August 14th, 2018, 20:50
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(August 14th, 2018, 17:11)Bacchus Wrote: Couerva will be so pissed when he sees that all his Oracle planning for a supposedly unique ICTR advantage is actually just keeping up with the Joneses.
Not that it will stop him from winning. That seems likely to come from unnecessarily early war. His neighbor is Mr. Wildcard, Superdeath. Dude can definitely wreck him.
RFS and Magic Science are moving towards Food Tier, but not fast; I'd say swords/crossbows/trebs are the earliest they could be eaten efficiently. It'll be a feeding frenzy when one ore both do fall.
I don't know what I'd do in the RFS/Charriu/Cour race, in either one's shoes. Gold, silver, and gems have been just as contentious as I'd hoped. Most haven't spotted the whales, so they really don't know where happy is.
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For reference, I'll go ahead and post the map. They're about 20-30 turns away from completely filling this up.
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Why does it look like the gold and silver dont have a jungle on them, but the gems was?
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Oh, those dear polar lands...
I have to say, Couerva and Shallow are perfectly positioned among the rest, uncanny. Should be a fun midgame.
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People are incredibly wonder-averse in this game, that's what being a green in a vet-heavy forum will do to you. Couerva could well hose up all the wonders if he was less obsessed with thinking about building masses of preats every other post.
August 18th, 2018, 19:24
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To be fair, 30 Agg praets will also win if well used.
RFS' start is so slow I don't think eating him nets Charriu much.
August 21st, 2018, 14:21
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Yeah, neither shallow, nor, especially, Charriu will get a return on investment from that IW rush. Shallow's is especially bizzare -- are there really no better ways to use beakers and hammers than chop jungle?
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(August 21st, 2018, 14:21)Bacchus Wrote: Yeah, neither shallow, nor, especially, Charriu will get a return on investment from that IW rush. Shallow's is especially bizzare -- are there really no better ways to use beakers and hammers than chop jungle? They need cottages over RFS cities. The maintenance costs are just smashing these guys. IW won't pay without also gaining Calendar.
Light as the coasts are the GLH will still be worth it if someone snags their neighbor. Colossus too. I don't think the food situation would make Pyramids broken. Duel map size is rough without Duel map setting.
August 26th, 2018, 13:55
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Well, I was about to comment about Coeur expecting too much from his compatriots, but...yikes. That's one of the most "my rival is an AI" assumptions I've ever seen. Culture bombing is a hostile act, not expecting a response is kind of hard to believe.
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With *this* power disparity? And as little threat as China's neighbors are to them?
August 26th, 2018, 15:20
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Hilarious that China's IW play might actually come off, if in a somewhat unexpected and 'let both sides die' way. And the timing is just perfect.
However, with OT4E copiloting, I expect China's forces to die in some hilarious tactical blunder. Should we tell Charriu about the real autoraze rules??
Also, WTF is with Shallow working an unimproved grassland over coast in a near-broke situation? The return on each turn of alphabet is massive, and that one tile change nearly doubles your net income!
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