Sure, welcome both of you to Team Sirius!
Generally in Civ4 you have to take the start you get and work from there. You can't really apply a general strategy plan to every single game, because every game is different - different resources around you, different lay of the land, different neighbours, and distances between neighbours vary too, amongst other things. Plus of course, not every leader should be played the same way.
We'll make all kinds of agreements as the game progresses, I'm sure. These games are known for their heavy diplomatic element, so no doubt we (and all the other teams) will be negotiating deals at some stage.
Sure, welcome both of you to Team Sirius!
Generally in Civ4 you have to take the start you get and work from there. You can't really apply a general strategy plan to every single game, because every game is different - different resources around you, different lay of the land, different neighbours, and distances between neighbours vary too, amongst other things. Plus of course, not every leader should be played the same way.
Although building Workers and Settlers early on is always a good idea, so I expect we'll be doing some of that regardless.
We'll make all kinds of agreements as the game progresses, I'm sure. These games are known for their heavy diplomatic element, so no doubt we (and all the other teams) will be negotiating deals at some stage.
By the way, you can make a signature by going to "My Account" (near the top left of the page), then clicking "Edit Signature". Then you don't need to write in your signature manually with every post.
That's a good point Emporer Parkin. I believe that it depends on what the players DO, not what they ARE. I've seen some of TMIN, and wait they do sounds very confusing, even to an experienced player like me. Some players are like sleeper teams in College Basketball, they are good, but the other teams don't know that!Actually all of the teams seem to have their share of well-known strong players, which is good to see. Amazon may have TMIT, but just at a quick glance, Mavericks have DMOC and Niklas, Quatronia has Earthling, Merlot has slaze, and CDZ seems to have almost nothing but well-established civvers. (No offense to anyone I missed out, I was just picking random examples.
Anyway, it's good to see that no team should be at a disadvantage due to not having strong core player(s). The game should be more fun and balanced that way, with no inactive teams.
I don't quite understand what you're saying. Only one person per team can be logged into the game at the same time, so generally it's most efficient to get one person to play a whole turn at once (though different people can take turns at playing different turns if they want). Plus, we'll always be discussing strategy in our private forum in an ongoing fashion. I don't know if that's what you were asking, as your question was a bit confusing.
I don't know what you're referring to by "TMIN". Did you mean TMIT's videos on Civ4?
Have you played any multiplayer games before? If you haven't, you'll find that it's a whole different game, even if you're experienced at Noble-Monarch in single player.
But the great thing about a democracy game is that by working together and sharing ideas, we can often do much better as a team than in a regular game by ourselves. Every extra person chiming in on the discussions about what to do each turn adds a viewpoint that others might not have considered.
Indeed, the spread seems to be a bit more even this time around. Another team (Merlot) has sprung up since I made that post, but they've got some good players too, which is good to see. (EDIT: Actually I see I already mentioned them.) Hopefully this should make sure the teams are on relatively even ground from the beginning.
Thanks, and I'm sure we'll look forward to meeting you formally in the game in a few months, regardless of the circumstances.
Sure, welcome both of you to Team Sirius!
There isn't much to do on the team until we get a private place to discuss things. Although it shouldn't be that far away. Feel free to browse through some of the other threads while you're waiting if you want, or just keep an eye on this thread for the announcement of our private forum.
