Ralph_Jackson
Emperor
If we are going down then lets go down in style with a Charge of the Lightbrigade into the teeth of Machine Guns and Artillery.
sand 01: the computer knows best
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Ralph_Jackson
Emperor
High priest Ralph was perturbed, at least this time it wasnt due to failing to attend to the Machine God as required but he was losing confidence in the machine god
. Never before had his faith been questioned to this degree
.
Although the machine god had built a large and reasonably healthy economy there seemed little future for its society. They were too weak militarily to expand and the Machine Gods friend Alex was uninterested in becoming part of the Machine Gods plans via Permanent Alliance.
How then were its minions to cope with the military strength of its Enemies Genghis and Peter before they disappeared off to the stars. With Alexs friendship it had first seemed possible for the two of them to tackle these renegade civilizations but whilst Alex remain determined to stay holed up within his borders no solution seemed possible.
The Machine Gods instructions were becoming fewer now leaving his citizens at times alone to decide what direction to take a city in, although his subjects had previously complained at some of the machine gods decisions they now seemed just confused when left to their own devices. In an effort to keep the people happy the pitiful military was being strengthened to divert them from Genghis preparation to defy the Machine Gods will by launching into space.
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I spent the terms following my master plan of Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping Alex would agree to a PA. Now unfortunately I agree this wasnt a terribly deep strategy but it was the best I could come up with Unfortunately it didnt work.
Whilst hoping and hitting enter I built up our Military as much as I could but as you can see from the attached I doubt it would even scare the Military wing of the Swiss Womens Institute.
Genghis is building space ship parts like . Urr well I suppose like somebody who is far more advanced, bigger and scarier than us .
Options
Continue with my admittedly rather optimistic strategy above or go out all guns blazing, if only Sand was here to tell us what sort of a defeat he fancies in his SG!!
Ralph
Although the machine god had built a large and reasonably healthy economy there seemed little future for its society. They were too weak militarily to expand and the Machine Gods friend Alex was uninterested in becoming part of the Machine Gods plans via Permanent Alliance.
How then were its minions to cope with the military strength of its Enemies Genghis and Peter before they disappeared off to the stars. With Alexs friendship it had first seemed possible for the two of them to tackle these renegade civilizations but whilst Alex remain determined to stay holed up within his borders no solution seemed possible.
The Machine Gods instructions were becoming fewer now leaving his citizens at times alone to decide what direction to take a city in, although his subjects had previously complained at some of the machine gods decisions they now seemed just confused when left to their own devices. In an effort to keep the people happy the pitiful military was being strengthened to divert them from Genghis preparation to defy the Machine Gods will by launching into space.
Report
I spent the terms following my master plan of Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping Alex would agree to a PA. Now unfortunately I agree this wasnt a terribly deep strategy but it was the best I could come up with Unfortunately it didnt work.
Whilst hoping and hitting enter I built up our Military as much as I could but as you can see from the attached I doubt it would even scare the Military wing of the Swiss Womens Institute.
Genghis is building space ship parts like . Urr well I suppose like somebody who is far more advanced, bigger and scarier than us .
Options
Continue with my admittedly rather optimistic strategy above or go out all guns blazing, if only Sand was here to tell us what sort of a defeat he fancies in his SG!!
Ralph
Akuma-sama
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This is my Got It, I'll play this evening.
To be honest, I don't have much hope on us winning this, but I can easily see military isn't the way to go. I'll be continuing to pursue a diplomatic win... although our hopes of getting Mass Media at this point are just about nil.
To be honest, I don't have much hope on us winning this, but I can easily see military isn't the way to go. I'll be continuing to pursue a diplomatic win... although our hopes of getting Mass Media at this point are just about nil.
pigswill
fly (one day)
Congratulations for your persistence in the face of adversity. If the machine god is this dumb how can AI ever win the space race?
Akuma-sama
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High Priest Akuma-sama rose that morning to hear the fearful clamouring of the crowd outside, assembled from the four corners of the Machine Lords empire, demanding to know what were the Machine Lords commands and the rest of His great plan for victory. The High Priest sighed and sat on his throne, knowing the situation was dire enough to shake even his indomitable faith.
First, in the north-west, Alexander of the Greeks, despite much kowtowing and shameless bribery, still refused to consider entering a permanent alliance with us. In the East, Peter and his endless numbers of ultra-modern military units stared at us in the teeth, waiting nothing but a chance to pounce on those who had so insulted them in the past. And, perhaps most alarming, in the north, the Khans engineers were busily building a large machine that, through ways and technology much more advanced than anything we are capable of even imagining, is supposed to be able to bring colonists to a distant star.
Preposterous, of course; if such a thing was possible, then the Machine Lord would inform us of it, would He not?
Turn 00 (571)
90 turns left, but even IF we were the top score, I wouldnt put much hope in getting a time victory. Alex still wont agree to a PA, and wont trade Democracy for even Steel. Assembly Line is in 11, so Im not going to get to change to the next tech; I expect boring, mostly eventless turns in front of me.
And I hit enter.
Turn 01 (572)
Ghengis Khan completes Rock and Roll, as if to prove that yes, he is that much more advanced than we are.
Turn 02 (573)
Xian completes its barracks, and the only choice the Xianianians are given is a grocer. Glaring jealously at Shanghai all the while, as theyve had a grocer for a long time already, they get working.
Grocer in 15.
Turn 03 (574)
The Brutish Brutes of Uzbek finish their Catapuu, and after the now traditional Horse-flinging competition and the usual Beaten Horse-meat banquet that inevitably followed such an event, they are ordered to begin a Barracks with, once again, no other choice.
Barracks in 4.
Likewise, the Orleanites finish their Temple to Confusion and set to building a Barracks.
Barracks in Orleans, due in 5.
And the Lyonites who finished their Grocers, and ALSO asked to build a Barracks. Eager to have a place where the local dangerously violent sports team can practice their art, they set to work. Much admiration, worshipping and love letters were sent to the Machine Lord and the high priest, the latter of which were thoroughly ignored, as the members of the Lyon Lions were all close to seven feet tall, three hundred pounds of muscles and bones, and scary enough to make themselves the #1 croquet team in all of Sand Nation.
Turn 04 (575)
Cavalry finishes in Paris, and Im given a freebie!
with the choices I have, I set off on building another Cavalry.
The ever-smoky city of Rouen completes its own Temple to Confusion, something very appropriate in a city where one cannot see more than 2 feet in front of their eyes (indeed, it is now traditional to celebrate the year when a child loses sight of his own feet, by feeding him with chilidogs). In an effort to perhaps find a way to chase the smoke out of their town, the Rouenians assemble as much as they can, moving with their hands in front of them like zombies to ward off obstacles, they set off to build a university.
Turn 05 (576)
Beijing finishes its cavalry, and another freebie is graciously given by the Machine Lord! bah, another Cavalry
Same thing happens in Bactrian, an aqueduct is lined up to chase away the Bacterias.
We now have Uranium! Woo!
not that well use it, of course
Turn 06 (577)
Louis Pasteur is born in Athens.
The Khan finishes another SS casing, proving that yes, we are, indeed, dog-paddling in deep manure.
Turn 07 (578)
The Brutish Brutes of Uzbek finish their barracks, thus giving them a place to have their occasional Catapuu competitions. The Machine Lord thereby orders them to build a Bank, and among some muttering and discontent, they execute what they feel to be a stupid order; who on earth would want a bank? That would imply having to c-c-c calculate money, something that, in their brutish minds, should be illegal.
Turn 08 (579)
Orleans finishes its barracks, only choice is a market. Bah.
Vladivostok finishes its Jewish temple, and for once I agree with the choice given; a temple will help that poor citys cultural pressure.
Peter finishes a SS casing! Its now officially a space race and not just a haha, Im in space and youre not! space win.
Turn 09 (580)
Lyons finishes its barracks, to the great joy of the Lions. No longer losing any food to their croquet teams antics, the Lyonites agree with the Machine Lords order to build a granary.
Granary due in 5.
Turn 10 (581)
Never mind what I said, Assembly line is in! Im given the choice between Steel and Electricity, and since Electricity is more important (leads to Radio, which leads to Mass Media eventually), I pick it. Due in 11.
Beijing is the first to enjoy the merits of the new technology as its cavalry finishes and the Machine Lord orders the construction of a factory. Bactrian is next, then Kushans.
Charles Darwin is born in Beijing, and promptly declares that we are on the verge of extinction. He is made to build an academy in Beijing, bringing its science output to 237. Not too shabby.
Yakutsk revolts to the Russians damn. Predictable, though.
And Im done. Electricity is due in 10.
END
If you expect any kind of hope-raising comments out of me, youre wrong. Were screwed.
Next up on this train wreck is ozbenno. Good luck. Youll need it.
First, in the north-west, Alexander of the Greeks, despite much kowtowing and shameless bribery, still refused to consider entering a permanent alliance with us. In the East, Peter and his endless numbers of ultra-modern military units stared at us in the teeth, waiting nothing but a chance to pounce on those who had so insulted them in the past. And, perhaps most alarming, in the north, the Khans engineers were busily building a large machine that, through ways and technology much more advanced than anything we are capable of even imagining, is supposed to be able to bring colonists to a distant star.
Preposterous, of course; if such a thing was possible, then the Machine Lord would inform us of it, would He not?
Turn 00 (571)
90 turns left, but even IF we were the top score, I wouldnt put much hope in getting a time victory. Alex still wont agree to a PA, and wont trade Democracy for even Steel. Assembly Line is in 11, so Im not going to get to change to the next tech; I expect boring, mostly eventless turns in front of me.
And I hit enter.
Turn 01 (572)
Ghengis Khan completes Rock and Roll, as if to prove that yes, he is that much more advanced than we are.
Turn 02 (573)
Xian completes its barracks, and the only choice the Xianianians are given is a grocer. Glaring jealously at Shanghai all the while, as theyve had a grocer for a long time already, they get working.
Grocer in 15.
Turn 03 (574)
The Brutish Brutes of Uzbek finish their Catapuu, and after the now traditional Horse-flinging competition and the usual Beaten Horse-meat banquet that inevitably followed such an event, they are ordered to begin a Barracks with, once again, no other choice.
Barracks in 4.
Likewise, the Orleanites finish their Temple to Confusion and set to building a Barracks.
Barracks in Orleans, due in 5.
And the Lyonites who finished their Grocers, and ALSO asked to build a Barracks. Eager to have a place where the local dangerously violent sports team can practice their art, they set to work. Much admiration, worshipping and love letters were sent to the Machine Lord and the high priest, the latter of which were thoroughly ignored, as the members of the Lyon Lions were all close to seven feet tall, three hundred pounds of muscles and bones, and scary enough to make themselves the #1 croquet team in all of Sand Nation.
Turn 04 (575)
Cavalry finishes in Paris, and Im given a freebie!
with the choices I have, I set off on building another Cavalry.
The ever-smoky city of Rouen completes its own Temple to Confusion, something very appropriate in a city where one cannot see more than 2 feet in front of their eyes (indeed, it is now traditional to celebrate the year when a child loses sight of his own feet, by feeding him with chilidogs). In an effort to perhaps find a way to chase the smoke out of their town, the Rouenians assemble as much as they can, moving with their hands in front of them like zombies to ward off obstacles, they set off to build a university.
Turn 05 (576)
Beijing finishes its cavalry, and another freebie is graciously given by the Machine Lord! bah, another Cavalry
Same thing happens in Bactrian, an aqueduct is lined up to chase away the Bacterias.
We now have Uranium! Woo!
not that well use it, of course
Turn 06 (577)
Louis Pasteur is born in Athens.
The Khan finishes another SS casing, proving that yes, we are, indeed, dog-paddling in deep manure.
Turn 07 (578)
The Brutish Brutes of Uzbek finish their barracks, thus giving them a place to have their occasional Catapuu competitions. The Machine Lord thereby orders them to build a Bank, and among some muttering and discontent, they execute what they feel to be a stupid order; who on earth would want a bank? That would imply having to c-c-c calculate money, something that, in their brutish minds, should be illegal.
Turn 08 (579)
Orleans finishes its barracks, only choice is a market. Bah.
Vladivostok finishes its Jewish temple, and for once I agree with the choice given; a temple will help that poor citys cultural pressure.
Peter finishes a SS casing! Its now officially a space race and not just a haha, Im in space and youre not! space win.
Turn 09 (580)
Lyons finishes its barracks, to the great joy of the Lions. No longer losing any food to their croquet teams antics, the Lyonites agree with the Machine Lords order to build a granary.
Granary due in 5.
Turn 10 (581)
Never mind what I said, Assembly line is in! Im given the choice between Steel and Electricity, and since Electricity is more important (leads to Radio, which leads to Mass Media eventually), I pick it. Due in 11.
Beijing is the first to enjoy the merits of the new technology as its cavalry finishes and the Machine Lord orders the construction of a factory. Bactrian is next, then Kushans.
Charles Darwin is born in Beijing, and promptly declares that we are on the verge of extinction. He is made to build an academy in Beijing, bringing its science output to 237. Not too shabby.
Yakutsk revolts to the Russians damn. Predictable, though.
And Im done. Electricity is due in 10.
END
If you expect any kind of hope-raising comments out of me, youre wrong. Were screwed.
Next up on this train wreck is ozbenno. Good luck. Youll need it.
OK I can play tomorrow night.
At some stage we're going to have to do a charge of the light brigade. When do we all think this should happen? If its not our knights vs infantry now , it'll just be our infantry vs mechanised infantry later .
At some stage we're going to have to do a charge of the light brigade. When do we all think this should happen? If its not our knights vs infantry now , it'll just be our infantry vs mechanised infantry later
.
sand
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i'm back
well i had a lovely holiday on the ionian island of kefilonia. it was very good and would reccomend it to someone as a destination, the filming for captians corelie's mandolin was done there (which i'm about to watch now).
anyway time for pharoh sand to guide you to victory (or not). to start i will remind you that alex and khan are impossible to get PA with its programed that way. aswell as that where was the war during you turns i felt as if our train was going along a sushi bar. if i was you i would os attacked khan aong time ago. now victory seem pretty much impossible so i'll give you 3 choice's.
1. we keep playing as normal and take defeat.
2. we drop all the rules overthrow our god and attempt to salvage the game.
3. we enter world builder and suddenly realise our civ has all technologies and loads of modern amour on our boarders.
1 would make for a good write up (if short) if we die with honour and attack timur (khan( and yes i don't thing we should call him by a name that means rulr of the world yet(those facts are probably wrong)(wooh quad brackets)(probably a big grammer error)(but who cares)))
anyway
2. it would be nice trying to take up a game from a nearly hopless situation
3a. if we balance our productive power and troops to level khan then it would be a very good modern war write up, and good to kick his ass)
3b. completely spam loads of troops and see how long it take to win
well i had a lovely holiday on the ionian island of kefilonia. it was very good and would reccomend it to someone as a destination, the filming for captians corelie's mandolin was done there (which i'm about to watch now).
anyway time for pharoh sand to guide you to victory (or not). to start i will remind you that alex and khan are impossible to get PA with its programed that way. aswell as that where was the war during you turns i felt as if our train was going along a sushi bar. if i was you i would os attacked khan aong time ago. now victory seem pretty much impossible so i'll give you 3 choice's.
1. we keep playing as normal and take defeat.
2. we drop all the rules overthrow our god and attempt to salvage the game.
3. we enter world builder and suddenly realise our civ has all technologies and loads of modern amour on our boarders.
1 would make for a good write up (if short) if we die with honour and attack timur (khan( and yes i don't thing we should call him by a name that means rulr of the world yet(those facts are probably wrong)(wooh quad brackets)(probably a big grammer error)(but who cares)))
anyway
2. it would be nice trying to take up a game from a nearly hopless situation
3a. if we balance our productive power and troops to level khan then it would be a very good modern war write up, and good to kick his ass)
3b. completely spam loads of troops and see how long it take to win
pigswill
fly (one day)
Lurkin'
Is there a sudden loss of faith in the omniscience and omnipotence of the Machine God who has guided his/her people through many trials? Have his people forgotten Deus Ex Machina?
Is there a sudden loss of faith in the omniscience and omnipotence of the Machine God who has guided his/her people through many trials? Have his people forgotten Deus Ex Machina?
@sand
It's actually your turn in the rotation if you want it.
It's actually your turn in the rotation if you want it.
Akuma-sama
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Whoops at Alex, but we wouldn't have been able to do anything anyway; the tech lead, until recently, was catastrophic. Now it's merely awful. Instead of Knights VS Infantry, we'd be doing Infantry VS Modern tanks.
At your suggestions, Sand:
1: Defeat is fine with me, honestly. Isn't the purpose of a variant to make the game more interesting? This varient showed us that no, the computer does not know best, and it's only fitting if we lose because of it.
2: See #1. I'm not exactly for it.
3: X-nay. No way. Nu-uh. Cheating is bad. We have no prankster to justify it.
At your suggestions, Sand:
1: Defeat is fine with me, honestly. Isn't the purpose of a variant to make the game more interesting? This varient showed us that no, the computer does not know best, and it's only fitting if we lose because of it.
2: See #1. I'm not exactly for it.
3: X-nay. No way. Nu-uh. Cheating is bad. We have no prankster to justify it.
sand
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well a pretty boring turnset i only got factorys to build. but i did strike a plan.
well first alex propose's a deal i say no.
but what if we were able to get manhattan and nuke khan+peter and eventually alex (if we haven't won time by then).
anyway GA born
i decide to reseach fasicm since thats the tech the GA had
but when i click the bulb it doesn't go to that.
well ozbenno's up good luck,m you'll need it
well first alex propose's a deal i say no.
but what if we were able to get manhattan and nuke khan+peter and eventually alex (if we haven't won time by then).
anyway GA born
i decide to reseach fasicm since thats the tech the GA had
but when i click the bulb it doesn't go to that.
well ozbenno's up good luck,m you'll need it
I'll be able to play tonight probably. We'll see what happens!
Ummmmm.
A save maybe Sand???
A save maybe Sand???
