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I don't mind the American humor about Canada (or Mexico). You just don't know what Canada humor is about the USA. For a starter, we don't owe the Chinese 2000 billion $. Also, the % of alcohol in our beer is printed on the bottle. It's high enough that the companies don't feel like they need to...

@damerell I like these two other movies you mentioned too, though I see your point. I agree with both Calibur and Kochman. But well, they had to do something with the game. Though some of theses civilizations were never empires, I think they are still interesting in the game. Not everything is...

Yes, these numbers were real published numbers, I didn't make them up. 22% drop in sales of Windows as compared to the same period last year. As mentioned, last year was the 3rd year of Windows 7, so the new release should have seen better sales. I believe the drop *is* significant considering...

If I had been here 5 months ago, I would have agreed with everything Zelig had to say. Well, mostly everything. But now, just 5 months later, a lot has changed. Now I'd tend to say: Yes, Microsoft's end *is* near. Windows 8 *is* a flop. On all accounts. It became obvious when the guy behind...

They don't grow hair on their chest neither. Yes it's genetic, but not unique. Many African population cannot grow beard neither. And as we are at it, many Asians cannot neither. For Jarhead and others: In Civ3, we had the Iroquois. In reality, the Iroquois were an empire of 5-6 tribes...

Just a few days ago, I saw a BtS expansion pack in a store. I noticed because a geek-wanna-be who can't read and knows nothing exclaimed "Oh look, Civilization 3. It's old, they have 6 out by now!" Don't remember the price, but it was very cheap since the store is closing, even the little girls...

On the LAN each computer has it's own IP (a local IP, most usually in the range 192.168.0.xxx), thus unless you have a firewall between LAN machines (which doesn't usually make sense -- you don't fear your roommates to hack into your machine right?) you have nothing to do, it should work. On...

Reading back that old post, I realize I must have been drunk when I wrote it, looking at all the mistakes and typos :P After looking around for the information, I found that to host a game you have to open those ports: 2302 6500 13139 (all UDP -- not TCP needed) Thus, if you have a...

My room mate and I been experiencing a problem with Internet play today. I have a router (a Linksys BEFSR81 device which I am very satisfied of) and two computers are connected to it (1 is mine; 2 is my roommate's computer). I played an Internet game without any problem. He played an...

1-2 hours a week is probably not appealing to most players... looks like games will either last for months or not be of full length...

All types of games are limited to 8 players in multiplayer. Technically it's heavy enough with 8 players. More than that would be terrible in most modes. I never played Hotseat mode but wouldn't the night (or should I say the week) be long enough with just 8 players?

When playing Simultaneous Moves, this is technically normal. Even though from your PoV you are both playing at once, in the program each moves have to be made one at a time, so the game much be perfectly synchronized with other players. A very small lag is thus very normal. However I hope you...

When I play with my roommate we see each other's game in the menu (make sure you select LAN, not Internet play). Have you tried the Refresh button? Yes, a firewall will interfere on the LAN if it's set incorrectly. The firewall isn't suppose to be installed on that connetion, it's supposed...

If you are networked correctly (can share files, etc) you should see each other on the multiplayer main chat zone. I play often with my rommmate without any particular problems. I suggest that you disconnect the Internet from both computer (if the setup is so that the Internet and the LAN exist...

I don't think he gets a direct bonus from his experience, but on the long run he can survive longer and on that point he might have a better chance of winning :)

Thanks to all. The fight is now over between my friend and I, and looks like I lost :P What was the fight about was mainly wether only the Initiator attack score and Defender defense score were counting, or both attack and defense values of both, which was replied clearly. Thanks again :)

Had a fight with my friend about the inner working of the combat system. I decided to ask so to end the fight. Please answer only if you know the real answer (not guess/opinion) or this will just add more players into our fight. Let's use those units for the examples (numbers all different on...

I wonder how large the data that has to be saved for each city so that they feel they need to set a limit.

If the King didn't remain in the Capital, and the civilization wasn't destroyed entirely, Regicide would be nice. I would like that the cities become yours once the King is dead, as it is in the real world. That would make some nice quicker games :)

I guess the discussion wasn't about the fact that Microsoft was making money out of the XBOX. No one has proposed that you buy a XBOX.