Should probably make it official and newsie this. They're pretty fun to do.

pretty sure its there

I mean like the monthly battlefield briefings.

it is

Waht. I don't see it. AOMH HAS FORSAKEN ME!!1oneone

Where's this month's announcement?

you don't see it on the front page?

Maybe add a small picture so it's more appealing.

It doesn't mention needing to win the game is all you need to to build a titan before either enemy computer player then you can resign? Just realized it might be programmed into the map that you win once you build a titan.

Also what are the rules for the computers AI can we use any of the standard AI for example protector?

hm... if you did pick another it might be hard for me to check

technically I could use the ai file to help me figure out what computer name goes with each personality but even that might be time consuming. so lets do this - the challenge is expected to be beaten with the standard titan computer but if you used say a more aggressive ai like conqueror or attacker, you might get extra points for your valor.

so you can use whatever ai you want, just make sure you tell me which ones you used. I'm still gonna try to check it though

[This message has been edited by Thangbrand Aesirear (edited 09-04-2014 @ 09:56 AM).]

Lol i mean this specific announcement about this month's challenge and all subsequent supremacy challenges thereafter during their respective months.

I only just seen this! Now I know what your map was for. I might have a try at it tonight! (Though I suck at supremacy )

Don't worry - I will resist the temptation to transform my entire army into Osirises mid game. (The recorded game would probably not work if I did that anyway )

EDIT: Had a go but was useless at it and didn't get anywhere.

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How's everybody doing with this?

Think it would be hard enough with one titan! Not even going to try myself, will get destroyed.

Hi, I'm sorry. I don't have TT at the moment, so I did it with EE. You will not have too many games to watch, so maybe you can watch mine anyway.
Suggestion: Can u tell everyones Points and maybe make a little ranking? Would be fun imo.

The game took 24min to finish. The titans are too strong to attack, so I had to defend with Towers and walls all game long. Some Archers would be nice too, but I decided to save the money and go for the titan faster.

http://aom.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=10873

awesome!!!

I will look at it as soon as I get back from vacation, in a few days.

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I added my contribution to the downloads part of the website. I didn't do as well as the first one in terms of achievements, because I read them after doing the match.

ephestion, the computers are enemies with each other. This will lower your score significantly. If you think you have the time to squeeze in another game go ahead. The player setup say these computers need to be allies.

A detailed analysis will be written on the games and a winner will be declared, on October 1st.

[This message has been edited by Thangbrand Aesirear (edited 09-28-2014 @ 08:00 PM).]

I updated my previous file. I think it qualifies aside teh fact I forgot to record in TT and it's in AOMEE....sorry.

no problem

@ephestion in your game the computers are set to "defenders". I don't think there is anything in the rules about that, but it makes the game really boring. But nice abuse

LOL. When you are two ages ahead of the Titan AI it does not attack you recklessly. That is why you saw less assault on my base. However, my defenses were weaker than Hades, lacked Sentinels also, so I had to rely on absorbing damage as opposed to reflecting or dealing counter damage. Plus I had an army with my Titan at the end

The other thing is that I watched your recorded game and was wondering how you managed to get RA's siege towers to walk up and down your walls without them being used? I find it an anomaly that the siege is just sitting around and not actually attacking your walls or towers. Abuse?

The verdict:
Neither player chose greek enemy gods as the thread stated, but I let it slide because it was close to the deadline and they both did this.

terratos:
5/5 Achievements

Completed Challenge

Completed without Reveal Map

Captured the most goats - 9 (both more than the computers and the competitor)

Used Ajax to help kill a MU

Captured the most relics using Ajax alone (all - 3)

The following are positives and negatives on the gameplay. They affect your rating based on how well you controlled your game with what you were given.

Postives:
Good eco control, few idle villagers all around
Never got hunting dogs
Created only one non-hero military unit
Good scouting
Took a second TC
Excellent defense
Good population control
Used caravans for trade

Negatives:
Lost 1-2 villes
Lost a sentinel on invoke


ephestion:
3/5 Achievements

Completed Challenge

Completed without Reveal Map

Captured the most goats - 7 (more than the computers)

Postives:
Fast advances
No hunting dogs
No military
Good walling strategy

Negatives:
Scouting lacking
Idle villagers
Chose a much less aggressive ai


Looking over the numbers here, terratos is declared our winner. Congratulations

Final words: What this match really came down to was the winner's choice of ai. The standard ai made for more aggressive enemies, which allowed me to see more of how the player handled themselves in the face of stress. Protector ai was chosen by the other competitor, resulting in less need for constructive defense. This means that they also had more time to complete achievements, but got less than the player who used standard ai. So it was the ai, next to achievements, and the correlation between the two that determined the win.

In the next challenge, Egyptians will be our civ Congrats again.

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[This message has been edited by Thangbrand Aesirear (edited 09-30-2014 @ 06:54 PM).]

Congrats to Terratos.

I would still like to know how you/he managed to get the siege to move back and forward from his walls but never attack. What micro AI abuse was going on there?

Thx.

I totally missed that the Computers should be greek, sry.
About the siege: imo it's a bug. It seems like they don't attack walls when get are under attack... bad AI.

@Thangbrand Aesirear I would like some more aggressive Challenges. Maybe like kill 10 (ok, maybe that are too many) hard AI as fast as possible without using a wonder or something like that.

yes the first two challenges have been all about defense. I plan to make the next two more aggressive.

I had one to upload where I villager rushed the first AI and dealt with the second but the kids over wrote my recorded games today and besides it was too late to upload. The second AI attacked in his ally's base all game there after, so my econ was safe at the starting position.

But I think if we are going to get people uploading then you need to make the challenges easier. The previous challenge had many more uploads. Set multiple tasks or achievements as you did before that most people can complete.

Agreed, I do like to fluctuate with the difficulty though. The next challenge will be easier.

Certainly willing to give the next challenege a go hopefully will do better than last time. :P

sorry for not getting the next competition out yet, RL has me tied down recently

midway point has passed for the month, look to next month for the next challenge

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