Jack Merchant - Aggie part 3 - Page 2

jack merchant · 15-09-2003, 16:28

Inconclusive !

But Aggie can survive that, while I broke my rep, disbanded all my artillery and several infantry too, and set all my cities to GA-enhanced wealth production, meaning I would have gone bankrupt the second my GA was over.

I concede, and congratulate Aggie on the win

Aggie · 15-09-2003, 16:51

Thanks Jack. I was amazed that you managed to get Fission. That really took me by surprise, but luckily you were one turn too late. I had 2700 gpt and +10000 gold, so it's fair to say that I could have a massive army sailing towrads you very quickly.

anarres · 15-09-2003, 16:59

Hmm, it seems the world would prefer Joan!

Congrats Aggie!

Aggie · 16-09-2003, 11:53

In hindsight I made an enormous blunder to go for the vote! Jack gambled and rightfully tried to get the UN (assuming that he wouldn't be in without it), but I COULD have known that he had to dig deep to get it and that he would be in trouble after the GA. ICBM's were only 2 techs away for me... I guess that a 860AD UN victory was too appealing to avoid.

Lt. Killer M · 16-09-2003, 12:05

congrats, aggie!

Kemal · 16-09-2003, 12:51

Congrats and very well done Aggie, a possible UN victory in 860 AD is most impressive!

Aggie · 16-09-2003, 13:00

Thanks Kemal. This was done on deity with two settlers and techs stealing prices twice as high as normal. With four scientific civs and four commercial ones. I don't think that the two settlers and the higher tech steal prices would be a major influence on the early date. The AI has two settlers as well and the humans always trail early on.

I don't know if Skyfish indeed tweaked the AI and made them less aggresive. We almost had no wars, so that DID increase the tech speed. Also my luck regarding free techs helped a lot.

I decided to have the 860 AD vote as SP game. I won it and got a total of 9000 points. That would be my record, but a tweaked game isn't logged in the HoF.

Aggie · 18-09-2003, 21:25

Skyfish, now that the game is over...could you tell us what you changed except from steal prices? One thing is for sure: the tech speed was absurd and the AI very peaceful.

Skyfish · 18-09-2003, 22:07

I set the agression level of the AIs to 1, to give a faster game but also to avoid the bad luck of the Erikkian Aggian game where I was disatisfied with my balance of the game...One could say this "should" have been the Space Race...
Also here I blundered on having you too close to the French-Indian island...

I just never get it right

Aggie · 18-09-2003, 22:10

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Skyfish

Also here I blundered on having you too close to the French-Indian island...

I just never get it right

I don't think that THAT was a deciding factor. Jack managed to meet my continent first and trade contacts and techs.

15-09-2003, 16:28	#11
jack merchant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 479	Inconclusive ! But Aggie can survive that, while I broke my rep, disbanded all my artillery and several infantry too, and set all my cities to GA-enhanced wealth production, meaning I would have gone bankrupt the second my GA was over. I concede, and congratulate Aggie on the win __________________ Twente for the cup !

15-09-2003, 16:59	#13
anarres anarchist butcher Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United States of Whatever. Posts: 4,677	Hmm, it seems the world would prefer Joan! Congrats Aggie! __________________ <b>Calculate the probability of culture flips: Flip Calc</b>

16-09-2003, 12:05	#15
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	congrats, aggie! __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!

16-09-2003, 12:51	#16
Kemal Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,108	Congrats and very well done Aggie, a possible UN victory in 860 AD is most impressive! __________________ <b>\"In the Game of Thrones, you win or you die\" </b>

18-09-2003, 22:07	#19
Skyfish Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: dead. Posts: 2,349	I set the agression level of the AIs to 1, to give a faster game but also to avoid the bad luck of the Erikkian Aggian game where I was disatisfied with my balance of the game...One could say this "should" have been the Space Race... Also here I blundered on having you too close to the French-Indian island... I just never get it right __________________ <font color=\"brown\"> <b><i>\"NOT back from the dead\"</b></i> </font id=\"brown\">

15-09-2003, 16:51	#12
Aggie Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N/A Posts: 4,490	Thanks Jack. I was amazed that you managed to get Fission. That really took me by surprise, but luckily you were one turn too late. I had 2700 gpt and +10000 gold, so it's fair to say that I could have a massive army sailing towrads you very quickly.

16-09-2003, 11:53	#14
Aggie Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N/A Posts: 4,490	In hindsight I made an enormous blunder to go for the vote! Jack gambled and rightfully tried to get the UN (assuming that he wouldn't be in without it), but I COULD have known that he had to dig deep to get it and that he would be in trouble after the GA. ICBM's were only 2 techs away for me... I guess that a 860AD UN victory was too appealing to avoid.

16-09-2003, 13:00	#17
Aggie Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N/A Posts: 4,490	Thanks Kemal. This was done on deity with two settlers and techs stealing prices twice as high as normal. With four scientific civs and four commercial ones. I don't think that the two settlers and the higher tech steal prices would be a major influence on the early date. The AI has two settlers as well and the humans always trail early on. I don't know if Skyfish indeed tweaked the AI and made them less aggresive. We almost had no wars, so that DID increase the tech speed. Also my luck regarding free techs helped a lot. I decided to have the 860 AD vote as SP game. I won it and got a total of 9000 points. That would be my record, but a tweaked game isn't logged in the HoF.

18-09-2003, 21:25	#18
Aggie Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: N/A Posts: 4,490	Skyfish, now that the game is over...could you tell us what you changed except from steal prices? One thing is for sure: the tech speed was absurd and the AI very peaceful.