bed_08 - OCC Deity

[killercane]

Is there still one roster spot open?

 

[bed_head7]

My take on Kaiser's, that start is an impressive kickoff if I ever saw one.

What do you like about Kaiser's start?

killercane, you are in. Vote on a start or submit your own. I'd like to have the decision made within 24h so we can get this going.

Roster:
Kaiser_Berger
ThERat
sanabas
Beorn-eL-Feared
killercane
bed_head7

 

[killercane]

What about this start, Carthage circa 3000 BC? Ivory and a dye, 3 BGs + the cow. Setting is small 70% pangea, or do you want standard?

 

[bed_head7]

Sorry, it needs to be a standard sized map.

 

[killercane]

Ah sorry I just looked at your first post initially; are the goals still the same, ie shooting for space/conquest, with 20K as a secondary goal?

 

[bed_head7]

Wow, so sorry. that was supposed to be standard, not small, no wonder ThERat put a small one forward. Now that I think about it, I am not sure if my map is a pangaea, though that was the intent. So I am going to withdraw my start from consideration, and will have a replacement up (hopefully) within the hour. Again, sorry for the confusion. That is what I get for copying and pasting directly without reading it all.

 

[Beorn-eL-Feared]

@bed_head I edited my post because my brain farted (yet again) and would have said your start. Sorry for the misunderstandings

 

[bed_head7]

Hm, both of AG13 and AG16 were on small, not standard, which I somehow missed. Perhaps upping to standard is too much of a challenge, especially since the game didn't go all that well on small. So I guess either size is fine, and any map that has been posted can be played.

 

[killercane]

Youre killing me BH7, make up your damn mind! Just kidding . Are you still wanting pangea? I just rolled a decent start with the Byzantines on a standard 70% archipelago, which might make shooting for space more doable. Or the Carthage one above might not be too bad for conquest on small. Numidians + Ancient Cavs would be tough for almost an entire age.

 

[killercane]

BTW I meant "dye" in the pic above, i was too busy laughing at my ghetto writing job to notice. gems or dyes its all the same anyway.

 

[bed_head7]

Whatever. OCC on Deity on any map size other than tiny, any land form, I give up. I just want to start.

 

[killercane]

Lol I have no preference really, I'll vote for either Bed's Netherland start or my Carthage one. Heres the Byz screenshot, could we hope for an ironworks city?

 

[ThERat]

IMHO a standard map on deity won't be winnable, it's tough on emperor I think. But, I will just settle with the majority vote here.

 

[bed_head7]

I'm inclined to give killercane's a try, and then if we lose, we can give a small one a shot.

 

[microbe]

Any start without rivers is a no-no.

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

Yeah, we need a river. Lets just get a decent looking river start and give it a whirl.

 

[bed_head7]

Wow, did not even notice lack of river. Completely right, rivers are mandatory. Okay, we'll continue looking.

 

[killercane]

Just got in from my bday celebration (turned 26 today). Forgot about river necessity, but that Byz start just rated "decent" in my book anyway. Rolled about 20 more starts mixing up civs between Carth, Byz, and Dutch since I figured they would give us the best shot/ I varied water level, continents and archipelago (I think we're likely to get waxed on Pangea once expansion is finished, after looking at AG16).

This one was the best. 80% water continent (standard). I counted at least 6 luxs on our continent (no ivory), 4 within easy reach. We share the island/continent with France and Persia is to our Northwest. We have a minimum of coast tiles as well. This is the last one I'll throw out there, finding a map is , I just want to get started for better or for worse.

 

[bed_head7]

That looks acceptable to me. Would you mind posting the save?

 

[killercane]

Joanie and X man told me they welcomed their new Carthaginian overlords.