hoplitejoe
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First N-Dubz and now the Chuckle Brothers?!?! How very dare you! 
Dawn of the Middle Kingdom [DoC]
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Tomorrow's Dawn
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^I originally wanted to use Michael Rosen's wrinkly neck, but I couldn't find a good picture or screencap and I had just finished designing the new Chinese & British flags.
I love Michael Rosen by the way, unlike the Chuckle Brothers.
Any British artists/performers out there that are fair game for me?
If it makes you feel any better, feel free to mock some American artists if you'd like.
(Although admittedly, I'm more inclined towards Canadian music groups)
I love Michael Rosen by the way, unlike the Chuckle Brothers.
Any British artists/performers out there that are fair game for me?
If it makes you feel any better, feel free to mock some American artists if you'd like.
(Although admittedly, I'm more inclined towards Canadian music groups)
mayor
Heart & Mind
ah we can make fun of Nickelback?
not that I understand the hate towards them...
not that I understand the hate towards them...
hoplitejoe
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I am not a hater by nature... Nickelback are fine to mock though
Fresol
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Tuitan is good. I used to try to build Tuitan when I play Aztec. But now I can't survive all the barbs and Spanish conquerors. They always come in 15th century with Conquistadors and bombards, and plague.
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@mayor & hoplitejoe: Nobody likes Nickelback. That's what happens when you fuse emo and country together.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Chojbalsan defects to us, but since it's in the Mongol core,
and it's not really that great of a city, we disband it.
The Mongol citizens are brought to live in China, away from German domination.
No wonder Spain died!
Look at that French SoD!
I'm glad I don't have any continental holdings
...For at the moment at least.
Oh, and for those of you who are wondering,
In DoC, the French UU, the Musketeer,
has been replaced with the Culverin, a Cannon UU.
Welcome aboard!
Vassalizing our friends the Iranians though,
puts us in a state of war against our old friends, the Byzantines.
Sorry Justinian, but you're just too... byzantine to stick around on the Earth for much longer.
As Qin Shi Huang shifts allegiances,
we strike up a Defensive Pact with
Suleiman to restore our stability.
This arrangement will prove to be a long and fruitful one.
Qin Shi Huang consolidated all of China's holdings into one supranational organization,
dubbed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or the SCO for short.
Its' member states included:
China Proper
-Chaoxian Province
-Wa Province
-Huaxacayac Canal
-Ying Province
E Luo Si (Tributary Russian State)
Ba Ji Sitan (Tributary Mughal State)
Yi Lang (Tributary Iranian State)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Chojbalsan defects to us, but since it's in the Mongol core,
and it's not really that great of a city, we disband it.
The Mongol citizens are brought to live in China, away from German domination.
No wonder Spain died!
Look at that French SoD!
I'm glad I don't have any continental holdings
...For at the moment at least.
Oh, and for those of you who are wondering,
In DoC, the French UU, the Musketeer,
has been replaced with the Culverin, a Cannon UU.
Welcome aboard!
Vassalizing our friends the Iranians though,
puts us in a state of war against our old friends, the Byzantines.
Sorry Justinian, but you're just too... byzantine to stick around on the Earth for much longer.
As Qin Shi Huang shifts allegiances,
we strike up a Defensive Pact with
Suleiman to restore our stability.
This arrangement will prove to be a long and fruitful one.
Qin Shi Huang consolidated all of China's holdings into one supranational organization,
dubbed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or the SCO for short.
Its' member states included:
China Proper
-Chaoxian Province
-Wa Province
-Huaxacayac Canal
-Ying Province
E Luo Si (Tributary Russian State)
Ba Ji Sitan (Tributary Mughal State)
Yi Lang (Tributary Iranian State)
mayor
Heart & Mind
I beg to differ. I like them. I'm not a fan but I do like them
Tycho
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Never had as much of a taste for Nickelback; listen to too much of it at my house anyways, which is what pushes me towards other music.
Tomorrow's Dawn
Heroes Never Die
@mayor: Well, I think Nickelback will be glad to hear that someone likes them. 
There's always Lil Wayne & any of the Real Housewives that released singles to make fun of.
@Fresol: Before the end of your turn, check all your cities'.
Make sure they are all working the highest possible yields.
When a city grows and begins to work an unimproved tile,
switch that tile immediately to a specialist.
Also, don't clump your cities together and share tiles.
I hate how Rhye's seems to encourage that because it really hurts economy imo.
You're Blocking My View!
We have about 4-5 different stacks of 4-5 Privateers blockading much of Western Europe,
sapping A LOT of Commerce from France.
A mistake that I did was that I didn't send some north soon enough to start hurting
Germany.
But despite Germany teching faster than France, there were some other things that ended up hurting them more anyway.
We make our final civic switch to Parliamentarism.
Did you know that Happiness affects Stability?
The effect is quite marginal, but when we impose a "No Parliamentarism"
unhappiness on other civs who aren't running it,
every little bit helps.
So here you go, a world map.
Admittedly, Gruekiller hit the nail the hit concerning how I treat my conquests.
I only wiped the Aztecs & the Maya out because they were blocking my view of the Pacific.
England was merely conquered so I could have a parking space.
And strangling Portugal was just insurance so that I don't have to deal with a fat stack dropping on my mainland later on.
Seriously, I cannot stress how important it is to have a Pacific-Atlantic canal.
Do you realize how many turns I shave off moving Pirate fleets and reinforcements
going through that canal instead of the long way around?
Like 2-3 at the very least.
The important wars are going to be with France & Germany.
Dutch East Indiamen are a problem for the Privateer doctrine.
You'll need to bring 2 for every 1 East Indiaman they field, since they have equal strength.
We are luckier with the French though, I must have sunk about 20-30 Caravels + Triremes so far.
Check out Napoleon desperately building Caravels in all his cities to try and dislodge me.
Also, will you look at that? The Byzantines have collapsed, meaning we got Iran for free.
A look at my stability.
There's always Lil Wayne & any of the Real Housewives that released singles to make fun of.
@Fresol: Before the end of your turn, check all your cities'.
Make sure they are all working the highest possible yields.
When a city grows and begins to work an unimproved tile,
switch that tile immediately to a specialist.
Also, don't clump your cities together and share tiles.
I hate how Rhye's seems to encourage that because it really hurts economy imo.
You're Blocking My View!
We have about 4-5 different stacks of 4-5 Privateers blockading much of Western Europe,
sapping A LOT of Commerce from France.
A mistake that I did was that I didn't send some north soon enough to start hurting
Germany.
But despite Germany teching faster than France, there were some other things that ended up hurting them more anyway.
We make our final civic switch to Parliamentarism.
Did you know that Happiness affects Stability?
The effect is quite marginal, but when we impose a "No Parliamentarism"
unhappiness on other civs who aren't running it,
every little bit helps.
So here you go, a world map.
Admittedly, Gruekiller hit the nail the hit concerning how I treat my conquests.
I only wiped the Aztecs & the Maya out because they were blocking my view of the Pacific.
England was merely conquered so I could have a parking space.
And strangling Portugal was just insurance so that I don't have to deal with a fat stack dropping on my mainland later on.
Seriously, I cannot stress how important it is to have a Pacific-Atlantic canal.
Do you realize how many turns I shave off moving Pirate fleets and reinforcements
going through that canal instead of the long way around?
Like 2-3 at the very least.
The important wars are going to be with France & Germany.
Dutch East Indiamen are a problem for the Privateer doctrine.
You'll need to bring 2 for every 1 East Indiaman they field, since they have equal strength.
We are luckier with the French though, I must have sunk about 20-30 Caravels + Triremes so far.
Check out Napoleon desperately building Caravels in all his cities to try and dislodge me.
Also, will you look at that? The Byzantines have collapsed, meaning we got Iran for free.
A look at my stability.
Tomorrow's Dawn
Heroes Never Die
No, haha. That's just the Anarchy.
It'll shoot back up soon enough.
It'll shoot back up soon enough.
mayor
Heart & Mind
I thought you were writing an instructive AAR
well oké, I admit, you did explain it... but only after there was a question about.
Tycho
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Tomorrow's Dawn
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That's what I always think, and then it goes crashing down even more...
If you're talking about your Rome game, imo, the advice I have to offer is that,
you're keeping too many cities (which increases risk of respawn) and not crushing enough civs on spawn. Only keep 1 city in a civ's core. France spawned? Keep Paris, burn down everything else. Spain spawned? Keep Madrid, burn down everything else. Saves you a lot of trouble in the long term. Also, don't whip a lot.
I may just write a Rome AAR to show people at least, how I do it.
But I am considering writing about India first, since they're the most changed from vanilla along with China, and no one else except for Tlonitte has written about India (seriously, India needs LOVE, they're so important, and yet no one pays any attention to them).
Dutch Crunch.
I'm funneling Sea Ponies from SCO routes to Europe.
Nothing much else to say here.
Super critical wonder here.
Make sure nobody else builds the Statue of Liberty.
I would actually reload if I missed this.
It's just too good to pass up,
and too good to not kick yourself in the shins if you miss it.
+1 Specialist in every city will just do wonders for your Economy.
The Germans appear to have an equally sizable stack to the French.
I wonder if I can make the two heirs to Charlemagne's legacy fight each other...
Speaking of India, they respawn!
But they're not really willing to give us anything.
Sorry mayor
Strategically though, the Dutch take up space.
And they're eager to colonize, since they only have 1 city in Europe.
And we're out to stop colonialism (at least, European colonialism) so they're going to have to go.
The point of stopping colonialism is that if you're going Dom/Conquest, like I am,
every city they build is just another one that you have to hunt down (for Conquest) or raising the world's population out of reach (for Domination).
I'm only saving myself trouble by doing this.
mayor
Heart & Mind
Sorry mayor
I can take it, I don't even keep count anymore so many times did I destroy them
strijder20
Wallowing in irony
Well, lucky Indonesia I guess
Tomorrow's Dawn
Heroes Never Die
Better & Better.
Earlier, I had been using Sea Ponies to help escort Great Merchants to Europe for moneybombs.
They actually have a dual purpose in being my continental intervention horde.
Our Sea Ponies charge into Amsterdam.
Which we burn to the ground, to prevent a respawn.
But not before we extract this guy:
I'm pretty sure many people by now have heard of the "American Triangle".
For those who don't know, the Triangle refers to a triad of cities in the American heartland that provide incredible yields.
They don't flip to America either, and these cities are practically essential to Conquest/Domination.
For reference, I settle 1 one of the American Triangle locations.
This spot can grow up to about 25-30 pop+ easy.
Seriously, settling one of these spots will provide a massive boost to your economy.
Like I said, Tycho, it only gets better.
The Dutch are reduced to one little outpost in South Africa.
SCO forces do not pursue however, for Die Antwoord was projecting their image
from the lighthouse, terrifying all the ships that came near.
(I actually like Die Antwoord, for the record)
To celebrate the victory over Amsterdam though,
the governor of London decided to play some good (subjectively)
British music in the streets instead of Cher Lloyd:
Link to video.
Earlier, I had been using Sea Ponies to help escort Great Merchants to Europe for moneybombs.
They actually have a dual purpose in being my continental intervention horde.
Our Sea Ponies charge into Amsterdam.
Which we burn to the ground, to prevent a respawn.
But not before we extract this guy:
I'm pretty sure many people by now have heard of the "American Triangle".
For those who don't know, the Triangle refers to a triad of cities in the American heartland that provide incredible yields.
They don't flip to America either, and these cities are practically essential to Conquest/Domination.
For reference, I settle 1 one of the American Triangle locations.
This spot can grow up to about 25-30 pop+ easy.
Seriously, settling one of these spots will provide a massive boost to your economy.
Like I said, Tycho, it only gets better.
The Dutch are reduced to one little outpost in South Africa.
SCO forces do not pursue however, for Die Antwoord was projecting their image
from the lighthouse, terrifying all the ships that came near.
(I actually like Die Antwoord, for the record)
To celebrate the victory over Amsterdam though,
the governor of London decided to play some good (subjectively
)British music in the streets instead of Cher Lloyd:
Link to video.
