Over the years I've had 2 monitors catch fire. Do they count as "baking programs"? If so, the ingredients are readily available and inexpensive. Just add dust and pet hair. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
Sounds ambitious. I hope the dev. team pulls it off cause the results could be amazing then.
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"The Civ franchise is now on [facebook]...seeking to recruit new young blood" They are in good company: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvepYYNjfBk& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROg82eSiFSw&
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[quote who="Jam3" reply="194" id="2865786"]Yeah because everyone in here has never said anything bad about a former employer. And you would be laughed out of court if you filed a civil suit versus an ex-employee you didn't have a contract with, thats the entire point of contracts. And since we don;t know what happened with Civ or with the conversation between Brad and Jon that lead to a decision to hire were not beating a dead horse were running around like chickens with our heads
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[quote quoting="post"]I don't get it. My factories are only churning out 19+21=40 mp, and my labs are only making 7 tp. So, even at 100% spending, I'm only running my factories at ~71% capacity and my labs at a horrible 29%! How do I actually use all of my capacity? What does 100% spending even mean if it doesn't mean "100% spending"?[/quote] I'm going to take a stab at this, even though I've only played a little of the game. 71 and 29 add up to
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[quote who="Rod16" reply="85" id="2864936"]Steam fan boys in my opinion are the worst, on any forum I’ve been on if anyone says anything bad about Steam you will create a rant fest on how great Steam is and that you are a hater.[/quote] God, that is true. [e digicons]:rofl:[/e] Check out the steam related threads on this site. "You're a hater!!!!" "Well, I wasn't at first, till you started spammi
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[quote who="Jam3" reply="171" id="2864968"]I would bet he isn't you really think they want to payout a second salary just to keep an ex-employee from airing grievances? Activision canned two of the largest names in the industry cause they didn't want to pay them bonuses (albeit rather large ones). That mentality is like 10 years old, companies don't just sign contracts with people who don't work for them to "keep quiet". And even if they did its probably not for very long.[/quote] &nb
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Thormodr & Diardiamond I've heard good things of those games. [quote who="gmot" reply="161" id="2864915"]You can get both versions of Age of Wonders from GOG.com. Super cheap and both still very enjoyabl
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="216" id="2864480"]"New spell: Create a glass of O2H?" wrote scratchthepitch. Is this glass of water then delivered to the SOV you are about to declare war on. "(g)O 2 H(ell)? I like it... elemental messages made elementially![/quote] You could use it that way.
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[quote who="Tasunke" reply="68" id="2864544"]I started with Civ 3, and imho if you like Civ 3 but didn't like the corruption/waste or pollution (and thought veterans should be stronger) then I think you should give Civ IV a shot. Especially with FFH mod. however, yea ... I to am skipping on Civ V for now, I no longer believe a game is worth buying until it is at least a year old.[/quote] I found the Civ3 editor corrected the excessive corruption/wa
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[quote who="Thormodr" reply="155" id="2864314"]Anyway, my two favourite games of all time aren't Civilization anyway and they both had bad AI and aren't exactly challenging. I still absolutely adore Age of Wonders I and II and Master of Magic to this day. So don't you dare criticize them or them's fighting words. Hee hee...[/quote] I wouldn't dare* * Never had a chance to play them. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="151" id="2864293"]Well I am taking issue with your use of the word competent. I think it unnecessarily divides the gaming community, and it has nothing to do with anything. People play the difficulty level that provides them the most entertainment value. That's not always based on skill. As for Civ IV, it's the only game that I can say I played for 5 years straight and thoroughly enjoyed. I certainly don't require other people to enjoy it if they don't, but I will u
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="213" id="2864283"]any others out there? [/quote] New spell: Create a glass of O2H?
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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="149" id="2864235"] Quoting scratchthepitch, reply 148 No good at all. Neither inadequate AI or cheesey dumbed down game mechanics are any good. And neither is better as far as I am concerned. The Problem with Civ is it's always had crap AI, Civ5 isn't the first to have it. It was crap in Civ4, and also wasn't able to handle combat very well, even though there was a whole lot less for the AI to do, it just did a little better. But as tetle
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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="146" id="2864163"][quote who="scratchthepitch" reply="139" id="2864033"] What good is a slightly better AI if in order to get it, they cheese the game. [/quote] All right then what good is better combat if the AI can't do it? A game like Civ has to have an AI that can competently handle all the mechanics, battle being a pretty big one.[/quote] No good at all. Neither inadequate AI or cheesey dumbed down game me
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If Sid (or 2K) got hold of Elemental, it would probably end up as the basic Fantasy General program married to 3D graphics, priced at $80, and with half the game splintered off into DLC. [e digicons]}:)[/e]
I think much of, if not most, pirating is due to high costs. Most pirates appear to be teenagers and college aged and most them probably don't have much money to buy the stuff they want. So they pirate. Since every time a "pirating" site gets shut down, it, or a replacement for it, just opens up somewhere else, pirating is always available. recently I bought 2 games off Impulse sales. The first one, Civ3 Complete I was looking for because my Conquests disk was too scratched to use (and stupid
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[quote who="tetleytea" reply="138" id="2864029"]Panzer General and Fantasy General had a good 1UPT AI clear back in the 90's--there's no excuse for that.[/quote] No they didn't. It more a simple series of cheat codes. Fantasy General was so bad, we used to joke about it. [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="137" id="2864025"] Quoting scratchthepitch, reply 136 Quoting Nesrie, reply 130 In IV there was a lot of talk about stacks of doom, and maybe some complaints, but you know what, those stacks of doom were awfully efficient. The AI also got to go first every freaking turn which pretty much garaunteed them some victories. It amazes me that someone could praise the way combat worked in Civ4 or that they
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[quote who="Nesrie" reply="130" id="2863936"]In IV there was a lot of talk about stacks of doom, and maybe some complaints, but you know what, those stacks of doom were awfully efficient. The AI also got to go first every freaking turn which pretty much garaunteed them some victories.[/quote] It amazes me that someone could praise the way combat worked in Civ4 or that they would think the stack of doom was a good thing. There were a lot of reasons I didn't care for Civ4
[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="111" id="2860549"]Thats a funny joke, but I would love to see Brian join Stardock. SMAC is one of my favorite games of all time. If that game had tits, I would marry it.[/quote] Tits are wonderful, but pussy is the requirement. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="165" id="2863567"] Quoting ElanaAhova, reply 164OMG, I thought this was about sid meier's pirate game... ouch, did i make a wrong turn! Fun game. I keep hoping for a 2nd one that isn't just a remake but a sequel with more... stuff.[/quote] I wouldn't call it a remake, more a graphics upgrade. I thought it was a console game adapted to computer, the mechanics of it are that retro. Cheats galore and an incredibly clumsy interface
[quote who="Aractain" reply="11" id="2863368"]Sounds like a pretty nice site...[/quote] I'd make sure I was in a country that didn't extradite and that I had a good lawyer before trying it out...
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I don't usually play fantasy games like Elemental, but I might give it a try.
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[quote who="Thormodr" reply="108" id="2862994"]Way to not address the point but attack the poster. Congratulations! ciV is a substandard game. The only reason it sold so well as it did was based on reputation. A reputation that has been greatly sullied now. Anyway, I for one am glad that Jon Shafer is with Stardock. I think he'll do great things here. A different environment will certainly help. I also think he is partially responsible for the debacle that i