using powergraph

[Leowind]

I'm just wondering if anybody else ever "retires" in order to view the powergraph to determine strongest rival before continuing with the game? Would this be considered "cheating" in a MP or GOTM game? No way to check if someone has done this, of course.

 

[Kev]

I don't think I've ever thought to do this. As I consider it, I don't think that I ever would for several reasons:

1. My style is one of expansion and technological superiority. By the time I'm ready to rid the world of all but a single rival, I'm pretty sure where things stand.
2. The updates that are given (most powerful, wealthy, happy, advanced, etc.) are a nice guide. I am not sure, exactly, what the powergraph takes into account, but when I try to take on the rival civs I'm looking to take out the one with the most techs, not necessarily the one with the most units or cities.
3. Embassies, Morco Polo's, and the UN. These can all give you pretty detailed info.
4. Just an ego thing - I wouldn't want to have a score permanently in my records where I was "Kevin the Doofus" or something.

Of course, my caveat here is that I am considering AI games only. I've never played a MP game (new to the board and really never knew that they were done). One would think that your human opponents wouldn't care for that.

Also, you'd probably consider your most powerful rival in MP the one with military units near your cities.

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[CornMaster]

Everytime I quit the game I retire. Always. Without fail. Unless it freezes, then I CTRL + ALT + DEL. I thought everyone did?

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[MrLeN]

I don't to it or think to do it during the course of the game but I certainly hear that *click* in my mind that produces the thought... "Oh, goody, I get to see the Powergraph" when I am done for the session.

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[Circee]

Me too, usually, I retire. But i generally had forgotten to save the game, so...

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[hgengstrom]

I retire when I'm leaving the game anyway (like I want to take a break). But I do take note of who my main opponents are and concentrate on them next.

 

[vladmir_illych_lenin]

It's not really cheating. You can view the PG in CTP2.

 

[shadowdale]

Hmm sometime I save and retire just to se the power graph - it's one of the best things in Civ2 so I just have to see it and to know how well my game is going!!!
When I take a break in a game I ALWAYS look at the power graph!!!

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[MrLeN]

Yeah, that's one of the good points about CTPII vlad.

MrLeN

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[TimTheEnchanter]

I had heard so many people talk about where they were on the powergraph mid-game, I have done it a few times, but not with any regularity. And when I do, it's always been at a point where I am quitting for the night and just wondering how things look. Never *just* to see the graph.

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[stormerne]

I don't have a problem with people doing this, even competitively in GOTM. After all you get the same information and much more if you've established embassies. (And with embassies you get to know which city to send your spy to so you can scupper their Wonder production!

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[Smash]

well its not cheating.The PG is a strange animal that can be very misleading.I consider it another "feature".

 

[Dreadnought]

Yes always. I love it when you retire at about 1 AD and you've max out the graph and your competetion is struggling to get off the bottom. (hehe)

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[SunTzu]

Before i quit a game i'll save and retire if i'm playing MP i'll retire to see how i'm doing. I can tell who's doing better w/o the PG tho.
It's not cheating.....

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