Stupidest way you have won?
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greekguy
Missed the Boat
i'm pretty sure this is in the wrong forum. This would probably be better for the general forum. (but i'm not positive 
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Kamilian
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I was playing a non-mod game, as Ottomans. I had set up a pretty nice little empire already in the south of the Pangea continent, good insfrastructure, etc. I met the French to the north and they were weaklings, so after extorting their entire treasury, I declared war 
. I captured one city (not even the capital, but the other city that they had) and I got a message that the French have been destroyed. I didn't think of it too much. Just figured "all right now I can expand further north".
I meet the Egyptians, they're a bit stronger than the French, and we are on-par militarily and technologically. One of their cities falls to me, and suddenly the other 5 cities they have are reduced to rubble. That's when I start wondering "what's up?", because I was looking forward to another nice little war.
So after that, I send a group of soldiers (I forget what kind they were - Archers, I think?) further north, and I encounter the Japanese. Again, war. For two reasons this time: First and foremost, to gain territory; Secondary motive is to see if it happens again. It does. Kyoto falls, and all of Japan is nothing.
So I give it another shot, with the Scandinavians. Again, one city falls, so does the empire. I'm pretty angry by now because I mean it's not even the Middle Ages yet and already I mowed down 4 of the 7 civilizations, with just a flick of the finger. So, angry, I check the Victory Status screen... I find out that it's one of those games where if one city falls the entire civ falls (Elimination, I think it's called?). I go back to the New Game screen and check the options, and I did accidentally check that box for that kind of game. I smack myself in the forehead while mourning the uselessness of my Ottoman Empire's magnificent progress.
. I captured one city (not even the capital, but the other city that they had) and I got a message that the French have been destroyed. I didn't think of it too much. Just figured "all right now I can expand further north". I meet the Egyptians, they're a bit stronger than the French, and we are on-par militarily and technologically. One of their cities falls to me, and suddenly the other 5 cities they have are reduced to rubble. That's when I start wondering "what's up?", because I was looking forward to another nice little war.
So after that, I send a group of soldiers (I forget what kind they were - Archers, I think?) further north, and I encounter the Japanese. Again, war. For two reasons this time: First and foremost, to gain territory; Secondary motive is to see if it happens again. It does. Kyoto falls, and all of Japan is nothing.
So I give it another shot, with the Scandinavians. Again, one city falls, so does the empire. I'm pretty angry by now because I mean it's not even the Middle Ages yet and already I mowed down 4 of the 7 civilizations, with just a flick of the finger. So, angry, I check the Victory Status screen... I find out that it's one of those games where if one city falls the entire civ falls (Elimination, I think it's called?). I go back to the New Game screen and check the options, and I did accidentally check that box for that kind of game. I smack myself in the forehead while mourning the uselessness of my Ottoman Empire's magnificent progress.
Admiral8Q
Prince
Stupidest victory?
Ok. I was building up my might, keeping peace, making allies, just to bide my time before my planned attack. Suddenly the UN was built and I was voted chairman. End game. That ruined the game right there! Doh!!!!
No more diplomatic victories on for me, sheesh! :suicide:
Ok. I was building up my might, keeping peace, making allies, just to bide my time before my planned attack. Suddenly the UN was built and I was voted chairman. End game. That ruined the game right there! Doh!!!!
No more diplomatic victories on for me, sheesh! :suicide:
My stupidest victory...
I was Rome, middle Modern age with my own half of a continent. I was massing modern armor and stealth bombers and some nukes to take out 3 or 4 nations, when up pops "You have achieved a Culture Victory."
I stopped playing C3C for 2 weeks
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I was Rome, middle Modern age with my own half of a continent. I was massing modern armor and stealth bombers and some nukes to take out 3 or 4 nations, when up pops "You have achieved a Culture Victory."
I stopped playing C3C for 2 weeks
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DJ Bonebraker
a.k.a Laura
Well, I haven't had any stupid wins, but the stupidest defeat I've EVER seen (of one of the AI's, not me BTW) is this one playtest of the Final Fantasy mod, I was playing as the Kingdom of San d'Oria with all other civs random. Right about the time I get my third city built, I get a message saying that the French were wiped out (I wasn't near as far on the mod as I am right now), but no indication as to who did it. About 50 turns later, one of my exploring units finds a set of ruins at the base of a volcano.
Apperantly the French started right beside the volcano and it erupted & destroyed their capitol before they could build a settler. Talk about lousy luck
Apperantly the French started right beside the volcano and it erupted & destroyed their capitol before they could build a settler. Talk about lousy luck
Kayak
Partisan
I had that happen to the Ottomans once. They happended to my nearest neibors. They had managed one settler though. It didn't help them when I attacked.
DJ Bonebraker
a.k.a Laura
Yeah, that's one of the reasons that if I start right beside a volcano, I'll move at least 1 tile away before settling my capitol. That way if the volcano erupts, the worst I have to deal with is a bunch of polluted tiles that I'll eventually have to clean up.
