Civ5 PDF manual is here!

[mqduck]

There are plenty of people who are nostalgic for the Good Old Days, before games became big business and developers got marketing departments, when manuals were filled with witty comments. I think they outnumber people like smackthewise, who thinks a sense of humor is something you grow out of when you turn 14.

 

[DaviddesJ]

I'm trying to get my head around "complaining about juvenile language" when you call yourself "smack the wise".

 

[kaltorak]

I like humor in games, and I double the age of 14 where you say we stop likeing humor.

 

[Szpilman]

I'm trying to get my head around "complaining about juvenile language" when you call yourself "smack the wise".

Forget not his avatar.

 

[rty]

From Manual (p. 71 English version):
"Citizens can work tiles that are within two tiles’ distance from the city and that are within your civilization’s borders"

I thought cities were able to work 3 tiles' in each direction, has this changed?

 

[Mathalamus]

i happen to like the various swearing, witty comments and childish language. its actually a fun thing to read over and over, rather than a dull completely professional manual.

 

[Kamamura]

Too bad Hitler is not in the game, I would like to see him throwing tantrums during diplomatic encounters

 

[Mathalamus]

you can mod him in, doing exactly that.

 

[Rub'Rum]

I can't express just how much this haughty attitude rubs me the wrong way.

I get my fill of professional writing, you know, in my professional life.

I just... no. I guess I'll stop there.

 

[Grey Fox]

I can't express just how much this haughty attitude rubs me the wrong way.

Hah! I had to look that word up but that's exactly what I feel too!

 

[playshogi]

i happen to like the various swearing, witty comments and childish language. its actually a fun thing to read over and over, rather than a dull completely professional manual.

I completely disagree with you. But, since it's PDF, I suppose that and the civilopedia can be edited to suit everyone's personal taste.

 

[Mathalamus]

sorry, but disliking swear words seem outdated to me. whats so bad about one or two swears in the entire manual? everyone ages 13 and up knows some of them. i knew mine since 8 or 9.

professionalism makes me want to puke. what is so bad about not being professional? sheesh.

 

[Auncien]

sorry, but disliking swear words seem outdated to me. whats so bad about one or two swears in the entire manual? everyone ages 13 and up knows some of them. i knew mine since 8 or 9.

professionalism makes me want to puke. what is so bad about not being professional? sheesh.

Just the other side of social decay lies the state of nature.

Trust me. You don't wanna go there.

 

[Rub'Rum]

Right, so the Civ 5 manual as it is is a step in the direction of social decay and a return to caveman attitude.

Am I even reading this?

 

[Mathalamus]

im aware of the decay, but i am allowed to loosen up from time to time.

i dislike professionalism, because of the massive change in persoanlity involved. i can do it, but i dont have to like it.

 

[Soro]

I don't much care one way or another about the manual's style. That's the choice of the developers. I will state that if they think they have to talk down to their audience, perhaps they have an estimate of the general age group for the Civ titles that differs from ours.

 

[Ragnor]

sorry, but disliking swear words seem outdated to me. whats so bad about one or two swears in the entire manual? everyone ages 13 and up knows some of them. i knew mine since 8 or 9.

professionalism makes me want to puke. what is so bad about not being professional? sheesh.

It's all about context. If it was a blog, a preview that was trying to hype the game, a review etc. then all that fun stuff is fine. A few lighthearted comments in the manual are also fine, but there's a certain standard that is expected from professional documentation/communication. If you went to a doctor that was unprofessional, making snide/smartalec comments it wouldn't instill much confidence in them, but if you were friends with them you wouldn't want them to act professional while you were hanging out.

By letting things slide you'll get to the point where the manual states:

"u can pwn ur nmes with ur roflcopters, lol"

 

[Rub'Rum]

It's all about context. If it was a blog, a preview that was trying to hype the game, a review etc. then all that fun stuff is fine. A few lighthearted comments in the manual are also fine, but there's a certain standard that is expected from professional documentation/communication. If you went to a doctor that was unprofessional, making snide/smartalec comments it wouldn't instill much confidence in them, but if you were friends with them you wouldn't want them to act professional while you were hanging out.

Doctor vs Game designer. Different expectations, I feel different when I approach them too.

By letting things slide you'll get to the point where the manual states:

"u can pwn ur nmes with ur roflcopters, lol"

It will never happen for your beloved Civ franchise.

 

[smackthewise]

certain standard that is expected from professional documentation/communication

Agreed. You guys have gauged me wrong, I'm the least serious person I know and doubly so in my Office. Professional writing doesn't mean "business" language or being cold-hard serious, but when you're releasing a document like this then surely it has gone through a proof read at minimum?

I don't think it's an elitist view, just seeing the degradation of language everywhere I go now irks me. And Civ is serious business, razing a city with millions of people cannot be done light-heartedly

And Smackthewise is just a play on words from Zac, i've used it since I was about 12

 

[Mathalamus]

It's all about context. If it was a blog, a preview that was trying to hype the game, a review etc. then all that fun stuff is fine. A few lighthearted comments in the manual are also fine, but there's a certain standard that is expected from professional documentation/communication. If you went to a doctor that was unprofessional, making snide/smartalec comments it wouldn't instill much confidence in them, but if you were friends with them you wouldn't want them to act professional while you were hanging out.

By letting things slide you'll get to the point where the manual states:

"u can pwn ur nmes with ur roflcopters, lol"

i have no such standards to professionalism. except my own. anyone can be as unprofessional as they want, as long as they get the job done.