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  1. JP1

    Someone Fire this Guy

    The game judges power level in some pretty odd ways, which causes a lot of annoyance and which is very visible to the player when things are not quite right. I actually had a game not too long ago where I was attacked by another civ, with the usual, "They threaten our very existence" warnings...
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    Civilization V Funny screenshots

    I've actually gotten some pretty miserable starts lately, including a recent start which was mostly tundra and ice, and about 5 tiles away were some desert tiles. But this really takes the cake. :)
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    Does the AI get more realistic in the higher level game?

    The computer is programmed in the way it is because of limits in current AI methods and processing power. It was not a conscious, lazy decision to make the AI not behave like a human. I found that before the patch a while ago which made cities more difficult to take, warmongering AIs were...
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    Civilization V Funny screenshots

    Perhaps he was scared of the size of the player's military? I can understand if you think it's a little confusing, or that some other message should have popped up there... But I see a bunch of merits and demerits which ended up balancing out to 'Afraid', and I think it's mostly pretty...
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    What are you running Civ V on and how well does it work?

    i5 Quad-core @ 2.67GHz, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon 5850. No issues with graphics whatsoever, IBT turn time still gets terrible toward the middle/end of the game.
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    Anyone else upset they removed Seoul as a city-state?

    I think it would be really hard for me to care less about the name of one city-state being changed... But this quote really intrigued me: Do you (or the OP) truly derive more enjoyment from playing with a city-state named Seoul as opposed to playing with a city-state named Kathmandu? I...
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    Poll: Who is your runaway AI?

    Siam and Iriquois are the most likely to make me groan when I first meet them and click on the 'Cities' in the trade screen. Turns out that with the massive bonuses the AI gets at high levels to remain competitive, "spam cities, make 500GPT" is a pretty good strategy. I wonder why Catherine...
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    whats a normal turn wait time to you?

    I play on standard maps, and on a PC which pretty much plays all the other games I have on the highest settings without breaking a sweat. Towards the end of the game, IBT turn time gets up to 15-20 seconds, which is most noticable when I'm playing a culture game and not doing much during the...
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    The Power of the Internet

    It's very easy to end up in a situation where you: 1. Don't need archery to survive early-game, 2. Don't want to trade for it and hit the WFYABTA cap one tech earlier in the mid-game, and 3. Don't care enough to get it late-game.
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    POLL: who is the stupidest leader in civ5?

    This. As soon as I started to compile a list of the "Stupidest' leaders my thoughts immediately turned to the ones who make the fewest cities. I ended up going with "4 cities and cruise" Wu... The tiebreaker was a few recent incidents where I've had her suicide herself into me with the, "I...
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    what happened to my happiness?

    Is this a game played on an older version? I seem to remember that there used to be some bug involving happiness when saving/reloading when you had cities which were in the process of being razed, but I think that whole mechanic was changed in a past patch, making the bug no longer...
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    If you could return this game at full price, would you?

    Kind of a strange question, considering that "full price" means different things at different times, and there's a sunk cost and time spent playing the game which you can't "get back". But to try and answer the question, I would not return my copy, because I have derived more than $50 of...
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    Biggest "A-Hole" AI - Opinions?

    Biggest jerk in terms of actually acting like a jerk in-game? While it's easy to pick some of the standard warmongers, I'm actually going to go with Elizabeth. I know it's not just me since the XML constants verify it; she will denounce you at the slightest provocation, will do so even if you...
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    Error with Denouncing and Friendly status

    Patch: 1.0.1.221 Issue: I believe there is an error in the code to apply the diplo demerit for "You friend denounced you." (It might also possibly be an error in the code to determine if a friend is denouncing you.) Description: I was playing a game as England, and had multiple neighbors...
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    Never-Before-Seen Civilizations

    The Moors are the best option on the list, IMHO. They had significant impact in their time and represent a section of the world that the Civ franchise is always a little uncomfortable with, constantly experimenting and cycling civilizations in and out. And as has already been mentioned, The...
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    Lost Eden - Total Conversion Mod for Alien Crossfire (Alpha Centauri Add-on)

    I don't mean in any way to disparage this mod. I'm sure the author put a lot of work into it. But is it really appropriate to have a picture on the front page of the site with a copyrighted (children's cartoon) character with his (supposed to be non-existant) nudity covered by a fig leaf?
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    Help, Tech Support and General Comments for the Lost Eden Mod

    Never mind, I'll take this to the news thread.
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    Why don't we add the X-Seed 4000 as a wonder?

    I have no problem with them putting in some futuristic stuff at the very end of the tree (Space Elevator, Cure for Cancer, Arcologies) but I don't think the X-Seed 4000 in particular warrants inclusion.
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    I think the patch was great

    The same thing happened to me very early in a game. I don't know if I hit a cultural ruins yet, but I hope I did, because otherwise, the only way the game could think I was going for culture was because I just started a Monument... Something the AI is not supposed to know/act upon.
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    Civilization V Funny screenshots

    In addition to walking on water, the Polynesians raise some of the finest water livestock in the world.
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