Timewaster's Guide Archive
Games => Video Games => Topic started by: Fellfrosch on February 07, 2006, 12:12:17 PM
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http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1248
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You can put labels on the maps. Zoom up to the globe, the icons above the minimap will change. One on the left above the minimap will let you draw lines on the map and put labels down. I use it in multiplayer games to tell my allies how they suck, in 100 mile high letters on their landscape.
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Wow, cool. I am definitely going to be naming every landform on that map. Claim yours today!
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I'd like a foul little bog.
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You'd have to change your name to Fetid Mire of Mustard.
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Done and done.
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Dude, that article was great. It made me want to go and buy Civ4...and...WASTE OODLES OF TIME!
But I won't. I have to finish my memoirs.
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After staying up way too late last time, I've decided that I need to hide my copy of Civ 4 if I intend to get anything done with my life at all. If you want me to hide it at your house, Skar, that can be arranged.
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Ghaaaar!
You don't want me to finish my memoir, do you?
Thanks for the offer but I'll... *Skar beats his left hand off the keyboard with a ruler* pass.
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you made me play Civ 3 you jerk...
I have to wait till June for CIV 4
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You'll be pleased to know that in last night's game, the tiny town of Skarsdale grew into an enormous center of government, and managed to absorb two enemy cities by pure strength of culture. It was even home to the UN. It was but a pale shadow, however, of Entropy Lake, which was sort of like Jerusalem and New York and Tokyo and Los Angeles all rolled into one. Not even Fellsville could compete with that.
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Im trying to wrap my head around that one...
hey name something after me please...
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You'll be pleased to know that in last night's game, the tiny town of Skarsdale grew into an enormous center of government, and managed to absorb two enemy cities by pure strength of culture. It was even home to the UN. It was but a pale shadow, however, of Entropy Lake, which was sort of like Jerusalem and New York and Tokyo and Los Angeles all rolled into one. Not even Fellsville could compete with that.
Cool...
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The town of Jeffestia was small but important, and probably full of mutants, because it was a uranium mine.
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Of course! Uranium is perfect for my mad experiments!
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It was small, like I said, but it was fairly scenic and well protected by the nearby Mustardshire, which became a military production center and home to both Scotland Yard and the Kremlin.
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man I cant wait till the game is ported to Mac, CIV is the only series I ever really enjoyed, besides Wasteland and Elite (and those are pretty old).
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I generally named my towns randomly or left the default settings. I like to name towns 'ASSEMBLE MEATIE' when they are military focus points, though.
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heh, why does that seem like a roman thing to do.
I alternate between stroking my ego and numbering my cities. My favorite civ game ever had me dominate the world by pumping out cities like crazy... (it was a huge map) I ended with a gigantic population (around 6 billion I think) and a huge conscript army drawn from a third of my cities.
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You can't do that any more. The stopped the Infinite City Sprawl tactic. Generally, more than 5 cities will start to hurt your civilisations economy and ability to make money/research (too much corruption). It's now monetary penalties, rather than growth penalties. You reach the optimum balance somewhere between 5 to 10, depending on various factors.
I almost never have more than 6 cities. I should build more though.
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is that in 4?
In 3 I rarely have more than 6 or 7 unless I go to war, then I end up with a bunch. Of course its good to just pillage cities too.
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Yeah, 4. I've seen screenshots of civ 2 empires where they had hundreds of cities, all 2 squares apart. Crappy cities, to be sure, but loads of them.
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most of those guys used the civ editor.
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You can't do that any more. The stopped the Infinite City Sprawl tactic. Generally, more than 5 cities will start to hurt your civilisations economy and ability to make money/research (too much corruption). It's now monetary penalties, rather than growth penalties. You reach the optimum balance somewhere between 5 to 10, depending on various factors.
I almost never have more than 6 cities. I should build more though.
I useally have 15-20 cities in Civ 4 without any problems. You just need to make sure you've got a state religion and build all the building that get you extra gold for that.
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No jeffe. They just built nothing but settlers for a long time. By the time you get into triple figures your completely untouchable, you'll be able to zerg any enemy with hundreds of units.
Strategy guides I read recommended this as a viable tactic in Alpha Centauri.
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it isnt not if you have mind worms...
you just end up losing a ton of cities