Talkative bunch aren't ya

rickontherun_21 · April 10, 2003, 03:51

talk to me, for i am a guy who knows nothing.

Scouse Gits · April 10, 2003, 05:56

Ask - and ye shall be answered - see SSC thread.

Although the Great Library is in a somewhat ramshackle state at the moment it holds much wisdom

SG[1]

DrSpike · April 10, 2003, 07:04

Yeah you need more specific problems like in the SSC thread........we aren't just spontaneously going to start spouting pearls of wisdom.

La Fayette · April 11, 2003, 08:47

YOU got pearls, Dr?

La Fayette · April 11, 2003, 08:50

Dr,
I mean that the colour of your new avatar might induce some people to think you are a greenie
(

of course)

DrSpike · April 11, 2003, 09:10

Quote:

Originally posted by La Fayette
YOU got pearls, Dr?

Yeah, lots. I'll post a few shortly in the ELG(1) thread.......YOU might want to take a look.

DrSpike · April 11, 2003, 09:12

Quote:

Originally posted by La Fayette
Dr,
I mean that the colour of your new avatar might induce some people to think you are a greenie
(

of course)

I confess your gallic humour here escapes me.

La Fayette · April 11, 2003, 09:38

Well, I like the look of your new avatar.
The main colour of the avatar is green on my computer.
Then 'green' makes me think of 'greenie', which makes me think of 'one who has not so many pearls of wisdom to spout'.
(though I know perfectly well that you are not a greenie at all

).

DrSpike · April 11, 2003, 09:45

Gotcha. You were too subtle for me. Here a greenie is one who is very friendly to the environment.

The avatar is fan art for a character from Warcraft 3........it caught my eye on a site and I thought it would make a good avatar.

La Fayette · April 11, 2003, 11:36

I play Warcraft 3 now and then.
Haven't met that guy yet.
He sure looks friendly

DrSpike · April 11, 2003, 12:58

Quote:

Originally posted by La Fayette
I play Warcraft 3 now and then.
Haven't met that guy yet.
He sure looks friendly

Then you know the blademaster.......he is a strong cunning melee hero. In MP I always use Farseer + BM, or sometimes BM then Farseer.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · April 11, 2003, 19:52

Rick, we are a talkative bunch because we all love to

Here's a tip. Trade lots. Build lots of caravans and deliver them. That's the #1 tip I picked up here, way back when.

If you already know that, then you might want to know a couple of nuances... each time you deliver a caravan, you get a number of beakers in the science box, equal to the cash bonus. Exception: you can't fill more than 2/3 of the box with a single caravan delivery.

On topic, is my middle name

rickontherun_21 · April 11, 2003, 21:22

well thats one thing i didn't no

rjmatsleepers · April 12, 2003, 02:11

Quote:

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man

On topic, is my middle name

I thought your middle name was year.

My tip is to divide the game into a series of objectives (technologies, wonders, conquest, whatever) and work towards them. It's very easy to get distracted and end up trying to do a number of things, but not very well.

RJM at Sleepers

Scouse Gits · April 14, 2003, 04:39

Quote:

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
If you already know that, then you might want to know a couple of nuances... each time you deliver a caravan, you get a number of beakers in the science box, equal to the cash bonus. Exception: you can't fill more than 2/3 of the box with a single caravan delivery.

Not quite true - you always get the same beaker increas as you do gold for a trade, but the gold for a trade delivery is capped by 2/3 of the total cost of your current tech.

SG[1]

Elok · April 15, 2003, 09:55

Oh, so caravans are useful for something other than wonder-forcing? I'll be damned; I thought they were just a poor man's capitalization.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · April 15, 2003, 10:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Elok
Oh, so caravans are useful for something other than wonder-forcing? I'll be damned; I thought they were just a poor man's capitalization.

*picks jaw off the floor*

Caravans are what makes Deity level easy - unless you're the ICS-and-Crusader-rush type.

DrSpike · April 15, 2003, 10:23

Trade is an extremely powerful force in civ. And these days, due to the mind-boggling research of a few clearly insane individuals (sorry Samson and Solo

) you can use it to even deadlier effect.

Rasbelin · April 16, 2003, 06:43

This thread pretty much explains Rick's behavior on the #apolyton IRC channel the other day.

rickontherun_21 · April 16, 2003, 23:50

Hey i thought i told you not to say anything about that!

Scouse Gits · April 17, 2003, 02:45

Oh do spill the beans - a bit of hot gossip on the Civ2|Strat forum is a rare thing...

SG[1]

Rasbelin · April 17, 2003, 05:09

Quote:

Originally posted by rickontherun_21
Hey i thought i told you not to say anything about that!

Funky...

Rasbelin · April 17, 2003, 05:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Oh do spill the beans - a bit of hot gossip on the Civ2|Strat forum is a rare thing...

SG[1]

Well, basically he was impatient and as no one responded within 1-2 minutes, he decided "to dot" the channel.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · April 17, 2003, 08:37

Quote:

Originally posted by Rasbelin

Well, basically he was impatient and as no one responded within 1-2 minutes, he decided "to dot" the channel.

After reading that... maybe I'll stay out of the chatro - err, channel

Straybow · April 29, 2003, 04:42

Civ and Apolyton eat up enough of my time already. Trolls!