04-02-2004 20:25									#1
	Another insane idea Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Brought to you by the master of the insane: UnOrthOdOx.



Let's envision a scenario:

We ally completely with Sunshine.

We want to take out LL together.

Due to Sunshine's land they are really unable to expand as quickly as we would like them to in order to help...

Enter the UnOrthOdOx REX YOUR NEIGHBOR (tm) strategy.

We have food, we have pyramids, we can pump settlers and workers like no one else.

In addition to gifting workers, we can also gift settlers!

How, you ask?

We waddle said settler to location of city, build said city, and gift said city to our new friends.

* UnOrthOdOx now flees from the angry builderers.

I'm currently employing this in a PBEM, allowing Rome to build mass warriors while I (China) REX for the both of us as I own the Pyramids... (No I don't trust em and am prepared for a backstab)

Last edited by UnOrthOdOx on 04-02-2004 at 22:59

	04-02-2004 22:04									#2
	Full PM-box? Change here!

quote: * UnOrthOdOx now flees from the angry builderers.

* ZargonX hurls a brick of cheese at UnO.

But, actually, it is an interesting strategy. However, the main issue you bring up is trust, which is critical. I'm not too fond of the idea of actually helping a (probably temporary) ally build up capacity that could be used against us later at the cost of our own production. In that vein, those settlers just represent industrial capacity and shields that we're sending away, instead of using for our own benefit. Maybe I'm just greedy I could see sending a few workers down to help them out, perhaps, but cities seems a little much. Especially when we can't fully trust them.

	04-02-2004 23:01									#3
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

* UnOrthOdOx doesn't think anyone on this forum will need wonder where he got his name anymore...

	05-02-2004 02:54									#4
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Last edited by Kloreep on 05-02-2004 at 03:09

	05-02-2004 03:04									#5
	Got spare money?

Interesting idea. I think we need about 6 or 7 more settlers out of Chow for our remaining good city sites, and while some of those could be temporarily passed over in favor of sending settlers to Sunshine, I don't think we can send settlers in time.

Sending workers would be painful, though; we need all we can get at home right now. We've been walking a razor's edge of meeting our growth, and occassionally falling behind it in places like Dim Sum. I'd like to get ahead for once, though that will be difficult thanks to our Pyramid-sped growth.

And there is the problem of trust. This is an investment that may reap negative returns.

Still, let's keep this in mind in our negotiations. If we think Sunshine can be trusted to fight with us against LL, we could send some of our pop units to help them.