Researching, are you?

[zyxpsilon]

Strangest things have happened?
Kinda'weird, if you ask me!

Two races completely stopped their researching at the early stage of a game. (MGE, Emperor, around 2100BC)

Now... i was wondering;
HOW could something like that occur...
1) Lost a Capital to the barbarians?
2) Haven't found trade arrows?
3) Caught in a loop, somehow?
4) ???

Puzzling!

[Smash]

I saw that once.My embassy with orange(Carths I think) showed "researching none" for over 50 turns.Eventually they were gobbled up by another as the ai tryed(I pondered)to catch up for a spacerace.

see here

[Lefty Scaevola]

I sa the Egyptians once (they were the 2nd incanation of yellow in the game) wander around with two settlers on one end of a continent for over 200 years. The never build a city and thus never did research.