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solo
b.02-15-99
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posted May 20, 2001 22:20
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My saddest discovery came one night well after my bedtime, a moment after clicking “buy it”. Most of my gold was gone, and I had just completed Cure for Cancer instead of the last few shields of a spaceship structural.What’s yours? ------------------
It is more pleasant to live in the corner of a housetop,
than in a wide house with a brawling woman. |
finbar
b.02-15-99
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posted May 20, 2001 23:00
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A long time ago. The first time someone else discovered Magnetism, extinguishing my Lighthouse wonder, while I had a number of triremes out in the ocean miles from any land.------------------
Founder, ACS Pedantry Institute
Founder, ACS Gourmet Recipe Exchange
Horse and Hydey Wrangler
Mono Rules!
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Rufus T. Firefly
b.02-15-99
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posted May 21, 2001 01:28
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Well, I can't count the number of times I've "accidently" built the Oracle because I start a city on it intending to switch to the Wonder I really want, then forget to do so. But that's not sad, it's just dumb. No, my saddest discovery was in the first game that I won at deity, when I discovered that, regardless of my spotless reputation, regardless of my possession of the UN, regardless of my peace treaties with one and all, everyone will sneak attack me, using nukes if they've got 'em, a turn before I land on AC. Goodbye, population, hello pollution, goodbye high score.  ------------------
Dig trenches, with our men being killed off like flies? There isn't time to dig trenches. We'll have to buy them ready made. Here, run out and get some trenches.
-- Rufus T. Firefly, the original rush-builder
[This message has been edited by Rufus T. Firefly (edited May 21, 2001).] |
rah
b.02-15-99
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posted May 21, 2001 08:46
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1. Missing the Odeo year, not once, not twice but three times in an MP game. I swear it wasn't the beer.2. I sometimes sleep my catapults when they're in cities. Once while obviously not paying attention. Built a ship, slept the pikeman and settler, moved the ship across the ocean, discovered a great city site on a mountain with two whales in reach. (and not being used) It was almost in the middle of an opponents territory who didn't have Mapmaking so couldn't see the two whales. Great place to build a city and launch some heavy harrassment raids. Anyway, I go to move the units off the ship and lo and behold, all I have on the ship is a pikeman and a catapult. Bummer. I swear it wasn't the beer. 3. Early ship cruising along with two diplos. Move up to enemy city to establish an embassy and hopefully choose a tasty tech. By accident move the ship instead of the diplos, ship attacks city and loses. Three units lost, and no embassy or tech. I swear it wasn't the beer. 4. While routinely trading maps with one person during an MP game, clicking the wrong civ and trading maps with your opponents. OK, this one was probably because of the beer. 5. AND my most common, forgetting to unfortify a unit that was laying a trap for a retreating barb king, so the barb king gets away. Or chasing a barb king for 7 turns and finally corner him against the sea and having him dissapear. Or new barbs showing up to cover him and destroy your two chasers. Now, beer may be blamed for the unfortify but had absolutely nothing to do with last two.  RAH
There does sound like there is a moral here, but I can't see it. (thanks to the beer)
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La Fayette
b.02-15-99
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posted May 21, 2001 09:20
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Rah's list is 5 items long (without beer).
Mine would be 500 (with beer and wine and brandy).
No spamming allowed. |
rah
b.02-15-99
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posted May 21, 2001 10:01
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Well, list the top 5 for our amusement. RAH
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