I hope after people see my score on the GOTM score i will get many more internet challenges.
Don't hold you breath on that one... as the self-confessed greatest Civ 2 player, you doubtless realize that the top MP players use a very different skill set & playing tempo than an Crush the hapless AI that we use in SP.
If you want MP, then simply hop in at the MP Forums and join in and let them get to know you. I'm not an MP player, but understand that the number one rule (or near the top) is play people you know. You're in a catch 22. With the legnedary esteem in which you hold yourself, if it is true, why would someone want to just get beat in a 1v1 duel? So maybe not many offers. If you're not the best there ever was (but claim it), then it might rub someone the wrong way, and again, same result. No offers.
On the other hand, the AI does not care if you're good, bad, or indifferent... so you're always welcome here in SP (GOTM, Succession, Democracy, even just general Civ 2 posting to share your vast wisdom!).
My city improvements mostly consisted of librarys and universitys, and of course temples and colleseums for more money
I look forward to delving into the mathematics of that strategy in Fundamentalism!
Money and trade was the key factor in this game as my military was small for my standards and bribery of cities was the best way to take an enemy.
I'm a little past 1000 AD in my GOTM18 and have not played it in a week, but only have a few cities left to conquer. I built no Libraries, Universities, or even the Science wonders like Copernicus Observatory and INC. My empire is incapable of generating much science output, and Fundy only makes it worse.
1. About how many cities did you have?
2. Did you find that your Libraries and Universities assisted much?
3. Did you build the Science Wonders?
4. How many turns per advance could you get?
5. What Slider setting did you use, e.g., what % science?
6. Did you deliver caravans each turn, or just once in a while?
7. If #6 was every turn, how much did you deliver before stopping?
8. What were some of the "typical" payoffs of caravans that you got?
9. About how many science advances did you have by 440? Did you reach Railroad?
Just curious, since I did not go the route you did, and I don't play Fundy too often (it's been almost 2 years since touching Fundy in a game).
