01-03-2003 05:35									#1
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	01-03-2003 05:47									#2
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Well, let's see some terrain.

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Worker finished mine. Starts road.

Warrior moves north. Sees mountains.

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	01-03-2003 05:54									#6
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This isn't looking good

	01-03-2003 06:01									#7
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Buck up, soldier. When the going gets tough, the tough get going... and find a cow or two, hopefully.

	01-03-2003 06:02									#8
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Holy Crap! It's looking worse and worse!

What's the next thing we'll see; the way our luck is going we see that there's only friggin' ocean beyond the mountian tiles??!!

Sheesh! Can we lobby for a re-start since the patch just came out.

	01-03-2003 06:02									#9
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Ahhh!!! Mountains which go to the sea!!!

*Trip has his warrior jump into the sea

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Wrong game, Trip.

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quote: Originally posted by bigfree1 Holy Crap! It's looking worse and worse! What's the next thing we'll see; the way our luck is going we see that there's only friggin' ocean beyond the mountian tiles??!! Sheesh! Can we lobby for a re-start since the patch just came out.

I would say there's a 67% chance that we're on a peninsula. The other 33% being that we're on the middle of an isthmus with no chance of getting anything good to the north.

	01-03-2003 06:06									#12
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We don't know that the South is entirely lost. We are assuming.

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Unless the jungle is really thin, then we're in big trouble. From the looks of the jungle extending all the way from what we can see to the west to all the way that we can see to the east, I would think that the jungle would be really thick, but we'll see...

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That the Jungle fades into Forest, and is broken up somewhat with Grassland on the East coast, is a good sign though. If we build city 2 across the river, the next city in that direction should be on the other side of the Jungle through normal placement. If we build both cities on Jungle tiles, it shouldn't leave much to have to hack through (probably 2 tiles). On the South of the jungle we can expect more Grassland, and that the River heads in that general direction is promising.

If you look at where the equator is, and flip our map along that axis, it will give a general idea as to how thick the Jungle is.

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I think we should move W with our Warrior next turn (and possibly the next). NE is almost certainly just desert coast, and by moving west we get a better idea of SW. The W coastline suggests we're going to have to move that direction sooner or later anyways.

	01-03-2003 07:30									#15
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I concur with Aeson. I see no point in going W first now since we will have to go through the jungle sooner rather than later it looks like.

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What happened to the threads for moves 7-8? did I miss them?

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Into the Northlands...

Warrior BetaHound tapped the sand with his spearpoint. The spear tore through the sand, pushing past inch upon inch of yellow residue. He frowned. "The ground here is not good. No plant grow here. We no live in desert." He frowned. His civilization had much to accomplish, and this strange desert would not help them one bit. It would slow troop movement and delay expansion. He shook his head, continuing west... He walked through more sand- then, in a fit of rage, screamed and ran toward the north, thinking that the desert might end somewhere in that direction.

He was rewarded with a glimpse of the Great Northern Hills. Warrior BetaHound fell down in awe of the hills, buring his head in the greening turf before him.

Roads... Roads...

Worker Dan tilled his spade, striking the ground. Orders had come direct from Apolyton's dark Council of three Consuls that he was to erect a new road toward the south in order to stimulate trade from the villagers in the area.

"Why do I always have to do the work." He spat at the ground. "Why can't I rest- I've been working nigh on 200 years- will I never have peace." Worker Dan threw down his spade and sat on the grass.

A week later, a runner arrived, bearing a note reading: "Get Back To Work." Signed the Minister of Internal Affairs, Dominae, in his flowing, almost-calligraphic hand.

Dan stared at the note defiantly for a moment, then quivered. Perhaps he had gone too far... "Yes, perhaps I have." He shook his head, realizing that he had angered the most temperate of his rulers. He dreaded to think what the evil notyoueither, grim ____, or fiery vondrack would have to say to him when he returned.

"I had best finish this road." He stepped into the job with renewed vigor.

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Characters
Markos G. - Embattled and sometimes nihilistic leader of a great empire.

WorkerDan- Temporary name for the worker.
DanQ- Temporary name for the first theoretical settler

Dominae- blonde curly locks, roman-style. Even-tempered. Minister of Internal Affairs

vondrack- fiery, dark consul

notyoueither- evil, sadistic consul. Wears bright colors, however. Speaks with a canadian accent.

____- grim consul.

Warrior BetaHound- "He BetaHound. He crush skull"

DarkCloud- "idiotic citizen" as per Markos' description

	01-03-2003 13:38									#19
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I'm assuming the south will be mostly jungle due to the proximity to the equator. We all know how much jungle is near there. But I admit that river is enticing. We could use that bonus. We should follow the river and see if it goes to some good land.

West is probably our best shot for a second city. But I still say we should have a look at how big the jungle is and that nice looking river.

	01-03-2003 14:07									#20
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Thanks DarkCloud, just when I thought things were looking a little rough for us you go and write:

"The ground here is not good. No plant grow here. We no live in desert."

This freakin' cracked me up!

I appreciate what your doing, keep it up!


BTW, I think I'm going to start a poll to see who should be our official 'Historian'.

You know of anyone? :sarchastic:

	01-03-2003 14:26									#21
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quote: Originally posted by bigfree1 What's the next thing we'll see; the way our luck is going we see that there's only friggin' ocean beyond the mountian tiles??!!

Unfortunately, I believe you are correct (to a point). You can see the coast just to the NE of the furthest mountian tile to the north. It gets cut off, but it is clearly coastal.

	01-03-2003 14:53									#22
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Good job, DarkCloud!

You shall have a thread for each and every turn from here on out.

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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Into the Northlands... Warrior BetaHound tapped the sand with his spearpoint. The spear tore through the sand, pushing past inch upon inch of yellow residue. He frowned. "The ground here is not good. No plant grow here. We no live in desert." He frowned. ....

Yowzer!!! Who named a warrior - the first warrior - after me? Thank-you. I'm honored. And I do like hiking, which I expect is going to be this warrior's lot in life.

Although I consider myself somewhat better spoken than depicted, I can do a bit of RP if necessary.

"Ugh. Beta happy. Beta scratches himself..."

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Oh yeah.
Betahound Babyblue, after his baby blue dipers....

	01-03-2003 21:52									#25
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My first reaction (from an economy point of view) is that we need Map Making (for Harbors). But this is of course too hasty, we need to see what's down South. Something to keep in mind, though.

Nice work on the story-teling, DarkCloud!

quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Dominae- blonde curly locks, roman-style. Even-tempered. Minister of Internal Affairs

I actually have a shaved head, but I used to have blonde curly locks (how did you know?). Other than that the description is right on.


Dominae

	01-03-2003 23:56									#26
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Consuls, can you post the Civ scores with the turn screenshot?
Thanks.

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dominae-

quote: but I used to have blonde curly locks (how did you know?).

...Writers/Apolyton Historians ESP

quote: Nice work on the story-teling, DarkCloud!

Thanks!

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Beta Hound-

quote: Yowzer!!! Who named a warrior - the first warrior - after me? Thank-you. I'm honored. And I do like hiking, which I expect is going to be this warrior's lot in life.

I just needed a name and a hound seemed about right for a "Thaggish" warror Glad you like it

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Thank you for the thread promises notyoueither

and thank you again bigfree1... I'll try to write as often as I can

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quote: Originally posted by BigFurryMonster Consuls, can you post the Civ scores with the turn screenshot? Thanks.

You mean in the topped thread? Or in each turn discussion thread?

They are in the unedited Main that I post. I can include that in each turn discussion thread, even I don't play the 'official' turn.

	02-03-2003 01:57									#29
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quote: Originally posted by BigFurryMonster Consuls, can you post the Civ scores with the turn screenshot? Thanks.

I can post the scores in the topped thread, just that I am not 100% sure it is necessary... anyone interested in them can download the save and see for himself. Our own score and ranking is included in the summary table...

Would people wishing to have all the scores displayed in the reports & summaries thread ask here, so that I get some picture how high the demand is, please?

	02-03-2003 02:01									#30
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Score can tell us a lot about what the other players are doing when taken with all the other information available. I'd be in favor of having it included for each turn's information.