I am now the greatest in the World!!!

February 10, 2001, 23:40

I'd like to take a moment for me. In fact I think every moment should be dedicated to me but I'll not go into that now. It's been some time since I boasted and inflated my ego among my good good friends here at apolyton. I am the greatest at 2x2x as you all know. But now I am nearing completion of my finale to this game. Once I defeat Nappy and Arii I will be the greatest 1x1x player ever!! MUWHAHAHAHA!!!

Smash · February 11, 2001, 02:13

Congratulations!

Hydey · February 11, 2001, 05:55

A legend in your own lunchbox.

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I am the real Troll
A.H. is a nice guy
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February 11, 2001, 07:05

Isn't there a problem in the title of this thread? Shouldn't it be "I am now the greatest fool in the world!!!" ?

And why are people here playing with a known cheat who has used a modified rules.txt?

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Chaos, panic and disorder - My work here is done.

February 11, 2001, 16:01

Well Carnide hosted and he got his as kicked so....you'll have to come up with something better than that. And those were all HIS settings.

War4ever · February 11, 2001, 16:39

Your not the greatest in the world until you conquer the Hordes..... as of yet this has not happened.... i will see you on the battlefield..... we will do a best of three....... to make it fair......as we all know that these games can be over real quick

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He's a womanizer.... but an expert at throwing knives..... The GZA

February 11, 2001, 16:47

I suppose you'll have to play me then, now that you reached the top...

Crustacian · February 11, 2001, 19:01

It is easier to proclaim to be greatest than it is to be proclaimed the greatest.

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The journey itself is the thing~Odysseus

February 11, 2001, 19:10

is EvilProphet = Eyes of Night?

cavebear · February 11, 2001, 19:15

Of course...

February 11, 2001, 19:19

You are a very strange guy Sean.

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Chaos, panic and disorder - My work here is done.

drake · February 12, 2001, 09:34

*Yawn*

drake makes really impressed face.

February 12, 2001, 11:41

I am going to beat the crap out of him tonight

February 12, 2001, 14:32

I think you need to give them an update now. HAHAHA!

drake · February 12, 2001, 14:37

*yawns again*

War4ever · February 12, 2001, 14:53

So i take it you won Sean

February 12, 2001, 15:12

he hasn't won yet but it looks like he will... but my 5 gold 8 beakers at size one start ruled...

after little time, he had overtaken me in population and production though, such as growth and technology... after he finished Mikes and the Gardens, my end was forseeable

I think it would be pretty sad to continue that game now, wouldn't it, Sean?

February 12, 2001, 15:23

51 cities by 625 BC, not bad.... but I wonder how you could manage with Barbarians all the time...

BTW, how fast is the second computer you're using there? and how large is a ZIP file of the toll you use to remove Barb units?

February 12, 2001, 15:44

Another day, another name added to the trophy folder. Names currently residing there: Crustactian, Markusf (2 files), Carnide, Chaos Warrior. If anyone is interested in joining them send me a message and we'll play. I'm always looking to add more people.

February 12, 2001, 16:03

The Game ended... what a glorious game, just without a winner

A nice draw, although he claims to have won. He's in the better position now, he's stronger, larger, etc. But after I finished the Great Wall, his only threat was to buy all my cities.

Good luck, with no diplomats. After all, he would have needed some time to beat me by military means, considering my city walls everywhere. By economic means (buying cities), who knows...

Mentally, I take it as his victory, if the only city that was ever captured was Cologne, that was leveled by my elephant

[This message has been edited by Chaos Warrior (edited February 12, 2001).]

February 12, 2001, 16:06

quite a nice powergraph, BTW

February 12, 2001, 16:07

I think I might have been able to buy them all with 1332 gold and about 420 gold a turn without even WLTKD my cities yet. I might have been able to buy those cities.

February 12, 2001, 16:14

I agree totally, and you HAVE been able to buy them. But in the moment we decided to stop, you hadn't bought them yet, so it's technically not a real victory. Neither did I surrender or so, just agreed to stop. Which was your proposal. See, I don't really care, claim the victory if you want, you deserve it, OK?

drake · February 12, 2001, 16:15

*falls asleep*

February 12, 2001, 16:38

*joins drake in sleeping*

Come on, Ming. You can hardly ban me for this i fyou don't ban drake. Yeah, yeah, I have a history... how boring...

markusf · February 12, 2001, 17:53

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Originally posted by EvilProphet on 02-12-2001 02:44 PM
Another day, another name added to the trophy folder. Names currently residing there: Crustactian, Markusf (2 files), Carnide, Chaos Warrior. If anyone is interested in joining them send me a message and we'll play. I'm always looking to add more people.
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Yup you must be the best, you will only play duels, you will only play on a medium map, and you will only play if you can host, and you will only play if i am not allowed to build a single caravan the whole game. First game we played you had a bunch of free techs, and 2 settlers allowing you to get rep by 2200 bc. All the huts you tripped where tribes or huts on the path to rep. Where as mine where 6 techs to no government, leaving me with a mess till 500 bc both games. I notice that you have 2 icq accounts online a lot, and sometimes 3 online at the same time. I guess all those extra computers really add to your playing ability? Anyways if you played in simul games with 4 or 5 players you might actually learn how to play, and not be the laughing stock of apolyton.

Hydey · February 12, 2001, 17:55

I know Sean has learnt his lesson and would never cheat to win, ie use a second computer or bodgy rules txt, so we should bow to his greatness.

Anyone using cheats to win is disqualified and becomes a loser.

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February 12, 2001, 18:14

I didn't win so...

February 12, 2001, 20:03

You disappoint me Markus. I guess it just confirms what I had suspected all along. YOu have absolutely no idea how you lost. Is this game just a matter of who gets republic first? Not only that I started with 1 settler. Our first game you got just as many if not more free cities than me. And I looked at the saves, you didn't have that many techs not going to republic. You even took one of my cities the first game. Caravans? I believe it was you who said that caravans were the most unbalancing aspect of civ2. But that matters not. You never even got trade or even go close to it. If we had played with caravans you would have been crushed because I had trade way before you. You have no excuse to have lost that first game. The second game you were on a sort of island, I don't claim that as a great win. hehehehe And now the greatest thing I always hoped I'd hear from you. You explaining your loss by accusing me of cheating. HAHAHA!! You've given me a real confidence booster. BOth games I had 1 settler. First game I had 1 tech, bronze working. Now maybe bronze working helped me get republic faster, you tell me. Also I've already explained how I have 3-9 ICQ's running at the same time. Do you really think I have that many computers sitting in my little apartment room? I thought you were this genius with computers? Guess not. Also, Carnide hosted the game he lost and they were all his settings so don't try to say that I'm manipulating the game through hosting. I'm sure you saved some of the turns so next time take a look at them. You're doing nothing more than speculating. In reality there is no real substance to your words. I told Crustacian that very same day the exact same words. You can't figure out how you lost. Your excuse is that you had bad techs leading to republic, you didn't have that many and I sure hope this game doesn't come down to whoever can get republic first. Not only that but you took one of my cities and took republic from me. You have no excuse, keep searching for the reasons.

February 12, 2001, 20:11

One more thing. Small maps are my best settings. You guys have been trying to get me to play a larger map for a long time. I think what it comes down to is that you're still clinging to the idea that I can only play certain settings. I've beaten you on all of the settings now. Live with it.

One last thing. Your supergrowth strategy sucks. It ranks right up there with the size 5 city strategy.