Recent content by varradami

In the interest of historical accuracy, I should point out that Alpha Centauri introduced the concept of borders. Civ3 just refined that concept through the addition of culture. I have only played SMAC, Civ3 (no expansions) and now Civ4. I loved SMAC back in the day. Not perfect, and had...

Haha, that I could believe. :lol: I'm a believe in personal responsibility though, so I still don't think you should be faulting Civ4 for that (though I do understand the feeling) ;) All right, yes, a program can corrupt your hard drive (or more correctly, the data on that drive), but only...

Civ4 should not be able to trash your hard drive. If it somehow managed to, I'd say your operating system has a rather serious fault in it. I really am getting a kick out of this thread. People are blaming Civ4 for everything. What's next, "Civ4 killed my dog"? :lol:

Nope, I'm currently playing a game on a standard map. Though there's only one other civ on my continent, so maybe that helps. Total commit charge was running between 500 and 550. I'm not afraid of upgrading my computer - only a few parts of this computer are the same as when I assembled it 5...

While I have no interest in muddling about in this stupid argument, I do want to point out that this analogy is wrong. I really wish people would stop comparing software to cars, or buildings, or anything else that's engineered. The people who design a car know everything that will go into...