What's OCC?

Smokey tha nuke man · January 6, 2001, 17:17

ok, this has been bugging da smokes. it may sound dumb, but as some really old dude once said "there are no stupid questions, just stupid people." any way, what is an OCC game. da smokes keep reading "ina an OCC game..." and the like, so what is it

and yes da smokes is an idiot

Smash · January 6, 2001, 17:19

One City Challenge.

Win the game by spaceship only ever having 1 city.

Smokey tha nuke man · January 6, 2001, 17:30

thanx for clearing that up smash

jcarkey · January 6, 2001, 21:13

In the strategy forum they have fortnightly OCC comparision games.

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SCDARS · January 7, 2001, 14:49

It might be very helpful to study the tips revealed by Paul on his Civ2 OCC Webpage.

Furthermore I would advise to start with one of the first comparison games as the difficulty gradually improved...

Good luck, I hope you give it a try, OCC games are really faster and don't give it up if your first game end's with a defeat - it's named a challenge...

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Laertes · January 8, 2001, 07:50

OCC stands for Very Difficult Game.

I think I have made the mistake of playing on normal, random maps rather than the created ones. I can never find the right territory, either not enough shields or not enough food.

I have got as far as:

- being the leading civ in science
- making 6 spaceship components by 2020
- actually surviving the whole game!

And it is relatively quick, but no less addictive.

kcbob · January 8, 2001, 09:44

quote:

Originally posted by Fergus Horkan on 01-08-2001 06:50 AM
OCC stands for Very Difficult Game.

I think I have made the mistake of playing on normal, random maps rather than the created ones. I can never find the right territory, either not enough shields or not enough food.

Another thread asked if you ever cheat. This might be as close as I come to cheating these days. When I decide to play an OCC game, I will continue to restart until I get an almost perfect starting position. (If I can't find one within 5 to 10 moves) If I'm going to play OCC, I might as well start out in a good position.
Then again, even that doesn't ensure victory.

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