Double Secret Probation

[Admiral Kutzov]

Went AWOL for a while, limiting myself to 2 SG's or so to get back in the groove. This is a nice simple game for self-proclaimed idiots or cadets at the academy ROSTER FULL

Thanks to Handy, I've stolen lots from his initial post for Handy 19

C3C 1.22 Patch with the AI patrol thingy
Level: emperor
Variant: double secret probation (see VC below)
Map Type: 'pelago
Size: standard

Each player can roll some starts and we'll vote on the one we want to play (have all starts posted by 8/18/05)
Civilization: Player Choice
Age: Player Choice
Temperature: Player Choice
Climate: Player Choice
Barbarians: Player Choice
Rivals: Player Choice
AI Aggression: Player Choice
SGLs: on or off, player choice
Victory Condition: space only, no launching until future tech is being researched (still trying to get whirlybird utility). all VC are enabled.
Culturally linked starts: Off
Respawn: Off
Preserve Random Seed: On
Cultural Conversion: On

Discuss any move that seems exploitive before doing it with the team. We’ll follow the forbidden blatant exploits banned by GOTM and RBCiv such as no "Free Wealth". Other normal game exploits such as "Baiting the AI" with an empty city to create a kill zone are a tradition and are allowed. In addition if you need to build a city one square deeper into enemy territory just to move borders to steal a resource, go for it. We may keep or raze cities, and can keep slaves. You may whip at will, including captured cities or cities where all citizens are unhappy. Idiotic questions and strategies are encouraged.

SG Stuff
You have 24 hours for an "I got it" and 72 to play. If you need a one day extension, then mention this before the 72 hours are up. Players can work out skips between themselves, just post a message to the thread. If you can't play within 72 total, switch places or ask for a skip. I PROMISE I WON'T GO AWOL - JUST HAD A SERIES OF UNFORUNATE EVENTS HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE THAT ONE TIME
We will play 10 turns at first, and possibly fewer later (5) if the turns begin to take too long.

Roster (in no particular order)
Psycho Bunny
TR
IP
'Slinger
SW
AK

Why is this called double secret probation? Because I just watched Animal House again.

 

[Tatran]

What's AWOL?

 

[Beorn-eL-Feared]

AWOL is the sound of a wolf at night who's howling at the moon in hopes that big white thing can bring him food and love for yet another day.

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL ... you know.

 

[RowAndLive]

Absent With Out Leave.

(not a signup)

 

[sanabas]

Idiot Sanablutarsky is keen. I promise not to go AWOL this time either. 'Mongols in Space' for me, as I've been watching muppets again. Miss Piggy would make a great mongol warrior.

 

[sanabas]

Space as the only VC enabled? Or all VCs enabled, space the only one we can win by?

 

[Beorn-eL-Feared]

edit: nvm, replied too fast

 

[Tubby Rower]

Major idiot requesting assignment to Task Force I'm Not Addicted.

 

[IroquoisPlisken]

Idiot Civant, requesting admission.

 

[barbslinger]

Barbslinger requesting permission to join Admiral Kutsov and his SERIES OF UNFORUNATE EVENTS.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

just a spam post to let everyone know I've edited post 1

 

[soul_warrior]

captain soul requesting permission to engage the ememy.
started the production of the USS Excelsior (i guess too much star trek for me)

 

[Tubby Rower]

I played a couple of starts last night as the Germans. I had a couple of decent starts. with either a city or a settler building built next turn. I put the barbs on restless and got a tremendous amount of goodie huts. The problem was that the water was minimized @ 60% and we had a neighbor on our island. The AI starts with a bunch of units and I couldn't get to a lot of them in time.

One of the starts that I scrapped had Russia (15 tiles away) & Rome. I quit after I saw the Roman warrior.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

I played one as the Hittites and gave up at the end of the AA and one as the Russians. I'm gonna try another as the Germans...panzers!

 

[Tubby Rower]

Panzers are the reason I picked the Germans, and the scientific trait. I'm getting off of work in a bit and my wife & daughter are out of town, & I can play a few more.

Why would restless barbs generate a lot of goodie huts? I might change to an EXP, SCI civ to get that scout out and getting some goodies.

 

[soul_warrior]

i need a clarification.
those starts we roll, do we play the first 20? more? just the 4000bc save?

my understanding, blurry as it is, is that we play 20 then submit to team choice.

 

[Tubby Rower]

that's mine too. I just know that I can get better ones. That's why I hadn't put anything up yet. I will by end of day tomorrow.

 

[IroquoisPlisken]

I always thought "rolling starts" consisted of simply posting the 4000 B.C. save.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Can roll 'em either way - post a 4000BC screenie or have everyone play 20 and pick the best. see the handy series.

I'm okay with whatever the team wants so vote option 1 or 2
1. everyone post 1 4000bc start that we vote on
2. every plays 20 on a start of their choice and we vote on whichever

 

[Tubby Rower]

or option 3. 1 person rolls 5-10 starts & the team picks the best of them & goes.

I've been trying out the HOF finder and it takes a long time. I might set the standards really high and let it run overnight.