[romeothemonk]

Yep, Thanks for the interest Grahamiam.
The city placement was total crack, but the first turn that I played c4 was this game, and I didn't know how to bring up the resource icons. (Needless to say, that is now remedied, see above pic).
The plains hill with the sugar and the cow and the coast is where I am planning on settling.
I built the scout by hand, and would use a chop to get a worker out ASAP. In MP games, leaving a forest next to your capitol is akin to suicide, at least the way I intend to play.
I have met grs, and Vicky. The issue at hand is that both are financial, so pillaging them in the classical era is a heck of a good idea in my book.