[spoilers] themusicman: coherent of beat

[TheMusicMan]

Engineer? Oooh, big decisions. If there are no wonders you actually need right now, then machinery is a good deal. You're worried about axes? Not with a crossbow or 2 in defense. It's a pretty expensive tech too, so not at all a waste to bulb.

As for determining culture, you can try the victory screen for the top 3 cities of the nearest rival, but otherwise you have to watch the tile percentages. You can compute exactly how many of your own culture points you have on a tile, so a little math can determine how much they have. Look at it a couple turns apart to get a good idea of the culture rate... but it's not going to matter because taking a first ring tile from an opponent city is difficult. Not only that, it gets more difficult as you go along.

You could pile wonders in Nzogbia, but wouldn't it be better to pile axes (or crossbows!) into his city instead?

haha only have temple of artemis,hanging gardens and maoi statues available atm so looks like machinery to build macemen and crossbows then

[TheMusicMan]

lazy sunday afternoon
i got no mind to worry
i close my eyes and drift away

ok good turn for update as settled the island of xisco this turn my ninth city.tempted to build the statues of moao but nzogbia would be better as it will also works 8 water tiles. looking to settle the elephant/whale city next but need a good 'fat bastard' name. beardsley? barnes? bellamy? speed? too early for the last one?

as i am themusicman im finally doin a music run. hope to drop a great artist culture bomb on boumsong to hopefully win back those sheep. good idea? will 4k culture be enough?

time for pics

the north plus notes. wheres sunnydale? another slowcheetah city or someone else?



the south

[TheMusicMan]

thought id do a quick update

i am themusicman
and i come from far away
and i can play.
what can you play?

yes! i won the race for music!! actually was there one? no idea haha but i won it anyway! so, what do i do with this great artist? he appeared in carroll and is called wag-bo or wang-chi something or other but thats probbly irrellivant. in carroll hes offering to join city for +3commerce and +12culture or do great work for +2680culture or bulb drama or ofc start golden age. so what would benefit boumsong more? +12culture/turn or the dump of +2680 assuming its the same as this will pop the border beyond refined. but im confused.com as civfanatics said you get +4k for the culture bomb

also completed first crossbow in carroll will churn them out to all cities with city garrison promo as have already built a barracks

oh yeah haha better also mention im building the shwedagon paya in boumsong too coz it was the quickest

[TheMusicMan]

another quick update, will do pics if turn comes around again today

moved great artist to boumsong and still going to get +2680 culture if i bomb it. i want that sheep back brick

(ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
(ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)

haha brick gets rick-rolled

started a run on liberalism now (philosophy, theology, paper, education, liberalism0 but set to 0% to bank some gold. should get another great prophet in carroll in 10 turns so will bulb theology and stack up those religions haha

[TheMusicMan]

(ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
(ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)

ok heres the promised pics theres been some changes



new city of speed founded. might get in trouble with kyan for that one haha

on the other side the maoai statues got built at end of turn


now the south



see the notes? how did that happen in boumsong? oh yeah haha whatshisface added 2680 culture. hence the reprised song at the start. whats that brick?well how else am i supposed to compete with your creative trait?

new city planned in south. beardsley, barnes or bellamy? gah cant decide

at least im on 0% tech so i can afford these new cities for the time being, ie 8 turns

oh and sian has extra marble to sell huh? that be mine! excuse for war? better get buidling haha

[Nicolae Carpathia]

4000 culture on normal speed.

4000 * 0.67 = 2680 on quick speed.

A strange quirk of culture: while artist bombs are 0.67 of normal, cultural borders are 0.5 of normal. 5th ring borders are 5000 culture on normal, and 2500 on quick. Therefore, bombing on normal gives 4th ring borders, quick gives 5th ring borders.

It's weird okay.

[TheMusicMan]

It's weird okay.

youre telling me


ok this update was planned for sunday but hey

goodbye ruby tuesday
who could hang a name on you?
when you change with every new day
still im gonna miss you

damn lost out on the schwedagon paya. to brick! gah at least it isnt in hellmouth unlike the great library. weird that citys not in the top 5. on a plus i got 208gold so at least itll fund my liberlism run.switched to 100% for 2 turns to complete philosophy then ill drop to 0% for 3 turns while i wait for the great prophet to bulb theology then 2 turns at 100% for paper. hopefully the new city of bellamy in 4 turns time wont stretch the economy to much. +117gold at 0% -150gold at 100% atm.

next update on sunday should have pics

[TheMusicMan]

hmm quandary theology will take only 1 turn next or do i wait 3 turns for the great prophet? if i complete the research what will i bulb?

[Merovech]

Most likely Divine Right.

[TheMusicMan]

Most likely Divine Right.

ah haha that sounds cool

ok had to replay the last turn which i didnt notice was turn 100 so i decided to take some pics. be prepared for a wall of them haha

the north:


the south:


city overview:


no idea why beardsley already wants a transfer

carroll:


boumsong:


owen:


n'zogbia:


viduka:


gonzalez:


bramble:


solano:


xisco:


speed:


beardsley:


if anyone watching wishes to advise me if theres better tiles to work please shout. you can see the proposed site for bellamy on the owen screen.

religion:


maybe i should spread hinduism about a bit more. but i should be adding christianity and islam to the multi-religious mix very soon

victory screen:


boumsong just stands out doesnt it? maybe ill build the apostolic palace in carroll at some point

top 5 cities:


cool i have 2 in there

demos:


could be better. but could be a lot worse haha