Civ 5 Multiplayer 5: Empire Strikes Back (Giant Multiplayer Robot, G&K+BNW)

[The_Snark]

Spoiler: Spectators

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State of the empire update!



As you can see, the Aztec empire is ticking along slowly but steadily. I did manage to build the Hanging Gardens, and have successfully founded that second city...



... which is coming along reasonably nicely. Petra is next on my to-build list, but unfortunately my production there isn't great; it'll take around 15-20 turns to finish. I'm hoping nobody else is aiming for it at the moment, because I doubt I'll beat them there. The Aztec military is occupied with scouting for good city locations and hunting barbarians for sacrifice; mostly the latter at the moment, admittedly.

Things are coming along okay, but if the scores are any indication the other civilizations are moving faster. Mmm. This is the first time I've tried going tall in a proper multiplayer game, it may not be as effective here as when dealing with AI.

[thirsting]

Spoiler: To Portugal

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Greeting from the Celtic lands! We have been waiting to meet a nation rich enough in surplus goods to trade with, and we suspect you might just do. Our lands produce stupefying amounts of truffles; perhaps you would like to have some of our quality stock, and give us some of your beautiful dyes in return?

-Captain of Celtic trade vessel

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Germans have still not attacked. Why haven't they? Maybe they are gathering even more superior army before they crush us? Maybe we are little paranoid?

Planning to settle one more city to one of those small islands in North West, there's a spot of Citrus not visible in this picture, but it's very close to German borders. Perhaps that's enough to finally aggravate our neighbours enough for them to come at us?



I'm also waiting for more barbarian camps to appear. I've tried to make sure there's lots of land area covered by fog of war in our island, but they just won't spawn. Seems that one point in Honour social policy might have been better spent somewhere else entirely...

[Luzahn]

Apologies, but it looks like we need a rollback on the game. I've accidentally uploaded my game 4 save to this one.

[Illven]

Let me know when to take my turn then.

[Frog Dragon]

Apologies, but it looks like we need a rollback on the game. I've accidentally uploaded my game 4 save to this one.

Much roll. Very back. Many revert. Wow.

Currently trying to do the revert. GMR seems a little slow. Hopefully this works.

[Illven]

I think it's still on my turn.

[Frog Dragon]

Looks like it. For some reason GMR doesn't want to complete the revert.

Edit: Revert successful. Took a few tries, but it should be Luzahn's turn now.

[Illven]

And now for another tour of the best empire!

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What can Scouty von scout see across the northern islands. More shallow areas.



Pallet town. The best town. Once I finish a Art guild, I'll start building a National college.



Newbarktown. In need of some improvements.



Cinnabar island. Once the Granary is built I'll start work on a work boat for those whales.



My tech tree.



Soon my tourism will increase hopefully.

[Illven]

Spoiler: For Rome

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I re-sent the Whales for Gems deal. It stopped due to time.

[Frog Dragon]

..I was skipped? I was certain I had played the turn. Apparently not then.

[Illven]

Spoiler: To Rome

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I have a copy of whales if you want to trade.

[thirsting]

Spoiler: To Germany

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Our scout vessel would like to return home, but it would have to travel through your waters. Could we agree to open our borders temporarily?

- Celtic Ambassador


(I'll have the needed tech recearched next turn)

[Magentawolf]

Spoiler: To Rome

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I have a copy of whales if you want to trade.

Spoiler: Japan

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I'm willing. Are you still in need of gems? There needs to be a better notification of offered deals in game. :P

[Illven]

Spoiler: Japan

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I'm willing. Are you still in need of gems? There needs to be a better notification of offered deals in game. :P

Spoiler: Magentawolf

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Oh. I have gems.

Unfortunately, all you seem to have are single copies of luxuries.

[The_Snark]

Spoiler: Spectators

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Time for another state of the empire update - this time featuring actual progress!



The capital is slightly larger, but otherwise unchanged. The real news lies to the north...



... where my second city is booming. As you can see, I managed to finish Petra, in a city surrounded by desert hills; this is as close to an ideal desert city as I've ever seen. Between the wheat, sheep, that lake, and various miscellaneous bonuses, it's growing rapidly despite its location (it's already larger than the Polish and Portugese capitals), and its production is excellent - I just started on Chichen Itza, and it'll only take 5 turns. And there's still plenty of room to grow and improve.



And here is my third city; it's nothing special, but it comes with a rare luxury resource (there aren't many unique ones around here) and a lot of iron and fish, so I expect it to fare reasonably well.

I don't have much in the way of long-term plans at the moment - there are a few passable places to settle nearby, but nothing extraordinary, and as a Tradition-based civilization I want to be picky about my city locations. My first trireme is just now setting sail to explore the coasts; maybe I'll find something on an island nearby.

[Frog Dragon]

Spoiler: To Rome

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In the name of Gajah Mada, the great Mahapatih of Jakarta and Surabaya, we greet you.

We come from an island to the east, and though we come bearing bows, we mean no harm. Barbarians have simply made travel dangerous. Nevertheless, you shall see our ships again soon, unless your people and Mahapatih forbid it. Our merchants are brave and always eager to contact new lands, and we believe trade enriches us all.

OoC: Hi, my embarked archer is next to your border.

[Illven]

Spoiler: To Aztecs/Bird of Purgatory

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Greetings from Japan.

For our historic meeting, we have sent a deal to you, a exchange of embassies, and of our whales, for your spices. Is this acceptable?

[The_Snark]

Reposting in relevant threads:

I surrendered all my games.
I have a major crisis in my life and will need to re-evaluate a lot of stuff, and taking GMR turns wasn't one of those things. I can't even be bothered to post in all the threads, either. Sorry to all those affected, maybe we can start a new game at some and build it from the learning experiences we've had concerning GMR but right now I need to figure out and stuff, and probably cut back on things that tie me to the computer for non-studying purposes.

[The_Snark]

I think I just uploaded the wrong save to this game - could someone revert?

[Magentawolf]

And can we get a replacement or something for thedoomerx, too? 25 skipped turns is too many..

[Frog Dragon]

Rewurblinated.

And yeah, I took a glance at the "recent turns" and Jamin has not actually played a turn for like three weeks. Jamin, are you actually still here? There's no point in having you in the game if you don't actually take the turns.

Edit: How do I boot someone anyway? There doesn't seem to be a command for it I can find. I guess I could mess with the timer and autokick settings to do it but that's a little complicated.

[Jamin]

Sorry the emails where marked as junk it seems . I just took my turn but if you want to find a replacement I wouldn't blame you.

[thirsting]

I don't use the email notification thing at all, it just clogs up the mailbox unnecessarily. I keep the link to my games in my "Favourites" tab both in laptop and phone. Using that you can see how soon it'll be your turn. Just have to make it habit to check it daily, but it helps a lot at keeping up with games.

[Frog Dragon]

For some reason I can't get to GMR. Can anyone else? Downforeveryoneorjustme says it's up, but I cannot get to the site or contact the server through the GMR program. Everything else works, but GMR won't.

[Magentawolf]

For some reason I can't get to GMR. Can anyone else? Downforeveryoneorjustme says it's up, but I cannot get to the site or contact the server through the GMR program. Everything else works, but GMR won't.

It appears to be working as of now. I hadn't otherwise checked this morning, however.

[Frog Dragon]

Works again.

[thirsting]

Spoiler: To Germany

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Our boats need to pass through the shores that belong to you. We are willing to pay handsomely for this access through your waters and some of your incense, with gold nuggets and delicious truffles.

- Celtic ambassador

[Jamin]

Spoiler: To Germany

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Our boats need to pass through the shores that belong to you. We are willing to pay handsomely for this access through your waters and some of your incense, with gold nuggets and delicious truffles.

- Celtic ambassador

Spoiler: To celts

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That should be fine

[Frog Dragon]

Spoiler: For Spectators

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The Great Mahapatih of Jakarta and Surabaya has embarked on an effort to rid the Indonesian home islands of the barbarian menance.


The operation was started by attacking the barbarians neighboring our allies in Hanoi.


Seeing that they still harassed our shores from their crude boats, the Mahapatih ordered his soldiers to find and subdue the source of the threat.


The barbarians were tracked to a nearby island and the attack proceeded smoothly.


With the barbarian threat to the south eradicated, the Mahapatih intends to do the same in the north and consider the usefulness of the smaller island for expanding his empire.

[thirsting]

Spoiler: To Germany

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Our sea-captains report they have been unable to get through your borders, saying your coastguard has not even heard of the deal we made. Please see to it that they be informed that our boats are allowed to pass.

- Celtic ambassador


(You have to actually remember to manually accept the deal for it to come to effect, and the prompt does not come up automatically like in singleplayer. )