October 23, 2001, 17:24
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Warlord
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Continents DO really look like spiders.
Yeah, check the maps im the screenshots. It doesnt differ much from CIVII.
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October 23, 2001, 17:26
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King
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Tell me you are kidding, or trolling! The continents look so much better than in civ2!
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October 23, 2001, 17:33
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Warlord
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Re: Continents DO really look like spiders.
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Originally posted by Asesino_Virtual
Yeah, check the maps im the screenshots. It doesnt differ much from CIVII.
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Better get your eyes checked. The continents look very large and real.. They resemble nothing from CivII IMHO.
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October 23, 2001, 17:34
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The continents look pretty sweet..damn seven more days
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October 23, 2001, 17:39
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What maps are you looking at?
All the details, if you look closely... it's wonderful. Very realistic stuff there.
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October 23, 2001, 17:48
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Warlord
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October 23, 2001, 17:50
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King
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Yeah, what are you talking about? A map is a map...
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October 23, 2001, 17:59
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They do look much better than civII's.
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October 23, 2001, 18:05
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King
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Re: Continents DO really look like spiders.
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Originally posted by Asesino_Virtual
Yeah, check the maps im the screenshots. It doesnt differ much from CIVII.
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Please provide either:
a. links to back up your statement
OR
b. some of the stuff you must be smoking.
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October 23, 2001, 18:08
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Chieftain
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He's not smoking anything -- he probally dropped some 'cid!
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October 23, 2001, 18:19
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Prince
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I think he was looking at the pangea continents...
Personally, I also think the maps look great...
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October 23, 2001, 18:27
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Prince
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Now what's wrong with the maps?
They look good to me.
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October 23, 2001, 19:26
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Deity
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I used to think the maps in Civ2 were bloody awful. Even the Civ1 maps were better!
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October 23, 2001, 19:50
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Warlord
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Dammit! . Ive been very mistaken this couple of days. Ive see some screenshots which continents are really cool.
Oops 
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October 23, 2001, 19:51
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Prince
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Re: Continents DO really look like spiders.
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Originally posted by Asesino_Virtual
Yeah, check the maps im the screenshots. It doesnt differ much from CIVII.
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Spiders??? What are you on?  I always play in civ2 Earth maps, but these civ3 maps look so great I might use them a majority of the time.
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October 23, 2001, 19:55
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Deity
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Yeah, maps seem to have distinct landforms in civ3 which is far better. In civ2 it just seemed to be an iggledy-piggledy mess of land and sea, and I didn't like it...but SMAC was fine as well...
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October 23, 2001, 20:16
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Well... At least we have a map editor. Frankly it seems as if no land generator is perfect- but at least we had the map editor for civ II and now, hopefully for civ III 
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October 23, 2001, 20:27
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Chieftain
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Hey, what's trolling? I've got this weird picture of a civ fan sitting under a bridge, and I know that's not right...
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October 23, 2001, 20:52
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Warlord
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It involves pulling live bait behind a boat at low speed, hoping fish will jump on your hook.
or so I think
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October 23, 2001, 21:14
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Warlord
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Originally posted by Pseud0nym
Hey, what's trolling? I've got this weird picture of a civ fan sitting under a bridge, and I know that's not right...
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Are you asking or trolling? OK, I'll bite: http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame29.html
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October 23, 2001, 22:53
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Originally posted by Bane
He's not smoking anything -- he probally dropped some 'cid!
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was this an intentional play on words? 'Sid' 
If so, I like it 
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October 23, 2001, 23:13
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Prince
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I thought the maps looked much better than Civ 1 or 2.
I always hated when you would choose islands in Civ2 so you could have a naval game but the damn map making algorithm would make a bunch of islands connected by thin pieces of land.
As far as I can see Civ3 seems to make a realistic map.
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October 24, 2001, 01:51
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Prince
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Originally posted by Simpleton
I always hated when you would choose islands in Civ2 so you could have a naval game
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I've always prefered breast games myself!
And the maps are looking better, IMHO.
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October 24, 2001, 03:52
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Chieftain
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I'm a thigh man
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October 24, 2001, 08:50
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Originally posted by Bane
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I like a nice posterior...
Maps look good
I just hope that they fixed the desert at the equator problem. Rainforests occupy the land area at the equator. Deserts occur at 30 and 60 degrees, depending on continental location. I learned this around... hmmm... 8th grade?
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October 24, 2001, 12:32
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Prince
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Originally posted by SoulAssassin
I like a nice posterior...
Maps look good
I just hope that they fixed the desert at the equator problem. Rainforests occupy the land area at the equator. Deserts occur at 30 and 60 degrees, depending on continental location. I learned this around... hmmm... 8th grade?
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Hmm, know whats amusing? In Colonization (another Sid game for those who didn't know) this was how the terrain worked out!
Rain forest/swamp at the equator and then forest, follwed by grassland/plain as you moved away from the equator. Also there would be desert on the "lee"(?) side of mountians, etc.
Map generator was great for that game, I wonder who programmed than and why Sid can't seem to get them on the other "Civ like" games he has done??
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October 24, 2001, 12:38
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Originally posted by Ozymandous
Hmm, know whats amusing? In Colonization (another Sid game for those who didn't know) this was how the terrain worked out!
Rain forest/swamp at the equator and then forest, follwed by grassland/plain as you moved away from the equator. Also there would be desert on the "lee"(?) side of mountians, etc.
Map generator was great for that game, I wonder who programmed than and why Sid can't seem to get them on the other "Civ like" games he has done??
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But the CIV3 maps look as good as those so far, IMO. So it's not necessary!
I can't wait to get my hands on that editor and make me some maps!
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October 24, 2001, 13:32
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Ah so... I shoulda figured as much... I didn't think of the fishing term when I asked the question. Was thinking about troll like activities.
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October 24, 2001, 14:15
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I like the maps of Civ II, clear and easy to see what everything is supposed to be.
I didn't like the maps in ToT (graphics ruined that one completely, and yes, I did try all the modpacks available) or Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, from what I've seen so far they've used AC's graphics engine... Sigh! 
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October 24, 2001, 16:58
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Originally posted by Ozymandous
Hmm, know whats amusing? In Colonization (another Sid game for those who didn't know) this was how the terrain worked out!
Rain forest/swamp at the equator and then forest, follwed by grassland/plain as you moved away from the equator. Also there would be desert on the "lee"(?) side of mountians, etc.
Map generator was great for that game, I wonder who programmed than and why Sid can't seem to get them on the other "Civ like" games he has done??
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Colonization was a step in the right direction in terms of building military units and resources, as well as the maps. I play Colonization a lot (its so fun). Unfortunately, in Civ III, it will take 10 turns (200 years), or so, to build a phalanx or spearman. I don't know why Sid scrapped Colonization's improved model for the tradition Civ I style when he made Civ II. Colonization is like the car that runs on water. It's important improvements will be lost forever. 
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