Civ 5 Giant mutliplayer robot thread 10

[Driderman]

Yeah; I usually go with Tradition or Liberty for my first policy tree, I like making sure my empire gets off to a solid start before I worry about religion or warfare. It does make it easier to grab Reformation beliefs, though, which isn't nothing.

A couple of them aren't nothing, but if you're third to the pick it feels like a lot of wasted culture. I think generally Piety has very little pay-off. Yes, getting +1 piety from religious buildings is nice for getting an early pantheon but if you go straight Piety from the beginning you're crippling yourself so that's not really an option. You need the cultural output from at least opening Liberty or Tradition ASAP, in my opinion.
The policy that gives you the Pantheon bonus from a secondary religion in your cities is next to useless since you have very little to no control over what other religions are around or what they picked. So it could be a bonus, if you're lucky, but it might as well be something completely useless and unless you get a city where that religion is the majority you won't be able to spread it on your own.
The one that increases Temple gold output is nice, but negligible and Mandate of Heaven (20% cost reduction on Faith purchases) is nice but again circumstantial since your religion isn't necessarily a Faith with buildings or units. I assume it applies to buying Great Persons as well, which is awesome but so much later in the game.

[Illven]

Seriously. We do our fastest turns when I'm about to leave.

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I think I'm just outside your territory. To the south east of your city.

If this is the case, shall we discuss sphere's of influence?

[GAAD]

Well, we might have the record for GMR games on this site. A full round in Six. Hours. Flat.
Sure, it's nowhere NEAR 10 seconds, but you take what you can get.
Paid for by the Xykon for President of India coalition

[Illven]

Well, we might have the record for GMR games on this site. A full round in Six. Hours. Flat.
Sure, it's nowhere NEAR 10 seconds, but you take what you can get.
Paid for by the Xykon for President of India coalition

You should all generally assume I need to vacation at any moment after sunday

[GAAD]

************* barbarians!
You suck.
You REALLY really suck.
That is called an "Ancient Ruin".
I for one would SUPER appreciate you GETTING THE **** OFF OF IT!

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Watermeloning barbarians!
You suck.
You REALLY really suck.
That is called an "Ancient Ruin".
I for one would SUPER appreciate you GETTING THE PIES OFF OF IT!

Ooh! Also: Pantheon next turn.

[Illven]

No. I lost a turn....

[The_Snark]

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I would be happy to discuss spheres of influence, but it should probably wait until we have a better sense of the territory - I haven't explored to the southeast at all yet, though I have a scout headed vaguely in that direction.

[GAAD]

General Address And Dissertations

It has been time uncounted since the Azurites first settled this land. Our forces have created a scouting party, to explore the strange and uncharted eastern lands. There, at the foot of the Northern Azurite Desert, we came across a strange sight: men. Not the degenerate savages to the deep south, but spoken ones. We have lent our hand in friendship to these people, your majesty, but it will necessarily be a long time until their reply. Until then, who wants a nice fishy? Who does? You does! Oh yes you does. Good kitty.

(I would not dare speak these words in the presence of his Divine Feliness, so I have trusted in this man, who has managed to imbue parchment with words. All hail the Gateway Around All Distractions. May the Queen never recover. The dunes hold our fortunes. We look north, to the holiest and most sacred lands we hold.)

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Why hello there Carpe! Honestly, this is the best possible first neighbor. I hope the Newbie Alliance holds!

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Detect Evil!
Huh. None found.
Boys, check them for lead!
What do you mean they're too far away? Fine, just wave that flag around.

*hrmhrm*

"WELCOME TO VERY CLOSE TO OUR HOME! DO YOU COME IN PEACE?"

OOC: Newbie Alliance? Us n00bs better stick together, especially since I've caught a glimpse (but haven't MET) of Orcus to my south.

[GAAD]

Grand Azurite Ambassador Delegate

Why?
Why must my job be so... difficult?
I believed we would never find someone else. But we have, and for that, we are thankful.
However, now I must prepare to greet these people. And I have been slacking off pursuing other worthy endeavors instead.

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OOC: First Carpe, then Orcus. This continent just got a bit more crowded.

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Detect Evil!
Normal amounts.
Hello. We come in peace. Please let us in. We're starving.
We hail from the mighty splendid adequately civilized Azure City.
We would be glad to show you a map of our lands in exchange for one of yours.

OOC:
Hello, Orcus. Come on, smile!
I take it to my east's the Nile?
I thought our meeting'd be a while
So I didn't have a pun on file.

Instead, peruse this cobbled rhyme
I crafted in the nick of time

And time, it is, to take your turn.
Watching isolation burn

In the night
Azurite.

I REALLY hope I didn't just start a poetry battle just now.

[Illven]

So GAAD's going for a cultural victory. Just throwing that guess out there.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

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Greetings! We welcome you with ceremonial kielbasa! You are quite...blue. We welcome the insights and perspective that such a cerulean people can bring to our nation! Unfortunately, there's a few barbarians afoot.

OOC: But of course!

[GAAD]

So GAAD's going for a cultural victory. Just throwing that guess out there.

Your people will wear my blue jeans and listen to my proto-jazz. andbyprotojazzimeanblues

[Illven]

Your people will wear my blue jeans and listen to my proto-jazz. andbyprotojazzimeanblues

Not if I go all Gandhi on you first.

[OrcusMcP]

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Warmest greetings, strange blue people, you are most welcome to partake of our hospitality! To our south is a peninsula of tundra and forest, and our city does indeed lie on the mighty Nile river. To our east is the Tigris delta. We seem to not be too far away from each other, perhaps when we have more of a complete view of each others territory we can treat about some agreed upon borders?

There once was a cat from Azure
He only ate tuna so pure
But his tummy got sick
From a fever come quick
And the cowbell offered no cure

This cat had the name Mr. Scruffy
And his face became ever so puffy
Paladins were so bitter
From cleaning the litter
They announced that they had enough-y

[GAAD]

There once was an Illven named Gandhi.
He didn't like it when he was called "Blondie"
So he took up his nukes
For they gave him the pukes
And destroyed them, and rather fondly.

The Azurites only want peace.
Let the thoughts of war be as the geese
And fly out of sight
In the edge of the night
As we share with you all of our cheese.

[GAAD]

OOC: Mr. Scruffy only deigns to respond to in-thread discussion during his turn.

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Greetings, Lord Orcumses.
I am Soya Sauso, Good Azurite Ambassador Delegate to the Empire of Egypt.
I once again thank you for the generous embassy.
Mr. Scruffy has responded that as a fellow sovereign power we should be glad to come to an honest agreement about borders.
Some people currently wish to settle elsewhere; however, our scouts are searching for a suitable location to our north, which as you can tell from your own embassy would not interfere with your majesty's plan.
May the Queen never recover,
SS, GAAD to Egypt

[OrcusMcP]

OOC: Mr. Scruffy only deigns to respond to in-thread discussion during his turn.

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Greetings, Lord Orcumses.
I am Soya Sauso, Good Azurite Ambassador Delegate to the Empire of Egypt.
I once again thank you for the generous embassy.
Mr. Scruffy has responded that as a fellow sovereign power we should be glad to come to an honest agreement about borders.
Some people currently wish to settle elsewhere; however, our scouts are searching for a suitable location to our north, which as you can tell from your own embassy would not interfere with your majesty's plan.
May the Queen never recover,
SS, GAAD to Egypt

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The Pharaoh greets you, and is amenable to your concerns. He lays claim to all that lays to His south, and to the bay that lays to His east. Anything outside of those borders is not considered Egyptian territory and can be settled by other peoples without molestaton.

[GAAD]

OOC: You know what? Scratch that. I won't wait to respond until my turn comes; that would be so tedious.

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Grand Pharaoh, shall the Azurites take that to mean that you consider mighty Thebes to be the northwestern corner of your empire?

[OrcusMcP]

OOC: You know what? Scratch that. I won't wait to respond until my turn comes; that would be so tedious.

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Grand Pharaoh, shall the Azurites take that to mean that you consider mighty Thebes to be the northwestern corner of your empire?

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Correct, but we have not explored to the immediate north of Thebes. If you plan to settle near there, then I suppose a policy of occupation-implies-ownership would apply. But yes, our designs are mostly to our south and to our east.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

I can't wait until I tech up enough to start laying waste to these barbarians...

[GAAD]

I can't wait until I tech up enough to start laying waste to these barbarians...

OOC: Don't the barbarians tech up in accordance with the players? I think it's a numbers game, you need a military prescence or else they will attack you, and they are as strong as your strongest forces.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

OOC: Don't the barbarians tech up in accordance with the players? I think it's a numbers game, you need a military prescence or else they will attack you, and they are as strong as your strongest forces.

OOC: From what I've observed, they tech up at a set rate. I'm mainly thinking of a particular advance that will strongly improve my ability to hit barbarians.

[Illven]

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Warrior von Almostdied is currently healing from almost dying.



The Archer formerly known as Scout as officially met Morocco. (This would have happened sooner, but the AI)



Other scout explores the coastline.



My capital. I'll get a worker as soon as I finish bronze working and thus can get those citruses without delay. My sailors won't ever get scurry.



Tech tree. Going to figure out what I need, then start bee-lining the science techs.



And culture

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And now we have officially met.

[GAAD]

There. That turn took eleven hours. Feel better now guys?

[GAAD]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand four minutes.

[The_Snark]

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Official greetings!

In the interest of being neighborly, you should know that there is a barbarian camp to the south of Three Chords, by the mountains, and another on the coast to the north; our military is currently engaged with the latter. If you would like to remove either camp we would be happy for the assistance, but understand if you'd rather avoid them.

[Illven]

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Official greetings!

In the interest of being neighborly, you should know that there is a barbarian camp to the south of Three Chords, by the mountains, and another on the coast to the north; our military is currently engaged with the latter. If you would like to remove either camp we would be happy for the assistance, but understand if you'd rather avoid them.

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Should Archer von Scoutington find these barbarians, I will take care of them.

To aid you, I know that Mt.Kailash is very close to you, south east of your land. You should visit if you haven't for the happiness boost.

[Illven]

It's time for the semi-weekly empire update. Yay!

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Warrior von Almostdied returns to engage the cruel barbarians.



ORANGE I glad these aren't bananas?



Scouty von Scoutington moves to loot the ancient ruin.



And we gain money.



Correction. Scouty von Best scout goes to loot another ruin.



Now for writing. Wait. How have we been doing this.



Seoul. Which is producing a settler.



My social policies.

[GAAD]

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I am so sorry.
I took your ruin.
I didn't know you were next to it until after I moved my scout onto it.
I didn't mean to.
Do you forgive me?

[CarpeGuitarrem]

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I am so sorry.
I took your ruin.
I didn't know you were next to it until after I moved my scout onto it.
I didn't mean to.
Do you forgive me?

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Truth be told, I forgot about it.
We will extend forgiveness, but only if you share the ceremonial pierogies with us.