Sisiutil
All Leader Challenger
The idea of this thread came about as a place to provide links to the previous ALC game threads, and that's what you'll find in this first post. My board signature was becoming rather cluttered with them, so it's easier to just move them to a thread of their own. And this way I get to include a little extra reference information for the train-spotters out there.
However, that's not much of a discussion thread, is it? So besides offering links to the old ALC games, I thought this thread could also be a place to discuss the ALC series in general--a place to discuss things that are not directly related to the game currently in progress and would therefore be off-topic. Things like--Should the games move up to the next difficulty level? Which leader should be next? Should the games start using the Better AI mod? How come Sisiutil is so intelligent, witty and erudite, and how can I be more like him?
Ahem.
And so forth. Anything related to the ALCs goes!
But first, without further ado, here are the links to the previous games. If anyone wants the saved game files from these games, just PM me with your e-mail address.
Game 1: Aztec/Montezuma (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 15232)
Game 2: China/Mao Zedong (Prince Level; Space Victory; Score: 14668)
Game 3: China/Qin Shi Huang (Prince Level; Space Victory; Score: 21247)
Game 4: Egypt/Hatshepsut (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 44777)
Game 5: England/Victoria (Prince Level; Cultural Victory; Score: 24409) Feature: Late-game cultural win
Game 6: France/Louis XIV (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 21695)
Game 7: Germany/Frederick the Great (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 35418) Features: Pyramids gambit, Specialist Economy
Game 8: Greece/Alexander the Great (Prince Level; Conquest Victory; Score: 21194) Feature: Hybrid Economy
Game 9: Inca/Huayna Capac (Monarch Level; Diplomatic Victory; Score: 37721) Features: First Monarch Level ALC, Isolated Start
Game 10: India/Asoka (Monarch Level, Warlords; Space Victory; Score: 37790) Feature: First Warlords ALC
Game 11: Carthage/Hannibal (Monarch Level, Warlords; Space Victory; Score: 22718) Feature: Internet Project
Game 12: Japan/Tokugawa (Monarch Level, Warlords; Domination Victory; Score: 75824)
Game 13: Mali/Mansa Musa (Monarch Level, Warlords; Space Victory; Score: 37247)
Game 14: Mongolia/Kublai Khan (Monarch Level, Warlords; Domination Victory; Score: 91103) Feature: Great Merchant Economy
Game 15: Ottoman/Mehmed II (Monarch Level, Warlords; Loss; Score: 2657) Feature: Isolated Start
Game 16: Persia/Cyrus (Monarch Level, Warlords; Domination Victory; Score: 76759)
Game 17: Russia/Peter (Monarch Level, Warlords; Loss)
Game 17, Take 2: Russia/Peter (Monarch Level, Beyond the Sword; Space Victory; Score: 38754) First Beyond the Sword ALC
Game 18: Spain/Isabella (Monarch Level, Beyond the Sword; Diplomatic Victory; Score: 66550) Feature: Apostolic Palace early religious diplomatic victory
Game 18, Take 2: Spain/Isabella (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 48052) Feature: First Emperor Level ALC
Game 19: Sumer/Gilgamesh (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Space Victory; Score: 39919)
Game 20: Vikings/Ragnar (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 102108) Feature: Early Astronomy Gambit
Game 21: Zulus/Shaka (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword); Domination Victory; Score: 123429) Features: Aggressive AI, No Tech Brokering, No Goody Huts
Game 22: Arabs/Saladin (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword); Loss
Game 22, Take 2: Arabs/Saladin (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 108819)
Game 23: America/Lincoln (Immortal Level, Beyond the Sword; Space Race Victory; Score: 50980) Feature: First Immortal Level ALC
Game 24: Babylon/Hammurabi (Immortal Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 135666)
Game 25: Celts/Boudica (Abandoned)
Game 25: Celts/Boudica, Take 2 (Also Abandoned)
The ALCs: The Next Generation
Game 26: Dutch/Willem van Oranje, Played by Lord Parkin
Game 27: England/Churchill, Played by DMOC
Game 28: Ethiopia/Zara Yaqob, Played by Benginal
Game 29: France/De Gaulle, Played by Benginal
Game 30: Germany/Bismarck, Played by Benginal
Game 31: Greek/Pericles, Played by Benginal
Game 32: HRE/Charlemagne, Played by Benginal
Game 32: Korea/Wang Kon, Played by Benginal
However, that's not much of a discussion thread, is it? So besides offering links to the old ALC games, I thought this thread could also be a place to discuss the ALC series in general--a place to discuss things that are not directly related to the game currently in progress and would therefore be off-topic. Things like--Should the games move up to the next difficulty level? Which leader should be next? Should the games start using the Better AI mod? How come Sisiutil is so intelligent, witty and erudite, and how can I be more like him?
Ahem.
And so forth. Anything related to the ALCs goes!
But first, without further ado, here are the links to the previous games. If anyone wants the saved game files from these games, just PM me with your e-mail address.
Game 1: Aztec/Montezuma (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 15232)
Game 2: China/Mao Zedong (Prince Level; Space Victory; Score: 14668)
Game 3: China/Qin Shi Huang (Prince Level; Space Victory; Score: 21247)
Game 4: Egypt/Hatshepsut (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 44777)
Game 5: England/Victoria (Prince Level; Cultural Victory; Score: 24409) Feature: Late-game cultural win
Game 6: France/Louis XIV (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 21695)
Game 7: Germany/Frederick the Great (Prince Level; Domination Victory; Score: 35418) Features: Pyramids gambit, Specialist Economy
Game 8: Greece/Alexander the Great (Prince Level; Conquest Victory; Score: 21194) Feature: Hybrid Economy
Game 9: Inca/Huayna Capac (Monarch Level; Diplomatic Victory; Score: 37721) Features: First Monarch Level ALC, Isolated Start
Game 10: India/Asoka (Monarch Level, Warlords; Space Victory; Score: 37790) Feature: First Warlords ALC
Game 11: Carthage/Hannibal (Monarch Level, Warlords; Space Victory; Score: 22718) Feature: Internet Project
Game 12: Japan/Tokugawa (Monarch Level, Warlords; Domination Victory; Score: 75824)
Game 13: Mali/Mansa Musa (Monarch Level, Warlords; Space Victory; Score: 37247)
Game 14: Mongolia/Kublai Khan (Monarch Level, Warlords; Domination Victory; Score: 91103) Feature: Great Merchant Economy
Game 15: Ottoman/Mehmed II (Monarch Level, Warlords; Loss; Score: 2657) Feature: Isolated Start
Game 16: Persia/Cyrus (Monarch Level, Warlords; Domination Victory; Score: 76759)
Game 17: Russia/Peter (Monarch Level, Warlords; Loss)
Game 17, Take 2: Russia/Peter (Monarch Level, Beyond the Sword; Space Victory; Score: 38754) First Beyond the Sword ALC
Game 18: Spain/Isabella (Monarch Level, Beyond the Sword; Diplomatic Victory; Score: 66550) Feature: Apostolic Palace early religious diplomatic victory
Game 18, Take 2: Spain/Isabella (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 48052) Feature: First Emperor Level ALC
Game 19: Sumer/Gilgamesh (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Space Victory; Score: 39919)
Game 20: Vikings/Ragnar (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 102108) Feature: Early Astronomy Gambit
Game 21: Zulus/Shaka (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword); Domination Victory; Score: 123429) Features: Aggressive AI, No Tech Brokering, No Goody Huts
Game 22: Arabs/Saladin (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword); Loss
Game 22, Take 2: Arabs/Saladin (Emperor Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 108819)
Game 23: America/Lincoln (Immortal Level, Beyond the Sword; Space Race Victory; Score: 50980) Feature: First Immortal Level ALC
Game 24: Babylon/Hammurabi (Immortal Level, Beyond the Sword; Domination Victory; Score: 135666)
Game 25: Celts/Boudica (Abandoned)
Game 25: Celts/Boudica, Take 2 (Also Abandoned)
The ALCs: The Next Generation
Game 26: Dutch/Willem van Oranje, Played by Lord Parkin
Game 27: England/Churchill, Played by DMOC
Game 28: Ethiopia/Zara Yaqob, Played by Benginal
Game 29: France/De Gaulle, Played by Benginal
Game 30: Germany/Bismarck, Played by Benginal
Game 31: Greek/Pericles, Played by Benginal
Game 32: HRE/Charlemagne, Played by Benginal
Game 32: Korea/Wang Kon, Played by Benginal
UPDATE: MAY 22nd, 2009
Sadly, after many years of doing this, I find I can no longer muster the gumption to play and post the ALCs. I've simply run into the law of diminishing returns. I started these threads to improve my own game, which they obviously did, since I started on Prince and worked my way up to Immortal (and, off-line, I'm going to attempt deity soon). But I find I simply wasn't getting much out of the threads anymore (even though I know many of you were, which is why I kept them going). These sorts of threads require their fair share of time, dedication, and effort, and I have a limited supply of those (my altruistic streak also has its limits, sadly). Many of you have noted how the delay between posts was becoming longer and longer in the last few games; now you know why.
I may not have accomplished all I originally set out to do in the ALCs (play a game as every leader and reach Deity level), but I've had a good run. In fact, if I count the "take 2s" as separate games--which they were--I played and posted 26 ALC matches. That's exactly the number that would have been required to play a game with each leader in the original Civ IV release, a.k.a. "vanilla". I know, it's not quite "mission accomplished", but like any opportunistic leader, I'm more than happy to peremptorily hang that on a banner behind me, give a rousing farewell speech to the troops, and head home to hang out on my ranch. If only I had a ranch...
At any rate, I'm quite proud of the games, and the threads live on as my legacy. I hope they will prove as enlightening to future generations as they have to...
(Okay, I'm getting pretty pretentious, aren't I?)
Anyway. I had to pull down some of the old saved game files to make room for new ones. This has prompted several of you to ask me to e-mail you the missing games, which I will continue to do. But to make things a little easier, since I no longer need the file space, I've posted the starts of all the ALCs here in this post. Sadly, I lost the first six starts and no one else seems to have them either, but all the others are in the ZIP file that's attached, along with the earliest saves from the early games.
If you check the most recent posts in the thread as of today's date, several other players have indicated an interest in carrying on the ALCs. I will include links to those threads above. The torch has been passed, and...
Whoops, there goes my pretention alert again.