Wow, it's been a couple weeks since I last updated this thread. I'm still keeping the spreadsheet updated, but as more stuff is going on, it's getting more difficult and less important to track little things like the individual population growths. In order to get us caught up, I'll go over the important stuff that each team has been up to, but leave out stuff like individual city growths and land increases. I'll go from the bottom of the scoreboard to the top.
WPC: 180
This one is the easiest, since they've barely had any score increases for the past 15 turns. They finally settled their 5th city on T88. After that, they didn't get another score increase until T95, when they finished researching a Classical Era tech. This took them about 20 turns to complete, so their tech rate is pretty bad right now. For their sake, I hope this was an economic tech like Monarchy or Maths, and not a war tech like HBR or IW.
Spaniards: 183
Back on T84, the Spaniards had a big 15-point score increase which probably included a Classical Era tech. Probably not IW since we haven't seen much Jungle in their land, or any swords. Probably not MC since we haven't seen Forges or Triremes. Probably not HBR since we haven't seen any HA's. That leaves Monarchy or Maths as the most likely candidates. On T89 they performed a 2-pop whip, then on T90 they did another 2-pop whip and a 1-pop whip. Hard to tell exactly what they were whipping, but when multiple whips come in around the same time, that sometimes implies that a concentrated effort is being made to get a lot of... something? At any rate, one of those might have just been a Settler, since they finally settled their 5th city on T91. This is the spot that they had reserved with us. Just now, on T96, they have completed another tech, and again it is a Classical Era tech.
Germans: 187
The Germans had been on track to be major contenders in this game before WPC ruined that for them. Thanks WPC! It looks like they're starting to get themselves back on track now, so let's just hope they're strong enough to keep RB's northern expansion in check. So, let's take a look at what they've been up to. They had some weird increases back around T85 that are confusing me. It's possible they researched an ancient tech, but I'm not too sure about that. They did (re)settle their 6th city on T88. WPC also settled a new city on this turn, and it was the first new city for either team since the war started, so I think the fighting was pretty much over for both of them by this point. On T95, they got 6 points, probably for another Ancient tech, and then settled their 7th city on the same turn.
UCiv: 249
And now we take a huge score jump to bring us to the middle-of-the-pack teams. Back on T84, UCiv settled their 8th city. On T88, they had a weird score increase that probably included land points, and may have included an Ancient era tech. On T92, they settled their 9th city. T94 was an exciting turn for them. They finished a Classical Era tech and revolted to HR, so this must have been Monarchy. They also settled their 10th city this turn. And on T96, they have gotten a 15-point increase, which could potentially include another Classical Era tech. If so, that's a pretty fast research rate to finish two Classical techs back to back.
CivPlayers: 261
CP researched a Classical era tech on T87. They settled their 7th city on T89. This was their second Classical tech, since they Oracled CoL back on T67. I put them down for Maths. On T93, they performed three 1-pop whips. Since then, their only score changes have been pop growths and whips. Interestingly, the vast majority of their whips have been of the inefficient 1-pop variety. Hopefully we'll get to meet them soon and figure out what they've been up to first-hand.
CFC: 263
Well, we know what we've been up to. Moving right up the scoreboard, I think we're in a much stronger position now then we were even just 15 turns ago.
Apolyton: 286
Way back on T83, Poly got a big 18-point score increase. I have to assume that a Classical tech was part of this. They already got one Classical tech back on T78 that I put down as IW, so maybe this one was HBR, Maths or Monarchy? Between T84-T87, they performed two 2-pop whips and a 3-pop whip. On T87, they got a score increase that could potentially include an Ancient tech. On T91, they settled their 7th city. On T92 and T94, they got more score increases that could have included Ancient techs. If these all included techs, then they have finished researching every single Ancient tech, but that seems unlikely so I'm probably incorrectly assigning land or pop points to tech. On T95, they got 12 points so this is almost certainly a Classical Tech. Maybe Metal Casting this time? Hard to tell. My concern is that they are going for war techs like IW, HBR or Maths->Construction. With the Germans on one side and the Spaniards on the other side, they could potentially have their pick of weak teams to take out...
CivFr: 290
CivFr is quite an enigma. We don't have a good idea of where they are on the map or who they might have met. They have a pretty solid score right now, but this is slightly inflated by land points from their Cre trait and early REXing. They are also consistently getting small score increases on almost every turn, whether for steady pop growths or border pops, I can't be positive. On T83 they completed their second Classical era tech. I have Maths down as their T74 tech, so I'll switch things up and put them down for Calendar for this tech. They might have gotten an Ancient tech on T93 and/or T94, but this could have been land or pop points, also. And just now on T96, they have settled their 8th city.
RB: 358
And here we take our final leap up to the clear #1 team at this point. On T83, they settled their 8th city. On T84, they popped their Great Prophet and used it to build the Hindu Shrine. On T87 they got a large score increase that probably included a Classical Tech. I'm putting this one down for Calendar, since we know that they're building plantations. On T90, they got another large score, but I doubt this one included a classical tech. More likely it was just some combo of land and pop. They planted their 9th city on T91. On T93, they got a huge 20-point increase, so this time I am putting them down for a Classical tech. I'm thinking this one might have been Metal Casting. On T94, they performed a 2-pop whip and a pair of 3-pop whips, perhaps to complete Forges in some of their core cities? If this was the case, we should be able to see them when we zoom into those cities by now, so I'll check if I get a chance to log into the game. And just now on T96, they got another large 18-point score increase, which again probably includes a classical tech. This one I'm not sure about, but I'll keep my eyes open for clues as we continue to scope out their lands.
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That's it for now. If anyone has any specific questions about what the other teams are doing that you want me to look into, just let me know and I'll see if it's something we can deduce.
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