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SGOTM 07 - A Tiny, Crowded, Deity OCC

Sign up here to join a Succession Team for this new Vanilla SGOTM.

Qin Shi Huang, Chinese Leader, finds himself sharing a tiny world with all the other vanilla Civs. He can only build or own one city, and the difficulty level is ... Deity!

All victory conditions are enabled, and the laurels for this contest will be awarded to the teams who achieve the earliest victory dates in the game. If there are not enough victories for the awards then they will go to those teams who survive the longest.

Versions
This game will be played in Civilization IV version 1.74, using HoF Mod 1.74.002.

Mac players are welcome, but they must form one or more separate teams, as the HoF Mod cannot be made to work cross-platform. They will use Mac HoF Mod 1.74.002.

Sign up
The game will start on April 24th.

Please post in this thread if you wish to join a team and take part in the competition. The information required to place you in a suitable team is as follows:-

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
3. Have you played any succession games or SGOTM before?
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?

Starting Position
Here's the starting position - click the image below to see a larger version.



Map Parameters
Playable Leader/Civ - Qin Shi Huang of China.
Characteristics - Industrious and Financial, starts with Agriculture and Mining
Unique Unit - Cho-Ku-Nu (Crossbowman)
Rivals - All of them
World size - Tiny
Difficulty - Deity
Landform - Continents
Environment - Temperate climate, low sea level
Game Speed - Normal
AI Aggression - Normal
Barbarians - Normal
Permanent Alliances - Enabled
City Razing - Enabled. China auto-razes to enforce OCC.

Notes

• Please visit the Civ4 SGOTM reference thread to check out the rules and procedures to ensure that you are adequately prepared for this game.
  
• Teams will compete for up to four awards - the Gold, Silver and Bronze Laurels for the fastest finishes/longest survivals, and the Wooden Spoons for the lowest scoring finisher. The number of awards will depend on the number of teams.
  
• All teams must play the sponsored variant - awards will be given to teams who achieve victories in the least turns.
  
• All saved game files uploaded to the server are parsed through software that extracts and archives data about your save, including reload count for each turn set.
  
• Spoiler information will absolutely NOT be tolerated in this thread.

Please sign up for this game if you enjoy a challenge.

AlanH said:

If there are not enough victories for the awards then they will go to those teams who survive the longest.

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When you said quickie, you weren't kidding!!

I'm game.

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3.Yes
4. XTeam

This could be very interesting...

Interesting idea.

1. Emporer
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Chokonuts

1. Emperor (well not exactly put your feet up comfortable)
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Chokonuts

Participation question:

I do not have internet access on Fri/Sat so I can not receive or post saves on these days. I can play on them though. Is that an acceptable restriction to impose on my team? I have never played an SG before.

If not, is it permissable to join a team for participation in strategy discussion only but never play a turnset?

1. Immortal
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. XTeam

deity - give it a try!

1. Prince - Emperor (in Prince I win nearly every time, in Emperor its around 50%)
2. Yes
3. No
4. No

Monarch
No
Yes
Fifth Element

FiveAces said:

Participation question:

I do not have internet access on Fri/Sat so I can not receive or post saves on these days. I can play on them though. Is that an acceptable restriction to impose on my team? I have never played an SG before.

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That sort of restriction can normally be accommodated in a SG schedule. Just warn your team not to expect you to pick up or post a save on those days.

If not, is it permissable to join a team for participation in strategy discussion only but never play a turnset?

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That's an option. Team members are not forced to play. There also seem to be a few people who like to cheer for a specific team, and become dedicated lurkers/posters in that team's thread. If you take on such a role you become a member of that team as far as the rules are concerned, so you must not read other team threads during the competition.

I want to join this game.

1. I normally play at Noble, Prince or monarch. Monarch is the highest difficulty level I have won. On noble i win like 99% of games, on prince like 80 %, on monarch, half of them. Dont know about higher difficulty levels, coz I have only tried Deity once, and it was mwilliams OCC, Aggressive AI, Deity game
2. Nope, I havent
3.Nope
4.Nope

Ok. I'll give it a shot decide with my team whether I should play or just comment.

1. Deity on HoF where I can pick opponents and no barbs. Immortal/Emperor otherwise.
2. No
3. No
4. EDIT: MW

Nice

1. Prince - Monarch
2. Yes
3. No
4. No

1. I play Emperor solo and win some of them.
2. No.
3. We got fourth place in Warlords SGOTM 06 -- let's go for a medal this time!
4. Smurkz

1. Emperor/Immortal i guess
2. no(not finished anyways).
3. yes
4. GK

This should be painful enough to be fun (or at least a learning experience!).

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Chokonuts

Emperor; yes, yes; The Real Ms. Beyond.

Noble
no
Yes
Mac

I can't resist a fast vanilla SGOTM, even if it is DIE-ity.

1. I've never played above Prince until this month's GOTM, but I win 100% of the time there and early indications are I'll do just fine at Monarch given a decent start, so ... Monarch? I also follow directions pretty well.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. No preference, though playing on the same team as another staff member (if there are any others playing) would be cool.

1. Which level (noble, monarch, etc.) are you comfortable playing in a solo game?
Prince
2. Have you played any Civ4 GOTM games before?
Yes
3. Have you played any succession games or SGOTM before?
Yes
4. Do you have a group of players you want to play with?
The Geezers, if there are enough of us brave enough to come back for this one.

Same as ever ...

(That would be

1. Monarch
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. GK)

dV