From today's New York Times

[Ari]

Saw this on the front page of nytimes.com today and couldn't resist:

[Zoid]

Wow, that last sentence looks like something out of Civ IV...

[Nikolai]

I'm sure it's only a funny coincidence...

[Dis]

yeah the nytimes always uses photoshopped pictures in their articles.

[Ari]

Oops. I thought the photoshopping part was so obvious and unsubtle that it was implied and didn't bear mentioning. My bad. The original photo's not up at the site anymore and I can't actually remember what it said, but it finished with something like "...before attending the conference."

Seeing the Chichen Itza in the background simply made me think of civ.

[Dis]

and I don't agree with the Chichen Itza bonus. If they were harder to conquer, why aren't they still around?

[Sirian]

Originally posted by Dis
and I don't agree with the Chichen Itza bonus. If they were harder to conquer, why aren't they still around?

Because even with 25% city bonus, their 5Str Jags could not stack up against Conquistadors with their 50% bonus vs Melee, making them net 15Str units?

Just a thought. (Maybe Monty should have put more in to beakers. Also, it would have helped them to found one of the major religions. Not even a spiritual leader can run Theocracy without at least one major religion present. So their units were missing out on +2XP, while the Spanish most certainly were not. Monty just wasn't ready for Emperor difficulty.)


- Sirian

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Sirian


Because even with 25% city bonus, their 5Str Jags could not stack up against Conquistadors with their 50% bonus vs Melee, making them net 15Str units?

Just a thought. (Maybe Monty should have put more in to beakers. Also, it would have helped them to found one of the major religions. Not even a spiritual leader can run Theocracy without at least one major religion present. So their units were missing out on +2XP, while the Spanish most certainly were not. Monty just wasn't ready for Emperor difficulty.)


- Sirian

Oops!

Someone just confused Aztecs with Mayans

[Zoid]

Originally posted by Ari
Oops. I thought the photoshopping part was so obvious and unsubtle that it was implied and didn't bear mentioning. My bad. The original photo's not up at the site anymore and I can't actually remember what it said, but it finished with something like "...before attending the conference."

Seeing the Chichen Itza in the background simply made me think of civ.

What?? You mean it isn´t an actual article

[johnmcd]

I've seen Saladin running Theocracy without a single religion present. Very annoying too as I it meant I couldn't spread my religion to him, a sort of weird enforced free religion.

[The keeper]

That picture may not have been photoshopped. Listening to the news, I do know that they were staying in Cancun and visited Chichen Itza. Not saying it isn't photoshopped - but there is evidence that it might not be.

[Paddy]

Good Ol' GW - Open Borders for Cows

[Zoid]

No, it was cows for iron.

Sloppy reading

[Paddy]

oh right - so GW and his Texan tribe is now able to wander all through Mexico, and they do not need to go through quarantine?

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by The keeper
That picture may not have been photoshopped. Listening to the news, I do know that they were staying in Cancun and visited Chichen Itza. Not saying it isn't photoshopped - but there is evidence that it might not be.

Noone has said that the picture was photoshopped.