SGOTM 08 - XTeam

Frederiksberg · Jan 15, 2009

leif erikson said:
Had a look at the save. As I have never founded a Corporation before, I am curious why, in X-ville, the icon for Sid's Sushi is blacked out when I call up the Great Merchant there? We have both Corporation and Medicine and X-ville has fish and clams in its city radius,

I believe it's because we are still in State Property as Gator already pointed out (Good catch by Gator :goodjob:

).

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

We can't found the corps while we're in State Property. The fish and clams belong to the state, you bourgeois pig.

We can switch to Free Market next turn, found the corps, and then switch back to SP on T213 for the production bonus.

leif erikson · Jan 15, 2009

ShannonCT said:
We can't found the corps while we're in State Property. The fish and clams belong to the state, you bourgeois pig.

We can switch to Free Market next turn, found the corps, and then switch back to SP on T213 for the production bonus.

Boy am I sharp this morning?

I read it and still missed it... Think I'll go back to bed.

Glad Gator is awake...

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

I'm ready to finish this. I'm going to try to vassalize Peri and Augie on T213 so we get a Con-Plo-Nation victory on T214. Any objections? I'll make a T213 save and a T214 save and post both here (but just the T214 save at SGOTM central).

leif erikson · Jan 15, 2009

ShannonCT said:
I'm ready to finish this. I'm going to try to vassalize Peri and Augie on T213 so we get a Con-Plo-Nation victory on T214. Any objections? I'll make a T213 save and a T214 save and post both here (but just the T214 save at SGOTM central).

Please do!

Than have a Coopers with us all. :cheers:

I could, obviously, use one... :rolleyes:

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

XTeam wins a Conquest Victory on T214!!! We also won the UN vote. :clap:

Our final score was 187,030, with 270 wonder points. 270/214 = 1.2617 wonder points per turn.

Here's the saves. I've uploaded the T214 save to the SGOTM server, so we are officially done. Turn report to follow.

Well done XTeam! :goodjob:

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

Turn log:

Spoiler :

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

Part 2:

Spoiler :

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

Turn report for T208(cont)-T214

T208(cont)
Move units toward Rome and Antium
Settler city on island west of Guimaraes

IBT)
Corp->Refrig
Horseville bank->Wall Street
AP resolution to stop war against Pericles fails by 7 votes

T209)
Bomb Antium
MM cities back to wealth
pillage 82 gold
Switch to slavery and whip 4 hospitals

IBT)
Nothing

T210)
Switch back to Caste and MM specialists
Bomb Rome and Antium
Settle 3 more cities
pillage 112 gold

IBT)
X-ville hospital->Red Cross
Free Prophet from Blessed Seas is born in X-ville

T211)
Bomb and airstirke Antium
Attack with 1 cannon and Cuirs
Capture Antium without loss. Kept. Contains Ankor Wat and Great Wall.
Bomb Rome. Capture Rome without loss. Kept
Prophet is chained to Hun
Pericles is willing to capitulate now

IBT)
Refrig->Replaceable Parts
Broadway completed in Lisbon

T212)
Build Islamic shrine in Hun
Kill some Roman stragglers
Liberate Madras to Gandhi
Liberate Evora to Joao
We are now 12 votes under the limit
Switch to Free Market
Found Cereal Mills, Sushi, and Jewelers corps in Ivoryville, X-ville, and Ulundi

IBT)
Statue of Liberty completed in Furville
Eiffel Tower completed in Braga
Propose a Diplo Victory vote and vote for us (against Augustus)

T213)
Switch to Slavery/State Property
Whip Hollywood, Globe Theater, Wall Street, National Park, Red Cross
Get capitulation from Augustus and city of Setia
Get capitulation from Pericles

T214)
XTeam has won a Conquest Victory!
We also win the Diplo Victory vote.

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

Lurkers are welcome to post in our thread now. I don't think we have anything to hide since this isn't a fastest finish game.

AlanH · Jan 15, 2009

Well done, guys :goodjob:

Good score!

You can visit the other threads now, but please don't post in them until the teams are finished.

Frederiksberg · Jan 15, 2009

Strong finish SCT! You managed to keep track of all the details :goodjob:

Well played X-teamers.

ShanonCT said:
Our final score was 187,030, with 270 wonder points. 270/214 = 1.2617 wonder points per turn.

This will not be easy to beat for the other teams.

leif erikson · Jan 15, 2009

Nice, strong finish Shannon!! :goodjob:

Where's the Coopers...

:band:

Thank you all for a great game! [party]

Now, to read, wait and watch to see if anyone can beat this finish!! :clap:

erikthecelt · Jan 15, 2009

Amazing job Xteam - it's very instructive to see Masters at work.

Cactus Pete · Jan 15, 2009

Bravo . . . Well done, SCT.

Interesting game and great team effort.

Be interested to learn how other teams approached things.

The administrators will have a hard time coming up with a better challenge.

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

Been doing some research on other teams.

Geezers - finished with a wonder score of 0.8333
OSS - finished with a wonder score of 1.1914 (they built all but 1 wonder!)
Real Ms. Beyond - retired

Gypsy Kings - @1060AD, they are well behind us. They're building Unis for Oxford (we completed it before 500AD) and their goal is domination by turn 300. Their break-even tech rate is ~400 bpt, while ours was ~600bpt at the same date. The only tech they have over us at this date is Constitution (they missed Pyramids) while we have over them Drama, Feudalism, Printing Press, Military Tradition, Gunpowder, and Astro. They haven't attacked Joao yet, but have spammed 7-8 more small cities on the continent and islands than we did.

CRC - @1535AD (T217) they are slightly behind us I think. They teched Assembly Line and Railroad early. They are currently 2 turns from MM, and appear to be following our same end game with Combustion included. They will have 4 more wonders than us (Pentagon, Rushmore, Mining Inc, and Creative Constructions). They are currently in the midst of a Golden Age that has 21 turns left on it. But it looks like they can finish before that. They have a final Prophet due in 11 turns that could build a shrine in 12 turns. They also have about 11 turns of research remaining at their current tech rate (with all cities building research). But they still have a lot of expensive wonders to build (Cristo, Rock, Broadway, Hollywood, UN, Wall Street, Red Cross) that will take hammers away from research. They would need to get victory in 12 turns or less to beat us.

Murky Waters - @1420AD (T202) they are ahead of us. They also teched Assembly Line and Railroad. They are planning to win by T220 with 4 more wonders than us, or they may go on to Plastics for 3 Gorges and Standard Ethanol Corp if they think it will give a better score.

Other teams are out of medal contention. So we are sitting on a Bronze with a very good chance at Silver. :goodjob:

killercane · Jan 15, 2009

Nice finish and congratulations guys! :goodjob:

. MW popped Astro which saved them a turn and a half or so, but their research is very high since they exclusively used cottages. The only thing that holds them back is a lack of great people. You would have gained another turn without the unnecessary anarchy turn as well.

leif erikson · Jan 15, 2009

Hi Killer,

Thanks for stopping by. Trust you had a nice Christmas and New Year.

This win is yours as well! :goodjob:

ShannonCT · Jan 15, 2009

killercane said:
Nice finish and congratulations guys! . MW popped Astro which saved them a turn and a half or so, but their research is very high since they exclusively used cottages. The only thing that holds them back is a lack of great people. You would have gained another turn without the unnecessary anarchy turn as well.

We would have had to finish at least 10 turns earlier to beat Murky with our strategy. We didn't recognize the benefit of Assembly Line (factories for building research with workshops). I rarely play space race games so I never get that far in the tech tree.

But I think your idea of Cuir/Airship attacks worked really well. It looks like we will end up with the fastest finish.

Cactus Pete · Jan 15, 2009

"factories for building research with workshops" Meaning hammers from workshops multiplied by 1.5 (as a result of a factory in the city) and then converted to research?

"But I think your idea of Cuir/Airship attacks worked really well." Indeed it did. The AI seems to make no adjustments for airships.

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