Recent content by rickmc

1. since when have americans done things the easy way? we still refuse to switch to the easier metric system. 2. just because the brits have used something longer doesnt matter. i have had a vcr longer than a dvd player but that doesnt make it a better format. i entered the expected date...

i agree that time frame and population are the biggest factors. i recently finished a game around 1150 bc (tiny, pangea, 5 civs. yes, i have an older laptop and have to go small). anyways, i wiped out 1 civ right away as the city was size 1. I took over another city size 2, then another at...

i vote for the swiss.

you are right. but what confuses me is that say I am cautious with an AI. He can ask me for a tech but I can only demand a tech. big difference. why?

AIs frequently ask me to share techs with them. It happens with all of the differnt AI opinions towards me. Why can they ask but mostly I can just demand? I have tested this after saying yes and saying no with the same results, I can just demand. why?

atlanta's hartsfield airport (ignore the recent political but kissing that added a additional name to the airport) is the busiest in the world based on passenger count. this wonder should obviously add both commerce (maybe a big bonus to that city and a small bonus to each city with an...

EULA. I am trying to come up with a clever acronym for programmers smart enough to come up with great games but dumb enough to stick with an outdated inflexible lawyer creation. No luck. Oh well.

I have never really tried to get the biggest possible city population count but in my last game my starting position included 3 corn and 2 flood plains. Granary matched with corn helped to balance out the flood plain health negative and I was able to get up to size 26. I got a little...

why does a cd/dvd crack discussion always degrade down to piracy accusations? it is a very valid safety solution for numerous legal reasons. piracy hurts all of us as it takes money away from the game developer which can hamper their ability to continue to put out updates and future games...

is it so bad that the people interested in saving $30-$50 mess it up for legit people? no cd/dvd cracks, backup copies, etc are all a very legit way to insure your investment in a game. maybe an online log-in or verification check instead of an old clunky cd?

i thought it was just an olympic sport....

what is an easy way to play civ iv without the dvd? i have used a no-dvd crack in the past but these things seem to take longer and longer to be developed after a new patch is introduced as we are on week 3 since the most recent patch with no crack that i can find. i have this on 3 computers...

can you actually chose which tech the GP will "help" research?

I dont believe that is the case. Besides the AI capital and maybe city 2, the rest usually lack significant upgrading. also some of the cities are in horrible positions with little to no resources that can generate +1 commerce or even worse cities that are limited to about 4-5 spaces total due...

I have started to notice game after game and AI after AI that their seems to be a AI financial advantage. By 0AD, I usually have 3-4 (maybe 5 if a warmonger a capital city) cities and I am running a slight positive in cash flow at 90-100% science. During my warmongering, numerous AIs have 5...