A couple things... I realized I needed hunting to tech archery. I didn't realize this because I've never teched archery early in a game... Anyway that means 3T for hunting and 4T for archery. But I'm not going to switch to hunting now. Even though I felt a little threatened by Moogle's power + EPs on me I think that my post in the diplo thread should buy me some time. The only reason I'm worried about him at all is because he found my borders. No other team has done that yet. And noone is going to send a bunch of axes through the jungle looking for me if they don't know where I am specifically. Now pindicator has also spent 50 EPs on me. I assume that he hasn't met a lot of people and that I'm a natural target to keep an eye on. I mean lets be honest, I bear watching. 
Thing is I don't know specifically where Pindicator is. Let me show you why I'm so unafraid of being attacked:
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In this picture is everyone around me. I know that these are all my closest neighbors. Team FFH I found by hut map and so never actually made contact. Pindicator came east to find Moogle, whee I met him so he is farther west of Moogle. Moogle is across the jungle. His natural "enemies" should be pin and slowcheetah. Slowcheetah is even farther south of me and has Meiz 3 tiles away from him. His power is rising but I assume its for protection and expansion. Meiz is in the same boat even if he wanted to come after me he'd have to pass Catwalk/Elkad. Elkat is participating in a choke of TT with ASM. ASM is clueless that I'm his neighbor and is choking TT. Both are therefore preoccupied and even if they happen to scout me there is no chance they will be able to get a raiding party together before I've settled my copper and probably my horses. TT is aforementioned, being choked.
So there you have it. None of my neighbors are close. None of them know where I am, except Moogle, and Moogle now has better things to do than try to come after me. All the rest are preoccupied with their closer neighbors. I am willing to risk my entire game on the bet that Moogle will not be sending axes at me. Thus I will tech masonry as planned, build the oracle as planned, take MC as planned, and tech hunting + archery after masonry.
Home:
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I chopped the forest into the worker and then whipped the worker this turn. The forest I chopped was on rivergrassland and this turn I got a nasty surprise when a jungle grew onto that tile. At least I also got a free buddhism spread.
The new worker will finish the road next turn(t55). Current worker will start the road on the marble. Masonry at 2. T56 the new worker will put a turn into the cottage NE of Azza, the other worker finishes the marble road. Masonry at 1. T57 Masonry in, start quarry with both workers.
Decided this after my micro debate below. Basically I get the quarry a turn faster this way but lose the road on the grasshill next to it.
Oracle should be done EOT64 if I have both workers chop seperate forests... Is that fast enough... No. I'll move both workers onto one forest and chop it instead. That will start the Oracle turn 59 and finish EOT 62. I think EOT62 will be early enough.
Thing is I don't know specifically where Pindicator is. Let me show you why I'm so unafraid of being attacked:
In this picture is everyone around me. I know that these are all my closest neighbors. Team FFH I found by hut map and so never actually made contact. Pindicator came east to find Moogle, whee I met him so he is farther west of Moogle. Moogle is across the jungle. His natural "enemies" should be pin and slowcheetah. Slowcheetah is even farther south of me and has Meiz 3 tiles away from him. His power is rising but I assume its for protection and expansion. Meiz is in the same boat even if he wanted to come after me he'd have to pass Catwalk/Elkad. Elkat is participating in a choke of TT with ASM. ASM is clueless that I'm his neighbor and is choking TT. Both are therefore preoccupied and even if they happen to scout me there is no chance they will be able to get a raiding party together before I've settled my copper and probably my horses. TT is aforementioned, being choked.
So there you have it. None of my neighbors are close. None of them know where I am, except Moogle, and Moogle now has better things to do than try to come after me. All the rest are preoccupied with their closer neighbors. I am willing to risk my entire game on the bet that Moogle will not be sending axes at me. Thus I will tech masonry as planned, build the oracle as planned, take MC as planned, and tech hunting + archery after masonry.
Home:
I chopped the forest into the worker and then whipped the worker this turn. The forest I chopped was on rivergrassland and this turn I got a nasty surprise when a jungle grew onto that tile.
At least I also got a free buddhism spread.The new worker will finish the road next turn(t55). Current worker will start the road on the marble. Masonry at 2. T56 the new worker will put a turn into the cottage NE of Azza, the other worker finishes the marble road. Masonry at 1. T57 Masonry in, start quarry with both workers.
Decided this after my micro debate below. Basically I get the quarry a turn faster this way but lose the road on the grasshill next to it.
Oracle should be done EOT64 if I have both workers chop seperate forests... Is that fast enough... No. I'll move both workers onto one forest and chop it instead. That will start the Oracle turn 59 and finish EOT 62. I think EOT62 will be early enough.
“The wind went mute and the trees in the forest stood still. It was time for the last tale.”
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