Recent content by Steely1

I concur. For the Oracle production boost alone, it's extremely valuable to hook up Marble as early as possible. I often grab Metal Casting as my free tech, providing a slingshot to Forges in every production-heavy city (helps establish early military prowess) and the Colossus in my first...

Unpatched (v1.00) A galley can traverse ocean if it ends its turn in a rival's tile with whom you have an open borders agreement. First screenshot is a Go To command during Open Borders. Second shot is after declaring war on the rival.

Is everyone sure we need Archery just yet? Have any barbarians been encountered or just that single pack of animals? I say beeline to Bronze Working after Pottery and start our worker chopping (for granary, warriors, settler, etc.), then beeline to Monotheism, found Judaism. If nearby...

I'd like to join please. I like the fact that you emphasize this party isn't a voting bloc. Seems to this newbie like all parties ought to emphasize that in what's billed as a "game of democracy."

I'll join as a new player

Settle there, for worker-chop and general forest production benefits. Other cities can pick up aquatic resources; +2 health from corn and (eventually) from bananas is plenty. Research agriculture, produce scout first while that research takes place. Farm/route-to the corn then start chopping...

those sound like a good settings for the warmup

Username: Steely1 Chatname: Steely1 Residing: - Mandate: - Former Mandate: - Aspiring: To try my first demogame. Age: 28 Gender: M Location: GMT-5, Cambridge MA City Name: Danville (conveniently, both a real town in Virginia *and* a reference to my favorite band!)

My name is Garrett, and I'm a Civaholic. The big question is, is this my 12-step program or my opium den? :) I've been addicted since the days of Civ I, discovered CFC a couple months ago when looking for info on the upcoming Civ IV. I love the *seriousness* with which everyone here...

Summary: TXT_KEY_CITYNAME_HERAT displayed as the default in the Name City dialog. Steps to reproduce: 1. Play as Persia (don't know if this affects other civs). 2. Build lots of cities. 3. Eventually (at Herat's position in the list?), when you build a city, you will see...