Recent content by Zombie69

Ah, found the event. 775 BC: A massive barbarian uprising is occurring. I guess it happened on the other side of the water and a city's cultural border expansion pushed them onto my side. Must be a weird corner case like you said with the Great Wall. Nice way to turn a defensive structure into...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe barbarians can spawn on tiles that are visible by any of the civs. Whether that tile is visible from cultural borders or from units is irrelevant. Interesting theory about the Great Wall but it was build in 2080 BC so that can't be it. Anyway, I was...

I see no trace of them in the event log until they move into my city border one turn later.

I was playing a game and all of a sudden, at 575 BC, 4 barbarian swordsmen spawned on a visible tile and started moving towards my city. That tile and all other connected tiles had been visible for quite a while and was backed up against the ocean. I've never seen anything like this before...

I know it's on sale and that's what prompted me to start this thread. Sadly, from what I'm hearing so far, it doesn't sound like something I'd want to put any amount of money into at this point. Thanks for the feedback!

Well, if you need a comparison point, I can change the question to this: Is this game, at default settings, easier or harder to beat at the highest difficulty level, compared to Civ 4? Assume that all exploits are taken advantage of. Personally, when I hear stuff like "it's going in the right...

I feel that some background is required for those who don't remember me from a few years back. When I played Civ 4, the first time I felt any kind of resistance from the AI was at Emperor. I played most of my games at Immortal or Deity, using game options (e.g. no tech trading, small maps) to...

Hello guys. I thought I'd post this in the strategy forum because I know there are more hardcore guys here and this is the kind of input I'm looking for. I haven't tried Civ5 yet because I heard the AI was terrible, especially when it comes to tactics in combat. What's the consensus on its...

Hello guys. I haven't tried Civ5 yet because I heard the AI was terrible, especially when it comes to tactics in combat. What's the consensus on its current state with the latest patch? Also, are there mods to make it better?

Actually, SCIENCE doesn't consider viruses to be alive (by the most common definitions of life anyway), and we HAVE figured out how to master them, and use them in many fields (for example, we use viruses to inject DNA into cells for purposes of genetic engineering). Don't talk about stuff...

Of course, there are many blends of atheism. The reason i said "real followers of atheism" was to counter the post which said "real followers of religion", and not because i believe that people who don't fit this bill are not "real followers of atheism".

Wrong forum. This one is for posting strategy articles, not question. You need to post this in the strategy forum.

I don't know, but from your question it seems that believing in a god makes you incapable of seeing that if one is 25% greater, than the other one isn't 25% lesser; it's in fact 20% lesser. Sorry, couldn't resist.

~100 means approximately 100, ≈100 means approximately equal to 100 (not the same thing, this is a mistake people often make), and ±100 means it can either be 100 or -100, or maybe somewhere between the two depending on interpretation (again, a mistake people often make is to use it...

You can produce desert next to a river by building a city on a floodplain and razing it. But yes, i've had this myself early in games, and think it's a rare bug.