Recent content by Scheherezade

Oh, I'm certainly not offended. :P People mistake each other's gender all the _time_ on the 'net, it's no big deal. (shrug) That's interesting about the ring of space stations...I never did that, but I _did_ set out to make at least five space stations, can't possibly be less, JUST so I...

Heh...thanks for the support, Bart, but I'm a girl. ;) Actually, Scheherezade is a _female_ character of legend--I don't remember the whole deal, but long ago, so the story goes, there was this Sultan who believed that all women were evil. He resolved to marry a different woman every night...

They should be placed THAT close? Really? I always thought having them encroach on each other's land was a _bad_ thing... I do usually pick good starting tiles, too...I try to have it with at least a couple squares of irrigable land (grass), within a couple tiles of a river or other body of...

I meant that in the sense of: having him solve it quickly (before 1AD, at any rate) to show how "brilliant" he is, in an exaggerated comic sense. Like in an earlier (real) cartoon of the series where he was given a Rubik's Cube and solved it INSTANTLY, and said something like "I can't believe...

Aha! That's pretty much what I _thought_ it was, but I wasn't sure. I love that book too, by the way. In fact, H.G. Wells is one of my favourite science fiction authors. But I'll shut up now so people can get back to discussing Civ 2. (As for private messages, I didn't even think of...

372--You sometimes think about which fictional characters would like these games. (For example, I was reading "Fox Trot" the other day and came up with the thought that Jason would probably conquer the world on his very first try on Deity with harsh terrain, small world, ravaging barbarian...

Whoah...lotta stuff here. I don't think I'll be able to remember/use it all in the same game, at least not for a while anyway, but it _is_ useful just the same. Thanks for being willing to help, guys. :) It's refreshing to see a forum where everybody leaps in to _help_ a newbie...rather than...

Off-topic a bit but I just have to ask: _What_ is your signature a quote from, Aphex-Twin? It's like, really familiar, but I just can't QUITE make it access in my brain. Oy. Just wondering. (shrug) ...Notorious

Yeah, I figured that it was _her_ who brought the subject up one day, out of the blue. That's why he was surprised, doy. :P If he had already been talking about Civilisation, her mentioning it wouldn't be all that odd... And even though it may be "against the rules" to talk about computer...

Well, I _don't_ "look at the throne room", it's just that I've always randomly wondered WHAT makes them upgrade it, is all...going back to when I played the original version of Civ 2 long ago...(I may have also played the original version of Civ 1 before that, too...I can't remember. It was on...

Yeah...I _try_ Trade, it just takes so long for my caravans to actually GET anywhere, and they often get killed along the way... By the way, a few other random questions: 1. Are there any particular Civs I should play as? Or avoid? Or does it not really matter, as long as you know what...

(Stupid title, I know, but hey... :P) Okay, here's my problem. I totally SUCK at this game. I _love_ these games, but I'm really really bad at them, no matter how hard I try. I get my arse handed to me on a silver platter even at _Chieftain_ level and I'm sick and tired of ending up with...

Well...I like Call to Power myself, but I wouldn't say that I like it SO much better than Civ 3 that Civ 3 is "only a cheap sequel". Civ 3 is still a good game, it's just that CTP is more my style. (My username here at the forums came from my best Civ game ever, which was a Call to Power...

352. If you've ever stayed up late at night wondering exactly what IS it that makes the citizens upgrade your palace/throne room/monuments (this is a Civ-series-wide thing, not just for Civ 2) sometimes, and not others. (They'll sometimes do it even when things are going BAD...I look around at...

Yeah, I got my copy for 10 bucks, too. I got that and Lemmings: Revolution on the same trip to Electronics Boutique. _Both_ games say they won "Game of the Year" on their front covers so hey, at least the clerk thinks I have somewhat classy taste or something... :P (And it's also obvious...