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That sounds like the good idea.
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Nice thread resurrection!
I specially enjoy the Urban Ranger example
Add some more, can be the best Civ III enhancement after the Culture addition 
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Got some Firaxis wacko, eh, programmer on it
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I think the actual advances will have to split into different categories if you want some "non"- science ones to come along.
Else you may disover something like Advanced Superstring Economics or Quantum Cognitive Bushonics.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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It would be cool to have all the disciplines mixed up occasionally. Future techs could be scientific/ artistic/ cultural all at the same time. Chromatic economics. Solar sculpture. Subatomic Psychology.
While it would be nice to have future techs that actually do something (esp in modern scenarios where research is no longer meaningful), it's probaly better that they don't. It could lead to too much "bouncing the rubble" -- when you get that far, you're usually ready to win and just running up the score.Comment
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A tech jargon generator is a bad idea. The last time someone tried this we ended up with a bunch of Star Trek: Voyager scripts.
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...and that's a problem?Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
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Right! It can't be worse than many HW name many company use today: anyone looking at video cards nameOriginally posted by Earwicker
It would be cool to have all the disciplines mixed up occasionally. Future techs could be scientific/ artistic/ cultural all at the same time. Chromatic economics. Solar sculpture. Subatomic Psychology.
I agree. If you must have a future tech list so wide to manage related advance, you simply move the problem a bit further. No, we need an harmless area where things go too much well to keep a player into the proper, more defined "playfield". Adding some funny can't be wrong, at that point.While it would be nice to have future techs that actually do something (esp in modern scenarios where research is no longer meaningful), it's probaly better that they don't. It could lead to too much "bouncing the rubble" -- when you get that far, you're usually ready to win and just running up the score.
"We are reducing all the complexity of billions of people over 6000 years into a Civ box. Let me say: That's not only a PkZip effort....it's a real 'picture to Jpeg heavy loss in translation' kind of thing."
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That was my point really. By the time you are researching Future Techs you've generally got the game won anyway, so why not have em do small things. Its not going to alter the game that much.Originally posted by Earwicker
It would be cool to have all the disciplines mixed up occasionally. Future techs could be scientific/ artistic/ cultural all at the same time. Chromatic economics. Solar sculpture. Subatomic Psychology.
While it would be nice to have future techs that actually do something (esp in modern scenarios where research is no longer meaningful), it's probaly better that they don't. It could lead to too much "bouncing the rubble" -- when you get that far, you're usually ready to win and just running up the score.
Opinion seems to be generally against this though. *Shrug*
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Yes that would be coolOriginally posted by Earwicker
It would be cool to have all the disciplines mixed up occasionally. Future techs could be scientific/ artistic/ cultural all at the same time. Chromatic economics. Solar sculpture. Subatomic Psychology. *snip*
I want to research Advanced Quantum Psychology or Quasi Superstring Orchestral Art
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Research it? Heck, I want to go back to college and major in it! Then see if I could get the National Endowment for the Arts to foot my bill . . .Originally posted by BigRich
Yes that would be cool I want to research Advanced Quantum Psychology or Quasi Superstring Orchestral Art
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