Yup I find the politics make it much more interesting to watch. Especially since we know there are some players here who are just a lot better at the game of civ itself compared to others, it helps even the playing field a bit by adding in some other skills. To a degree that's why I'm not so fond of the NTT rule. As we see now it's really early but all the teams are having to come together to fight one player because if not then there will be no catching up for them later.
Speaker & Sulla make for a very powerful team. Think how far ahead they are now growth wise, tech wise and economy wise. Imagine if they were left alone for 50-100 more turns. With NTT, if you fall behind you basically stay behind. There's no catching up or really playing any sort of role afterwards that I can see. So if anybody starts pulling ahead then everybody better teamup and take them down quick.
Speaker & Sulla make for a very powerful team. Think how far ahead they are now growth wise, tech wise and economy wise. Imagine if they were left alone for 50-100 more turns. With NTT, if you fall behind you basically stay behind. There's no catching up or really playing any sort of role afterwards that I can see. So if anybody starts pulling ahead then everybody better teamup and take them down quick.