Just lost my first game

[Buecephalus]

So I was doing pretty well. I had a substantial lead in tech and culture and the game was in the mid-1990's. It was also kinda...well, slow. It was me and 3 other civs, the Iriquois, Aztecs, and Russians. So I took it upon myself to pick a fight with the Iriquois next door. They and the Aztecs with whom they had a mutual protection pact, responded with spearmen and mounted warriors while my tanks were razing about two of their cities per turn. After 4 turns my people got war-weary and so I sued for peace with both tribes. In the process, a leader was created! I took it to Philidelphia and had it finish United Nations for me. Next turn, I got a window asking if I wanted to vote for UN president, innocently I agreed and everybody voted for Catherine the Great! I lost! Just like that? Yer kidding? Nope, it was true, I'd spent a total of 14 hours playing just to screw up and let 'em vote me out, when I probably would've won a cultural victory in regulation time. Ah well, it was still a blast. I won't make the same mistake next time.

 

[idgamerd]

Where there are several things to prevent this. First save the game time from time. Also uncheck that victory condition.

 

[Clubber]

Also, If you break peace treaties and don't honor mutual pact agreements, this will happen.

 

[Glide]

It's very cool how one decision changes the outcome of your civ and sometimes the whole world in both good and bad ways.

 

[Wazu]

Man, that really sucks. Civ losses are always tougher to take when you lose to a girl.

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by Wazu
Man, that really sucks. Civ losses are always tougher to take when you lose to a girl.

Well, they are genetically superior to us males!!

 

[BBarl]

I had a similar experience. Playing the Americans, I had peacefully amassed nearly half the world's population and territory by 2010 or so, through expansion and cultural assmilation of other cities. I stayed out of wars along the way, until I was attacked by the Iriquois.

Since this was my first game, and I was unsure how strong the attack would be, I quickly lined up military alliances with several other countries to get them to attack the Iriquois. But before 20 turns were over--when I guess most agreements can expire without incident--I sued for peace, having pushed back the Iriquios and watching my citizens start to riot from war-weariness. My one-time partners, I noted, were mad, though not mad enough to refuse to talk or trade.

Once the Iriquois ended the war with the other countries, I signed a mutual protection pact with the Zulus to try and deter another war. The Iriquois and Zulus soon got into it, and I was in another war. Again, after I took some Iriquois cities and rioting began in my own cities, I got out. But since my pact with the Zulus had not expired, I was pushed back into the war the very next turn. (I ended up turning up my luxury tax for a while to keep the people happy.)

After that finally died down, one of my captured cities revolted back to the Iriquois. Assuming this to be a declaration of war by the Iriquois, I then proceeded to wipe them off of the continent (though a few lingered elsewhere.)

The result? When the UN came along, I was beaten in 4-3 vote by the French. Even the Zulu voted against me! 14+ hours, down the drain. Actually, it was kind of fun to have an unpredictable end, after all those Civ 2 games where you slog on to the finish line.

 

[tomich]

...as soon as the riots start happening when people are pissed that the war's gone on too long, switch to Communism.

 

[KloePoek]

then what did you expect???? that they would vote for that nice mister who had been trashing 2 of the 3 other civs on the planet????

perhaps they liked the english better

besides, don't use the UN when you are not absolutely sure if it will come out in your favor...

i do miss one thing though... you can't trade/request votes, and pplz don't have votes according to their population like in SMAC... a shame.

 

[Poochface]

If you haven't started a new game, you can go back and load your auto save right before the U.N. fiasco for your civ.