Sullla's AI Survivor Season Eight - Game 5 Thread

[Plains-Cow]

PLAINS-COW START VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[elitetroops]

Pacal 2nd! LET'S GOO!

 

[Saxo Grammaticus]

The Wildcards will net kills and dogpiles that will leave the odds in a tailspin

 

[Kaitzilla]

LOL Sullla soooo close to Hatty 2nd and 5 points.

 

[lymond]

The Cow is Real

 

[ariosto]

Even though I had Pacal first Ramesses second, I feel bad for Hatty

 

[Plains-Cow]

The Cow is Real

NEVER DOUBT IT.

 

[lymond]

I have to say that seeing an AI power themselves to a culture victory with a GA bomb is glorious

 

[Kaitzilla]

Bow before the Cow God.

Congratulations Ramesses.

 

[Fippy]

Even though I had Pacal first Ramesses second, I feel bad for Hatty

We have seen this with Augustus as well, for some reasons some AIs move their units in such dumb ways in wars.
I had Hatty winner, but when i saw what she did with her stacks i don't even feel sorry for her.

 

[AcaMetis]

Remember when people thought this was going to be a boring click end turn until peaceful coast to victory game?

Civ IV AI: Challenge accepted.

 

[Keler]

Maybe culture win should be turned off someday in a season,
if i'm honest half of those games end the same way and you already know 50+ turns before who will win

then all culture flavored AIs such as Lous,Ramesses,Hatty becomes a Hammurabi

 

[Plains-Cow]

Whooohooo! Still in top ten! Very close to being at the top!

 

[Fippy]

then all culture flavored AIs such as Lous,Ramesses,Hatty becomes a Hammurabi

Well most winners could win the game in other ways..
Ramsy too today, Mansa for sure last time.

I just find the endings boring if you see "oh Ramsy will win in 50 turns no matter what happens now".
Without culture victory, this game would have been wide wide open until the very end.

 

[Eauxps I. Fourgott]

Well most winners could win the game in other ways..
Ramsy too today, Mansa for sure last time.

I just find the endings boring if you see "oh Ramsy will win in 50 turns no matter what happens now".
Without culture victory, this game would have been wide wide open until the very end.

I mean, it made second place as down to the wire as it gets!

Or if Pacal had attacked Ramesses...

 

[NickGabben]

Nice to have been here for live broadcast - don't think that'll happen very often in the future. It's always at kind of an unfortunate time.

 

[Keler]

Well most winners could win the game in other ways..
Ramsy too today, Mansa for sure last time.

I just find the endings boring if you see "oh Ramsy will win in 50 turns no matter what happens now".
Without culture victory, this game would have been wide wide open until the very end.

yes but the culture flavored AIs sabotage their tech speed by %10 I think and becomes less likely to win space

 

[Fippy]

I mean, it made second place as down to the wire as it gets!

Or if Pacal had attacked Ramesses...

But that's only interesting for the contest.
Everyone who doesn't care about it might as well turn off.

 

[Plains-Cow]

Nice to have been here for live broadcast - don't think that'll happen very often in the future. It's always at kind of an unfortunate time.

I hope you can make it more often! It's always fun with more people posting.

You were also able to witness live with your own eyes the power and the glory of best resource.

 

[Saxo Grammaticus]

But that's only interesting for the contest.
Everyone who doesn't care about it might as well turn off.

I think all of the victory paths other than Time bring something to the viewing experience. Culture adds to the early-game races--even in this game, seemed like a toss-up whether Hatshepsut or Ramesses would get the necessary holy cities. It adds to the mid-game, with wonders and religions starting to snowball as early as ~T125. As for the end-game, it can lead to stunning sub-T300 victories and it helps structure the ennui as a game plods on to T400.