AI built UN but didn't hold elections

[Rammstein]

I was going for a diplomatic victory, only to see the Americans build the UN two lousy turns before me. Having behaved like a crazed megalomaniac throughout the game, I believed this to be the end - I would lose, despite being by far the most powerful civ in the world.

But to my surprise, the Americans chose not to hold elections - not right away, not after 20 turns. Instead, I won a space race victory (my first monarch win, Mursilis the Magnificient)

Does this happen a lot? I haven't played with the diplomatic victory enabled for a very long timé.

 

[Bartleby]

They won't call a vote if they know they won't win. I'm not sure if I've ever seen the AI call a vote, but I haven't seen 'em build the UN much either. The vote comes around every 11 turns BTW.

 

[Rammstein]

11 turns, gotcha. It would have been interesting to know who would win. They'd all probably vote for themselves (if you still can do that).

 

[Rik Meleet]

Yes, this happens a lot. It has to do with how many civs the UN-builder expects to vote for him. If the one who has build the UN counts on too few votes; he rejects the vote-proposal. Civs he is at war with or Furious (perhaps even annoyed) with won't vote for him.
It's actually a good strategy, also used by humans. Specifically build the UN to reject all vote-proposals. It's called "Bury the vote".

 

[sabo]

It happens to me more often than not, but I have seen the AI hold a vote on occassion. If the AI knows they won't win they won't hold a vote. They just get the UN to keep you from getting it.

 

[warpstorm]

And I do the same to them...

 

[IceBeast]

I usually build the UN to prevent the computer from voting since lots of times the computer doesnt like me. I just won my first monarch game (first monarch game I ever played too) last night and I had built the UN but after a tied vote, I went for space victory and ended up nuking the Greeks into oblivion and winning in space (Greeks were ahead of me towards space until then). Funny part was I had pacts with everyone else and greeks declared on me so all those other races declared on him and I got to nuke him. Wasnt going to hold elections tho, since everyone hated me after that.

 

[Zane Do'Urden]

The very first game I won was through diplomatic victory, but I have never been able to win diplo. when the AI builds the UN.

 

[Rammstein]

I was aiming for that very same thing: build it and then reject the elections. But he beat me to it.

 

[The Last Conformist]

When an AI manages to snatch the UN, I try and get everyone into an alliance with them. Pretty much ensures they won't hold the vote.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

I see the AI not call votes all the time. They very rarely call votes in my games.