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Originally posted by quinns
Welcome johnzim! You don't need any other mods/patches if you have the 1.2 patch. The reason that wonders are not part of the standard settings is that they can give the player that first gets a specific wonder a LARGE advantage. And so the game becomes just a race to certain wonders. This is debatable, though, and that is why this is just a "standard" setting in the CTP PBEM Challenge Ladder -- players can use any settings they agree upon in their challenge match --- including wonders.
P.S. I used to work in Hamburg, N.Y. -- is that near you?
Welcome johnzim! You don't need any other mods/patches if you have the 1.2 patch. The reason that wonders are not part of the standard settings is that they can give the player that first gets a specific wonder a LARGE advantage. And so the game becomes just a race to certain wonders. This is debatable, though, and that is why this is just a "standard" setting in the CTP PBEM Challenge Ladder -- players can use any settings they agree upon in their challenge match --- including wonders.
P.S. I used to work in Hamburg, N.Y. -- is that near you?
Thanks for the kind words and explanation. So can I be officially installled on the ladder? ala Steve Martin: "So I can come in here for three dollars? What happens??"
I saw some of the default settings for ladder matches, and most of them make sense to me. But I can't figure out why WONDERS are deleted, since they seem like an integral part of the game and its appeal. ????? My version of CTP came on a post-release CD, and seems to include the 1.2 patch, but I don't have any other mods and such. Do I need to add any mods/patches to play on the ladder? Thanks for your tutelage. -JZ
tell your Lawyer that I'll be good and to rescind the 
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I don't need one of those ... yet!
Just kidding, kinda. I've already spent quite some time enjoying the witty banter on this site.
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