LK87, World Map, Russia, Deity

Difficulty = Deity
Civilization = Russia
Barbs = None
World Size = Huge LK world map


Signed up:
LKendter
Greebley (want reconfirmed in thread)
open slot
Meldor (want reconfirmed in thread)
open slot

Remember 10 turns per round - STRICT 24 hours got it, total 48 to complete.
5 turns per round upon entering the industrial age

Sign up requirement - a previous military win on deity, a PC that can handle huge+ maps, huge map experience a major plus. You should be committed to the large time the later turns take.

Got the prereqs except for much huge map experience. Have won with Russia playing one of the ToT scenarios. Certainly have a PC that can handle it. I'd be glad to join if you have room available.

M60A3TTS - I don't recognize you. Have you played in other SGs? If so, can you point me to one to verify.


Signed up:
LKendter
Greebley (want reconfirmed in thread)
M60A3TTS (?)
Meldor (want reconfirmed in thread)
open slot

Remember 10 turns per round - STRICT 24 hours got it, total 48 to complete.
5 turns per round upon entering the industrial age

Civilization = Random

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or russians?
I would like to join. look at AK6 eclectic for reference, soon a military deity win

I'm doing Prodigal Son's (DG) with Grahamiam et al, and just finished up Bede's 04c Griddle (EMP). My Deity win was a solo (Dom/large pangea/Rome). Not sure if you were looking for a Deity SG participant. That I don't have. If you only want someone with Deity SG experience, no problem.

I would like to join if still room

I am here...

@ThERat - I can't tell what experience you have with huge+ maps. Have you played anything with a large scale map and use to the late game hour+ per turn?

@Gyathaar - I recognize the name from somewhere. Can you point me to a SG thread your are in. Have you played a huge+ sized map before.


I realize I am being paranoid, but I have had a lot of drop problems as people didn't realize the time commitment.

Signed up:
LKendter
Greebley (want reconfirmed in thread)
M60A3TTS
Meldor
ThERat? or Gyathaar? or open slot


Remember 10 turns per round - STRICT 24 hours got it, total 48 to complete.
5 turns per round upon entering the industrial age

Gyathaar e.g. participated in my DocT3 game, and at foremost Bugs3 (Sid; not entirely won right now, but in the box). And I can confirm his skills certainly are appropriate for Sid.

@ThERat - I can't tell what experience you have with huge+ maps. Have you played anything with a large scale map and use to the late game hour+ per turn?

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do you remember Aggie's monster map? I actually played that game along and know what time it takes to play such a game. I guess by then 5 turns would be ok.
I understand your paranoia, I get the same feeling for my active SG's as well

edit: since Gyathaar is also interested, go ahead and take him instead of me, it's fine

Signed up:
LKendter
Greebley (want reconfirmed in thread)
M60A3TTS
Meldor
Gyathaar? - I only need confirmed on experience with larger maps. Skill level is fine.
ThERat? potential alternate?

I have played several games on huge maps (currently playing on and off on a sid one for HoF), and some world map games.

However I have never finished a map bigger than large (Eg. milked CoTM04 which was large map) yet.. this has been because I didnt feel like spending all that much time on the last turns to finish off games that was already won when I was just playing them alone.

My only problem is that I sometimes get really busy at work so can from time to time have problems playing civ for several hours in a stretch.. currently situation is fine, but I have no idea if I might get busy a couple months down the road.

My PC can handle max sized maps fine thou even if its a year old (Athlon64 3200+).

Signed up:
LKendter
Greebley (want reconfirmed in thread)
M60A3TTS
Meldor
Gyathaar

As soon as Greebley reconfirms this game will start.

My PC can handle max sized maps fine thou even if its a year old (Athlon64 3200+).

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Well I way playing on a P4, 833 machine for the longest time.

I am here and can play.

Out of curiosity, how big is the map? A map somewhere around 235 by 235 with 31 civs gives each civ the same room as a Huge map with 16 civs.

It is around 250 by 200. It is a true world map with civs in the right spot. It has the following blocks of civs - South America = 3, North America = 3, Europe=4 (if you count Russia), Africa=3, Asia=3 and Australia. The count seems one short, but I can't figure out what civ I have forgotten about.

Don't discount Australia in the game. They were one of the tech LEADERS last game. They usually get an exclusive luxury and that really helps their cause.

I know I was forgetting some civs. I didn't count Babylon and Persia. Add Middle East=2.

I almost forget to randomize the resources. I barely started, so it isn't big deal to start again. The game isn't as good if you have some idea where they resources are.


4000 BC
The settler moves as I refuse to waste a bonus grassland tile.


3950 BC
Moscow is formed. I start research on the cheapest tech of burial hoping it will drop under 50 turns shortly. In addition, I really don't want that from a hut.


3800 BC
I make first contact with Germany, but no trades happen.


3700 BC
I make first contact with France and Greece. The European contacts are complete.


3350 BC
I make the first contact in the Middle East with Babylon. Once again no trades happen. However, every civ met lowers our research cost and opens up possible 2 for 1 deals.


3250 BC
We get to pop a hut and get a lousy conscript warrior.


3000 BC
We meet Egypt and save 22 turns on Burial and get $10 for Pottery. Burial is useless to France as I can't get any of there techs.

I pop a hut in Scandinavia and get Warrior Code.
I ship Egypt Warrior Code and get Masonry.

I meet Persia, and it is the typical no deals possible.


2950 BC
We pop another hut and get another annoying skilled warrior that chokes our economy with unit costs.


2850 BC
I didn't expect to meet India this soon. No trades can happen.

I find another hut to pop and simply get maps. Expansionist hasn't been too useful so far.


2800 BC
I can't believe how easy it has been for contacts this game. I meet the Songhai that was expecting to travel to West Africa to meet. That scout will quickly turn south to find the Zulu. They tend to be a tech laggard due to lack of early contact.


2710 BC
Our warrior pops a hut and we get Alphabet.
We pop a second hut and get another frelling conscript warrior.


2630 BC
We meet the Mongols and nothing happens.
I pop another hut and get maps again.


2590 BC
We meet China that has spare cash, but no techs. I really don't want cash that will simply be demanded away.


2510 BC
China was nice enough to learn The Wheel. I ship them Alphabet and get The Wheel and $1.


2310 BC
This is just plain sick. We went from above several civs in tech to down to almost everyone in Iron Working. I think Persia traded IW around like crazy.

I make contact with The Zulu. I am disappointed to find they are already above us in tech. I was hoping for a backwards-trading partner.


2270 BC
St. Petersburg is formed close to where the real city was. It isn't a great spot, but is has fresh water and inland fish for a heavy food tile.

It trashes our economy again, but I ship Babylon Alphabet, $20 and $6/turn to get Iron Working. We need to locate potential iron, and they were the only civ whom needed Alphabet.


2150 BC
Novgorod is formed. This will actually be a pretty good city once all the forests are cleared. It has fresh water and irrigated the deer may let even us some of the tundra forest when we run out of grassland. I start the city on a barracks as this will be our main military city.

I didn't bother selling China Iron Working as cash will probably just get demanded away. I really don't want cash until we can build embassies. Some type of early WAR looks pretty much forced.



Summary:
ALL contacts have been made in the old world. We need a coastal city to build a ship to send to the new world.

Resources look bad with no visible iron or horses. There is a junk location in Scandinavia to get our first luxury of furs. Depending on the scouting resources we may be forced into a deity archer rush.

We have to take any decent city spot. The good spots south to us have been claimed. I draw the line at all tundra cities unless they have luxuries / resources. We can't afford them at this time.



Signed up:
LKendter
Greebley (currently playing)
M60A3TTS (on deck)
Meldor
Gyathaar

Remember 10 turns per round - STRICT 24 hours got it, total 48 to complete.
It will drop to 5 to 10 turns in the industrial age.


The new WM players will need to run the following batch file. It should be run from C:\Program Files\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III\Art\units.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/SETUP-UNITS4.zip

This creates the UU for several civs by simply coping the existing animations.



http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/LK87-2150BC.zip

Guess I need to stop going to work to get into some of these games.

I'll be on the outside looking in yet again

Good luck!

Hotrod

I had a look at your world map in the saves from LK75.. And I just thought I would point out you are missing Svalbard (aka Spitsbergen).
In the current Map scale it should all fit in between Norway and North pole, and be roughly the size of Iceland

(See for example this map )

Gyathaar said:

I had a look at your world map in the saves from LK75.. And I just thought I would point out you are missing Svalbard (aka Spitsbergen).
In the current Map scale it should all fit in between Norway and North pole, and be roughly the size of Iceland

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It looks like an all ice island. However, it looks bigger then one square. I don't put any one square islands in the game as it created a real problem of OCC island AIs.