Bibor
Doomsday Machine
I've been back for several days on civfanatics forums and in three threads I see the same trend that could be summed up in something like "don't use that terminology, don't use this strategy - it's outdated".
I don't feel comfortable with this, for several reasons.
1. It's not helpful. I've been away for long, probably other people have been as well. If I reference a strategy that has been "outdated", it's because I don't know better. Yet. But we all have our ways of implementing new information into our gameplay and discussions. Dismissing old strategies outright is not helpful if I can't connect "the new" to old.
2. It's disrespectful. There's not a single player here who didn't learn at least one thing from the old masters. It took tens (perhaps hundreds) of thousands of hours to get to civ4 strategy where we are now. One, two or five new strategies are just the few top bricks in a very large pyramid. It was a process, people invested tremendous energy, and...
3. most strategies aren't outdated at all. Slapping a new sticker on mix of old strategies and rules, and stirring it a bit, doesn't make it "brand new and valid", just as the old ones aren't really "old and invalid". They were just written, designed and agreed upon to avoid making very basic mistakes.
Now that I'm reading this post I'm not sure if it's about (music) harmony or civ4. I guess it applies to both
I don't feel comfortable with this, for several reasons.
1. It's not helpful. I've been away for long, probably other people have been as well. If I reference a strategy that has been "outdated", it's because I don't know better. Yet. But we all have our ways of implementing new information into our gameplay and discussions. Dismissing old strategies outright is not helpful if I can't connect "the new" to old.
2. It's disrespectful. There's not a single player here who didn't learn at least one thing from the old masters. It took tens (perhaps hundreds) of thousands of hours to get to civ4 strategy where we are now. One, two or five new strategies are just the few top bricks in a very large pyramid. It was a process, people invested tremendous energy, and...
3. most strategies aren't outdated at all. Slapping a new sticker on mix of old strategies and rules, and stirring it a bit, doesn't make it "brand new and valid", just as the old ones aren't really "old and invalid". They were just written, designed and agreed upon to avoid making very basic mistakes.
Now that I'm reading this post I'm not sure if it's about (music) harmony or civ4. I guess it applies to both
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