Gaspar Wrote:Victoria of Byzantium (FIN, IMP, Mysticism, The Wheel, Hippodrome, Cataphract)
Vicky of Byz was a much better choice in the game this came from than here, but in fairness they didn't have any other options. Vicky is midgrade FIN leader with the often self-destructive IMP trait. The dichotomy here is that you have a trait that wants a fast start - IMP with a Civ with terrible start techs and a second trait that benefits little in the early game. Obviously, all that matters not if they're in the game at Guilds - Cataphracts are unstoppable if used correctly at tech parity. We've very rarely seen this accomplished, however.
Mist is a crazy schemer. Ichabod is a competent game-manager. Neither has much competitive BTS experience. I expect a crazy scheme and decent micro. Realistically, this probably wasn't the ideal game for them to come into - though I expect Ichabod to run the show most of the time. They're definitely the wild card here, we just don't have enough to go on.
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Exploitable weakness: Green to base Civ MP. Likely to have a slow start.
Biggest fear: They stay in the game until Guilds and are our neighbor.
Pre-game prediction: 5th place.
Well, getting 3rd place wasn't so bad after all. For a minute there I thought we could end up winning this game, but it wasn't to be. Right in the part of the game where we were supposed to shine, we ended up screwing everything up.
