Two turns per day until T30, then turn a day until someone wins. Keep that up, game is fine. Otherwise I will hunt you down and nail you to your desk.
I think OT4E screwed himself when he first picked a leader. RtR mod went through a period where snakepicks were all civs if you were at the top of the pick, because there are far fewer good civs dependent on the start, and the traits are all pretty much playable. I think it has been so long since a snakepick has been done that people forgot that.
I think I'd go with Sumeria with this crowd, but if he needs Hunting (I'm not sure if the starts are mirrored, they could be after the PB38 debacle and this start is generic enough anything can work with it) then he might Baulk at the tech timings; BW wouldn't be completed until around T32 when he throws out a settler via a double worker opening, but he wouldn't have anything for two workers to do without BW if it's mirrored. All the Hunting Mining civs are either boring or late game, although Ethiopia would give C1/D1/D2/D3 with 2 free strikes. I'm unsure if that actually makes it useful except as a giant "fuck you" sign.
I think OT4E screwed himself when he first picked a leader. RtR mod went through a period where snakepicks were all civs if you were at the top of the pick, because there are far fewer good civs dependent on the start, and the traits are all pretty much playable. I think it has been so long since a snakepick has been done that people forgot that.
I think I'd go with Sumeria with this crowd, but if he needs Hunting (I'm not sure if the starts are mirrored, they could be after the PB38 debacle and this start is generic enough anything can work with it) then he might Baulk at the tech timings; BW wouldn't be completed until around T32 when he throws out a settler via a double worker opening, but he wouldn't have anything for two workers to do without BW if it's mirrored. All the Hunting Mining civs are either boring or late game, although Ethiopia would give C1/D1/D2/D3 with 2 free strikes. I'm unsure if that actually makes it useful except as a giant "fuck you" sign.