President's Report 1853-??? and potential Turn Chat

H Tower · January 15, 2003, 22:24

I'm in the middle of playing right now, and i figured i would give people a chance to speak their mind while i was playing. I'm sitting in the #commonwealth chat room right now. here's the first part of the president's report for this session:

1852
vallidolid renamed shady of trees
Santander renamed Amazon Island
cunaxa renamed Cavebear City
Cannae renamed Hydeyville
cartegena renamed Darkness' Fort
bilbao renamed WhereItsAt town
cordoba rushbuilds factory
valencia rushbuilds factory

1853
chinese develop corporation
barbarians land near capitol!
japanese get the corporation from the chinese
celts develop communism
japanese begin Bach's
vigo builds harbor begins aqueduct
pamplona builds diplomat begins freight
WhereItsAt town builds colloseum, begins
cadiz builds factory begins cruiser
valencia builds factory begins library
cordoba builds factory, begins transport
st. praski builds library, begins cruiser
capitol builds freight, begins destroyer
silk to tientsin, we get 76g
force peace treaty on chinese
capitol gold to vigo, we get 124g

1854
chinese have nearly completed Bach's
mongol sneak attack, dragoons attack naples and die
panama builds library, begins freight
leon builds sewer system, begins harbor
we discover machine tools, begin espionage
seville builds food freight for wonder building
newly arrived destroyer from St. Praski to Naples kills mongol dragoon, become vet
wine from capitol arrives in Leptis Parva, we get 177g
expedition for non units sets out from obladi with 3 diplos

force peace on chinese

1855
chinese build Bach's in Beijing
celts get tactics from mongols
mongols get communism from celts
saragossa builds harbor, begins freight
salamanca builds diplo, begins factory
newly built destroyer in capitol kills barbarian dragoon
cavalry from pamplona kills barbarian dragoon outside CAPITOL
diplo bribes another barbarian dragoon which kills last barbarians outside of CAPITOL
diplo in naples bribes mongol CAVALRY, none unit!
force peace treaty with mongols
capitol begins building freight

H Tower · January 15, 2003, 23:29

1856
mongols get theory of gravity
barbarians attack and kill one of our new riflemen and the diplo he was protecting

viking chariot appears outside panama, i demand that they leave, vikings declare war

i kill chariot

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celts declare war

1857
mongol government overthrown
chinese ironclad dies attacking freeport
issus builds engineers, begins marketplace
naples builds marketplace, begins barracks
leon builds harbor, begins caravans
pamplona does the freight cycle thing
valencia builds library, begins harbor
cadiz builds cruiser, begins police station
destroyer and cavalry combination in naples kill riflemen and cannon in kerman, next turn we will tak it, hopefully

1858
chinese develop consciption
mongols become fundy
celts discover electricity
mongols get electricity from celts
leo's upgrades all diplos to spys
leo's upgrades all dragoons to cavalry
we get espionage, begin working on miniturization
freeport builds engineers, begins marketplace
granada builds aqueduct, begins costal fortress
barcelona food caravan
cordoba builds harbor begins police station
st. praski builds cruiser, begins colloseum
New Apolyton Forces Capture Kerman!
the mongols get down on their knees and BEG for peace.
we have 3 mongol settlers to our north

It appears the mongols are building a railway from Kazan to Naples, we can use it to attack them when the time comes

force peace on celts, vikings, and chinese
we have 6 freights sitting for a wonder.

1859
sneak attack by mongols :rolleyes
two cannons die assaulting naples
sneak attack by japanese
japs kill engineer on amazon island
WhereItsAt town builds freight begins another freight
City of rabbitton founded north of saragossa
gold caravan arrives in vigo we get 180g
gold caravan arrives in vigo,we get 198g
And I can't decide what to do next around naples. Time for the defense minister to pull a miracle out of his hat.

War4ever · January 15, 2003, 23:32

looks like a pretty good turn, as i predicted, the ai broke some peace treaties

typical civ2, no wonder why we don't let the ai live in normal games

H Tower · January 15, 2003, 23:33

I'm emailing the minister's the save right now, i'll get to screen shots later tonight, right now i'm hungry and my brother wants to watch a movie. so i'll be back in a couple hours with screenies for everyone

H Tower · January 15, 2003, 23:51

as usual one of the ministers has a full email box. tell me when you clean it out

Ben Kenobi · January 16, 2003, 01:27

Earlier today I had 300k space.

Just how big are these save files?

Cleaned the box down to 1.5 of 2 MB.

Should be able to send it now.

BTW- Cavebear zipped the files, only 50k rather than -300k.

Anyways, good turns.

Post the screenshots for the gallery.

H Tower · January 16, 2003, 02:27

someone complained about not being able to open the zip one time, and -JRabbit can't use it unless it's zipped. so i usually include both

War4ever · January 16, 2003, 17:29

hehe bogged down by the red tape haha

cavebear · January 16, 2003, 19:47

Things seem to be moving along well at this point; good play, H Tower!

It's annoying the the Mongols won't keep a cease-fire for more than a turn.

War4ever · January 17, 2003, 17:18

that is a flaw with aggressive militaristic civs though, and isn't our rep questionable or something like that ? if so , that takes away any credibility we have.

either way, this will continue the rest of the game, so like i have said before, we need to continually swat any cities /troops that get in our way.

unlike a conquest game though, we wont' take this action to their homeland

cavebear · January 17, 2003, 19:18

Yeah, what War4ever said...

War4ever · January 17, 2003, 21:18

OMG, Cavebear are you ok

cavebear · January 17, 2003, 23:58

Quote:

Originally posted by War4ever
OMG, Cavebear are you ok

No need to feel *too* shocked. I *like* winning and sometimes that requires military action. You should have seen me in the previous game.

Ben Kenobi · January 18, 2003, 14:18

You guys were relentless with superClads pumped with both Magellans and the Lighthouse.

Funny thing was, your president chose to rush the Lighthouse on a whim, setting your entire strategy.

HTOWER- DUDE, WHERE'S MY SAVE? Please re-send.

H Tower · January 18, 2003, 16:31

Quote:

Originally posted by obiwan18
HTOWER- DUDE, WHERE'S MY SAVE? Please re-send.

War4ever · January 18, 2003, 18:58

It would appear i missed out on a great game before hand, this one is fun, are there plans for another ?

if so, count me in

H Tower · January 19, 2003, 01:56

the community is continuing to shrink, it almost seems like its only the ministers who are left. If we finish this game, I of course plan to participate in the next one, hopefully we'll have more people come back

Ben Kenobi · January 19, 2003, 02:18

I think it's hard to keep people interested in a space race game, which is a real shame since this is going to be a squeaker.

Lots of work left to do before we finish.

Any ideas on what we can do to increase the draws?

H Tower · January 19, 2003, 02:21

DanQ will always make a news item out of any history written, they just have to be written...

rjmatsleepers · January 19, 2003, 04:24

There is at least one non-minister who follows progress and votes in the polls!

RJM at Sleepers

mrboo123 · January 19, 2003, 08:47

More peolpe will come if we go for the military way of winning, (and maybe, have a game where we only have 10% Sceince when we have a good civ going, and on a earth map, I have a REALLY big one!)

SCG · January 19, 2003, 10:11

Quote:

Originally posted by rjmatsleepers
There is at least one non-minister who follows progress and votes in the polls!

RJM at Sleepers

I've voted in all the recent ones. I've even found some old historical ballots lying around unused and filled them out

(didn't reply, just voted - would have hated to really confuse someone by replying to a poll that had never closed

) By default, i'm unable to hold office (don't have MGE atm) since at the time of this posting the Censors have yet to produce their latest headcount with my name on it

-Jrabbit · January 19, 2003, 15:54

FYI, H Tower, I can take non-zipped saves if emailed to my work (@shure.com) email, where I can zip them myself. It's the address listed in my profile.

JCP · January 22, 2003, 16:59

What good turns from my late visit !

H Tower · January 23, 2003, 00:02

i'll be playing tommorow, if you see me in the chat room, that means i'm playing the round.

SCG · January 23, 2003, 00:12

Quote:

Originally posted by H Tower
i'll be playing tommorow, if you see me in the chat room, that means i'm playing the round.

a few years pass, maybe i can finally attain residency

H Tower · January 23, 2003, 09:42

i've been really busy with school starting up and trying to get back into my routine, its taken a few days to do

-Jrabbit · January 23, 2003, 09:50

Trade report = Standing orders to Trade Like Crazy.

We need those bonus beakers! (Sorry but I've been too busy to get into detailed planning.)

Best of luck on the coming turns. Any idea what time that might happen?

ColdWizard · January 23, 2003, 11:29

Quote:

Originally posted by obiwan18
I think it's hard to keep people interested in a space race game, which is a real shame since this is going to be a squeaker.

Lots of work left to do before we finish.

Any ideas on what we can do to increase the draws?

this one seems too far along for me to be able to follow. i may join in on the next one (not as a minister though)

Six Thousand Year Old Man · January 23, 2003, 11:53

Quote:

Originally posted by ColdWizard

this one seems too far along for me to be able to follow. i may join in on the next one (not as a minister though)

I jumped in anyway. Real citizens of real countries have short attention spans, a trait which is simulated by my lack of knowledge of the game's early stages.

Plus, a lot of the polls are 'common sense' issues, tactical issues that can be addressed without a sense of the broad strategy. Again, just like a real life citizen!

And I did peek at the index too