[LURKERS] Setting Up Tents for a Ren Faire

[The Black Sword]

There are lots of other ways to get commerce if you really want it though, and I think they're more cost effective. Eg. Grow onto an extra cottage instead of whipping the temple. Honestly, I'm pretty sure I'd prefer Notre Dame to just the UoS on its own, but I'd try to find a better use for my GP(like the academy in my sim).

[Fluffball]

I feel like REM would be better off just not rocking the boat and waiting for Scoollla to make the first move.

Scooter won't attack Mack unless he's at war with someone else. Scooter is pretty solidly in third place IMO, so it's not up to him to decide who takes down the leaders. He just does his thing. If REM does absolutely nothing (not likely), eventually Mack will just win via having more than twice as much land as he was "given" by the map.

With REM in a position to win, it's up to himself to make sure he wins. Scooter is not in an obvious position to win so it doesn't matter if he acts or not. It's better for him to sit tight and wait for an opening.

Especially if Sulla comes back to add his voice, he won't advocate a full blown war against anywone, he'll council Scooter to take a few cities then get back to econ.

[OT4E]

There are lots of other ways to get commerce if you really want it though, and I think they're more cost effective. Eg. Grow onto an extra cottage instead of whipping the temple. Honestly, I'm pretty sure I'd prefer Notre Dame to just the UoS on its own, but I'd try to find a better use for my GP(like the academy in my sim).

You can finish with same bonus as you get from Academy, may be with slightly more efforts, but still more than nothing. If you dont want to waste GP, you still have an option to hook stone and get it for 240 base hammers.

[GreyWolf]

The period on the cusp of Rifles and Cavs seems quite intense, with massive armies being raised and periods of single turns meaning a lot.

[Tyrmith]

Scoolla's plan seems very risky to me, but I guess you play to win, not play to not lose.

[ipecac]

Or, maybe this is even a better way to put it: winning the lottery is a huge fortune that could change your life, but I wouldn't cut off my arms and legs as the price for someone's winning lottery ticket.

I mean the question now is: is there a way we can hint to them that their grand strategy will not work? I understand that's at best a gray area in the lurker code but ... well ... If the game's for the enjoyment of the players and the player isn't considering all their options ....

I guess is in order? I won't say anything but, man, are they in for a rough ride.

IMO it was a crazy fun strategy until the inevitable (in retrospect) flaming out and dying. Though it might have worked against weaker competition.

[greenline]

IMO it was a crazy fun strategy until the inevitable (in retrospect) flaming out and dying. Though it might have worked against weaker competition.

What was your ETA to Communism before the phract attack?

[ipecac]

IMO it was a crazy fun strategy until the inevitable (in retrospect) flaming out and dying. Though it might have worked against weaker competition.

What was your ETA to Communism before the phract attack?

Which ETA? The one which we planned at T0? Or the one after we realised

1) The map is such that our slowed expansion will seriously cost us
2) How on earth are the other teams expanding so fast?
3) We're gonna die

[ipecac]

They all are definitely better than NotreDam or than bulbing tech which doesnt give an instant output.

Notre Dame does give output as every other team was constantly bumping up against the happy limit. It's probably the best wonder except for a well-timed Taj.

[GermanJoey]

Did you guys ever think about grabbing the AP?