Bonus

O_o so it's weird that I'm getting 2k tpt right now? (posting on 5/17) -- only teching the rest of my turns and banking money/bushels for a final push at the end?

(or is this way off?)

O_o this got out of control fast...

What I'm hearing is that on the tourney servers, "killing" someone is a massive investment (enough to gimp myself). So, a few huge hits to set them back is enough punishment.

(I'm currently just using the person as a land farm now in Game A) -- Three or four attacks a day with no hope for them to retaliate.

yep

What's the easiest way to kill another player?

What is the best opening for tech? How many acres roughly should you have before swapping heavy to tech? What do you fill those acres with?

What's the current best tech gov't? And how are people spending their first 500 turns?