Beta Gauntlet IV

[pooLarized]

there's still a few hours left for you to get another game in!

i think im just about ready for a new gauntlet now. or atleast a break from this one. Would just end up doing the same things over and over again if i played more.

 

[superslug]

there's still a few hours left for you to get another game in!

14 hours, at least.

 

[Big_Ben]

I am still convinced that using the Oracle for education is the way to go, even if for OCC. I like you idea of using the first engineer for the great library, worked out pretty well for me in my last game. I didn't manage to get another GE though so I was hurting in the end. Finished mass media in 1060, finished the UN around 1220 or something. Sucked.

I know I don't have enogh time to pull off a win right now but I would like to best my time though. I would be happy with sub 1100. I will probably get in 1 more game later tonight.

 

[pooLarized]

Ive always gone for CS with oracle. Education just isnt as important in normal games as in OOC. I dont even bother with oxford university anymore.

Not trying to get paper fast lets me expand more early on and still allows me to build the oracle somewhat early. I was fortunate enough to have an AI complete oracle at 1000BC one of my games though. Ended up as yet another unfinished game ;(

Feel like playing an OCC game now but im so not playing this gauntlet again ;p

 

[Big_Ben]

The reason I go for education is that it requires the most beakers to research compared to other techs around that time in the game. I haven't done the math as to how much you get if you have CS earlier though, so I can't say which is truly better. My last game I was planning on using the Oracle for CS but my pop jumped really fast and I had mostly hamlets/villages by that time so my tech rate was pretty nice. I let my city build the Oracle normally instead of chopping and finished right after I hit paper, so it worked out. I also managed to get CS a few turns after I maxed my happiness so I didn't lose anything by waiting to switch civics.

 

[superslug]

The Gauntlet has concluded:

1 pooLarized 85937 800 AD Russia (Catherine)
2 pooLarized 95369 880 AD England (Elizabeth)
3 BlueRenner 65201 880 AD England (Elizabeth)
4 BlueRenner 77919 960 AD Russia (Catherine)
5 WastinTime 15471 1020 AD England (Elizabeth)
6 Big_Ben 66971 1100 AD Russia (Catherine)
7 Big_Ben 66813 1140 AD England (Elizabeth)
8 jOe chOOch 55954 1140 AD Russia (Catherine)
9 fluffyflyingpig 32501 1140 AD Mali (Mansa Musa)
10 jOe chOOch 41031 1180 AD England (Elizabeth)

 

[fluffyflyingpig]

Eh? How is a 870 win possible? Shouldn't that be 880?

Congrats to all. 800 is very impressive pooLarized, care to share a write up?

 

[Big_Ben]

Although I would love to say that I had the #2 and #6 entries, those were when I had it set on Marathon speed instead of normal speed. My best finishes on Normal were 1100 and 1140.

So the list should read:

1 pooLarized 85937 800 AD Russia (Catherine)
2 pooLarized 95369 880 AD England (Elizabeth)
3 BlueRenner 65201 880 AD England (Elizabeth)
4 BlueRenner 77919 960 AD Russia (Catherine)
5 WastinTime 15471 1020 AD England (Elizabeth)
6 Big_Ben 66971 1100 AD Russia (Catherine)
7 Big_Ben 66813 1140 AD England (Elizabeth)
8 jOe chOOch 55954 1140 AD Russia (Catherine)
9 fluffyflyingpig 32501 1140 AD Mali (Mansa Musa)
10 jOe chOOch 41031 1180 AD England (Elizabeth)

I still didn't do too bad though. I figured I would be around 7th place again. I am pretty impressed with my performance again.


Congratulations to everyone who participated.

 

[jOe chOOch]

this was my first gauntlet and my first expierence with playing diplo. i never would have opted for that type of game on my own. this gauntlet has expanded my appreciation for civ even more. also, i never would have made the top ten or even have come close if hadnt been for the great strategy ideas posted here, particularly ben. thanks for sharing your insights into the game so openly. you made me a better all around player.

 

[Big_Ben]

Your welcome. I started playing the month before the first gauntlet. Reading the strats for the gauntlets has taught me a lot, just want to give back.

If it wasn't for Orca, Walker, and BlueRenner I would never have done as well as I have so far. (I am sure I am leaving out a ton of others)

 

[superslug]

Thanks for catching me on that mistake. I've fixed the relevant threads and the front page news.

 

[WastinTime]

I gotta say it one more time with the Top 10 (Top 6) list showing.
It looks strange having players take more than one spot. The person who figures out and executes the best strategy will mostly likely consume two of the top 3 spots. It would be better to name some of the others who now got bumped to 11th-15th. It would also be interesting to know how the 10th best player did...Was it 1300 AD? 1400?
(I only submitted one game so I'd be on there once.)