DAE’S POLDERS GET NUKED BY GUNDIE??????

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Hello there, /r/Civ/, and welcome to the CIRCLEJERK CHALLENGE! That’s right, that’s right, I said it, and /r/Civcirclejerk is already giving me a polderton of upvotes! Before I explain the rules, here's this month's grand prize:

• A Steam copy of Age of Empires II

• The option to pick the next civ of the month

• I’ll do a CivPitch for them! (If anyone still remembers those)

Amazing, right?! Now, this month's challenge is a big one, and winning these prizes isn't going to be easy! For this challenge, you must create one Imgur album filled with the best pictures of the following subjects, with each subject in ONE picture (Because, no, having multiple pictures of the same subject doesn't get you bonus points!):

Simple:

1. Gandhi with a nuke

2. Gandhi asking for a declaration of friendship

3. Shaka starting close to your capital

4. Elizabeth offering you a trade agreement

5. A terrible trade offer by the AI

6. An inland start with Venice

7. Conquering an enemy capital with a battering ram within the first 20 turns

8. A great admiral in a lake tile

Objective:

1. Most polders

2. Most salt tiles

3. Best Moai city (measured in total base culture output of the Moai within workable range of the city)

4. Most wonders in an Egyptian city

5. Most great person improvements around one city (measured by the total yield of the improvements)

6. Best Petra city (measured in absolute output of all workable tiles)

7. Most Spanish cities with workable natural wonders (no, the GBR doesn’t count for two, you cheat!)

8. Best beliefs for your religion: desert folklore, tithe, pagodas, mosques, Jesuit education, etc.

Subjective:

1. Best city start: hill, river, mountain, natural wonder, salt, etc. (You may not move your settler for more than one turn - the screenshot must include a settled city on turn 1)

2. Worst city start: tundra/snow, few luxuries, no fresh water, no coast, etc. (You may not move your settler - the screenshot must include a settled city on turn 0)

3. Best citadel use (bonus points for reducing an enemy city to 1 tile)

4. Best mocking name for a conquered city

5. Best canal cities

6. Craziest forward settle by the AI

7. Best religion name

8. Best name for the World Congress

Okay, that's quite a bit, and the scoring for a lot of it isn't intuitive, so here's a detailed chart of how it's all going to be scored.

So first, take a look through your old saves and screenshots to see if you have anything you can use already! For the challenges you don't already have completed, remember, stacking the odds in your favor to get the best situation possible is the entire point of this challenge! 21 Shakas on a duel map to get him close to your capital? Go right ahead, if you dare! Just remember, this is as much a Civ challenge as it is a photography challenge - the more of the subject you fit in the picture, the more points you get.

Now, unlike the kind folks over at /r/Civcirclejerk, we actually have a few rules:

• You album must contain at most 24 screenshots, one for each challenge, and a description for each picture stating which challenge it is for. To submit, post your album on /r/Civcirclejerk. I've totally talked this through with the mods of /r/Civcirclejerk, and, if you have any questions or need clarification, just post it there - I'll make sure to get back to you!

• You will receive a 10% boost to the score of each relevant challenge for each additional challenge you manage to fit in the same screenshot. For example, if you manage to fit both the most polders and Shaka starting close to your capital into one picture, you will get a 10% increase to the scores of both of those challenges!

• No mods. At all. Okay, except EUI. But any other mods, even InfoAddict, will result in disqualification.

• To go along with that, you may not use IGE or World Builder to change the terrain.

• You may not use others' screenshots in your album, and doing so means instant disqualification.

• All games you take screenshots from must be on a difficulty of Prince of higher.

• All screenshots must be from singleplayer games.

However, almost anything else is allowed (any game settings, civs, etc.), although I reserve the right to amend the rules if anyone does something really sneaky.

The results will be announced after the month is over, but it's going to take time to go through all the submissions and give everyone a proper score!

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Also, special thanks to everyone else who worked on this month's challenge!

• /u/mariomesser

• /u/Katantunoro

• /u/arvendragon

• /u/tonystone2001

• Klei Os

And of course we can't forget Gandhi and William, for their immense contribution to circlejerking everywhere.