SGOTM 10 - Smurkz

Great going CF! Wonderful to see you step up to the challenge like that! :clap: :clap: :goodjob:

@CB: You never got the revenge I promised you. Next time, Gadget... Next time... :hammer:

@Ansar: Thanks a lot! :)

We were beaten quite badly in this game by the more experienced C3C teams. I think inexperience is only part of the reason though, I think this game was really lost in the early game. As CB tried to tell us, we had way too little discussion going on, and I know it's partly my fault. Much to do at work, an incredibly long-winded milking run in GOTM to complete the Eptathlon, two SGOTMs, it all adds up :sad:. Next game... :evil:

Speaking of which, when is the next game? I suppose AlanH needs to recover from the rigors of starting the SGOTM02 first ;). Who will stay around for another round? :)
 
Well done, Team Smurkz! :goodjob: You certainly know how to take your time!
 
Alright, congrats all!

Too bad we didn't win. But hey, let's give the other teams a chance ;).

Nice history. Did we not win the laurels twice? I'll have to check my sig...
EDIT: oh, that was as Team Durkz.
 
@AlanH: Thanks! And yes, we know how to take our time, we're discussing everything at length. But we've also shown (twice!) that we know how to get moving if we feel the whip. Since there was no deadline set for this game, we could just let it roll on. :D

@zyxy: Nice of you to think of the other teams in this moment of defeat. And yes, we did win the laurels twice, but only once under the name Smurkz. I suggested to Methos that the SGOTM8 game should also be included since it was really the same people playing it. And speaking of your sig, shouldn't you update it? ;)
 
Niklas said:
And yes, we did win the laurels twice, but only once under the name Smurkz. I suggested to Methos that the SGOTM8 game should also be included since it was really the same people playing it.

I think this is a good idea. As you said, it shows the game that began the Smurkz tradition (plus it shows another laurel!).

Again, great job everyone! :goodjob:
 
I believe Niklas put it best, when the newly born Team Smurkz waited in earnest for the beginnings of SGOTM9…

"It's a really nice name you know, and few people truly know the history behind the Smurkz. Everyone's heard of those blueish do-gooder smurfs, but the history behind the saga is not quite so pretty. The Smurkz, as they were really called, were actually more of a greenish hue, and quite a bit nastier than how they have been portrayed in the stories. Their endless fights with the wannabe-wizard Gandhi who dreamt of going to the stars (or Gargamel as he was called in the stories) were actually really gruesome with lots of bloodshed on both sides. In the end they tricked him into building a space ship, which they then hi-jacked and went to space themselves... :D " –Niklas

The term Smurkz was decided upon at the end of SGOTM8 after our esteemed former Captain Durkz dropped out of the game. Wishing to switch our name, but maintain the familiarity and reputation we had earned under the name Durkz, WarDance proposed the name Smurkz. From then on, the little green guys couldn’t be stopped!

First, let’s start with the game where many believe the Smurkz were born, SGOTM8 Team Durkz. Though the team was known under its then Captain Durkz he unfortunately made his last post on August 24th, 2005 and departed from the game. Many of us believe this is when Smurkz truly began to form.

* indicates team captain
Note: Laurels are links to results page for that SGOTM

The One that Smurkzed us All!
SGOTM8 Team Durkz (2Aug05 - 28Oct05)
“And the variant is .... Hydrophobic Conquest. You are America, your goal is to conquer your archipelago world, and you are afraid of water. You can't build boats and you can't swim. So Doc T may get to play with the F15s ;).” -AlanH
Team Members: Durkz*, Methos, Niklas, The Adjudicator, WarDance, zyxy
Spoilers: Middle Ages and World Map


...and so, Team Smurkz was born!

Civilization 3
SGOTM9 (8Nov05 – 12Jun06)
"You are the Viking leader, Ragnar Lodbrok. You have met the Indian leader, Gandhi, and you have signed a pact in blood. The Vikings agree to teach india the art of war, and make them strong through conflict. In return India will take the Vikings to the stars." -AlanH
Spoilers: First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth
Team Members: CommandoBob, ControlFreak, Methos, Niklas*, WarDance, zyxy


SGOTM10 (5May06 - ???)
"You are Elizabeth of England, and your mission is simply to destroy the barbarians, who have evolved considerably in this game, having learnt a few tricks from their cousins in Civ4. They have advanced weaponry, they can build cities, and they have an uncanny capability to learn new technologies." -AlanH
Team Members: azzaman333, CommandoBob, Marc Aurel, McLMan, Niklas*, zyxy
Spoilers: First, Second (Part 1), Second (Part 2), Third, Fourth
Results: Game still in progress

Civilization 4
SGOTM1 (12May06 – 31Jul06)
"This first SGOTM will not feature any advanced variant.. the winner simply will be the team that wins the game at the earliest game date with either domination or a diplomatic victory. All victory conditions are still enabled though, with exception of Space Race, so you have to avoid getting another type of victory (and of course prevent the AIs from winning)." -Gythaar
Team Members: dojoboy, Marc Aurel, McLMan, Methos, Niklas*, zyxy
Results: 5th Place

SGOTM2 (2Aug06 - ???)
"You are cast in the role of Tokugawa, mighty leader of the Japanese. Tokugawa's brother has left the island city of Kyoto to avenge the death of his wife and only son. He has travelled to a distant land without finding their murderer. So the brother of Tokugawa will settle and found a new Japanese colony, and the Japanese have sworn to conquer the rest of civilization in order to hunt down and destroy their enemy." -AlanH
Team Members: dojoboy, Marc Aurel, McLMan, Methos, Niklas*, zyxy
Results: Game still in progress

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Looks good! :thumbsup:
Two comments though: You forgot yourself in SGOTM8, and shouldn't it be under the Civ3 header?
 
Niklas said:
Looks good! :thumbsup:
Two comments though: You forgot yourself in SGOTM8, ...

:lol: Whoops, fixed.

Niklas said:
... and shouldn't it be under the Civ3 header?

I separated it as I was wanting to point out it was the start of Smurkz, rather than a titled Smurkz game. I can change it though, if people prefer it to be under the Civ3 heading.
 
Methos said:
I separated it as I was wanting to point out it was the start of Smurkz, rather than a titled Smurkz game. I can change it though, if people prefer it to be under the Civ3 heading.
How about a separate header labeled 'Pre-Smurkz' or some such?
 
Niklas and ControlFreak met just outside the doors leading to the great meeting room. Neither one was quite ready to enter. They went outside to the gardens and walked the pathways as they talked.

‘So you found him,’ said ControlFreak.

‘I found what was left of him. That mountain took quite a beating when you tore apart the 15th Barbarian Guards. And it had been pounded by other Guards since then. The fortifications were still in place, but not nearly as strong as before. When I got there it was too late. The army was gone, pounded to a pulp by the Guards and then routed by some archers. I located his body by the gold medallion he got from Gyathaar in SGOTM 9. And I managed to bring back his personal log of those days.’

‘And...’

‘CommandoBob is dead. And, well, to be blunt, he died uselessly. He built a good place to kill Barbarian units heading to the Stronghold and even has plans on where to pillage the farms around the Stronghold. He got the railways started overseas, and not a moment too soon. He just could not grasp the fact that that mountain did not need to be defended. He saw the units being ground up and wanted to pull back, but did not think he could.’

‘Why not? Surely he could see…’ began ControlFreak.

‘Yes, he could see the futility of staying on the mountain. But we never told him that he could leave the mountain.’

‘But…, well…, he could have asked!’

‘Yes, he could have, but he did not. He was too eager to fight and we were too busy to tell him how to fight and where to fight. Now he is gone, along with our only Army, a good number of Cavalry and some Pikes. We lost units senselessly and only pin-pricked the Reds in return. Which of course delays our assault on the Red Capital, while we rebuild the units we lost.’

‘But you got things back in order, didn’t you?’

‘Yes, but they should not have been out of order. We all three helped make this mess, you, me and CB. He was acting when he should have asking. We were silent when we should have been speaking. We are all responsible for his death and yet not responsible.’

Niklas paused and continued.

‘We cannot undo our past mistakes. We can only learn from them, as CB tried to do. We cannot allow this lack of communication to continue or we will lose even more units and time. I know all of us have other duties outside of these stone walls, but once we enter into this building we must talk to each other. Which means that you and I must set the pace and be the example, until this Dr. Evil is destroyed.’

‘Yeah, I see that,’ said ControlFreak. ‘Okay, CommandoBob is dead and I am sorry to see him go. But as you pointed out, we still have a job to do. We will mourn him later. Who is next Prime Minister?’

‘McLMan takes over now,’ said Niklas.

‘Can he do the job?’

‘I think so. He led the war when we destroyed the Incas back 290 BC and he built Toe Hold not too long ago. He knows how to fight, but we need to teach him about short-rushing production to make troops faster. We don’t have time to just let the Cavs be built from scratch, it would take too long. This is a rather new concept to him, but I think he will catch on.’

‘And if not?’ growled ControlFreak.

‘Then it is just you and me to carry on. Azzaman333 disappeared in 350 AD. Marc Aurel has acquitted himself well, but been silent since 650 AD and zyxy is crossing the English Channel to move home. It is now 900 AD and CommandoBob is dead.’

‘Yes, he is. And I find it strange that we don’t want to avenge him.’

‘You don’t avenge a useless death. You avenge a Pearl Harbor or 9/11. You don’t avenge self inflicted stupid mistakes. We will learn from his death, but we will not avenge it.’

They walked in silence for a while, each alone in their own thoughts, and then ControlFreak spoke.

‘Uh, Niklas, who is going to tell Elizabeth about CommandoBob?’

A visible shudder shook Niklas’ frame as he realized she had not yet been told. And then with his first smile in many days, he turned and said, ‘Who else but his successor, Lord McLMan?’
 
‘Lord McLMan, you are so right’, said ControlFreak, as they gazed on the rubble that was once the glory of the Barbarian Nation. ‘It does look like Barad-dur.’

The Great Library, the Sistine Chapel and Leonardo’s Workshop had been built in the sheltered valley below, along with the great mystery, Technology Thieves. All had been protected by a ring of mountains that bordered the initial city radius. And inside that radius the land was very good. Wheat, wine, furs, cattle and iron had been available from the start, and the mountains themselves held coal and abundant supplies of gold. The river that ran north and south was just now running clear again.

‘Yes, but we had no magic ring to destroy,’ said McLMan. ‘No cunning plan of guile. No sleight of hand show. Just straightforward destruction.’

‘Which you both did quite well,’ said Niklas. ‘Lord McLMan, you took this city with less casualties than when Lord ControlFreak destroyed the 15th Barbarian Guards back in 750 AD. And after that it was all downhill for the Reds. They had no special science tricks, no allies and their most fearsome unit had been unmasked and understood. From then on it was just precision attacks and excellent micro-management. Railing wisely and quickly. Then getting the cavalry across the water and up to the front lines on those rails. I know it sounds trite, but ‘Good Job’ to you both.

‘In fact, we now have a Team Smurkz logo idea you might want to consider adding to you own avatar. I can’t remember whose idea it was, but it does serve to identify us.’

‘Thank you,’ said McLMan. ‘I’m sure I’ll add it to my avatar. But for now what do we do about her ?’ jerking his head back over his shoulder.

Behind them Elizabeth was putting flowers onto a mound that she thought was CommandoBob’s grave. McLMan hadn’t told the others yet that it was only a short ditch latrine, not a grave. He had only placed the grave marker last night after they arrived.

‘Well, you’ve handled her quite well, it appears,’ said Niklas.

‘Handled? Handled? Endured describes it better. I don’t know how CB did it, but I can understand why he tried to get away. She talks non-stop about her fingernails and the burden and responsibility of being a woman in a man’s world and her bodily functions and toilet time experiences. She talks about her feelings and how everyone else has flaws but she doesn’t. Talk, talk, talk and don’t dare interrupt.’ He shook his head angrily.

‘I did find a letter that CB had started before he came over here. It was stuffed between the cushions of a chair. It was addressed to “Elizabeth, Founder and CEO of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee”. In that letter,’ began McLMan.

‘Listen, everyone, about basis for a system of government,’ yelled a voice off in the distance. ‘I’m telling you that Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from...’

‘Dennis!’ screeched a feminine voice behind them, loud enough to silence the speaker. The three lords turned around to see Elizabeth running down the hill to where the speaker was. Hurriedly, they followed behind her.

‘Dennis, is that you? Is that really you? Tell me that it is,’ cried Elizabeth as she stopped in front of the speaker.

‘Liz? My own flesh and blood? Lizzie! Of course it’s me, who else could it be?’ said Dennis of Palin.

‘I haven’t seen you in ages. What have you been doing with yourself? Here, lets find a place in the shade and get caught up with each other. I mean, there hasn’t been anyone at all like you in my life…’ began Elizabeth as she took Dennis by the arm and led him off to a near by stream.

The three lords stood stunned as the couple walked away from them.

‘Did you hear him? ”My own flesh and blood”?’ Do you think they are…married? And wouldn’t that make him king?’ asked a trembling McLMan.

‘Ah, they could just be brother and sister,’ said ControlFreak. ‘In that case Dennis would be a…something; I don’t know what.’

‘It doesn’t matter,’ said Niklas in a rush, ‘We are not staying around to find out. We pledged with CommandoBob to rid this world of Dr. Evil. It is 1090 AD and we have done that.

‘We’re outtahere.’
 
Oh, a much more grim and somber episode than the previous ones. I like it. You're good at this! :)

I just hope we can find a way to resurrect you in time for SGOTM 11. ;)

EDIT: Posted before I had seen the final part - great one too! Is there a smurf with a literary talent? If so, then we've found his smurky counterpart! ;)
 
Yes, quite a gift. It would be great if CB's heavily involved in the Smurkz history thread. He writes with a wit that completely encompasses what I percieve to be the spirit of the Smurkz.

Wordy Smurkz should be easy to find, but I wonder if Tex-Smurkz would be more fitting. You know, with a 10 gallon hat as tall as the tales he spins.
 
Excellent write-up CB! :cool:

Noticed they were titled 3&4 and am unsure where 1&2 are. Do you recall? I'll look around and see if I can find them. Edit: Found them and added.

Added a header prior to SGOTM8 as CB suggested. What do you all think of it? I added the SGOTM10 spoilers too.

Found in post #427.
 
I went ahead and created our history thread in the Civ4 Stories Forums. You can see the thread from the link in my signature. Please continue sending me feedback (or your own statements) that you would like to see, or not see, in our history. Post there if you like.
 
Hi Team Smukz

I've had feedback from TPTB on your avatars. I'm afraid they are not allowed to contain anything in the style of an official CFC icon. They should also not contain anything that is exclusive to a specific group of posters. Please can you all amend them accordingly?

(Cross posted from C_IV SGOTM 2)
 
Congrats team on that win! :goodjob:
Great finish CF. BTW, will you in the near future join the CIV community?:D
And a very great story of CB. :clap: You should think abou a short version for Methos history of team Smurkz. And yes, there is a literary talented smurf - the poet smurf. So we found it out, CB is our poet smurk. Can we we make you somehow join also in CIV?
 
Just a heads up for CF that the SGOTM 11 signups have started. Hope to have you on board for another round. :) :whipped:
 
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