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Which difficulty levels would you sign up for? (multiple choice)

  • Warlord

    Votes: 22 22.2%

  • Noble

    Votes: 43 43.4%

  • Prince

    Votes: 70 70.7%

  • Monarch

    Votes: 67 67.7%

  • Emperor

    Votes: 33 33.3%

  • Higher

    Votes: 16 16.2%
  • Total voters
    99
  • Poll closed .
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Yes, you're not imagining things! The new patch has arrived, and so we are planning the first Civ4 SGOTM. Gyathaar has been fine-tuning a challenging scenario for you, in his own inimitable style.

A SGOTM is a Succession Game, played as a competition between multiple teams. We provide a common starting save and a simple objective, and a system for uploading and downloading your saves, and recording team progress, as the game passes from player to player in each team.

For players unfamiliar with the concept of a Succession Game, you can find information here. We have been running the Civ3 SGOTMs for a couple of years, and you can see how that works by visiting the Civ3 equivalent of this forum. The progress and results pages for all nine Civ3 SGOTMs to date are here.

We'll open a sign-up thread for SGOTM 01 in a few days, so please use the above links to do your homework, watch the main Civ4 GOTM forum for announcements, and come back to sign up for a team.

Please feel free to use this thread to discuss the SGOTM format, and to ask your questions or make (polite) suggestions for its future evolution.
 
Very interesting, I've already read something :)

How can we make a team?
Another question (sorry, I'm a total nooob)
I've noticed several threads concerning the same sgotm, for each team. I suppose -better to state the obvious...- that it isn't allowed to read the thread except of the own team, isn't it?
 
Tauro said:
Very interesting, I've already read something :)

How can we make a team?
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This link will take you to SGOTM09's sign up thread for Civ 3. It will explain how it has been done in the past.
 
Tauro said:
Another question (sorry, I'm a total nooob)
I've noticed several threads concerning the same sgotm, for each team. I suppose -better to state the obvious...- that it isn't allowed to read the thread except of the own team, isn't it?
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That is correct. :) It is a competition after all. :D No reading the other team threads... :nono:

Once you have completed the game and submitted it and posted in the Final Spoiler Thread, your team is allowed to read the other threads. :clap:
 
Finally time to go pick up a civ4 copy then. And no better place to learn the ins and outs of the game than an SGOTM! :)

@staff: :worship: :worship:
 
Tauro said:
Very interesting, I've already read something :)

How can we make a team?
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Single players who sign up will be put into teams we hope will work together.

If you know a group of people that want to play together then you'll be able to sign up as a ready-made team, or part-team. Maybe there are players you have already played a Succession game or a Play By Email with, or people you have got to know during other CFC activities, or even people you met at another site.

I've noticed several threads concerning the same sgotm, for each team. I suppose -better to state the obvious...- that it isn't allowed to read the thread except of the own team, isn't it?
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That's correct. Each team is given its own thread to discuss the game and post turn logs. Players must not read other team threads until the game is over, as other teams may find solutions to problems that give them a competitive advantage. This can't be enforced by thread logins, because SGOTMs are a spectator sport, but we do watch actively for players reading other team threads.
 
hahaha! looking forward to it!

will be a big change fro the civ 3 SGOTM but i think i speak for everyone when i say we are ready for the challenge
 
I have been thinking of running the game in 2 difficulties.. and the teams get to pick which version they play..
For this game it would be one noble and one emperor version.
The alternative would be that everyone plays monarch (or perhaps prince).

What does you potential players think about this? Would need to decide on this before the signups starts :)
 
I've added a poll to gauge player feedback on what range(s) of difficulty levels are preferred. Please select all that apply to you.
 
Tauro said:
Thx for the answers Alan and Leif :)
The difference in time (I'm italian, GMT+1, and you all GMT-5 I think) maybe could be a problem for a team?
Probably I'll look for european people and other italians http://civilizationitalia.forumfree.net/ :)
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I think you'll find the SGOTM teams in Civ3 came from across the globe. Before I took on the admin for those games I was on the Xteam - with Leif, as it happens. I'm in the UK time zone, and we had Americans and Scandinavians on the team at various times.

have a look at the team threads. The normal sequence is a 72 hour cycle from one player to the next, and teams have a hard time maintaining even that pace, regardless of their geography, so time zones are not a problem.

You can make timezones work in your favour if you want a fast turn-round. A sequence of Europe/US east coast/US West coast/Australasia can theoretically play four turn-sets in 24 hours.

However, it's a team game, and you may need the extra time to ensure that all team members have a chance to comment on the situation between turn-sets.

But if you do form an Italian team, please remember that you should use this forum for your team communications, and that you should use the English language. As I say, this is also a spectator sport, and the standard language of CFC is English :)
 
Sounds great. Played (and playing) in a few SG's but never played in a GOTM. Seems like a great idea. I'll have to work on a few of my SG team-mates to form up a team.

On difficulty level, I have never even played above monarch myself or in an SG so I will pick Monarch as the level.
 
Mmmm. This looks so interesting - but with what time? What kind of time does playing this take up each turn for someone on a team - I've never done it, and really have no concept of what time commitment you'd be making to be part of a team.

Maybe I could lurk around a game and then play #2?
 
I have learnt from the Civ3 SGOTM never to be afraid of playing a game at a higher level than I'm used to. What can be achieved in a succession game can be far more than can be achieved individually, so I would be happy to take the plunge on any level. Unfortunately, even with 1.61 I can see any floodplains in unexplored regions of the map, so that excludes me from any competitive Civ4 game :sad:

I would recommend anyone thinking of giving it a go to dive on in for the first one and not wait for the second. Have a look at the Civ 3 SGOTM or Civ4 succession game forum if you want to find out what it's like.

I shall have to satisfy myself with lurking this one.
 
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