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I don't know if I'd get all excited speculating over these little "scraps" of information about EA renewing their copyright. One of those articles suggests that this was done because EA was re-releasing the original game as a digital download, which makes sense. I think it's more likely that...

JohnnyW, I can agree with your post above in that I too find it interesting that the Civ5 forums are trying, to some degree, to get all the rants out of the mainstream and into special threads of their own. In all fairness, though, one can understand this for the sake of those that do like Civ5...

Sorry to get a little off topic but Lemon Merchant, where did you get all the cool city and building art that I see in your "I'm so mad at you" screenshot? And of course, SaibotLieh this is a very unique and interesting set of spy units. Did you use 3dsMax or Blender to make the animations?

Those units haven't been worked on since last year. (Capo's release of a Turkish Industrial set at the same time made it a little redundant for me to post another Turkish Rifleman, so I never finished it.) I posted the pictures to simply illustrate my point in that I feel learning how to...

Victoria II is another Paradox title that would give one a good idea about Pride of Nations. Arguably Pride of Nations is the next installment of the Victoria series in the same way one could say Magna Mundi is such for the EU:III line. One does find the trade goods system of Colonization...

Eh, who has the opportunity to persue a hobby full time? Although, while you learn, doing some reskins of the original game units will later become a blessing once you are able to alter the meshes. A good paint job along with a few small changes in the mesh detail can really make some very...

So, having examined your unit....I would say it's nice. Although I am disappointed that it is hard to see exactly what was painted by Badgemagus vs the rest. I would say that over time, if you learn Blender and Gimp, you will be able to create a unit with one single dds and not need to use...

You know Awesome, I'm going to cut and paste your post to my files. With all the arguement and debate over Steam, Civ5, CivWorld, moding, mass media marketing, etc., that's been going around these days; it does me good to remember to think of PC games and gaming in such an uncomplicated...

Hey 2K Greg! What a nice surprize. Now you have to bear in mind that I like Sid Meiers and Firaxis. Their products have been among some of my favorites for years. Moreover, I am quite averse to turning a PC game hobby forum thread into an ideological battleground and usually stick to the...

Well, seeing how CivFanatics has posted the CivWorld video on the front page to get more exposure, I'll add my comment and bump the thread up. Yes, for many of us used to playing the Civ series there is little or no relation to what we have come to think of as the "Firaxis Civilization"...

Yes, there does appear to be quite a vibrant "PC game only" niche of developers out there who do not require Steam, develope for X-Box or Nintendo, nor would stoop down to the level of Facebook gaming. I would agree that the direction some game companies are following has had the effect of...

One must also remember the new dimension.......the big push for customers to pre-order the Civ5 digital download. Once orders are placed and money changes hands, it is very entangling for 2K Games on many levels to miss such a precise "delivery" even for the sake of unforeseen last minute...

Oh, yes........you are correct! Shirk/Schaefer, I guess one could easily get that mixed up and yes my point is still valid but I hate to come so dangerously close to looking like a jackass.

Yes, Europa Universalis III with all four expansions on DVD and for only $29.95! Paradox just released it in March of this year, so I stumbled into EU at just about the right time. LOL! That "big sloppy kiss" press release by Jon Schaefer did ring in my mind like he was trying too hard and...

Although.........a primary reason for our examination of other game company titles is because of our perception that 2k Games gave us the shaft rather than simply a "big sloppy kiss" with Civ5, Steam and DLC. So perhaps we are still relevant to the thread's topic? Besides, any intelligent...