Recent content by The-Hawk

Thanks for the call outs! I've been away from HOF for a while, but decided to come back and try to raise my Elite Quattro score. I needed a second Boreal map, which is not a great one for speed or scoring (limited resources). So, I decided that if I was going to play a Boreal map, I should...

Gents, I think you need to count me out. RL has me crushed, I simply can't keep up with the thread. I think I should formally withdraw from the team, seems silly to call myself a team member when I never played a turn :sad:.

Hi all, Sorry for being AWOL. I was on holiday the last 10 days. I didn't post up before leaving because I expected to be able to drop in and contribute. However, my network connectivity was horrible. I'll try to catch up over the next few days. /EDIT: That network connectivity...

RE: Techs to Shaka, I agree. Maybe I'm just overreacting to Shaka being in the game, but even if he is not preparing to attack now, it seems likely to me we will war with him at some point in the not too distant future. He builds so many units I think keeping him backwards on techs is prudent.

I had a bit of rotten luck early on in this one. I stole a worker from whoever was to our south. Had him roading his way back up to my capital as I was thinking about a horse rush. Worker was guarded by a warrior. A wounded lion appeared, but as my warrior and worker were on a hill, I...

Huh? :hmm: I was just starting to get good at ice mazes. ;) :D

I have been having trouble plowing through all the PPP posts because I'm not keeping up well enough to really add much value to that discussion. However, I read Dhoom's turnset reports to the letter! It's like reading a novel. Well done! :goodjob: I'm thinking AH + Myst from Willem...

The good news is the GOTM web page seems to be back up. The bad news is it won't accept submissions for WOTM64, I assume because the date has passed. Will submissions be reopened for a day or two?

I like this last picture. I'd consider settling the blue X even if there are not fish under the FOW. At some point, it can take the corn from corn city when corn city reaches max pop. With the GLH trade routes and working some sea tiles it will be a profitable city.

I played around with the test a bit. Some thoughts: The barb archer is a wild card. In one test, he cooperated and moved to the grass river tile, then attacked across the river at 13% when I moved warrior 4 to the hill with the other warrior. In another test, he moved west, then south...

My gut tells me GLH is too big a prize to risk... I'd lean towards A. We have several good sites to settle, I like the idea of whipping settlers into GLH. However, we also need to consider barbs and Shaka. I'm thinking we need to research either AH or archery pretty soon. Warriors might...

X King: That Shaka character looks like he wants to kick ass and take names. Military Advisor: Yes... in fact, he keeps referring to us as his little Greek play toys :eek:! X King: Where is our Ambassador to Zululand? Where is Ambassador Milquetoast? Milquetoast: Here Sire!!!! X...

I had the same issue. I simply left the WB in the queue, put the chop into it and let the hammers overflow into the granary. Pretty much the same thing, but I get an extra turn of WB scouting.

Micro looks good. Once we chop, city 2 will go unhealthy at pop 5 from forest loss. The wheat still provides enough food to run 2 gems and 2 scientists, but I would recommend the worker near the capital road the deer after his mine/chop is complete. May as well get the full food benefit in...

I'll see if I can improve on your test this evening. I think the biggest challenge is stepping back to think of any broader opportunities and not getting tunnel visioned into micro. Good news is I see you two have been getting out of the box quite a bit. :goodjob: