The new patch has made a bad game even worse

what exactly is tech brockering and how is it different from tech trading?

In civ4 there was a custom game option called "No Tech Brokering", separate from "No Tech Trading". It was kind of in between Tech Trading and No Tech Trading, in that you could offer for trade techs that you researched yourself, but you could not put on the table any techs that you acquired through trade deals. This was the same for other civs of course.

The main attraction of the option was preventing AIs from selling your tech to all their friends one turn after you trade it to them. In BtS, it got a bit complicated with espionage... IIRC you could trade away techs that you stole from other civs.

A nickname for the option could be "No second-hand tech selling".
 
That, this is the hardcore fanatics that hijacked the appeal of Civ to their own preoccupations. They took the game seriously, they wanted it to be serious. That was not the case of Civ2. That was not even the case of Civ3. That's the case with Civ4 and Civ5 last patch. Serious gaming for serious gamers. This amazes me everyday.

This is just about the most ahistorical thing I have read about gaming in a long while. Tin-foil hat woo-woo stuff, basically...
Moderator Action: "Tin foil hat" is still considered being a derogatory label.
 
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