Things that made you go WTF?

[Hobelhouse]

Originally posted by LzPrst
american imperialism around the time mt. rushmore was built wasnt very far from fascism.

something like - america has a god-given right to civilize and ruler the lesser peoples of the earth yaddayaddayadda...

hey! thats contemporary american foreign policy too

Ha ha ha, you're really one to talk about imperialism, Mr. European.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Martinus

Same here. Especially as the guy got Lancer's ass, as he is saying.

Perhaps I should rephrase that.

[Mace]

Post #35 = WTF

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by TheWalrus


You don't need an alphabet for writing. The ancient Egyptians used symbols and before them cavemen communicated their ideas through painting.

The thing that really annoys me about Civ4 is that I can't choose the traits of my leader when customising my civ, or better yet take random traits which spices up the game considerably!

Why can't you take random traits?

Customize a game and let it randomly select the leader you will use. That's pretty random trait selection. Of course, you may not get the starting tech or UU that you want, but it is a way to randomly select traits.

ACK!

[astreeter]

Uranium and oil resources appear way before you can actually do anything with them. Also a couple of times a rival empire that was way behind - not even in the industrial age yet - wanted to trade me their cows for my uranium.

[kobo1d]

The Caste System picture???!?!?

WTF IS WITH THE BABY PIC!?!?

[Dr,ape]

If you were born in a family of a caste, you remain in the caste for the rest of your life.

[AoA]

I was offering a trade to the AI and clicked for the AI to balance the trade......and it added items to its side. The AI made the trade better for me. Of course I accepted the new terms, but I thought it was odd that the AI would help me out.

[kobo1d]

Originally posted by Dr,ape
If you were born in a family of a caste, you remain in the caste for the rest of your life.

Granted, but it just feels off and makes you go "WTF?"

It looks like a photo compared to the other civics which look more like cartoon illustrations.

So the combination of a photo-esque picture of a (seemingly, until you think about it) random baby really threw me off.

[cribgod]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
i'm surprised noone mentioned "mount rushmore is a fascist wonder"

i mentioned it in a bug list, but was told that durring fascist times they were big on making huge busts of there leaders... (insert boobie joke here )

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Hobelhouse


Ha ha ha, you're really one to talk about imperialism, Mr. European.

I think the difference is that too many Americans still deny our own country's history of imperialism, while most Europeans seem to have acknowledged their history of imperialism.

[Strudo]

The Aristotle quotes for Replaceable Parts is "The whole is MORE than the sum of it's parts" but for Composites it's "The whole is GREATER than the sum of it's parts". Even the speech is different.

It guess he could have said it two different ways?

Also the speech for Construction is

"And on the pedestal these words appear: 'My name is Ozymandias, King of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and dispair!' Nothing beside remains."

but the speech doesn't say the "Nothing beside remains" bit.

[Rusty_1]

holyy shi-tt u guyz need to try out the tutorial, LOLZZ, sid appears on the left side of the screen, and after a while if u dont move ur mouse or dont hit the "continue" button , sid's head will shrink to very very small. that was some funny ****t!! u guyz need to c it for urself tho, its not that funny until u c it for urself.


Rusty_1

[Novaya Havoc]

Re: Re: Re: Things that made you go WTF?

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun


Well, I think they sorta based her on her looks while she was a Grand Dutchess or something...

Ponytail and all.

Then there was that tv series, I'm sure they did their research...
Another tv movie... Don't blame Firaxis, blame Mass Media!

... And for the longest time, Angelina Jolie was attached to an up-and-coming Catherine the Great movie (with a really bad script premise, mind you).

ALL of the female rulers in Civ4 have been sexed up, Victoria being the only exception -- probably beacuse she was actually photographed. Liz and Isabella both come off much better than several portraits indicate -- just like Catherine II.

It's very clear that they wanted Catherine to be the "sex" ruler in Civ4 (the winks, the poses, and that horrid civilopedia entry). I don't know how respectful it is, but it sure is fun.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Rusty_1
holyy shi-tt u guyz need to try out the tutorial, LOLZZ, sid appears on the left side of the screen, and after a while if u dont move ur mouse or dont hit the "continue" button , sid's head will shrink to very very small. that was some funny ****t!! u guyz need to c it for urself tho, its not that funny until u c it for urself.


Rusty_1

Excuse me, what?