SGOTM 02 - VQ Red

okay, sombody needs to pick this up. if nobody does i will in aboout 9 hours and play tonight/tomorrow.

if you've dropped out please be courteuos enough to let the team know.
 
Sorry, but the computer problems I had some weeks ago have returned in a more serious form and I've had to drop out of all SGs for the moment.

Good luck with the rest of the game - if I am able to return before it is over I will do so.

:thumbsup:
 
sorry 'bout that. had last minute trip pop up on saturday and had to go out of town. thought about the game but was on a plane and no computer. should be back at the house this evening. if you want to go ahead, i understand as i did surpas the time limit. if you want to wait i would be happy to play. your call sir.
 
Ok, things are not going well for us ... at 1970AD we only have one space parts whereas MM is close to launching:

VQRed-AD1970-vic.jpg


I am building the Internet now, hopefully that will gain us all techs, then it will be a race.

Why is things not going well for us? For one, that stupid MM who controls the UN must go for civics such as Environmentalism and Free speech, completely killing our state property benefits.

VQRed-AD1948-env.jpg


Fortunately, his UniSuff plans failed:

VQRed-AD1956-UniSuff.jpg


even though he was re-elected and tried UniSuff again, it still fails.

VQRed-AD1960-UNSec.jpg


Worst, MM must build the Space Elevator

VQRed-AD1955-se.jpg


We have Satellites and FO, I ma going for Plastics, although hopefully by the time the Internet was built, we need not do any research, and can pump up our money and culture ...

VQRed-AD1949-computers.jpg


VQRed-AD1956-Satellite.jpg


VQRed-AD1967-FO.jpg


I'd build roads to all forest so that we can quickly chop them as needed for the space race (futile as it might seems, let's play it out).

Good luck, and this game should be over in another round ...

>>> The Save (1970) <<<
 
Just a note: I finished this game ... ;) An exciting space race at the end :mischief: (yeah, not within the variant, but #1 playing it as single player at the end isn't exactly compliant to the spirit of SGOTM either, and #2 screw it, we are out of the race for laurels like 1000 years ago anyway :lol:) ...

... stay tuned, report coming maybe tomorrow.

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i so sorry greyfox!!! i got busy with the launch of new call center and new traffic i didn't have time or think about civ. i've just been so busy lately.

thanks for being the reliable one. :( sorry i wasn't.
 
No problem, Code, RL is always more important, and I understand. I don't really get very upset about people neglecting games in SG ...

and speaking of which, geez, I haven't found time (or the enthusiam ;)) to post the final game report ... one question though, anyone know what I should do about posting the game: do I post the Replay file, or so I post the autosave of the turn we won/lost?
 
GreyFox said:
and speaking of which, geez, I haven't found time (or the enthusiam ;)) to post the final game report ... one question though, anyone know what I should do about posting the game: do I post the Replay file, or so I post the autosave of the turn we won/lost?

Here's what the submissions page says:

1. Use the File Selector above to upload your Saved Game file.
This may be any manual save taken during the game, or the final save after victory or defeat

2. To reach the turn after game completion you must start one more turn after the victory ceremony, then select Save Game.

3. If you suffer a Conquest defeat the option in Note 2 is not available, so you must submit a manual save made during the turn before defeat, and check the box to indicate that this is your team's final save before conquest defeat. You can create this saved file by submitting the last Autosave.
 
GreyFox said:
No problem, Code, RL is always more important, and I understand. I don't really get very upset about people neglecting games in SG ...

and speaking of which, geez, I haven't found time (or the enthusiam ;)) to post the final game report ... one question though, anyone know what I should do about posting the game: do I post the Replay file, or so I post the autosave of the turn we won/lost?
Just upload it the same as all the other SGOTM files, using the usual SGOTM submission page
 
Thanks ... never knew there are still lurkers aorund here :lol:

Okay, I will strive to get the last report up as soon as possible for the sake of you guys, but it won't happen before I reach Singapore ... due to fly back in 4hrs ... and its a 24hrs or os flight (so don't hold your breath) ...
 
ah, Sam and I are just looking around at other team's threads...trying to guestimate where we sit :)

congrats on winning, even if it wasn't a conquest :)
 
Hmm .. did I said we've won? :lol:

Part I of the Finale -- The Road to All Techs

Anyway, I intended to have fun, and decided to review all that I have done in the 1970 save. I vetoed a lot of things, I think there are decisions which I :smoke:.

First of all, is the research slider. If we are going to beat MM or HC to space, we need money. So, I set it to zero. We also need spy, so I started scotland yard.

I started to improve the hammers count of some cities that are going to build space parts, and the rest go for wealth.


Turn 580, 1970 AD: John Dalton has been born in Madrid!


How useful ... started to swap out all the scientists in Madrid to aim for a non-scientists-non-artists GPerson in like ... 40 more turns :crazyeye: ...


Turn 580, 1970 AD: Hatshepsut has completed SS Casing!

Turn 581, 1971 AD: Huayna Capac adopts Free Religion!

Turn 582, 1972 AD: Huayna Capac has completed SS Life Support!

Turn 584, 1974 AD: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel has been born in Shanghai!
Turn 584, 1974 AD: Mao Zedong has completed SS Thrusters!

Turn 587, 1977 AD: Huayna Capac has completed SS Docking Bay!
Turn 587, 1977 AD: Mansa Musa has completed SS Engine!

Turn 589, 1979 AD: George Washington Goethals has been born in Cologne!

Turn 591, 1981 AD: Bismarck has completed SS Cockpit!

Turn 592, 1982 AD: Mao Zedong has completed SS Thrusters!

Turn 593, 1983 AD: Confucianism has spread in Circassian.
Turn 593, 1983 AD: VQ Red adopts Universal Suffrage!
Turn 593, 1983 AD: Bismarck adopts Universal Suffrage!
Turn 593, 1983 AD: Mao Zedong adopts Universal Suffrage!
Turn 593, 1983 AD: Huayna Capac adopts Universal Suffrage!
Turn 593, 1983 AD: Hatshepsut adopts Universal Suffrage!
Turn 593, 1983 AD: Mansa Musa adopts Universal Suffrage!
Turn 593, 1983 AD: Kublai Khan adopts Universal Suffrage!


Then the break I needed finally came ... Universal Sufferage is passed. Good thing abt UN resolution is you can change civic without incurring anarchy turns.

VQRed-AD1984-UniSuff.jpg


This enable me to buy the scotland yard ... I have lots of cash with 1K gold per turn income ...

VQRed-AD1984-scotlandyard.jpg


The change to Universal Sufferage, however, has also caused Bismarck to drop to please ...

VQRed-AD1985-bismarck-cancel.jpg


Okay, fine. Yo don't have to look so painful. I still have the power leader Mansa protecting me.


Turn 594, 1984 AD: Mao Zedong has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 594, 1984 AD: Mansa Musa has completed SS Stasis Chamber!
Turn 594, 1984 AD: Michael Faraday has been born in Turfan!

Turn 595, 1985 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Casing!

Turn 596, 1986 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 596, 1986 AD: Kublai Khan has completed SS Docking Bay!

Turn 597, 1987 AD: Huayna Capac has completed SS Engine!
Turn 597, 1987 AD: VQ Red adopts Emancipation!

Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Democracy!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Fascism!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Mass Media!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Ecology!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Medicine!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Fission!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Flight!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Plastics!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Composites!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Genetics!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Fusion!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Refrigeration!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: You have discovered Robotics!
Turn 599, 1989 AD: VQ Red has completed The Internet!


Ah ... finally .... the Internet ...

VQRed-AD1990-internet.jpg


A whopping 13 techs, and you hear spock keep mumbling about all sort of quotes ... talk about information overflow!

VQRed-AD1990-techs-learnt.jpg


After what seems an eternity, spock finally completed all his speeches, and we have only one tech to learn:

VQRed-AD1990-future-tech.jpg


:woohoo:
 
Part II of the Finale -- Operation Nikita

Getting all the techs means that two of the AI has learnt all the techs as well ... how fortunate they have yet to launch! I have to send my spies out.


Turn 600, 1990 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Casing!
Turn 600, 1990 AD: Wilbur Wright has been born in Gao!


The Victory Screen reveals HC is the closest to launching ... with only a chamber left ... first I must find where ...

Here it is:

VQRed-AD1991-spy-failed.jpg


Tried to sabotage twice ... and both failed .... geez! 10k gold for nothing ... I am about to resigned to my fate. with 3 turns left, my next Nikita is 2 turns away from Cuzco ... it will be a close one.

Then, Mansa decided to give me a helping hand, all on his own accord:

VQRed-AD1993-Mansa-war.jpg



Turn 602, 1992 AD: Mansa Musa has declared war on Huayna Capac!
Turn 602, 1992 AD: Mao Zedong has declared war on Mansa Musa!
Turn 602, 1992 AD: Kublai Khan has completed SS Cockpit!


Ha, war! I loved it!

However, the Chambers is still 1 turn away from launching ...

VQRrd-AD1993-spy-attempt.jpg


Nikita ...

... MUST ...

... .... SUCCEED ....

... .... .... pleaseeee .....

VQRed-AD1993-spy-succeeds.jpg


Whew! :dance:


Turn 603, 1993 AD: Walata has been captured by the Malinese Empire!!!

Turn 604, 1994 AD: Bismarck has completed SS Life Support!
Turn 604, 1994 AD: Vilcas has been captured by the Malinese Empire!!!
Turn 604, 1994 AD: Andahuaylas has been captured by the Malinese Empire!!!


Then, suddenly, Cuzco is no longer building the chamber ...

VQRed-AD1994-cuzco.jpg


Hmm .. must find where HC relocated the chamber production. Meanwhile, however, Mansa becomes the threat ....

Nikita saves the day again:

VQRed-AD1995-timbutku.jpg



Turn 605, 1995 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 605, 1995 AD: Vilcas has been captured by the Incan Empire!!!
Turn 605, 1995 AD: Vilcas has been captured by the Malinese Empire!!!

Turn 607, 1997 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Cockpit!
Turn 607, 1997 AD: Confucianism has spread in Madrid.


Then, same thing happens: Timbutku switched away from Life Support. Arrgh!

VQRed-AD1997-timbutku.jpg


Fortunately, this time, it is relocated not too far away, and Nikita found it:

VQRed-AD1997-found.jpg


Heh, babe, you can run, but you can't hide! :lol:

And what's more, the shift also buys me 12 turns instead 5 turns ... how stupid can AI be?


Turn 608, 1998 AD: The borders of Beijing have expanded!

Turn 610, 2000 AD: Mao Zedong has completed SS Life Support!

Turn 611, 2001 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Casing!
Turn 611, 2001 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Life Support!
Turn 611, 2001 AD: Hatshepsut has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 611, 2001 AD: A Chinese revolt has taken place in Beijing!



After which, is a matter of monitoring HC (who shifted chambers to a city needing 40 turns to complete, and thus is no longer a threat) and Mansa. I did have to spend the cash a few times, and one of them failed, but I managed to keep Mansa from launching.

VQRed-AD2001-spy.jpg


Meanwhile, Mansa had been capturing HC's cities, while my two production powerhouse are pulling round-the-clock shifts to produce the last 3 parts.


Turn 612, 2002 AD: Raphael has been born in New Sarai!

Turn 613, 2003 AD: Kublai Khan's Golden Age has begun!!!
Turn 613, 2003 AD: A Chinese revolt has taken place in Nanjing!

Turn 614, 2004 AD: Madrid celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!

Turn 615, 2005 AD: Madrid celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!
Turn 615, 2005 AD: The borders of Beijing have expanded!
Turn 615, 2005 AD: Bismarck has completed SS Docking Bay!

Turn 616, 2006 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Engine!

Turn 617, 2007 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Casing!
Turn 617, 2007 AD: The borders of Nanjing have expanded!

Turn 618, 2008 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Casing!
Turn 618, 2008 AD: Heliopolis can no longer work on SS Casing. The lost ? is converted into 229?!

Turn 620, 2010 AD: You have trained a Worker in Santiago. Work has now begun on a Bank.
Turn 620, 2010 AD: Elephantine celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!
Turn 620, 2010 AD: Machu Picchu has been captured by the Malinese Empire!!!

Turn 621, 2011 AD: You have trained a Worker in Santiago. Work has now begun on a Bank.
Turn 621, 2011 AD: Orville Wright has been born in Madrid!
Turn 621, 2011 AD: Heliopolis celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!


Until the year 2011 ...
 
Part III of the Finale -- The Golden Age and the Wooden Spoon

Yes ... 2011 ...

If you have been paying attention to the log extract, you should see this:


Turn 621, 2011 AD: Orville Wright has been born in Madrid!


You know what that means, right? RIGHT? :cooool:

VQRed-AD2012-goldenage.jpg



Turn 622, 2012 AD: VQ Red's Golden Age has begun!!!
Turn 622, 2012 AD: You have trained a Worker in Santiago. Work has now begun on a Bank.
Turn 622, 2012 AD: Elephantine celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!
Turn 622, 2012 AD: Heliopolis celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!
Turn 622, 2012 AD: Louis Pasteur has been born in Frankfurt!
Turn 622, 2012 AD: Kublai Khan's Golden Age has ended...


By 2014, it became clear who the winner would be:

This is my remaining two parts:

VQRed-AD2014-2parts.jpg


Squint your eyes a bit and you see the Docking Bay is still a good 7 turns away ... but you should also noticed the workers frantically hacking the trees around Toledo ... ;)

Here is my competitors:

VQRed-AD2014-competitors.jpg


Ha, bye, bye, me is off to space.


Turn 624, 2014 AD: Deal Canceled: Crab to Huayna Capac for Gold Per Turn (16)
Turn 624, 2014 AD: Huayna Capac has declared war on you!


And as if he knows it, HC declared war:

VQRed-AD2015-war.jpg


Hey, babe, a war would only cause you to shift your production, not me!

The forests were cleared ...

VQRed-AD2015-forest.jpg


A bit not so environmental friendly, but who cares, I am leaving this planet anyway!


Turn 625, 2015 AD: The enemy has been spotted near Salamanca!
Turn 625, 2015 AD: The enemy has been spotted near Salamanca!
Turn 625, 2015 AD: The enemy has been spotted near Toledo!
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 203 ? for Toledo.
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 203 ? for Toledo.
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 203 ? for Toledo.
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 203 ? for Toledo.
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 203 ? for Toledo.
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 203 ? for Toledo.
Turn 625, 2015 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Stasis Chamber!
Turn 625, 2015 AD: VQ Red has completed SS Docking Bay!
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Elephantine celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Narak has been born in Timbuktu!
Turn 625, 2015 AD: Mansa Musa has made peace with Mao Zedong!

Turn 626, 2016 AD: The enemy has been spotted near Salamanca!
Turn 626, 2016 AD: The enemy has been spotted near Salamanca!
Turn 626, 2016 AD: The enemy has been spotted near Toledo!


The demographics, still in a golden age, that's why we are top in most categories:

VQRed-win-demographs.jpg


The graphs reflects that:

VQRed-win-graphs.jpg


But none of our city reached top 5:

VQRed-win-top5.jpg


Now, the weirdest thing occurs:

VQRed-win-score.jpg


Huh? 336? I beg your pardon! The last 45 turns is an almost superhuman performance by GreyFox the Great :mischief:, and you say it is worth only 336 points???? :eek:

I know I haven't exactly dominated or conquered the world, but I did kill Izzy and let's just say that she is the one who murdered Tokugawa's family, OK???!!!

AH ... no matter, that does means one thing: ....

Wooden Spoon, here I come!!!!​


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The End -- thank you for reading this. True, I ignored the variant, but I ntend to have fun, and not let the unfortunate dropouts and what-nots deterred me from having fun. I hoped you enjoyed reading the last report, cos I certainly enjoyed my last 45 turns!!!
:D
:cheers:
 
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