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    Column #220 (Part 2); By Spiffor L'Omnivore

    The second part of the two-hundred-and-twentieth edition of "The Column" is now online. Written by Spiffor l`Omnivore, it is entitled `What Makes A Good Civ Game (Part 2)`. In this edition, Spiffor breaks down the second two of eight points needed towards building a good Civ-style game.

    Comments on this piece are welcome in this forum thread and/or you can email the author directly.

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    Well, thanks for putting it online Dan And thanks for the edition too
    "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
    "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
    "I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis

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    • #3
      Again, Spif
      Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
      Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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      • #4
        again, what a stupid name
        "I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
        - Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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        • #5
          I thought it was adequate up to point 4. Point 4, however, is excellent; it's a very neat way of looking at the whole realism debate......and if allowed I may steal it when fruitlessly trying to explain to people in the Future and Past forum that Civ doesn't need to be realistic, and that adding realism does not necessarily make for a better game, no matter how well the feature is implemented. Adding cohesion, on the other hand, would always seem to me to be desirable.

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          • #6
            DrSPike : Don't hesitate to shamelessly plunder this column When I wrote it, I wanted to pinpoint and define precisely what every serious player feels a way or another. If it can help you explain, please use my column
            "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
            "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
            "I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis

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            • #7
              Originally posted by UberKruX
              again, what a stupid name
              "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
              "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
              "I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis

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              • #8
                Nice article. It's good to see a "feel" article every now and then, instead of just game mechanics ones.
                It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                • #9
                  I complained that the Pyramids were a giant granary the first time I played civ2.

                  Storing grain in a tomb seems so unsanitary!
                  - "A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it still ain't a part number." - Ron Reynolds
                  - I went to Zanarkand, and all I got was this lousy aeon!
                  - "... over 10 members raised complaints about you... and jerk was one of the nicer things they called you" - Ming

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                  • #10
                    @#$%ing errors!
                    - "A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it still ain't a part number." - Ron Reynolds
                    - I went to Zanarkand, and all I got was this lousy aeon!
                    - "... over 10 members raised complaints about you... and jerk was one of the nicer things they called you" - Ming

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by The Templar
                      I complained that the Pyramids were a giant granary the first time I played civ2.

                      Storing grain in a tomb seems so unsanitary!
                      Sorry, I wasn't aware of this. But was it a rant everybody shared at the time ? I mean, were there nearly as many rants for pyramids as giant granaries as there were with spearmen beating tanks ?
                      "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
                      "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
                      "I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Spiffor

                        I mean, were there nearly as many rants for pyramids as giant granaries as there were with spearmen beating tanks ?
                        Has anyone really complained about this?
                        - "A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it still ain't a part number." - Ron Reynolds
                        - I went to Zanarkand, and all I got was this lousy aeon!
                        - "... over 10 members raised complaints about you... and jerk was one of the nicer things they called you" - Ming

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                        • #13
                          The spearmen beating tanks (or battleships) was an infamous part of Civ1.
                          I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by The Templar
                            Has anyone really complained about this?
                            Did you miss the Civ3 forum back when Civ3 was shipped ?

                            ABout 1/3 of the whining focused on spearmen beating tanks, while another 1/3 was focused on culture flipping
                            "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
                            "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
                            "I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis

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                            • #15
                              well written again
                              Boston Red Sox are 2004 World Series Champions!

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