You are Cordially Invited to Tune In to Watch the first GalCiv Succession Game

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In a succession game, members of a team take turns at the helm of a single player game, playing a specified number of turns before passing the game to the next player. Players from Realms Beyond have gathered at CivFanatics, where we've been playing Civ3 succession games for years now, to try our hand at a GalCiv SG.

We invite you to come and have a look. :D

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72311

The AAR's from each player's turn are highly detailed, accompanied by screenshots, and fun to read. Follow along, and you may even find yourself wishing you could join the action! :HOT:

Players tuning in the RB Empire thread here in the Stardock forum have known about the SG for a while now, but I thought I would give notice to the majority of you who don't keep tabs on RB activities. :)

Seasons Greetings from your friends at Realms Beyond.


- Sirian
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
The second round of action in the SG is wrapping up, and our fortunes are turning positive as we have managed to build a few Trade Goods. Could be conflict ahead, though, as one of our neighbors is growing restless. :)

Tune in and have a look. :D

- Sirian
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
This is very interesting. Real Cool.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Anyone 'not' following this game... Well, you should be IMHO. Excellent AAR. :HOT:
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
The SG marches on. TBC, and the whole team for that matter, seems headed for what looks to be a resounding victory. Knock on wood. With the Yor now gone, our trade route with them transfers automatically to the new ownership, guaranteeing us a second route with whomever goes on the rise (Altarians in this case). See? It's not automatically unwise to send trade to weak or even dying civs. Depends on the big picture.

Oh look, I'm up again. :D


- Sirian
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
That link is a great ad for GalCiv!
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for this link. The thread is awesome! I have read through it twice and learned many finer points and tips/tricks. I started a game on challenging last night and used the colony ship method you started the SG with. Great move it turned out to be!

I look forward to reading the rest of the posts as the game plays through. The thread would be an excellent resource for those new to the game and even those, like myself, that have a few games but want to get better.

Thanks again for a great read!! :)
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
I had moved away from using the PQ bonus, I think I am going to switch back
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
In my solo games, I try to wean myself off the PQ bonus now and then, not to use it in more than half my games. It's not as godly as the diplo picks, but it's definitely in the "too strong to resist" category.

- Sirian
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
The action is winding down in the first succession game, yet there are still reasons to tune in. Have you met SiBCaT yet? If not, this is one kitty who could change the way you play the game. Don't miss out! :D

- Sirian
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
SiBCat (or its canine equivalent :p ) has been in use here for the last five of my maso games. Excellent documentation of the concept, as usual.

One thing to note--I think there is some scaling of the tech costs with map size. I couldn't find any documentation (haven't exactly looked to hard, either), but I am sure that everything below large has a tech cost lower than what JavaScout's Guide has shown. I am not sure about whether map sizes above large scale up, however. Has anyone else noticed this?
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
Have you met SiBCaT yet?
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This is very good! I have enjoyed reading through the game and have learned a great deal. SiBCat ought to be very helpful in my next game.

Thanks to all who have posted so eloquently on that thread. The detailed explanations are wonderful and the splash of humor here and there makes for a fun read. I look forward to the next one.
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
Dear Sirian, thanks for this great site. I enyojed reading very much.

Concratulations for SiBCaT.
(http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=c3cd240458947703bc571d8ff9a6cb40&threadid=72311&perpage=20&display=&pagenumber=4 Sirian's post from Jan 20, 2004 07:58 AM)

I guess you deserve some kind of promotion ;)

Nevertheless I asked CariElf in the bug report thread to have a look at it. I would really prefere to have a fix instead of using SiBCaT :SURPRISED:
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
One thing to note--I think there is some scaling of the tech costs with map size
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Yes, but not with habitability.

It's pretty simple, really. All you have to do is check any of the starting techs. I always research Communication Theory first, so that's the one I used. Here's the costs to research Comm Theory per map size:

Tiny - 20
Small - 25
Medium - 30
Large - 40
Huge - 50
Gigantic - 50

Note the oddity of no increase from huge to gigantic.

Nevertheless I asked CariElf in the bug report thread to have a look at it. I would really prefere to have a fix instead of using SiBCaT
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I wouldn't mind retiring SiBCaT, but can they fix it without bogging down slower machines? We'll have to wait and see how Stardock responds.


- Sirian
Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top
I wouldn't mind retiring SiBCaT, but can they fix it without bogging down slower machines? We'll have to wait and see how Stardock responds.
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CariElf ansered in the bug thread.
#320 by Senator CariElf - 1/20/2004 11:33:54 AM
One of the things that I've been working on lately is getting the various screens to update correctly, but the painting/refresh code is probably the most inefficient and messiest code that we have, so it's taking me time.
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Acoording to her statement the result would not slow down the game. I really hope that she will succeed i.e. she finds enough time.
Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, folx, the game is now complete. Use the link at the top of the page to see the outcome. Stay tuned, RB will likely be sponsoring more SGs in the near future.
Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top
LOL Sirian--looks like you beat me to the punch. I was planning on opening up the thread tonight if no one else got to it--looks like someone has ;).
Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top
Hey guys I want to say that was a great read... As well there are many tips and tricks in that thread. I know I will be going back to disect and take all the information that I skimmed over on the first read through...

-oldgamster