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    Shoshone civilization, leader Pocatello

    I think the main question now is whether or not the Shoshone will knock America out of its niche of a wide, land-hungry, scouting-focused civilization. How... oddly karmic. But nonetheless -- a free ring trumps cheaper land buying, +1 vision range doesn't compare to picking ancient ruin bonuses...
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    Hoax, or very early build?

    Not hoax, but early build. A lot of this stuff may still be due for a change -- I was in the original game beta, and still recall when the Iroquois got to treat ALL forests as road, for instance. (Or did that even last until a few patches post-release? I forget.) The Venetians and Shoshone's...
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    Why the Shoshone?

    Not enough options -- the neutral one is going to overwhelm. Should've divided it into weakly approving and weakly disapproving. I fall into the former category.
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    Shoshone civilization, leader Pocatello

    Not gonna weigh in on the choice of civ, but from a purely mechanics viewpoint, I think I know who I'm going to be playing my first BNW game as. Seriously, scouts with a choice of ruin benefits? Even if it's just two or three, that could be brutal. Add in the Ethiopia-style defense bonus and the...
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    Betting and Speculation - The "Entirely Separate Hypercube" Civ!

    For this, or any sci-fi/fantasy civ, I would laugh, and laugh, and laugh, WHILE (true) { print("and laugh, ") } But I get the strange feeling others would be mildly displeased by this turn of event. Also, there's a lot of speculation about a NA civ that is in some way linked to the...
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    Betting and Speculation - The "Entirely Separate Hypercube" Civ!

    I'm also going to bet it's a NA civ, not Venice. Now, as a former player of the Fall from Heaven mod for Civ IV, and thus no stranger to unusual mechanics turned into pure awesome, I'm really looking forward to seeing what Firaxis has up its sleeve. That said, out-of-the-box ideas that...
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    What is that violet-white civ on the mini map down there?

    Probably true. I just love the image of Firaxis employees staring at our forums in astounded bemusement. ...I wonder if they've got some kinda office betting pool going on about how few hints we can figure out a civ from.
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    What is that violet-white civ on the mini map down there?

    "Uh, guys, we left Venice on in one of the screenshots... just in the minimap." "Just post the thing anyways. It'd take some kinda, I dunno, fanatic or something to figure out it was Venice just off of a pair of colors." All joking aside, while I wouldn't say Venice is "proven," if I was...
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    2Announced Civ this Friday

    Makes less probable, maybe. Insufficient evidence to say "rules out" in any strict definition of the term.
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    Guess what the next civ to be revealed will be!

    Morocco is looking more probable.
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    Guess what the next civ to be revealed will be!

    Put another coin on ol' Morocco as the one to expect -- although it could very well be Italy/Venice instead...
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    Brazil discussion thread

    I would just like to note that, as discovered digging through files, the achievement for a victory as Brazil is officially "Pedro's Party People." Are you proud of yourselves?
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    Will civilizations be able to defy the World Congress?

    If you want to use military might to defy the World Congress, it's very simple. As I recall from screenshots, votes can be traded like any other good on the trade screen. And by extension, threatened for. If you've got the military might you'd need in a real-world situation to defy the Congress...
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    Box Art for Brave New World being revealed

    I cannot shake the image of someone at 2K laughing maniacally, twirling his mustache, and yelling, "dance, leetle monkeys! Dance!"
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    Which new civ do you think will make the challenging to play against?

    The best defense I've got against warmongers is to out-tech the SOBs. Assyria... begs to differ on that front.
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