As requested by ChrTh - here is where we can all trash talk the other teams. Just remember, this thread is about talking the opponents down, your team up and NOT, repeat, NOT about the actual game.

BTW - For you lurkers out there, Chaos will be the most fun thread to watch (if you can stand the chaotic nature of it)!

The Queens men smell bad!
(how about making a thread with funny things team V Q could stand for:D )
Team Violating with Q-tips:p

Nah, chaos team will be just that, chaotic. How can you have fun with everything in chaos?

OTOTH, look at VQ (by the way, let's get this straight, it stands for VQ-team will barbeQue all your a$$ :lol:), we are already at pg 6. What could be more fun?

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Vainly Quixotic at pg 6? Of course. Idiots, lacking qualitative thought, will always resort to long-winded babble.

ChrTh: "What do you want to research?"
Fox: "I don't know, those hills sure are pretty."
Maquis: "Wish I had cows in my backyard."

Keep it going, guys. Wooden spoon can't be far off.

Keep it going, guys. Wooden spoon can't be far off.

Pfft, we made sure we weren't going to get the wooden spoon when we made sure you weren't on the team! :p

The Queens men smell bad!

That's masculine. An attribute one hasn't ever heard of being awarded to those VQ-sissies...

Boasting for being on page 6 but can't endure the smell of success. You won't have to for long time because you'll bite the dust on page 8 anyway. Sissies are Huyana's most favored breakfast.

Pfft, we made sure we weren't going to get the wooden spoon when we made sure you weren't on the team! :p

Of course I'm not on the team. I'm not Very Quick. Just ask your...

No, I won't go there. I don't know you well enough, ChrTh. (Your wife on the other hand...:eek: )

Of course I'm not on the team. I'm not Very Quick. Just ask your...

No, I won't go there. I don't know you well enough, ChrTh. (Your wife on the other hand...:eek: )

How could you! :cry:

... of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from one of the scrub Charlotte residents :rolleyes:

bah. I think that all of this SGOTM is a bad idea because its drawing all the attention from the normal SG's to those.
In addition, it has a lack of creativity because everyone are playing the same game. If every month there will be a new SGOTM it will harm the normal SG's.
Just my thoughts.:crazyeye:

Originally Posted by Munterpipe
The Queens men smell bad!

That's masculine. An attribute one hasn't ever heard of being awarded to those VQ-sissies...


Hey Imhotep, I don't think Munterpipe is on Victory Questionable (He's the Chaos captain, right?). Good thing the sissy part fits anyway.

Edit:

.. of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from one of the scrub Charlotte residents

Because we all know Raleigh-Durham is the peak of high society. (Probably a Duke grad, huh?)

bah. I think that all of this SGOTM is a bad idea because its drawing all the attention from the normal SG's to those.
In addition, it has a lack of creativity because everyone are playing the same game. If every month there will be a new SGOTM it will harm the normal SG's.
Just my thoughts.:crazyeye:

You're supposed to trash talk the teams or players, not the game itself! :p

:lol:

Because we all know Raleigh-Durham is the peak of high society. (Probably a Duke grad, huh?)

Figures. Charlotte residents don't even know the state five minutes north of Concord! :rolleyes:

Read my location again. :p

Hey Imhotep, I don't think Munterpipe is on Victory Questionable (He's the Chaos captain, right?). Good thing the sissy part fits anyway.


All the same. Chaos is the religion of people who need an apology for their failure. Will be proved again when those Chaos-sissies will steal us the wooden spoon...

All the same. Chaos is the religion of people who need an apology for their failure. Will be proved again when those Chaos-sissies will steal us the wooden spoon...

Considering how the Chaos SG has gone (although I am a PROUD member of the team), it'll be an upset if they don't win the wooden spoon.

Figures. Charlotte residents don't even know the state five minutes north of Concord!

Wait, you can go north of Concord without falling off the edge of the world?

Hey, I'm a recent transplant. I guess I got the triad confused with that Research Triangle thingy. My humblest apologies. And BTW, "Charlotte Residents" are Charlotteans, oftimes confused with "charlatans".

Wait, you can go north of Concord without falling off the edge of the world?


Of course! Martinsville, Richmond, Poconos ...


Hey, I'm a recent transplant. I guess I got the triad confused with that Research Triangle thingy. My humblest apologies. And BTW, "Charlotte Residents" are Charlotteans, oftimes confused with "charlatans".

To make it easier, the rest of the state just calls them Queenies.

Considering how the Chaos SG has gone (although I am a PROUD member of the team), it'll be an upset if they don't win the wooden spoon.

You clearly under-estimate the power of organization and cunning planning by some brilliant minds as we have on our team. You think we can't do worse than the Chaos-Jerks if we want to, eh ? Hah, you'll see, buddy, you'll see...We'll surprise ya all with the best laid plans of mice and men, that would have almost netted us the victory by two turns. This will be fun to show all you nerds how losing is really meant to be !

Considering how the Chaos SG has gone (although I am a PROUD member of the team), it'll be an upset if they don't win the wooden spoon.Well get the hankies out because we have thought of other avenues of fruitful chaos than just playing poorly like you did in the SG game! When this is over, come and read our thread and be ready for a whole lot of hurt brain cells - we are aiming to disrupt peoples IQs via chaos.

Well get the hankies out because we have thought of other avenues of fruitful chaos than just playing poorly like you did in the SG game! When this is over, come and read our thread and be ready for a whole lot of hurt brain cells - we are aiming to disrupt peoples IQs via chaos.

Like I did :hmm: ... let's see, which one of us gave another Civ a city just because they asked? :mischief:

we are aiming to disrupt peoples IQs via chaos.

Shouldn't be too hard to disrupt IQs on the Vast Quagmire team.

Like I did :hmm: ... let's see, which one of us gave another Civ a city just because they asked? :mischief:That was the pushover! Which one got extrodinary happy just for researching a silly tech?

That was the pushover! Which one got extrodinary happy just for researching a silly tech?

Hey, you'd be happy too if you had played as the religious fanatic for three turns without any religion!

Hey, you'd be happy too if you had played as the religious fanatic for three turns without any religion!Are you planing on putting that statement on your resume? I wouldn't suggest it as it doesn't actually imply much skill.

Previous Job: Religious Fanatic
Major Goal: Took 2000 years to find religion.

Shouldn't be too hard to disrupt IQs on the Vast Quagmire team.

In case of the Vile Quacks (not to be confused with Qwack, the honorable and valiant member of the Queen's sturdy Men) I guess it will be a task too hard even for a Grandmaster of Chaos - you can't disrupt what ain't there...

*yawn* is this the best you can do? I had hoped for some creativity on this thread, but considering what I've seen of y'all's SG gameplay, I guess I shouldn't be surprised ...

Oh, I get it! Creativity! Frankly, until I read: "waa waa whine pushover gave our cities away!" and "whimper waa whine no religion," I guess I had completely misunderstood creativity.

Here I was thinking it had something to do with clever, imaginative thought processes. Now I see that "creativity" is really just an endless stream of mindless drivel.

Wow! Chaos SG is sooooo much more enjoyable now!

*yawn* is this the best you can do? I had hoped for some creativity on this thread, but considering what I've seen of y'all's SG gameplay, I guess I shouldn't be surprised ...

Says the guy that shows competence with questions like these:

Do we necessarily want another war, though? Perhaps we should work on getting the circum bonus? Or do we not want to waste our UU by sitting still?


Teach me how to play. Teach me !

Oh, I get it! Creativity! Frankly, until I read: "waa waa whine pushover gave our cities away!" and "whimper waa whine no religion," I guess I had completely misunderstood creativity.

Here I was thinking it had something to do with clever, imaginative thought processes. Now I see that "creativity" is really just an endless stream of mindless drivel.

Wow! Chaos SG is sooooo much more enjoyable now!

I was referring specificly to the 'VQ' phrases that people had come up with. Of course, those who did a little research could've used what VQ actually stands for better jokes, but again, dearth of creativity.

And, of course, at no point did I claim I was being creative.

Teach me how to play. Teach me !

When the student is ready, the master will appear. As I am already here--and am in no way shape or form a master--you are not ready. Too bad for your team, I guess.

EDIT: And believe me, you could've found much worse questions of mine. That one is actually nigh-competent.

When the student is ready, the master will appear. As I am already here--and am in no way shape or form a master--you are not ready. Too bad for your team, I guess.

Wow, and you say I'm a yawn factory? What the hell was that, Grasshopper?

I was referring specificly to the 'VQ' phrases that people had come up with.

I guess in the Triad a joke can still be funny, even if you have to explain it.

I was referring specificly to the 'VQ' phrases that people had come up with. Of course, those who did a little research could've used what VQ actually stands for better jokes, but again, dearth of creativity.

What ? There is a better joke than the VQ Team itself ? And it seems that logic is not one of your major abilities either: Your incompetence proves nothing against my readiness, it is absolutely possible that you not feeling like a master has only to do with you never being one instead of me not being ready. It's tragic, Chaos spoiled his mind...

Ok, see, Verily Quiescent is funny. But right now we're suffering from 'ganging up on one team fatigue' ... when are we going to start mocking Fifth Element? I figured that would be a natural.

The one thing that hurts this concept is that we can't read each other's threads. I guess we can mock based on the graphs? Oh, right--there's the writeup section. That should get this thread jumping after the first one. Until then I think I'll bow out ... if I wanted this much abuse, I'd spend time with my wife instead of playing Civ4.

Okay. Truce (for now) with the VQ team. (Maybe a DP against Fifth Element?)

I believe it's there to allow you to communicate greetings and felicitations to the other teams, and to wish them well in their endeavours :p

It's nothing to do with me ... except as a moderator. As a moderator I will close it forthwith if there is any spoiler information posted in it, or if it becomes a pure spam-fest, or if it strays from the paths of righteousness as laid down by Thunderfall in the Great Forum Rule Book.

Guess we have been warned. I think this thread will push the bounds of good taste sometimes but (hopefully) it will remain in good fun and contain quick wit comments and the like.

Here are the relevant rules ...
Spam is not tolerated - Spam is considered posting topics or messages on our forums that contain no point, relevance, or contain subject matter that doesn't directly allow other member participation. Topics directed to a particular user, posting several times consecutively as an appendage to ONE post, and posts in threads that have NOTHING to do with the subject matter are all considered spam and will be deleted on sight. Contributing to/or intentionally posting spam will not be tolerated.

Behave as you would in a public location - This forum is no different than a public place. Behave yourself and act like a decent human being. If you're unable to do so, you're not welcome here and will be made to leave.

Your rights to Freedom of Speech don't apply here - You are welcome to have opinions. You are welcome to question certain subject matter posted on these forums. You are welcome to dislike a certain post or disagree with it. Though we typically condone people to express their opinions and ideas, we have the right to delete yours if necessary, should we consider it abusive.

Behave yourself and act like a decent human being

We're boned

Ahhh - welcome back ChrTh

Ahhh - welcome back ChrTh

It's the damn subscription ... every time I try to get out, it keeps pulling me back in! :mad:

You didn't really think I was going to leave, did you? :mischief:

We're boned

Okay, that was hilarious. But Alan's warning is well heeded by me. I'll be good. Though (out of curiosity--not pickin' a fight) under those rules this whole thread is SPAM.

How does one differentiate on-topic from off in this thread?

PS: Today is "blow off work day" right?

All your team names belong to us

Sincerely,

Captain Insano and his Lunatic Fringe
(now playing hotel bars near you)

PS: Today is "blow off work day" right?don't you have *something else* you can be working on?

Okay, that was hilarious. But Alan's warning is well heeded by me. I'll be good. Though (out of curiosity--not pickin' a fight) under those rules this whole thread is SPAM.

How does one differentiate on-topic from off in this thread?

I assume this is the equivalent of the nineteenth hole on a golf course, where you foregather to reminisce on past glories and old friends, and to make new acquaintances.

However, the one topic that has brought you all to this place and time is CIV SGOTM 01, and that is strictly a non-topic outside of the official spoilers that don't exist yet. So.... I look forward with interest to seeing how you will succeed in identifying a topic to be "off".

I think the above is off topic...

off which topic?

It's really a philosophical discussion, like can God create a boulder he can't lift? If the on-topic can not be discussed, does that make everything that would be off-topic actually on-topic? If the on-topic is off-limits and thus off-topic, the off-topic could be on-limits and thus on-topic.

/on-topic

precisely :hmm:

So back to mocking team Chaos?

Though (out of curiosity--not pickin' a fight) under those rules this whole thread is SPAM. How does one differentiate on-topic from off in this thread?
Any post that actually talks about the game is off-topic and should be deleted. Any post that talks about the players and any other stuff is (by definition) not spam and is totally on topic.

So back to mocking team Chaos?

Give it a shot. But make it a worthwile one - it'll be your post 1,000 !

No pressure!!!

Hmmm...what to blow my 1,000th post on...thinking....

Any ideas?

Hmmm...what to blow my 1,000th post on...thinking....

Any ideas?

:rotfl: :yeah:

You're such a nut...

Hmmm ... what to blow my 1,000th post on ... thinking ... Any ideas?I think you captured your potential perfectly - very well done.

I think you captured your potential perfectly - very well done.

You're still around ? I thought you had an appointment with the lovely Catherine. Those Gigolos from Big Apple aren't very reliable nowadays it would seem...A shaggy hair-cut and nothing behind...

You're still around ? I thought you had an appointment with the lovely Catherine. Those Gigolos from Big Apple aren't very reliable nowadays it would seem...A shaggy hair-cut and nothing behind...Been there, done that - going again!

That's five minutes between your posts. Been there, done that ? Yeah, I bet...But to what result I don't dare to wonder...Poor Cathy !

Methinks five minutes is far better than what your queen gets from you sissygirls.

The Queens men with the Queens pen.
I guess it's good for you the size doesn't matter:crazyeye:

Like (stuck in hippie mode) I mean I like how there have been maybe a total of three
Or four people posting on this thread.
Such is the case, we at Team
Realms Beyond wish you an
Enjoyable and
Rip-roaring season of conquest and
Success in all your endeavors
!

Lurker hint: surely you can come up with trash talk based on the number of posts in a team's thread. That keeps it ON TOPIC with respect to the SGOTM forum, ON TOPIC with respect to this thread, and it's NOT SPOILER! :crazyeye: :p

On behalf of the XTeam (I hope they don't mind - I'm only their lowly dedicated lurker), I challenge y'all to be creative. :mischief: Think you're up to it, punks? :D

See, the majority of our 9+ pages in the team thread has been trying to game plan for this trash talking thread... too bad most of it was spent on just one team!

We at RB are so damn good at the game we don't even need to post in our thread, just pass the saves along without discussion. The posts are all hilarious jokes which you lot aren't allowed to read. So nyah!

Obviously, we'll be replacing them with normal SG type posts right before the event finishes - nobody likes a team of showoffs, after all :)

It seems I live in a make believe world,
Inside a cage I created with words,
A place where sinew is the fabric of time,
And the sky is drawn by skeleton birds,
I live in a place that doesn’t seem to exist,
Where people never relent with my screams,
A tomb of negative energy I have built,
From the twisted visions in my dreams,
Trapped in a cage of anger and fury,
The bars buckle under sympathy and distress,
Guarded by blood red hounds of hell,
Which melt to and from the darkness,
My eyes alone hold the story of a pain,
I cannot even begin to voice,
Disguised in a human skin,
In this world devoid of free choice,
I have locked myself deep inside,
A solitary component surrounded by empty space,
Nothing can reach me now,
I am hidden behind a glass face,
Even my thoughts are not my own,
I cannot seem to sleep at night,
In fear of dangers that lurk within me,
Obscured from my sight,
But from within my warped prison,
I see the truths of days gone by,
I can experience the pain of life,
And then long eternally to die,
None can understand for I never let them in,
I block out all emotion and blank them from my mind,
Nothing will ever stop me now,
I will move forward and leave everyone behind,
There are people, who try to get in,
They ask strange questions which I cannot comprehend,
They make my cage of words tighter,
And make me hunger for the end,
Eventually they back off and I am left alone,
No one bothers me anymore I have peace at last,
I have finally realised I am not alone,
We are doomed, damned and outcast

source reference (http://crypt.eldritchs.com/poetry/akasha/doomeddamnedandoutcast.html)

Game not going well?

Game not going well?Cannot say - not allowed due to spoiler issue. The poetry was aimed at civ in general, not SGOTM01.

Ok, maybe I can say - check the score in the chart!

Game not going well?

You did expect something other from Team Chaotica ? :D ;)

You did expect something other from Team Chaotica ? :D ;)And the artist @ TC too?!

I'd just like to take this opportunity to send the following message to Team Peanut:

:snowlaugh:

That's all, carry on.

There hasn't been much trash talk here lately so I thought that I would just share this with you ...

Bah humbug. You guys think you're so good at this game. You're nothing. (Deleted joke about Ruff-02 here). This is all me. If I hadn't started the game, you'd be nowhere. Well, me and AlanH. If he hadn't made this thread for us, we'd be nowhere too. All your <anti-spoiler snip> and <snip> and <snip> and <snip> - NOTHING! Not without me starting the game! Ha, I win. :scan:

Who needs a special trash talk thread when we can trash talk each other!

Who needs a special trash talk thread when we can trash talk each other!

At least I'm not the artist Ruff... :p

You two! Get back to our own thread. And stop arguing, or I'll skip you both next time you're up!

:gripe: Captaining this kindergarden is sure putting gray hairs on my head.

You two! Get back to our own thread. And stop arguing, or I'll skip you both next time you're up!

:gripe: Captaining this kindergarden is sure putting gray hairs on my head.Hey - general whipping boy - you skip us two (your best players) and it really will be chaos for everyone! :D:p

At what point did Chaos leak out of it's cage? Bad chaotics!

Alan, I know there's a rule about me staying out of their thread. Any chance we can make a rule to keep them in it?

At what point did Chaos leak out of it's cage? Bad chaotics!

Alan, I know there's a rule about me staying out of their thread. Any chance we can make a rule to keep them in it?Make all the rules you want [insert appropriate derogatory term here], it will not stop us! ... that is, unless we get caught or the punishment is not very nice ...

Alan, I know there's a rule about me staying out of their thread. Any chance we can make a rule to keep them in it?
Unfortunately not. Until they break a forum rule, or go off topic for this thread. I believe that this thread's topic is trashing C-IV SGOTM 01 teams. I don't think trashing their own team strays outside that remit.

Unfortunately not. Until they break a forum rule, or go off topic for this thread. I believe that this thread's topic is trashing C-IV SGOTM 01 teams. I don't think trashing their own team strays outside that remit.
phew - bet that was a close call.

It does come out of that remit if they don't qualify as a team :P

When did this thread start becoming concerned with definitions?

The last few posts were intended humourously (well, mine definitely was...)

and obviously mine.... was? Man you chaotics are hard to understand.

not to mention swedish cooks

Ve puut ze cheekin en ze pot!!

bork borjk borjk

I have a message for the VQ team: Why in tarnation are you going so fast? I mean, I understand you want to see how much better everyone else can do, but once you're done, you're done. :p

I have a message for the VQ team: Why in tarnation are you going so fast? I mean, I understand you want to see how much better everyone else can do, but once you're done, you're done. :pYou obviously haven't played a SG with Greyfox - he doesn't run a 24hr / 48hr SG, he runs a 24min / 48min SG!

Somebody told them that it's first to the finish line that wins. Shhhh... don't spoil the joke.

Somebody told them that it's first to the finish line that wins. Shhhh... don't spoil the joke.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Think we can get the Rat Pack to believe that this game will be won by whichever team builds the most forts?

Now, now, gentlemen, don't get jeolous. We are actually doing you guys a favour. The faster we grab the laurels, the faster our thread will end. Then finally, maybe, some of the lurkers would have no choice but to go read the more uninteresting threads of yours, and maybe then you can get 5-digit views as well.

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Digging further into the VQ views - i see that GF has a view every 2 minutes. Well, that invalidates 8000 of the views. It is probably better to calculate views per post. I thing Rhelms Beyond would win that (that is the thread that I would be lurking it - if I was allowed).

Hah! You'd lurk in ours!? I could understand that, but we're only about 50% RBers.

Somebody told them that it's first to the finish line that wins. Shhhh... don't spoil the joke.

From the SGOTM01 page (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/submit/civ4sgotm_submission_list.php):


When the current game is finished you will see the following awards in the Rank column.


The Gold Laurels are awarded to the team with the fastest finish
The Wooden Spoons are awarded to the team with the lowest score.



I think you are correct, Peon. :lol:

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View per post is not an accurate measure either. Since the lightning speed at which VQers are posting tons of brilliant strategy, lurkers do not have the ample time to register each view. So it is likely that RB has actually half the number of lurkers, just that they have so little strategy to talk about that they on ave each lurker reads 1 post per view, whereas for VQ, each lurker reads 10 posts per view.

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but we're only about 50% RBers.
So you are actually not Realms Beyond ... but Realms Beneath ... :lol:

Think we can get the Rat Pack to believe that this game will be won by whichever team builds the most forts?Now you understand why we are doing pretty well in the power graph, forts add a lot to that :lol:

From the

So you are actually not Realms Beyond ... but Realms Beneath ... :lol:


We wanted to be Realms Behind, but Sirian wouldn't let us :(

EDIT:Inabiltiy to type

We got:commerce:

You got:yuck:

We:spank: the queens girls

We:spank: The rat slack

We:spank: The Rash Beneath

We:spank: The V Q who?

We:spank: All of you:lol:

:eek: what's that!

Did I see Munterpipe holding a furry ball of pong-pong on each hand, flashing his legs?

The Chaotica's game must not be going very well for them to resort to such cheerleading effort ... :lol:

The second thread will be the final report, when you've won or lost or given up in disgust :) So no, I don't think even VQ has qualified for it yet.Apart from the 'disgust' part.

The only disgust we feel is that other teams are so amazingly slow!!!

The journey is more fun than the arrival. Savour the jouney, Gentlemen :)

The journey is more fun than the arrival. Savour the jouney, Gentlemen :)

We are savoring it. We just savor it faster. :scan: ... besides, not everyone savors waiting the full 72 hours for someone to play, especially when they end up asking for a skip.

AlanH
The journey is more fun than the arrival. Savour the journey, Gentlemen
What great wisdom in what you say....
(don't forget there are likely ladies here too)

(don't forget there are likely ladies here too)
Of course there are! However, I was addressing my remark to the posters from VQ. I believe they answer to the description 'Gentlemen', but it's probably my week to be wrong, again :sigh:

Of course there are! However, I was addressing my remark to the posters from VQ. I believe they answer to the description 'Gentlemen', but it's probably my week to be wrong, again :sigh:

We prefer to be referred to as Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Maybe next week ;)

We prefer to be referred to as Extraordinary Gentlemen.

For being the smallest team and the quickest I would say so. AlanH sorry to be politically correct just was thinking of the ladies. I am sure they love warring/destruction/mayhem and all the wonders of civ like the men.

team VQ
look at the power Grid:)
and we are 300 years behind you in time.
seems you may not win the Golden Laurels even in your own misguided interpretation of the rules.

Ha! You couldn't even complete you first spoiler till the time when you met all Civs. And in case you are still in the turtle pace of 6 years per turn, its already 3 years per turn for VQ. So 300 years is 100 turns. Happy catching up, tortise. Its not everyday that the tortise will win against the rabbit, you know!

Just to keep your hopes high, I will go out of pocket this coming week. let's see if you can catch up by then!!! :cooool:

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There has been some talk on the 'maintenance' thread about lurkers (unintentially) giving away information to help teams. After reviewing the thread logs, I see that most teams have a large number of lurkers (read helpers) as they obviously need all the lurk (help) they can get.

Just because some threads are more entertaining and intriguing then others is no reason to try to drag them down.

Just because some threads are more entertaining and intriguing then others is no reason to try to drag them down.Fair enough - what reason should I use then? Truth be told, our thread is just too chaotic for lurkers to follow - I have trouble and I am part of the team that set up this situation in the first place.

Fair enough - what reason should I use then? Truth be told, our thread is just too chaotic for lurkers to follow - I have trouble and I am part of the team that set up this situation in the first place.
Glad it's not just me then :p

See... that's part of the reason we're working so hard on going fast - I want to read all these other *interesting* threads!

See... that's part of the reason we're working so hard on going fast - I want to read all these other *interesting* threads!

:twitch: Are you saying our thread isn't interesting? :gripe:

AlanH

You funny:lol:

Some threads are easier to follow than others that's for sure.

As a lurker I very much enjoyed watching the various ways of approaching the game.

Fair enough - what reason should I use then? Truth be told, our thread is just too chaotic for lurkers to follow - I have trouble and I am part of the team that set up this situation in the first place.

I'm looking forward to reading the posts from all last weekend to catch up before I play. It should be interesting (and possibly headache inducing). :p

Originally Posted by AlanH
There's no fixed timetable, particularly in this case, as it's the first of a breed and we don't know how long the teams will take. When we get to a point where the fastest teams have finished we'll probably specify a guillotine date. Results will then be announced. By that date we'll have started the next game.
Go VQ go... Go VQ go
Two things - that response is a bit light isn't it? And, don't you mean "go QV go home"?

Glad it's not just me then :pI see you are starting to appricate the beauty of chaos! Just a warning to the other losers ... teams, Team Chaotica isn't playing chaotically (like our last SG), we are reporting chaotically! It also helps to stop the spying non-lurking lurkers stealing our ideas.

Isn't protecting chaotica ideas kind of like making sure the door locks on a 1976 Chevy Nova still work?

Isn't protecting chaotica ideas kind of like making sure the door locks on a 1976 Chevy Nova still work?Most people would think so - are you starting to appricate the multi-layed approach of our trickiness?

There's no fixed timetable, particularly in this case, as it's the first of a breed and we don't know how long the teams will take. When we get to a point where the fastest teams have finished we'll probably specify a guillotine date. Results will then be announced. By that date we'll have started the next game VQ will have finished the next game.


:bounce: :bounce:

There's no fixed timetable, particularly in this case, as it's the first of a breed and we don't know how long the teams will take. When we get to a point where the fastest teams have has finished we'll probably specify a guillotine date. Results will then be announced.

The guillotine date is 2 weeks after the first team finishes. Good luck to the other teams in finishing on time after team VQ is done :lol:

Most people would think so - are you starting to appricate the multi-layed approach of our trickiness?
No but I think my brain is staring to hurt again...

Any thoughts on adding a special award for any team that is so talented it manages to finish first in real time but takes the longest in game years?

;)

NO. We aren't trying to encourage fast play at the expense of care and planning. I've no doubt a team could play the game in a few hours - if only by having one or two players take it through to completion. But what does that tell us about that team?

NO. We aren't trying to encourage fast play at the expense of care and planning. I've no doubt a team could play the game in a few hours - if only by having one or two players take it through to completion. But what does that tell us about that team?


Let's be fair, though: that's not what VQ (or Team One, for that matter) is doing (although, of course, I'm only guessing about Team One based on my experience with the players in said team, not because I've done anything against the rules. honest). There's definitely the possibility of too much care and planning. It's called the Democracy Game. Unless TPTB expect us to agonize over every worker move, I don't see why a team can't move fast if the players are sufficiently organized to do so. It's like I said earlier, I for one don't savor waiting 72 hours for a player to request a skip.

(don't forget there are likely ladies here too)I'm sure there are ladies here ~ go check out the VQ thread if you're not sure ~

We prefer to be referred to as Extraordinary Gentlemen.Which one of you is that vampire chick? Is it you ChrTh?? Are you hot? ;)

Let's be fair, though
What? I thought this was the Trash Talking Thread! What's fairness got to do with it?

Unless TPTB expect us to agonize over every worker move, I don't see why a team can't move fast if the players are sufficiently organized to do so. It's like I said earlier, I for one don't savor waiting 72 hours for a player to request a skip.
Play it however you like, within the competition rules. Just don't expect a reward from TPTB for real time speed. There are many human pursuits that are more enjoyable when not rushed. Think of this as one of them :mischief:

There are many human pursuits that are more enjoyable when not rushed.

Come on, Alan, you think any of the VQ guys can find willing partners for that?

Oh, wait. You weren't being dirty, were you? :sad:

Who, me? :rolleyes:

Play it however you like, within the competition rules. Just don't expect a reward from TPTB for real time speed. There are many human pursuits that are more enjoyable when not rushed. Think of this as one of them :mischief:

There's a difference between rushing the turn itself, and rushing between turns. I can't speak for all of my team members, but I for one am spending plenty of time when I'm playing. Again, if you enjoy sitting around twiddling your thumbs, more power to you.

Of course, since we're moving faster through the roster, each of us get more game-playing goodness on a time basis. I pity those who have to wait weeks between turns. That way lies madness.

EDIT: I find it particularly funny that anyone would criticize team VQ just because we're moving fast. We have more than twice as many posts as any other team. We're obviously collaborating and discussing -- and thus having fun. I guess AlanH would prefer we have only completed half as many turns with one-tenth the number of posts :rolleyes:

We have more than twice as many posts as any other team. We're obviously collaborating and discussing -- and thus having fun.

Lets be honest here. The majority of those posts are how we can either:
a) make fun of other teams
b) defend our poor choices.

Is Team VQ Very Queer or just Very Quick to be defeated?

I decided to officially inform everyone that we did finish this game with Domination victory.
VQ was not even fastest in Real Time!

Congratulation Team One!

I decided to officially inform everyone that we did finish this game with Domination victory.
VQ was not even fastest in Real Time!

Congratulatios, yes. You may have satisfied your trashing of VQ team ... but it may be costly ;) ...

SPOILER WARNING: I tot you are not suppose to say whether you win or lost, much less the type of victory?

We still pride ourselves as the fastest team to play the game per turn wise (i.e. normalized the # of turns).

We can now look at your thread
we can now look at your thread
and you can't look at ours
and you can't look at ours

nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Not finishing first will give them enough to talk about for at least enough another 100 posts.

See? Everyone was picking on us for playing too fast, and we didn't even finish first. So :p

:hmm: wait a minute ...

Team One, I have a new challenge for you: what can you do faster, finish the game, or read through the Team VQ thread in its entirety?!? If you wish to take the latter challenge, let me know, I plan on lacing the thread with a message to prove you read the whole thing :groucho:

NO I read only every tenth page, sorry folk, but I have only one life. :)

It would probably be more interesting to read through the threads of people who might beat our time instead of that long slow VQ thread. ;)

^^^^ nicely done

Note: This is not meant to be a personal attack against any Mod or admin... simply my opinion.


There are many human pursuits that are more enjoyable when not rushed. Think of this as one of them

To each his own. I for one really enjoy the pace that the VQ team, and I think the others on the team enjoy it also. I know that if the team I was on were still in the BC's (as some are!) I would be [pissed] that the game is going too slow. I am very satisfied with how my team has played the game, had some great discussions, (strategy and otherwise) been competitive, and I have had fun so far. I will not be disappointed if we do not win the laurels..

Again, to each his own.

It's no different than the "vanilla" GOTM. There are some players that play it and finish in the matter of a couple days (if not mere hours) while others drag along the entire month, and still may not finish.

I'm not going to say that the person that played and finished in two days did not savor or enjoy his game. There are players who enjoy playing both ways. I also have played GOTMs as a challenge, and have not won any awards. That does not upset me.

I suppose (to keep it off-topic) I agree with Maquis and others. My game is progressing slower than I'd like. I'm not mad at any of my teammates--I'm part of the reason we're slow--but I'd like to move a little quicker.

That said, Civ shouldn't be a race in real-time. Each player has his own time budget. To encourage/discourage any particular real-time goals would invariably alienate a certain group of players from what is supposed to be a community event.

It would probably be more interesting to read through the threads of people who might beat our time instead of that long slow VQ thread. ;)

Well done Harok. :lol:

It would probably be more interesting to read through the threads of people who might beat our time instead of that long slow VQ thread. ;)

There's more than one award you know ... :mischief: