Civ4 AI Survivor Season Six

[shallow_thought]

I just realized there is no bonus funsey game this year. I mean the championship is basically what last years funsey game was... Still sad not to see 1 more game of Survivor before it all ends.

Maybe after he gets back from his vacation? I heard him say the championship had to be this week for that reason.

I was wondering if an Industrial start with appropriate "Great Power" civs / leaders (Bismark, Vicky, Lincoln come to mind immediately, and you Could probably throw France, Russia and Japan in there) might be fun. I was thinking it might give some unusual leaders a chance to shine. but then the first round games of this season happened .

[Eauxps I. Fourgott]

Fun conclusion to the season! Perhaps lacked a bit of that late drama or a really good performance by any single leader that would've made for a better finale, but still enjoyable nonetheless. If nothing else, the underwhelming performances by this stacked field of leaders should serve as a reminder to us that even the best Civ 4 AIs are still significantly flawed!

[haphazard1]

If nothing else, the underwhelming performances by this stacked field of leaders should serve as a reminder to us that even the best Civ 4 AIs are still significantly flawed!

The Civ4 AI often seems absolutely determined to avoid victory, doesn't it?

[Brian Shanahan]

Any link to the final standings for the picking contest? The most recent one I see leads to the state of the contest just before the championship concludes.

[Zalson]

It's updated on Sullla's site.

[Brian Shanahan]

It's updated on Sullla's site.

Thanks

[Sullla]

The first alternate history from Season Six is ready with a look at Game One. The big winner on this map wasn't Caesar/Gandhi as predicted or the Frederick/Sitting Bull result that we watched. It was Pericles! Apologies to anyone who sniffed this out in the picking contest and then wound up getting unlucky thanks to a random barbarian city snipe.

https://sullla.com/Civ4/civ4survivor6-1A.html

[haphazard1]

Thanks for posting the game one alternate history, Sullla. Seeing it go in such a different direction than what we saw in the streamed game is very interesting. And seeing that I was not completely wrong about my predictions (or at least not unreasonable about them) is always nice.

[Sullla]

We have our second alternate history ready featuring the results from Game Two. This one ended up going in a completely different direction from what we watched on the Livestream: Pacal a total fraud! Napoleon and Louis dominant! Huayna Capac struggling! This should be a fun read.

https://sullla.com/Civ4/civ4survivor6-2A.html

[haphazard1]

Thanks again for running and posting these alternate histories, Sullla! This was a wild one...or rather, the game we saw was the wild one. What a difference a couple small things made -- Louis losing that city to the barbs, Napoleon deciding to go south for his first war rather than east or west.