Recent content by Michael FierceWolf

I tuned in out of curiosity, and shut it off before the first quarter was over. It was boring football, nothing special. As was mentioned in a previous post, these are NFL wanna be's. If you want a league to compete with the NFL, check out arena football. It is fast and high scoring. I am sure I...

Shadowdale: I want to make it clear that yes, I know that the Hilter regime was facist and nazism, not socialist. I had a feeling after writing it in that way that it would be misinterpreted. But the point was that those regimes cannot be taken into consideration in this sort of discussion...

Hmmm, seems we have stirred up a bit of a hornets nest on this one. First, forgive me for the bad analogy. I was not comparing a human life with an object, it was only a means to show that in true justice, compensation must be on equal terms. And it is justice, not revenge. At least here. Now...

Mr. Shadowdale: Let me respond to the points you brought up. I realize that it is a hard concept to grasp, that is, requiring the life of a killer for the life he has taken. Let me put it in these terms, if you had a $50,000.00 automobile stolen, would you accept a $10,000.00 auto to replace...

I would like to wade in on this one, since I am an American, and pro capital punishment. I would like to address the arguments raised against it. First, it is justice, pure and simple, not revenge and not a deterant, wasn't meant to be. By imposing the death penalty, we value life. As a society...

I would label those of us who are addicted to this most powerful drug as civkies. And in that spirit I submit the following: -If you find yourself thinking about civ strategy during the day, all day, you might be a civkie. -If given the choice between sex and civ, you have to think about it, you...

I would like to pick the collective minds here on creating maps. I have a scenario in mind and want to create a realistic map of the area. First, how do you go about drawing coastlines that are rounded? The little squares don't seem to cut it. Second, is there any place on the web where you can...

I have progressed to king level, which I have been playing for a while. I move slow, guess that is what happens when you hit 40. Tried my first at Emperor and fell behind in science quickly, guess I need to adjust my tactics. I have found as you move up, you need to adjust how you play, what...

Yes lefty, it is true. You can take an undefended city with any fighting unit from a boat. Have done it many times, pound a coastal city with my ships, then empty a transporter into it. ------------------ "I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh to the Father except through me" John...

Cocerning Lefty's feline problem, good way to become an ex-cat. Get a dog, they understand. One more rant, I hate it when the AI discovers a tech and suddenly have it to use, for example: it discovers cruise missles, then on the same turn, blast your battleship with them. How does that happen...

Okay, there is this cruise ship that has a magician working on it, performing magic tricks for the tourists. Since there is a constant turnover of tourists, he can keep doing the same tricks. One day, a parrot arrives and watches his shows. The parrot starts to reveal all his secrets to the...

Back to the original topic: 1. When you finish moving a unit(s) and at the end of the move, surprise! an enemy AI unit is waiting for you, which was here to for, unseen. And of course, they vanish after wiping out your unit. 2. When any AI unit can bribe one of yours. 3. When no matter how many...

I would like to add a few extra tips to Smash's excellent message on the spaceship building process Obviously, the more components, the faster you will reach your goal, just don't overweight it with unnecessary structure or modules. Having lots of money at this time helps to buy them to beat an...

My New Years resolutions for Civing are: 1. To continue to improve my play to move to the next levels. 2. To learn more strategy tactics to increase my final scores. 3. To get into VanillaCubes cool book. ------------------ "I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh to the Father...

Well, representing the over 40-under 50 group, I have more time to play since I am single, with no kids(yet). I know I have to discipline myself as far as playing time, or it can become an all nighter. I have found it to be a great outlet after dealing with idiots and morons all day(yes, I work...