Play 14 disappointing turns. So i put up a lot of pics to get the scenery a bit more pleasant.
1705 AD
whip cr
spread sushi, other exec goes on to brennus
TM 2100 gold
KK has build UN, vote for ourselves, didn't check if we have a chance but i think so.
Anyone notice we don't have copper and Brennus is the only one who can trade it to us?
So i'm switching OR now and i'm going to invade him with spies and missionaries in order to convert him to cristianity. Switch spy points to him this turn. If we're going to lose the internet we need a good spy base so i'm going to focus on jails.
1710 AD
Kub has 750 gold now, apparently he was building cr but not really close to finish.
Indu in, switch plastics of course. 7 turns, we're ok research wise.
Trade Indu for demo/communism + 250 gold.
We don't need rifling right now but communism is
good for IA. switch Us/emancipation/OR.
rush RR
1715 AD
Switch back to rep
RR in, switch to transport for spies
KK gets Eiffel
All forests, mines are up so i begin cottaging the workshops
We lose the un vote,
could mean trouble since our civics are important to us right now.
1720 AD
Sal cancels a deal. Makes sense, he has sushi himself now, Probably the gold we'll get will be better then his resources.
1725 AD
Izzy drops to pleased
1730 AD
Kub completes hollywood.
1735 AD
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1740 AD
Phew they ask emancipation, vote no but don't care really. Problems'll begin once they're asking for fr,env or fs. US wouldn't make me too happy either, it's a good thing we're cottaging now, SE is very vulnerable to UN requests. Plastics in
1745 AD
Emancipation vote carries
1750 AD
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1755 AD
comps in 3 turns, connecting railroads
KK can research laser now, i think he just got sats, well actually he's got composites too (!?) are we really playing immortal here? He's teching really really fast. We may need to steal from him.
1760 AD
Sal get's mining, that'll give us a bit of slack on the Net.
1765 AD,
The aligned civics, DR traded for 30 gold and a conversion to no state while keeping OR on gets Brennus to pleased.Annoyingly he still doesn't like us enough for the copper trade. The guide states that he's trading strategic resources when > cautious. So looked it up in XML and i'm puzzled now, i must have misunderstood something? We have been trading fur with him for ages.
<StrategicBonusRefuseAttitudeThreshold>ATTITUDE_CAUTIOUS</StrategicBonusRefuseAttitudeThreshold>
<HappinessBonusRefuseAttitudeThreshold>ATTITUDE_ANNOYED</HappinessBonusRefuseAttitudeThreshold>
<HealthBonusRefuseAttitudeThreshold>ATTITUDE_FURIOUS</HealthBonusRefuseAttitudeThreshold>
It isn't because of the war with Izzy i think. Maybe it has to with different ranking, we're top half he's bottom. This gives a -2 demiter on relations, he's cautious at +5, pleased at +6 right now. But hey we took that hit already.
Strictly we didn't lose too much by my attempt, the missionaries can goto kub to spread in some cities. We may convert him if needed, it helps with espionage even if we don't convert him.Spies can also goto kub but not right away since they can cause trouble, we need to have points against him first.The spy points on Brennus are unfortunately lost, too bad.
1770 AD
Computers researched,
Internet costs ages (32 turns) to build unfortunately.
Vote comes up for FR, don't like that but no reason to defy now. I hope some others'll defy this or maybe the vote just doesn't carry with Izz Brennus and us.
It'll be a tough ending from here. Kub's researching fast. He's self researched Plastics (well had begun on this already) Sats,composites. He also acquired flight maybe in trade.Demographics tell it all.
And a look at his lands give an idea why this screen looks like this
Even if we do get the net it's doubtful if it's of any use because we'll get it so late. We can research eco from here which seems clearly best. At least we can build (rushbuy) forges then. Subsequently we could disconnect coal/oil and get factories there'll be no way back though. Rushbuying we could shave some turns of the internet build.
But unless we find a solution for the copper dilemma i think we can forget about the net. Our cottage econ is coming online fast now. We can have the slider at 90% now at a small loss. If we can get a good spybase up we should be able to keep up with Kublai. Remains the problem how to build the parts. When we do get to that part though we can transform the land, disconnect coal/oil, switch to caste for reasonable production. And of course with help of the redentor we can play all kinds of spy tricks on kublai if all the possible civic switches are still viable. My actions with Brennus may give us a chance in the next UN leadership vote, don't how he'll choose now he's pleased with us both.
) with creative have an edge over the others I don't think this is a good game to show it. KK has had a huge strip of land to himself--anyone would shine there. The Map threw 2 civlizations on our little island while KK could roam freely on the big continent.
, i stumble on one sometimes but tend not to play for it, good to know that +8 relations is enough. In that case we might be able to manipulate some strings. But do we need to vassalaize 2 ais?Bren's + 6 with us now, will be difficult to get him to 8 without converting him to cristianity. But we can. Maybe we can pull some tricks on Liz too.
. At least we don't have to conquer all their land, Liz probably capitulates after we take one city but have to check in xml.
. As expected internet in 19 turns once you mm the build there.
