Mackoti wants to teach a lesson to SS.URA

[mackoti]

so here i want my screenshot.

[plako]

Screenshot

[mackoti]

So i go huyna.Why? never played fin or huyna at rb.Got vikings , played them but never concluded the game.

[GermanJoey]

Why did you pick Cha at first? Same reason?

[mackoti]

Why did you pick Cha at first? Same reason?

Yes, and i wanted to use whip more,but is not for me.You know in pb20 I whiped 6 times, small cities make me depresed.

[mackoti]

I dont know what to say man, after other got a hill plant, for second city i got no city wth 2 resources i first ring and all tiles ar maximus 5 tiles, how i supose to compete this way with the SS team in condition they got a 2 Hill plant, at least i hope they got same optins like me for a second city.

[mackoti]

Pass is 'mac' game at the begging, 4 turns ro oracle, plan was to get monarchy and revolt on HR, slavery, OR in a single turn.

[GermanJoey]

oh, Mack is back. Mack I see you posting in the lurker thread, do you want your game back? I have taken good care of your game, I promise.

We got Oracle, I took Monarchy like you said and did the triple revolt.




I made a missionary and spread Judiasm to capital, and 2 chops on the turn Math came in + overflow meant we 1-turned a library. Then I whipped a settler, it's OK though because the next cottage doesn't finish until next turn anyways. It will be back to size 9 by the time the next one is done, and then the next in time for size 10, once Calendar is in. Here's our GNP after we 1-turned sailing from nothing with the library, its very high although CY is sad.




Empire shot, 2 turns ago. That's the second missionary building there, we have gotten no random spreads. Shrine is due in a couple turns, maybe that will help...




Here's the capital from last turn. Everyone's got chariots lurking around so I made some spearmen quick.




We settled this city, nice defensive spot... I debated between this spot and 1NW for a long time, but I think this spot is better even though it can't lighthouse or reach the crab. Its not boatable, gets 3rd ring culture on the silk faster, and discourages Yuri from trying to claim the silk himself. (looks like that sheep is the only food for it). Besides, I think we have to settle on that cow at some point, as that island can hold two cities and its the only island we have. I have a galley ready to go next turn, can settle the first city on the island T62. The island has a gold, its a very nice island. I forgot to take a screenshot of it, I'm like retep, very bad at remembering to take screenshots of PBEMs.




Demos saving gold... I got archery for cheaper garrisons and a bit more power. The plan is for Calendar next, for 3 plantation resources and to use OR + marble + chops to make the MoM in the corn city. Then make ToA in the Oracle/Stonehenge city, and fire off a lot of GAs. Gotta be careful to make the Academy scientist somewhere clean...




By the way, I renamed all your cities... Cities are very expensive, after this island one I think there's only one more good one to get without crashing the economy too hard, at the cow/incense/rice spot to the south of the capital... that one's not as easy to defend as some of the other borders though...




TBS/Seven have very high CY, kinda scary. Let's hope they crashed their economy, although probably not with those two in charge.

[mackoti]

I am back just lurking here and there, you done a very good job.Well this diference of crop yeld is made mainly by the map design so you cant do nothing about that.You got very few food , if there was a sea resource must be a crab and clam, food at big distances.I tried very hard to be competitive but was near imposible which what i had here: not a PH start, no second city with good food, and all other cities needing a border pop to get some food, so i was forced into stonehenge and after that with the happines around forced into oracle-monarchy.

[GermanJoey]

Thank you. I'll do my best to catch up on food, if our people can't eat fish and pigs well then I guess they'll just have to eat marble. I just wish we got some free Judiasm spreads already.

I think other players will probably have more cities at this point, building settlers instead of henge and oracle. Some of the CY difference is probably from that, which means that as long as we have the land we should catch up OK. More cities faster is not necessarily all that great here since maintenance is so extreme. Also, TBS/7 are the only team with Agr, so I think they probably have something like +10 food just from that. Cha/Agr were really perfect traits for this map, they had a very strong opening. Ichabod is Exp Inca, so he's got to have some nice big cities too from early granaries.

What do you think about great people, should I try to get a GS for an Academy first before the second great prophet pops? Or just try to get the GS in the first GA?