Toshiro126
Warlord
Baksetcase, do you have any idea how far ahead in science you are? Has any other country advanced as far militarily as you have? 
Diety Game #2: Crowded House
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BasketCase
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Everybody else is still in the Middle Ages. Rome and Persia both have Musketmen, and Rome recently started using Cavalry. So the major contenders are at least partway up the bottom half of the Middle Ages tech tree--and since Persia coughed up Navigation for peace, it's clear Persia is almost done with the top half as well.
However, I'm far enough ahead that I'm going to reach tanks before the other civs will have a chance to come up with good defenses against tanks.
However, I'm far enough ahead that I'm going to reach tanks before the other civs will have a chance to come up with good defenses against tanks.
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
BasketCase said:
Mwahahaha... excellent!!! 
Do you think it's possible to win before Tanks? (How far along the Industrial ages are you, and how fast are you progressing?)
Abaddon
Deity
WOW! this is one wicked story. As many other have said.. its the captions that make it.
BasketCase
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I found the problem. Turns out I brought home the correct savegame file after all. Problem is, THAT savegame file got overwritten by the one for two turns earlier. Nearest I can figure is, I loaded the turn from 1772 to take a screenshot, then accidentally saved the game.....
I'm normally not religious--but THANK GOD for AutoSave!1!!
I'm normally not religious--but THANK GOD for AutoSave!1!!
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
Indeed!!! *Phew* So you've still got the save after all, then? 
BasketCase
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Well, guess what, folks? I'm at war again. I've scarcely been playing FIVE MINUTES.
The last update was in the year 1776; the minute I end my turn and try to move the game to 1778, Queen Isabella gets in my face about that one Greek Army that's still in her territory, one tile short of the border. As if completely oblivious to the fact that I already beat the bejeezus out of her, and also to the fact that the Army to which she refers is within immediate striking distance of her last city, she gives me that holier-than-thou diatribe about how I'm a warmongering fool who will be held responsible for the bloodshed.
She turns out to be right. It's just that I don't care. Isabella is dealing with somebody who isn't exactly concerned about his image in the eyes of the world, and so her boisterous words will prove to be her destruction.
My Army needs two moves to get at Seville, and so it can only attack once. It kills a Pikeman, but alas, another Pike is still in the city. I think I can handle waiting one more turn to eliminate the Spanish.
In 1778 AD, after an agonizing ONE FULL TURN of waiting....
Six civs remain. Me, Rome, and Persia are the big players. The French, Russians, and Turks are actually dead, just that they haven't stopped twitching yet.
Time for a big military buildup. As in, big enough so I can stomp on people at the frenetic pace I want, without stretching my forces as if they were Angelina Jolie's swimwear.....
Okay, NOW I'm at peace again. Hold your breath, that could change any second.....
Back into the game. Further updates later tonight.
The last update was in the year 1776; the minute I end my turn and try to move the game to 1778, Queen Isabella gets in my face about that one Greek Army that's still in her territory, one tile short of the border. As if completely oblivious to the fact that I already beat the bejeezus out of her, and also to the fact that the Army to which she refers is within immediate striking distance of her last city, she gives me that holier-than-thou diatribe about how I'm a warmongering fool who will be held responsible for the bloodshed.
She turns out to be right. It's just that I don't care.
Isabella is dealing with somebody who isn't exactly concerned about his image in the eyes of the world, and so her boisterous words will prove to be her destruction.My Army needs two moves to get at Seville, and so it can only attack once. It kills a Pikeman, but alas, another Pike is still in the city. I think I can handle waiting one more turn to eliminate the Spanish.
In 1778 AD, after an agonizing ONE FULL TURN of waiting....
Six civs remain. Me, Rome, and Persia are the big players. The French, Russians, and Turks are actually dead, just that they haven't stopped twitching yet.
Time for a big military buildup. As in, big enough so I can stomp on people at the frenetic pace I want, without stretching my forces as if they were Angelina Jolie's swimwear.....
Okay, NOW I'm at peace again. Hold your breath, that could change any second.....
Back into the game. Further updates later tonight.
BasketCase
Username sez it all
In 1786, Theory of Evolution completes, and I insta-grab the two most expensive fields available on the tech tree: Atomic Theory and Electronics. Next is Refining at 7 turns, and it's a straight run from there through Combustion and Mass Production to get tanks.
Paris starts building a fourth Army. I use some of my free troopers to build blockade lines along likely routes of approach for AI settlers. In the oceans up north, I have a few Privateers ready to sink AI ships that get suspiciously close to my new coastline. I don't intend to let any more stray cities suddenly pop up out of nowhere.
So, for a little while, it's back to the usual wrestling with eager settlers who squirm this way and that in search of any means of wriggling their way through the Greek empire to get at the open ground. Several times, I threaten war if the interlopers keep interloping, and surprisingly, the AI obeys each time.
Up in the north, mysterious pirate ships (well, actually mine, and while it's said that what you don't know can't hurt you, a pirate ship whose nationality the AI doesn't know, can definitely hurt them....) start sinking Persian caravels.
I slip up in the south seas; I sent all my Privateers to the NORTH, and so a Roman caravel sails blithely up the coast, past the end of my blockade line, to build a city on that fabled spot where Toledo used to be (well, actually, a lot of other cities as well, all founded on that same spot).
Check out this idiot barbarian who was riding south along the road, then walked RIGHT past three unguarded Greek workers:
A little later, an unfortunate Roman settler and his escorts end up in this impossible situation.....
Paris starts building a fourth Army. I use some of my free troopers to build blockade lines along likely routes of approach for AI settlers. In the oceans up north, I have a few Privateers ready to sink AI ships that get suspiciously close to my new coastline. I don't intend to let any more stray cities suddenly pop up out of nowhere.
So, for a little while, it's back to the usual wrestling with eager settlers who squirm this way and that in search of any means of wriggling their way through the Greek empire to get at the open ground. Several times, I threaten war if the interlopers keep interloping, and surprisingly, the AI obeys each time.
Up in the north, mysterious pirate ships (well, actually mine, and while it's said that what you don't know can't hurt you, a pirate ship whose nationality the AI doesn't know, can definitely hurt them....) start sinking Persian caravels.
I slip up in the south seas; I sent all my Privateers to the NORTH, and so a Roman caravel sails blithely up the coast, past the end of my blockade line, to build a city on that fabled spot where Toledo used to be (well, actually, a lot of other cities as well, all founded on that same spot).
Check out this idiot barbarian who was riding south along the road, then walked RIGHT past three unguarded Greek workers:
A little later, an unfortunate Roman settler and his escorts end up in this impossible situation.....
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
...But somehow I would have thought the Military Advisor would be pleased? He's a rather bloodythirsty guy I always thought... 
Excellent updates!
Ansar
Détente avec l'été
Yea, you'd think the MA woud be cheering you. Keep them updates updated. DvD-IT
Busy Legionary
you care about the advisors? think about that poor settler instead!
wasn't it better to build up an impressively-enormously-ridiculously big army before declaring war? Afterall, that settler couldn't even move...
wasn't it better to build up an impressively-enormously-ridiculously big army before declaring war? Afterall, that settler couldn't even move...
admiral-bell
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Lord_Iggy said:
Yeah, but he would destroy it anyway
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thisispete
The Man Who Would Be King
Don't blame me.
BasketCase
Username sez it all
I'm TRYING, I'm trying, the war weariness is getting horrible right now! And I keep getting carried away and going to war again (if you think my impromtu war against the Romans was bad.....it gets worse after that!) I normally avoid injecting real-world issues, but President Bush has NOTHING on me at this point!
Edit: next update will have to wait a little while. This time, at least, it's not anything I did--the CFC upload server seems to be down.
Edit: next update will have to wait a little while. This time, at least, it's not anything I did--the CFC upload server seems to be down.
Ansar
Détente avec l'été
What are you thinking?!
BasketCase
Username sez it all
I'm a Republic. I switched to Communism in my LAST Diety game.
Upload server still isn't working....
Next update on hold till that thing works again.
Edit: Well, I finally found out the problem--it was a PEBCAK error. My browser on this other PC had scripting disabled, so the upload utility weren't working. Update incoming.
Upload server still isn't working....
Next update on hold till that thing works again.Edit: Well, I finally found out the problem--it was a PEBCAK error. My browser on this other PC had scripting disabled, so the upload utility weren't working. Update incoming.
