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  • #1

    How many Civilizations at max should be in a Game?

    **Dangit, my poll is ruined! Argh, it must reset the multiple choices option when you change the number of items to vote on. Could a mod fix this please? Thanks**

    Well, here's poll about how many Civilizations at max should be allowed in a game.

    I've also included the idea of "minor civs"* that own only one or two cities that you can come across. Hmm, perhaps if minor civs are still around when someone gets eliminated, they can become a major civ. Afterall, in history there are many examples of previously almost entirely unknown groups coming to power (e.g. the Romans).

    I allowed people to choose mutliple options, but please only choose only one of the major and one of the minor. Thanks.

    -Drachasor

    PS. Drat, I forgot to have an option for no minor civs. If a mod could change that, it would be great, otherwise just don't vote for any minor option if you don't like the idea.

    *I think this has been discussed many times, but I don't recall who brought it up. I suppose it is like goodie-hut civs, but more fleshed out.
    20
    16 Major Civilizations
    0.00%
    0
    32 Major Civilizations
    15.00%
    3
    64 Major Civilizations
    5.00%
    1
    128 Major Civilizations
    5.00%
    1
    As many as I want! (I'm crazy)
    55.00%
    11
    with 4 Minor Civilizations
    0.00%
    0
    with 8 Minor Civilizations
    0.00%
    0
    with 16 Minor Civilizations
    0.00%
    0
    with 32 Minor Civilizations
    5.00%
    1
    with 64 Minor Civilizations
    0.00%
    0
    with 128 Minor Civilizations
    5.00%
    1
    With as many Minor Civs as I want!
    10.00%
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    Last edited by Drachasor; July 10, 2004, 19:49.
    "If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper -- that makes this country work." - Barack Obama
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  • #2
    40


    And this is not a multiple choice poll.
    Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

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    • #3
      There should be no hardcoded limit.

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      • #4
        FOUR BILLIONNNNNNNNNN!

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        • #5
          And a half.

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          • #6
            Thanks for the votes and comments, but I hope a mod comes and fixes and then resets the poll sometime soon. *crosses fingers*.

            -Drachasor
            "If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper -- that makes this country work." - Barack Obama

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            • #7
              How many Civilizations at max should be in a Game?

              All of them.
              (However, of course, it will only run on a Cray supercomputer or a Civ equivalent of IBM's Deep Blue. )
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Drachasor
                Thanks for the votes and comments, but I hope a mod comes and fixes and then resets the poll sometime soon. *crosses fingers*.

                -Drachasor
                PM one.
                "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
                "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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                • #9
                  I think that 32 major civs and 32 minor tribes should be the maximum allowed at a time, mainly for gameplay reasons--having more would overtax any current desktop system (two to four GHz and a GB or two of RAM). However, if it is the total number available to select from that we are talking about, then I would like to see 128 civs and 128 minor tribes available.

                  That said, how will minor tribes be distinguished from major civilizations? The simplest thing to do would be to give them the same starting units, etc. as the civs, but to make them unable to build Settlers. Doing this would ensure that they stay fairly small throughout the game.
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                  • #10
                    No hardcoded limit would be favourable.

                    The better question is, what should the optimal number of civs be so that when playtesting the rules and mechanics are optimised for that given number of civs. Different numbers of civs will have different effects on game dynamics that may not be very easy to scale properly. I'd like to see the game designed for around 6-8 civs, with some playtesting up to 16, but the option to go as high as your system will allow.
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                    • #11
                      I'd like standard to be 16-24.

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                      • #12
                        many but not too many
                        it would become difficult to separate different civs just by color

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Drachasor
                          Thanks for the votes and comments, but I hope a mod comes and fixes and then resets the poll sometime soon. *crosses fingers*.

                          -Drachasor
                          The one thing mods cannot do is change a regular poll into a multiple choice poll... it's a bug in the VB software.

                          Only option is to start another poll.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Trip

                            The one thing mods cannot do is change a regular poll into a multiple choice poll... it's a bug in the VB software.

                            Only option is to start another poll.
                            Wow, ok, just my luck. I'll make another poll then...

                            -Drachasor
                            "If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandmother. If there's an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It's that fundamental belief -- I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper -- that makes this country work." - Barack Obama

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                            • #15
                              If you really could have as many civs as you want, it still shouls be possible to set an upper limit for the game. If that's reached, no more civs can spawn from existing ones (until you, er, make their number decrease).

                              How much is the optimal number? I have no idea how Civ with 64 or 256 civs would be... certainly very different, but more realistic, too.

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