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I used to host CivIV pitboss games quite a bit. That ran as a standalone server that was practically headless. This new "pitboss server" is something different. Has anyone figured it out? How does one launch the boss, and play as a player? Is this possible on the same machine? What are...

9 times out of 10, settle the soldier. (at least on the middle levels and below)

My girlfriend - who has never really played any games other than the stupid, casual games like diner dash - plays the hell out of Civ Rev. My sister, also no gamer, has mentioned that she has taken over her husband's ps3 for CivRev also. So I think Sid really hit his mark with this game. It...

Well, I am not certain how CivRev does combat calcs, but in every other Civ game, the chance to win was att / (att + def). So in your example 1-1 should be 50:50; 27-9 should mean you would win 3 out 4 times. In my experience with civrev thus far, it actually seems like something else is...

If you aren't playing ranked games against good ops then you might as well be playing the AI. Pick up games are going to be easy wins against casual players 9 times out of 10 in any game on any platform. As a long time PC gamer who has been away from console play since the genesis, I can tell...

Welcome the world of multiplayer gaming. The problem is especially bad in strat games because 1) the time they take to setup, 2) the time they take to play, and 3) the pacing combined with positive feedback looping makes it 'obvious' when one is going to lose. Just chalk up the quits as...

I'm not sure I'm digging it either. I played the demo a few times, and I really want to like it - I first fell in love with Civ on the Atari ST - but... eh I hope it grows on me.

I own a PS3, if you do also, you should be use to it by now. I love the PS3, but PS3 multiplayer is god awful. I have yet to play a game that lets me use my camera online for any sort of video chat. The only game which makes half way decent use of chat at all is WarHawk. I'm quite...

I just like how all the fat guys in CIV IV look like Horatio Sanz. Qin?

Anvil of Crom! And maybe the Mountain of Power Procession for Hatty. One of the greatest "guy movies" of all time - with one of the greatest original scores to boot. Both of the above are frequently found in my workout mixes. Nothing like the drums in Anvil of Crom to motivate you to...

SMAC and XFire are brilliant games. I played the hell out of them - although very rarely til the bitter end. SMAC seemed to suffer from the CIV end game tedium more than any other game in the family (unless you count those horrible CTP games). I just wish there was a way to lobotomize the...

I disagree. The state of Israel was destroyed - it did not exist. Between the 587 BCE and 1948, there was no state of Israel in any real sense of the word. For the context of this game, you must differentiate between Israeli and Jewish. Benjamin Disraeli, for example, was...

I side with the modern Israel. As someone else pointed out, Ancient Israel as a power was really nothing special. Without Judaism, which the game treats as a separate entity, it is a mere foot note. Moses, Abraham, and the like should be reserved as "Great People" not civilization...

My experience with PitBoss (after 2 days). - The Black Roses PitBoss (you've probably seen it in the lobby) PitBoss is running on my Media PC (Athlon 2200 XP; 1GB RAM; *wireless conx). 0. Under ideal conditions, PTBS seems to run very well. In a couple test games with random players...

Chopping didn't ruin the game, but it was no brainer. There were reasons to chop, but there really weren't any good reason not to chop. That is not, as Sid might say, an interesting decision. In fact, it really wasn't a decision at all - it was something that had to be done. So now...

A big step to reducing cheating was taken with the last patch, and that is not allowing any custom assets to be used in MP. It kinda sucks since there are some great mods/custom assets that do not provide any real advantage to the player, but do have some nice effect - clock mod, special...

I play MP alot, and except for team games, don't see the Romans played that much really. In team games, however, you can always count on at least one Caesar per side. India is probably the most used civ in ancient start 3+ players FFA MP. Fast workers are nice, and starting with both...

Aye, anyone who doesn't think warfare begins at turn 0 hasn't played many multiplayer games against decent foes. The first warriors show up a few turns into the game and once someone locates you, it is almost always non stop action. You had better not be too shocked when the first stack of...

My one complaint with the patch is that custom assets no longer work in MP games. In some ways this is for the better, as it was possible to use python to query for and display information that should not have been available to the player - for example an "all seeing" military advisor...