GOTM March 2006

[Dack]

Travelers report: We have traveled far and wide and you kingdom is by far the weakest. There is only one land bridge that connects you to the other kingdoms, but your peninsula is large and will support your subjects. A group of unattached phalanxes guard your southern mountains.

People: Romans Click here for GOTM March 2006 zip file
Level: King
goal: conquest

• Shortest amount of time (players with same year civ score breaks tie).
• If no conquest then earliest space ship landing.
• If none of the above the player who lasts the longest wins.

All Entries must be submitted before April 1, 2006 April 15, 2006

Entries will consists of a zip file with all auto save games. If 3000bc & 2000bc may be overwritten then rename them Civil2.* and Civil3.*. The move before your last move will be saved as civil0.*. Include your Replay.txt, your year and score.



Rules:

• Use version 5. No version 1 (i.e. 474.01 or 475.01) Click here to upgrade to version 5
• No use of other programs (map viewers, Editors, etc...)
• Overuse of settler cheat - if you use it so state it.

Note: In test play the other countries seemed to get a lot of the wonders. If they don't get a large proportion it will indicate heavy use of the save game cheat.

 

[Dack]

Results will go here

 

[Tenochtitlan]

Looks very interesting

I'll playthis after my midterms

 

[trada]

I'll be playing this one.

 

[conquer_dude]

Hey well how do I get these downloads in the game?

 

[Pikachu]

Hurray! A new GOTM is released!
I will play this soon.

Rules:

• Use version 5. No version 1 (i.e. 474.01 or 475.01) Click here to upgrade to version 5
• No use of other programs (map viewers, Editors, etc...)
• Overuse of settler cheat - if you use it so state it.

Note: In test play the other countries seemed to get a lot of the wonders. If they don't get a large proportion it will indicate heavy use of the save game cheat.

Does this mean that settler cheat is legal if used with moderation? And what about reloading? Is it banned, or is it allowed if used with moderation?

 

[GoldBerg]

... ...
Does this mean that settler cheat is legal if used with moderation? And what about reloading? Is it banned, or is it allowed if used with moderation?

 

[Dack]

This is suppose to be fun. I agree with Goldberg -- moderation

 

[GoldBerg]

This is suppose to be fun. I agree with Goldberg -- moderation

oh no.

i had sooo much 'fun' with
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=147603

i fear i can't stand 'all-that-fun' (again).


we are far away from being thru' with
1. a 'common' RULES discussion (THREAD???) (not special GOTM rules like defined for a GOTM like this one here)
2. a GOAL discussion (suggestions) (THREAD???) on certain/special/possible games
and we need a
3. SCENARiO suggestion thread

 

[Pikachu]

This is suppose to be fun. I agree with Goldberg -- moderation

Sounds good, but how do we define moderation? Is it up to each of us to decide that for ourselves?

And one more question:
If we play the game many times, should we submit the first try or the best try?

 

[Dack]

Pikachu said: "If we play the game many times, should we submit the first try or the best try?"
The Barbarians came out of the first hut! I would say play until your happy.

Pikachu said: "Sounds good, but how do we define moderation?"
A representative of the central committee will come over and monitor all game play.


I am very pleased with the out come of this game. Perhaps players with more skill than I have will not find this game as challenging. The others civs developed nicely as can be seen by the following.

I had to nuke them into submission. They tried the old back door trick of launching a space ship. That makes me nuke'um long and hard. At one point there were 124 cities on the map.

I eagerly await seeing what approach each of you take in this game.

 

[Pikachu]

I have played the game! But I don’t want to submit it yet, in case I want to play it again some time later. Hopefully I will do better if I try it again. My first try did not work out well. I lost big time. Those ai civs grew very strong surprisingly fast. I didn’t stand a chance.

With all those mountains between Rome and the other civs I figured out that an early attack would be hard, so I decided to go for a peaceful approach until I could build tanks. Then I hoped I would be able to easily run over everyone, but that didn’t happen. Instead I was left far behind 4 of the other civs in the tech race. That made it very hard to invade them. I didn’t get anywhere near conquering the world. In fact all I was able to conquer in the whole game was two small American towns.

Shortly after I had stolen the automobile technology and started to pump out tanks for some serious wars, the ai civs started to launch spaceships. In 1660 AD ASS Abe Lincoln was launched, but it disappeared in space without a trace. In 1665 AD the French too launched a spaceship, but that ship suffered the same destiny as the American one. In 1700 AD both the Babylonians and the Egyptians launched their spaceships. The Babylonian one was the fastest and arrived safely at Alpha Centauri in 1715 AD.

Results:
Spaceship loss in 1715 AD
Total score: 347
Rating: 27%

 

[WaxonWaxov]

Moderator Action: No tolerance means no tolerance.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

Check local shops or eBay or the like. You'll find Civ1 there.

 

[trada]

http://www.cdaccess.com/html/quick/civilizpj.htm

Over a hundred copies in stock. Only US$5 each. Get'm while they are hot! Hot! Hot!

 

[WaxonWaxov]

wow. that's pretty cool.

But this is even better! It includes the original RailRoad Tycoon!!!!!!!!

http://www.cdaccess.com/html/quick/ultstratpr.htm

 

[Irish Caesar]

^ That's the one I have. HOMM got me hooked, also...

 

[trada]

Hey, we are on the main page in the news. People are going to know this forum exists! Big ups for Thunderfall ^.^

 

[Comraddict]

very interesting scenario!

I recommend everybody to isntall DOSBoxfor full DOS experience (SoundBlaster sound, 256 colors)

 

[trada]

*game report*

I'm getting owned. It's still the stone-age but I'm struggling to grow my two tiny cities. I think it's going to be a slow few years for me until my civilization can pick up speed and really get going. Now I just gotta hope my Phalanx guard holds until my cities can offer some proper defence.

 

[GoldBerg]

I have played the game!

...

Results:
Space race loss in 1715 AD
Total score: 347
Rating: 27%

o.k.

i thinks it's time to define a goal for all.
space race will (maybe) work if we concentrate on space race
like (hints) written in the

GO FOR ALPHA CENTAURi!
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=113563

but - do anybody want this to be a space race contest?