[SPOILERS] Team EggHeads: DMOC and TeddyKGB (Now Lurker-Friendly!)

[DMOC]

Thx. Whats ur settling / civ choosing analysis after u saw start and pick the leader?

I mean where to settle (i see 3 spots atm), what civ will benefit us most? Sury is a great pick, how we'll benefit him now?

In my opinion, there are 3 solid choices. We can (1) settle in place, (2) move settler 8 and settle there, or (3) move settler 1-7 and settle there. The first 2 choices let us settle on the first turn and retain all 3 food resources, while the third uses up a turn but may result in a far stronger capital down the road with more land tiles and possibly more forests. The second option loses freshwater, and the third option likely does as well, but since we are Expansive, it's not too bad.

With our traits, we need to get workers and settlers out ASAP.

One lesson I've learned in RB community: u cant lose post's war. They dont respect you if u did.
2nd lesson: be on top with fresh post, so lurkers read you.
3rd: always plan a war, thats how u got attention.

I should probably made 3 separate posts with that rules, oh well.

I don't care about the post war, but I do plan to post frequently.

Hi DMOC

I am completely new to RB, having been introduced through Sullla's writings, and I just finished reading your spoiler thread for the Pitboss donut game from years ago.

Decided I wanted to dedlurk you here on this game, and remain unspoiled on the rest of the game. I have not read any thread except the first rules post and yours.

I'm not great at CivIV, having only played SP, but I hope to change that by learning from you and who knows, maybe by the time the next game rolls around I'll be able to think about participating.

cheers

Okay, thanks for lurking us! For Pitboss 2, I would actually recommend reading Sullla's write-up on his website (not the forum thread) since he organized the write-up on his website better, cutting out the unnecessary details.

Byzantium is a good choice, I'm better in the war than diplomacy so Cataphract for me are a good choice . Of course the better you will be to deal with external relations. I am completely new to this forum and do not know anyone.

Yeah, I'm definitely leaning towards Byzantium, due to an awesome Unique Unit and a decent Unique Building that gets sped up by our Creative trait. It's basically a theatre that gets +1 happiness from horses instead of dyes, which is better for us. Also, it provides another flat +1 happiness just by constructing it, which is separate from the horse happiness bonus. At 25 hammers, it is dirt cheap for us; one post-math chop is enough to get it all done!

Just out of curiosity, how much multiplayer experience do you have in Civ4? I've played a few lengthy Pitboss games (with full diplomacy) and have watched several others courtesy of the spoiler threads here in other forums. I'm far more experienced as a single player Civ4 guy, though, with lots of deity wins under my belt already. This game should be a nice learning experience for me.

I wouldn't worry about knowing the players too much here; I actually don't know most as well, so the key to strong diplomacy will be to make sure you sound sincere and to also follow up on any deals, etc. that are agreed.

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Edit: By the way, since the last team took the Ragnar/Rome combination and the other team ahead of us took Sumeria during their first pick (and thus must pick a leader), we're basically guaranteed to get the civilization of our choosing. Are we okay with Byzantium? Again, some possible options include Greece, Egypt, Ottoman, or Mayans. To be honest, I still think Byzantium is the best of these options for this particular kind of game.