Recent content by scooter

Part of what was so difficult was that it's really important that your diplomacy and your strategic plans are cohesive, which I don't think we ever really had. Our strategic plan was to make the choice that most pissed someone off (settling Starfall, settling Brick by Brick, taking every German...

It was a pretty wide variety. For the majority of the game, Sullla played and reported turns - although for the first large chunk of the game that just meant following the microplan. I guess you would call him team leader for most of it, but he steered well clear of the diplo stuff with one or...

I've seen this comment a few times in this thread, and I don't quite understand it. Roleplay is not my cup of tea, but I've seen a ton of it in RB games. Civ is a fun hobby, and however it's fun for you is good with me. Shrug. Anyway, I'm gonna break for awhile and read the rest maybe...

Oh it happened again, I type out a big explanation and Yossarian sagely points it out just a few posts later. Yes. There was a stretch in February where I worked a couple ridiculous weeks and I was rarely at home. Not normal for me, just one of those crunch-time type things. Also this: I...

I swear I was not bribed by Aivoturso either. ;)

So I'm wading through this thread, and I'm going to just comment on the highlights as I go. Hope you guys don't mind! Fun trivia: the "pink dot" term was first used at CFC way back in 2001 during Civ3 times. It was used by Sirian from RB - RB historically would run Succession Games over at CFC...

Hey guys. Just wanted to pop in and say hello. I don't really have the time or interest in really participating in this game any further, but I did want to poke and around and say hi. Given that I was pretty much the diplo point of contact all game long, I am kind of looking forward to seeing...

Hey guys, I wanted to pop in and apologize for the latest confusion. Our normal turn player (for RB) was gone for a few days, so I was doing my best to fill in. I wasn't aware of the turn timer pause rule or anything, I just thought I needed to play to keep the game moving. Really sorry about...

Since we only get new turns once every 72 hours or so anyways, we probably don't need a pause over the holidays.

I do. We get rid of the mod. Boom, problem solved. Look, I think the mod is a cool idea. However, it's just unpractical. Civ is an 8 year old game - the community is a fraction of the size that it used to be, so excluding mac users on top of the already-small group that will be playing this...

On a more productive note, what teams are actually signed up? Is there going to be a limit on number of teams? One thing to keep in mind - it's vastly better to have 4 teams with a solid list of signups than 4 solid teams and 2 flaky teams that inevitably disappear halfway through the game. RB...

:rolleyes: There's a pretty big difference between a broken mechanic and human strategy. An AI doesn't chariot rush me when it sees me running a pure farmer's gambit. A human can and will. That's pretty vastly different from abusing a game mechanic that you can't really counter. Apologies if...

You are theorizing, but RB is strongly against it because we've run full publicly reported games (go check out the play by Ruff_Hi in PBEM1 in the RB archives) where the espionage economy was run full-tilt, and it was so un-fun for those who were victim to it that we've banned it ever since...

Thanks :). Sorry its 3 weeks later, I think I'm close to being caught up on what all has gone on. Here's my official sign-in: 1. Interest/Activity level (High, Medium, Low, Mostly Lurking) - Mostly Lurking/Low, though that could change. 2. Skill level in Civ4 - Medium 3. Experience with...

I would like to join SANCTA please :)