Zylka’s 95 theses on why Civilization 3 is an utter disappointment.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Zylka
AJ corp, one of the mods removed it to build up a tough Zylka hating facade after someone insinuated otherwise. It (or an even better one) will be back later tonight

shhh... they don't like it when you criticise the facist leaders...

[KrazyHorse]

Fascist, and you deserved your 100% PCR.

[loinburger]

Originally posted by notyoueither
loinburger. How do you know you're not missing out on the fun?

I might be, but rather than shell out fifty bucks that could be better spent on pizza and beer, only to find myself joining the long list of disappointed posters on the CivIII forums (something which is quite likely given my tendency to expect perfectionism), I'd rather eat my pizza and drink my beer now and wait until Firaxis finishes the game to my liking. If MP is done well and released as a patch, if a powerful editor is released that lets me tweak the hell out of the game, then I'll be a happy camper. Otherwise, I'm not going to mess with the karma on the forums by buying and complaining about a game that I'll probably be disappointed with; I'll just wait for MOO3 or CivIV or whatever game will be to my liking, and keep playing Total Annihilation and Thief in the meantime.

[nationalist]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Jackass prudes ruined it.

Zylka is a source of hours of wonderful entertainment in the OT, and I don't take kindly to a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies messing with a good thing. Zylka is less an individual than he is a phenomenon, an experience. He is not to be argued with or chastised; he is to be enjoyed. Feast in the bounty of his depravity, in the essence of his insanity. Shift your pro-centres till you can almost understand him, then step back from the edge of madness. You will find yourselves refreshed.

I miss Zylka's old Avartar. Much better than the Micheal Bolton like picture that he has up there now

[notyoueither]

loinburger. You know yourself, that is a good thing for the forums.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by Zylka


And where, oh where, did I post insults? Lighten up buddy, and add something constructive.

Thanks.

I pointed them out in my reply to your rant. I notice you have completely avoided that reply.

Calling people that don't think as you do idiots and many other things is insulting. No way around it. How about you lighten up? I added MUCH that was constructive. I am the only one that touched on each and every point one by one.

I also pointed out that you were given a vacation the first time you started this thread. So don't pretend I wasn't aware.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by civman2000
one other bug i've noticed w/naval warfare that is very annoying is that air superiority does not work from a carrier...

Actually it does work. IF you do everything right.

Micromanagement is needed at present. To an annoying degree if you have a lot of ships.

After you move the carrier you MUST reset the fighter to air superiority. Each and every time you move the ship. Maybe even each turn that you don't move it, I am not sure on this last. I knocked out at least one Russion bomber that way last night.

I think the present method of handling air defense for the carriers is wrong and needs adjusting. Its an exscessive degree of micromanagment to keep up an air defense the way things are now and I play on standard maps so it must be a real pain when someone is moveing around a dozen carrier groups.

The fighters should maintain defensive status when the ship moves instead going to sleep every single time. It would be very helpfull as well if the aircraft was marked as set to air supperiorty instead of sleeping even on land based fighters that ARE engaged in air cover.

[Tarquelne]

Originally posted by Ethelred
Calling people that don't think as you do idiots and many other things is insulting. No way around it.

Wrong, moron. (Sorry, just giddy with lack of sleep.)

Wrong, there _is_ a "way around it."

What if Z. is um... lets see....

lazy
incompetent
lame
filthy
half-wit
tacky

etc, etc, etc, etc.

If so, then it's quite possible Z. truly doesn't mean to be insulting when Z. applies those terms to others. Z. could be honest enough to admit to Z.'s self that Z. has all those qualities. This modesty and honesty, while laudible, causes Z. to forget that those with with better self-images and maybe less accurate self-assesments find those terms insulting. So, technically, it might be "insulting" for Z. to use them, I guess... but no offense is meant.

What's that Spider Robinson quote? "Never attribute to malice what can equally well be explained by stupidity."? I think it's a good precept to follow. Personally, I assume that Z. truly does mean no offense, and is just a tacky, tastless, incompetent and lame half-wit. That's the kind and generous thing to do. I believe everyone should think the same.

Oh yeah.... I think the fact that Z. has ignored your point-by-point response supports my thesis. A malicious, insulting person would attack you with great vehamence. Your response, OTOH, would pass right over the head of a lame half-wit, and so be ignored.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Jackass prudes ruined it.

Zylka is less an individual than he is a phenomenon, an experience. He is not to be argued with or chastised; he is to be enjoyed. Feast in the bounty of his depravity, in the essence of his insanity. Shift your pro-centres till you can almost understand him, then step back from the edge of madness. You will find yourselves refreshed.

I enjoy counter flaming him. But Ming pitches a fit. When I said Ming has favorites I was not saying he wouldn't ban Zylka. I had allready pointed out that he has done so. I was saying Ming would only let Ming do anything to Zylka. Spoilsport.

By the way Ming your, new avataar is inferior to its previous magnificance. I can't figure out if thats the original or the one from Flesh Gordon. The effects were better in the parody but no Ming is better than Max Von Sydow.'s.

[Zylka]

Actually I skipped over near all of the response in this thread, because my 95 theses are already endowed with my God like authority. Perhaps my secretary will get around to addressing your concerns.

Or, since I don't have one, feel free to rot in mediocrity for the rest of your lives.

HAHA just joking guys!

[Zylka]

Really Tarq... lighten up

[Tarquelne]

Originally posted by Zylka
Really Tarq... lighten up

Lighten up? Apparently you don't appreciate a dry and sardonic sense of humor..... of course, I guess one really shouldn't expect Mr. Warm Peaches to go for that sort of thing....

If there was a crotch-grabbing smilie, or something similarly "earthy", I'd write something to give you a chuckle. But there's not. Sorry.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by Tarquelne

. Your response, OTOH, would pass right over the head of a lame half-wit, and so be ignored.

I choose not to make that interpretation. Somewhat like not thinking someone is being malicious when they were simply being short sighted.

I figure he was just lazy. Like I nearly was. One reason I covered every point was to force myself to read that rather massive post in every detail. Otherwise I would have skipped over much of it. That plus the fact that I have a habit of making long posts. You should see some of the posts I had on the Maximum PC forum. I had to break them up to keep them from hitting the truncation limits.

[nato]

By the way Ming your, new avataar is inferior to its previous magnificance.

Gee I really like the new one better myself. It looks like he is contemplating about whether to ban the guy or not! Although I guess the old one looked like he was in the act of banning the guy...

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by Zylka
Actually I skipped over near all of the response in this thread, because my 95 theses are already endowed with my God like authority. Perhaps my secretary will get around to addressing your concerns.

Or, since I don't have one, feel free to rot in mediocrity for the rest of your lives.

HAHA just joking guys!

See Tarq. He is lazy. He is now trying to engage in masquerova.

I am one of the more skilled flamers around. In no way can my biting wit be construed as mere mediocrity.

Then again I do have my bad days on top of which Ming does not apreciate wit. So I have to tone it down or take a vacation. Which would give me the opportunity to perfect my builder style on Emperor.