[Spoilers] naufragar's fist full of pesos (Montezuma)

[naufragar]

My feelings are best described with a scene from The Wire, so don't click if you don't want spoilers.

[NobleHelium]

Looks to me that you still have other cities. In fact one of them appears to be well defended with war elephants!

[naufragar]

Nah, those elephants are nane's just passing through. I've done a poor job reporting lately: I gave nane open borders for chump change in an act of great magnanimity. (He's still boned.) My three non-capital cities have 0 units among them. I'll be able to whip a unit in the southernmost, but the rest will sit there empty and stupid. (Hence "get on with it".)

[NobleHelium]

I was joking, I can see that they are not your elephants.

[naufragar]

I was joking, I can see that they are not your elephants.

Oh the cruelty of lurkers!

[Charriu]

I have to admit that your thread and little civ is more entertaining then others

[naufragar]

Well, you've got three more turns until the end.

Actually, it could be a bit longer than that. Ziankali has two two-movers, but if he doesn't know my cities are empty, he might advance more slowly.

[naufragar]

We have achieved total victory. There are no enemy troops anywhere in our lands.

[Miguelito]

And the Carthaginians retreating with the bloody nose you gave them

[naufragar]

And there it goes. Let's be honest: I was the villain of the story. I attacked two of my neighbors without warning and buzzed a third with warriors, although I don't think he ever saw these.With Montezuma removed, I'm sure peace and stability will return to the region.

I said at Civforum and I repeat here: I'm very thankful for the chance to play in this game. While the turn pace was slow, we didn't seem to have any problems with clock games or reloads. The players were communicative when we declared wars. Everything was clean. LotC did great work making this map and putting himself out there to be criticized by 52 players... In this thread as opposed to the Civforum one, I have perhaps allowed myself to be more whiny.  But my position in this game was my own fault. I expanded too quickly, since I'm used to smaller, lower-difficulty maps. Crashing my economy did not help my odds. I do regret not getting to use Spiritual Sacrificial Altars. Honestly, it's a combination I still want to try someday. Other than that, this game was a blast.

And thanks to you lurkers who followed even when the updates came once a month.