BLA1 - Mystical Monarch

[Vizurok]

Ok, random is good for me, I only hope that we won't get Huge map and Koreans !
What about the turns? In the beginning (everybody plays once)
15 turn then 10? Is it OK?

 

[Vizurok]

Oh, Ive forgotten it? Are you going to get the starting position today?

 

[Smellincoffee]

Typcially things go 20/10/10/10, but some SG owners do it differently.

 

[Blasphemous]

I'm just waiting for confirmation on my idea of generating three non-Korean saves and choosing the best...
Also we may want to censor world size so we don't get Tiny or Huge...

 

[Vizurok]

Tiny, Huge and of course Korea is censored!
Very well!

 

[Blasphemous]

Well, it's getting late here, and I want people to have a chance to comment on this, so I'll generate the saves first thing tomorrow morning, if there's no objection.

 

[Vizurok]

No problem!

 

[alerum68]

I like the idea of the 3 saves. Maybe post a quick screen shot of each and we'll take a quick vote after. Say 24 hour time limit, then we choose. I'd be okay with anything as long as it's not a jungle or mountainous start. I think we can even work with desert if there's water near, but that'll be hard on Monarch...

 

[Blasphemous]

Hey, if we get an agricultural tribe, a Desert start is no obstacle!
We can then even play a whacked variant that only allows us to keep cities with Desert in their radius or something...

 

[Smellincoffee]

We can then even play a whacked variant that only allows us to keep cities with Desert in their radius or something...

Nooooooo...

 

[Vizurok]

Well, an agricultural civ is fine for me (for us)! I hope there will be at least one!

 

[Blasphemous]

Okay... After a load of huge and tiny maps were offered and refused, and one start with Korea was ignored, here are our three options, all of which are quite viable (and all of which iirc are on large maps. o_O):

Option 1:
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Option 2:
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Option 3:
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I will upload the chosen save once we have decided...
I really don't mind which of them we play, they all have their pros and their cons....

 

[Vizurok]

Well, lemme think! I vote on the second, because
a) China is a good civ
b) The terrain is hopeful
-the river is very good
-goody hut!
-3 bonus grassland
-some mountain
-forest in the north and the south
-nice cattle!
-gold desposit
-middle of the world
-large map, well its OK.

 

[Blasphemous]

The problem with the China start is that if we don't move the settler it'll be a crying shame to settle on Cattle, since we won't get the benefits iirc. And if we move it North which is clearly the best move, it'll take a bit longer to get that goodie hut... Which is frustrating. In this respect the Portugal start is probably best, since we start on a plain tile right near bonus resources and not *on* bonus resources.

 

[Vizurok]

That is true. But there are too many mountain in Game 3, and it could become worse expanding to north and south...
Is one settler move too much? Moving to north or west is interesting...

 

[Blasphemous]

Actually I now also support Option 2... Both West and North look like excellent options, and I don't ever recall a single settler move being a big issue, especially with such an excellent start.

 

[Vizurok]

Great! Two votes on Game 2!
I hope others will write soon. What is the limit? 24 hours?

Glory to China!

 

[Blasphemous]

Originally posted by Vizurok
Great! Two votes on Game 2!
I hope others will write soon. What is the limit? 24 hours?

Glory to China!

I think I'll give it a bit longer since I also want to give more people a last chance to join.
Does anyone have an objection to me leaving signup open for a while after we start playing?

 

[Vizurok]

Originally posted by Blasphemous

Does anyone have an objection to me leaving signup open for a while after we start playing?

Yes, leave it if you want. If it is important, why dont you advertise it in the general thread?

 

[Blasphemous]

Originally posted by Vizurok
Yes, leave it if you want. If it is important, why dont you advertise it in the general thread?

Good point... I forgot about that thread... I'll post there soon.