Instructions for Game Session 2 (21 Jan 24:00 UTC)

Blkbird · Jan 19, 2006

Elected Government Officials please post instructions for Game Session 2 below.

The Session will be played either offline or non-interactively online Saturday 21 Jan 24:00 UTC (7pm EST). So please submit instructions before that time.

Previous game session: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=154121
Starting savegame of this game session: http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/C4DG1_BC3600_Turn10.Civ4SavedGame

This is not a discussion thread.

Nomad Bryce · Jan 20, 2006

In the absence of Aythaneaus, if he remains absent, I would like to appoint Chieftess as acting Governor of Boaring Wallow. I trust that she is a top notch player and have faith that she can make good building decisions.

DaveShack · Jan 21, 2006

The first post of a TCIT needs to include a link to the starting save. It is also customary to include a link to the previous instruction thread. Please update the first post with this information.

Just in case you're not aware, when there are no instructions for a topic the DP has freedom to act but does need to follow binding polls, and should take lower level decision types (opinion polls, perponderance of comments in discussion threads) into account.

Blkbird · Jan 21, 2006

DaveShack said:
Just in case you're not aware, when there are no instructions for a topic the DP has freedom to act but does need to follow binding polls, and should take lower level decision types (opinion polls, perponderance of comments in discussion threads) into account.

What do you mean by "should"? A DP isn't *required* to follow opinion polls and citizen inputs?

Blkbird · Jan 21, 2006

Continue researching Animal Husbandry; after it finishes, start researching Pottery.

If Pottery is presented to us by a Hut, research Writing (after finishing Animal Husbandry); if any other Technology is presented to us by a Hut, stay on course with Pottery.

DaveShack · Jan 21, 2006

Blkbird said:
What do you mean by "should"? A DP isn't *required* to follow opinion polls and citizen inputs?

Let's discuss that in the judicial thread on decision types. You can read it as required.

greekguy · Jan 21, 2006

Enemy Demands: How to Handle Them

Gold:
Envoy head on a pole

Techs:
Envoy head on a pole

Religion switching:
Yes, if friend. chop off head if foe

Civic switching:
Envoy head on a pole

Stop trading with Civ X:
Depends on who we are friends with, Civ X, or Civ Y demanding we stop the trading

Wars and Treaties: Don't declare war on anyone this TC. Don't sign any treaties because we don't have the knowldege of how to do so.

End the chat after 10 turns.

greekguy · Jan 21, 2006

Slider: Put the slider to max for Scientific research. Let it go as high as the game allows. The people have spoken and we want to "Get Smart".

Budget: Don't spend any money at all for this turnchat.

End the chat after 10 turns.

Blkbird · Jan 21, 2006

greekguy said:
Gold:
Envoy head on a pole

[...]

Wars and Treaties: Don't declare war on anyone this TC.

I've made this comment to your instructions for the last session already: Your instructions are self-contradictory.

Chieftess · Jan 21, 2006

While I know it's an offline session, can you please translate 24:00 UTC? I have no clue what UTC is.....

Ginger_Ale · Jan 21, 2006

It's in the first post...7pm EST, for timezone-deficient people.

Blkbird · Jan 21, 2006

Chieftess said:
While I know it's an offline session, can you please translate 24:00 UTC? I have no clue what UTC is.....

UTC is Universal Time Coordinate. It replaced Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) over 30 years ago, but is basically the same thing.

DaveShack · Jan 21, 2006

So did this get played as scheduled? We should play on business as usual unless the assembly tells us otherwise.

Chieftess · Jan 21, 2006

Yeah, no posts could mean that it goes to the next in Chain of Command.

Where's the save?

Donovan Zoi · Jan 21, 2006

Chieftess said:
Yeah, no posts could mean that it goes to the next in Chain of Command. Where's the save?

Hey, that's me! :lol:

Oh wait.....I resigned. :hmm:

Blkbird · Jan 22, 2006

Patience, people, I'm still working out the narrative log.

Chieftess · Jan 22, 2006

Can we atleast have the saves to start discussions? You can post the log later.

Blkbird · Jan 22, 2006

Savegames:
Mid-session (begin of Turn 15): http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/C4DG1_BC3400_Turn15.Civ4SavedGame
Final (end of Turn 20): http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/C4DG1_BC3200_Turn20_EndOfGameSession2.Civ4SavedGame

Logs (with a summary at the end of the narrative log): http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3604114#post3604114
Screenshots: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3604137#post3604137

All-inclusive package (savegame of each Turn, screenshots at end of Game Session, logs): http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/C4DG1_BC3600-BC3200_GameSession2.zip

Chieftess · Jan 22, 2006

Your attachments don't work.

DaveShack · Jan 22, 2006

This shouldn't be a discussion thread, but here's some feedback.

I really like the narrative log, it's superior to many SG logs I've seen!

The attachment links for individual saves don't work, and it was very unusual to see a link to an outside site for the all-inclusive zip file. After working through downloading the file I was very happy to see that it's not just the beginning, middle, and end save, but there is also a save for every turn!

Areas for improvement (I will also post this to the DP Pool government thread)

It's less important at present because there aren't a lot of preliminary instructions to do, but there is a strong tradition of doing those instructions and then posting a "turn 0" save from the end of that prep work, before the first full turn of the session starts.
Generally people prefer to see a link to the actual file and not a link to the thread / post where the file is found. This is especially important with screenshots. It's also generally better to put the full-size image instead of the thumbnail.
Putting the text of the high level summary in the instruction thread gives people a nice closure to the session.

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