SGOTM7 - Team Bede

[MeteorPunch]

Bad RNG at the worst moment . If it makes you feel any better SW, it probably could've happened to any of us. If worse comes to worst, I don't think we'll be the only team losing.

I probably would've stopped midturn to allow us a better opportunity for restrategizing what we're doing, which is what we seriously need now.

I honestly 99.9% doubt we could capture the Great Library unless it's right next door. If it's any distance away, our fleet of galleys would be shot down by more advanced AI ships. If it's on an adjacent continent, a quick strike is possible.

Like SW said, we don't know for sure that the other AI's have started on it or not. We may still be able to build it .

Libraries seem to be double necessities now.

Any chance of the AI's warring with each other?

 

[killercane]

Thanks all for the kind words. I have the save. In a hole, but we'll do our damndest to fight our way out...literally.

 

[killercane]

save: http://gotm.civfanatics.net/saves/sgotm7/Bede_SG007_BC1000_01.SAV

 

[killercane]

So The Devil went down to Erdrine and took our palace prebuild.

We're in a bind and way behind, and cant look to make a deal.

Look at everything preturn. Debate some things and take Bursa off wealth and put on walls. Damn those barbs. We dont have enough units to do much of anything.

We whip walls in Bursa at 1225.

1200- walls done.

IBT- Zulus land archer and warrior by Uskudar, defended by one spear and at size one. Well, RNG has to turn up snake eyes sometime right? Barbs pillage wheat south of Bursa. We have no attacking units, only spears. Cant stop the pillaging. Barbs move to incense hill SW of Erdrine. hmmmm

1175- maintain status quo/ I have put a spear on the olive oil to protect two workers and MOVED ONE WORKER SE OF ISTANBUL ON THE BONUS GRASS. Watch him as he is near the barbs.

IBT- zulus attack barb camp and win almost flawlessly. Archer takes 1 damage. C*(^suckers. Incense hill is pillaged.

1150 Change Istanbul to Sword, I need at least one attacking unit to clear out the barb invasions.

IBT- THE RAMPAGING PERSIAN FORCES HAVE DESTROYED THE ARABS. The barbs have been suiciding on Bursa's walls, and we are 5-0 on that front.

1125- Decide enough barb horses are out of the way. Move the settler w/ vet spear escort south.

1100- The Zulus have moved beside Uskudar. Fingers crossed. Spear is one move away for help, stopped short by the river.

IBT- Spear wins v. vet Zulu warrior. Spear at 3/4 vs. vet Zulu archer LOSES by redlining archer and then losing 3 straight. Im sorry. Uskudar is burned. No more iron. If I had whipped a spear in the nearby city instead of waiting for it to build I could have gotten there the turn earlier and prevented the loss. I wanted to keep away from the unhappiness, and I was too greedy.

1075- Kill the redlined archer with a spear bc Im pissed off and to hell with the RNG. We win, a small consolation.

IBT- Zulus drop off an impi and reg warrior at Istanbul on to our lambs.

1050- I send the sword and spear back to Istanbul. Erdrine is undefended for a few turns.

IBT- Impi retreats vs. our spear. Chicago of America founded where I was going with the settler in the south. Will have to turn the settler around to go to the iron beside Bursa. Everything I do seems to be the wrong decision.

1025- Send settler pair towards the iron and olive oil, be there in 5 turns. Declare on america. We cannot get anything out of them. Attack Zulu warrior with sword, the stupid warrior redlines our sword before we kill him. He promotes however.

IBT- Our ELITE FREAKING SPEAR loses to a barb horse at Bursa. This just sucks ass. Zulu impi pillages the lamb.

1000- Archer built in Istanbul kills the redlined Impi and promotes to elite. Conscript warrior back down to Erdrine, I had intended to upgrade him until the Uskudar fiasco. Worker roading SE of Istanbul, when hes done he can go up and repair the pillaged lamb. We now have a clown in Bursa w/ only one spear defending. Its not connected via incense hill but soon will be.

The area of former Uskudar can be resettled at the end of the next turn set by a settler out of Iznik. I hate this game. No grand naval invasion of the Indians in our near future.

If the settler pair miraculously makes it to the intended spot without dying we will get some relief from the barbs. Thats a big IF. Im disgusted with my turns. Bede please make it all better.

Bursa will get connected via the incense road next turn as it grows.

 

[MeteorPunch]

I hope everyone is have as bad a time as us with barbs. I'm tempted to think that the barbs actually have some type of bonus.

At least Chicago is founded in a useful place for once we capture it.

I might be up next. I'll wait for Bede.

 

[killercane]

Heres the map.

 

[killercane]

The (only?) good news is that the arabs are gone and no one has built the Library yet. If we get some units out and take care of the barbs in the next 20 turns we'll be alright. An uprising right now would be brutal.

 

[soul_warrior]

well, to quote my favorite dance track of the moment (By Basement Jaxx)
OH MY GOSH
what next? we get invaded by aliens who kidnap our workers?

please BEDE, make the dreams go away... im terrified

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

I want to thank you all for making me feel better. I thought I was the only one with barb issues (and no that wasn't the name of the first wife; I've only had one and she's insane for keeping me)

 

[Bede]

I don't understand why they hate us so much, never was married to one....Molly, Susan and Valerie, but no Barb.....

It is just mad-bax and his regionally intense barbarian activity. The man loves his baribies. Grrr.....

Meteor, it is indeed your turn in the barbarian barrel. Cover up hunker down and go for broke. We will get there yet.

For those of you who have not played mad-bax maps yet he is very very good at making the simple difficult, not necessarily complex, just very very testing of your ability to balance all the demands of the game. That is why I really like his maps. The one he made for SGOTM5 was a Regent game that played like Deity without the Deity frustrations.

We be doing fine. We will get the demmed library do hang in there.

Our one error was not prosecuting the barbarian hunt with dispatch and vigor.

Roster check (obligatory)

Meteor - up for some fun
Bede - waiting for his turn
Admiral K - screwed the pooch and came up golden
soul_warrior - off the grille and into the charcoal
eldar - on holiday with wife and family
killercane - licking a few wounds but still clawing

 

[MeteorPunch]

Everything's looking good.

0. 1000

IT
I see 2 Scandinavian galleys moving north along our East coast. Likely to build a city or attack Istanbul

1. 975
Incense is reconnected.
Join a worker to Endrine.

IT
Vikings complete ToA
2 Galleys are positioned next to Istanbul.

2. 950

IT
Bad...

Zulu Stack
4/4 Impi
3/3 Archer
3/3 Warrior
3/3 Warrior

Viking Stack
3/3 Spearman
3/3 Swordsman
4/4 Warrior

Istanbul
4/4 Spearman
4/4 Spearman
5/5 Swordsman
5/5 Archer

3. 925
Second American town on our land: San Fransisco.

4. 900
Elite sword kills warrior.

IT
Spear defeats swordsman at Endrine.
Spear defeats warrior at Endrine.
Spear defeats archer at Istanbul.
Spear defeats barb horse at Bursa.
We discover Literature.
Zulu make another landing at Istanbul:
3/3 Impi
3/3 Warrior


5. 875
Izmit founded.
Elite archer kills warrior.
We are the only civ building the Great Library.
Move Lux from 40% to 20%.

IT
Viking spear pillages.
Pillaging causes another population drop in Endrine 7->6.
4/4 Impi attacks 4/5 Archer across river on plains, wins with 1hp.
Zulu land 3/3 Archer.
America completes Mausoleum of Mausollos.

6. 850
5/5 Elite swordsman loses to 3/3 unfortified Impi on plains, across river, who loses only 1hp. I'm particuarly frustrated at this on because the calculator gave me 81.4% odds.
archer kills redlined Impi. protected by spearman.

IT
Vikings land warrior and spear next to Izmit.
spear defeats archer at Istanbul.
America is building the Great Library.

7. 825
3/4 Archer defeats 3/3 spear. whew...if he would've survived, he'd probably cut the road between Istanbul (no more luxuries or Iron...).

IT
Spear defeats spear at Izmit.
Spear defeats warrior at Izmit.
India completes Statue of Zeus.
Vikings land 3/3 Swordsman and 5/5 archer by Izmit.

8. 800
Sword defeats warrior, promotes to Elite.

IT
More great news. The newly landed Vikings defeat our two 3/4 spears:

9. 775

IT
Discover Horseback Riding (needing swift movement to defend all corners of the "empire")

10. 750

- Things have gone from bad to bad.
- For research, go to Monarchy then shut off science or shut off science now (Great Library in 16)?




<<<THE SAVE>>>

 

[Bede]

And here come the Deity hordes.

In the words of Mrs Jones little boy " we have not yet begun to fight" and hearken to words of Jenny's child:

We shall go on to the end.....we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender....

Got it.

Need catz and spears and swords....

 

[soul_warrior]

i can only promise you blood, sweat and tears.
hope you have a bulldog, Bede

 

[Tubby Rower]

First of all congrats killer!! We just left our little girl for a week with my parents. First time she's been away and I started missing her as soon as we drove away. Offspring will change your life. Good luck!!

Now.....Holy cow....... I need to stop going away for the weekend. The same thing seemed to happen during SGOTM6. Are the viking ships to the east of our island headed back to Scandanavia or coming from??

Should science be turned off since the GL seems immenent?

 

[soul_warrior]

i think sci should be turned off.
why?
1- it does seem likely *X my fingers and pray* to be ours soon
2- cash buildup would be nice.
3- how much worse can things become? *thunder clashes, lightning strikes me where i stand* if we dont get it, were BBQed. if we do, were just plain toasted (with Butter and Marmite)

 

[eldar]

I'm back. Ouch....

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

WTH is it with the iron horse city? Told you we should have called it Pile of Dung for the way it attracts the AI. When we take it back, please rename it "pink dot". Igor's been deployed to find a few virgins to sacrifice to Sirian. Keep researching horses then turn off research.

@ MP - which graphics pack are you using? Has snoopy done an update?

@ Tubby - once the offspring verbally communicate and you've got more than one, the grand loco parentis becomes easier Now you should have lots of time to devote to civ...

 

[MeteorPunch]

Keep researching horses then turn off research.

We got the horseback on my last turn.

@ MP - which graphics pack are you using? Has snoopy done an update?

You're the first to notice. It's my own versions of Rhye's terrain which I matched the grasslands to look like Snoopy's 4.1 "greener." Basically a more colorful, greener Rhyes. I was going to release it, but became lazy.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

you could release it so idiots could DL it...

 

[Tubby Rower]

once the offspring verbally communicate and you've got more than one

well that second part is what we're lacking. Better get cracking huh