[spoilers] Ia! Ia! Com'h'dor fhtagn!

[Commodore]

Warrior's a-waddling. I might could try to pillage the windmill if the timing is right, but I actually don't think running 90% will hurt the Buddhism ETA. As can be also seen, we're about to hook up our copper, although I'll need Wheel for the capital to get it. Axe immediately out of the Plateau of Leng, while the capital makes another worker then a southbound settler.


I am the only one among The Known (Krill, Scooter, Thoth, me) to lose a warrior. And now, thrillingly enough, any of them who watch the graphs know it!

[Commodore]

So, would anyone like some analysis of how/what all the players are doing at the moment?

I just need to find my hat...

[Ceiliazul]

I am the only one among The Known (Krill, Scooter, Thoth, me) to lose a warrior. And now, thrillingly enough, any of them who watch the graphs know it!

which is likely all of the above named. :-(

[Commodore]

Gentlemen! Possibly maybe one lady! Prepare to be amazed as I divine your questions about the State of the Game! I will give you the answers to the questions before they are even asked! Please note, I shall not be opening these spoiler tags!

1.

Krill, as aggressive/imperialistic, seems to be off to a rocket start and has an awe-inspiring second city, even if I do wrest its eastern ring away. Given the tightness here, he's absolutely got the right trait set to claim more than his fair share of land. I hope he's got some rough competition on his other quarters, because we're not going to make easy inroads on him here.

On the other hand, Novice is legitimately scarier here long-term, if he's not absolutely squished for expansion. I'm not seeing either stone or marble; if indeed the map lacks either then his Ind just got much, much more valuable. Not much I can do about that either, just pray someone near him causes some trouble before Steel and Steam Power; otherwise, we're looking at a "claim all the wonders in a romp and Lib->MoM->Taj for victory" setup.


2."Sis boom bah."

1.Who are the scariest rivals right now?

2.What sound does an exploding sheep make?

[Commodore]

Scooter. He managed to start with a lake fish, and has thus gone with a higher pop than the rest of us. I'm not sure where I met his warrior or scout, but we made contact like ships passing in the night...he's a conservative fellah, though, I doubt he'll push me. Yet.

I'm sure he'll grasp the significance of the salt lake he's near, too. Given his capital's wetness, he'd love to have a relatively cheap Colossus I'm sure, and the GLH might be worth it slowly, although I doubt it'll fall this side of turn 33. He's my evident competition for the wide green fields of the east.

So Krill slaved out an early Imp settler. Who else has a divergent start?

[Commodore]

1.

Pindicator will be accelerating ahead soon, I'm sure. Spi will mean a free slavery swap, and Pro means once his granaries come online he'll be snowballing faster than anyone this side of Krill. He should be settling any turn now, the rest of us are all basically playing the same start it looks like.

2. Who?

1. Okay, of "the rest", who will show the best start?

2. What about Serdoa?

[Mardoc]

I always love your threads once you get a little extra time like this

[Mardoc]

Also...

How's the Canadian Who Doesn't Report doing? What's he doing, for that matter?

[darrelljs]

maybe one lady!

If you are calling me a chick, we're going to have trouble.

Darrell

[Commodore]

maybe one lady!

If you are calling me a chick, we're going to have trouble.

Darrell

I'm merely pointing out the distaff portion of our species is a touch...scarce around here.