New YouTube Walkthrough Announcement

[TheMeInTeam]

Hello forum!

Newest let's play is up and playlisted...some of the last videos are still processing as of this post but should be available soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SoMQ9mtvYE&feature=PlayList&p=0CF210671DFB4C23&index=0&playnext=1

 

[Lyoncet]

You just made my day TMIT! Always a joy following along with your games!

 

[katipunero]

nice.

 

[dennisg]

Thanks again! These are great, please keep them coming so a noob like me can actually try and learn something

 

[AveiMil]

Great stuff...

Is it available in HD? I see the option to select 720p is there but nothing really happends when I try to select it.

 

[Dusk]

Great stuff...

Is it available in HD? I see the option to select 720p is there but nothing really happends when I try to select it.

Same here. It doesn't look like it was recorded in widescreen so my guess would be that it's Youtube fault for showing it.

 

[DrakenKin]

Youtube can be slow sometimes to create all variants of a video. The low resolution ones might be available and the high resolution still processing.

EDIT: It could be also that the original video uploaded by TMIT is low quality / high compression. If you compress an already compressed video you lose a lot of quality... This is why all video processes should be designed to only compress once -> only upload raw videos to youtube for maximum quality.

 

[AlphaShard]

Is there a way to play list this vids TMIT? Sometimes I have to sift through them to find the right one to start with and then continue in the correct order.

 

[Dusk]

Is there a way to play list this vids TMIT? Sometimes I have to sift through them to find the right one to start with and then continue in the correct order.

If you use the link in the top post, it should auto-play.

 

[Knightly_]

Yeah a new video. Ive watched some of your other videos and they are both entertaining and educational. Thank you very much TMIT !

Greetings Knightly_

 

[CivMcNut]

I enjoyed watching that. Neat to see all the little ways other people interact with the game, which buttons you push to control everything.

How do you make tags over a certain plot of land?

 

[TheMeInTeam]

I enjoyed watching that. Neat to see all the little ways other people interact with the game, which buttons you push to control everything.

How do you make tags over a certain plot of land?

Alt-s then click.

 

[fenrus]

Wow, really Warrior happy!

 

[yanner39]

Thanks TMIT. Always find these helpful and informative.

Kind of reminds me of my current game with the barbs. I warrior rushed Mali early and had the whole continent to myself. Barbs were out in full force so I spammed warriors to spawn bust.

@TMIT: A few points/questions

One thing I noticed was at the beginning when you mined the gold, you didn't immediately connect it. I always connect it but I realize that why waste worker turns now when I don't need the happiness just yet.

Also, when you were researching Alphabet, you moved the slider to 0% to build up the treasury. I guess this is binary research in action. You moved the slider up to 100%, but moved in back to 0%. What did you not like at that point? How did you know when to move it to 100%? When you did, Alphabet would be researched in 6 turns. How many turns did you shave off alphabet by doing this as opposed to just leaving the slider at a level less than 100%? Sorry for the loaded question.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

I only valued alphabet if I could trade it. I wanted to make sure I could get it ASAP after starting it, so that would reduce the odds of the AI getting it while I researched it. If the AI were to get it, I'd have done aesthetics or something else and traded for it + IW that way instead.

 

[yanner39]

I only valued alphabet if I could trade it. I wanted to make sure I could get it ASAP after starting it, so that would reduce the odds of the AI getting it while I researched it. If the AI were to get it, I'd have done aesthetics or something else and traded for it + IW that way instead.

Thanks.

I thought I'd shoot you another question before going to work.

I almost got through the Suliman game. You used your cavalry to beat up on Ghandi. Again, I find it amazing how in no time, you had like 4 rows of units in the border city, ready for attack. You had units coming from every city. Were alot of these units rush-bought (I think you mentioned you were going to rush-buy every second turn)? As I was following the walkthrough, you did a good job with the economy but how was the production in terms of ? Is it typical for you to have games where you rely on to build an army instead of ? I guess building the Kremlin helps.

For me, production cities are the hardest ones to get so your strategy makes alot of sense.

Anyways, I'll finish the rest of the Suliman game this weekend. I suspect the rest will be a cakewalk like usual. Thanks again.

 

[AveiMil]

The Kremlin not only helps, it almost makes it overpowered.

 

[DrakenKin]

I have a question too, on city placement.

Why place your second and third city where you did, instead of a tile or two to the south? you would have gotten less desert tiles in your city + a lot of grassland and closer to the river while keeping the exact same ressources in the BFC. I am speaking about "marble city" and the one left of it.

 

[uberben]

Thanks.

I thought I'd shoot you another question before going to work.

I almost got through the Suliman game. You used your cavalry to beat up on Ghandi. Again, I find it amazing how in no time, you had like 4 rows of units in the border city, ready for attack. You had units coming from every city. Were alot of these units rush-bought (I think you mentioned you were going to rush-buy every second turn)? As I was following the walkthrough, you did a good job with the economy but how was the production in terms of ? Is it typical for you to have games where you rely on to build an army instead of ? I guess building the Kremlin helps.

For me, production cities are the hardest ones to get so your strategy makes alot of sense.

Anyways, I'll finish the rest of the Suliman game this weekend. I suspect the rest will be a cakewalk like usual. Thanks again.

Basically, he started using his as . You'll notice that he had a lot of his cities producing wealth as well, so this helped him out a lot. Once he decided he was going to attack, he turned the science slider down, started generating a LOT of gold, then bought everything he needed. It didn't matter much what the city's production was, it just mattered that it was there and he could buy cavalry from it.

TMIT, did I miss anything?

 

[yanner39]

Basically, he started using his as . You'll notice that he had a lot of his cities producing wealth as well, so this helped him out a lot. Once he decided he was going to attack, he turned the science slider down, started generating a LOT of gold, then bought everything he needed. It didn't matter much what the city's production was, it just mattered that it was there and he could buy cavalry from it.

TMIT, did I miss anything?

Oh yes, I realize that. I actually did that in a recent game and I thought it was great - a lot easier than to try and milk out hammers, especially with a map that's production poor.

I was simply wondering if all the units were rush-bought and if this was done simply because it was a production-poor map or if it's more efficient especially with the Kremlin.