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Major Helper
AoKH Survivor, Mr. White Teeth

posted 04-12-15 10:07 PM CT (US) 1 / 499

My time would be like, an hour

Might even get defeated unless I managed to suppress the enemy sufficiently. Though I'd have loved to join, I guess I'll skip this iteration of AoKH Survivor

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Mithril Knight
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posted 04-12-15 10:13 PM CT (US) 2 / 499

AoKH Survivor Mk I (we don�t talk about Mk II)

One question, what happened to Mk II? I don't remember.

Also, you are aware that people who use HD will have a much harder time because the AI is much more capable there, right?

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CarolKarine
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posted 04-12-15 10:17 PM CT (US) 3 / 499

You can use the old ES versions of the AI in the HD edition. You just need to select it from the drop down menu as if you were selecting a custom ai you downloaded.

Major, you could use your bye and play the next round?

And didn't you win the castle challenge?

Not all of the challenges will be in the game. I just wanted the first one to be a simple ranking of times, though, so I wouldn't be the only judge for something subjective.

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CarolKarine
Squire

posted 04-12-15 10:19 PM CT (US) 4 / 499

Mk II was actually a failed attempt to run a survivor (that I hosted) pretty quickly after NowhereT ran his. I don't think there was enough inquest at the time.

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Francis de Talking France
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(id: Watson)

posted 04-12-15 11:40 PM CT (US) 5 / 499

Normally I would have joined up with enthusiasm, but you just HAD to put up an actually AOK-related round first.

I'll judge alongside you if you want.

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Major Helper
AoKH Survivor, Mr. White Teeth

posted 04-12-15 11:45 PM CT (US) 6 / 499

Well ok, I'll use a bye just to see what the next round is

I rather enjoyed the real life stuff.

And yeah, I think I won (or was the top anyways) the castle build time thing, but that was a super optimized strategy I found that didn't take too long to pull off. Building a wonder while going against the AI would require a much longer strategy to pull off so it'd be more prone to failures

I'm lazy like that.

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Cheap Plastic Rosary
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(id: D0ct0r Wh0)

posted 04-13-15 00:36 AM CT (US) 7 / 499

I'll send you something. Something that probably sucks.

But it's an effort anyway.
Oh, and I had to truncate my name to "Plastic Rosary".

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Jetkill Fastmurder
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posted 04-13-15 01:51 AM CT (US) 8 / 499

I may participate, but we all know I'm going to lose in the popularity round anyway.

BTW Watson, I'm still mad at you for using the google image search in the last survivor contest.

Popeychops
"Cool" Huskarl

posted 04-13-15 04:47 AM CT (US) 9 / 499

Sure, I'm in

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Francis de Talking France
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posted 04-13-15 05:31 AM CT (US) 10 / 499

I may participate, but we all know I'm going to lose in the popularity round anyway.

If I recall correctly, you won that one in MK I, owing to an overwhelming majority vote courtesy of OD.

Let us pray that CK will choose to be wiser.

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croatianboss
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posted 04-13-15 05:44 AM CT (US) 11 / 499

I'll join.

What types of challenges will there be?

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CarolKarine
Squire

posted 04-13-15 06:11 AM CT (US) 12 / 499

A couple will be AOK related, like this first one. some of them might be AOK related, but not in game. some will have nothing to do with AoK at all, but are interesting. Look at the previous survivor, I'm drawing inspiration from there.

I want to make it clear, deadlines are negotiable. Because an entry is not counted as final until the deadline passes, an extension is not unfair to the contestants who have already submitted their entry.

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Devious Dev
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(id: dragonslayermcmx)

posted 04-13-15 06:31 AM CT (US) 13 / 499

Mk II was actually a failed attempt to run a survivor (that I hosted) pretty quickly after NowhereT ran his. I don't think there was enough inquest at the time.

Wasn't Mk II run by Felix and he kept forgetting about it until it eventually just died?

Also I'll try to submit something. Although this sure is no easy challenge.

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Popeychops
"Cool" Huskarl

posted 04-13-15 07:09 AM CT (US) 14 / 499

Given that our Custom Title for the Writing Competition wasn't claimed, I think it's safe to say that we can offer it to our Survivor.

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"Hooray for Dear Leader-Comrade-Generalissimo-Presidente-Lord Protector Popey!" - Lord Sipia, on my benevolent, iron-fisted rule
"You're not Popeychops; you don't get to physics." - Moff, in response to a clumsy muon simile

Francis de Talking France
Squire
(id: Watson)

posted 04-13-15 07:30 AM CT (US) 15 / 499

...Things just got much, much more real. That'll draw attention, thanks Popey.

EDIT: I didn't even see CK's Steam game prize.

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Popeychops
"Cool" Huskarl

posted 04-13-15 07:46 AM CT (US) 16 / 499

So my first attempt is sub-40, but I expect that's going to be a terrible score. I might try again and aim for sub 35. The winner of this round might push 30.

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"Hooray for Dear Leader-Comrade-Generalissimo-Presidente-Lord Protector Popey!" - Lord Sipia, on my benevolent, iron-fisted rule
"You're not Popeychops; you don't get to physics." - Moff, in response to a clumsy muon simile

Aleph
Squire

posted 04-13-15 08:09 AM CT (US) 17 / 499

Sounds like a lot of work and a lot of fun. Sign me up.

I got well below 30 on my first try. I guess now I can stop worrying about all of you spending the next 2 weeks to train for a 25 minutes time

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Popeychops
"Cool" Huskarl

posted 04-13-15 08:26 AM CT (US) 18 / 499

I'll do better next time, I spent too long knight-rushing the AI for giggles.

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"Hooray for Dear Leader-Comrade-Generalissimo-Presidente-Lord Protector Popey!" - Lord Sipia, on my benevolent, iron-fisted rule
"You're not Popeychops; you don't get to physics." - Moff, in response to a clumsy muon simile

Aleph
Squire

posted 04-13-15 08:37 AM CT (US) 19 / 499

Why even bother with the AI? Free choice of maps includes water maps, arena, black forest, or yucatan if you prefer. Not sure if a water map gives you a better time, it might be worth trying.

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HockeySam18
D�nadan

posted 04-13-15 10:13 AM CT (US) 20 / 499

I'm in

I expect everyone will be using Huns, Mayans, Aztecs, or Vikings

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Aleph
Squire

posted 04-13-15 10:25 AM CT (US) 21 / 499

Spanish are probably the best civ. I underestimated the time it takes to actually build the damn thing. But I already submitted my recording, one try is enough for something this easy.

I also think huns are pretty much useless, and the viking and mayan bonuses don't help much either.

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Jetkill Fastmurder
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(id: Mayank Sharma)

posted 04-13-15 10:58 AM CT (US) 22 / 499

Damn I need to install AoK again.

*shields self from brickbats*

HockeySam18
D�nadan

posted 04-13-15 11:18 AM CT (US) 23 / 499

Aye, the building takes a long time, so the Spanish bonus helps. But I think the eco bonuses of those civs make a big difference in how fast you can get to Imperial. Not having to worry about housing is always nice in a speed contest like this, though admittedly not very important as long as you remember to build your houses. The saved wood is nice, though.

CK, are we allowed to kill off the enemy AI before building the wonder? I have this dastardly idea of sending a few forward vills to palisade off his base. Though to be quite honest the easiest thing to do would just be to pick an Islands or Black Forest map

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CarolKarine
Squire

posted 04-13-15 11:20 AM CT (US) 24 / 499

If you want to kill the aI go ahead. The point is that if you choose to do that then you'll have to devour resources and time to it.

What about the Byzantines and their age up cost reduction? Just throwing it out there, I really have no idea if it would be worth anything over the Spaniards.

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Devious Dev
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(id: dragonslayermcmx)

posted 04-13-15 11:20 AM CT (US) 25 / 499

If you defeat the enemy, won't the AI eventually give up and end the game?

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