Boss Nasti, you are 110% in the wrong here.
First, let's look at the definition of a handicap as it applies to something of a competitive form. Like sports, or a video game.
"a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning."
In horse races that are handicaps, the worst horses carry significantly less weight than the best horses to increase their chances of competing, thus making it more exciting for bettors and spectators. Similarly, the real purpose of a handicap in this game is to allow players of differing skill levels to have a fairly competitive round. The purpose is not to"speed up the game." If that was the case they would have given you multiple speed seetings, as in Civ 4, where everyone can be on a quicker, but equal playing field that has the amount of turns balanced to how fast things happen. By giving yourself the largest handicap possible in the game, or any handicap at all for that matter, you are admitting that you are the worst horse in the race, unable to compete on fair terms with anyone actually playing the game properly. Your 'accomplishments' are negated, and possibly of less worth than accomplishments on SP Chieftain.
Your strategy is obviosly deluded. Vale has provided the numbers to back this up. And playing with your handicap, with your supposed better strategy, you should get done 40% faster, plus however much better you claim your strat to be. 500 AD to 850 AD is not close to that.
Your very poor grammar and spelling also show us to take little stock in your comments. Nobody needs to have perfectly mistake free posts, I don't, and I don't expect people to consult a dictionary and grammar textbook on any questionable points. However, if you cannot correctly spell basic words, form complete sentences, and use proper punctuation, I can already tell your posts aren't worth reading. On top of that, your needless use of words like "bra," "pimp," "dude," and other things you do trying to make yourself sound like a gangster are completely out of place.
I don't claim to be a great Civ player. I'm just average, I come here to listen to good, sound advice and strats from guys like Vale, and to provide help with simple things where I can.
Don't try to argue with Vale on the strategy that HE CAME UP WITH, he knows what he's talking about, and is obviously a far better poster and far more experienced Civ player than you.
Don't claim that Multiplayer is the only important part of this game. Its cool, but the Civ series always has been and always will be based on Single Player. There's a reason the truly elite spend their time on things like GOTW, because SP is how Civ was originally meant to be played.
These boards have always been really good, not too many guys like you who claim to know what they're talking about, but use handicaps in cheap ways and claim that they're totally fair, and cannot seem to create a readable post.
