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[SPOILER] Where the Green Things Are - PBEM 33 Lurker Thread

#31
September 21st, 2012, 19:10
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TheMusicMan Wrote:ok ill build research then. nothing else will be built in time

Build a warrior and upgrade him. Not like replaceable parts is useful.

If someone decides to wipe you out, make every step they take as bloody as possible.
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#32
September 21st, 2012, 19:13
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What happened this game?
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#33
September 21st, 2012, 19:21
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Musicman screwed up his defence and got stomped by Slowcheetah.

Music was in a strong position earlier but he really needs a good guide to using military. He kept getting defeated in detail and isn't responding properly to getting attacked.
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#34
September 21st, 2012, 20:20
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He wasn't really in a strong position. He was good for the first 50 turns or so then went way off the rails doing things like researching Liberalism without getting the bonus tech before he had Currency. And he went into anarchy like five times to swap into civics like Serfdom at the rate of one anarchy turn per civic.

Then he got attacked and basically didn't respond at all other than to build a couple pikes or something to defend against cannons and janissaries. Well, his response was to give away all his cities to everyone else in the game.

Oh and you can't build warriors after Gunpowder.
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#35
September 21st, 2012, 21:56
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Sez he can smile

But yeah, Music still needs a bit of mentor. Especially the ability to grasp the macro and read the flow of the game.
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#36
September 21st, 2012, 22:11
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I think that in many ways, he is still very new to high-level play, even high-level sandbox play. For example, in PBEM 41
He forgot about chopping out terraces and instead slow-built and whipped them out. I was so confused about why he was falling behind the expansion curve until Catwalk pointed out that he hadn't been chopping (I don't actually have the password to the save, I've just been giving advice based on the thread).
and in this game he obviously got distracted really easily. That being said, he's definitely playing better in PBEM 41 than he is here, so he's probably improving pretty rapidly.
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#37
September 21st, 2012, 22:41
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He played his opening fine here for the most part.
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