Civ2 Demo #2 Game Report

cavebear · March 28, 2003, 21:53

Is this good for a news announcement?

"The Civ2 Demo Game #2 has come to the conclusion. Laboring under the restrictions of only using representative governments, adopting a militarily defensive posture only, and demanding a successful landing on Alpha Centuri, we have acomplished that mission.

It was not an easy win, but we landed successfully on Alpha Centuri in 1906 AD. We struggled in the beginning with a difficult starting position and Capitol, the civ that was our tech rate determiner was far away, and we had a hard time to Republic. However, through diligent effort and numerous talented Citizens, Ministers, and Presidents, we have accomplished our goal!

The next game is being arranged now. This one is going to be a landmass game, military conquest, no building Wonders, no Caravans, no Barb game on an unknown map that apparently has some real surprises and challenges in it. We see this one as a pure “kill all the civs” game with lots of military action.

You can join us at: http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdisp...s=&forumid=148"

Should I send that to the powers that be?

Six Thousand Year Old Man · March 28, 2003, 21:58

You might want to wait until the poll on restrictions closes, even though the no-wonder, no-barb and no-caravan options seem to be popular.

SCG · March 28, 2003, 22:19

small typo there - we launched in 1901, not landed

also, looks like the building caravans is almost deadlocked (5-4 against atm)

cavebear · March 28, 2003, 22:29

The year of arrival has been corrected. And of course the settings would wait until the final results are in. When I posted, it seemed that everyone was voting against Caravans. I erred in the assumption the voting would continue in that direction.

cavebear · March 29, 2003, 00:47

And I will be watching the poll about Caravans very closely this weekend.

MrWhereItsAt · March 31, 2003, 11:51

Yipe! Look away for one weekend and what happens?!

/me goes to find the polls beofre it's too late

-Jrabbit · March 31, 2003, 11:54

Great job!

Now let's go kick some booty!

cavebear · April 1, 2003, 20:13

Changed slightly to reflect polls:

"The Civ2 Demo Game #2 has come to the conclusion. Laboring under the restrictions of only using representative governments, adopting a militarily defensive posture only, and demanding a successful landing on Alpha Centuri, we have acomplished that mission.

It was not an easy win, but we landed successfully on Alpha Centuri in 1906 AD. We struggled in the beginning with a difficult starting position and Capitol, the civ that was our tech rate determiner was far away, and we had a hard time to Republic. However, through diligent effort and numerous talented Citizens, Ministers, and Presidents, we have accomplished our goal!

The next game is being arranged now. This one is going to be a landmass game, military conquest, no building Wonders, no Caravans, raging Barb game on an unknown map that apparently has some real surprises and challenges in it. We see this one as a pure “kill all the civs” game with lots of military action.

You can join us at: http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdis...?s=&forumid=148"

Should I go ahead and send that?

Six Thousand Year Old Man · April 1, 2003, 20:17

"raging Barb" should be changed to "raging hordes barbs". Otherwise, it sounds eerily like someone I know

Beyond that quibble, sounds good to me

SCG · April 1, 2003, 21:16

Quote:

Originally posted by cavebear
Changed slightly to reflect polls:

"The Civ2 Demo Game #2 has come to the conclusion. Laboring under the restrictions of only using representative governments, adopting a militarily defensive posture only, and demanding a successful landing on Alpha Centuri, we have acomplished that mission.

It was not an easy win, but we landed successfully on Alpha Centuri in 1906 AD. We struggled in the beginning with a difficult starting position and Capitol, the civ that was our tech rate determiner was far away, and we had a hard time to Republic. However, through diligent effort and numerous talented Citizens, Ministers, and Presidents, we have accomplished our goal!

The next game is being arranged now. This one is going to be a landmass game, military conquest, no building Wonders, no Caravans, raging Barb game on an unknown map that apparently has some real surprises and challenges in it. We see this one as a pure “kill all the civs” game with lots of military action.

You can join us at: http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdis...?s=&forumid=148"

Should I go ahead and send that?

I'd fix the misspelling (Centauri, accomplished). Also, I'd probably rephrase to say "we struggled with a difficult starting position and some less than ideal decisions made early on."

It also sounds like Capitol was the purple civ? Maybe, "And for those who understand how giving technology away can improve your research rate, our key civ started on the other side of the map (for those of you who don't, stop by and say hi - we'll explain

)"

H Tower · April 2, 2003, 09:48

could have sworn i posted here yesterday...

dan and mark have been asking me for this kind of thing for a while, only school and life manage to get in the way some times

You should send it to both MarkG and DanQ

cavebear · April 2, 2003, 11:22

New and Improved Version:

"The Civ2 Demo Game #2 has come to a conclusion. Laboring under the restrictions of only using representative governments, adopting a militarily defensive posture only, and demanding a successful landing on Alpha Centauri, we have accomplished that mission.

It was not an easy win, but we landed successfully on Alpha Centauri in 1906 AD. We struggled in the beginning with a difficult starting position and some less than ideal decisions made early on. And for those who understand how giving technology away can improve your research rate, our key civ was on the other side of the map (for those of you who don't, stop by and say hi - we'll explain). We had a hard time to Republic. However, through diligent effort and numerous talented Citizens, Ministers, and Presidents, we have accomplished our goal!

The next game is being arranged now. This one is going to be a landmass game, military conquest, no building Wonders, no Caravans, raging barbarian hordes game on an unknown map that apparently has some real surprises and challenges in it. We see this one as a pure "kill all the civs" game with lots of military action.

You can join us at Civilization II > Civ2-Democracy Game...

http://apolyton.net/forums/forumdisp...s=&forumid=148"

OK to send?

atawa · April 2, 2003, 11:42

Looks good to me

H Tower · April 2, 2003, 13:35

i'd add the link to the forum behind the "Civilization II > Civ2-Democracy Game" part otherwise good

ColdWizard · April 2, 2003, 13:45

looks good to me

cavebear · April 2, 2003, 19:49

The report has been sent to MarkG and DanQ.