I lost my first game

Tuberski · March 4, 2003, 18:17

I finished my first game and lost.

"How?" I hear everybody say,"This game's so easy, you just have to hit the TURN button."

I lost a vote for the Orion Senate.

I WASN'T EVEN A MEMBER OF THE SENATE!!!!!

So, for now, no Senate vote victory condition for me.

How stupid.

ACK!

asleepathewheel · March 4, 2003, 18:34

loser

(I've turned off that victory as well)

Arnelos · March 4, 2003, 20:06

I can't remember ANYONE posting here saying they won their first game

I quit out of my first 4 games long before they were close to completion when I realized I'd done stupid stuff and I now knew better...

It was on my FIFTH game that I finally conquered everyone in the galaxy other than the NOs and won a diplo victory as if by default

A few games later and having won my diplomatic victory several times and deciding the diplo victory is too cheap, I've decided to turn diplo victory off and play on a huge map

Tuberski · March 4, 2003, 20:28

It wasn't my first game, as in, I installed the game and played.

I meant it was the frist game that was played to conclusion. Somewhat.

ACK!

drsparnum · March 4, 2003, 22:56

I'm not rubbing it in or anything - just so you know it could happen - but I won my first game. Although the game was on easy, and I won by senate victory and I trusted the AI to do 80% of the game for me right from the start (I somehow got into the senate - I didn't start there).

Tuberski · March 4, 2003, 22:57

Quote:

Originally posted by drsparnum
I'm not rubbing it in or anything - just so you know it could happen - but I won my first game. Although the game was on easy, and I won by senate victory and I trusted the AI to do 80% of the game for me right from the start (I somehow got into the senate - I didn't start there).

That's the thing, how did you get there?

ACK!

drsparnum · March 4, 2003, 23:42

I think (I don't know) my ally who was in (they seem the most likely) proposed I get in and it must have been approved. I don't really know - I just know that all of a sudden senate stuff was showing up in my sit rep that wasn't before. Sorry I can't help much.

asleepathewheel · March 4, 2003, 23:46

The trick is to get in an alliance with a member, preferably two (as someone will have to second that emotion)

My last game I had four staunch allies (multiple agreements with all, full alliances) but none were in. Thems the breaks. And it happened that a state of war existed with the other civs, so no luck there.

What I would do is: keep making pacts, everykind (maybe not the open borders) gift a few techs to them, maybe even an outpost colony or a captured planet.