RBP4 [SPOILERS] - Shaka of Zulu (sunrise089, regoarrarr, and friends)

[regoarrarr]

Email off to WK

Hey WK,

How's it going? Been awhile since we really chatted, and it's usually a good idea to keep in periodic touch with at least your closer neighbors, so I thought that I would drop you a note.

So I'm much more of a builder type player, but sunrise keeps reminding me that I need to check the power charts, so I try to do that every now and again and while checking them this past turn, I noticed that your power has grown by quite a bit over the past few turns.

Is that anything that we should be nervous about? Civ kind of makes you paranoid, and so I thought I'd check in. I do realize that you have a much better enemy in plako, who is the score leader and is closer and is (probably) running a farmer's gambit, not to mention your civ's prior history with them.

So I understand if you don't want to share your plans, if you even have any offensive plans. On the other hand, we DO border plako as well (sort of). He said that he's got a settler on the way to the cows site directly SW of Bob's Fork

Anyways just some thoughts - feel free to reply back or grab me on chat some time

[regoarrarr]

I also chatted with plako some

me:: hey there
Sent at 09:52 on Monday
plako: hi
me:: what's going on in the wonderful world of not first place any more? ;-)
plako: Lord Parkin is growing like a weed
We can't keep up I'm afraid
WK has been building an army so we need to prepare ourselves
me:: yeah i noticed his power is much higher
do you have a nap or any other agreement with him out of your peace treaty?
plako: We had until T110
me:: ah ok
plako: so what about you
All peaceful in your neghborhood?
me:: so far so good
just trying to catch up
we're actually up to 8th and 9th in some of the demographics!!!!
plako: GLH should help you quite a bit after you get the cities up
me:: that's the plan anyways
only time will tell if it works
what's your front like with WK?
IIRC (to steal one of your city names), you got the holy city at your front?
plako: It is quite favourable to us
although he can still 1 move our frontline city, but it is on a hill and behind river
me:: do you know if he has HBR?
plako: yes he does
me:: yikes
how do you know?
c&d work?
plako: He has shown them
me:: lol
well that's a good indication then
did he do it intentionally just to let you know he has them?
or was it aslip
plako: I'm not big n C&D play more by the feeling
me:: yeah
it's hard to do much c&d at this point
plako: It is hard to hide them, when I'm usually 1st to log in and have isibility to one of his major cities
me:: that makes sense
you must have a lot of EP on him
plako: We've agreed to keep them at equal level
so no border is just that way
me:: must have judaism then?
plako: No city on hill and our border just is close enough although he got lucky spread on his capital
me:: oh i see
makes sense then
plako: btw. I've a settler heading to the cow site. Last moment to negotiate, if you want to affect its positioning
me:: maybe i'll just wait till WK takes you out and then snipe it ;-)
where are you planning on putting it?
plako: My maincandidate is SW or SW-W of it
from cows
me:: (btw that was a joke about WK - I haven't talked to him in a long time and have no idea if he is really planning on attacking you or not)
plako: I've talked with him So I know pretty well we need to settle this on a battlefield
Are you gonna put a city to compete with the cows, if I go SW-W?
me:: let me look at the map
so that seems a long way from your current border?
are you just trying to seal us off?
plako: Not really I'll found a city by the pigs also
so it is direct succesor of it
me:: only 2 cities in that little neck of land?
plako: Well there is room also in the south
but only pigs and maybe crabs to caim from 1 city
and then possibly 1 filler city that steals food from others
but I'm all ears, if you're suggesting somtehing else
me:: people are over here at my desk
so i can't look at the map yet ;-)
plako: ok

* He's settling the cows SW of Bob's Fork - if we want to object we should talk soon.
* WK is likely gearing up to attack him and has HBR

[regoarrarr]

T107 played

While exploring near Adlain's lands I found the 3rd iron we've seen all game.



And our 10th city founded



Raised gpt by another 3gpt, plus another 1gpt when that warrior moved into the borders, saving on Unit Supply

[darrelljs]

Raised gpt by another 3gpt, plus another 1gpt when that warrior moved into the borders, saving on Unit Supply

I love how you can keep a positive attitude despite having every reason for severe depression .

Darrell

[NobleHelium]

So how does your breakeven bpt compare to everyone else?

[Ellimist]

How would they know what everyone else's breakeven bpt is?

[NobleHelium]

Well he's been trying to track the gpt at 0%, so I'm asking him for an extrapolative estimate for the players whose numbers he has right now.

[sunrise089]

Well he's been trying to track the gpt at 0%, so I'm asking him for an extrapolative estimate for the players whose numbers he has right now.

Well if those few guys at like +21-28 bpt are really running 0% then we're destroying them, right? That said with few cities and no libraries (I think) our beaker conversion at 100% will be low.

[regoarrarr]

Well if those few guys at like +21-28 bpt are really running 0% then we're destroying them, right? That said with few cities and no libraries (I think) our beaker conversion at 100% will be low.

Yes I think our breakeven bpt is pretty competitive - certainly average or high.

We have 2 libraries - one in the capital and one in the gold city

[Krill]

Screenshot of F1, F5, and F9 demos please?