Hall of Fame Voting

[DrSpike]

Wow that is pretty spammy. However, in spite of that, posting there does not appeal to me.

[rah]

Yes, I didn't know it existed until my brother pointed it out to me after I made a crack about the democracy games. My only comment was, "and posts in the OT don't count but these do"

Rich

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Isn't discussing spam, spam?

[ColdWizard]

/me finds NationStates moderately interesting due to its RPG aspects

i may vote for samson instead of war4 in the next HoF though. that hut results thread looks interesting after a cursory glance

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by ColdWizard
* ColdWizard finds NationStates moderately interesting due to its RPG aspects

i may vote for samson instead of war4 in the next HoF though. that hut results thread looks interesting after a cursory glance

Take more than a cursory look. It's really useful - you can find out when your odds are best for tipping when looking for nomads, troops, tribes, etc. There's a few good tricks there.

Plus I believe the thread explained why warrior code seems to come up so much in huts (and the chances for any tech coming up) - which was a real revelation to me.

[ColdWizard]

yeah, like i'd ever remember any of that stuff

i barely remember to check to see if its an oedo year

[rah]

BUT, with all the analytical, there's only so much you can do during an MP game, especially early in the game when turns are flying by. What I've gotten out of all the analysis, is GENERAL tendencies. I don't need to know the exact payoff of a trade route, just in general, what's going to pay off better. (i.e. setting your early cities so you can road them properly to max the road connect bonus using phantom roads.) I don't need to know the exact percentage of getting a nomad, just that if I have less than 8 cities, I probably should create a city with my existing nomad if I expect to get one our of hut. I don't need to calculate every supplies/demands change, just that I know they will change and what terrain offers better percentages. I no longer send caravans a long distance when I know the demand is probably going to change due to city growth.

So while I applaud ALL of the great research that all the people have done, it's total use is impractical in a quick moving MP game. But the generalities and tendencies predicted have been QUITE helpful.

RAH

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by rah
yes, or NationStates. I will never ever ever sink THAT LOW......
RAH

I don't see why you say this. Low maintenance (not time consuming), and one can see how their policies have effect.

But then, I think Civ 3 was a blatant rip-off, so there you go.

[Flatlander Fox]

The problem with N.S. is that it's pretty limited.

I keep getting the same issues over and over again.

And the server seems to have picked up in the last few days. It was dreadfully slow, and the forums just don't turn me on at all.

I like to back up my tough talk with action, not just more talk...

[War4ever]

eh? whats going on in here....?

[SlowwHand]

I guess you can be counted on to not flame Bush and Blair ?

[War4ever]

i too applaud all the research...but for practicality sakes, most of its not really relevant to mp....more to large sp games, or OCC....

but then again, the beauty of civ is its ability to appeal to so many different people on so many different levels

[Flatlander Fox]

Originally posted by War4ever
i too applaud all the research...but for practicality sakes, most of its not really relevant to mp....more to large sp games, or OCC....

but then again, the beauty of civ is its ability to appeal to so many different people on so many different levels

If that doesn't sound like a politician looking for votes, I don't know what does.

Shameless...

[HappySunShine]

hmmmmm...for some strange reason my name isn't on there.

[War4ever]

they did the most hated fan club last year Sean...i think you strat, AH, and a few others were on it....