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BackseatTyrant replied to the thread What if there were more Tech/Civic quotes?.It's such a shame that robust blogging infrastructure hasn't been present throughout all of human civilization's history, since when it... -
BackseatTyrant replied to the thread What if there were more Tech/Civic quotes?.That, I'm relatively fine with; at least there's a concrete source. I honestly find relying on Shakespeare and/or the Bible to be even...
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BackseatTyrant reacted to Patine's post in the thread What if there were more Tech/Civic quotes? with
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Fun fact. The first use of tech and improvement quotes in a Sid Meier game was in Alpha Centauri - though they were divied in being said... -
BackseatTyrant replied to the thread What if there were more Tech/Civic quotes?.Albert Einstein never said that, btw. That's probably my main issue with the quotes, and it's been an issue throughout the series: the...
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BackseatTyrant reacted to BuchiTaton's post in the thread What should the Civ VII political system be like? with Like.
I think it should be more "I picked democracy like the French and now we both have something more to bond over". The problem is the part...
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BackseatTyrant replied to the thread What should the Civ VII political system be like?.Okay, here's something to chew on: does a game like civilization actually need a political system in the first place? Ever since the...
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BackseatTyrant reacted to Evie's post in the thread What should the Civ VII political system be like? with Like.
That is in fact what the players does in Civilization. Because it is a game, and implicit in the concept of a game are the notion of...
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BackseatTyrant reacted to Alexander's Hetaroi's post in the thread What should the Civ VII political system be like? with Like.
Ironically, the ones that you are having disagreements with are the specialized audience. :mischief:
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Strictly speaking, it should be the 'Garibaldini', or 'Redshirts', considering Garibaldi was the leader
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BackseatTyrant replied to the thread Thread Of Italy 🍝🍷🌹.Here's a rough draft of how I would've designed the different civs for the Italian peninsula: Unique Ability Unique Infrastructure...
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BackseatTyrant reacted to pineappledan's post in the thread 7 New Civs You'd Like to See in Civ7 with Like.
The modern Indian state is very weird in this respect, because their constitution outright makes it illegal for states to secede. My...
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BackseatTyrant replied to the thread 7 New Civs You'd Like to See in Civ7.I'm probably repeating myself once too many, but I really do not approve of having these featured as separate civs, since much like the...
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BackseatTyrant replied to the thread 7 New Civs You'd Like to See in Civ7.Personally, I'd prefer to see the Italian civ be represented through the kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, since that's where modern Italy...
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BackseatTyrant replied to the thread 7 New Civs You'd Like to See in Civ7.I feel like those "blob civilizations" are a bit of an exception, since their sizes are somewhat limited compared to previously...
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