I am still here...

[LCC]

I just can not think of anything worthwhile to say...

Signed by : Lonnie Courtney Clay Laughing Crazy Coot Tarzan Chic Logo
Guy

[LCC]

Same situation.

[LCC]

ditto

[LCC]

On Oct 10, 10:17 pm, LCC <claylon...@comcast.net> wrote:

nothing new

[LCC]

On Oct 10, 10:17 pm, LCC <claylon...@comcast.net> wrote:

ditto

[LCC]

Select MGM Yell :

http://www.tvacres.com/commun_signals_tarzan.htm

[LCC]

Happy New Year!

Come on FRIEND welcome IN THE GATE IS OPEN WIDE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_HL0WA_bas

[LCC]

[LCC]

visit uncleal :

http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/bonmots1.htm

and L Neil Smith :

http://www.bigheadpress.com/tpbtgn?page=0

http://www.bigheadpress.com/roswell?page=1


Signed By :
Lonnie Courtney Clay aka Laughing Crazy Coot aka TARZAN Chic Logo Guy

[LCC]

See orkut.com search on "Lonnie Clay".
See YouTube channel ClayLC2.
Search Google for "Lonnie Courtney Clay"

[LCC]

crazy frog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkHm8uUuT0o

Lone Ranger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2218Btx3wY

Zorro!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OIY-eXWYpw

[LCC]

See :

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ClayLC2


http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=11137373610564837124


http://groups.google.com/group/lonnie-courtney-clay?hl=en

[LCC]

See :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzTysqw6_P8

At 215 pounds I am NOT a Pencil Neck Geek. Are you?

[LCC]

Are you a veteran of The United States Of America? If so then I
encourage you to visit and join :

http://www.vajoe.com/board/

[LCC]

If you need a reminder of why Americans should be very proud, then
visit the following web site :

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/index.html

All of the wars which we have fought and won in history and other
memorable events pale into insignificance and do not count worth a
hoot in hell compared to Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon on July
20 1969. By GOD's grace the first person from Earth to step foot on a
planet of ours or another solar system will be an AMERICAN!

[LCC]

The link below is for President Kennedy speaking to Congress about the
space program on May 25 1961. No other speech in modern times is as
enduring in its significance.


http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03NationalNeeds05251961.htm

[LCC]

March 9 is my 52nd birthday.....

[LCC]

Today I am 52. YEE HAH! If I get any birthday presents, I will be
surprised.....

[LCC]

What a week! I am now banned from www.vajoe.com for pulling their legs
too hard...

I added several videos to my orkut playlist today, see :

http://www.orkut.com/FavoriteVideos.aspx?uid=11137373610564837124

[LCC]

Nothing to tell anybody....

[LCC]

[LCC]

I have been posting as claylc at :
http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/

[LCC]

I am still here, playing Sid Meir's Civilization IV.

[LCC]

I am still here, playing Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

[LCC]

I finished a marathon 251 hour settler level game by diplomatic
victory in 1770 rating Charlemagne. I am now playing a marathon level
prince game.
The file is LCC 1700 Victory uploaded here.

[LCC]

I am still here, playing Sid Meier's Civilization IV level Noble. It
is date 1356. I have the most cities - 13. I am #1 in everything that
counts. It looks like this game will be a winner. I will knock off #2
Isabella after I get Rifling a couple hundred turns from now.

[LCC]

The marathon level prince Aztec game went badly. I fell to fifth place
and was the victim of a war with Spain, which was first place. I
started another marathon game at noble level as India. It is working
well with me solidly in first place. The date is 1857. I have 33
cities. Fast workers are wonderful!

[LCC]

I finished a marathon 172 hour level Noble game as India by space race
victory in 1927. My adjusted score was only 9142 rated as Charles De
Gaulle, five BELOW Charlemagne. RATS! I am playing another settler
level game as India to go for top ranking with what I have learned
about warfare...
Files are 3985 BC and 1926 launch.

[LCC]

The India settler level game is going well. As of 1130 AD, I had
finished 53 technologies of which the latest is Rifling. I had 28
cities. Everybody is Buddist sitting around singing Kumbah Ya. I have
evil plans to win this game early by world conquest. I will implement
them after I have tanks and railroad a couple hundred turns from now.
My unadjusted score is 1848 ranking well above Mongols @502, Romans
@474, Americans @451, Russians @450, and English at 434. The other
five are no-count with a total of 26 cities among them. On the other
hand, the top 5 have only 33 cities, so I may gobble top down rather
than bottom up when I start making war. I lack stone so that may be a
deciding factor on who I conquer first. My ranking for soldiers is
814k versus the next highest of 140k. So I already have military
strength of the top 5 combined, but it is dispersed protecting 28
versus 33 cities. So far as cities go I have 6 mature, 3 teenagers,
and 19 children. I have plans for another dozen cities in the howling
wilderness of the northwest mountain country, a source of annoying
barbarians. Conquest can wait for railroad, tanks, and perhaps even
airports for logistic support to deliver missionaries to conquered
cities.

[LCC]

The India settler level game is going very well. As of 1508 AD I have
53 cities and am just a few technologies away from finishing the tech
tree. If you are interested in playing this scenario to compare your
ability with mine, the start is 4000 BC four cows and the current game
save is AD 1508 files uploaded here. I anticipate end of game within
the next 100 turns either by election in the UN or by space race
completion. My unadjusted score is 5072 versus English 944, Romans
934, Americans 869, Russians 824, Mongols 816, and less than that for
the bottom five.

[LCC]

The game ended by diplomatic victory on the first UN vote in 1523-24.
My raw score was 5429, adjusted to 31824 rated top of rankings as
Augustus Caesar. I am going to play India again at the next difficulty
level up and expand more aggressively. The tax burden for too many
cities was never a serious problem in the last game. In the new game I
intend to run 20 percent tax burden for break-even gold rather than
always going 100 percent science. More cities makes more science even
with higher taxes...

To get a replay of the game, load the file "AD 1523 I win" and go to
next turn. Watch the pink plague spread! There were no wars at all,
although I gained a few cities from AI players by cultural domination.
It helps to have all 7 religions, and I spent a LONG 35 turns just
building missionaries for cities 1-34. After that I just built a few
and concentrated on military for new cities while developing the first
34. I had 70 workers, sufficient for 2 per city for the first 35, and
of course as a city was completed the workers moved onwards to
concentrate on newer cities.

Most of the time I had three military per city, concentrating the more
powerful units at the borders to fight off barbarians. In the next
game I will try two per city on interior cities, allowing for faster
expansion.

[LCC]

I am playing a warlord difficulty level game as India. The start is
4000 BC 6 cows plus oasis uploaded here. I am currently at 1292 AD
with score of 1325 and 17 cities. The top 5 AI have cities and scores
of : Germans 11 @898, Americans 11 @769, Persians 9 @761, Chinese 11
@713, and Spanish 9 @699. Since I am near the center of the map, I am
surrounded and have only a few city sites to plant left. There will be
wars!

[LCC]

I am playing a warlord difficulty level game as India. The start is

4000 BC 6 cows plus oasis uploaded here. I am currently at 1634 AD
with score of 3708 and 32 cities. The top 5 AI have cities and scores
of : Chinese 24@1873, Americans 20@1864, Persians 15@1654, Romans
16@1859, and Germans 10@1526. The Chinese are in their 3rd war with
Germany and appear to be winning. I gained 9 cities by destroying the
Aztecs. Next I will destroy Spain or the Mongols. Technologies which I
have researched and which nobody else has are : Fascism, Physics,
Medicine, Railroad, Combustion, Electricity, Refrigeration, and
Flight.

[LCC]

I finished the warlord difficulty level game as India with top rating
Augustus Caesar. To get a replay of the game, load the file "AD 1703
maybe victory" and go to next turn. Watch the pink plague spread! I
had two wars, first against the Aztecs, then against the Mongols. It
was a diplomatic victory on the first UN vote.

[LCC]

I am playing a prince level game as India. The start file is BC-3985 5
cows plus scout. Current file is AD-1075. As of 895 AD I had a score
of 864 and 16 cities. The top 5 AI were Germany 10@639, Persia 11@578,
Mali 10@528, China 9@517, and Spain 12@496. Once again Isabella is the
bad guy, making war on poor old England, but being warred upon now by
France and Japan. I am staying on the sidelines until my cities grow
up, but Spain is definitely my first war target....

[LCC]

I am playing a prince level game as India. The start file is BC-3985 5

cows plus scout. Current file is AD-1592 bought maps. As of 1592 AD I
had a score of 3201 and 38 cities. The top 5 AI were Germany 17@1894,
America 19@1879, Persia 14@1684, China 13@1647, and Mali 11@1604. I
destroyed Spain in a war lasting from 1524 to 1538. I just finished
researching scientific method and bought biology. I delayed it until I
had a good set of monasteries for missionary work and culture growth.
The next war is with Germany in 150-250 turns to gain Versailles and
the last two holy cities. I also get gold, silver, and sheep to trade
with possibly aluminum and uranium. I lack coal but expect that I can
get it from America, Persia, China, or Mali. An alliance has formed
between America, Persia, and Mali which puts them temporarily off
limits for war. Germany has ben ramping up its military quite
significantly, cutting my lead to plus 30% or so, but I expect them to
war on the Romans,making the ultimate territory gain from my war on
them even more attractive.

[LCC]

In 1671 I traded Radio to the Americans. On the next turn they built
the wonder RockNRoll which requires Radio. Since that was blatant
cheating, which I will not tolerate, I have decided not to play any
more, at least for a while. The cheating probably is turned on by
difficulty level and game situation. I will investigate comments from
others about the game before making a final decision. I DO know that
earlier versions of Civilization cheated on building wonders, but I
thought that the cheating was no longer a part of game play in this
version.

[LCC]

http://www.womengamers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18345
says the AI cheat above Noble level, which is true for this Prince
level game. I am providing the 1670 save file in the unlikely event
that somebody might be interested in playing to the end. Militarily I
am second, by far I am first in cities, food and hammers.

[LCC]

I got over my disgust at the cheating. I am now playing a level noble
game as India. The start is 6 cows 2 wine 1 wheat uploaded here today.
I have not progressed far enough to make a current file worthwhile.
current date is about 900 BC and I am being plagued around my three
cities by swarms of barbarians. I just now fell below first place and
am researching technology currency.

[LCC]

I am now playing a level noble game as India. The start is 6 cows 2

wine 1 wheat uploaded here. I conquered Hatsepsut of Egypt in
1566-1574. I am about to conquer the secretary general Catherine of
Russia file LCC 1767 just before war starts uploaded today. I have
researched all technologies and am 100 percent taxes for upgrading
obsolete military. I expect the war against her 34 cities to go well
even though I have only 32 cities.

[LCC]

I was almost done killing Catherine of Russia when I won diplomatic
victory in 1780. File uploaded turn before is LCC6 AD-1779 done. I had
an adjusted score of 22230 rated as Augustus Caesar. I am going to
play another noble level game with start position in the south central
with flood plains. I miss the rapid growth potential of the one game
which I played there...

[LCC]

I am playing another noble level marathon game from the start LCC7
BC-4000 4cows uploaded here today. At 1447 AD, I have 17 cities with
score of 2060. The top 5 AI are Egypt 1049-12, Japan 960-15, England
947-14, Spain 939-12, and Persia 905-10. I took 7 barbarian cities to
the north that I recall. I can plant another half dozen good cities in
my territory when I get enough military. I have researched through
Rifling with options of Chemistry Scientific Method or Democracy.

[LCC]

The game is going well, uploaded as LCC7 AD-1654. The Inca and
Persians were eliminated by AI attacks. I have 32 cities. I will be
attacking Tokugawa of Japan within the next 20 turns to gain aluminum
for modern armor. I will finish all tech research by 1780 if I do not
win a diplomatic victory sooner. I wish that the new colonization game
would come out for Apple, since I have reached near boredom with this
game.

[LCC]

The game is going very well, uploaded as LCC7 AD-1741. Egyptians were
eliminated by AI attacks. I eliminated the Japanese and Chinese. I
have 64 cities. I will be attacking Victoria of England within the
next five turns to gain marble and consolidate the northern territory.
I will finish the last two tech research areas soon. I have upgraded
all tanks to modern armor and all infantry to mechanized infantry. I
have spread five of the seven religions to all my cities, but do not
really need the last two due to an excess of happiness. I want a score
above 30000, so I am not allowing the diplomatic victory to be voted
on. I control votes as secretary general of the United Nations. I have
over six times the military power of the strongest of the remaining
five AI. The scores and city count are : Me 6071-64, Spain 2337-24,
England 2032-20, Aztec 1884-21, Greek 1670-20, Roman 1492-7. Romans
are at war with England and Spain, no loss to me.

[LCC]

The end of the game is uploaded as file LCC7 AD 1746 adjusted. Just go
to next turn and vote for diplomatic victory. The score was 6701
normalized to 30805 with 84 cities. I started a new game with the
"lakes" map uploaded as LCC8 BC 2635. I just now got iron working off
a box and decided the game was playable. With all the jungles in the
region it looked pretty bad for a while. However, you can do irrigate
and workshop pairs to convert jungles to the equivalent of plains, so
this one is a keeper. Loads of resources available!

[LCC]

I played the game for 14 hours up to 100BC. It sucked big time. The
lakes scenario is 1/3 ice and 1/5 jungle. The particular map start was
flawed by being smack dab below the worst jungle zone and too near the
polar ice. Barbarians coming in off the ice and jungles had me stalled
till 500BC. I am going to play another plains game. I wish
Colonization for Mac would come out!

[LCC]

The new plains game is going well. The file is up loaded as LCC9
BC-1600 first barbarian warrior. I am building axe-men and researching
currency. The score rankings are : Me 232-4 city, England 133-3, Spain
129-3, Inca 127-3, Mali 124-3, Japan 120-4, Egypt 120-2, America
116-3, Russia 113-2, Aztec 108-2. The tenth AI has not been met yet...

[LCC]

The new plains game is going well. The file is uploaded as LCC9

AD-1456. I am researching Rifling, and am within 100 turns of
scientific method. Results are score- cities : Me 2002-21, Japan
1099-13, Inca 1022-14, Mali 1012-14, Spain 960-10, Egypt 955-13,
England 940-9, America 938-11, Russia 927-10, Arabia 742-11, Aztec
631-8. I founded all seven religions, have a good balance sheet with
four religions bringing in cash, and am in my second golden age. I
recently took five barbarian cities to southeast of Delhi, making it a
tossup whether I attack Egypt or the Aztecs first. My first war will
be as soon as I get biology...

On another topic, there will be no post in the Merry Christmas series
as mentioned earlier because I lack inspiration. My Veteran's
Administration mental disability pension was increased to $985, but
credit card interest has me struggling to pay bills...

[LCC]

I have stopped playing Civilization IV. I am now offline on an old PC
playing Space Empires IV. I would play SEV but it requires a video
card which is later than the old machine has installed...

[LCC]

I get a variety of spam from the originating IP ranges 76.96.62.xx and
76.96.30.xx
Here is a recent sample of bogus official notifications.


From:
Mr Mark Frank <uiiut...@earthlink.net>
[Add to Address Book]
Subject:
Wishes You Happy new year
Date:
January 10, 2009 6:02:08 AM CST
[View Source]
Finance Department Director
International Monetary Fund. IMF

Happy new year,

I found your name in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid
(Contractors,
Inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was originated
from
American, Europe, Asia plus Middle east and Africans, among the list
of
individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to
the Standard
Chartered Bank, HSBC, Barclays Bank, Natwest Bank, Bank of America,
Eco Bank
Nigeria plc and CBN Plus ATM payment to mention only but few.. Your
name
appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a part-payment of US
$5.5
million and has been approved already for months. You are requested to
get back
to me for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from one Dr. Robert Walter who told us
that he is
your next of kin and that you died in an auto crash some weeks ago. Dr
Robert
Walter submitted account co-ordinates are as follows:

Bank of Lebanon
A/c no: 890458984589
Routing No: bl 275-79665
Aba no: BL-ANAJFG-FL
Beneficiary: Dr Robert Walter

He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to
him.We write to
confirm the genuinety of his information before the transfer could be
made to
him accordingly, I apologize to you on behalf Of International
Monetary Fund
(IMF) if we have received a false information
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/officers.htm failure to
receive your
funds earlier before now, which according to records in the system has
been long
overdue, contact me via my email address....@sapo.pt

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Mark Frank
Finance Department Director
International Monetary Fund. (IMF)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't feed the trolls!

[LCC]

I upgraded my old PC and am now playing Space Empires V. If the
population grew more quickly I would be happy.

[LCC]

I got bored playing Space Empires V, and have stopped playing games. I
looked through my brother's sf&f library and read "Old Man's War by
John Scalzi. I am reading a sequel now called "The Last Colony".

[LCC]

I am back to playing Space Empires V. I get so many resources from
trade that it would be a crime to start a war. Nevertheless I shall
exterminate all the AI and thus win the game. I am at turn 72 with 300
colonies...

[LCC]

Compared to Sid Meier's Civilization IV, the Space Empires games are
boring. Unfortunately I am unable to play civ because the 10.4.11
Quicktime update to mac OSX broke the game. In the meantime I am
reading and rereading old books. Currently I am rereading Walter Jon
Williams' novel Ambassador Of Progress.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

Aspyr released an update to Sid Meier's civilization iv, so I am
playing it again.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

Civ iv was boring so I read "Soldiers" by John Dalmas...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I am playing civ iv again.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I got tired of fighting barbarians and started a settler level game.
Uploaded files are the two LCC11 ones at 3985 BC and 1000 AD. I have
16 cities and am 41580 points ahead in research level. Everybody is
sitting around singing Kumbaya. I am going to war when I get riflemen
because four civilizations are crowding my territory. I have all the
religions and wonders, with two high production cities building
wonders. Scores-cities are ; Me 1598-16, Russia 475-6, China 440-7,
Persia 419-5, Egypt 417-5, Inca 401-4, English 392-3, Greeks 370-7,
Americans 367-5, Germans 360-6, Romans 330-4.
I got five settlers from villages early on, which greatly helped my
progress.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I eliminated the Romans, Egyptians, and English but my score if I
accept a win is below 30000. So I am going to continue taking over AI
civilizations until I can get a good score. I have 86 cities at 1639.
I have researched future technology two.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I eliminated the Inca and have 100 cities now, but my score would only
be 23229 if I chose diplomatic victory. The raw scores and cities
are ; Me 7380-100, Chinese 1307-15, Greek 1266-14, Russia 1238-9,
America 1198-11, Persia 1103-11, and Germany 996-11. I am going 100%
tax to pay for buildings in conquered and new cities, with an income
per turn of 4201. I would have more but cities 70 through 100 need
missionary work, a priority for building when I can get them to work.
A failed missionary or two is okay but 50% failure is not. A typical
population one city has cost of 5 or 6 while four trade routes bring
in 8, ground coins are one or two, and if missionaries established all
seven religions that would add 17 income. I am buying granary, forge,
and factory now, with theatre and library for culture if it is a
border city. I stopped buying courthouses when I realized that the buy
cost exceeded the taxes saved for probably the rest of the game...

I have 232 workers, 244 mechanized infantry, and 72 modern armor.
Typically the AI has a long bowman and pikeman or two plus a few
miscellaneous gunpowder units. The worst that I face are riflemen,
because they do not have the technology for infantry. My power rating
is 11604k versus 401k for the most powerful AI. My other statistics
are ; GNP 913 versus 419, MFG 4062 versus 119, Crop 3292 versus 202,
Land 2015k versus 347k, and population 401828k versus 3789k. I have an
imports/exports rating of 1305/158, but since I have so many more
cities than the AI, the primary cities in my civilization trade with
each other rather than having foreign trade routes.

I plan to go to war with Catherine of Russia when the Inca cities are
out of revolt. The war will take only one or two turns. Then I will
take out Bismarck of Germany. then after a pause for missionary work
and buying buildings, I will take out Alexander of Greece and the
Chinese. That leaves the Americans and Persians. If my adjusted score
is going up rather than down, I will pause to let it hit 30000,
otherwise I will finish them off to have a conquest victory...

The uploaded file is LCC11 AD-1650.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I had a world domination victory with no option to refuse in 1652,
rating of Augustus Caesar. Now I am searching for a good start to play
another settler level game, using what I know about barbarians, and
not making the mistake of conquering the low population western
territory.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I found a reasonable start at settler level, uploaded as LCC12
BC-4000. At 500 AD I uploaded as LCC12 AD-0500. Status as score and
cities is : Me 1265-13, Russia 348-7, Rome 343-5, Aztecs 323-6, Greeks
323-5, Egypt 323-4, Mali 307-5, Inca 292-3, America 288-4, Saladin
276-5, and Japan 230-4. I have done all missionary work except Islam
and city 13. I am ready to expand again as soon as I get gunpowder
units in about 20 plus turns. I got five of my first six cities from
village settlers. Then I expanded until I had twelve cities at 40
percent tax break even. For a long time I have just been developing
the land of my twelve base cities with 21 fast workers. Now that the
land is almost fully developed, it is time to expand again. I have had
two great prophets for my seven religions. With that holy site income
I am able to go zero percent tax at minus 22 gold. Occasionally I
trade a technology to the AI players to subsidize my deficit...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I uploaded file LCC12 AD-1374 to celebrate the beginning of my third
golden age. I have finished building cities at number 37. Now I need
to build missionaries, with five of seven religions paying cash.
Status in score and cities is : Me 3333-37, America 652-8, Rome
613-10, Greece 612-7, Arabia 593-8, Egypt 589-7, Aztec 588-8, Russia
575-9, Inca 566-6, Mali 514-7, and Japan at 383-6. I did scientific
method and biology much earlier than usual, so my cities are much
bigger than usual. I will probably take a diplomatic victory when I
get the technology and build the United Nations within 150 turns. I
expect only one war or possibly two, versus Egypt and Russia. I am
definitely on track for a score over 30000...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I won by diplomatic victory in 1460 with score of 42817 rating
Augustus Caesar. The game took only 56 hours 13 minutes, about a third
of the usual. At end game I had 38 cities, 27 workers, 3 cavalry, and
171 infantry. Uploaded file is LCC12 AD-1459 I win. Check it out by
going to next turn and play the movie to see the pink Indian empire
spread. Although the previous game was 100 cities, this game had a
much higher score due to the early end, 202 turns sooner. I could have
had an even higher score above 45000 if I had built the United Nations
sooner. So that is my target for the next game : before 1460 and score
above 45000. There were no wars in this game. Maybe next game I will
have a war or two...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I got tired of fighting barbarians, so I started a custom game with no
barbarians and random number seed reset upon load. It is noble level
with 10 custom loaded AI since I am also tired of Tokugawa, Montezuma,
and the Mongols. Game start is uploaded as LCC13 BC-4000 and status
currently as LCC13 BC-1780. With the random number reload, I had a
good run of technology from villages. I am ahead in Writing, Monarchy,
Iron Working, Monotheism, Alphabet, Mathematics, Construction, and
Currency. Two AI have but will not trade Sailing. Status in score and
cities is : Me 264-3, Persia 157-3, Mali 145-3, Germany 123-2, China
122-3, England 120-2, Russia 119-3, Rome 110-2, Arabia 109-2, Spain
109-2, and America 108-2.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

The game is going well enough. Status in 1304 AD for score and cities
is : Me 1712-24, Mali 967-11, Persia 872-12, Russia 805-11, Germany
730-11, England 718-12, America 659-12, China 640-9, Rome 628-11,
Spain 581-10, and Arabia 540-8. Game is uploaded as LCC13 AD-1304.
With no barbarians and all civilizations Buddist, I am very light on
military with some cities only an axe-man. I plan to research
Chemistry, Nationalism, Constitution, and Corporation, then Democracy
Scientific Method, Biology, and Medicine. Mali stands out of the crowd
in technology, with Divine Right, Philosophy, Paper, Guilds, Printing
Press, and Astronomy. I am ahead of everybody in Banking, Education,
Gunpowder, Economics, and Liberalism.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

Although my score is high, prospects for a diplomatic victory soon are
low in 1536. The current file is LCC13 AD-1536. Scores and cities
are : Me 3729-33, England 1611-20, Mali 1541-11, Russia 1490-16, Rome
1298-17, Spain 1271-10, Persia 1239-12, Germany 1232-9, America
112-11, China 987-15, and Arabia 907-9. The Chinese have made war on
Persia and are now successfully at war with Germany. I think that my
first war will be with Mali. In technology I am ahead in Physics,
Medicine, Steam Power, Assembly Line, Railroad, Combustion, Flight,
Electricity, and Refrigeration. I have finished all missionary work in
my cities. I am researching Radio then Mass Media for the United
Nations wonder. My population is 632 of 1636 total, giving me veto
power but a far cry from the 1014 needed for victory. The determining
factor for who to war against is by whoever has biology is a target.
Only Mali has biology therefor...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I did not need to worry. I won a diplomatic victory on the first vote
of the UN in 1584 with a score of 46066 rated Augustus Caesar. To view
the movie see file LCC13 AD-1583. My next game will have the same
options and players at noble level again. I plan to expand until taxes
take 50% of my gold rather than developing existing cities. Perhaps I
will reach 50 cities rather than just 34...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I found a reasonable start uploaded as LCC14 BC-4000. However as
revealed by the map of LCC14 BC-0290 the world is resource poor. There
are only 2 incense, 2 spices, 2 wine, 1 dye, and 3 pig. So I am not
going to play it any further. As of 290 BC I am ahead in technology by
Monarchy, Code of Laws, Theology, Mathematics, Alphabet, Metal
Casting, Compass, Currency, and Literature. I have seven cities, as
much as any AI. But looking at the map, I felt a profound
dissatisfaction regarding the situation. The chance of that map
producing a higher score than LCC13 is about zero. So I am moving
onwards to a new game LCC15.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I found a really good start uploaded as LCC15 BC-4000. Delhi has 5
cows, spice, iron, and horse. Copper and stone are nearby. I got a
really good set of village results using one warrior and four scouts.
Results are uploaded as LCC15 BC-3040. I got 21 technologies from
villages before they stopped giving technology. For the past three
villages I have taken gold. Research options at the last technology
completed (Polytheism) were Monotheism, Alphabet, Code of Laws,
Feudalism, and Machinery. I have one worker for my one city. At
population four Delhi is now the biggest city on the map. All AI are
also one city. My score is 266 while the AI scores range from 81 down
to 61...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

The game is going very well, uploaded as LCC15 AD-0772. Scores and
cities are : Me 1086-18, England 445-6, Persia 421-6, Rome 411-9,
China 399-9, America 392-10, Germany 389-9, Arabia 376-8, Russia
339-9, Mali 313-6, and Spain 282-7. I have finished planting cities
and now will build missionaries, military, courthouses, and libraries.
I am ahead in the technologies : Code of Laws, Feudalism, Divine
Right, Alphabet, Metal Casting, Compass, Construction, Literature,
Drama, Music, Philosophy, Civil Service, and Machinery. I plan wars on
England and Spain after I get Gunpowder.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

The game has stagnated, uploaded as LCC15 AD-1400. With only 18
cities, I see no way for this game to exceed the score of LCC13.
Problems are lack of gold and silver, lack of resources to trade for
health foods, and lack of wine and dye. I should have given it up when
I had the full map, but I did not see the lack of resources until
recently. So I am giving up this game and moving onwards to LCC16. I
will not post until I have a map with good resources like LCC13.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

After a day of searching for the ideal start, I gave up on
civilization. I am now playing the roguelike game Angband. My
character is a dwarf paladin currently level 24 with good equipment
and treasure stashed at home. He has only been as low as level 15 to
avoid being killed. Game file is uploaded as LCC1 level 24...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I decided to try out an elf mage uploaded as LCC2 level 12. He has not
bee below level 4 to avoid being killed. He is currently on level 4
with Smeagol stealing his gold. Since he cannot kill even Smeagol, I
am going back to LCC1, who can kill just about anything....

[clayl...@comcast.net]

The dwarf paladin has reached level 28, exploring as low as level 23
of Angband. File is uploaded as LCC1 level 28. He has AC 106 HP 331
and SP42. I am going to take him down to level 25 soon...

That sword of Westernesse that I found on level 6 has made him very
successful since it especially kills orcs, trolls, and giants. There
is nothing like a roomful of orcs to generate salable treasure. My
home is getting full of useful items. It will soon be time to start
consuming them. I have more money than I can spend in shops unless
something really expensive shows up at the black market...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I just read a thread where a character dove down to kill Morgoth in
400k turns. Obviously I have been playing a very conservative game by
exploring every level not labeled as uninteresting or safe enough. So
i am going down to level 35 where I can be sure of getting some
potions of gain strength etc.

[clayl...@comcast.net]

At level 33 I found a better sword on a level labeled " a little
lucky". File on shop level is uploaded as LCC1 level 30. The sword is
"Haradekket". It slays animals evil and undead. If I hit an evil
animal does that count extra twice?
I purged the files for FCP-Hotdisk and civilization iv. I am hooked on
Angband now, and there is no going back...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

I went down to level 38 and started making substantial progress. Files
are uploaded as LCC1 level 33,34,35. I now have the spear of Orome,
short bow of Amrod, phial of Galadriel, full plate armor of Isildur,
fur cloak of Aman +3 stealth, leather shield of Celegorm, hard leather
cap of Thranduil, leather gloves Commithrim, steel shod boots of speed
+3, ring of accuracy +9, ring of strength +3, and amulet of wisdom +5.
I have AC 133, HP 510, and SP 271. I move fast +7. I have STR 18/161,
INT 15, WIS 18/181, DEX 18/80, CON 18/113, and CHR 18/90. I have over
500k gold with nothing worth buying. My home is stocked with good
stuff. I have played over 2363k turns, going slowly downstairs to
avoid death.

I am thinking of going past level 40 downstairs for the level 40
random items but hesitate due to the spate of worse monsters generated
at the level 40 interface. Besides that, I am getting good loot at
level 38...

[clayl...@comcast.net]

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.angband/browse_thread/thread/545bf19b6e50916c?hl=en#
has a good discussion of the game going. Also see the spoiler file LCC
Angband spoiler.rtf uploaded here.

[lcc]

I just got "Sting" dropped by a blue ooze on level 38. At first I
thought it was dropped by killing Waldern King of Water. Maybe the
ooze picked it up? Latest file is uploaded as LCC1 level 37...

[lcc]

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=8974
has character dump. See LCC1 level 39 current upload.

[lcc]

I found a greater vault, save file uploaded as LCC1 vault 50!

[lcc]

I skipped the greater vault. Then I fought the Balrog of Moria and
killed 18 Lesser Balrogs for promotion to level 41. See uploaded file
LCC1 50 Balrogs for the aftermath. Way too much treasure to carry, I
had to pick and choose...

[lcc]

See uploaded file LCC1 level 42 and :
http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=8974

[lcc]

Promoted level 45 by clearing a pit of multi hued dragons. See file
LCC1 level 45 uploaded here.

[lcc]

http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=8974
Now level 47 diving from 75 down to 90 in search of better loot and
high experience monsters to kill. Uploaded file is LCC1 level 47...

[lcc]

Just cleared a pit of white dragons, now level 48. See uploaded file
LCC1 level 48 on dlvl 96.

[lcc]

After an epic battle of 6 hours, I am level 50. See uploaded file LCC1
level 50 and comments at :
http://angband.oook.cz/ladder-show.php?id=8974

[lcc]

I won at last. See file LCC1 victory.

[lcc]

Playing a Dunadan priest, see uploaded file LCC3 level 22 on 30.

[lcc]

See uploaded file LCC3 level 27.

[lcc]

See uploaded file LCC3 clvl 30 recall 40.

[lcc]

I found boots of Feanor - speed +16. See uploaded file LCC3 level 35
recall 50.

[lcc]

See uploaded file LCC3 level 38 recall 50.

[lcc]

I found the Trident of Ulmo - see uploaded file LCC3 clvl 40 recall
68.

[lcc]

Now clvl 44 on dlvl 81 - found a greater vault. See LCC3 greater vault
on 81.

[lcc]

See uploaded file LCC3 vault 81 clear.

[lcc]

See uploaded file LCC3 clvl 47 recall 80.

[lcc]

See uploaded file LCC3 clvl 50 recall dlvl 96.

[lcc]

I found and cleared a lesser vault on dungeon level 98. See uploaded
file LCC3 LV on 98. If you want to play with unique monsters, there
are 9 in view to kill...