Recent content by Runamok Monkey

No, you're right. Russia runs it because the port is leased to them by the Kazakhs. Russia prefers to have their own though, which means they have to refit the Plesetsk to allow for Soyuz/large payload.:thumbsup:

Wow. What a gyp. I had been unable to play C3C properly because one of my computer's two harddrive died suddenly and screwed up my Win 98 registry. Now that I have received my warranty-replacement and managed to fix much of the registry, I was very much intent on trying MEM for C3C. And now...

Where did you get those pretty trees. I like them even though they play M.C. Escher with the rivers.:)

re latitude: HAHAHA. I guess I forgot to mention the original purpose of the spaceport. I have remedied this by providing you with a little science report. Enjoy, space cowboy.;) Sea Launch gives the following good reason for why they anchor at the equator: "Our equatorial launch site...

Bombshoo, if you combine my Opium-luxury resource suggestion with Dom Pedro's Modern Arms-strategic resource suggestion, you might end up with an intriguingly unique scenario--one in which the Manchu's diplomatic skills is the only way to seize victory for the player of the Chinese civ. What...

Dom Pedro, your post is outstanding. I believe that you have discovered the best solution to the problem of pitting populous China against an occupying force.

I must confess that I know little about either cosmodromes. I only know about the early history of Baikonur and the accident last year that killed almost a dozen workers; the plesetsk I know next to nothing about except that it has the record for number of launches and that it is on a favorable...

@Bombshoo: re locked alliance: Bombshoo, I'm sorry to have to inform you that in C3C, "locked alliance" is a misnomer: 1) you are not in a permanent alliance; 2) you may find yourself being extorted with the threat of war by your locked alliance partner; 3) you may find yourself at war with...

Uh-oh. I was just about to unzip when I came across this warning. I dl-ed the 80mb and 50 mb and 7mb C3C. So do I unzip all in Conquests scenario? Or do I unzip like the first post instructs--in Civ3, PTW, and C3C?:eek:

Better and better, said the caterpillar.;)

Certainly, the Baikonur Cosmodrome has historical significance (oh, Laika!!!);), but the Plesetsk Cosmodrome has more practical value. But, you already have Cape Canaveral. Hmm. I guess it depends on what you want your GW to do: Hubble and Baikonur Cosmodrome is a great symbol of scientific...

:eek: So I take it that this poor deflated smiley is not moi?:crazyeye:

re early steam boats: two with high historical value: 1. Robert Fulton's CLERMONT became the first commercially successful steamboat, servicing the good people of New York. OR 2. The MAURETANIA, a symbol of the rise of fast luxury liners. BTW, I'm sorry to see that clipper ships do...

I wasn't referring to the historical rebellion; I was referring to the Firaxian update: a C3C beta patch is going to come out next week that's going to make it less likely for weaker units to defeat stronger units: Especially early in this scenario, when the Manchu government has not yet given...

My good man, what does this argumentation mean? Straczynski, I think that it would be proper to allow either or both Wright flight and St. Louis (give different function to each); after all, early flight was dominated by Americans. But I must admit it is curious to see the Hindenburg and...