PolyCast Episode 47: "Stranger Than Others"

[DanQ]

The title is hardly exclusive to this episode. The forty-seventh edition of PolyCast, entitled "Stranger Than Others", features the return of guest co-hosts Solver and Anthony "Dauphin" Christmas. Regular co-hosts present are Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Makahlua and Imran Siddiqui. Total runtime is 44m59s.

An official podcast of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS), PC is a bi-weekly audio production of ACS is an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; its sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding. To date, ACS is the only known community on the Web to produce its own Civ podcasts.

[DanQ]

- 04m06s | News
The long awaited and anticipated Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword 3.17 patch has arrived and a Colonization sequel set in the Civ IV universe is announced.
- 18m39s | Senate
How to use the National Park National Wonder in Civ IV: BtS and when founding a religion, adopt immediately or wait.
- 24m23s | Forum Talk
What to have less of in future Civs, the BtS-introduced religious victory deemed too easy, the Khmer Ballista Elephant being the "crappiest" Unique Unit, an alternate effect for the Commando promotion and bringing back multi-level/layer maps to the series.
- 37m12s | Research Lab
The presence of thieves, bandits and other like units to increase pillaging's profitability.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
What is the Alpha Centauri system has no planets, favourite Civ IV era music and music in PC games overall, and a playing live event proposal for Civ IV.

[Will9]

@Dan: why is Cartimandua in the intro?

@Solver: I think 3.13 made it so you could no win a diplo-victory by just voting for yourself.

@Maki: Worldbuilder Victory isn't Dan Victory, it is Quick Victory

@Imran: could you tell me how to get some of whatever you use before come on PolyCast?

[Solver]

@Solver: I think 3.13 made it so you could no win a diplo-victory by just voting for yourself.

Yeah, but what I meant with the AP is that it hardly matters anyway. The amount of votes is proportional to the amount of cities with the AP religion. So if you spread the AP religion to one city only of each civ, you can win easily.

With the UN, having enough population will also suffice. You just need enough pop to have almost the required amount of votes to win, and then have someone else vote for you. It's easier to achieve than having everyone genuinely like you.

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Will
@Dan: why is Cartimandua in the intro?

The lead-in has a four-week alternating pattern between the four regular co-hosts that is being settled into at last and it happened to be Cartimandua's turn this time around. I could have made an exception given that she was away for this episode, but decided against it.

@Maki: Worldbuilder Victory isn't Dan Victory, it is Quick Victory

@Imran: could you tell me how to get some of whatever you use before come on PolyCast?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Will
@Imran: could you tell me how to get some of whatever you use before come on PolyCast?

It's called lack of sleep added to drinking the night before

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
... drinking the night before

I'd say mention the brandname if I thought it would convince its manufacturer/marketer to sponsor the show...

[MontyLaremane]

Cool episode, especially Solver's witty remarks I might even listen to it again

Also I enjoyed the variety of topics this episode. It felt to me like there were more, but shorter, discussions and I like that. Then again, maybe I just have a short attention span and a bad memory!

[DanQ]

Originally posted by MontyLaremane
I might even listen to it again

Also I enjoyed the variety of topics this episode. It felt to me like there were more, but shorter, discussions and I like that.

In addition to shorter episodes overall this season, we've worked towards having more topics per episode than we did last season. Sometimes this means most/all topics are comparable in length and at other times some are notably longer and others notably shorter (relative to one another anyway).

Then again, maybe I just have a short attention span and a bad memory!

If so, you may be related to Imran.

[Solver]

Originally posted by MontyLaremane
Cool episode, especially Solver's witty remarks I might even listen to it again

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by DanQ
If so, you may be related to Imran.

HEY!

There is nothing wrong with my memory!

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
There is nothing wrong with my memory!

That you can recall.

[jkp1187]

Good episode, guys. It's always fun to hear what Solver has to say!

Definitely think Commando should be bumped down to Combat III.

[DanQ]

Originally posted by jkp1187
Good episode, guys.

[Lancer]

It is a good one, but really just an appetizer. The real thing is next go round.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

There is nothing wrong with my memory!

And you have an excellent recollection of things too.