REM goes on the Sudric Express [Pitboss 33 spoilers]

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

Hmmm. Just looked in to see what happened to the last of Gaspar. Seems he burnt the 2 cities and resettled one on the iron. Makes better use of the available land, and gives us a slightly closer border that isn't under too much culture pressure. However I will control one of his second ring tiles for the forseeable future, I'm putting 6 tile culture per turn onto the old Gaspar city site. Doubt he will turn that around until he gets third ring culture in that city himself.

Think this is turning into a 2 horse race now... With myself at 2nd power it doesn't seem like anyone is planning a 'move' any time soon. DZ could have perhaps had a pop back at Drey4E before their Dutch war had ended as they have decent power, but now that would be quite foolhardy. Khmer pretty much have 2 players land whilst in SP so very little extra costs for it. I have a decent amount of cities compared to them and am currently more productive per city being org and with the SoL. I cannot see any of the other players catching us up now easily without a big military push.

I would say definitely it is Drey4Es to loose from here. They have leveraged the philo well for an early boost, and used spi to flit well also. However I count they have used at least 4 GP (eng for taj, 2 artists for communism, 1 GP for second GA) and have a GSpy in the bank. They might find it awkward to get another GA soon even with philo (perhaps) and now they probably will settle into a specific set of civics... It's not like usual where there are a lot of towns to benefit from FS/US, nor are the caps that grand really. It probably has moderate use at best now, although running serfdom with that new land could be good I suppose! I have an outside shot here.

Current guesstimate of win probability - Drey4E 65% myself 25% others 10%

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

If you can see that this is what I need to do to win

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7037568...by-society

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

So - I humbly request a reload. I do not know how it happened but auto promote turned on last turn... All my rifles are pretty much city defenders

I understand that it will cause a little fuss so if the admin says no I understand... But this is killer to me

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

God I'm an idiot.

[BRickAstley]

So - I humbly request a reload. I do not know how it happened but auto promote turned on last turn... All my rifles are pretty much city defenders

I understand that it will cause a little fuss so if the admin says no I understand... But this is killer to me

I think this situation would be fine to reload. We would only need to reload back to right before BGN played and finished the previous turn, so BGN, please PM me if you have any specific issues with me doing so.

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

So - I humbly request a reload. I do not know how it happened but auto promote turned on last turn... All my rifles are pretty much city defenders

I understand that it will cause a little fuss so if the admin says no I understand... But this is killer to me

I think this situation would be fine to reload. We would only need to reload back to right before BGN played and finished the previous turn, so BGN, please PM me if you have any specific issues with me doing so.

No that's fine, I just need to jump in and out without autopromote on I think. THANK YOU!

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I do need to check 27 in case it happened there too. 30 and 31 I can both live with it happening on

[picklepikkl]

REM, I understand you probably feel very silly right now. Hopefully this will help:

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

REM, I understand you probably feel very silly right now. Hopefully this will help:

Thanks. I did feel a fool. Tbh though the reload here was neither here nor there really. However the reload in 27 involved Boak and Adrien replaying who are both in wars. That I do feel really bad about.

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

Quick text update. Cities 13 and 14 have now been founded, Bill and Ben. Both on the island between me and pind. Another couple of settlers out soon for the third and final city on that island, and then also to try and get the silver site on the Gaspar/pind/me shared island. Drey4E have already staked a claim by putting a rifle up there. Let's see how quick they can put a settler out too.

Tech wise BGN and scooter both have assembly line now. Not sure if this or last turn actually. This could be where scooter makes his move. Fast build of cheap assembly plants and then dominate with agg inf whilst others are behind... BGN I am more worried about as we share a naval border and I gave him circumnav ships he is org so hopefully the allure of factories will be great, and I can build my way out of this mess. He will struggle to get many ships out with his settles, but inf will be a pain. I'm building more units to compensate now. Cav are almost better defenders here with the higher strength and no 25% bonus v them.

I actually veered away from assembly line and went physics. I felt that if I could get the GS then I would be in very good stead here. I will get it in 2 turns. Plus the airships will give me a huge Intel advantage, and could cut and landed army down to size fast IMO.

I should jump in and check to see how much gold Gaspar has in case he is planning any upgrade and attack moves!

Demo wise I am a good 20% more MFG than the next best, and even without any wealth/research builds I am rocking about a 25% lead on GNP. CY I am falling behind Drey4E massively, but not much I can do there yet. I am only 2 cities behind currently although a fair amount of land behind now. GP born next turn in Duck too 403020 ish GS GE GM so clearly I will get a third GM

Plan - as always, expand, don't get attacked and lead on with superior tech. I am more productive than Drey4E despite a land and city deficit. I can do something here!