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[Sullla]

PS - for those who don't follow behind-the-scenes Firaxes happenings, where did Soren go?

Soren's working on another game which hasn't been announced to the public yet. I've seen the presentation for it, and it looks interesting, but obviously it's not a topic for discussion now.

[UU F-15]

Soren's working on another game which hasn't been announced to the public yet. I've seen the presentation for it, and it looks interesting, but obviously it's not a topic for discussion now.

still... one can not but hope for Alpha Centarui II

[sooooo]

Hey Blake, your BetterAI mod looks to be amazing now. You (and Iustus) have put an incredible amount of work into it, and it feels like a whole different game.

May I make a suggestion: It would be fun to start a RB succession game which runs the latest version of your mod. With you at the helm it would be a great way to introduce your work to a wider audience, demonstrate the changes you have made and teach us how to change our strategies.

[Sarek]

May I make a suggestion: It would be fun to start a RB succession game which runs the latest version of your mod. With you at the helm it would be a great way to introduce your work to a wider audience, demonstrate the changes you have made and teach us how to change our strategies.

Awesome suggestion!
I was hoping he would have time to play the WOTM ongoing at CFC...maybe he is...and submit a detailed report there! It was a tough one...for me. Almost in the "RB league"

[Kodii]

Almost in the "RB league"

RB games aren't always difficult, they just vary the game by adding variants, and I'm pretty sure that the GOTM doesn't do that

[Blake]

May I make a suggestion: It would be fun to start a RB succession game which runs the latest version of your mod. With you at the helm it would be a great way to introduce your work to a wider audience, demonstrate the changes you have made and teach us how to change our strategies.

That sounds good. Any idea for a theme?

It should be with the next version, which is going to be awesome in a couple of ways, I hope...

[Atlas]

That sounds good. Any idea for a theme?

A theme, well it is about to be time for Holiday/Christmas Break so why not-

Theme-I am on Christmas Break- Let the AI do it !, since the purpose of the SG would be to check out Blake's AI, lets check it out first hand and let it do some of the work. I mean, come on I am trying to drink my egg nog here, I don't have time to give workers commands. Is unwrapping presents interfering with your time alloted for dotmapping? Let the AI chose the spot.

Variant restrictions:
-Automate Workers
-Must take one of the blue circle city spot recommendations

If you have had too much egg nog (the kind with brandy ) then we could add one or both of these in.

-Must chose one of the AI recommended techs
-Must chose one the AI recommended builds in your cities


This would leave the tactics of the game to the players (I mean come on lets level the playing field here ) and most of the strategy if you only take the first two restrictions.


Anyway it is an idea (of questionable value). In any event I was planning on not starting any new SGs with the holidays looming, but would like to play an SG with Blake's AI mod.

[sooooo]

Atlas, I think your idea has been done before at CFC. An SG called The Computer Knows Best or something like that.

I don't have any themes, but how about RB's honourable ruleset? It was converted to Civ4 in Epic 1 IIRC. Should be suitable to give the game a RB flavour.

[darrelljs]

Well, one idea would be to setup a map with four identical contients and three AI opponents. Variant rule would be the same as RB1, we can never sail a ship outside our cultural borders. Let's see if we can outbuild the Monarch AI?

Darrell

[Blake]

I'd quite like to play a game on a large, extra-crowded map (about 20% more civs), these settings are too slow for me to normally bother with but it'd be quite acceptable for 10 turns.

Variant idea: "Infatuation" - also known as Best Friend I think, the idea is, the first civ we meet, or some other criteria - like say we play a male leader and it's the first female leader we meet, we become infatuated with, we trade exclusively with them and shun everyone else, we join them in wars. No "Big Brother" rules though - the only real rules would be exclusive trade and joining in wars, no enforced gift schedule but we can gift as much as we wish for any reason (ie city gifts and stuff). For this civs would be rigged.


I am willing to set up and lead this SG. It can be timed to start soon after the next build is up and we'll always use the latest build as a Custom Assets drop in (save game compatibility makes that so easy).