Civ 5 GMR 16 Reject Earth Edition

[Illven]

Sorry, all I have are Icy Cold Arctic Water Ports.

I guess what you two need...

Is an Icebreaker.

[Silverraptor]

I guess what you two need...

Is an Icebreaker.

Nah. We're still in the public space. We're good.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Sorry, all I have are Icy Cold Arctic Water Ports.

Spoiler: Polynesia

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99% sure we're in Asia and you're literally as far from an ocean as it's possible to get on planet Earth, ironically. Either that or somewhere around Moscow. I appear to have spawned in Siberia and actually settled somewhere at the corner of there, Mongolia, and Manchuria. Funny that the sprawling cultural empire and the tiny mercantile power are sitting in the historical territory of angry, angry steppe raiders.

[Illven]

Hey... Guess who's playing on chieftain now....

Any ideas on a fix?

[Illven]

Spoiler: Sunday spectator update extravaganza

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With William's return we celebrate by taking money from one of nearby minor nations.



As our archer squads train to excel in hilly areas.



As they show their skills by fighting the savages.



As our settler convoy moves with the archers under their watchful eye.





Other troops keep watch for the savages.



As we open up trade with one of the minor nations, to further increase our coffers.



Here we see what William wills for us to research as well as what we already have.



And the glorious city of Amsterdam.



Here we see the policies.



Here we see that we are best in soldiers and approval.



Delicious, delicious Chieftain difficulty.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Hey... Guess who's playing on chieftain now....

Any ideas on a fix?

Yeah I have no idea other than "start over", sorry. I know this happens sometimes with people picking up AI civs, but I have no idea how to fix it.

[Illven]

Yeah I have no idea other than "start over", sorry. I know this happens sometimes with people picking up AI civs, but I have no idea how to fix it.

So surrender, and have you re-submit the invite?

[Nerd-o-rama]

So surrender, and have you re-submit the invite?

I mean, maybe that would work, but it strikes me as just repeating the same thing that caused the problem in the first place.

[Illven]

I mean, maybe that would work, but it strikes me as just repeating the same thing that caused the problem in the first place.

We can try it? It usually works that replacements are on prince difficulty.

[Nerd-o-rama]

We can try it? It usually works that replacements are on prince difficulty.

If you want to, let me know when you hit surrender and I'll reinvite.

[Illven]

If you want to, let me know when you hit surrender and I'll reinvite.

I did. You should probably take your turn btw.

[Nerd-o-rama]

I did. You should probably take your turn btw.

I would have if I could have, but I couldn't so I didn't. It's not like I'm doing anything but scouting.

Spoiler: Your Invite link

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http://multiplayerrobot.com/Game/Joi...3-7fa4a94312ab

[Illven]

It's been fixed.

[Nerd-o-rama]

It's been fixed.

See my avatar's expression for my response.

[DodgerH2O]

Edit: Whoops! Wrong thread.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Spoiler: The Huns

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Greetings from the people of Persia. We noticed your recent settlement on the northern sea and wish to exchange ambassadors, in anticipation of future trade opportunities.

Pretty sure you're in the wrong thread here. We don't have any Huns. I know, because I'd have been wiped out by now.

[DodgerH2O]

Yeah, meant that for 14. Thanks for noticing.

[Shishnarfne]

Well, I think that I'll be away (travelling for most of the next two weeks). I figure that I better set myself to "vacation mode" and mode that the AI doesn't do anything ridiculous (like sparing the life of the barbarian I've been bombarding).

[Illven]

Spoiler: Sunday spectator update extravaganza

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The citizens demand that William procure them this sugar. This thing we don't even have a concept for. An impossible goal, for an impossibly talented man.



Rotterdam, soon to be Petra isle's defense force has no issues.



Amsterdam's defense force reports no savages.



Here we see our technological progression that William has declared.



Maps of Amsterdam show it working on a settler band.



As Rotterdam constructs a granary.



Our goverment has not changed much in recent years.



Our sages tell us, our army is the biggest in the world!

[Silverraptor]

So I am unable to submit my turn. Why is this happening?

[Silverraptor]

Alright, managed to submit it. Seemed like a turn reversion was all it needed.

[Nerd-o-rama]

/quietly abuses host privileges and extends own turn.

Sorry guys, this was a rough holiday weekend for me.

[Silverraptor]

/quietly abuses host privileges and extends own turn.

Sorry guys, this was a rough holiday weekend for me.

That's fine. How many of us have you extended turn timer for?

[Nerd-o-rama]

Alright I keep forgetting to do this and this is a couple turns out of date, but it's the turn when interesting stuff happened, so...

Spoiler: Saturday Spectator Spectacular

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"I say, you lot have learned to count again. Jolly good, wot, how many arrows've we got in the old armory?"

The good news was that the displaced Discworlders had rediscovered the magic of numbers and re-entered the Classicial era.

The bad news was that the nobility of Ankh had reasserted their authority. Fortunately, with only simple bows and clubs available for weapons, they mainly concentrated on hunting the copious deer in the nearby forests, rather than waging jolly old war.

They even created a shrine to Herne the Hunted, although they were rather confused about the gender of the deity in this new world. Still, it's the Century of the Fruitbat or something similar, it's none of their business how gods of small fuzzy animals wish to identify¹

Trade was the lifeblood of Ankh-Morpork, in the same way that other peoples' blood was the lifeblood of vampires.

"Oy, what are we supposed to do with all this nightsoil we're cartin' away from nob hill?" asked a Morporkian.

"Just throw it in a pile," another said. "ol' Harry says it'll be useful if you stack it up right."²

The rich and plentiful land of what turns out to be Asia. These were Ankh-Morpork's neighbors, including the independent city of Mogadishu on the nearby coastline.

"Can someone invent a telescope or something to trade to the bloody barbarians in exchange for all their land? And while you're at it, invent ships."³

Demographics. First in Population and Manufacturing, a respectably close second and third in GNP and crop yield considering my location. My trade routes are probably what are putting Japan as #1 in GNP too. Last in land (that'll be a constant) and Literacy (because I haven't quite gotten around to inventing writing yet thanks to beelining for a wonder and now for expansion.)

¹Three Camp resources in the area, including the Ivory. As the Book of Squeaks says, "There may be good eating on a tortoise, but there's a lot more good eating on an elephant. Or it will when Morporkians learn to write.
²Needless to say, the Hanging Gardens are a high-risk, high-reward Wonder. Look at all that Food! It's usually highly competitive, but in this game the only Civs likely to beeline Mathematics as their Classical opener are ones that favor a wide game and therefore Liberty. We'll see if they went with that strategy. I'm #1 in Manufacturing, and all in one city, so hopefully I can bust this out ASAP.
³When Venice discovers Optics, they get a free Merchant of Venice. I'll demonstrate what those do later.

Also I'll put the turn timer back to a day when it gets to be my turn again.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Double posting to make sure everyone sees that the turn timer is back down to 24 hours now.

[Mx.Silver]

As mentioned in the GMR 14 thread, my old PC's finally given up the ghost and it looks like it might be a while before I get a suitable replacement. As such, I should probably drop out so as not to drag everything to a standstill.

If there's anyone following the thread who isn't playing and fancies taking up the reigns, now would probably be a good time to ask for an invite link.

[Illven]

Spoiler: Spectator bonus update

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Our spearmen squads, train to fight in open terrain to rush down their foes before them.




Our archers try to take out a camp of savages preventing our settling band from moving forward.



Rotterdam's defense force reports no problems.



As does Amsterdam's.



Our work band starts to move to Rotterdam on orders of The great William to improve the marble outside the city.



The other work band goes to gain us a supply of furs.



One day our settling band will settle like William wants us too... One day.



Here we see what technologies glorious William orders our scientists to study.



Maps of Amsterdam circle among the populace.



Rotterdam working on a shrine to the god of plantations.



William was recently crowned king of all the dutch. Long may he reign and keep us safe from the savages.



The sages tell us we have the most GNP and the biggest army of all.

[VoxRationis]

Spoiler: Illven

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So, great king of the Dutch, where are you planning on putting that settler? Also, what victory are you thinking of going for, if it's not too early to tell?

[Illven]

Spoiler: Spectators

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If I had any guess right now. Autocracy domination purchasing.

I'm not set on this right now however.

My biggest issues right now are how slow my settlements are, and that most of my resources are calendar luxuries.

[Nerd-o-rama]

As mentioned in the GMR 14 thread, my old PC's finally given up the ghost and it looks like it might be a while before I get a suitable replacement. As such, I should probably drop out so as not to drag everything to a standstill.

If there's anyone following the thread who isn't playing and fancies taking up the reigns, now would probably be a good time to ask for an invite link.

If anyone seriously wants to play the Iroquois (and spare us from the AI eating up all the terrain), here's an invite link.

Spoiler

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http://multiplayerrobot.com/Game/Joi...f-a4bf0345a916

Also I appear not to have fixed the turn timer, but I'll get it when I play my turn this evening.