JB01 Newb/Rookie C3C training game...

[jb1964]

Hi all...

I have been seeing a number of new players hit the forum asking some pretty good questions for getting started w/ Civ3 and decided to try and run a SG game of my own.

Anyway, if you're playing strictly Cheiftan or Warlord and are having a tough time of it or are managing to scrape out a win in 2048AD then feel free to join.

I would like to play either a small or standard map, continents or pangea, average settings, and sedentary barbs.

As for the level I think we should play Regent to demonstrate how winning at this level is not at all difficult. Anything you pick up at this level will transfer to any Cheif or Warlord game.

As for what Civ to play I'm wide open. Agricultural, Commercial, Industrious, Seafaring, Scientific and Militaristic are all good traights. Expansionist just doesn't do it for me but if ya'll just love to play as Abe then I'm good with that.

Roster:
jb1964 (Yes, I'm 41 years old, my son's play as well and they're 14 and 13.)
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Maybe open

 

[azzaman333]

I would like to play. But I should warn you that i play at monarch, so if that would keep me out, im fine with that too.

 

[jb1964]

If nobody else is interested then I'll change the theme to something aimed at a ridiculously fast win and we'll be off.

It seems strange but lately I have seen quite a few post from people that have obviously just purchased the game and seem frustrated. Nothing helped my game more than a few SG's.

I normally play at Monarch as well. I play too quickly to make the jump to Emp. But when playing as SG I like to play at Emp or higher because I'll take the time to make efficient moves.

Croydon Hills - Is that near Sydney?

 

[azzaman333]

How about Emperor then? It might attract a few more players than Regent. I'd personally prefer a standard 70% continents map, with average climate age and temp. Sed barb as well. Maybe play as the Zulu? Bad traits and bad UU could make for an interesting time.

 

[Smart]

If nobody else is interested then I'll change the theme to something aimed at a ridiculously fast win and we'll be off.

lurker's comment: You can change the variant to AW, and jump to higher difficulty

 

[jb1964]

How about Emperor then? It might attract a few more players than Regent. I'd personally prefer a standard 70% continents map, with average climate age and temp. Sed barb as well. Maybe play as the Zulu? Bad traits and bad UU could make for an interesting time.

I hate the Zulu w/ the intensity of a 1000 suns. Sounds good to me.

Will let another day go for interest in the seriouly newb game and then mutate this beast.

 

[soul_warrior]

good luck, JB, on this first (or third) born
will look in.

 

[jb1964]

I'm giving up on this one due to a severe lack of interest from rookies.

 

[gmaharriet]

I'm really sorry to see it didn't fly, jb. A year ago I was hanging out in this forum just waiting for a game at a level low enough to get started. I'd have given anything to find one just like this.

 

[McLMan]

I'm really sorry to see it didn't fly, jb. A year ago I was hanging out in this forum just waiting for a game at a level low enough to get started. I'd have given anything to find one just like this.

Ditto for me, except it was just a couple of months ago. I get a lot out of reading the training games, and I play at Emperor level.

 

[jb1964]

Give me a week and maybe we can come up with something.

@gmaharriet, How high of a level would you like to play?

It sounds like we could get azzaman333 & McLMan interested.

 

[nerovats]

You could post a link in the general discussion folder to this. Most inexperienced played appear not to have found this page. Since it's one level deep it's a bit hidden. I expect it will draw more players.

 

[Smart]

More popular are emperor training games, because people usually can move to Regent without problems. Good idea, nerovats, thread in S&Tips or GD forum will attract more people

 

[jb1964]

OK, I took your advice and tossed out a link and a note in the Civ3 General Discussion forum.

We'll see who that draws in.

It took me quite a while to come up to speed on Civ3 and I actually joined an Emp and DG game thinking I would embarrass myself. Luckily there was enough good communication that I managed to contribute.

The short of it though is that I would have liked to join in a total rookie game earlier to get down some basics. Thus, my offer to host this one.

 

[Mr David]

I'll join if there's still room... I normally play on regent and could use a lot of help on my playing style.

Oh and this will be my first succession game, but I've read a lot of them and I think I get the hang of it...

 

[gmaharriet]

@gmaharriet, How high of a level would you like to play?

My playing level is all over the board...Monarch for my solo games now. I played a training SG at Emperor and then an SG at DG with really great teammates...both SS wins. But I've never had a domination or conquest or culture win at any level beyond Regent (domination), so there's a whole LOT I don't know.

The thing is...I prefer to play only one SG at a time so it has my full attention, and several of us just started an Emperor 100k culture with no research (see gmaharriet01). I'm counting on my expert teammates to help me in the areas I lack experience. If I hadn't started that already, I'd have loved to join you at whatever you came up with. I'll certainly be lurking!

What I like to do is learn from my teammates, then find a way to practice it in my solo games. I've spent weeks doing nothing but getting settler factories running, then abandoning the games. Then I did the same thing with barb fighting. Then setting up specialist farms. One new idea at a time until I get comfortable with it. I'm a little slow sometimes.

 

[jb1964]

Current Roster...

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Mr David
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[jb1964]

@Mr. David, pick a civilization. I would like to play a standard continents map.

 

[Mirc]

I want to get into a succesion game but I can't find anything open!!!!! I just got Conquests Saturday. I had Vanilla until then. Now i want to try everything it gives me! But my problem is that Regent is too easy. I can easily beat Monarch, and with some attention Emperor. Never tried higher. However I would still want to be in because I observed the Succesion Games posters are a certain group and you can get in this group only by being in some SG's.
So I would like to join, even though I'm not a newb/rookie.
Also about the civ I would like to try a C3C one like Celts or Scandinavia or Byzantium.

 

[Mr David]

Are we going to try and pick a bad civ to make it challenging? I'm still confused as to what level we're going to play.