
Civ4 SGOTM reference thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=168439)

Notes:

A. ONLY Civilization4 v1.61 is supported for this SGOTM. All teams will compete for a single award - the Gold Laurels.

B. All teams must play the sponsored variant - victory will be awarded for the fastest victory by either domination or diplomacy.

C. All saved game files uploaded to the server are parsed through software that extracts and archives data about your save, including reload count for each turn set.

D. Spoiler information will absolutely NOT be tolerated in this thread.

I look forward to seeing how the different teams will approach this game. With many teams playing the same game while discussing tactics and documenting the progress with turn logs, I hope some new game insights will surface :)

Yay, i'm first.
Monarch
Yes
yes
edit:team Chaos please

After Gyathaar's PM about my problems with floodplains I will afterall sign up. I can see floodplains in black unexplored regions, but no units or anything else. I try not to scroll over black regions but sometimes I still catch a glimpse of them. I will obviously not mention or act on any I do spot but may also be restricted on screenies I post. I do not wish to hide this, so if it is or becomes a problem, please exclude me.

1. I've not played many gemes as I've had problems getting Civ 4 going at all, so Noble happily, just trying my first Prince game which I shall probably lose after an absolutely awful start position that I did well to survive from at all.

2. No (floodplains)

3. Regular Civ 3 SGOTM player

4. Jericho Hill, Igloo Dude, Tauro, Whomp, Admiral K. (and Igor)

Yes, please.
Prince
Yes
No
No

Thanks very much.

Monarch
Yes
Yes
No arranged team, but I will be happy if team Peanut wants to rejoin.

I really really want to play this game, but I still don't own a copy of Civ4 :crazyeye: I'll sign up anyway, thinking that I will be able to get one before May 12.

1. No idea whatsoever, never played. Deity level in Civ3 though.
2. No.
3. Yup, played the last three civ3 SGOTMs.
4. Not that I know of, but maybe some of Team Smurkz will find there way here as well (Methos, you around? :)).

This sounds like fun.

I am most comfortable in noble, although I'll obviously be practicing monarch now.:crazyeye:

I've never played a succession game, or any of the games of teh month. I've read this site for several years with great interest, but only recently have been moved by exapseration with the AI's to get involved.

I am upgraded to patch 1.61 on my civ4?

I don't know anyone, so am open to any team that will have me.

meranda Blue wonblueway@alltel.net

Sign me in :]

1. Emperor
2. Yes
3. No
4. No

I'm in.

1.Noble/Monarch
2.yes
3.yes, SGOTM7-9
4. no preference yet

Alright, I'm going to give this a go.

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Noble; no attempts above yet.
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? No.
3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? SGs, yes, SGOTMs, no.
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with? No.

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?

Monarch

2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?

Yes

3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?

Yes

4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

Yes 'Gator is putting up a team, I believe.

Let the good times, roll!

SGOTM 01 - Hapshepsut of Egypt


Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?




Monarch
yes
no
yes I Hope, Jerichohill is working :)

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?

Prince, but monarch can work as well

2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?

Yes

3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?

Yes

4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

hmm, dont know how much of team hagar is available to play civ 4. but two guys i loved playing with were Abegweit and Bede

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Emporer
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? Yes, all of them.
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? No
Do you have a group of players you want to play with? No

Team is comfortable with Noble, mostly. I am comfortable at Prince

Yes, I've played several GOTMs

Yes, I've played SG's, with team members.

Yes, we have a group of players.

JerichoHill
FriskyMike (not playing, but advising, due to life stuff)
IglooDude
Tauro
WHOMP
A Turkish Guy (We may need someone else)

This should be fun.
prince
no
yes to succession games but not civ3 sgotm
no team to speak of. Anyone really, but it would be interesting to form a east coast group etc or something like that.

Ummm... Seconding JerichoHill, I guess. :)

I'm high-Noble, low-Prince, never played in a succession game before.

And my friend won't be joining, alas.

Signing in:
1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. No

Sign in:
1: Prince/Noble
2: Yes
3: No
4: No

Sign up for me!!

1. Emporer
2. Nope
3. Yep, a couple of SGOTM for C3C, and more than 20 SG's
4. Would like to play with either Gator's group or if that is unavailible, With Team CDZ

I would like to be responsible if I sign in, so I have a couple of questions:
1.- What is the timeframe for the whole game?
2.- What should be my time commitment to this game? (I mean, how many days will it take to fulfil its turn to an average player?)
Thank you.

I'll have a go at this one.

Prince (win 90%, probably time to move up but I get builderitis)
Yes
Yes
No

Guess I'll go for it.

1. Noble.
2. Yes, all but the England one.
3. No, no succession games.
4. No, no team preference.

count me in

1) Monarch
2) played GOTM 3-5
3) never
4) put me anywhere it is needed

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. No
4. No

A question to the map: Are there only those two other civs or are there more? Or is this a secret?

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?



1. Monarch/Emperor
2. Yes,starting with GOTM 3
3. In the middle of my first now.
4. Looks like the crew from our current SG will be reforming for this - Kikinit, sooo, and Ralph Jackson

This sounds like fun

1. Which level? prince - monarch

2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? Not here.
3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? No
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with? No

A question to the map: Are there only those two other civs or are there more? Or is this a secret?
Yes.. Now you just have to guess which of your 3 questions I answered :)

I would like to be responsible if I sign in, so I have a couple of questions:
1.- What is the timeframe for the whole game?
2.- What should be my time commitment to this game? (I mean, how many days will it take to fulfil its turn to an average player?)
Thank you.

1. There is no set timeframe for SGOTM.. it depends how fast the teams play.. when the signup for the next SGOTM starts and your teams is still playing, you know you are one of the last teams to finish... and the game will close soon :rolleyes:
I would guess anywhere from 1 to 3 months for this one..

2. This depends a lot on the team (and the game and if in early game or endgame)... some teams discuss so much between turns that most of what has to be done for next player is already laid out - but this means more time is spent discussing strats in the thread.. it also depends on how fast the team plays.. If they play 10 turnsets in a week it becomes more hours than if only 2 turnsets are done.
When playing the turns most of the time is usually spent writing down what you do (and why) plus taking screenshots than the actual playing.
It could be anything from 30 mins per week to 10+ hours per week depending on how involved you get :)

argh sorry, ive decided i should not risk it by playing with my tight scheldule, sorry again

Yes.. Now you just have to guess which of your 3 questions I answered :)
:mischief:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

I'd like to get in on this as well.

1. Prince/Monarch
2. Yes, one ;)
3. Yes :p
4. With Gator's Crew if possible. :D

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? - Have won the occasional game at Noble but tend to do better at Warlord
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? - No
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? - No
Do you have a group of players you want to play with? - No

ok im joining but what is the deadline for completing the game? im limited to play a lot of the days cos i got school + coursework :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
The guideline is that you should pick up the save within 24 hours of the previous player posting it, and you should post your turn log and save within 72 hours of the previous player's post. This has been found to provide a reasonable level of continuity overall. If you run much slower than this the individual players will lose track of where the game is going and the team will lose focus on its objectives.

As Gyathaar has indicated, we determine the overall guillotine date based on the progress made by the teams, but it will probably last two or three months. Your whole team will be responsible for keeping the game going. Your personal responsibility will be to warn your team when you know you will have a problem playing a set of turns, preferably in advance, so that they can rearrange the player schedule.

If you sign up knowing that you are going to be repeatedly unavailable, and asking for skips, then you are doing your team no favours. They will end up playing your turns and wanting another player ... but that is usually difficult to organise given that a replacement player should not have read any of the other team threads.

1--deity -emperor (%40 win for deity , %95 win for emperor)
2-no
3-no
4-i know one. :).

many thanks, this has cleared a lot of questions i had :)

if we can arrange a schedule, im sure ill be able to fit the game in a few days a week, thanks again

1. prince
2. submitted the last one, played most of the others, i didnt submit because i found them too late
3. no
4. no pref, i am on GMT +2 if that matters at all

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Noble to Monarch
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
No
3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Yes
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
Not really, anyone who would have me

1- noble, maybe prince
2- no
3- yup
4- not really

1. Princeish/Monarchish
2. Nope
3. Yep
4. OK since I haven't seen any of the idiots sign up and Jericho Hill has asked me to join his crew they will get a full on "idiot". My goal in this game will be to spread the word of idiocy beyond C3C where we've converted people on five continents in the MTDG. Jericho and Igloo Dude you're stuck with me now. :D

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?

I mostly play on Monarch for fun, but occassionally play Emp.

Civ4 GOTM games before? Yes.
Any SGs before? No.
Group of players? No.

If it takes 2-3 months, we may run into some summer vacations. Do you ever bump up the number of turns per player to have games move a little faster?

1 emperor
2 yes
3 no
4 no

comments inserted.


Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Monarch / emperor.

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Technically, yes I have.....

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Yes.

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
I hope so! We will try, and let you know ;)

1) Prince/Monarch
2) yes
3) no
4) no

I am willing to give this a go...

1. I play comfortably on prince (win around 95% of Prince games)
2. Yes, I played one C4 GOTM (GOTM2 I believe)
3. No, I haven't played any SG's at all. However, I have lurked many SG's in forums :-)
4. No

Prince/Monarch : depends on map type/trait. Lakes, for instance, I find quite challenging at monarch.
Retired miserably after awful starts in 3 and 4
No
EDIT : would join Kikinit team

1. Prince
2. Nope
3. Yes
4. Hell yeah, Our current SG crew, Team Chaos is joining the fun.
Confirmed are Munterpipe, Ruff Hi, Chriseay and jeejeep.
Chrth, Zalson, Strauss, Pindicator, Sharog, and MinionJoe are not yet confirmed.

I understand that the team can be vetoed due to different reasons?
Is there a limit on team members?
I assume that the team can play anyway it wants, including variants?

@munterpipe: Ten players seems a little excessive, if all of your list signs up. We normally build teams of around 6 people. Do you guys usually play huge maps and marathons? I may decide to limit team size, though it has never come up as an issue before.

This is a fastest-finish-wins game, so if you are trying for the laurels you'll be done in 400-500 turns. (a) You might want to think hard about whether you should handicap yourselves with additional variant rules and (b) ten players will only get four turn sets each.

@munterpipe: Ten players seems a little excessive, if all of your list signs up. We normally build teams of around 6 people. Do you guys usually play huge maps and marathons? I may decide to limit team size, though it has never come up as an issue before.

This is a fastest-finish-wins game, so if you are trying for the laurels you'll be done in 400-500 turns. (a) You might want to think hard about whether you should handicap yourselves with additional variant rules and (b) ten players will only get four turn sets each.AlanH - I don't think that you have grasped the beauty of team chaos. There is NO-WAY that we will be finished in 400-500 turns. Check out our current chaotic SG (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=159531) for an indication of the likely results we will achieve. The only issue I see is that the prankster is going to have a bit of a dull time (assuming 'no cheat' is enabled).

OK. So you're vying for the wooden spoon? Oh, well, I guess it takes all sorts .... :p

Yes, this will be a protected save. No cheats, no World Builder ...

PS I'd review the length of your sig if I were you. There are mods around here that take these things seriously ;)

1. Noble for fun, Prince for a challenge
2. Yes
3. Yes (once)
4. I would prefer to play with more experienced players to improve my game.

I'd like to sign up too.

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Prince
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? No
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? SG - Yes, Civ3 SGOTM - No
Do you have a group of players you want to play with? Yes. mike p, ralph_jackson and sooooo and I'm working on getting one more.

EDIT: The 5th team member is blid.

I'd like to sign up.

1) Prince
2) Yes. Sort of. I played the first one, but didn't turn it in. I won the diplomatic vote.
3) Yes. Sort of. I played one half way through and then abandoned my team rather rudely. :(
4) Whoever will have me, given my murky history, and questionable intentions

1) Prince
2) No
3) No
4) No

Sign me up!


Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Prince / Monarch
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? Yes #2-5 (I'm 2-2)
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? no
Do you have a group of players you want to play with? no


Thanks.

4. Not that I know of, but maybe some of Team Smurkz will find there way here as well (Methos, you around? :)).

Oh yeah, I'm still here. Hopefully the rest of our team is too.

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Team Smurkz

1) Making transition from Noble to Prince.
2) Submitted most recent, no others.
3) SG's yes, SGOTM no.
4) No.

Sign me up

Noble/Prince
Yes
No
No

Thanks :)

Oh yeah, I'm still here. Hopefully the rest of our team is too.

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Team Smurkz
:eek: LA LA LA LA LA LA

Sign me up

Prince
No
Yes
No, but I'd prefer a European team if possible... :mischief:

Thx :goodjob:

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?

Prince

2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?

Not Officially

3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?

Yes 1 but had to drop halfway thru

4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

Currently not...
Edit: I have been accepted as the newest member of VQ, please add me to that team. (Maquis, Greyfox and the lot)

Sign me up.

1. Prince
2. GOTM5 Catherine of Russia
3. No
4. No

Paulk

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. In my first SG
4. The team with Kikinit, mike p, ralph_jackson and Blid

Thanks.

Certainly, I will play.
1. Immortal
2. Yes
3. Too many but none in Civ4 yet
4. I'm not sure, I think CDZ might be able to field a team. Or may be I'll join some other team if not.

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Monarch

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Yes

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
No

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
No. Would appreciate any higher level team that could help me learn :)

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Monarch/Empiror
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
yes/no(Played one's, did not submit)
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Yes, Played succession games
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
no, but generally I would prefure to play with some people who
are creasy enogth to try non common strategies.

1. Monarch
2. No
3. No
4. JerichoHill and IglooDude (we're taking a Libertarian-themed approach)

Edit: Changed #4 from "No preference" to indicate preferred teammates.

prince
yes
no
no

1 - Emperor (in 1.51)
2 - Yes
3 - Basicly no, but I understand the process
4 - No [EDIT] If CDZ feilds a team I would ask them to include me.

I shall admit that there is every chance of real life interupting my turns at some point, but I can garantee to post information so I can be skiped.

Count me in I'm still learning the game but can just about hold my own on noble. I've played some GOTM's but never submitted also completed one SG and we won!!!

I don't have a group but would prefer beginner players so we can all make our mistakes together :-)

Looking forward.

:signed:
1 / Prince-monarch
2 / Yes
3 / No, but I understand the process
4 / No

Regarding the questions:
1) Monarch/Emperor
2) yes
3) no
4) no

I'm looking forward to a succession game. I've certainly enjoyed reading them in the past. Thanks to the staff.

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Monarch

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Played, yes. Completed/submitted? No :mischief:

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Oh yeah.

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
VQ team should be signing up, I'll play with them this go-round rather than Chaos

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Er ... Chieftian? :lol: .... Prince/Monarch

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Nope

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Of-course, Civ4-SG

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
VQ team, if VQ team is playing ... else whoever that wants a grumpy old fox ...

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Monarch

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Nope

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Civ4-SG

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
VQ team

Sign me up

1. Monarch (I've won 1 out of 6 on Emperor)
2. Yes
3. Yes, with Civ3
4. No preference

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?

Prince -- Monarch with a good start

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?

I played 1 & 2 but never actually submitted

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?

SG - yes
Civ3 SGOTM - no

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

The winning team? :groucho: Never hurts to ask, right? :D
Just put me in, Coach!

noble
yes
no
no

Monarch
Yes
No
No

Sign me up.
1. Noble
2. GOTM4, GOTM5
3. No.
4. No

Prince
Played a few but never submitted
No
No

Gotta do this...


Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Noble: win 80% of time; Prince: win 40% of time; Monarch: get crushed 100% of the time:(
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? Yes
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? No
Do you have a group of players you want to play with? No; just whoever will take me

I'm in.

1. Prince/Monarch (more prince since 161)
2. Played all cIV GOTMs but never submitted
3. in several SG's now.
4. Yes. "The Queen's Men" (tentative title ~ the one w/Rex_Tyranus, Timon of Athens, Omni_Paul, Quack and Talamane)

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Noble
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Played first one but not submitted
3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
No
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
no

Prince but I don't really mind getting thrashed by the AI, it teaches so much.
Yes played all but GOTM1, submitted only GOTM5.
Played a beginners SG, it was fun. Lurked many times in Civ3 SGOTM.
Some nice friendly people who are prepared to formulate a team plan and stick to it.

1. Monarch
2. No
3. Yes
4. Yes. Pholkero, Rex_Tyranus, Timon of Athens, Omni_Paul, and Talamane.

Question: Are we allowed to pick our own team names?

arm sufficiently twisted...

1. Which level: Monarch
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? No
3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? Yes, many.
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with? Yes, with Pholkhero and Quack.

@Quack: IF we can pick our team names, I don't want you calling us the Poopmen. It's bad enough that Pholk wants us to be the Queenies.

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?

Very comfortable at Noble, getting used to Prince

2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?

No.

3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?

I have the honour to be part of "PH2 - Rise of the Queen Mother" right now.

4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

I'll play with the Queen Mother guys - pholkhero, rex_tyranus, Qwack, omni_paul, and Talamane.

LT

Emperor
Yes
No
akots, Dynamic, Obormot, Ptitsa Consul, Witan, Cat Behemoth

Monarch
Yes
No
akots, Dynamic, Obormot, Ptitsa Consul, Witan, Lexad :)

...
akots, Dynamic, Obormot, Ptitsa Consul, Witan, Lexad :)

Indeed, it seems there is a Russian team formed:

akots
Cat Behemoth
Dynamic
EsatP
Lexad
Obormot
Ptitsa Consul
Witan

Eight players should be enough for a long epic speed game. :)

1. Noble
2. yes (2 of them)
3. yes
4. no pref

Team is comfortable with Noble, mostly. I am comfortable at Prince

Yes, I've played several GOTMs

Yes, I've played SG's, with team members.

Yes, we have a group of players.

JerichoHill
FriskyMike (not playing, but advising, due to life stuff)
IglooDude
Tauro
WHOMP
A Turkish Guy
Cheers JH. This game looks v interesting, and I'm looking forward to taking part in some discussions with the other players who I haven't been in an SG with yet... Anyway my answers even though I'm not playing:
- I am very comfortable at Monarch. Fast expansion & poor tactical AI makes it too easy.
- I have played 2 GOTMs but not completed them :blush: SGOTM would be good to force me to finish, I have no problem seeing SGs through to the end.
- Have played in some SGs including a diplo win on prince and conquest win on monarch, currently having fun with some barbs and JH

Prince - Monarch (win as good as always on Prince, seem to be about 1:2 against on Monarch).
Yes
Yes
I haven't seen Gator checking in yet, but if he's got a team, I'd like to join it together with leif and Romeo :)

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?


1) Monarch.
2) Yes.
3) Yes
4) Not at this time.

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. I confirm that i sign up for the russian team.

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Monarch

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Played, yes. Submitted? No

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Yup.

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

Yes, VQ team (I am the VQ coordinator)

This should be fun to play; so here are my qualifications:

1. Prince
2. Have not
3. Have not
4. Do not have

@munterpipe: Ten players seems a little excessive, if all of your list signs up. We normally build teams of around 6 people. Do you guys usually play huge maps and marathons? I may decide to limit team size, though it has never come up as an issue before.



I understand. I really don't think that everybody on the list will sign up.
We have only four players confirmed by now.
Of the other six, one has declined, and one (minionJoe) will only join as sort of an alternate because of lack of time. I'll check with the other four in the next few days, and put up a team then. (hopefully not to large;))
Does that seem ok to you, AlanH?
If there's a lot of interest, we could always split the team in two, right?

Edit: Strauss is in as well, making it five confirmed players

1. Prince
2. Yes
3. Yes to SG's, no to Civ3 SGOTM
4. Yes, VQ team

I understand. I really don't think that everybody on the list will sign up.
We have only four players confirmed by now.
Of the other six, one has declined, and one (minionJoe) will only join as sort of an alternate because of lack of time. I'll check with the other four in the next few days, and put up a team then. (hopefully not to large;))
Does that seem ok to you, AlanH?
If there's a lot of interest, we could always split the team in two, right?

Edit: Strauss is in as well, making it five confirmed players
Sounds fine so far. Let's see how it pans out over the next few days. I'm not going to start seriously trying to construct the teams until after the weekend, anyway. I'm away over the weekend, and too busy before then.

hey, I'm really stupid and can mess up any game.

1. prince if the planets are properly aligned
2. nope, I'm too stoopid
3. yep, until bede said i was too stoopid
4. whoever is unluckly enough to get stuck with me

on the plus side, I can be amusing at times for comic relief and i have this sidekick, Igor, to deploy

1. Monarch (still learning the ropes though)
2. yes
3. yes
4. Proud member of the Xteam as it makes the jump to cIV


Xteam members:
Gator
leif erikson
Bede
Capt Buttkick
romeothemonk
<<reserved spot>>

1. Noble/Prince/Monarch - whatever takes my fancy
2. No.
3. Several.
4. Yes... Already mentioned by the others (rex, pholk, qwack, t of a, tala)

1. Prince.
2. GOTM1, 2, 4 and currently 5, but have not submitted.
3. A friend of mine and I have played two succession games on Prince.
4. If my friend joins up I will get him to request being on the same team.

Hello all!

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Prince, but I am trying Monarch

2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
No

3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
No

4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
In Russian team with akots & Co

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Monarch

2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Yes, 4OTM-1

3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
No

4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
In CFR (Russian) team

CFR team:
akots
Dynamic
Lexad
Obormot
Ptitsa Consul
Cat Behemoth
EsatP
Witan

A little off topic, I notice there are several long signatures appearing in this thread that don't confirm to the Forum Rules.


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Please try to comply :)

I already signed... update on pref team...
4 / ex-YU players if possible

Yes, we have a group of players.

JerichoHill
FriskyMike (not playing, but advising, due to life stuff)
IglooDude
Tauro
WHOMP
A Turkish Guy (We may need someone else)
hey, I'm really stupid and can mess up any game.

1. prince if the planets are properly aligned
2. nope, I'm too stoopid
3. yep, until bede said i was too stoopid
4. whoever is unluckly enough to get stuck with me

on the plus side, I can be amusing at times for comic relief and i have this sidekick, Igor, to deploy @Alan H

....Jericho Hill suggested we add another idiot to this team so we'll take the Admiral (and Igor) so we'll have
Jericho Hill
Igloo Dude
Tauro
Whomp
Admiral K. and Igor
Turkish Guy if he signs up?
and possibly one more

Count me in please.

1. noble
2. yes
3. no
4. none

i'll play too.
1.prince or monarch doesn't matter
2.no
3.no
4.no

@Alan H

....Jericho Hill suggested we add another idiot to this team so we'll take the Admiral (and Igor) so we'll have
Jericho Hill
Igloo Dude
Tauro
Whomp
Admiral K. and Igor
Turkish Guy if he signs up?
and possibly one moreI don't have a team yet if you need one more handicap idiot....

would like to sign up Team Rat Pack with the following members:

ThERat
Greebley
knupp715
Till
Tatran

and to answer the questions, I think we would be comfortable with monarch, I guess we all have played SG's, some more some less, same for SGOTM's.

Hello!

1. Noble/Prince
2. No
3. No
4. No

I don't have a team yet if you need one more handicap idiot....
Done! It's a team.
Jericho Hill
Igloo Dude
Tauro
Whomp
Admiral K. and Igor
Furiey

1. Noble
2. Yes
3. No
4. No


Let's get it on!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. No
4. CFR

Done! It's a team.
Jericho Hill
Igloo Dude
Tauro
Whomp
Admiral K.
Igor
Furiey

:stupid: :clap:
Now we have to find a name for this creature :)

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?


OK - I'm in.

comfortable? Noble. I've started playing Prince, but comfortable is not the right word.
No - never played a GOTM
Likewise no.
No.

1. Monarch
2. Yes (not posted)
3. No
4. No

I'll play. Tried to get a RB team together, but it looks like it's a no-go, so I'm a free agent.

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?

Monarch-Emperor

Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?

Just one. Mostly play SG's and RB Epics

Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?

Lots of SG experience, no SGOTM experience.

Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

Nope, free agent!

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Monarch
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Yes, but I have yet to submit one (I only finished one)
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
No :( -- but I want to!
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
No

Signing in:

1. Noble
2. Yes, but haven't submitted results
3. No
4. No

1. Prince
2. no
3. no
4. no

Well, I've been debating signing up... while am comfortable playing Civ IV at any level, I do have a phobia about noobing something up and letting down a team of human players. But I think I'll give it a go:

Comfortable: Emperor +
GOTM: Yes
SG: No
Team: Prefer not to play on an extremely competitive team. I'm looking for a team that is willing to relax and learn from mistakes (and share a few chuckles in the process). ;)

Team: Prefer not to play on an extremely competitive team. I'm looking for a team that is willing to relax and learn from mistakes (and share a few chuckles in the process). ;)
I'll be on that team! Although, I am no emperor :blush:

I've been debating this myself as some of you have. Unfortunately, I can only play on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. So, unless that schedule can fit in with a team, I guess I'll settle for being an alternate for some team.

1. Noble/Prince (stuck here because I keep trying to win by dom as early as possible)
2. Yes, but did not submit
3. Yes, but I was way out of my league then :)
4. No.

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. No
4. No

@ mauer and the hawk...

i would be willing to make up a new team with you guys... get back to me and we can discuss further

Oooh, knew I'd forgotten to post in here.

Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Prince, I play Monarch but tend to lose :P It's worth noting that I perform much better in SGs though - I reckon I concentrate more :)
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
The first one, then I got distracted by SGs :)
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before?
Several SGs for Civ 4.
Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
If Snaproll'll have me I'd like to play with him - we seem to be the only peeps from RB up for it at present.

Sounds like fun!

1. Monarch
2. No
3. No
4. Any team with a sense of humor :D

... and ready to go Inca hunting :D

Hey let's try it!

1. Prince (Monarch)
2. Yes 4 & 5
3. No
4. Any

1. Monarch
2. Not one
3. Played a few SG's
4. I'd quite like to be on any RB team as long as they don't detest me yet!

1. Monarch
2. Nope
3. EDIT: Forgot to read the questions: I have played in some SG's, no GOTM though
4. I've gotta go with the RB crew. Chaos would just drive me nuts.

I would like to sign up for the first Civ4 SGOTM. As a former member of Team Peanut I would like to start a Civ4 Team Peanut. Civ-Steve has already agree to be a member.

I am a Prince-Monarch player in Civ4.
I have not played any of the Civ4 GOTMs.
I have played both Civ3GOTM and CivSGOTM games.
As stated earlier I would like to start a new team Peanut and would like to see at least 50% of the members old nuts!

@ mauer and the hawk...

i would be willing to make up a new team with you guys... get back to me and we can discuss further


Mods... looks like we have the start of a new team under a philosophy of relax, learn, and have fun:

juballs2001
mauer
the-hawk


By the way, could somebody tell me what an "RB team" is? :confused:

By the way, could somebody tell me what an "RB team" is? :confused:
RB is a website http://realmsbeyond.net/ .. a RB team is a team of players from that website :)

Thanks for organizing this, Gyathaar and AlanH! Sign me up please.


Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Started my first game yesterday, so I don't know. Prince level seems to be very doable.
Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? No.
Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? Yes.
Do you have a group of players you want to play with? Team Smurkz!

1. prince
2.no
3.no
4.no

Sign me up!! :D

1. emperor (but don't win consistently)
2. yes--all but first
3. no
4. would like to be on a team that is about learning and enjoying the experience

Sign up:

1. Immortal
2. No
3. No
4. No

Oh yeah.

Teamname
Captain Insano and His Lunatic Fringe

(coming soon to a cheap bar near you)

1. Noble/Prince
2. No
3. No
4. Trying to drum up support but knowing how slack my friends are....no

Hey, this sounds like a laugh, sign me up.

1) Prince/Monarch (although I've only played one game with 1.61)
2) Yup, played 'em all. Scraped through as Toku and got caned as Gandhi.
3) No succession game experience for me. I've read a couple of the RB one's though.
4) Anyone who'll have me... I'm an Aussie if that help/hinders... Also, I wanna have some fun, so somewhere chilled out would be sweet.

On a technical note, I suffer from random CTD's. Is that an issue? I figure with only 10 turns per turnset I *should* be fine, but I can't make no promises.

I want to play another SGOTM

1) Emperor
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) Any team edit: Juballs2001 asked me to join the team: juballs2001, mauer, the-hawk so please sign me up with them

update.

Team Name Unknown

Juballs2001
Mauer
The-Hawk
Ronald

1. Monarch
2. No
3. A few
4. The team with Kikinit, mike p, sooo and Blid

Thanks.

1. Prince/Monarch (map dependency)
2. No.
3. 4 SGs for Civ4
4. The Queen's Men (Pholkhero). If that is not possible, then the team with Kikinit, mike p, sooo and Blid, & R Jackson

I wanted to ask how the always peace option was enabled with one of the AI. The closest thing I could see was that in the world builder you could set an AI relationship slider to 100. After doing this however, the civilization was still "Cautious" towards my civilization so I am not sure how that feature works.

Always peace is a custom game option

The Smurkz have caught another soul:
Niklas
Methos
zyxy
McLMan

I wanted to ask how the always peace option was enabled with one of the AI. The closest thing I could see was that in the world builder you could set an AI relationship slider to 100. After doing this however, the civilization was still "Cautious" towards my civilization so I am not sure how that feature works.

Have to manually edit the worlbuildersave and set
PermanentWarPeace=(otherteamnumber)
For both the 2 teams/players that you want locked

For Permanent locked war with one civ, you add

PermanentWarPeace=(otherteamnumber)
AtWar=(otherteamnumber)

in both teams

1. prince
2. no
3. 2 civ3 sgotm
4. If there is enough to have a team CDZ, if not, I'm free

Hey hey, I'd like to participate as well with team CDZ: that'd be bed_head7, barbu1977, samson, grahamiam and yours truly.

EDIT: and I want to welcome Socralynnek to our team as well :) That makes 6 of us then.

Hey, shabba, you forgot me... I am also in team CDZ then...

I have some questions and comments before I build the draft team lists:

@Munterpipe: There are only three personal sign-ups from the original list you gave for Chaos - you, jeejeep and ruff_hi (and ruff_hi didn't really sign up!). Is this team real?

@ZerrorR: Who is "ex-YU"? No one else has indicated they are in that group.

@akots: You have eight players in Team CFR. They include EsatP who hasn't signed in himself. If he does, are you OK with that large a rotation?

As a general principle I shall NOT include any player in a team unless s/he has signed up here personally.

Self-selected teams of six or more will be left as they stand, on the assumption that the players already know each other and are unlikely to go AWOL.

A number of teams have named five players or fewer. I shall add players with no existing team allegiance to these teams to make them up to a minimum of seven or eight (to allow for drop-outs) unless you tell me you have identified other players, and get them to sign up in the next couple of days.

Other uncommitted players will be allocated to new teams of eight players, again to allow for drop-outs

Hey hey, I'd like to participate as well with team CDZ: that'd be bed_head7, barbu1977, samson, grahamiam and yours truly.
Please can bed_head7 sign in to complete your team?

Can I have my own team? :)

My team will be a bunch of of nonsensical idiots doing a hard level for the first (ie emp?)(ieie a learning experiance). :crazyeye:

would like to sign up Team Rat Pack with the following members:

ThERat
Greebley
knupp715
Till
Tatran

and to answer the questions, I think we would be comfortable with monarch, I guess we all have played SG's, some more some less, same for SGOTM's.
I'd prefer it if these players could please sign up themselves.

well, if you wish that, I will ask the 4 others to sign up here personally...

Sign my up.

1. Prince
2. Nope
3. Yes
4. Hell yeah, Our current SG crew, Team Chaos is joining the fun.

I'll be playing with Team Rat Pack.

1. I'm comfortable on emperor difficulty even though I can't always win.
2. Yes
3. Yes

I'm part of Team Rat Pack

1. Monarch
2. No
3. Yes

yeah make sure ppl with same kind of experience play together, you don’t want to mix emp with prince player am I correct?

Please sign me up.

1.Emperor
2.no
3.yes
4.really would like to join team Smurkz, if they would accept me.

Xteam members:
Gator
leif erikson
Bede
Capt Buttkick
romeothemonk
<<reserved spot>>

And.... Redbad

(btw @AlanH: I'm not the above mentioned <<reserved spot>>)

@Marc Aurel: You're most welcome to join the asylum. :D

Update for Team Smurkz:
Niklas
Methos
zyxy
McLMan
Marc Aurel

yeah make sure ppl with same kind of experience play together, you don’t want to mix emp with prince player am I correct?
Sure, I'll try to limit the range of experience in any team. As you are the only "Immortal" I guess you'll have to play with lesser "Mortals", however.

1) Prince
2) No
3) Yes
4) The Rat Pack Team

Can I have my own team?
DO you have any players in mind? Or will you go with my selection from uncommitted sign-ups?

well, if you wish thatI do.

I don't want to define teams that fall apart because the members are not committed from the start, as it's unfair to the rest of that team. It will be difficult to fill vacancies once the game is underway, as incoming players must not have read the other team threads.

As an example. Team Chaos is currently a phantom team. I have no idea whether they are all committed to this competition, whether they are all members of the forums, or even whether they all communicate in English.

Chaos, and your team may well both be secure, but I'm a simple soul and I prefer consistent processes. I also have lots of other stuff to do to get this thing off the ground, so please humour me :p

Sure, I'll try to limit the range of experience in any team. As you are the only "Immortal" I guess you'll have to play with lesser "Mortals", however.

Thats fine i can bear with that.

And.... Redbad

(btw @AlanH: I'm not the above mentioned <<reserved spot>>)

Welcome aboard Redbad.

4.really would like to join team Smurkz, if they would accept me.

As Niklas has already stated, welcome to our team! :)

Signing up for team chaos.....sorry it wasn't earlier, didn't realize we all had to sign up individually as well. :eek:

1. Prince/Monarch depending on settings
2. Played the GOTM with the English, I think it was the first one, but didn't submit
3. Yes some SG's
4. Team Chaos

@chriseay: No problem, but make sure your team mates do so as well. There's not much time left now.

BTW. Check your sig length. It's way over the site limit.

1) Monarch
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) The Rat Pack Team

1. Prince
2. Playing the current GOTM, but haven't played any others
3. Succession games yes, Civ3 SGOTM no
4. Team Chaos (may the Gods have mercy)

Thanks, Strauss. Any chance of fitting your sig within forum limits?

Per Keith Larson's earlier post, sign me up! (I hope I can convince my computer to play along too.)

1.) Emperor'ish (at least I won GOTM4)
2.) Yes
3.) Yes
4.) Former nuts like MailMan and Keith Larson to form a Civ4 SGOTM Peanut team.

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Uh, it has been a couple of months since I have played. Monarch?
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? No.
3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? Yes.
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with? Yes, team CDZ.

Sign me up.

1. Just completed my first game (noble)
2. no
3. yup
4. If team juballs2001, mauer, the hawk, ronald takes me I :worship: , otherwise I am free to wreck anbody's game

Sign me up.

1. Just completed my first game (noble)
2. no
3. yup
4. If team juballs2001, mauer, the hawk, ronald takes me I :worship: , otherwise I am free to wreck anbody's game

Looks like team we-don't-have-a-name-yet has grown by one.

juballs2001
mauer
ronald
markh
the-hawk

Could I get a dedicated lurker status for team Peanut, please.
I don't want to play this time round, but would like be allowed to participate in their discussion.

Apologies in advance for any sensitive toes I've inadvertently trodden into the dust.
Whenever you stepped on my toes, it never hurt. :lol: :lol: :lol:

XTeam looks good Alan, thanks. :thanx:

You can add me as a dedicated XTeam lurker. :)

New graduate duly added to Xteam's lurkers :D

Peanut
ainwood, civ_steve, Keith Larson, MailMan, (Mathilda), Paulk, Phabuk
Crikey - lots of pressure goes on when you're joining an established team. :mischief:

I tried to find if this question has been asked before but couldn't find any reference ... I am assuming that the game will have the 'locked assets' checked. This means that mods will not work (the one I am thinking about is the logger mod). Is it possible to have the save created under the HOF mod (v1.61_003) so that teams can use the logger if they want to?

I tried to find if this question has been asked before but couldn't find any reference ... I am assuming that the game will have the 'locked assets' checked. This means that mods will not work (the one I am thinking about is the logger mod). Is it possible to have the save created under the HOF mod (v1.61_003) so that teams can use the logger if they want to?

Check out page 3 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=168164&page=3), primarily Gythaar’s post #44 (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3962730&postcount=44) on. It sounds like locked assets will be used.

I agree on using the HoF mod, hopefully it’s used for SGOTM.

I realised that the new teams have no established structure, so I have made some arbitrary choices of Team Coordinators, highlighted bold in the Team List post. I hope those players will provide me with initial feedback on team names, and any other issues their teams may have. In the absense of any other information, New Teams will be named after the Team Coordinator when the game starts. Team names cannot be changed after 10 May.

@Methos, ruff_hi: Yes, the game will use locked assets. We are hoping to provide you with a logging facility.

I guess that I'm kinda late for the party, but if anyone needs a sub, I'm available. :)

The answers to your questions:

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game? Prince
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before? Yes, but only submitted one (GOTM5)
3. Have you played any succession games or Civ3 SGOTM before? Yes. Currently playing in three.
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with? Just anywhere I'll fit in

@Lobsterboy: The teams are pretty well stacked at the moment, but I'm afraid past experience shows that, with this level of new players, it's probable that we'll get quite a few drop-outs and no-shows at the start. So I'll put you first on the standby list :)

I tried to find if this question has been asked before but couldn't find any reference ... I am assuming that the game will have the 'locked assets' checked. This means that mods will not work (the one I am thinking about is the logger mod). Is it possible to have the save created under the HOF mod (v1.61_003) so that teams can use the logger if they want to?
There are several pros and cons for using the HOF mod..

However, I am more or less 99% certain it wont be used for this SGOTM (for later ones, perhaps... but it might require some changes to it )

I would certainly not go out of my way to get it in just for the logger... I much prefer you players use this game to learn write proper reports without using boring autogenerated stuff (not saying you in particular are using the logger that way.. havent looked up your SG reports, but have seen several people have misued it that way) :)

Mauer
juballs2001, markh, Mauer, Ronald, Sam_Yeager, The-Hawk

Looks like Team Mauer drew the short straw :eek: Can I suggest you put me last on the roster so that I get the hang of things before I play. I'm useless at inventing names so I'll leave it to the rest of you to come up with a team name if a change is required.

@Esteemed Co-Ordinators of Illustrious Event,

Please promote Maquis to spokesperson for Team VQ as, well, he's our leader :) (plus I have not the time to lead in this event).

Your humble and obedient servant,
ChrTh

EDIT: Just saw this:

The Teams may choose their own Captains once they are assembled, but I need a spokesperson for each team now.


... if you don't want to switch, I'll stay on as spokesperson for now

EDIT 2: WOW, that was fast. Thanks!

@Sam_Yeager: Team rosters will be drawn up when you get together in your team threads. The current listings are purely alphabetical.

@ChrTh: Done.

My nominations of Coordinators were only a temporary measure to ensure that teams with no other previous interaction have someone to get them together in the next few days, to work out their pecking order and game plan and so on.

Given the number of new teams we have, I think I'd better open the team threads today to provide rallying and discussion locations, with temporary team names as listed.

Captain Insano and His Lunatic Fringe

ehehehe.nice.:D :crazyeye: :lol:
who is Insano?:confused:

@A_Turkish_Guy: I think that has to be one of your first decisions as a team :)

@A_Turkish_Guy: I think that has to be one of your first decisions as a team :)


ehehehe.truly i had noidea about our team and the name.i ve just seen it.:lol: :lol: :D .

Captain Insano and His Lunatic Fringe

ehehehe.nice.:D :crazyeye: :lol:
who is Insano?:confused:I am unquestionably a Major idiot and on the lunatic fringe but I'll let Jericho Hill or Igloo Dude take the honors of Captain. :D

Team threads are up. Please get together, and decide your team names and captains. I'll change the thread titles when you give me the team names.

Team threads are up. Please get together, and decide your team names and captains. I'll change the thread titles when you give me the team names.Thx Alan. BTW - are the threads meant to be open / visable to non-team members - they are, I peeked in two.

Thx Alan. BTW - are the threads meant to be open / visable to non-team members - they are, I peeked in two.
Yes, but it is against the rules to read the other team threads...

Yes, but it is against the rules to read the other team threads...Yes, noted and pinned firmly in frontal lobes. I have also posted a warning in our thread for non-team competitors to rack off.

Edit - Free admission of 'guilt': I looked in on peanut (1 post by a lurker - no idea what he said as I didn't read past the first half line) & kikinit (no posts). I selected these at random expecting to be kicked out - I was surprised when I wasn't, hence my query above.

Future access will be via 'subscribed' threads.

@ruff-hi & everyone else: The easist thing to do is make a post in your thread and subscribe to the Maintenance thread. That way you never need to even come to the SGOTM forum to check your teams thread. Thereby removing the curiosity or accident of clicking on another teams thread. All you have to do is than check your User CP as linked on the top left of every page and it'll inform you when a new post has been made to either thread.

To subscribe to a thread click on the Thread Tools above the red bar and below the page numbers at the top of the page and than click on the Subscribe to this Thread. Another page will open up that you click on the proceed button. You subscribe to a thread in this way without having to make a post. Posting in any thread automatically subscribes you to it.

You probably already know this ruff-hi, but maybe others here do not. Good luck everyone! Except Team Smurkz, as we don't need luck, we've got skill! :D

I would certainly not go out of my way to get it in just for the logger... I much prefer you players use this game to learn write proper reports without using boring autogenerated stuff (not saying you in particular are using the logger that way.. havent looked up your SG reports, but have seen several people have misued it that way) :)

Realize that this is your opinion and preference, and not those of everyone else. Also note that Alt'ing out of civ4 still causes some problems (at least for me) that I'd prefer not to be forced to do. I don't believe it should be the SGOTM Staff who states how we should keep track of our turn logs, but instead a consensus of our SGOTM team. Just my 2 cents.

You probably already know this ruff-hi, but maybe others here do not. Good luck everyone! Except Team Smurkz, as we don't need luck, we've got skill! :D Yup - I do. That is the way I see what is going on - sometimes go whole days without checking the actual forums.

Re your so called skill - it will not save you. Anyway, it is chaos that wins the day, not skill.

is there a smack talking thread?

Realize that this is your opinion and preference, and not those of everyone else. Also note that Alt'ing out of civ4 still causes some problems (at least for me) that I'd prefer not to be forced to do. I don't believe it should be the SGOTM Staff who states how we should keep track of our turn logs, but instead a consensus of our SGOTM team. Just my 2 cents.
I realize this.. this is why we if possible will provide the turnlog from the last turnset when you submit the save.

There are other problems with using HOF mod thou..

Letting some teams use it and other not is not really a good option, so this means either everyone or noone uses it..

You say you have problems with alt-tab.. some people crash when the game autosaves and sometimes when they manually save.. how many may get problems when the HOF mod is encrypting the saves? I dont know.. perhaps noone.. if it happens it will prolly happen 1-2 months into the game when the saves get larger...

What do we do if a new bug is discovered that has to do with HOF mod? Currently there is no way of switching to a newer version.

The probably easiest problem to fix is that GOTM webpages atm has no ability to handle saves with HOF mod.

I prefer the safer method and let the normal GOTM games test using the HOF mod first.. :)

Thx Alan. BTW - are the threads meant to be open / visable to non-team members - they are, I peeked in two.

Part of the charm of the SGOTM is that it is a spectator sport. We want to allow non-participants access to all team threads so that they can laugh wonder at the skills, ingenuity and lingustic abilities displayed therein. That means we open the threads to guests and non-team members, and rely on (a) good manners by team members and (b) staff vigilance to ensure that players stick to their own threads.

Part of the charm of the SGOTM is that it is a spectator sport. We want to allow non-participants access to all team threads so that they can laugh wonder at the skills, ingenuity and lingustic abilities displayed therein. That means we open the threads to guests and non-team members, and rely on (a) good manners by team members and (b) staff vigilance to ensure that players stick to their own threads.

So it's a gentlemen's game then? That probably DQs about half my team. I'll try to keep the scurvy swine in line, though. Wish me luck!

luck :thumbsup:

So it's a gentlemen's game then? That probably DQs about half my team. I'll try to keep the scurvy swine in line, though. Wish me luck!Pot.. Kettle... Black.. mean anything rex_tryspamus? ;)

Part of the charm of the SGOTM is that it is a spectator sport. We want to allow non-participants access to all team threads so that they can laugh wonder at the skills, ingenuity and lingustic abilities displayed therein. That means we open the threads to guests and non-team members, and rely on (a) good manners by team members and (b) staff vigilance to ensure that players stick to their own threads.

Is there a way we can make it so that the "last post" on the main page or Civ 4 forum doesn't point to a thread in this forum? I'll usually enter a forum from that link out of habit and I'm concerned I may jump into a team's thread by accident. Don't know if it's possible, but it'd be nice.

I don't know of a way. It's pretty fundamental to the way the forums work. I can only recommend care, and using your own shortcuts rather than the navigation arrows in this case. When the Progress and Results Page opens you'll have a link on your team name to the last post in your thread.

If you do hit the wrong thread, as long as you recognise the error fast, hit the back button or close the window, and get straight out, there should be no damage done.

How can I find out to whitch team I was assigned to?

How can I find out to whitch team I was assigned to?

New Team #1
amh52, blastoidstalker, Conroe, Doc TK, Harok, Mutineer, Strobe, Woobi

Good Luck to all the teams and may the best one win.

The team lists are in this post (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4018286&postcount=184), #184, on the previous page

New Team #6 is now known as Chokonuts. Thread has been renamed and the name is changed in the list.

@Lobsterboy: The teams are pretty well stacked at the moment, but I'm afraid past experience shows that, with this level of new players, it's probable that we'll get quite a few drop-outs and no-shows at the start. So I'll put you first on the standby list :)

Well I guess that makes me #2 on the waiting list...if Only I wasn't moving into my house this past week, I would have caught it on time :sad:

Oh well .. I don't know too much about the game anyways

I guess that I'm kinda late for the party, but if anyone needs a sub, I'm available.

The answers to your questions:

1. Immortal
2. Yes, Gloably ranked 4th (although I didn't submit the Warlord GTOM 5 due to getting a new job and planning a wedding :lol:
3. No :(
4. Like I said waiting list #2 whoever wants an extra player.

BTW If I can't play to begin, may I still randomly (or chosen :mischief: ) be assigned a team to lurk and comment for?

I'm willing to be a standby, too.

@Memphus: If you are going to standby, then you probably need to avoid lurking on any of the threads---you could get information that your team wouldn't necessarily know.

I'm willing to be a standby, too.


We should play on a team together ;) with lobster boy :evil:

Yeah I havn't gone into any threads yet, I am waiting to be "assigned" to one of them first
But thanks for the heads up :)

We should play on a team together ;)

That would work, since I don't know much about the game, either. ;)

Signing up with CDZ and their diff. level. (1 & 4). Played succesion games in the past, not any SGOTM however (2 & 3).

@Beam: CDZ confirm you're in. I've added you to the team list.

@DaviddesJ, Memphus, Lobsterboy: Find three more players, let me know, and you'll have a team. Would make a nice round 20 teams!

Hi Alan,

Can you find me a team too please or is it too late? I am an alright player, I understand the mechanics of the game. I think you are looking for 3 people to join a team?!

I can be a standby.

That makes four of you :) Find two more and it's a deal.

I've moved the Team List post into its own sticky thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=170476). Thanks to Doom Train for the suggestion Hopefully you'll be able to find your way to it more easily.

Please note that we have had a couple of team name changes. They are spelt out in the post

i think that you forgot about me, i didnt see my name assigned to any teams or get any private messages. is there any way i can still be in?

@trippstowe: Apologies. I assigned you to Team Mauer on my spreadsheet, but somehow lost you in the translation to the team list. I've added you. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Just wanted to confirm, Queen's Men have decided on the captain and scribe.

The captain will be Pholkhero and the Scribe will be Rex Tyranus.

The following players are considered Missing In Action. If they show up now they will be assigned to teams who have spaces and are prepared to add them.

Phabuk, Elander, wurkwurk, subanar, Woobi

@Alan:

omni_paul of the Queens Men recently had a death in the family and has been sparcely in touch with us. If it's all the same to you, we'd rather wait for his return than have a replacement.

Thanks,
The Queen's Men

No problem. My condolences. We have another similar situation. I'm only trying to chase up the genuine no-shows so that we can place the standby players and get the game started.

Hi Alan,

Can you find me a team too...

Turks are always late for fun..:lol: :lol: :D .

OT

Impressive job Alan...I know what does it mean spending time in "stupid games" for the fun of the others :)

OK. Standby allocation time. DaviddesJ has been snapped up by Peanut to replace Phabuk.

There are three teams with more than one payer missing, and three standby players remaining. So with my trusty dice RNG I hearby propose that we allocate:

Lobsterboy to Team madviking

Memphus to Realms Beyond (was Snaproll)

VirusMonster to Short Straw (was New Team #3)

Please make your way to the departure lounges where your Teams await you.

Good luck :D

Post #231 is updated with the latest team and player status as I understand it.

Checking in. First SGOTM and didn't know where to look for all the links. Should be with Lunatics. Thank you.

:Sigh: All the updates and progress on team allocations and team threads you needed were posted in this thread, which is where you signed up.

The Maintenance thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=170295) will be your source of administrative information now that the game is under way. PLEASE subscribe to it, and to your Team Thread. The first post in the Maintenance thread is also a starting point for finding everything you need to know about how the game works.

Alan, Gaythaar : wanted to thank you for all the efforts you put to make this up :goodjob:
Let the fun begin

Alan, Gaythaar : wanted to thank you for all the efforts you put to make this up :goodjob:
Let the fun begin

I want to second that. I can tell this is a ton of work for both of you. :goodjob:

Thanks for your kind words. I'm looking forward to seeing you all enjoy the ride :D

Why is there an evil glint in your eye?

My, what a vivid imagination you do have! :mischief:

This sign-up thread is now closed. Please take any non-spoiler admin or techinical issues to the Maintenance thread.