Louis culture win.NOOOOO...what happened!
Yeah my tests went a similar way. Louis did manage one culture victory but he was nowhere near as obsessed with pursuing culture compared to some of the other culture leaders like Rammy or Hatty. I did think of punting a punt on him for culture but it just seemed more likely that it was more likely to be space or domination. Most often Louis was the 3rd place leader (he didn't get any 2nd place finishes at all) as he just would get up to 7-8 cities and then just sit there until the end of the game while one of the other AIs would eventually start to gobble up territory. In this game he seemed more active with declaring his own wars than I expected.In my tests, religions and wonders split between Louis and De Gaulle so routinely that the Sun King only attempted Culture a few times (only once successfully and late at that). Hannibal also went for Culture as many times as Louis but only after conquering Holy Cities and too late to be effective. That said, I have seen a lot more Cultural Victories this season than I would have anticipated, and now I am wary of who could turn on the slider. With both Ramesses and Louis in the Championship game already, we are likely to see a similar dynamic of Cultural competition if neither is eliminated early on.
My tests showed roughly a 75% chance of the French coming in first, and 50% second. I was surprised how much the map favored Domination, but I suppose the border tensions were enough to basically wreck peace weight diplomacy. As with the other games, I look forward to comparing my results against the Alternate Histories to see just how much false confidence I took into the season even after those big correctionsWas a hard game to call. Probably one of the most even fields so far this season. Next week feels like more of a classic AI survivor matchup with the psycho personality vs the pacifist.
Saxo and Plain Cow moving up on the overall.
It's certainly shaping up to be an interesting championship game. Personally I want Alex to make it through to guarantee it being spicy rather than another peaceful leader.Thanks for the mention, but I actually dropped a few places this time. I'm proud to say my 3 points were good enough to beat every picker inside the top 40+ in the battle for the WORST score.
Also, congrats to the one who almost shares my alias. 12 points was very impressive in this game.
Not a good game for my picks, but I'm very impressed with what Mehmed managed to achieved with his start, he was never remotely on my radar. Sometimes 2nd place doesn't equate a top 2 performance, but Mehmed is very deserving of reaching the final after this. Wouldn't it be something if Mehmed became our first ever multiple champ.![]()