TSG 243 Preview

[Nizef]

Since there has been interest in getting a feel for the upcoming task, @vadalaz, @leif erikson and I have decided to provide you all with some basic knowledge of the next GotM challenge. Below you will find a picture of the starting location and the settings are: civ: Russia, map: Ice Age, difficulty: Prince, speed: Standard and victory condition: Science.

I will also expect all of you to remember that the GotM community is not a suitable platform to express political views. On the contrary we welcome people from different backgrounds to participate and look forward to collaborate regardless of political borders. After all, we all share the passion for one of the greatest games ever created.

 

[Bufnitza]

Ooooh, I've never, ever tinkered with the temperature settings (nor many of the other advanced settings). This is going to be interesting, so looking forward to it!

 

[raider980]

Not sure whether to comment here or in the Announcement thread but since I'm here:

Looks like a good start but hope there's regular plains hiding in the fog for horses (not sure if horses can spawn in forest?). I'll move the warrior to the Marble to check out what's over there (looks like the corner of a coast). I would really like to move to the eastern Silver to settle but that would lose the Marble and other Silver so can't do that. SiP is the most likely thing to do here; starting next to two Deer is nice!

Ooooh, I've never, ever tinkered with the temperature settings (nor many of the other advanced settings). This is going to be interesting, so looking forward to it!

I think Ice Age is an actual map type. Not sure what it is but something like a lot of snow and tundra extending further down toward the equatorial regions. I'm happy to see no tundra in our starting screenshot!

 

[Nizef]

Ooooh, I've never, ever tinkered with the temperature settings (nor many of the other advanced settings). This is going to be interesting, so looking forward to it!

Ice Age is actually a map template (as @raider980 poited out). Lots of snow and tundra.

 

[Bufnitza]

Thanks for clarifying

Does that mean that all players start packed together in a line near the equator? That should provide an interesting early game.

 

[Megalou]

Thanks for clarifying

Does that mean that all players start packed together in a line near the equator? That should provide an interesting early game.

I tried a map with the same stats and there is just a huge amount of snow tiles. But if the map is standard size, there seems to be room for a lot of normal tiles too, normal meaning mainly plains rather than grassland, though!

 

[Nizef]

Thanks for clarifying

Does that mean that all players start packed together in a line near the equator? That should provide an interesting early game.

You can specify the type of land mass you want before starting a game. However, Ice Age maps are many times a little like Small Continents maps (but with a lot of snow and tundra). And btw.: TSG243 has now been posted, so you can dive in to it and see for yourself.

 

[sebtanic]

And btw.: TSG243 has now been posted, so you can dive in to it and see for yourself.

Has it? I can't see it!

 

[Megalou]

Has it? I can't see it!

just scroll past the sticky threads.

 

[sebtanic]

Haha, can't believe I still fall for that

Srsly though, better sticky it so everyone can find it easily, no?

 

[leif erikson]

TSG243 Announcement thread has been posted.

We can close this one.