1BC Civ Forums Home    Search    Members    FAQ   Links Welcome Guest ( Login | Register )       Recent Posts    Popular Topics Home » Civilization IV Discussion » CivIV GOTM: BTS Game in Progress » Ode to the GOTM 29 posts, Page 1 of 3 123»»» Ode to the GOTM Rate Topic Display Mode Topic Options Author Message Konrad von Richtmark 11/8/2007 11:50 AM Retired Dictator Last Seen: Yesterday @ 6:52 PM Posts: 1,630 Visits: 3,103 I love the GOTMs so much Before signing up, I was in something of a difficulty level trap. I had mastered Monarch to the extent where I won almost every game, but was getting repeatedly pummeled on Emperor to the extent where the game just weighed down on me. I even got so tired of being pummelled that I had to put Civ4 on the shelf for a while and check out Halo for some variety There's no question whether I'm able to win a Prince level game, but it doesn't matter, since I'm competing against humans. Now, even when a game has come to the point where there's no question of whether I will win, it doesn't devolve into a tiresome slugging match of how-many-enemies-will-I-still-have-to-conquer, but into a frantic race to win as quickly as possible, knowing that each turn counts. Now, if you excuse me, I have a Viking Empire to lead to world conquest -- Scipio Africanus 11/8/2007 10:49 PM Grognard fantôme Last Seen: Today @ 6:27 AM Posts: 6,123 Visits: 8,610 Don't you have some physics homework you need to be doing!? -- "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." attributed to Edmund Burke (1770) Konrad von Richtmark 11/9/2007 1:42 PM Retired Dictator Last Seen: Yesterday @ 6:52 PM Posts: 1,630 Visits: 3,103 Yeah, but it's not like it gets in the way. I play a standard-speed game in 7-8 hours, and GOTMs happen only once a month. -- Nuclearcow 11/9/2007 4:35 PM Udderly ridiculous Last Seen: Today @ 6:10 AM Posts: 2,681 Visits: 2,414 I agree completely.  Work has gotten in the way of me doing a lot of this one yet (In the 1500s, maybe?), but I went to war in this one much earlier than I ever would normally JUST because I know I need to win quicker than normal if I'm to reclaim my rightful title of GOTM winner.    Its fun, huh? -- Zigeuner 11/9/2007 6:50 PM General Last Seen: Yesterday @ 6:50 PM Posts: 3,597 Visits: 4,753 Sounds like you're just playing way below your comfort level. Wouldn't it be more exciting to have GOTMs on emperor when it would be a question of CAN you win, not how fast can you win? Leave prince to others who still find it a challenge... -- What you see is what you get... Nuclearcow 11/9/2007 8:53 PM Udderly ridiculous Last Seen: Today @ 6:10 AM Posts: 2,681 Visits: 2,414 It would be fun to play the next one at Emperor level.  There are some on occassion who do lose, so it wouldn't be very fun for them if they ALL were on Monarch difficulty, but for some of us, it might be fun now and then. -- Zigeuner 11/10/2007 1:33 AM General Last Seen: Yesterday @ 6:50 PM Posts: 3,597 Visits: 4,753 Just to spur you guys on, I finished this one in 1830AD, with just over 47,000 points. You're gonna need those fast ships now, mates. -- What you see is what you get... Scipio Africanus 11/11/2007 12:27 AM Grognard fantôme Last Seen: Today @ 6:27 AM Posts: 6,123 Visits: 8,610 I don't understand why you guys are so motivated to get so good at these games so fast. Seems like a damn waste of good game dollars investment to me -- "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." attributed to Edmund Burke (1770) Nuclearcow 11/11/2007 8:43 PM Udderly ridiculous Last Seen: Today @ 6:10 AM Posts: 2,681 Visits: 2,414 Yes, Zig. Wouldn't it be more fun if you sucked? -- Zigeuner 11/12/2007 11:43 AM General Last Seen: Yesterday @ 6:50 PM Posts: 3,597 Visits: 4,753 Heh, if I sucked I would just blame it on the lacking realism of certain game mechanics, and read Pravda online instead of a strategy article or two... -- What you see is what you get... « Prev Topic | Next Topic » 29 posts, Page 1 of 3 12