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Game 1 (Won by domination victory)
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=106821
Game 2 (Won by Space victory)
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=118520
Game 3
Has Begun
Horray, Time for another game of civ !!!!
What is a Succession game?
For those who do not know. A succession game is one in which a group of people play a single game of civilization as a team, taking it in turns controlling the one player against computers. Players take a set number of turns and then write a report of what happened with screenshots to back it up for others that are playing/following to read.
The goal of a succession game is ultimately for fun. It allows people with different play styles and different skill levels to play together and learn from each other.
Rules
- Each player will be placed in a roster and when their turn to play comes up, they will play about 20 turns (It doesn't have to be specifically 20 turns, you can go over or under if it makes sense to end your turn on a specific event) The roster will be updated as people join/leave.
- After a turn has been completed, a player will write a report including screenshots and the save file. (This is where the fun of the game is, so it is important to put some effort in writing a good report)
- After your turn, you will PM the next person on the list, informing them that it is their turn to play (this prevents anyone missing the bump of the thread. Please make sure you remember to do this)
- A player then has 48 Hours to respond in the thread with a "Got it" notice, or with a completed turn. Should this not happen, play will continue onto the next person
- If a player posts a "Got it" notice in the thread, they have another 48 Hours to complete their turn. (Thus the longest time without any new turns is set at 4 days. The "Got it" notice ensures that everyone isn’t waiting 4 days for a no-show)
- If a player feels they will be unable to take their turn within the 4 days, they should post a "Pass" notice in the thread so no-one is kept waiting for them. If you pass, it is your responsibility to inform the next person on the list via PM
- At any time if a player wishes to join or leave the roster, they should PM the person running the game (In this case me
 ) (You can join in any time during the game) New players will be placed at the bottom of the list.
- If a player misses their turn without passing, they will be removed from the roster(they can still rejoin, but must PM about it)
- The game will be run on the latest version of Civ 4 with the BTS expansion pack
What game settings are we playing on?
Please vote for what settings you want to see played below. Please read the thread for discussions on game settings before voting.
All leaders will be random and all victory conditions will be available.
Difficulty
+ Show Spoiler +The last game was played on Monarch Poll: Difficulty LevelEmperor (15) 75% Monarch (5) 25% 20 total votes Your vote: Difficulty Level (Vote): Monarch
(Vote): Emperor
Map type
+ Show Spoiler +The last game was played on Lakes. (Let me know if there is a map type you would like that is not on the list). Poll: Map typeContinents (10) 38% Inland Sea (8) 31% Archipelago (4) 15% Fractal (3) 12% Pangaea (1) 4% Lakes (0) 0% 26 total votes Your vote: Map type (Vote): Archipelago
(Vote): Continents
(Vote): Lakes
(Vote): Pangaea
(Vote): Fractal
(Vote): Inland Sea
Map size
+ Show Spoiler +The last game was played on Standard Poll: Map sizeLarge (13) 68% Standard (3) 16% Huge (3) 16% Small (0) 0% 19 total votes Your vote: Map size (Vote): Small
(Vote): Standard
(Vote): Large
(Vote): Huge
Climate
+ Show Spoiler +Last game was played on Random Poll: ClimateRandom (13) 59% Temperate (4) 18% Tropical (2) 9% Arid (2) 9% Cold (1) 5% Rocky (0) 0% 22 total votes Your vote: Climate (Vote): Temperate
(Vote): Tropical
(Vote): Arid
(Vote): Rocky
(Vote): Cold
(Vote): Random
Game speed
+ Show Spoiler +Last game was played on epic speed Poll: Game speedEpic (11) 55% Marathon (6) 30% Normal (3) 15% Quick (0) 0% 20 total votes Your vote: Game speed (Vote): Quick
(Vote): Normal
(Vote): Epic
(Vote): Marathon
Other settings that can be changed
+ Show Spoiler +Barbarians Poll: BarbariansOn (17) 74% Raging (4) 17% Off (2) 9% 23 total votes Your vote: Barbarians (Vote): On
(Vote): Off
(Vote): Raging
Tech Trading Poll: Tech TradingOn (14) 78% Off (2) 11% No Tech Brokering (2) 11% 18 total votes Your vote: Tech Trading (Vote): On
(Vote): Off
(Vote): No Tech Brokering
Vassal states Poll: Vassal statesOn (14) 78% Off (4) 22% 18 total votes Your vote: Vassal states (Vote): On
(Vote): Off
Goodie Huts and Random Events Poll: Goodie Huts and Random EventsOn (16) 76% Off (5) 24% 21 total votes Your vote: Goodie Huts and Random Events (Vote): On
(Vote): Off
I will also check random seed on each game so no-body can cheat.
Let's have some fun
If you wish to play, please sign up in the thread, it will also help if you post your current skill level in civ (what difficulty you play on). However with our recent success, we will not be playing anything easier than monarch.
Everyone is welcome to play, regardless of skill level, so if you're a noob, don't worry just sign up and do your best. There will be plenty of players who are way above the skill level of the game we play at so it will all even out. In the end, the game is a great learning experience for all.
Final note on etiquette
This really goes without saying, but don't be an asshat. If you disagree with a decision, point it out in a constructive manner.
Also, when writing your reports, please justify your decisions (especially big ones). It will help everyone understand what you were thinking and help those trying to learn.
Remember that the fun of this game comes from the reports. So if you sign up, please be prepared to put the effort in for writing a report.
We are here to have fun, so winning or losing doesn't matter. There's still plenty of fun to have with a losing game.
The Roster (Signups Closed)
RisingTide
Energizer
mcneebs
ShloobeR
miseiler
h3r1n6
duckett
Mystlord
catabowl
nosliw
Keilah
Dobrev
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looking forward to this 
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Woop, enjoyed watching the first two, so I'm gonna sign up for the third. I'm an Emperor player, pretty comfortable with all leaders.
I want to throw a vote for an Inland Sea map because I find there's less starting position variance and the maps are generally nicer.
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Ive added Inland sea to the map type poll. Whoever that 1 person was who voted will have to vote again in that
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im soooooo in!
Difficulty - Emperor (we need some kinda challenge, eh? ^^, normally immortal player)
Map - Fractal
Climate - Temperate
Map size - Large
Game speed - Marathon ( this speed GREATLY favors war without putting you behind technologically)
Barbarians - On (sigh)
Tech and vassal states - On (TOTALLY!!!)
Goodie Huts - Off
Random Events - Off
As I said once before, If you would like to have the last two on, then as my friend would say, give yourself 400 gold, 2 warriors, and put in 3 barbarian archers in your capital once you create it.
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Count me in! Been looking for an excuse to dust off BTS!
To energizer, the AI gets goody huts and RE's too, but i don't really care if they're on or off
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Marathon scales differently than all the other difficulties. Basically, relative to tech/buildings/growth/everything else, you build units twice as fast. It tends to be war heavy, and the game is very long, sometimes even tedious.
And if you could do a favor, if you don't lock modified assets I can shadow it (otherwise vertex shadingless computer can only show black tiles). Although it can't handle a large map anyway.
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On May 29 2010 15:59 knavery wrote:looking forward to this
You and me both! This is just as good as a movie in my book. Just sheer entertainment!
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Marshall Islands104 Posts
I have Civ 4 for Mac with the BTS expansion. I am running mac patch 3.19 and I am wondering if anyone knows if this version (it is the latest for mac, I believe) will work with the windows version everyone else is using here?
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On May 29 2010 18:38 Jayde wrote:
I have Civ 4 for Mac with the BTS expansion. I am running mac patch 3.19 and I am wondering if anyone knows if this version (it is the latest for mac, I believe) will work with the windows version everyone else is using here?
Not sure, but if you go to the thread before this one, there are save games you can download and have a go to see if they work.
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On May 29 2010 18:38 Jayde wrote:
I have Civ 4 for Mac with the BTS expansion. I am running mac patch 3.19 and I am wondering if anyone knows if this version (it is the latest for mac, I believe) will work with the windows version everyone else is using here?
I'm pretty sure it will be compatible, because the .CivBeyondSwordSave should identical across platforms.
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Marshall Islands104 Posts
On May 29 2010 19:01 Fen wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2010 18:38 Jayde wrote:
I have Civ 4 for Mac with the BTS expansion. I am running mac patch 3.19 and I am wondering if anyone knows if this version (it is the latest for mac, I believe) will work with the windows version everyone else is using here? Not sure, but if you go to the thread before this one, there are save games you can download and have a go to see if they work.
Ok, thanks I'll go and check if I can play any of the saves from the last succession game.
[EDIT] In case anyone is interested, it appears that the mac version of Civ BTS patched to 3.19 is NOT compatible with the current windows version. I tried to play the save files from the 2nd Civ succession game here on TL and Civ 4 would just quit on me. Anyway - this is probably for the best because you guys seem a lot better at Civ than I 
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On May 29 2010 17:29 mcneebs wrote:
Count me in! Been looking for an excuse to dust off BTS!
To energizer, the AI gets goody huts and RE's too, but i don't really care if they're on or off
I wouldn't mind Goody huts/RE so much if they wernt based on the RNG and random variables. I can't tell you how many times I got destroyed by RE because of a bloody barbarian uprising while in a war, or how I more times than not get that special little RNG that slows my research by that much more.
I'd much rather keep things straightforward and skill based rather then reliance on RE which is more times than not a major nuisance (How many times have you have a building destroyed?)
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Count me in for sure! : )
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good luck guys! playing Civ4 pretty much these days, but i don't have BTS (what is it changing anyway? ^^ guess more units/nations?)
gonna follow this game for sure! i'm right now trying prince and am failing, so i guess it's better anyway that i am not playing lol
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I'm definitely in for this one! Last game was really fun.
I'm normally a noble player, so my primary responsibility will be insuring the other civs have a chance.
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Ahh, just finished a nice tank/bomber/paratrooper/spy romp domination. Haven't done one quite like that before, but it was honestly the most fun i've had roflstomping 4 civs in a dozen turns, so lets try for that :D.
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I think I'd like to be in, I can easily hold my own on prince, but haven't tried anything harder yet. I can only war war war and crash the economy though .
If we do marathon it should be more than 20 turns per person. I like to play on fractal and everything except for size on random. Forces you to adapt to the map.
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I'm guessing you guys will run a SE if we draw an appropriate civ? Is everyone familiar with how specialist economies work?
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Hey I'm totally up for this again, put me down on the list. I was in succession game 1 but had school for game 2.
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