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I know, I know. Old news. Nonetheless, it remains aggravating.
I hate how the AI isn't affected by pollution. I hate how it can insta-build starship parts. I hate how it can be losing $300 a turn in tax revenue, yet still somehow post numbers in the black. I hate ... well, the damn list goes on and on, and even after eight years of owning Civ II, it bothers me.
Why the f*ck do the programmers let the computer use shortcuts? Did it ever cross their minds that, maybe, just maybe, not every gamer out there is cheating or using unorthodox tactics to win? I mean, I swear that's got to be the mindset they have — "Well, the gamer is going to find weaknesses in the code and exploit it, so I'll just make it so the AI has advantages the human player doesn't! So there! Take that! Don't you even think about hurting my baby!"
Perhaps I'm among the few and the proud, but I *earn* my wins, and seeing the AI cheat in order to keep up makes me want to trash the app on occasion. Obviously, that hasn't happened yet, but, boy oh boy, it's been close once or twice.
And MPing isn't in the works for me. RL responsibilities make it so I just have enough time to play SP from time to time. Hmm. Maybe that's another reason I get irked with AI cheats — I hate wasting all that precious time, only to see a cheating AI win in the end.
**snort** Well, I know I won in my heart. And I suppose that's what counts, regardless of what some anonymous programmer's AI did to "win."
Gatekeeper
I know, I know. Old news. Nonetheless, it remains aggravating.
I hate how the AI isn't affected by pollution. I hate how it can insta-build starship parts. I hate how it can be losing $300 a turn in tax revenue, yet still somehow post numbers in the black. I hate ... well, the damn list goes on and on, and even after eight years of owning Civ II, it bothers me.
Why the f*ck do the programmers let the computer use shortcuts? Did it ever cross their minds that, maybe, just maybe, not every gamer out there is cheating or using unorthodox tactics to win? I mean, I swear that's got to be the mindset they have — "Well, the gamer is going to find weaknesses in the code and exploit it, so I'll just make it so the AI has advantages the human player doesn't! So there! Take that! Don't you even think about hurting my baby!"
Perhaps I'm among the few and the proud, but I *earn* my wins, and seeing the AI cheat in order to keep up makes me want to trash the app on occasion. Obviously, that hasn't happened yet, but, boy oh boy, it's been close once or twice.
And MPing isn't in the works for me. RL responsibilities make it so I just have enough time to play SP from time to time. Hmm. Maybe that's another reason I get irked with AI cheats — I hate wasting all that precious time, only to see a cheating AI win in the end.
**snort** Well, I know I won in my heart. And I suppose that's what counts, regardless of what some anonymous programmer's AI did to "win."
Gatekeeper
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