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itdoesntfit posted 07-14-99 05:40 PM ET

How on earth do you people win with only 10 or less cities. To me, it's impossible. How?
Jezibi posted 07-14-99 05:50 PM ET
Morgan has beaten me with a few cities, an economic victory. How does one prevent i.c.s. (infinite city sprawl)? It�s tiresome seeing every faction cover their territories with bases in every game. I�d like to see fewer, more strategically placed cities.I would also like to disable seaborne colony pods/aquatic cities.
Krushala posted 07-14-99 06:03 PM ET
there's a thread on how to transcend early and get hall of fame (HOF). on the smac section of apolyton. I'm still working on it. I still have a tendency to build at least 15 cities to build a good size army.
http://apolyton.net/smac/
Krushala posted 07-14-99 06:04 PM ET
actually I meant alpha centauri general forums. Just click on forums and go to alpha centauri general.
Jythexinvok posted 07-14-99 06:55 PM ET
Actualy I've won with only ONE city. A while ago there was the single city challenge. It's actualy alot easyer then one might think, once one changes how they approach the game. Most of the games I play I usualy only have 5-15 cities... 5-15 fairly well developed cities granted....
itdoesntfit posted 07-14-99 06:59 PM ET
How do you do that! I need at least 45-60 cities to win! You people musn't be going for that high population score.
Krushala posted 07-14-99 08:29 PM ET
going for score is different. I have had over 150 cities once going for a high score. But you don't need that many cities to win by transcendence.
itdoesntfit posted 07-14-99 10:13 PM ET
How on eath did you control bureaucracy?
Victor Galis posted 07-14-99 11:24 PM ET
I win most of my games wuth 15 of my cities, plus 30 or so captured ones.
As a small faction you to do several things:
-Activly acquire technology (with or without probe teams).
-Maintain peace with most other factions.
-Have Active Defense (in otherwords counter-attack before enemy units can hit your cities.)
-Prepare to crater any city that would build the Ascent before you.
Then all you have to do is transcend.
itdoesntfit posted 07-14-99 11:32 PM ET
How do you aquire so many cities? I have to build all mine. I always end up burning all of them.
Krushala posted 07-15-99 06:06 PM ET
burning?
One game I just wanted to run up the score. I built drop colony pods and filled every land square I could find. I'm not sure what you mean by beaucracy. I just build hab complex/dome and put them on stockpile energy. I was losing energy to innefficiency, but that didn't matter at this point. I had already crushed ever other faction.
itdoesntfit posted 07-16-99 01:20 AM ET
Is that ever or every? Well anyway bureaucracy=more drones. Every 15 cities is one Bureaucracy, until you have 4=+1 drones.
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Author	Topic: How to win with only a few cities?
itdoesntfit	posted 07-14-99 05:40 PM ET How on earth do you people win with only 10 or less cities. To me, it's impossible. How?
Jezibi	posted 07-14-99 05:50 PM ET Morgan has beaten me with a few cities, an economic victory. How does one prevent i.c.s. (infinite city sprawl)? It�s tiresome seeing every faction cover their territories with bases in every game. I�d like to see fewer, more strategically placed cities.I would also like to disable seaborne colony pods/aquatic cities.
Krushala	posted 07-14-99 06:03 PM ET there's a thread on how to transcend early and get hall of fame (HOF). on the smac section of apolyton. I'm still working on it. I still have a tendency to build at least 15 cities to build a good size army. http://apolyton.net/smac/
Krushala	posted 07-14-99 06:04 PM ET actually I meant alpha centauri general forums. Just click on forums and go to alpha centauri general.
Jythexinvok	posted 07-14-99 06:55 PM ET Actualy I've won with only ONE city. A while ago there was the single city challenge. It's actualy alot easyer then one might think, once one changes how they approach the game. Most of the games I play I usualy only have 5-15 cities... 5-15 fairly well developed cities granted....
itdoesntfit	posted 07-14-99 06:59 PM ET How do you do that! I need at least 45-60 cities to win! You people musn't be going for that high population score.
Krushala	posted 07-14-99 08:29 PM ET going for score is different. I have had over 150 cities once going for a high score. But you don't need that many cities to win by transcendence.
itdoesntfit	posted 07-14-99 10:13 PM ET How on eath did you control bureaucracy?
Victor Galis	posted 07-14-99 11:24 PM ET I win most of my games wuth 15 of my cities, plus 30 or so captured ones. As a small faction you to do several things: -Activly acquire technology (with or without probe teams). -Maintain peace with most other factions. -Have Active Defense (in otherwords counter-attack before enemy units can hit your cities.) -Prepare to crater any city that would build the Ascent before you. Then all you have to do is transcend.
itdoesntfit	posted 07-14-99 11:32 PM ET How do you aquire so many cities? I have to build all mine. I always end up burning all of them.
Krushala	posted 07-15-99 06:06 PM ET burning? One game I just wanted to run up the score. I built drop colony pods and filled every land square I could find. I'm not sure what you mean by beaucracy. I just build hab complex/dome and put them on stockpile energy. I was losing energy to innefficiency, but that didn't matter at this point. I had already crushed ever other faction.
itdoesntfit	posted 07-16-99 01:20 AM ET Is that ever or every? Well anyway bureaucracy=more drones. Every 15 cities is one Bureaucracy, until you have 4=+1 drones.