I can't beleive I didn't know.... - Page 8

rah · July 11, 2003, 09:13

VERY GOOD. See, it's easy.

Hydey · July 11, 2003, 09:15

must have had a good teacher

rah · July 11, 2003, 09:18

I am a programmer.

A lazy one, but they're the best kind.

Hydey · July 11, 2003, 09:29

I'm a former gardener.

A lazy one, but they're the best kind.

rah · July 11, 2003, 09:34

I always tell them, I'm not lazy, just efficient.

It's a fine line.

RAH

Hydey · July 11, 2003, 09:40

As long as they buy it

rah · July 11, 2003, 09:45

When you're the boss, they do.

Hydey · July 11, 2003, 09:48

Got any Jobs going? you could fly me in for the interview

rah · July 11, 2003, 09:56

Nice try.

Actually after a couple of years of letting people go, it looks like it may be starting to turn around. We're still in a hiring freeze, but it looks like it will be lifted soon.

War4ever · July 11, 2003, 12:52

wow you guys have been busy

rah · July 11, 2003, 13:34

Starting to. More jobs coming in. It beats the heck out of wondering what you're going to work on next. Since we're in market research, that's one of things that gets cut first. IT's recovery is a good sign for the economy in general.

War4ever · July 11, 2003, 14:14

yes... they are always willing to cut on research....until the next crisis when they say we need to research wtf happened

they never learn....

Ming · July 11, 2003, 14:37

Gee... I really didn't need to know all this... maybe we should get back on topic before I hand out a few PCR's...

-Jrabbit · July 11, 2003, 14:53

WTF was the topic again???????

Oh yeah, "I can't believe I didn't know..."
that Hydey was into gardening and golf...

War4ever · July 11, 2003, 16:06

I can't believe people would disband an archer to rush a settler on our worlds....

i thoguht this was a king med world strat only

Ming · July 12, 2003, 03:00

I can see doing it in a 1x production game in your cap before it switches to size two so you can save the food... but I like having the archer in our games... especially when that enemy horsy end's it turn next to your city

Hydey · July 12, 2003, 03:39

Quote:

Originally posted by War4ever
I can't believe people would disband an archer to rush a settler on our worlds....

i thoguht this was a king med world strat only

I have done this in the circumstances that Ming mentioned, getting that settler out of your cap and you suddenly have 3 cities to everyone elses 2

Hydey · July 12, 2003, 03:42

Quote:

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Oh yeah, "I can't believe I didn't know..."
that Hydey was into gardening and golf...

Just a couple of my hidden talents

Ming · July 12, 2003, 03:53

I played a 1x1x game earlier in the week... those early turns go fast because it takes so long for anything to happen. Getting that third city down before your opponent is HUGE. Disbanding an archer works... I won't disband a horsey or chariot... too many huts to find

Hydey · July 12, 2003, 03:58

I do recall one time doing that and having 3 cities with no defenders and no gold when I saw the red menace come over the mountains .

I went from thinking how clever I am to thinking how stupid I am.

Ming · July 12, 2003, 04:07

In our games, at 2x pro, we learn to defend or die.

In 1x... It was tough defending your cities properly and still expand like crazy... I think I will stick to 2x pro in the future. I know I've played 1,000's of games in 1x time mode, but it against the AI, it goes quick. Against other players, it just seemed boring. When people quit for the night, we hadn't really gotten anywhere... sigh.

Hydey · July 12, 2003, 07:06

Thats why the aussie group tries to continue games

rah · July 12, 2003, 20:34

In 1x games, I have disbanded archers a few times. It's easier to consider when it's an attached archer. It's harder for me to disband any none-unit.

Alexander's Horse · July 15, 2003, 22:05

I only found out recently a city could receive and benefit from trade from more than 3 cities.

*slaps forehead*

finbar · July 15, 2003, 23:03

Ouch!! #@&%*#!!! That was my forehead!

Alexander's Horse · July 16, 2003, 01:05

Just a random gag or you didn't know that either?

finbar · July 16, 2003, 01:18

The former. The latter is minutiae that's of no interest to me.

Ming · July 16, 2003, 12:49

Some of the "minutiae" can be the difference between winning and lossing...

finbar · July 16, 2003, 21:29

My point exactly. I play for the fun of it, for the interaction via KC, and because I work all day and every day - and sometimes all night - at my computer and Civ is a rare opportunity actually to use the machine without hating it.

War4ever · July 16, 2003, 21:45

i have disbanded units all the time in x1....i thought someone mentioned it in x2..where i think it would be risky on a small world