PolyCast Episode 124: "Patch Your Eye Out"

[DanQ]

Ever alert. The one-hundred-and-twenty-fourth episode of PolyCast, "Patch Your Eye Out", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua" and Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew with returning guest co-hosts Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney and "MadDjinn"; it has a runtime of 59m59s.

The summary of topics is as follows:

- 02m22s | News
Initial impressions following first playthroughs of the substantial June Civilization V patch. Starting with Social Policies, the conversation then moves onto science and technology, including Research Agreements (13m22s); Infinite City Sprawl, also known as I.C.S. (25m22s); difficulty levels (29m42s), and finally Declarations of War (34m58s).
- 44m01s | Forum Talk
What to think, and make, of CivV's starting bias for civilization placement on maps.
- 50m12s | Miscellaneous
Weighing in on the substantial examination into stock image use in Civilization V.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
A warm welcome back to a Very Important Person to the show, soundalike mishap, and setting priorities.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.

[apocalypse105]

Thanxs for the post I enjoy the show a lot

[markusbeutel]

Likewise - looking forward to listening to this episode.

[DanQ]

Originally Posted by apocalypse105

Thanxs for the post I enjoy the show a lot

Originally Posted by markusbeutel

Likewise - looking forward to listening to this episode.

Thanks to you both.

Are you long-time listeners, recent arrivals to the show or somewhere in between?

[apocalypse105]

Originally Posted by DanQ

Thanks to you both.

Are you long-time listeners, recent arrivals to the show or somewhere in between?

my firt episode i saw had as title pounce like a tiger. So i am new... Civ 4 Was my first civilization game and then civ 5 wich i really looked forward to because i found the combat in civ 4 just random... But now I thinx diplomacy is to random in civ 5 something i didnt liked at all. Diplomacy was the reason why i started playing civilization 4 i usally play real time strategy games and wished to play a game with actually diplomacy that made sence

[markusbeutel]

I came around fairly late - probably around episode 95-100 somewhere, right around when CIV V was coming out.

[DanQ]

Ah, you are both relative new listeners then -- welcome, welcome. I expect perhaps you came across the show from the news items on CFC's homepage?

Do feel free to browse the archive of episodes for others of interest as well if you are so inclined and haven't done so already. Thanks for the support!

[vonbach]

I just started listening to this show I like it a lot.

[Camikaze]

The social policy bug MadDjinn talked about was solved by the recent hotfix. The developers comments rumoured were this:

Originally Posted by dshirk

Thanks for spotting this, we're correcting it now. On the plus side, the game was balanced with the current values, so it will not throw off the culture game. This will be adjusted when we post an update.

[vexing]

also the cost increase was very minor (exponent went from 2 to 2.01). culture victories are significantly easier after the patch.

[Morningcalm]

I'm glad MadDjinn was added to the podcast, he lends quite a bit of experience and insight. His Let's Plays are well known.

[JamesG]

Great show, thanks!
Looking forward to the next one.

[DanQ]

Originally Posted by vonbach

I just started listening to this show I like it a lot.

Originally Posted by JamesG

Great show, thanks!
Looking forward to the next one.

To both of you, thanks.

Originally Posted by Camikaze

The social policy bug MadDjinn talked about was solved by the recent hotfix. The developers comments rumoured were this

Originally Posted by vexing

also the cost increase was very minor (exponent went from 2 to 2.01). culture victories are significantly easier after the patch.

Thanks for noting these points in the update. During the week between the recording of this episode and its post-produced version release, the hotfix you both refer to was released.

Originally Posted by Morningcalm

I'm glad MadDjinn was added to the podcast, he lends quite a bit of experience and insight. His Let's Plays are well known.

Yes, MD was the guest on this episode's panel which, particularly given the CivV patch focus, was most welcome.

[HitmanDan96]

i love listening to polycast while playing civ V

[DanQ]

Originally Posted by HitmanDan96

i love listening to polycast while playing civ V

A winning combination in my view as well.

[bcaiko]

First Polycast I've listened to and turns out I'm mentioned on it! Thanks for the mention, y'all; I'm glad I could spark a discussion.

Subscribed to you guys on iTunes now.

[utberguy]

This is my 1st polycast & I really enjoyed it.
I went on to listen to the CivWorld review, which I couldn't agree more

[HitmanDan96]

Originally Posted by DanQ

A winning combination in my view as well.

im also an ontarian civ fan

[Brichals]

Great I will try this now. I love the podcast really but I haven't listened since Civ5 came out. I kind of always connected the Civ5 hate brigade with this podcast for some reason. I don't know if that's valid because as I say I never listened to it since 5 came out. I often read the notes though and it gave me that impression. Nothing against you guys on the podcast which is a brilliant endeavour, just the bad attitude in general towards Civ5 in the wider community.

[DanQ]

Originally Posted by bcaiko

First Polycast I've listened to and turns out I'm mentioned on it! Thanks for the mention, y'all; I'm glad I could spark a discussion.

, timing can often be everything! You are welcome for the mention.

Subscribed to you guys on iTunes now.

Originally Posted by utberguy

This is my 1st polycast & I really enjoyed it.
I went on to listen to the CivWorld review, which I couldn't agree more

Thanks kindly to you , another new listener.

Receiving such feedback after first impressions is always welcome as there is only one opportunity to make it, and they are so important to maintain and further build an audience.

Originally Posted by HitmanDan96

im also an ontarian civ fan

Originally Posted by Brichals

Great I will try this now. I love the podcast really but I haven't listened since Civ5 came out. I kind of always connected the Civ5 hate brigade with this podcast for some reason. I don't know if that's valid because as I say I never listened to it since 5 came out. I often read the notes though and it gave me that impression. Nothing against you guys on the podcast which is a brilliant endeavour, just the bad attitude in general towards Civ5 in the wider community.

I can well appreciate this perception. Between the show's regular panelists and many of the guests, there are a number of criticisms of Civilization V past and present given but are done in a constructive manner. Some of us are more positive about the game's current status and future prospects than others, but I would say that any negativity that comes across is about one or more aspects of the game wanting to be added, modified or removed as opposed to dismissing the game outright.

Hope you enjoy this episode and will return to the show's listening base.