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Zigeuner

1/6/2007 12:53 AM

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Bleeding waters! I don't think I ever reached the 20th century in Civ3, but it's 1922 in this game, and the end is not at all in sight. My little ploys to get myself elected backfired, and frontfired, with lots of... learning opportunities. (Such as: Don't send out full Transports unprotected when your foes have Destroyers. And: Don't have a Defensive Pact with the only other civ vying for election. Or: Don't use up your entire stack of Cannons on the same city. Odds of 100 : 7 are probably about as good as 100 : 3... ) Space, here I come!
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mongoose201

1/6/2007 12:59 AM

Sword of Doom...

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Space, here I come! Good luck.... How are you fixed, technology wise.... Way ahead, slightly, even? Oh.. and you didn't know before CivIV to not send out transports by themselves?
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Zigeuner

1/6/2007 1:36 AM

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I'd say I'm way ahead in techies, getting to the end. I have MechInfs, Helicopters and Battleships; they have Infantry and Destroyers. Problem is I cannot stop this strange urge to build all those Wonders, so I keep delaying the SS-parts, and I don't build enough units to go at it on the other continent. In Civ3 I raced through the Industrial Age while the AI civs ran out of steam. I always finished the UN before they even got to Destroyers. (Um, that's how I remember it now... )
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Zigeuner

1/6/2007 2:41 PM

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Hm, that was strange. I got a diplomatic victory after all... Three civs were about equal in population, and when I ran against the Chinese (WAR) one of the other biggies voted for me, while the third (also WAR) abstained. It came as a complete surprise that I had enough votes, so I attached the 1942 autosave, as that was closest to 1944. I also attached the screenshot, because I have no idea how to get it in the post otherwise.

I wondered about the hit singles/movies when I was reading the manual, but it didn't make much sense at all. Now I know what that's all about; what a great idea! Someone was enjoying himself too much making this game. I think it already is my favorite Civ. SMAC is one of a kind, but I get the feeling that the Firaxians are slowly working towards the Civ version of SMAC. I hope to see the design shop back in Civ5... Smile

Emperor Constantine
Diplomatic Victory in 1944 AD
10,176 points

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Edited: 1/6/2007 8:46 PM by Zigeuner

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mongoose201

1/6/2007 8:13 PM

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It came as a complete surprise that I had enough votes, so I attached the 1942 autosave, as that was closest to 1944. That's not 1942.. that's a save of the first turn.
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Zigeuner

1/6/2007 8:52 PM

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I've replaced it... Let me know if you spot any glaring defects. I'm going to start my third game soon, one level up.
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mongoose201

1/6/2007 9:45 PM

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Submission Accepted Zigeuner Victory: Diplomatic in 1944 Normalized Score: 10,176 Excellent effort, sir... ADDED: Something interesting I noticed... Every single russian city was in the exact same position as it was in my game. At least they are consistent.
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jerm

1/8/2007 4:22 AM

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Did better than me. I eventually won a time victory so I am disqualified. Only had 5000 or so points at the end anyway. I was oh so close to winning a diplomatic victory or a domination victory. My population was well over 50% but not enough to help with a diplomatic victory since everyone hated me for taking their lands or attacking their friends. I was about 7% shy of having enough land for domination at about 50% I think. I always wait too long to get agressive. I started off by conquring my continent pretty early and I didn't plan on going for a domination but before too long I only had a hundred turns left and by doing the math, I could only get two cities to legendary and I didn't think space race was possible at that point so I got what I needed to get Modern Armors and tried for domination but failed. Oh well. I must have had well over a hundred Modern Armors at the end and I was just sweeping through the big continent as well as the German one but just waited too long I guess. Nice work Ziggy on your second game!
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Zigeuner

1/8/2007 3:53 PM

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Thanks! Let me know if you need any pointers...
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