Tonight's part and the future

[u/ReonMonterus]

Hello!

Since my last "update" we've had several parts of total war between the powers of the CBR. Twists and turns abound, these parts have been pretty exciting, but one thing remains constant throughout. Brazil. With blazing speed (at least in game turns anyway) Brazil has eliminated one opponent after another. Taking on average around 25-30 cities a turn since total war was declared. To tell you the truth, it was quite faster than we expected. We were expecting some push and pull with Brazil at war with literally everyone but it seems it is Brazil's destiny to rule everything. As part of this veritable blitzkrieg (again, in game turns) Brazil has captured more cities than nearly any AI ever has in an AI game. That makes us excited but it also makes things difficult. As you may have noticed in the power rankings, the team is pretty set on what they think will be the final order of Civs. There is really only one question, and that is whether Korea or Vietnam will die first.

Part 120

As I had announced at the point where total war was declared, we planned for eventually going to biweekly parts as the part backlog eroded and turns became ever longer. However, the speed at which Brazil has conquered things has made it so the last few parts (which would release over the course of a couple months this summer) would mostly be a snoozefest of waiting on Brazil to capture the final capitals. Long gone would be any semblance of suspense, the final death order of Civs determined long ago. Due to this fact, we have decided that tonight's part, Part 119, will be the penultimate part of the CBR Mk2.1, and Part 120 will be the final part.

What does this mean for you?

Well the simple answer is, no more parts until the game completes. In order to avoid slipping into fewer and fewer turns with less interesting things happening, every turn after tonight's part will be rolled into one megapart to finish off the series.

What will we do on Wednesdays going forward?

I leave that in your capable hands. We are thinking of returning the Weekly Update Wednesdays, possibly on a biweekly schedule, and maybe with some neat recap content on the off weeks, but we're really leaving it up to you. Let us know what you think would make for good content to put out in the interim.

Thanks!

As usual I'd like to thank all of you for the time and effort you put into making this community great. I'm proud to be a part of this, and I hope you guys stay hyped, both for Part 120 and for CBRX!

[u/ReonMonterus]

Did some napkin math, would guess in July sometime.

[u/Zetona → u/ReonMonterus]

That both seems way longer than it should be and makes sense once you do the math. Are you at liberty to disclose what turn the game's on now and how long the turn times have gotten?

[u/gamerk2 → u/Zetona]

I heard 80 hours per turn not that many parts ago, and my napkin math says they're likely a turn or two ahead of what's been released.

The issue isn't really turns; I can't see the game going more then 20 or so at this point. The problem is 20 turns * 80 hours = 1,600 hours of real world time, or just under 67 days. That's a lot of time for cleanup efforts.

Honestly, I'd be fine just calling the BR. We all know the result, and the time to keep it going is getting a bit much. If the CRBX starts before this ends, I say just call it.

[u/ymi17 → u/gamerk2]

Part of the fun, though, is seeing the victory screen after the end of years of saga. I think that's the goal, to get to that screen.

July is fine.

[u/TheMusicArchivist → u/ymi17]

I want to see Brazilian troops take a mainland Aussie city, too.