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    Huge Question!!!

    a small clarification mr. bamspeedy. i think swordsmen upgrade to medival infantry and then to guerilla. aside from your point that mounted units are faster would it be correct to say the following?: * the increment of attack increase of swordsmen to medival infantry to guerilla (from 2...
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    Unusuall Food You've Tried & Liked (or hated)

    correct mr. dragon 8. growing up, i was forced to eat something called si-but, a combination of chinese herbs that taste soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. it is believe to help kids grow taller. and i think, rather I hope it worked because i am all of 5 feet...
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    Relative Superiority

    There have been many posts on how to wage an effective war given that on certain levels of difficulty, the AI seems to have that uncanny knack for raising an army that is larger than the human player can put together. There have also been equally numerous posts on micromanagement and...
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    Favorite 80's Power Ballad?

    ahh! yes! here's another vote for never say goodbye -- back when bon jovi was still cool...
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    Your marital status?

    based on the poll results and the overwhelming victory of "single" points to any one or a combination of the following: 1) civ is a game that was made to appeal to mostly singles 2) civ takes too much time and most who play it do not have time to find a mate 3) some of the singles did not...
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    Civ and finding THE ONE

    dear sirs and madams: i have found that the people of this forum have forged a certain degree of affinity because of civ. The question up for poll is: If you met a potential mate and found out that that person is as much a civ fanatic as you, you would think:
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    palace jump, exploit? or strat?

    i fully agree sir. i was trying to. however, it seems that i'm too new in these chatrooms and have not been given the rights to. either that or am too dumb to figure out how to make a poll. theres been some interesting discussion here and it would've been nice to see those colored bars...
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    palace jump, exploit? or strat?

    just wanted to ask the esteemed ladies and gentlemen of this forum what they think... is doing a palace jump an exploit? or a legitimate strategy? i am of course assuming that we have the same definitions here which is that an exploit is something within the rules but not within the...
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    Powell Urges Israelis, Palestinians to Start Talking

    sirs and madams, i cannot claim to be an expert in midlle East political affairs but this much i'm sure of... this is a long running war that has been brought about by religious and ethnic intolerance. which is indeed sad. for the peace process to work, at some point, inbfluential people...
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    Degree in Civ

    indeed sir. interconnecting cities, strategically placing ports, barter and trade, avoiding a budget deficit, apportioning and boosting the national budget. that's economics for you sir. :goodjob:
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    Serious question - ideas wanted

    giving your conundrum further thought sir... this may sound quite obvious but it seems that the most logical tact would be to go events. that's events and not event because boy, that is a ton of money needed to save your colosseum. here in southeast asia. the currency crunch plus export...
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    Degree in Civ

    greeting to all sirs and madams! mr. richard has made an interesting suggestion about a course on civilization iii. for those who are willing to waste time on this really fun idea, please contribute. :goodjob: for all we know we might end up with a course outline of sorts that players of...
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    SARS: In Perspective

    you could very well be correct mr cecasander. the 4 to 5 percent that you quoted could very well be the real figure. one the other hand, there is another train of thought with equal merit. and that is that the base figure right now is bloated. why? because the base figure is bloated. since...
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    University of British Columbia

    ok mr col. due to your superb suggestion, i will start a new thread on how to earn a degree on civ. but the problem is i don't know if it is going to be a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science course. :goodjob:
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    Serious question - ideas wanted

    what sports can be accomodated by this stadium? the celebrity twist is a nice seed of an idea?
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