RPB3 SPOILERS Bismarck of India (regoarrarr, darrelljs, sooooo, sunrise089)

[regoarrarr]

Does this mean he met Ruff in game? Is that new info?

He is not playing - he was subbing for Ruff

[darrelljs]

[regoarrarr]

Okay - I got a bit behind on demographics analysis but I have caught myself back up.

A bit of a recap. As always, anyone is invited to go out to the spreadsheet to check up on things - it's summarized pretty well there

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=...hcnc&hl=en

So last 4 turns (T42-45)

Carthage and Portugal discovered AH
Krill discovered Mining
3 civs (Ruff and the 2 Creative civs that founded T0) have received their 3rd ring land points
3 civs have planted their 2nd cities (Ruff T45, Maya / Rome T44)
Byz and Ruff got BW.
Exploit researched a tech on T42 which I believe is Mysticism, which kind of makes sense given his Ziggarut UB.

Just about everyone has researched Ag, AH, Mining and BW.

Krill and HRE have not done BW. Krill says he's not going to, and HRE should pick it up next turn or so.
The only civs without AH are us, Ruff, and Inca. We'll have it next turn, Ruff picked up Meditation, and Incas did Wheel.

[regoarrarr]

Krill asked for all the C&Dknowledge we had on Exploit and was going to pay us by figuring out the rest

just a quick email requesting every piece of C&D information you have on Exploit. If you are willing to give me that info, I'm going to try and fill in the gaps and figure out what Exploit is planning to do, and what he has already completed, which I will then return to you in payment for said information. This should take a day or to to complete, so I could give you the completed picture of Exploit by Wednesday evening, if you were interested seeing it.

Seemed to make sense, so I sent him

Exploit C&D info

Without graphs, it's hard to analyze too much indepth. Here is what we know.

Capital - founded T0, currently size 5. He and France are the only 2 civs that have not founded a 2nd city
Growth:
T21: 1->2
T26: 2->3
T29: 3->4
T34: 4->5

Still at size 5.

Techs:
Starting: Ag/Wheel
T14: AH
T22: Mining
T35: BW
T42: A new tech. I have tentatively pegged that at Mysticism, which makes sense given his UB (Ziggurat)

Judging from his research pace between Mining and BW (216 beakers in 13 turns = 16.6), he is looking at about 14bpt base (*1.2 for BW having 1 pre-req). So in 7 turns he could research 98 beakers of a base tech, or 112 of one with a pre-req. Archery and Priesthood are the only choices and he doesn't have the pre-reqs AFAIK.

Soldier info it's hard to tell, but he appeared to go to 1st in power on T35 when he researched BW (22K soldier points). The very next turn (T36) the max went to 25K, and unaccounted soldier points went up 5K, so I pegged him as building a barracks (3K points, one of the few things this early that gives odd amount of soldier points). I guess it makes sense, since he obviously wasn't building a settler and had to be building SOMETHING.

I believe he's built 2 warriors since then as the max soldiers has gone up to 29K.

That's about all I got

[regoarrarr]

Also, to keep folks up to date on emails we've been getting

ruff

Guys, would you be interested in sharing the F5 map portion? If you are, can you contact everyone you know and request the same. I'd be happy to stitch everyone's map together and rebroadcast it to all.

[regoarrarr]

One from Krill to us and HRE giving us directions to Rome's warrior. There's a screenshot also attachedk to the email

]Hi guys,

just forwarding this message to you, along with a screenshot of the relevant map so that you can figure out a quick way to meet Rome. I've told Portugal to tell Rome to move 99633633 (keypad, you can work out the direction for yourselves )

Krill

Forwarded message:

Hi Krill,

Just to let you know Rome's warrior is currently 2NW of our second city (6N3W of capital). Rome would like contact with anyone we know so if you could pass that information along to India and HRE that would help. Also, if you could relay India and HRE's nearest scout location to us that would also be appreciated.

Regards,

Mukha & Dantski

I think if we keep moving our westernmost warrior west we should make contact before too terribly long

[regoarrarr]

Then a note from Portugal

We've just found your warrior. Please thank him for taking the time out of his lion clubbing duties to come and find us. Apparently, we are also already allies. Hopefully you can confirm that for us. As I'm sure you've probably already done with Egypt what do you say to a screenshot swap of the territory we have revealed? I think Krill mentioned that HRE was to your north and the Aztecs were to your east. Have you had any other contact?

I have also attached a screenshot of the respective locations of your's and Rome's warriors. I have sent the same email to Rome so hopefully you can arrange to meet up fairly soon. They seem reluctant to discuss tech trading deals with us and we think you should have better luck.

Regards,

Mukha & Dantski.

Also with a picture. I think we should move west and then north around Portugal's borders

[regoarrarr]

Sunrsie sent off an email to ruff last night

Ruff,

Quick note: Krill has a warrior 7SE of our capital and the warrior will be staying there for the next 4 turns minimum. Do you have a unit that can meet up with the warrior?

-DJCiv

And we got a reply this morning

DJCiv,

I cannot get there in 4 turns but I have sent 'Back Foot' in that general direction. I can be 6N5E of his healing (?) location by T48. Maybe suggest that I head S and he head E and we'll meet.

Darrell and I talked yesterday and he shared Krill's Oracling of Letters with me. I had the same idea but I cannot beat Krill to it. I am finishing up a tech so and was wondering where to go next.

Here are some of my options ...

Priesthood
Fishing -> Sailing
Wheel -> Pottery

I think sailing with the trade on rivers will be a critical tech. Only 3 teams start with fishing - I might head down that route. Any comments? Which techs will you be contributing?

Who else are we tech trading with? I can start talking to exploit and the Inca if you want me to. BTW - the Inca have a Q about 10 tiles due east of your capital - do you want me to provide directions?

[regoarrarr]

Chat with DIM of HRE

DIM: erm hi
this someone else?
me: regoarrarr
having chat connection issues
but i think i got it squared away
DIM: if you prefer i can send you an email, no biggy
me: no prob
i'm good nwo
what's going on
DIM: about to meet Carthage
was on my way to Ruff until our warrior ran into a lion
me: yeah we've lost 2 warriosr to lions, at 4% and 21%
DIM: was wondering if you've had word from Ruff
you're not alone buddy
Ottomans lost two warriors already as well
me: boo
we have heard from ruff but about what are you talking about/
?
DIM: well, some time ago i'd ask to realy a message to him regarding a meet up
then he had to leave, and i didn't hear anything
me: oh ok
DIM: *relay
me: where is your warrior now?
i'm pretty sure we relayed the message back in the day
DIM: east from his capital
yeah you did, you told me
at least, i think he's east
is he due west from LN?
sorry
east i meant east
me: ruff is east of ladies night
we haven't actually met his borders
DIM: ok
me: but abou 12-15 tiles i think
DIM: have you met anyon else besides them and exploit?
me: and you and krill
and we haven't met exploit
DIM: obviuosly
oh
me: oh we did just meet portugal i think
i haven't been in game to see them but i see an email from them
DIM: he headed our way?
ok
me: i think we reached his borders
not sure if he's got a unit in the area
i haven't been in game in a few tursn
DIM: he's got some "Roman" troubles I heaard
me: oh yeah?
DIM: look, I'd much appreciate if you could send another quick message to Ruff informing him of our warrior to his east (he's about the same latitude as LN)
me: about how many tiles east of LN is your warrior?
DIM: maybe he could send a quick greeting party, so we can swing our scout north and try to find other teams
just a second,i need to check ingame
me: ok
Sent at 2:25 PM on Tuesday
DIM: hmm, seems my team mate is already in the game
me: heh
DIM: look i'll not hold you up much longer
i'll send you it's whereabouts later tonight
me: ok
DIM: much appreciated if you could send something over to Ruff when you have the time
me: i will forwards that on to ruff
DIM: thanks
you guys still onboard re Krill's plan?
Sent at 2:28 PM on Tuesday
me: yes
but we (you and i and others) will definitely need to keep our eyes and ears open with krill
Sent at 2:30 PM on Tuesday
DIM: well, it wasn't my idea that this would be a locked permanent alliance
Sent at 2:31 PM on Tuesday
DIM: Gladstone comes to mind
but gotta run, put the little one to bed
me: what's gladstone?
okay
DIM: british pm 19th century
me: ah
DIM: " don't have friends, only interests" something like that anyway
check wikipedia
me: heh okay
DIM: anyway

[sooooo]

Nice work regoarrarr

Krill is being extremely friendly. Should we be worried?