March Madness: Civ4 AI Edition

[Ceiliazul]

Winner: Zara
Runner: Peter
Dead: Asoka
Survivors: 3
Victory: space on t313

[Jkaen]

Winner. Frederick
Runner up. Zara
First out. Asoka
Remaining. 4
Win. Space T333

[Sullla]

Reminder that this game will close tonight in roughly 12 hours from this post. Get your entries in soon if you haven't done so already.

[David Corperial]

Winner: Genghis Khan Temujin
Runner Up: Frederick
First to Die: Asoka
Number of Leaders Surviving: 3
Victory Date and Type: Diplomatic, T327

[tiredkitten]

Winner: Genghis Khan
Runner Up: Frederick
First to Die: Darius
Number of Leaders Surviving: 3
Victory Date and Type: Domination, T311

[Kuro]

Winner: Peter
Runner Up: Genghis Khan
First to Die: Frederick
Number of Leaders Surviving: 3
Victory Date and Type: Space, T323

I will admit I hope that Asoka goes on, but he is in an unenviable position, and yes I think all three Russians will advance: I like Peter's mix of science and growth flavors with high aggression and traits. Frederick will get heavily blocked off by Darius, start a stupid war and get swallowed, Genghis rampages Asoka while Peter swallows Mao and Washington, Genghis goes on to fight Darius, falls too far behind to win the game.

[RiverBabble]

Winner: Zara Yaqob
Runner-up: Washington
First to Die: Darius
Surviving Leaders: 3
Victory Type: Space Race
Victory Date: Turn 323

Why? Dunno, I don't have any analysis on this one. Just goin' with my gut.

[thestick]

Winner: Darius
Second: Zara
First to Die: Peter
Survivors: 3
Victory Type: Diplomatic, T330

(Peter, not Stalin.)

[Gawdzak]

Winner: Zara
Runner Up: Qin
First to Die: Asoka
Number of Leaders Surviving:3
Victory Date and Type:Diplo,t355

Zara has a lot of land to expand into and will eat Darius,but before that he will dog pile Asoka with Khan.

Khan will then attack a more advanced neighbour (Qin?) and get crushed. Washington and Freddy will then do nothing but wait to die,game over before both dies.

[haphazard1]

Hopefully get this prediction in under the wire, just found this whole tournament and have been reading to catch up. Great stuff! Many thanks to Sullla for handling everything, and for fascinating write ups.

Winner: Peter
Runner Up: Zara
First to die: Asoka
Number of leaders surviving: 3
Victory type and date: Diplomatic, T322

Thoughts:

Asoka has the three 'evil' civs around him, and will almost certainly offend at least one of them by planting a city or two in their faces. He will be too tempting a target, and will be the first to go.

I think Zara will find himself at least one religious buddy, and will manage to claim enough land to do well. He will avoid most of the fighting and will end up in second place.

Everyone else will either instigate (Temujin and Qin), get dragged into (Washington, Frederick, Darius), or opportunistically join (Peter) a long series of wars. I think Peter will manage to grab the most land of the 'evil' trio, and due to his placement will end up joining wars started by Qin and Temujin. This will lead to him picking up a good chunk of land without suffering nearly the losses, and he will eventually amass enough population to land a diplomatic win with support from either a military ally and/or a religious buddy.