Frankly, none of what you have posted would irritate me at all
So losing a Temple one turn from completion is not Irritating? Ok, each to their own...
That is just the way the game happens to be.
Yes, I know, that's the point of the thread...
OK, I can understand if somebody is a little anxious about straying AI units attacking, but really there are several reasons why they are moving over the map, such as exploration and hunting barbarians. Your irritation is just a by-product and not the point. (As an aside, the AI does not launch surprise attacks against units in the open. So, actually there is no, absolutely no need to be scared if your lone settlers and workers etc happen to end up besides AI military units. )
This is interesting information. So, if this is true, then we can discount Wandering AI Warriors from the Irritation Programme! Unless, of course, this is information that is not 'supposed' to be known by 'normal' players. Exploration is not part of their programme as the AI has no 'fog' to explore, but, if you meant explore as in 'make contact', then that makes sense.
And if you don't like the barbs -- this is if I am not mistaken the second time they show up in this thread -- you can turn that off. It's been a long time since I played a game with the barb setting not to either "Off" or "Sedentary".
Dude, if I didn't *like* Irritation then I wouldn't be playing Civ at all. You've got to get out of the mindset of reading Irritation as meaning 'I hate'. I'm exploring the mechanics of the game, not ranting. I think I've made that quite clear on numerous occasions. I think you'll find that your response and subsequent removal of Barbs from your game suggests more about you than it does me.
As an aside, is there any point in constantly spelling "irritating" and "irritation" with a capital "i", i.e. treating it as if it were a proper noun or something like that? And make no mistake I am not complaining about spelling or grammar. You seem to be trying to make a point with it.
Yes. I have made clear several times that Programmed Irritation is the 'name' by which I am grouping the underlying 'objective' of the AI programme. Ergo, if it is a scenario which I think is associated with Programmed Irritation then I shall use a capital letter, even when I shorten it to simply Irritation. The irritation you are giving me by missing the point of the thread would not be capitalised as it's not Programmed Irritation, just standard forum irritation.