What a start!

ramses II. · January 24, 2003, 13:35

The "best" start I ever had - cermonial burial and alphabet included ..Its 4000 b.c.
small map, 7 civs, ...

Six Thousand Year Old Man · January 24, 2003, 13:44

Check out the 'Hard Times' succession game start

Those small maps will do that sometimes... especially if you're purple!

rah · January 24, 2003, 17:27

That would even be good for a restart in an MP game.

RAH

War4ever · January 24, 2003, 20:23

if you play purple on a tiny rock in mp you get these starts once in a blue moon, they happen more in sp mode i have noticed....

DrSpike · January 25, 2003, 07:58

Lol nice start.......though in SP it is fun to try and play them, at least if there some land to the south.

MP=toast.

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 12:16

actually often in mp games if you wander a few turns there will be an isthmus , but in sp, i have wandered the whole top of the map board to find nada

they left u a furs, i usually get game or whatever that frozen lamb is in glacier or tundra....looks a bit like its frozen in ice

DrSpike · January 25, 2003, 12:21

Hehe, IIRC it's musk ox.

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 12:40

musk ox, thats it, looks like a frozen wooly mammoth to me....all i know is its good for food and nothing else..

DrSpike · January 25, 2003, 12:42

Yeah you don't get it often, but sometimes you have a city with a small amount of tundra, or you found near a pole and have a couple of squares of tundra. I can think of specials I'd rather have though.

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 12:51

you dont' even get trade if you road it...that IMO in mp is a waste, unless you build on a mountain to make a canal to come out the other side, then the food is welcome, otherwise, screw it....

Purple · January 25, 2003, 13:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
Those small maps will do that sometimes... especially if you're purple!

I always suspected my starts were cursed.

But seriously, I don't believe I've ever seen a game-generated map that has polar areas. I really liked SMAC maps in that respect. I usually play on Large worlds, though. Maybe that's the reason?

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 13:52

yes that is the reason, never had a polar start on a large world, or even a medium one...its small only IIRC and usually only happens to purple or orange

DrSpike · January 25, 2003, 13:54

Yeah the way the game places the settlers makes polar starts unlikely for larger maps.

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 15:10

the way the game decides whats a good start is

DrSpike · January 25, 2003, 15:55

Eh? What didn't you get about my statement? You echoed its sentiments above.

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 16:00

there was no confusion, its confusing trying to understand how the game thinks that a polar start is a good start. or any start for that matter

DrSpike · January 25, 2003, 16:02

Ok....your gutter english threw me.

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 16:50

really, your eloquent choice of words reminds me of another poster who loved to show off his choice vocabulary....good thing i went to university...otherwise i wouldn't know how to pick a smart @$$ out of the bunch

DrSpike · January 25, 2003, 16:54

I didn't know refuse collection needed a degree in Canada.

War4ever · January 25, 2003, 16:56

refuse collection? nah, i work for the govt helping the poor see

Scouse Gits · January 26, 2003, 06:24

You work for the Vatican, Warz - I don't believe it!

SG[1]

Oh and Purple - do you play on flat maps? On round maps there is always a pair of polar regions, but we don't normally start there...