Recent content by masterminded

Where were you when Civ died?

You have the temerity to accuse him of an ad hominem attack when your entire last post was nothing but a sequence of exaggerated insults to critics? You have characterized every critic, including many of us who strive to make constructive posts in the hopes of at least a mod to improve the game...

I don't want all critical posts merged into one thread. That is the context of this conversation, which the OP started. There is no contradiction. I'm not quite sure why you think we are arguing about anything else. This is the at least the fifth or sixth time I've posted this.

Everything that I have said is in the context of what the OP proposed: putting it all in one thread. Having a separate forum or several threads for specific issues does not fall into the problems I described. If you clarified that your position was different from the OP, then I apologize that I...

That's not what I'm saying. The only thing I'm against is what the OP is proposing: putting ALL of the critical posts into ONE thread. If someone makes a thread about bad diplo AI and then someone else makes another thread about that and they are both active, there is no problem closing the...

Again, no one is disputing that threads should be grouped. This is already board policy. We are disputing whether all posts that are critical should be put into a singular thread. Everyone seems to understand this but you. I am neither opposed to having threads grouped by narrow topic nor have I...

I'm now convinced that you have no idea what this thread is about and lack certain reading comprehension skills. That's not meant as an insult. I just don't know how to interpret this post in any other light since you are now accusing me of things I never admitted to. You also don't understand...

I qualified my position many times. You ignored it each time and continued to characterize it as such. When someone describes their position as one way and you think their language doesn't match that position, the response is to criticize the use of language and describe that person's views as...

The OP is advocating for all posts critical of Civ V in and capacity and about any issue be relegated to one single thread. This means that bad reviews of the game go to one thread. Criticisms of the 1upt go to that same thread. Dissatisfaction with the diplomacy AI? That same thread. Dislike of...

Charon, no one is disputing this position. What you are advocating is already official forum policy. This thread has nothing to do with that. The contradiction is that you identify with the position above when we ask about it, but you jumped into the conversation at numerous points and...

Charon, I'm not even sure what your overall position is because you constantly seem to contradict yourself by stating it as one thing and then siding with others when they have positions irreconcilable with your own. In your last response, you accused me of putting words in your mouth when I was...

I'm the one that has brought up the topic of censorship. Please read my posts on the subject. Every time I have brought up the topic, others have criticized me for injecting speech rights and government censorship into the equation. But at no point do I ever appeal appeal to rights. In fact, I...

Could you tell me who these great players are? I'm not criticizing you or trying to catch you, I'm just interested in their analysis. The only one I've read in depth is Sulla.

On your first point, the boards are readable as is. Superjay covered this. On your second point, you still haven't addressed my argument; you've merely asserted otherwise and claim you disagree. Give us a compelling argument. On your third point, this is more assertion. Please address the...

I still haven't seen anyone address the criticism that I have levied and a mod seems to sympathize with: the criticism of this game is so broad and varied that forcing all critical posts into one thread would render it unmanageable. There are just too many conversations that would simultaneously...