The Civ 5 C&C Off-Topic Thread

[lordrj15]

Bsc, Physics at Lancaster University, probably gonna change it to a masters in theoretical.

Just got home yesterday from uni after a very stressful trip in which my suitcase containing all my work and texbooks fell out of the back of the car to be picked up by some student who dropped it off in the physics building (as opposed to the porters, only found out today it was dropped off in physics) leading to quite a bit of distress.

But it's all good now.

 

[Arakhor]

A subject in distress tends to stay in distress, unless reacted to by an outside force, eh?

 

[calcul8or]

So, new topic (everyone knows SQL is superior anyways, so the discussion is a waste of time ).

What are you guys studying, if anything, where and why?

My objections to SQL are personal, but I'll let that comment stand [emoji4]

Two decades removed from college, I don't exactly have a "major" except leadership as a practical skill.

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[Arakhor]

Over a decade removed from uni, my only studies now are bad puns, Wikipedia and random history books.

 

[Hoop Thrower]

5th year in what I've come to discover is called the Southern University of Chile, studying history.

...The career should last only 4 years though.

 

[LeeS]

So, new topic (everyone knows SQL is superior anyways, so the discussion is a waste of time ).?

*sigh*

No matter how Tolerant We attempt to be, it always ends in Summoning the Seven Scourges of Database.log upon the heathen and the misled. We shall Offer Prayers for thee, my misguided one, and Hope you See Sid's Light and Rejoin the Fold of the Faithful Flock before It Is Too Late.

What are you guys studying, if anything, where and why?

The serious reply: this whole question makes me feel so very

Get off my lawn!

 

[gay_Aleks]

Well, since we've opened the can of worms...Sort of.

Should I study history or what

 

[LeeS]

One should always be a student of history, regardless of the phase of their life. One should never study "what".

 

[Arakhor]

Studying history is always good. I've learnt more history after playing Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings than I ever did in school.

 

[gay_Aleks]

One should always be a student of history, regardless of the phase of their life. One should never study "what".

I don't know. The alternative is to study English, become a teacher for rich...friends that can afford to pay the price for admission in an English gymnasia, and get rich, as opposed to...eh, being an academic/teacher?

 

[Kesler]

Second year of Game Development at Algonquin Collage. Went in looking to learn how to make games. Coming out with the knowledge that the world only wants programmers.

Once I get the degree, I have to decide what to study next, as I can't spend my life coding (And no one likes "The Idea Guy"). As much as I love history, I don't know how to apply that knowledge into a job.

 

[JFD]

One should always be a student of history, regardless of the phase of their life. One should never study "what".

Yes, one should never study Philosophy

Political Science-Media Studies-Religious Studies, but I've made that clear before. One thing though - Media Studies lecturers don't have a clue what they're doing

Second year of Game Development at Algonquin Collage. Went in looking to learn how to make games. Coming out with the knowledge that the world only wants programmers.

What's that like? Much programming involved?

 

[lordrj15]

*sigh*

No matter how Tolerant We attempt to be, it always ends in Summoning the Seven Scourges of Database.log upon the heathen and the misled. We shall Offer Prayers for thee, my misguided one, and Hope you See Sid's Light and Rejoin the Fold of the Faithful Flock before It Is Too Late.

They shall all crumble before the coming XMLocalypse, where the chosen few shall join join, YawXMLeh, in his, XML palace . . .

I'm going to be honest, I'm running out of puns here

Also, I think we can all agree that gender studies is perhaps the most disastrous degree choice of all

 

[Kesler]

What's that like? Much programming involved?

A metric ton of programming. You're encouraged to treat it like a full time job, coding in your spare time to get better. We learn C++ and some C#, alongside library's such as Box2D. Just this semester we have started to learn Unreal and Unity. Its a good course, but despite being a somewhat aged course (8-11 years old), it still needs some improvement.

They teach us a wide variety of stuff, but the only things that really matter is the programming. In the third year, we have a Capstone project where we have to make a game. But the pre-reqs to be able to do the project are all the programming classes. But not everyone will be programming during that Capstone, since you need modelers, audio engineers, texture people etc. But only the people who have passed the programming segments can do the Capstone. That's the real flaw in the course. While non-programming roles and skills (such as sound design, asset creation, level design, and art) are acknowledged as useful and needed, the majority of the professors reinforce the fact that programming is the only stable position in the industry, because everyone wants programmers. As such, the people skilled in other areas need to spend more time programming to pass, and the good programmers have plenty of time to work on other skills that not all of them enjoy (such as level or visual design).

If I knew how to program better, I would definitely do it as a career. But like any language, C++ is very difficult to learn (out of 160 students in the first semester, only 40 have passed the programming classes to make it to Sem 4), and it just doesn't click with me. So I'm trying to figure out what I can do with a bunch of saturated skills such as asset creation and sound/level design.

 

[Chrisy15]

skills (such as ... asset creation ... and art) ... because everyone wants programmers.

Evidently they've never come across Civ modding...

 

[sophie]

One should always be a student of history, regardless of the phase of their life.

Why?

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[calcul8or]

They shall all crumble before the coming XMLocalypse, where the chosen few shall join join, YawXMLeh, in his, XML palace . . .

While holding true to my core belief in XMLism, SQLism is a Rising Tide that will engulf us all. And then we shall be left to scroll horizontally in a most inconvenient fashion while mourning the easy days of vertical scrolling XML files. So hold fast to your beliefs while you can, because the Brave New World of SQLism will someday put aside the Warlords, Gods and Kings of XMLism and go Beyond the Sword to the Colonization of us all.

 

[Klisz]

While holding true to my core belief in XMLism, SQLism is a Rising Tide that will engulf us all. And then we shall be left to scroll horizontally in a most inconvenient fashion while mourning the easy days of vertical scrolling XML files. So hold fast to your beliefs while you can, because the Brave New World of SQLism will someday put aside the Warlords, Gods and Kings of XMLism and go Beyond the Sword to the Colonization of us all.

If you XMLists don't even know how to Play the World of word wraps, then our Conquests of you are justified.

 

[Arakhor]

I can now confidently say that either the translation to OT has sent the new arrivals quite mad or they would have fitted in just fine here before.

 

[gay_Aleks]

I'll go with quite mad. I'm a regular here and it still happens to me.