would you play civ if you knew it was realy acted out on some planet somewhere

[Fiji]

thing is, I rarely ever use nukes (even if all my cities have SDI)

just because I feel sorry for the little people who live in the towns I bomb.

well, maybe it's a hangover from my C64 days ... there used to be a game there called LCP (little computer people)
it was basically a little guy and his dog living in a house that covered the entire screen

I might be reluctant to nuke cities, but this has never stopped me from being a warmonger

[Advirus]

I despise nukes. One of these days I'm going to disable them. My objection to them is the fact that the AI rarely, if ever, cleans up the pollution. The manual states that the AI will be as agressive on pollution as the human. NOT!! I pounce on every bit of pollution ASAP, but the AI ignores it. I understand the rationale for having nukes pollute, and I agree with it. However, as I tell my three-yr-old son, if you can't clean up your toys when your're finished, then you can't play with them to begin with!

[Sieve Too]

Where's Ender Wiggin when we need him?

[Julian Delphiki]

Why wait for Ender when I'm already here?

Julian

[poppawoppa]

I have never seen the AI clean up pollution. Has anyone else seen AI engineers working on pollution squares?

[Krusty]

You know, I never have.

AI CHEAT ALERT!

[kcbob]

I actually have seen AI engineers cleaning up pollution. Blew me away. Granted, it's only been twice and sometimes I get into big shooting wars using nukes (I don't get mad, I get even) giving ample opportunity for pollution cleaning, but I have seen it on rare occasions.

As for the original question, interesting. I thought these WERE real worlds.

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Frodo lives!

Better dead than "Red"... or green... or blue... or yellow... or orange... or purple... or white.

[Mao]

The AI doesn't have to, it cheats. The same way when barabrians capture a city and the terrain around it magically improves over time...

[Hodad]

I hate nukes too.
I also somehow feel compassion for the little people in the cities...

[Mark von Wagner]

Nuke 'em all, I say. I managed to coat the entire land area of a world in pollution once.

Mark

[poppawoppa]

I don't very often use nukes, try to avoid building Manhattan Project. But on the few occassions when I have nuked an AI city, the next move is usually for me to take it over, and so I have to move my engineers in to clean up the pollution so there can be food and shields and trade to go with the few workers that are left. Or when I get nuked, I often have troops near enough to either blast the paratrooper that has taken the city or to move into the empty city and replenish the troops garrisoned there. So it's interesting to hear that you have seen AI engineers cleaning up pollution. Probably on automated mode and they have nothing near by to work on, so they go over to the pollution.
Have a happy Sunday.

[mindseye]

While I will occasionally use nuclear weapons if forced to, I can tell you I never follow one of the AI's practices with nukes - firing an ICBM at one of your own cities after it has been captured by an enemy! How can you do that to your own people? Instead, I will stop at nothing to "liberate" them, even if that diminishes my chances of winning. What's victory without honor?

[Mark von Wagner]

What's honor without victory?

[Fiji]

hmmm, I'm way off-topic here but those last 2 post could have come straight out of Star Trek ... mindseye being a klingon and mark being a jem'hadar

[Graag]

Yes, yes, LCP was cool. He had a dog.

Graag

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