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Forum Challenge #2: 500 Farmers

Started by solarscreen, June 10, 2014, 06:31:56 PM

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Bobbi

@ivorymalinov, I stand in awe if you can complete 50 years in three hours. Even running at 10 speed, which I only do for these challenges, I would say it probably takes me about 15-20. I have a very hard time finding enough time to complete these challenges. In the Valley of Death challenge I am at year 45 and praying I will have enough time to complete and submit before 8PM my time when the challenge ends. Cross fingers for me.  :P

RedKetchup

#16
a couple of days i m on it ... i am at Year 36

470 Citizen but i only have 102 farmers so far. it s all crops: 8x8 with 1 farmer in it , or 9x7 orchard with also 1 farmer on it. i still have alot of place. it will be crazy at the end hehe
i am pretty sure i ll have to take all the space in this Large Valley to do my challenge :)

starting area :
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot19.jpg

i expanded towards South :
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot20.jpg

and then gone to the other side of the river, to the east:
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot21.jpg

and once this project done, i ll go north of last zone and will follow the valleys between mountains till i cant go further:
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot22.jpg

and then i ll comeback the other side of river and expand toward the other side

i m trying to do it ... really rustic, really farmer country. no downtown with market at all. will have 0 market on the map
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ivorymalinov

Quote from: Bobbi on June 13, 2014, 09:10:56 AM
@ivorymalinov, I stand in awe if you can complete 50 years in three hours. Even running at 10 speed, which I only do for these challenges, I would say it probably takes me about 15-20. I have a very hard time finding enough time to complete these challenges. In the Valley of Death challenge I am at year 45 and praying I will have enough time to complete and submit before 8PM my time when the challenge ends. Cross fingers for me.  :P


@Bobbi According to my husband I cannot tell time correctly. The 50 year "Valley of Death" challenge took me close to 5-6 hours to complete. It seems to me time must really fly when immersed in a game of Banished. It honestly didn't feel that long, especially when the map seed was given out and I didn't have to go hunting for one that I liked.  :)

rkelly17

I'm at year 57 and just a couple of game years ago broke 100. I could go back and switch my 9X9s from 1 to 2, which would give me 15 or 20 more. I'm switching trade from firewood-based to ale-based and that is providing a reason for more farmers. Today and tomorrow I won't get much playing time in (Real life can be such a distraction!), but I'll attack it again Monday.

RedKetchup

#19
we still have 2 weeks :)

here comes my update :) 3 screenshots (+1)

i finally finished my other side of the river:
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot26.jpg

even thesouth part of it ... is finished:
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot24.jpg

and i also finished the north part where i said i was going to do next:
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot28.jpg

i am at 825 citizens :) soon i ll get my 900 achievement :) i never never made that far yet.
i have 210 farmers (so 210 8x8crops or 9x7orchards)

oh i also did that part :)
http://dwraith.webs.com/photos/undefined//Screenshot29.jpg
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Bobbi

@RedKetchup, I am blind as a bat. I can't see the numbers on your screen shots that show what year you are in, how may peeps, etc.

RedKetchup

#21
Sorry, maybe cause i resize 50% and specially , i transform as .JPG. Jpeg take alot less space but we are losing so much quality :(

will do right now a screenshot of just my town hall stats

i did a .BMP with some copypaste of 3-4 screenshot with different town hall tabs. i hope it satisfy you :)
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RedKetchup

here's annother one with the 2 last (without nomadtab which btw i never got asked to accept nomad:P) , 2 last townhall tab

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mariesalias

I will not be looking at pictures of people's towns until I have submitted mine. Unfortunately, I really am quite suggestible with things like this, and I never realize until later.  I'd really rather not chance inadvertently borrowing ideas from other people's submissions.

That said, I did look at your stat pictures @RedKetchup and I am impressed with your numbers. And surprised that you have no Marketplaces yet! Looks like you are off to a good start!


@solarscreen I wanted to ask when you said we needed to support our 500 farmers, does that mean with only food we grow (i.e. not trading for food) ourselves? I am not very far into this challenge yet so I need to figure out my strategies.

salamander

And, if you could add this into @mariesalias' question, are we allowed to use a game that was in progress before this challenge was announced?

solarscreen

When I say you must support 500 farmers it just means that your village will be large enough to have so many citizens that it consists of at least 500 farmers plus everyone else to support that. Traders, vendors, cleric, doctors, teachers, anyone else you need for a successful village.  If you can do everything with just farmers, now is the time to prove it!

As for pre-existing villages, they must be YOURS and not some file you downloaded from a forum or got from another player.  You built it from the ground up!

@mariesalias and @salamander , does this help?  :)

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salamander

Sir, yes sir.  Thank you, sir.  ;)

mariesalias

@solarscreen It does, thanks! I had already set up to do some trading so I wanted to be sure it was okay. :)

slink

Quote from: ivorymalinov on June 13, 2014, 05:16:29 PM
Quote from: Bobbi on June 13, 2014, 09:10:56 AM
@ivorymalinov, I stand in awe if you can complete 50 years in three hours. Even running at 10 speed, which I only do for these challenges, I would say it probably takes me about 15-20. I have a very hard time finding enough time to complete these challenges. In the Valley of Death challenge I am at year 45 and praying I will have enough time to complete and submit before 8PM my time when the challenge ends. Cross fingers for me.  :P


@Bobbi According to my husband I cannot tell time correctly. The 50 year "Valley of Death" challenge took me close to 5-6 hours to complete. It seems to me time must really fly when immersed in a game of Banished. It honestly didn't feel that long, especially when the map seed was given out and I didn't have to go hunting for one that I liked.  :)

At x10, it takes one hour to play ten years, so five to six hours would be about right for playing to year 50, if one assumes pauses to build, and bathroom breaks.

nmid

Wow, have I been out of touch.... when did a 15x15 plot get 6 farmers, or has it always been the case?