SGOTM 14 - Xteam

[Cactus Pete]

Well, that didn't take long. Save has been posted at Central and below (if anyone is interested).

Guess we need to figure out our mistakes.

Save: http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=308802&stc=1&d=1323406009

 

[AlanH]

Well done

You can go and visit the other team threads now. Please don't post n the ones that are still playing.

 

[Gumbolt]

Congrats Xteam.

 

[yatta77]

Great Game!

Cheers.
- yatta

 

[leif erikson]

Nice work CP.

Yes, after reading a few other threads, we'll need to do a bit of a review.

 

[Cactus Pete]

Nice work CP. Maybe late, but we must have made some poor decisions early.

Yes, after reading a few other threads, we'll need to do a bit of a review.

Certainly be interested to read what you've learned.

 

[zamint3]

Well done Xteam...

Maybe not , but nice reading!

Lurking from the sideline has been great, hope to join you again on the next one.

Spoiler :

From my memory : I think you had the worst early on AI DOW

 

[leif erikson]

zamint. Look forward to your return.

Please let us know if there is anything else you have gleaned from reading other threads.

 

[The-Hawk]

Enjoyed the game gents! As always, a pleasure to play with XTeam.

I have not looked at other threads, but I think Rags DOWing hurt us a ton. We lost a lot of turns defending, then more turns building an army to attack AIs who had built up their military. This caused us to lose our tech advantage, then faced a slog.

Much better to backstab unprepared AIs, unfortunately the RNG did not allow this.

 

[-Asterix-]

Good job on finishing in time, guys! From what I've read, it sure sounded like a slog to me at the end...

I guess that the DoW from Rags had maybe the biggest impact on our poor finishing date. Of course there are lots of other things that cumulate but it's harder to notice them.

I wonder what other teams thought about those mountain forts...

 

[Mad Professor]

Well done CP. Good to have it finished.

 

[adrianj]

Good work XTeam

I wonder what other teams thought about those mountain forts...

They were certainly a puzzle. We were spending a long time considering nukes or paratroopers, which likely led to an expectation to tech further than strictly needed. I imagine it would have been a very different game had the wizard actually been in one of them

 

[neilmeister]

Congrats on the win guys.

 

[leif erikson]

Neil. Nice set-up. Bet you had some good laughs with our redoubt discussions.

 

[Htadus]

Neil. Nice set-up. Bet you had some good laughs with our redoubt discussions.

Bloody............map makers

Great map indeed neilmeister. Thank you for the attempt to make the game multiple options.

Great job CP. Way to bring us home. Thank you xteam and I appreciate the journey. Off to Skyrim.

 

[neilmeister]

Neil. Nice set-up. Bet you had some good laughs with our redoubt discussions.

Yes, the 'paratroop' discusions that many teams had quite late into the game was most amusing. Glad you liked the game guys.

 

[The-Hawk]

Glad you liked the game guys.

Absolutely... very well done!

 

[Cactus Pete]

Second that.

 

[Killroyan]

Congrats guys. Great game.

 

[Frederiksberg]

Congrats on your finish

I lurked this thread and a couple of the others as well. but I don't have any detailed knowledge of how the games unfolded. I suppose the unexpected DOW from Ragnar was one thing that set you back. Looking at the population graphs it seems like your REX was slower than average - perhaps too much focus on Oracle? Some of the other teams had a clear plan for bulbing and for when to stop research and I think that helped them a lot to stay focused. Of course this involved some gambling because no one could know what it would take to kill the wizard. Both PD and OSS killed the wizard with maces/xbows so it didn't really take much to do the job.

Merry xmas to all of you