PolyCast Episode 91: "Straight to the Chase"

[img=right]http://civcomm.weplayciv.com/polycast/images/polycast_logo.jpg[/img] With room for deviation. The ninety-first episode of PolyCast, "Straight to the Chase", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and Lisa "qnl" Bang with returning guest co-hosts Michael "emeseles" Lucas-Smith and Douglas "Rusty Edge" Smith.

The summary of topics is as follows:

- 02m48s | Senate
On specialization being for insects in Civilization IV, using Settler units as a diplomatic tool, merits of executing a Macemen Rush, and the ugly side of expansion.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Instant transport of production invested in Palace re-construction, and when to say or not to say what is on one's mind.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding and RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution.

As always, enjoy.

It was interesting to actually hear you guys praise US instead of continuing the Representation or HR routes.

I thought it was odd the piece you had on in the begining, it didn't sound like a blooper but part of a serious conversation out of context.

I really enjoyed the bit about advancing in levels especially if your on Noble. Nice to see that yes you should occasionally do the Money slider. I think MLS also hit the nail for me that I don't even want to loose ONE city even if it's not a great one to the enemy. It's hard not to see that as a failure on my part to protect my land. That's also the fear for me from overexpanding that I don't have the army to protect these cities and so is vulnarble to the AI who would just love to gobble up the cities.

AlphaShard said:

It was interesting to actually hear you guys praise US instead of continuing the Representation or HR routes.

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Some were, but for me and my playstyle -- be it for better or worse -- I use Universal Suffrage in very limited, situational fashions.

I thought it was odd the piece you had on in the begining, it didn't sound like a blooper but part of a serious conversation out of context.

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The intro ditty is almost never a blooper; in this case, it was part of a game story retelling that wasn't "complete" (hence not a Theatre segment). It's true that its discussion does continue as the lead of the outro snippet collection, and they are almost completely made up of bloopers.