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ChiefTank
Ision didn't advocate abstinence from build the GLib to win at Deity. (Incidentally, go look at SGOTM12 - admittedly a contrived set-up in terms of cities built but I think you'll find that in that game not one single team built or used the GLib to gain a significant number of techs.)
What he is doing is slotting another piece into the "what can I do to improve my game?" puzzle often posed by new players.
At some point, those new players will get to a point where they are confident that they can play the game on their own terms at a level that they are comfortable with. Wonders such as the GLib, Pyramids, etc. are understood not just as being a fun toy, but as a means to an end. An investment that must be properly thought out before committing to it. At which point the player has learned their lesson, and this article has served its purpose. The player now moves on to play Civ how they wish, and the GLib or whatever other Wonders they choose to build become a part of the overall strategy that they employ to win by their chosen VC - rather than "ooh I can build the GLib it gives me loads of techs omgfh I MUST HAVE IT IT WILL BE MINE!11!!!"
What he is doing is slotting another piece into the "what can I do to improve my game?" puzzle often posed by new players.
At some point, those new players will get to a point where they are confident that they can play the game on their own terms at a level that they are comfortable with. Wonders such as the GLib, Pyramids, etc. are understood not just as being a fun toy, but as a means to an end. An investment that must be properly thought out before committing to it. At which point the player has learned their lesson, and this article has served its purpose. The player now moves on to play Civ how they wish, and the GLib or whatever other Wonders they choose to build become a part of the overall strategy that they employ to win by their chosen VC - rather than "ooh I can build the GLib it gives me loads of techs omgfh I MUST HAVE IT IT WILL BE MINE!11!!!"