MWBMC - New acronym

MacUser · July 15, 2000, 14:09

MWBMC - My Wife's Beating Me at Civ!!!

Here, after a year, or so, of begging her to try Civ, she finally gives in and plays a Hot Seat game. I graciously show her the ropes and what to I get for my troubles? ELEPHANTS IN MY CITES! Hmmph. Next time I'll tell her that you can only attack cities with little walls around them!

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Comrade Dan · July 15, 2000, 21:53

Now, can that be applied to the MyWifeHatesCIV, in particular?

Hueij · July 16, 2000, 07:08

Wait a minute... You mean the MyWife'sBeatingMeAtCiv Civ is beating the IHateMyWife'sCiv Civ? That's bad, that's very bad...

cavebear · July 16, 2000, 10:45

Explain to her that using Elephants as ground units is a "cheat" because they are actually air units (Dumbo's) and she needs to build an Airport first.

Mao · July 16, 2000, 13:46

That's what you get for using a Mac

Seriously though, just tell her that only certain civilizations should build elephants to keep historical accuracy. And no, it doesn't matter what civ she's playing, it's the wrong one

St Leo · July 16, 2000, 15:48

Haven't you ever heard of sportspersonship?

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Empress · July 16, 2000, 19:32

woo hoo! you go mrs. macuser!! Next thing you know, she'll be posting on apolyton too!

MacUser · July 16, 2000, 23:51

LOL! Gee... I can't decide if I should hide this thread from her or not!

(Don't worry Emp, she'll see it. She's always interested in the comment of a fellow Tolkin fan!

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Comrade Dan · July 17, 2000, 00:13

Just remember that you still love her...

July 17, 2000, 07:08

All's fair in love and war as they say...

So you could go to the rules.txt(?) file and change the attack strength of the elephant to egual that of a warrior, but I guess that would be a bit too cruel, or...?

Oldman · July 17, 2000, 07:15

Hey Macuser, Just be thankful you're other half can use a PC!!!!

At least you don't get lumbered with every single alteration to any word document like CV's, letters, etc and don't even get me started on excel?!?!?!?!

MacUser · July 20, 2000, 22:28

Surely this thread and acronym has some more life left in it?! MORE! MORE!

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tonic · July 21, 2000, 01:07

My wife's completely allergic to computer games; so at night:

MWBMC = My Wife Bids Me Come.

finbar · July 21, 2000, 03:04

MWTMNBAIFAW,GHP! = My Wife Thinks My Net Buddies Are All Women, God How Paranoid!

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tonic · July 22, 2000, 00:16

It's actually a new acronym for an old civ strategy:

MWBMC = Make Wonders By Making Caravans.

Or for the Civ connoisseur:

MWBMC = Mature Wine But Mine Coal

And for your week's prospects, tonic's inane horoscope:

MWBMC: Make Waves, Be Mindlessly Cool.

cavebear · July 22, 2000, 10:24

MWBMC

= Mine Wine Before Making Chardonnay

= Men, Women, Babies; Many Cities

= Medium World Begets Multiple Civs

= Ming's Wizardry Bemuses Many Civvers

= Multiple Whales Bring Many Chariots

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Theben · July 22, 2000, 13:46

HA! You made your bed, now sleep in it!

Unless she makes the bed, in which case you get to sleep on the couch, loser.

tonic · July 23, 2000, 03:37

3 more possibilities:

MWBMC

= Make War But Manage Cities

= Metallurgy Will Bring Me Cannons

= Ming Watches, Be Mindfully Civilised

[This message has been edited by tonic (edited July 23, 2000).]

MacUser · July 23, 2000, 15:50

See, I knew that there was more creative energy to tap with this topic!

BTW, she is now learning that even elephants have a hard time against city walls/barracks. Yes, I have explained Dips to her (but only after watching a few Dumbos crash and burn!

).

Edit - Sheila adds: And I'm still WINNING!

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finbar · July 23, 2000, 19:22

You made a bad tactical error, MacUser. You let her play the real game. I introduced my wife to the Tutorial session, in which nothing ever goes wrong. After a couple of hours she decided it was dead boring and left me to it.

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SuperSneak · July 24, 2000, 17:30

quote:

Originally posted by finbar on 07-21-2000 03:04 AM
MWTMNBAIFAW,GHP! = My Wife Thinks My Net Buddies Are All Women, God How Paranoid!

Especially in your case.

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Empress · July 24, 2000, 18:04

quote:

MWTMNBAIFAW,GHP! = My Wife Thinks My Net Buddies Are All Women, God How Paranoid!

Finbar, darling, do you mean to say I'm not the only one??

finbar · July 24, 2000, 20:58

No, there's you ... there's SuperSneak ....

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SuperSneak · July 26, 2000, 14:00

Man, What Blew My Cover?
Dammit, Fin, that was supposed to be a secret!

Maybe writing all those sleazy cop shows is finally paying off....

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Az · July 26, 2000, 15:46

oh man .... I've just thought about some .. but I know that somebody ( Ming ) won't like it ....

though

well ...

MWBMC

My wife bites my c--k
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not intended to someone in particular . just an idea ....

Theben · July 27, 2000, 19:16

I think that you'd like it the least...