Sesn03 - Bad Apple Goes To War

[SesnOfWthr]

Well, I think it's finally about time to start another hosted game, as I'm feeling like I'm back in the swing of things around here.

Civ - TBD
Climate - Normal/Temperate/5 Billion
Landmass - Standard size, 60% pangaea
Barbs - Roaming
Difficulty - Emperor
Opponents - All Random

We'll use a relaxed 24 got it, 48 to play, unless we start having a lot of delays, then I'll start enforcing it more strictly.

Standard LK rules, except for the Bad Apple(see below).

Variants
Bad Apple - The bad apple gets to come in and perform one action of his choosing at certain times in the game. These actions could be, but aren't limited to: gifting cities, declaring/making peace, disbanding unit, etc.

The times that the bad Apple gets to come in are at any of the following points: MGL creation, destroying a civ, anarchy, first turn of GA.

When one of these things happens, the player must stop and save the game immediately, let the Bad Apple do his deed, then take the new save and finish out their turns.

Oscillating War (OW): You must always be at war with a neighboring civilization. Psuedowars (where neither side can really reach the other) do not count. When peace is signed with the current foe, war must be immediately declared on another enemy.

Declare on first civ immediately, no trading.

I expect this game to be fairly difficult, so volunteers should be confident at the higher levels.

ROSTER
I'll take a roster of five right now, with a sixth spot being held for Tomoyo if he wants it when he gets back in a couple weeks.

Sesn
M60
SW
Pind
Romeo
Tomoyo

Bad Apple - Bede

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Questions? Comments?

 

[soul_warrior]

would love to try this out.
the grumpy monk can turn a whole barrel of apples into cider in a matter of minutes.

landmass? pangea. need some practice there (usually continent games)
i OWE it to myself to stop the AWE games. more room for Bede to wreck his havoc.
Civ? Ahem... not Koreans-India-Mongols or any asian ones.
how about france? russia? portugal?
havent played these in ages.

Spoiler :

i guess you got the joke.

Spoiler :

if you didnt, i didnt really mean portugal
Ahem.... or did i?

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Welcome aboard, SW.

Playing France in Igor1, Maya in MadV1, Vikes in MP6, so I'd rather not any of them, but whatever the team wants is OK.

One vote for Pangaea, OW.

 

[madviking]

Maya in MadV1

Not anymore

Not a sign-up.

 

[romeothemonk]

i Will chime in with pangea 40% land, OWE.
I like the following civs
Egypt: Duh! 10 shield discount on ponies plus nice temples for us to build. I don't think I have played egypt ever.
Japan: Gets us to ponies quicker, nice UU, rarely played
Zulu: Brings our defense with us. Played only in solo game, never an SG.

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Well, that basically makes a majority, since I was leaning towards the OW too.

Oscillating War (OW): You must always be at war with a neighboring civilization. Psuedowars (where neither side can really reach the other) do not count. When peace is signed with the current foe, war must be immediately declared on another enemy.
Arathorn’s comments: Seems to be an almost optimal strategy for a human to carry out. Plays almost easier than a regular game, if possibly a bit more time-consuming.

I'd add that war must be declared on the first civ we meet immediately, no trading.

Is Emperor gonna be enough of a challenge? I hate games that are won in the BC's, that you just have to grind through. Although that's where Bede would come in too, I suppose.

 

[pindicator]

Oscillating War, huh? Sounds like fun if you've still got a spot open, even if we have to put up with what Bede can dish out on us

 

[Ginger_Ale]

lurker's comment: Tomoyo is on vacation, afaik, as he hasn't been on the forums lately.

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Done, that will fill the roster, pending M60's decision.

Preference on civ, Pind?

 

[SesnOfWthr]

lurker's comment: Tomoyo is on vacation, afaik, as he hasn't been on the forums lately.

I knew that, but he'll be back around the 26th or something, IIRC. But I believe he expressed interest in playing my next hosted game, which is why I'll hold a spot for him.

 

[madviking]

I thought Tomoyo has a she...

 

[SesnOfWthr]

I thought Tomoyo has a she...

Be careful there, he keeps a list of all the people that make that mistake.

It's a common misconception b/c he always uses female animes for his avvie, but he is a he. Or so I'm told, at least.

 

[pindicator]

Done, that will fill the roster, pending M60's decision.

Preference on civ, Pind?

Trying to think what I haven't played recently...

How about America?

 

[M60A3TTS]

I'm in! SUMERIA. Early GA, but agricultural boost and those cheap Enkidus make sure we keep what we conquer early on.

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Glad to have you.

Wow, looking over this roster, I think Bede is gonna have his hands full keeping this tough. Do we need to bump it a notch?

Ok, so we have votes for France, Russia, Portugal lol: ), Egypt, Zulu, Japan, America, and Sumeria.

Purely for the sake of expedience, I'll narrow it to Egypt, Japan, and Sumeria. I would lean towards Japan for the later GA, plus the last experience with Japan for me was a negative one (Bede02).

One for Japan, one for Sumeria - you others wanna vote on one of those three?

 

[romeothemonk]

I vote egypt for a complete mess in the polls.

 

[M60A3TTS]

 

[pindicator]

My vote goes to Egypt; I haven't done them in a while as well and the possibility of an early GA would make things a little less routine.

Although I am very tempted by that Sumeria start, M60. If no Egypt, then definitely that start.

 

[romeothemonk]

That start is too good. With the firepower in the lineup we don't need a brilliant start like that. It almost feels like cheating to take a start that good on Emporer, especially since it is not AWE.

 

[Bede]

squish, squish