PBEM8 - regoarrarr takes over for Meatbalz

[meatbalz]

nada de nada. we're waiting for shoot the moon to come back, and at that point if cjreynol hasn't shown up we'll either replace him in-game or start over with another person in his place. the game is on hold, basically.

good thing i can plot world domination in PBEM10 to keep me going :neenernee

[Ilios]

good thing i can plot world domination in PBEM10 to keep me going :neenernee

Good, because you'll need a lot of plotting!

[plako]

I had your starting position here, but I was legitimately reminded that it might affect to your selection so I removed it temporarily until we've your picks finalized.

[meatbalz]

thanks plako, i'm all set now

[plako]

Here is the start. I had Mongolia as a placeholder, but I'll fix it when I get the game going:

[meatbalz]

thanks kyan. i did settle in place, warrior start, BW tech. i know it's AW anyway but i have an axe to grind with ad hoc, whose subpar picks mean i'm facing pacal of inca and sury of india i hope one of those 2 is nearby so i can choke them.

will post thoughts on picks soon but i'm happy with mine - although not as happy as sury and pacal must be

[meatbalz]

1st warrior produced, and i play the turn last so i know nobody else has built a second warrior yet.

i switched off the 3/0/1 FP to the 2/1/1 wheat to get it done, which is fine since i still grow in 2T.

i'll put 2T of hammers into another warrior (my last one), then start worker at size 2. both the warriors will go looking for trouble

[meatbalz]

quick update: discovered BW, will switch this turn. i have 3 warriors, 2 running around, 1 close to home. i haven't met anyone yet. most of the others went worker first so the sooner i find someone the better.

[meatbalz]

busy turn. i met india (circled in red on the far right side). my 3rd warrior who's exploring the jungle SE of the capital is going to circle around and look for a path - let's see if i can slow his expansion down any.

i also discovered copper close to the capital. right now my planned city sites are the 3 circled in red on the left. the one right next to the capital would be the logical one but if i aim for the S one first i would pretty much seal off the SW so at the moment i'm leaning towards that option.

rsch set to hunting. my build path will be a little weird, worker chopping into worker while i research hunting->ag->AH. weird because i'm starting it T10 not T0. workers will chop out a holkan or two.

about that last part, it amazes me how many people have gone worker first. i know we have 3-hammer plants, and i know RB is a friendly environment, but still... i hope i can make them pay. i will definitely take any 50/50 shots i can get.

[meatbalz]

apologies for lack of pictures, i'll make sure i add some soon.

i have 1 warrior in india's BFC and another on the edge, coming from the NW and SW respectively.
i have 1 warrior looking around native america, i went up to their borders and then turned away which they'll hopefully interpret as a friendly gesture
i have 1 worker which just moved to a forest plains hill + will chop
i have 1 worker in the production queue in the capital
i'm researching ag->AH... for now
next build depends on how things go in india. most likely a holkan to sit on their copper.
demographics are shockingly poor, apart from soldier count. 2 workers will help fix that