SGOTM 09 - Smurkz

[unkle]

Back but leaving again in 4 days....

I am currently reading Renata's plan, though it is hard to see if I'll be able to play by tomorrow. If not Sunday should be easier. I would not mind to see some people online for help

Let's not loose faith, this game needs closure. And XCal, I really can understand your frustration for that.

 

[Renata]

Well, like I said, if no one else can play by Monday, I'll finish it myself. Might take me three days with the two-year-old , but it'll get played.

 

[unkle]

As expected Sunday will be easier. I'll play as many turns as I can, hopefully finishing the game, but potentially leaving few turns to Renata (unless barbs paratroop, which couls be funky).

 

[unkle]

Checking the save, getting ready to play.
If anybody wants to join....

 

[unkle]

Ok there we go:

Turn 0, 178/330, 1765AD:
Trade Music for 200g, and hit musicals for 9gpt with Stalin.
Bulb GS into Fiber Optics, still FO in 3 turns.

IBT: caught a Spy in Mari. I Guess Hammy is getting all excited...

Turn 1, 179/330, 1770AD:
Worker duties.
Sending portuguese spy back to Mari right now.
Nothing else... Just the barb paratrooper disappeared....

IBT: SS Casing 1 is done.


Turn 2 180/330, 1775AD:
Dur-Kurigalzu: Uni->wealth
Babylon:Spy->Spy (sent to Opis)
Ouzo: casing->casing (in 3)
Sippar: Obs->wealth
Greenland: thrusters

Re-trade with Shaka: alu+clams for gems+12gpt.
Woker stuff: i am pre-chopping everywhere.

IBT: Fiber optics done. Wan gets a GG.

Turn 3 181/330, 1780AD:
Prechopping continues. Every forest should be prechopped. This is what a forest should look like: ready to fall.
Fusion in 3.

IBT: Joao finishes Versailles.

Turn 4 182/330, 1785AD:
Finishing the prechopping madness.
Trade philo to Stalin for 170 gold. Notice Stalin has enough in his hands now. Is it the war with Wan ?

IBT: Casing 2+ Thrusters. We get the expected GS

Turn 5 183/330, 1790AD:
Babylon still on spy duty. Sending it on our Alu...
Try to upgrade some of our deals: does not work !!! Gosh.

IBT: Fusion. We are technically back in the Future. Docking Bay, Thrusters.

Turn 6 184/330, 1795AD:
placing workers for chops.
trade paper to Stalin for 140 qnd Biology to HC for 140 too. I guess it's sales time.
start GA by burning the 4 Smurkzaki GP.
we have 800 gold and are burning 80 a turn. That should do it.

IBT: Stalin vassalizes to Shaka... and declares on Wan of course.

Turn 7 185/330, 1800AD:
zzzz

IBT: Genetics, Casing.
Hammy vassaliwe to HC.
Everybody goes emancipation.... Happiness issues in Greenland and Opis.

Turn 7 186/330, 1805AD:
Start Stasis.
Start engine in Ouzo. Chop out-of-BFCs.

IBT: Cockpit+Thrusters*2

Turn 8 187/330, 1810AD:
Chopped 4 in Smurkz for stasis.
Ouzo is also chopping well, Bon will not have too.

IBT: Ecology.

Turn 9 188/330, 1815AD:
Finish stuff, ready for 189...
Start robotics.

IBT: refuses war with Wan proposed by Shaka.


Turn 10 189/330, 1820AD:
As predicted by our master planner Renata; it's a launch.
Handing off here since rolo wants to nuke Atlantis

 

[unkle]

And the >>save<<

plus some log:

Spoiler :

Here is your Session Turn Log from 1765 AD to 1820 AD:

Turn 178, 1765 AD: Logging Game to File: autolog.txt

Turn 179, 1770 AD: Pericles has completed SS Casing!
Turn 179, 1770 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 179, 1770 AD: The borders of Shushan have expanded!

Turn 180, 1775 AD: You have discovered Fiber Optics!
Turn 180, 1775 AD: The borders of Opis have expanded!
Turn 180, 1775 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 180, 1775 AD: Horatio Nelson (Great General) has been born in Wonsan (Wang Kon)!

Turn 181, 1780 AD: The borders of Babylon have expanded!
Turn 181, 1780 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 181, 1780 AD: Joao II has completed Versailles!

Turn 182, 1785 AD: Alhazen (Great Scientist) has been born in Smurkzaki (Pericles)!
Turn 182, 1785 AD: Pericles has completed SS Casing!
Turn 182, 1785 AD: Pericles has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 182, 1785 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.

Turn 183, 1790 AD: John Roebling (Great Engineer) has been born in Smurkzaki (Pericles)!
Turn 183, 1790 AD: You have discovered Fusion!
Turn 183, 1790 AD: Pericles has completed SS Docking Bay!
Turn 183, 1790 AD: Pericles has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 183, 1790 AD: The borders of Borsippa have expanded!
Turn 183, 1790 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.

Turn 184, 1795 AD: Pericles's Golden Age has begun!!!
Turn 184, 1795 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 184, 1795 AD: Shaka has declared war on Wang Kon!
Turn 184, 1795 AD: Stalin has agreed to become a vassal state of Shaka

Turn 185, 1800 AD: You have discovered Genetics!
Turn 185, 1800 AD: Pericles has completed SS Casing!
Turn 185, 1800 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 185, 1800 AD: Huayna Capac adopts Emancipation!
Turn 185, 1800 AD: Huayna Capac adopts Organized Religion!
Turn 185, 1800 AD: Wang Kon adopts Emancipation!
Turn 185, 1800 AD: Hammurabi has agreed to become a vassal state of Huayna Capac

Turn 186, 1805 AD: Raja Todar Mal (Great Merchant) has been born in Panama (Pericles)!
Turn 186, 1805 AD: Pericles has completed SS Cockpit!
Turn 186, 1805 AD: Pericles has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 186, 1805 AD: Pericles has completed SS Thrusters!
Turn 186, 1805 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 186, 1805 AD: Babylon celebrates "We Love the Prime Minister Day"!!!
Turn 186, 1805 AD: The borders of Dur-Kurigalzu have expanded!

Turn 187, 1810 AD: Wang Kon has 240 gold available for trade
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Ouzo.
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Ouzo.
Turn 187, 1810 AD: You have discovered Ecology!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Pericles has completed SS Stasis Chamber!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Pericles has completed SS Engine!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Pericles has completed SS Casing!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Pericles has completed SS Casing!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: BLville will grow to size 17 on the next turn
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Borsippa celebrates "We Love the Prime Minister Day"!!!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Babylon has grown to size 14
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Babylon has become unhappy
Turn 187, 1810 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Babylon celebrates "We Love the Prime Minister Day"!!!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Akkad has grown to size 11
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Mark Swiss (Great Spy) has been born in Lisbon (Joao II)!
Turn 187, 1810 AD: Sippar's cultural boundary is about to expand.

Turn 188, 1815 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Clearing a Forest has created 20 ? for Smurkzaki.
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Pericles has completed SS Life Support!
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Pericles has completed SS Engine!
Turn 188, 1815 AD: BLville has grown to size 17
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Borsippa celebrates "We Love the Prime Minister Day"!!!
Turn 188, 1815 AD: You have trained a Spy in Babylon. Work has now begun on a Laboratory.
Turn 188, 1815 AD: The borders of Sippar have expanded!
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Dur-Kurigalzu will grow to size 12 on the next turn
Turn 188, 1815 AD: Mari's cultural boundary is about to expand.

Turn 189, 1820 AD: The enemy has been spotted near Athens!
Turn 189, 1820 AD: New Tech(s) to trade: Wang Kon
Turn 189, 1820 AD: You have launched your spaceship!

Again kudos to Renata, our gran'masta plannah. Not forgetting XCal too.
I think (cough-cough) rolo has promised some nuking festival on the remaining 6 turns...

 

[r_rolo1]

Well, I would love to nuke atlantis, but with manhattan undone ( and the best prod city asking 4 turns to finish it) it might be hard to get there in time

But will do all I can to erase atlantis of the map ( as we don't have Singularity Planet busters and we are playing with no city razing, taking it will have to do )

 

[Xcalibrator]

Yay, unkle! Yay, Renata! Hmm, maybe there's some way to slow down the spaceship to give Rolo enough time to enjoy his nuking. I suppose Alan would fuss if we peeked at the other teams' threads, even though we've launched, eh? Well then, who's going to wrap it up for us? Rolo? Niklas?

 

[r_rolo1]

I'll wrap this tomorrow

 

[Niklas]

You guys rock!

 

[r_rolo1]

As I didn't had much more to do I decided to play a little of MAD :

Spoiler :

I could had, with Org Rel and 2 more chops, cutted the time for 2 turns instead of 3, but this allowed me one more ICBM, so I'm not complaining.

Made a slight civic change, just to $rush some more nukes:

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And ....

Spoiler :

The last 3 were just to spend I was feeling a little evil

And this was literally a walkover:

Spoiler :

after this I still had time to pump the score a little with refrigeration and:

Spoiler :

>>Save<<​

And log

Spoiler :

Turn 190/330 (1825 AD) [20-Jul-2009 22:01:40]
Research begun: Refrigeration (2 Turns)
Babylon begins: Odeon (1 turns)
Panama's borders expand
Babylon finishes: Odeon
Nippur's borders expand
Islam has spread: Braganza (Portuguese Empire)

Turn 191/330 (1830 AD) [20-Jul-2009 22:05:31]
A Lumbermill was destroyed near Ouzo
A Lumbermill was destroyed near Ouzo
A Lumbermill was destroyed near Ouzo
A Workshop was built near Ouzo
A Farm was built near Ouzo
A Farm was built near Ouzo
Ouzo finishes: The Manhattan Project

Turn 192/330 (1835 AD) [20-Jul-2009 22:14:48]
Ouzo begins: ICBM (2 turns)
Smurkzaki begins: ICBM (2 turns)
Bonanza begins: ICBM (2 turns)
BLville begins: ICBM (3 turns)
Athens begins: ICBM (3 turns)
Akkad's borders expand
Golden Age ends
Civics Change: Pericles(Greece) from 'Representation' to 'Universal Suffrage'

Turn 193/330 (1840 AD) [20-Jul-2009 22:22:13]
BLville begins: ICBM (4 turns)
Athens begins: Tactical Nuke (2 turns)
Smurkzaki finishes: ICBM
Bonanza finishes: ICBM
Athens finishes: ICBM
Ouzo finishes: ICBM
BLville finishes: ICBM

Turn 194/330 (1845 AD) [20-Jul-2009 22:25:59]
Smurkzaki begins: Tactical Nuke (1 turns)
Bonanza begins: Tactical Nuke (1 turns)
Ouzo begins: Tactical Nuke (2 turns)
Captured Atlantis (Barbarian)
Atlantis begins: Harbor (54 turns)
Tech learned: Refrigeration
Smurkzaki finishes: Tactical Nuke
Bonanza finishes: Tactical Nuke
Athens's borders expand
Athens finishes: Tactical Nuke

Turn 195/330 (1850 AD) [20-Jul-2009 22:33:58]

Now I can say that i was one of the team players that played more sets in here And finished all the SGOTM games where I participated too

Seriously, the launch date is nothing spectacular, so this should not be a medal. I guess that not going land = power probably hurted us a little, most likely as much as losing a holy city and 2nd city to barbs

 

[Xcalibrator]

We are amused.

Thanks, Rolo! I'm heading home from work, now, and looking forward to an evening of browsing the other teams' reports. Congratulations to all!

Now I can devote all my Civ time to Niklas's BOTM. Shaka! Now there's a leader who knows how to pound a few heads!

 

[Renata]

I was just saying to unkle yesterday that what this team lacks is an unrepentant warmonger. Think we could hire Shaka for the job?

Very amusing rolo.

I thought that was a fun game, even if we didn't do well. I wonder what's up next?

 

[r_rolo1]

Well, all wonders and fast space... maybe a true diplo win ?

P.S

I was just saying to unkle yesterday that what this team lacks is an unrepentant warmonger. Think we could hire Shaka for the job?

I am offended I already proofed my warmongering skills by taking more than a dozen cities in 10 turns in the last SGOTM That is not "unrepentant warmonger" enough for you ? ( memo note. do not piss renata )

Oh , and a birdie called oyzar already told me we are in the bottom half of the score and that were ppl sporting paratroopers vs bowmen in 590 AD

Turn 93, 590 AD: Pericles's Paratrooper (24.00) vs Hammurabi'sBowman (7.05)

Now that would had taken us to the medals

 

[Backwards Logic]

Well to be honest I'm glad this one is over. Quick games are not my cup of tea and once real life came back catching back up was difficult. Anyway I think we've all learned a valuable lesson: Screw research, let's just kill everyone I vote to try that strategy out next game.

 

[AlanH]

Well done, Smurkz!

Looks as if everyone's finished. I'll publish the final results in the next 24 hours

 

[Renata]

We made it with a whole week to go, we rock!

@ rolo: I certainly can't fault the quality of your warmongering, no. That was a most excellent AI-dismantling in SGOTM 8.

 

[Renata]

Oh, and don't tell 5th Element (they apparently thought they'd beaten us), but it actually was a tie. Just ignore that little score differential.

 

[RRRaskolnikov]

Huge laugh in the end Rolo (the nuke festival) We should have done the same... but hey killing CRIII swords with paras was fun... Nice approach guys... (death to cottages!)

Cheers,
Ras

 

[Xcalibrator]

Anyway I think we've all learned a valuable lesson: Screw research, let's just kill everyone I vote to try that strategy out next game.

Seconded! Even CFR didn't figure out the paratrooper option until pretty late, but making good use of that was clearly key. As was getting Oxford and Biology early; we didn't really focus on either, or have farms ready to go when Bio came in. I don't think we made any big mistakes, though. City placement was fine (apart from being just a little too early on Athens --> losing it to the barbs), as was making good use of forest preserves.

Any of you insiders hear anything about the HOF 3.19 mod? Probably there will be a longer than usual delay before the next SGOTM, hmm? I'm trying out my first BOTM (Niklas's creation) but once I finish that I'm definitely gungho for the next SG. This one wasn't nearly as draining as SGOTM8, but we were still the last to finish, and the long delays were frustrating. Whatever happened to Methos and Chris? CommmandoBob, had enough of observing? We need some committed players! I really like the vibe of this group ( especially when we're all around ), and I think we have a good mix of talents, with spreadsheet MM, code-digging, GP planning, attention to detail, etc. I hope you'll all come back. And there's no risk of Alan breaking us up for winning too often!

No doubt Gyathaar will set things up for a compact peaceful game next time, just when we're all fired up to go out and kick the AI around.