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March Madness: Civ4 AI Edition

#261
March 29th, 2014, 19:46
flugauto Offline
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Winner: Augustus
Runner Up: Lincoln
First to Die: Hammurabi
Civs Surviving: 2
Victory Type: Domination
Victory Date: T310
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#262
March 29th, 2014, 20:04 (This post was last modified: March 29th, 2014, 20:08 by Dantski.)
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Winner - Lincoln
Runner Up - Washington
First to Die - Hammurabi
Number of Civs Surviving - 4
Victory Type and Victory Date - Space T327

I think the 2 Americans will get ahead of the others who will be warring for significant periods. Lincoln (who's capital is amusingly called Washington, not confusing at all!) is more isolated and I think his land is good enough to put him ahead.

Also not following the trend and picking Ragnar.
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#263
March 29th, 2014, 21:11
Merovech Offline
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Posts: 3,588
Threads: 13
Joined: Jun 2012
Winner: Ragnar
Second Place: Washington
First Eliminated: Hammurabi
Number of Civs Surviving: 4
Victory Type: Space
Victory Date: T330
Merovech's Mapmaking Guidelines:
0. Player Requests: The player's requests take precedence, even if they contradict the following guidelines.

1. Balance: The map must be balanced, both in regards to land quality and availability and in regards to special civilization features. A map may be wonderfully unique and surprising, but, if it is unbalanced, the game will suffer and the player's enjoyment will not be as high as it could be.

2. Identity and Enjoyment: The map should be interesting to play at all levels, from city placement and management to the border-created interactions between civilizations, and should include varied terrain. Flavor should enhance the inherent pleasure resulting from the underlying tile arrangements. The map should not be exceedingly lush, but it is better to err on the lush side than on the poor side when placing terrain.

3. Feel (Avoiding Gimmicks): The map should not be overwhelmed or dominated by the mapmaker's flavor. Embellishment of the map through the use of special improvements, barbarian units, and abnormal terrain can enhance the identity and enjoyment of the map, but should take a backseat to the more normal aspects of the map. The game should usually not revolve around the flavor, but merely be accented by it.

4. Realism: Where possible, the terrain of the map should be realistic. Jungles on desert tiles, or even next to desert tiles, should therefore have a very specific reason for existing. Rivers should run downhill or across level ground into bodies of water. Irrigated terrain should have a higher grassland to plains ratio than dry terrain. Mountain chains should cast rain shadows. Islands, mountains, and peninsulas should follow logical plate tectonics.
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#264
March 29th, 2014, 21:16
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Posts: 4,416
Threads: 34
Joined: Dec 2010
Winner - Ragnar
Runner Up - Lincoln
First to Die - Hammurabi
Number of Civs Surviving - 3
Victory Type - Space
Victory Date - T309

My thoughts:
- First death will most likely be either Augustus or Hammurabi. I don't think either of them have much of a chance to win this based on their locations and what I've seen from their leader AI.
- Haven't been too impressed by what I've seen from the Kublai AI in the past, so while he may survive to the end I think he'll be at the bottom of the scoreboard. Could be wrong though, so much depends on the specifics of the map.
- Ragnar probably has the best shot to win this, providing he doesn't attack Kublai or provoke a multi-front war against him.
- I'd be very surprised if at least one of the American leaders doesn't survive to the end with a decent score. I'm hedging my bets on Lincoln, though it's probably a coin toss between him and Washington.

My wild stab in the dark at a full prediction:
#1 - Ragnar
#2 - Lincoln
#3 - Kublai
#4 - Washington
#5 - Augustus
#6 - Hammurabi
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#265
March 29th, 2014, 23:28 (This post was last modified: March 30th, 2014, 22:08 by Azza.)
Azza Offline
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Posts: 2,534
Threads: 22
Joined: Jan 2012
Winner: Washington
Runner Up: Kublai Khan
First to Die: Hammurabi
Number of Civs Surviving: 3
Victory Type and Victory Date: Diplomatic T330


The two warmongers eat up Hammurabi. Ragnar then overextends himself attacking Augustus, allowing Washington to come in and take a chunk of his lands. Lincoln sits in his corner waiting to be devoured by Kublai, Washington kills Ragnar, and Augustus votes Washington to finish a diplo win.
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#266
March 29th, 2014, 23:31
BaII Offline
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Posts: 1,448
Threads: 14
Joined: Mar 2013
Winner: Ragnar
Runner Up: Kublai
First to Die: Lincoln
Number of Civs Surviving: 2
Victory Type and Victory Date: Domination T 332
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#267
March 30th, 2014, 00:09
Amelia Offline
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Posts: 2,257
Threads: 13
Joined: Jun 2010
Winner: Ragnar
Runner Up: Kublai
First to Die: Hammarubi
Number of Civs Surviving: 2
Victory Type and Victory Date: Domination

There's basically no hope for Hammarubi this game, he's surrounded by both war leaders, and Kublai can only expand into him. Ragnar will either eat Hammarubi or Augustus first, then continue into the Americans.
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#268
March 30th, 2014, 01:46
Nakor Offline
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Posts: 3,143
Threads: 21
Joined: Oct 2009
Winner: Ragnar
Second Place: Kublai
First Eliminated: Lincoln
Number of Civs Surviving: 3
Victory Type: Domination
Victory Date: T307
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#269
March 30th, 2014, 02:17
Azoth Offline
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Going with the crowd on this one:

Winner: Ragnar
Runner Up: Kublai Khan
First to Die: Hammurabi
Survivors: 3
Victory: Domination, T300

I'm thinking Kublai for runner up because:
- he's Creative, and if he plants his second city due south of Karakorum, he shouldn't get boxed in at the start
- Ger and Ivory go very well together
- he has the best chance of reaching Friendly relations with Ragnar: warmonger respect + mutual military struggle against Hammurabi + Hereditary Rule/Bureaucracy favourite civics + possible shared religion
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#270
March 30th, 2014, 02:28
Kuro Offline
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Threads: 19
Joined: May 2011
Winner: Ragnar
Runner Up: Augustus
First to Die: Hammurabi
Survivors: 4
Victory Type: Diplomatic
Victory Date: T311

Nobody giving Augustus much of a chance but I like him for runner up: Ragnar swallows up Hammurabi and then continues past him, Augustus' traits and personality lead him to a more wonder + expansion game and he possibly buddy-buddies up to him via religion: Praetorians, even without aggressive, will help him survive if he lives that long. Then Ragnar calls diplo to win after failing to hit Domination for a long time and before he launches a ship.
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