[PB29 Spoiler] In which Joey, then mackoti, swing happy go lucky

[Krill]

Please break down how many of those whips were 2 pop and 1 pop whips...

[GermanJoey]

Sure. Updated to T58: (further updated to EOT T58)

Whip count:
TBS: 15 pop total; three 3pop whips, two 2pop whips, two 1pop whips
The Blues Brothers: 13 pop total; three 2pop whips, seven 1pop whips
Borsche: 4 pop total; four 1pop whips
Fennbandit: 3 pop total; one 2pop whip, one 1pop whip
Haram: 2 pop total; one 2pop whip
Tsargon: 1 pop total
Dreylin, Jowy, Scipio: 0 pop total

TBS did another triple-popper last turn, putting him back on top. I've pressed the whip button more overall (hell, before TBS played last turn it was as much as everyone else in the game combined, heh), but a big part of that is because of Imp's +50% hammer bonus, while the rest is that Granaries and Monuments tend to be quick 1pop whips when cities are new. I've needed to very carefully manage my happy cap to account for this; my first three cities each had a warrior garrison come in on the exact turn they would have grown into unhappiness. Even my newer, 4th city had a similar situation, where I finished sailing (connecting the city to my network and thus giving it access to the ivory) on the turn it would have went unhappy, due to my garrison there going out to meet my neighbor instead of keeping the peace. Soon, I'd have another happy crisis if it wasn't for the borders in my 3rd city expanding, allowing me to finally hook the silver. At any rate, I can afford to do mostly double-poppers from here-on out.

[GermanJoey]

Dreylin offered me OB, lol... dude I am not even sure where you are, much less have routes defogged to you. I will have my own internal 2c routes in just a few turns anyways, so no need to give you free cash plus let your scout romp around my land.

[GermanJoey]

Mmmmm, TBS logged in 6 times this turn. Oracle incoming?

I just got Haram's graphs, accidentally putting in 1 turn too many of EP. (I hope he doesn't read too much into that, like how I put all my EP on him early in PB20...) His CY is looking surprisingly high, despite his late 3rd and 4th settlements due to SH. Good player.

[GermanJoey]

T60.

Oracle was indeed incoming... but for Haram, not TBS! Well how about that. Haram hasn't logged in yet, but it seems extremely likely that he'll choose Metal Casting as his free tech, given that he's Ind plus the 2/3 early accessible forge resources.

In local news, we settled our 6th city, Willie Dixon, at the corn/gold. This one will be a real slow starter, but that's ok because it has a lot of strategic benefits. It locks down the border with Haram, before he even has his metal hooked, will give us timely access to the gold, nice considering our heavy whipping, and finally will give access to the stone once borders are popped. A worker is plowing the corn now, and we'll have a skirmisher on the way in just a few turns.




Willie Dixon was one of the most famous bluesmen out of Chicago, and he wrote like half the blues songs (and some rock songs!) you ever heard of. But, mostly for other people. He did a few albums for himself too though. Here's one of my favs:

[GermanJoey]

I just realized I didn't mention much about the guy our 5th city (1N of the copper, imminently finishing its Granary+Monument in quick succession) is named after, Sonny Boy Williamson II:




Sonny Boy is one of my favourite harp players, not only because of his transcendent, supernatural tone, but because he was fucking crazy as hell! He was a 50 year old guy pretending to be a 70 year old guy that was pretending to be a 90 year old guy. Let that sink in. The reason he's called the "II" is because he stole the name of a famous Chicago blues player in the 30s in order to help him score gigs, as he was roamin' around a world away in the deep south, only to end up becoming more famous than the original. After successfully touring around England and Europe in the early 60s, to huge, raving crowds, and playing with the most famous British rock acts (e.g. the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds), he came home to tell his friends and family about his adventure... and nobody believed actually him because they were so used to his chronic bullshittin'. I still think he's the all-time best blues harp... Little Walter is arguably the better technical player, but IMHO Sonny Boy just can't be beat when it comes to raw feelin' and soul.

[GermanJoey]

Here's another great one, where he plays the harp with no hands at the end.

[GermanJoey]

T61.

MMMmmmm, delicious.




B-B-B-BONUS DEER.

[Mardoc]

B-B-B-BONUS DEER.

I guess you'll be relocating the city 1SW, then

[GermanJoey]

B-B-B-BONUS DEER.

I guess you'll be relocating the city 1SW, then