So, who is going to win ?

Darrell

Warning! In this thread there will be SPOILERS! If you are not me or a lurker, get out now! While you still can! Hurry




Okay, following in the grand tradition of first-post spoiler-free silliness, please enjoy the following image from the pen of Mike Mignola, the same creative genius whose work I have so lovingly ripped my avatar from:

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Actual content to follow shortly :neenernee

So what you say?

I was thinking something along the lines of quick speed again, but with a bit of spice, a 3v3 or a 2v2 for a change. Perhaps a late era start? Medi or Ren, for instance. Could be interesting.

One note though: AW games are hard and fast, no holds barred games, and you need to co-ordinate tightly with you team. Each team should be balanced, so if I were a new player I would be hesitant to join up. I know it isn't the ethos of RB, and that's why everyone is welcome, but this won't be a good game to learn the ropes with - if you are on my team you'd probably get very annoyed with me before the game even started.

It looks like the spoiler threads have started to pop up, so this will be mine. To ensure no one is accidentally spoiled by a misclick, this first post contains no information that will compromise you.

Here's a random bit of silliness to fill the rest of te browser.

I thought I'd have a slightly different title as I'm quirky!

Just so that we avoid any spoilers from absent-minded clicks, here is my leader! Just because there will be no spoilers doesn't mean that they can't learn something ;-)



[SIZE="3"]A brief history of Otto von Bismarck[/SIZE]

Otto Fürst von Bismarck, the architect of German unification and the arbiter of European politics during the second half of the 19th century, also known as the "Iron Chancellor", was the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire, and through his diplomatic skills, he managed to maintain the peace in Europe for a generation.

Early Life and Career

Otto von Bismarck was born on 1 April 1815 at Schönhausen in Brandenburg, Prussia. His father, Ferdinand von Bismarck-Schönhausen, was of the old Prussian nobility. His mother, Wilhelmine Mencken, from the upper bourgeoisie. He studied law at the University of Göttingen in Hanover, and obtained his degree in 1837. In 1847, he married Johanna von Puttkammer. During the revolutions of 1848, Bismarck favored suppression of revolt and opposed any concessions to the liberals, staying loyal to the monarchy. In 1849, he was elected to the Prussian Chamber of Deputies (the lower chamber of the Prussian Diet). In 1851, Frederick William IV appointed Bismarck as the Prussian representative to the federal Diet in Frankfurt. In 1859, Bismarck was sent to Russia as Prussian ambassador to St. Petersburg, and in May 1862, he moved to Paris as ambassador to the court of Napoleon III. Soon after he returned to Berlin, and on 22 September 1862, Bismarck became minister president and foreign minister for the Prussian king William I (Wilhelm I).

German Unification

After a series of victorious wars against Denmark over Schleswig-holstein in 1864, and against Austria in 1866, the North German Confederation (Norddeustcher Bund) was formed in 1867 under Prussian control. Then in 1870, following the victorious conclusion of the Franco-Prussian war, Germany succeeded in obtaining Alsace and Lorraine. The German Empire was proclaimed at Versailles on 18 January 1871 by King William I as Emperor, and Bismarck was elevated to prince (Fürst) and imperial chancellor (Reichskanzler).

Imperial Chancellor

As German chancellor, Bismarck directed his foreign policy at maintaining and strengthening the power of the German Empire. In order to prevent a war of revenge, Bismarck decided now to isolate France diplomatically. In 1873, he formed the Three Emperors' League (Dreikaiserbund) with Russia and Austria-Hungary. But rivalry in the Balkans provoked the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, and Bismarck had to mediate at the Congress of Berlin in 1878, successfully maintaining the peace. Increasing Russian hostility brought about the the Dual Alliance with Austria (1879), and then the Triple Alliance when Italy joined in 1882. Bismarck, however, sought to tie Russia to this alliance by reviving the Three Emperors' League (1881-87) through the Reinsurance Treaty (1887-90). He also gained British cooperation.
Domestically, Bismarck extended the powers of the imperial government, adopted laissez-faire economic policies, fought the political power of the Roman Catholic church in the Kulturkampf, and pioneered social welfare measures.
After the death of William I in 1888, differences between William II, provoked Bismarck's resignation on 18 March 1890. He devoted his last days writing his memoirs. Bismarck died in Friedrichsruh on 30 July 1898 at the age of 83.

(Text taken from http://www.kbismarck.com/ottovonbismarck.html)

Proper posts coming up.

Why yes I'm going to go ahead and create my spoiler thread. I need the first post to be spam in case someone accidentally clicks on my thread, so here's a story for you all. If you're familiar with Darwin Awards you've probably heard it, but if not, this story is one of my favorites. Granted, it's an Urban Legend, but it's good enough to make up for it.

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Bizarre Death

At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS, President Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story:

On March 23,1994 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten story building intending to commit suicide. He left a note to that effect, indicating his despondency. As he fell past the ninth floor his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window which killed him instantly.

Neither the shooter nor the descender was aware that a safety net had been installed just below at the eighth floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned.

"Ordinarily," Dr. Mills continued, "a person who sets out to commit suicide and ultimately succeeds, even though the mechanism might not be what he intended, is still defined as committing suicide."

That Mr. Opus was shot on the way to certain death, but probably would not have been successful because of the safety net, caused the medical examiner to feel that he had a homicide on his hands. The room on the ninth floor, whence the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun. The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger he completely missed his wife and the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.

When one intends to kill subject A but kills subject B in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject B. When confronted with the murder charge the old man and his wife were both adamant. They both said they thought the shotgun was unloaded. The old man said it was his long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her. Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that is, the gun had been accidentally loaded.

The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother. The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus.

Now comes the exquisite twist. Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus. He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten story building on March 23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window. The son had actually murdered himself so the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.

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Alright enough of that , first real post with some intro stuff coming up shortly...

So I bought a new computer, with Windows 7. I am having a hard time installing moo. Doing what I did in XP (windows 95 compatibility instructions from Sirian's site) is not working. Do I have to run this program through DosBox? Will that work?

Any recommendations?
Thanks!

Okay, so they want highlands. Square Leg had the good idea of combining that in with an inland sea. We get the cool effect of only two fronts like in PB2, without the expense issues due to toroidal wrap. He also suggested we put an island in the middle of the sea that requires galleys and has 3ish of a resource not typically available on highlands maps. I thought these were all good ideas, so that's what I'm doing.

I'll post a diagram with dimensions later tonight (don't recall the X/Y lengths off the top of my head).

Darrell

P.S. Who wants to bet that everyone's top leader will be Brennus? I'm really surprised no one suggested a band on he and Boudica .

We know Compromise ran away with it, but just to report for posterity:

Compromise: Domination win 1870 AD
pocketbeetle: Culture Victory 1660 AD
Rowain: Conquest 1880 AD
SevenSpirits: Domination win 1430 AD
spacemanmf: Diplomatic Victory 1790 AD
timmy827: Culture win 1580 AD
T-hawk: Space Race Victory 1740 AD (sponsor shadow)

dsplaisted: Retired 750 BC
Jabah: Retired 1260 AD
Katsuun: Retired 1520 AD
Maksim: Retired 1530 AD
Muaziz: Retired approx 1700 AD
darrelljs: Retired at unspecified date

Honorable mentions:
Compromise: 16 wonders constructed by 500 AD.
Compromise: 2840 BC elimination of an AI civ
SevenSpirits: 840 AD fastest to build a Citadel.
Compromise and pocketbeetle: Size 65 city by 1500 AD (tie!)
Compromise: 28 Great People by 1500 AD.

Didn't realize how many retired games there were until compiling this list. Even though I set up the scenario to make coming to a victory condition fairly quick, on a small map with a good medieval UU/UB. Was there something that the sponsor could do to encourage playing to completion, or is this just kind of going to happen anyway?

Turn Order:

Quote:Sandover - GMT + 1-2, preferably 5-9pm
Bob - EDT 5-10pm
scooter - EDT 5pm-midnight
timmy - PDT: evenings
SleepingMoogle - 9am-noon GMT
TT - GMT flexible

Quote:bobchillingworth at gmail dot com
pbem3zara at gmail dot com
sandoveratrealmsbeyond at gmail dot com
ttpbem3 @ gmail . com
rbtimmy827 @ gmail . com

Quote:Game Settings:
-Highlands Map
-All other map settings/design are up to you
-Balance Resources checked
-No Tech Trading
-Quick Speed
-Raging Barbs
-Noble difficulty
-No Huts
-No Random Events
-No Vassal States
-Restricted Leaders

Quote:-Map trading allowed before paper
-Contact with X is allowed once you have either met X, or met (in-game) another civ Y that has met X. Y must give permission for you to actually contact X, but Y is not obligated to grant you permission.