[SPOILER] PBEM21, "Zero to Hero" (Kuro, Pericles' Ottomania)

[Kuro]

Hehe...thanks. At least if I can't win the game, I can win the crowd, am I right?

Nothing to do, but I noticed I messed up my civ info earlier, as I put "Trolls" as short desc and Troll as adjective. So I turned Troll to Trolls and their short desc is now "Alternia", the name of the Troll homeworld.



Nothing else to report.

This turn is already over.

[Amelia]

Kuro, cancel the worker's action before the turn ends. Start the road, instantly press on him again and press spacebar so he doesn't automatically do it again next turn.

Mechanics, so i think it isn't a problem.

[Kuro]

Derp.

I didn't even think about that.

No more reloading for 30 minutes!

[Ichabod]

I finally thought I had something to help you with (the worker cancelling before end of turn thing), but Amelia beat me to it.

Since your C&D is better then mine and your micro plan is better then mine (my micro plan is just my gut feeling), I'm just a useless ded-lurker. Well, at least I can do some cheering:

[SIZE="3"]GO! GO! KURO! GO![/SIZE]

:neenernee

[Kuro]

First off: WHEEEE! Cheering! =D Even if you don't have anything to say, little comments like that make me happy. Reminds me people are reading the threads and all those views aren't me.

Secondly, turn in.



Everyone got a score increase. Two of them are easy: Power shows both Ellimoogle and NobleLewwyn got BW on schedule. But how did Jkioan get sixteen points?

He could have discovered a tech in 7 turns. But which ones give a 16 point increase? I don't think I missed a score increase. Cap is still size 3.

Wait, now I know why. The same reason me and the other's score bumped up 10. Our land count is finally counting for 20 after 20 turns.

Therefor, he discovered a tech in 7 turns. This bumped him up. The minimum soldiers is 5000, which is from being Size 3: Mining or a Warrior would bump it to 6000. Therefor, it cannot be Mining, AH, Sailing, Archery. Hinduism was not founded, so it can't be Poly. It could be Masonry with the commerce boost, but that'd be dumb. It could be Priesthood. In fact, unless Poly comes in EOT or the soldier count is wonked, those are the only things he can research this quick.

Jkioan:
T5 - Fishing
T14 - Meditation
T21 - Masonry/Priesthood/Polytheism???
Slow built a Work Boat.

Ellimoogle Carpathia:
T8 - Agriculture
T17 - Growth
T21 - Bronze Working
Built a Worker
Building Work Boat/Settler/???

NobleLewwyn:
T8 - Agriculture
T21 - Bronze Working
Built a Worker
Building a Worker? Average on MFG casts this into doubt, but has not grown. Min food is 8, so if they grow soon we'll know.

I suppose I should actually start my turn. Abby finished her chop...



And Worker #2 becomes "Ducky" Mallard. Any naming theme for these unit guesses yet? =)



(Also note the filename!)

As per the micro plan, Ducky moves 1S into Forest.

In the middle of the night, this turn has gone walking in it's sleep. Off a cliff.

[Kuro]

Oh, right, and WHOO 1,000 VIEWS!

It's got 4 digits so it's worth an entire other post to talk about. Because that's FOUR. DIGITS.

It is the Emmie view number.

[bato]

Whats your plan for exploration and when do you pop your third ring?

[Ichabod]

Maybe Jkaen went masonry to get the Great Lighthouse. If he goes for sailing next, that's probably it. Could be the Piramids too... Or the Great Wall

Scouting the other islands is a priority. It's important to know if they are contested lands, so that you can get a head start on the settling. You can backfill your tiny Island later (of course, getting the Gold is a priority). But you already stated that, so I'm just trying to look useful to whoever is watching!

[bato]

The great lighthouse was banned by Krill

[Kuro]

Whats your plan for exploration and when do you pop your third ring?

Nothing to explore on my island. I plan to sail over a Warrior and possibly a Scout to the island you see nearby, but that will take until the second trip(First will be a Settler probably). I'm liable to scout out the waters with a quick Work Boat.

I forget when I pop my ring, but I think it's like...Turn 28? Actually, let me check easy by pulling the game up. They'll pop T24.

Like bato said Ichabod, TGLig is banned this game according to Krill. And even if it wasn't, Mining before Masonry is a better idea for mines + prereq bonus. Building either without mines would be a pain and BW for forest chops, too. Basically, no matter what, Masonry first is dumb.

I'm probably going to try and settle my double clams before the other islands, because a double food resource will better contribute to my expansion. Of course, since I can't really expand until Galley and such anyway, making it 3rd is fine.