Most stupid thing you've done

[capnvonbaron]

Not even going to touch the language debate. I can see where this is going, and prescriptivism vs. descriptivism is just a little bit OT

In my current game, I did this not once, but twice:

Turn starts, game says "the enemy has been spotted near [city]," I look and see there's a barb in my territory, and make a mental note to go kill it. I go through all the pop ups from cities finishing builds, move units around, check advisor screens, etc., hit enter, immediately realize I forgot to take care of the barbs and lose 2 workers. D'oh!

Yes, OT please.

If I had a nickle for every time this happened, I'd have a sock full of nickels to flog myself with for letting it happen. I'm also famous for being embroiled in an early/mid war, I get three or four "the enemy has been spotted near<you name it>", and I ignore most of them because I'm WATCHING where the enemy is near. Except one of those messages I ignored is telling me I have a barb sneaking into my frontier territory. Then poof! No more iron! And an archer is now standing next to a city defended only by a warrior

 

[kochman]

Sure it does. Language is context.

Ummmm...
I just showed you 5 sources that say it's incorrect... and you say, well, people say it, so it's correct...
Ain't dat da trufe...

Anyhow, whenever I think of warfare in this game...
If it is declared against me, it generally means, my military was too small. You don't invade mainland China if you have a military the size of Taiwan... If the AI is Taiwan, and you are China... you're safe.

 

[rah]

Especially when you have a situation like a barb warrior trapped on a single square behind a mountain so you get the warning every turn until you just ignore it and don't notice another barb.

 

[damerell]

Usage doesn't equal correct usage.

If you're a prescriptivist, and I infer you are, you can't argue with Fowler.