Recent content by Pyrrhos

I did not say "Rigged against the human player". I said "rigged". Period. The point of the comment may escape you, but the way you worded your "question" makes it a dig against people who do not share your opinion. You're quite clear on that. As a matter of fact, it is rather rude to lump...

Hello again Aabraxan, and thanks for the welcome back! Nothing changes, eh? Pyrrhos posts and WWIII breaks out. :D @ Spoonwood - just read the topic again and it will become clear that every "claim" you put forth in reply #74 is a blatant lie!

Once, I was lauded by Temuijin on lines similar to the following: "Hannibal, your cruelty is an inspiration to all!" Love the one about toasted barbarians! :D

Since it's a pRNG and not a true RNG, it is by definition "rigged".

Scandinavia is an example of how difficult it is to determine exactly which traits a civ should be assigned. c. 800-1200AD Three main branches of "vikings" - Dane, Norse and Swede. All three were extremely religious, but their religion was a battle religion. The Dane and Nors vikings could be...

Err... I think you'll find that most of the great scientific advances of the 20th century actually stem from the immense investment in education made by Imperial Germany during the late 19th Century. A good example of this is Velcro and Computers. Both originate with the Space Race and all...

I just love :rolleyes: the reasoning of the immature mind: * Because it can happen in Vanilla, Darski's example Paris must have been on a hill :rolleyes: * Paris has to have had walls or be pop 7 (or even 13) :rolleyes: * The attack had to have come across a river :rolleyes: * Darski...

@ Lord Emsworth: The problem with your screenshots is that we only have your word for it that they are genuine. For all we know, you might as well have gone into the editor and done something like this: Not saying that you have done so, only that you MIGHT and that we have no way of...

Of course they are wrong since you don't like the results... :rolleyes: No, really, it is YOUR nubers that are wrong: * A town is not flat land * A fortification is not the same as being fortified * A TOWN is pop 1-6 * If you have pop 7, it's a CITY Just open the editor and go into...

Of course, but since it's not a RNG but a pRNG, it's built into the game - intentionally. Whilst one cannot have anything but admiration for Sid for the ingenious way in which he designed such a complex game to fit within the limitations of DOS 5 and it's allowance of no more than some 450 to...

No. In that game, France was an AI civ and Paris is the capital, i.e. the starting location. Just run a sample of world maps in the editor and tell me if you come across a starting location on a hill. Which I have acknowledged. Furthermore, I've known Darski a long time, and she has never...

Thx! :hatsoff: Incorrigible :old: :gripe: as ever, I'm afraid! :D

:rolleyes: Do you yourself belong to the mathematically illiterate? Let's take a look at the maths of Darski's example: As a regular spear has three hit points, it cannot have lost more than (two plus promotions to vet & elite) four rounds of combat whilst winning at least 19 rounds of...

That's a turn-around, Darski! :groucho: There is, however, a cure - a) make certain "preserve random seed" is turned off, + b) save before every combat & reload. Logic: "The PC/game cheats, I cheat..." :goodjob:

IF you want any sort of accuracy, some tribes would have several traits, others but a single one or even none. A few examples: Greece should be Scientific + Religious + Militaristic + Seafaring Rome - Militaristic + Commercial + Agricultural + Industrious + Religious China - Scientific +...