SGOTM 11 - One Short Straw

[mdy]

Great news on the U.N.

I'm stupid. BUFFY's not counting Isabella for some reason. Why is that?

How can you get BUFFY to show you how many votes you have?


Izzy has built the Apolistic Palace could this be screwing it up?

Maybe we should gift Izzy all the techs on the direct line to mass media just in case?

 

[Silu]

I can't check the save as I'm quite far from any technology atm. AP doesn't change anything though. I've had similar issues with BUG not quite showing right vote targwets. Are we sure that Iz is +8 or better and not more to our opponent?

 

[mystyfly]

If we gift izzy MM it will end any ap votes iirc.

 

[Silu]

Yeah it will, but what do AP votes have to do with anything? They don't interfere with the UN.

 

[babybluepants]

Doesn't matter...

1030 AD DIPLOMATIC VICTORY



FINAL TURNSET REPORT

Had to reconstruct this a bit - poor notes...

Turn 237 - 920 AD
Gift units to Tokugawa
Delete a couple of units
Get to +242gpt (=120g required); don't need to starve Zhou and Bombay after all
Move ships into position; workers farm Delhi...

Turn 238 - 930 AD
JACKPOT!

Exactly the right amount! Make some trades:

And...

Great Artist born in Two Fish - send to fur
Start missionaries in Bombay, Rice and Devil's Gate
Farms in Delhi finished - no starving

Turn 239 - 940 AD
United Nations built

Fur is camped
Buy missionary in Bombay
Take the DG missionary off queue
Start one in Delhi (1t complete with overflow)

Turn 240 - 950 AD
We're elected SG

I can see a furry little critter in the upper right corner of our city screen.

New missionaries go to Incense and Varanasi - Varanasi spreads
Buy missionary in Rice
Start another in Bombay

Turn 241 - 960 AD
Spread in Incense
Buy in Bombay
Buy in Devil's Gate

Turn 242 - 970 AD
Renegotiate our deals (forgot to take a screenshot)

Turn 243 - 980 AD
Spread in Gold
Didn't start another missionary yet, Delhi has overflow for a 1t build, in case Oasis fails

Turn 244 - 990 AD
Spread in Oasis. We have Buddhism in all our cities.
Spread in Trebizond
Start another missionary in Devil's Gate.

Turn 245 - 1000 AD
Buy missionary in Devil's Gate. After I do this, I realize Justinian has actually spread in several cities himself...
Revolt to Vassalage and Theocracy.

Turn 246 - 1010 AD
Great Artist arrives at the fur!

Turn 247 - 1020 AD
Game over:

Turn 248 - 1030 AD
The results:

And the splashscreens:

Note that there is another island in the NW. I'm curious...

Spoiler :

Here is your Session Turn Log from 940 AD to 1030 AD:

Turn 239, 940 AD: You have trained Buddhist Missionary in Delhi. Work has now begun on a Market.
Turn 239, 940 AD: You have trained Buddhist Missionary in Bombay. Work has now begun on a Maceman.
Turn 239, 940 AD: Buddhism has spread in Constantinople.
Turn 239, 940 AD: The United Nations voting members have announced their decision: U.N. Election (Secretary-General - Can Propose U.N. Resolutions) (Requires 210 of 527 Total Votes)

Turn 240, 950 AD: Buddhism has spread in Varanasi.
Turn 240, 950 AD: Narak (Great Prophet) has been born in Bursa (Mehmed II)!

Turn 241, 960 AD: Buddhism has spread in Incense.
Turn 241, 960 AD: You have discovered Guilds!
Turn 241, 960 AD: Isabella has completed Notre Dame!

Turn 242, 970 AD: You have trained Buddhist Missionary in Bombay. Work has now begun on a Maceman.
Turn 242, 970 AD: Tokugawa has completed The Sistine Chapel!

Turn 243, 980 AD: Buddhism has spread in Gold.

Turn 244, 990 AD: Buddhism has spread in Trebizond.
Turn 244, 990 AD: Buddhism has spread in Oasis.
Turn 244, 990 AD: The borders of Varanasi have expanded!
Turn 244, 990 AD: DevilsGate celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!

Turn 245, 1000 AD: Gandhi adopts Vassalage!
Turn 245, 1000 AD: Gandhi adopts Theocracy!
Turn 245, 1000 AD: The borders of Incense have expanded!
Turn 245, 1000 AD: DevilsGate celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!
Turn 245, 1000 AD: Al-Kindi (Great Scientist) has been born in Kyoto (Tokugawa)!

Turn 246, 1010 AD: Oasis has grown to size 5.
Turn 246, 1010 AD: Sugar has grown to size 11.
Turn 246, 1010 AD: Varanasi has grown to size 4.
Turn 246, 1010 AD: Isabella will trade Engineering
Turn 246, 1010 AD: Will Trade Map: Isabella
Turn 246, 1010 AD: Two Fish will grow to size 15 on the next turn.
Turn 246, 1010 AD: Marble will grow to size 11 on the next turn.
Turn 246, 1010 AD: Cornelius Vanderbilt (Great Merchant) has been born in Constantinople (Justinian I)!

Turn 247, 1020 AD: Two Fish has grown to size 15.
Turn 247, 1020 AD: Marble has grown to size 11.
Turn 247, 1020 AD: Isabella has 50 gold available for trade.
Turn 247, 1020 AD: Buddhism has spread in Iconium.
Turn 247, 1020 AD: Rice will grow to size 14 on the next turn.
Turn 247, 1020 AD: Incense will grow to size 3 on the next turn.
Turn 247, 1020 AD: DevilsGate will grow to size 10 on the next turn.
Turn 247, 1020 AD: Sugar celebrates "We Love the President Day"!!!
Turn 247, 1020 AD: The United Nations voting members have announced their decision: U.N. Election (Diplomatic Victory) (Requires 348 of 562 Total Votes)

Turn 248, 1030 AD: Rice has grown to size 14.
Turn 248, 1030 AD: Incense has grown to size 3.
Turn 248, 1030 AD: DevilsGate has grown to size 10.
Turn 248, 1030 AD: Zara Yaqob has 150 gold available for trade.
Turn 248, 1030 AD: Mehmed II will trade Gunpowder
Turn 248, 1030 AD: Zara Yaqob will trade Engineering
Turn 248, 1030 AD: Two Fish will grow to size 16 on the next turn.
Turn 248, 1030 AD: Marble will grow to size 12 on the next turn.

Report to be edited in...

 

[mushroomshirt]

Yay!

 

[mystyfly]

Great news!

When can we check the others threads?

 

[babybluepants]

Just for good measure, I also have 4 workers and 4 maces there.

 

[mushroomshirt]

When can we check the others threads?

now!

(from reference thread)

8. Access to opponents' Game Threads is expressley forbidden until you have won, lost, or formally abandoned the game, and submitted your final save. Even then, do not post in opponent team threads until both teams have finished. Unauthorised access to game threads will incur a penalty which can include permanent exclusion from the GOTM forum and all associated events, and disqualification of the entire team from the current event. Please note: This is not an idle threat. All SGOTM threads are monitored on a 24/7 basis. The staff is confident that it is not possible to lurk in opponents threads undetected.

 

[mdy]

Excellent!

Congratulations everyone.

 

[babybluepants]

Yeah, congratulations, team! That was a seriously awesome game and an excellent team effort.

I'm gonna kill Dynamic_Spirit, btw. That was the most stressful SG set ever (except maybe for that Gandhi DOW last game ). The whole time, I was hyper-paranoid about forgetting something. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me that I managed to screw up somehow.

Off to see what Ducks are up to...

 

[babybluepants]

Looks like we lost.

It's too early to accurately predict, but their current estimate is around 870 AD for Mass Media (ours was 920 AD - 5t later), and they have a GE. They seem to be having a bit of trouble securing votes, but I'm sure they'll figure it out.

Oh, well. I think we were damn near perfect in execution. I guess the decision not to expand further did cost us.

 

[shyuhe]

finishing up!

I was going to wait until we get the official notification that our game has been accepted, but it looks like bbp jumped the gun

 

[babybluepants]

Sorry. I wasn't sure at first, but mushroom posted that quote which seems pretty clear.

 

[mdy]

Sorry. I wasn't sure at first, but mushroom posted that quote which seems pretty clear.

I wouldn't worry I have looked at the team threads several times before official notification in previous SGOTM's without any problems.

 

[mystyfly]

Well I guess the main thing was that we didn't declare on anyone and took their land to boost our research - probably because we didn't locate the resources early enough. We set other priorities like oracling CS. We just played differently. I'm happy to have participated in this game even though I was hoping to contribute more, I sure learnt a lot. I enjoyed the game despite some less friendly atmosphere around the middle. Congratulations to the whole team!

 

[mushroomshirt]

Sorry. I wasn't sure at first, but mushroom posted that quote which seems pretty clear.

Yes, I agree (obviously) it says "Access to opponents' Game Threads is expressley forbidden until you have won, lost... and submitted your final save." Which we clearly qualify for.

If we were meant to wait for official confirmation it would say "Access to opponents' Game Threads is expressley forbidden until you have won, lost... submitted your final save and received offical approval."

 

[shyuhe]

well I PM'ed Alan. I'm off to go look myself now.

 

[babybluepants]

GK seem to have teched well, but they're teching Comm and Libbing Bio. Also, I'm not sure how they're getting the votes.

I can't quite figure out where Xteam stands. They seem to be very close to Radio, but somehow very far from MM, and unclear on whether they even have votes.

 

[mystyfly]

Well if we (Mr. Canada) submitted our final save we can't change anything anymore so we should be ok to check the other's threads.

Another question I'm having... what happens now, do the (S)GOTM staff check our save for the winning conditions, reloads and other cheating, ...? Which would be the reason why our final save is not yet uploaded. Am I right there?

edit: Yeah well GK seem to want to get their votes by themselves they're no danger. Xteam is harder to judge but I don't see them overtaking us. Oh, can we open other team's saves?