This thread is to host the poll for the "greatest" city in RFC BTS [newest/last version]. If anyone cares to question the purpose of this poll, it is to discover the best cities for OCCs and giga-empires, allow for some reasonable debate, and provide a sort of entertainment just for the heck of it, and discuss RFC in general, much like any other thread posted in forums.
Rules and Processes
Everyone gets 10 votes that they can use, but may not use multiple for the same city. (Basically your top 10.)
Cities are sorted by how many votes they have attained, and results will be posted by me throughout the thread by updates.
Changing votes is allowed.
After voting has stagnated, the top cities will be taken to finals, which may or may not be in this thread, depending on how things go.
Cities may be added, though this is not too encouraged due to difficulty with editing the OP.
Please ask about cities that you do not know the location of. Even the most cryptic city deserves consideration.
You may attempt to persuade others to vote in favor of your opinions--or even have them change their votes--through polite debate, as with any other thread. (For example, posting why you picked certain cities in your votes.)
Coastal cities are assumed to have the Maoi Statues and Colossus, even though the water tiles will still not be very good.
Things to take into Consideration
Number of workable tiles.
Coast or not, though less is better.
Rivers+Levee=Win
Common sense is always good too.
Strategic resources that can be reached by culture, as if there were no other cities to do so.
Resources and terrain changes that take place over time, especially the colonial ones.
NOT proximity to and synergy with other cities, this is stand-alone cities only.
NOT the civilization using it, it does not matter.
NOT the time period, this is for the best cities of all times, though later is more important.
Alphabetical order is nice.
North America (13)
South America (7)
Europe (30)
Asia (26)
Australia/Indonesia/Oceania/Africa (8)
(84 Cities)
I will use my votes as an example, though I will likely change them at some point. I do not quite have enough time to explain them now, so I will likely later.
Amiens/Samarobriva (1 NE of Paris)
Arretium (1N of Rome)
Chicago
Nancheng (1W of Marble)
Rjazan (1S of Moscow)
Seoul (On the Deer)
Tokyo/Edo
Wichita (NA Goody Hut)
Wuhan
Zagreb (1S of Budapest)
Rules and Processes
Everyone gets 10 votes that they can use, but may not use multiple for the same city. (Basically your top 10.)
Cities are sorted by how many votes they have attained, and results will be posted by me throughout the thread by updates.
Changing votes is allowed.
After voting has stagnated, the top cities will be taken to finals, which may or may not be in this thread, depending on how things go.
Cities may be added, though this is not too encouraged due to difficulty with editing the OP.
Please ask about cities that you do not know the location of. Even the most cryptic city deserves consideration.
You may attempt to persuade others to vote in favor of your opinions--or even have them change their votes--through polite debate, as with any other thread. (For example, posting why you picked certain cities in your votes.)
Coastal cities are assumed to have the Maoi Statues and Colossus, even though the water tiles will still not be very good.
Things to take into Consideration
Number of workable tiles.
Coast or not, though less is better.
Rivers+Levee=Win
Common sense is always good too.
Strategic resources that can be reached by culture, as if there were no other cities to do so.
Resources and terrain changes that take place over time, especially the colonial ones.
NOT proximity to and synergy with other cities, this is stand-alone cities only.
NOT the civilization using it, it does not matter.
NOT the time period, this is for the best cities of all times, though later is more important.
Alphabetical order is nice.
North America (13)
Spoiler :
South America (7)
Spoiler :
Europe (30)
Spoiler :
Asia (26)
Spoiler :
Australia/Indonesia/Oceania/Africa (8)
Spoiler :
(84 Cities)
I will use my votes as an example, though I will likely change them at some point. I do not quite have enough time to explain them now, so I will likely later.
Amiens/Samarobriva (1 NE of Paris)
Arretium (1N of Rome)
Chicago
Nancheng (1W of Marble)
Rjazan (1S of Moscow)
Seoul (On the Deer)
Tokyo/Edo
Wichita (NA Goody Hut)
Wuhan
Zagreb (1S of Budapest)
Actually, assuming the 3000BC start, any location on the planet could have the wonders if you get Astronomy first, get a goody hut settler with a caravel, or the Maya just settle anywhere. But this is the location we are looking for mostly. Never mind, the Colossus is obsolete with with Astronomy, so it can only be gotten by the latter two ways.
And apparently Frankfurt (1N) too. Next time I play France and Raise Frankfurt to settle a city later, I am trying this out instead.
