Re: CIV IV fun
Mark Hill
> I discover there is no alt.games.civ4 newsgroup on my server (yet -
> Civ4 has only been out for a couple of months) THERE WILL BE
> UNDESIRABLE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THIS OVERSIGHT!(Ahem. Excuse me.) There
> are groups for civ2 and civ3. I'll probably check out the civ3 group
> once or twice. ...
alt.religion.kibology.civ4
Garondo...@hotmail.com
Mark Edwards wrote:
> After many years of not really playing computer games (I own a few -
> Starcraft, DungeonMaster and Doom, but no longer play them), I went
> and bought a copy of Civilization IV. Of course, it requires a better
> video card than I had, but I wanted to see if it would run on my
> computer, before getting a newer card.
(Snippage)
Is this game from Microsoft or is that the other game that's the same
but different? I was at Best Buy a few weeks ago trying to decide which
one to get.
..
Garondo Marondo!
rone
SUBSCIRBE
I've been playing in Spanish (no, not the Spanish, *in* Spanish).
Montezuma is (correctly) spelled "Moctezuma" in the Spanish version.
He is a delicious bitch. I'll have to play him next game, since this
game i played Saladin because he, too, is a delicious bitch, and thus
i could avoid facing him. Hatshepsut is a delicious bitch, but she
seems to tick everyone else off a lot more than she ticks me off, so,
eh, big deal.
Great Artist, eh? Let's take you to the newest border town and
BAZOOM! CULTURE BOMB! DORTMUND HAS JOINED THE MOORISH EMPIRE! SUCK
IT, BISMARCK!
Your mission, Marks, if either or both of you choose to accept it, is
to generate a Kibological empire module.
rone
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Mark Edwards
No cluons were harmed when Garondo...@hotmail.com wrote:
>Is this game from Microsoft or is that the other game that's the
>same
>but different? I was at Best Buy a few weeks ago trying to decide
>which
>one to get.
The game properly known as "Sid Meier's Civilization IV", from
Firaxis.
Too many chores on Saturday. Must Play on Sunday and Monday...
Mark Edwards
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Chris McGonnell
<Things needed for Civ4 to run>
I KNEW Civ4 would be a hassle for my 1998 Gateway 2000! besides, I
didn't like the way Civ3 fukked up an easy keyboard game. Glad I
ignored it. The money was better spent on Maker's Mark.
--
Chris McG.
Harming humanity since 1951.
"McGonnell, welcome to Plonksville, population: You" -- Stacia
Tim Chmielewski
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>
> After many years of not really playing computer games (I own a few -
> Starcraft, DungeonMaster and Doom, but no longer play them), I went
> and bought a copy of Civilization IV. Of course, it requires a better
> video card than I had, but I wanted to see if it would run on my
> computer, before getting a newer card.
>
I would recommend this site as I was on the forums all the time when I
used to play CIV III
http://www.civfanatics.com/
For some reason I just can't get excited about video games any more.
I don't have any competitive spirit and didn't even spin the players in
foosball when I played once at work.
I am trying to work out whether I actually have a girlfriend now or she
just liked going to dinner the other night.
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Jeremy D. Impson
> [recent purchase of Civ IV]
>
> No cluons were harmed when Garondo...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Is this game from Microsoft or is that the other game that's the
>> same
>> but different? I was at Best Buy a few weeks ago trying to decide
>> which
>> one to get.
>
> The game properly known as "Sid Meier's Civilization IV", from
> Firaxis.
>
> Too many chores on Saturday. Must Play on Sunday and Monday...
You have gotten your priorities WAY out of whack. What happens if you
died Saturday night (I say this from a week in the future, but I haven't
checked to see if, in fact, you did)? No one ever said "damn, glad I got
that last chore done before I croaked.")
--Jeremy
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Kevin S. Wilson
<jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote:
>You have gotten your priorities WAY out of whack. What happens if you
>died Saturday night (I say this from a week in the future, but I haven't
>checked to see if, in fact, you did)? No one ever said "damn, glad I got
>that last chore done before I croaked.")
This is the theory underpinning my refusal to clean the lint trap
AFTER drying a load of clothes. Why bother if I might drop dead before
the next load of clothes? One less boring chore I had to do.
Also, you extend you life each time you avoid bending over to pick
something up, which is why my dog brings me the newspaper, my shoes,
leaf bags when I rake leaves, and just about anything else if he can
figure out what I want him to bring me, though he draws the line at
metal tools such as wrenches and pliers, which is instantly
understandable once you've stuck such objects in your mouth.
rone
Tim Chmielewski <webm...@timchuma.com> wrote:
>For some reason I just can't get excited about video games any more.
>I don't have any competitive spirit and didn't even spin the players in
>foosball when I played once at work.
Spinning the players in foosball is VERBOTEN. It is a mark of
CRASSNESS and an ABUSIVE NATURE. You might as well be an AMERICAN.
Mark Edwards
No cluons were harmed when "Jeremy D. Impson" <jdim...@acm.spam.org>
wrote:
>You have gotten your priorities WAY out of whack. What happens if
>you died Saturday night (I say this from a week in the future, but I
>
>haven't checked to see if, in fact, you did)?
I did, in fact, succumb to a massive case of testosterone poisoning,
which goes to show you should have sex before chores too. But I
self-medicated (FNARR!) and recovered.
>No one ever said "damn, glad I got that last chore done before I
>croaked.")
Well, duh! That's because they croaked first. Unless they were
zombies - then they just say "BRAAAANES!".
Tim Chmielewski
> Spinning the players in foosball is VERBOTEN. It is a mark of
> CRASSNESS and an ABUSIVE NATURE. You might as well be an AMERICAN.
>
but they keep having to buy replacement players as they play it a lot (even
staying back after work for hours.)
Jeremy D. Impson
> I am trying to work out whether I actually have a girlfriend now or she
> just liked going to dinner the other night.
ANY KISSING!?
If NO, then no, no girlfriend. But please try again.
If YES, then still maybe no girlfriend. But maybe yes.
One can never be sure.
Jeremy D. Impson
> On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:06:39 GMT, "Jeremy D. Impson"
> <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote:
>
>> You have gotten your priorities WAY out of whack. What happens if you
>> died Saturday night (I say this from a week in the future, but I haven't
>> checked to see if, in fact, you did)? No one ever said "damn, glad I got
>> that last chore done before I croaked.")
>
> This is the theory underpinning my refusal to clean the lint trap
> AFTER drying a load of clothes. Why bother if I might drop dead before
> the next load of clothes? One less boring chore I had to do.
ME TOO! Of course, I usually forget to take it out before, too. That's a
fire risk, isn't it?
Kevin S. Wilson
<jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:06:39 GMT, "Jeremy D. Impson"
>> <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote:
>>
>>> You have gotten your priorities WAY out of whack. What happens if you
>>> died Saturday night (I say this from a week in the future, but I haven't
>>> checked to see if, in fact, you did)? No one ever said "damn, glad I got
>>> that last chore done before I croaked.")
>>
>> This is the theory underpinning my refusal to clean the lint trap
>> AFTER drying a load of clothes. Why bother if I might drop dead before
>> the next load of clothes? One less boring chore I had to do.
>
>ME TOO! Of course, I usually forget to take it out before, too. That's a
>fire risk, isn't it?
>
Possibly, but unlikely. The bigger fire risk is a build-up of dryer
lint in the exhaust hose, which Fire Safety Eckspurts recommend you
clean out once each year. Given my attitude toward removing the dryer
lint from the dryer-lint tray, how many times in my life would you
guess I have cleaned out a dryer exhaust hose?
Paula
<jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Tim Chmielewski wrote:
>
>> I am trying to work out whether I actually have a girlfriend now or she
>> just liked going to dinner the other night.
>
>ANY KISSING!?
>
>If NO, then no, no girlfriend. But please try again.
>
>If YES, then still maybe no girlfriend. But maybe yes.
Watch out, there, Jeremy! You are starting to show enough knowledge
of the ways of girlfriending to get your ARK card taken away.
--
Paula
Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, Auburn, and Rainbow
can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.
Jeremy D. Impson
After every fire?
Tim Chmielewski
news:Pine.LNX.4.63.06...@monster.apt.net:
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Tim Chmielewski wrote:
>
>> I am trying to work out whether I actually have a girlfriend now or she
>> just liked going to dinner the other night.
>
> ANY KISSING!?
>
> If NO, then no, no girlfriend. But please try again.
>
> If YES, then still maybe no girlfriend. But maybe yes.
>
It's a very kissy social circle, at least for my women friends.
The blokes only kiss each other when they are drunk and less inhibited 'I
love youse!' for example.
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Tim Chmielewski
news:Pine.LNX.4.63.06...@monster.apt.net:
> On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
>
>> Possibly, but unlikely. The bigger fire risk is a build-up of dryer
>> lint in the exhaust hose, which Fire Safety Eckspurts recommend you
>> clean out once each year. Given my attitude toward removing the dryer
>> lint from the dryer-lint tray, how many times in my life would you
>> guess I have cleaned out a dryer exhaust hose?
>
> After every fire?
Also, watch for bra underwires as they can get caught in the heating element
and short it out.
Kevin S. Wilson
wrote:
>"Jeremy D. Impson" <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote in
>news:Pine.LNX.4.63.06...@monster.apt.net:
>
>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Tim Chmielewski wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to work out whether I actually have a girlfriend now or she
>>> just liked going to dinner the other night.
>>
>> ANY KISSING!?
>>
>> If NO, then no, no girlfriend. But please try again.
>>
>> If YES, then still maybe no girlfriend. But maybe yes.
>>
>
>It's a very kissy social circle, at least for my women friends.
>
>The blokes only kiss each other when they are drunk and less inhibited 'I
>love youse!' for example.
Um, Tim? I think that the rat-bastard Impson was asking if there was
any gurl-on-you kissing going on, not gurl-on-gurl.
Kevin S. Wilson
wrote:
>Also, watch for bra underwires as they can get caught in the heating element
>and short it out.
What else can you tell us about foundation undergarments, Tim? And
keep your eyes on your own paper when you respond; no fair cribbing
off of Lots42.
Jeremy D. Impson
> "Jeremy D. Impson" <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote in
> news:Pine.LNX.4.63.06...@monster.apt.net:
[..]
>> ANY KISSING!?
>>
>> If NO, then no, no girlfriend. But please try again.
>>
>> If YES, then still maybe no girlfriend. But maybe yes.
>>
>
> It's a very kissy social circle, at least for my women friends.
No, KISSING. As in tonsil searching. Activity that you get kicked out of
restaurant for. Hopefully.
> The blokes only kiss each other when they are drunk and less inhibited 'I
> love youse!' for example.
Then don't get drunk, else you'll never get the girl.
Jeremy D. Impson
> On 9 Jan 2006 22:22:40 GMT, Tim Chmielewski <webm...@timchuma.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "Jeremy D. Impson" <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote in
>> news:Pine.LNX.4.63.06...@monster.apt.net:
[...]
>>> ANY KISSING!?
>>>
>>> If NO, then no, no girlfriend. But please try again.
>>>
>>> If YES, then still maybe no girlfriend. But maybe yes.
>>
>> It's a very kissy social circle, at least for my women friends.
>>
>> The blokes only kiss each other when they are drunk and less inhibited 'I
>> love youse!' for example.
>
> Um, Tim? I think that the rat-bastard Impson was asking if there was
> any gurl-on-you kissing going on, not gurl-on-gurl.
Why are you trying to turn me into Mike Zearfoss? (That bastard.)
Tim Chmielewski
> No, KISSING. As in tonsil searching. Activity that you get kicked
> out of restaurant for. Hopefully.
>
She's not that kind of girl. I am competing with Elvis for her affections
so I am behind the eight ball for a start.
> Then don't get drunk, else you'll never get the girl.
I went out with the bar staff at the pub I practically live at the other
week. I had to stop them swimming in puddles and then they came back and
had a cup of tea and rolled around on the floor giggling.
Bryce Utting
> Also, watch for bra underwires as they can get caught in the heating element
> and short it out.
Okay, Tim, no messing about: we want DETAILS of this date.
butting
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Kevin S. Wilson
wrote:
>"Jeremy D. Impson" <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote in
>news:Pine.LNX.4.63.06...@monster.apt.net:
>
>
>> No, KISSING. As in tonsil searching. Activity that you get kicked
>> out of restaurant for. Hopefully.
>>
>She's not that kind of girl. I am competing with Elvis for her affections
>so I am behind the eight ball for a start.
>
On account of not also being dead for nearly three decades?
(My Dog, but I'm getting old. I graduated from high school the year
Elvis croaked.)
Chris McGonnell
>
>(My Dog, but I'm getting old. I graduated from high school the year
>Elvis croaked.)
HAW HAW! You're OLD! Wait ... oh, never mind. And stay offa my lawn,
ya derned kid!
Otto Bahn
>> Then don't get drunk, else you'll never get the girl.
>
> I went out with the bar staff at the pub I practically live at the other
> week.
Enjoy it while you can.
> I had to stop them swimming in puddles and then they came back and
> had a cup of tea and rolled around on the floor giggling.
You wacky Austrians! What's up with the 'tea' thing?
--oTTo--
Paula
wrote:
>On 10 Jan 2006 04:08:26 GMT, Tim Chmielewski <webm...@timchuma.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"Jeremy D. Impson" <jdim...@acm.spam.org> wrote in
>>news:Pine.LNX.4.63.06...@monster.apt.net:
>>
>>
>>> No, KISSING. As in tonsil searching. Activity that you get kicked
>>> out of restaurant for. Hopefully.
>>>
>>She's not that kind of girl. I am competing with Elvis for her affections
>>so I am behind the eight ball for a start.
>>
>
>On account of not also being dead for nearly three decades?
Would somebody please tell me I am not the only one who says "huh?" at
the thought of a type of girl who doesn't kiss any way other than air
or cheek kissing and feels affection for dead guys? While you're at
it, please tell me Tim is the only guy out there who is looking for
that type of girl.
Tim Chmielewski
news:5ap8s116677f0uq12...@4ax.com:
> Would somebody please tell me I am not the only one who says "huh?" at
> the thought of a type of girl who doesn't kiss any way other than air
> or cheek kissing and feels affection for dead guys? While you're at
> it, please tell me Tim is the only guy out there who is looking for
> that type of girl.
>
Careful with that Elvis:
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/she-lost-that-loving-
feeling/2006/01/10/1136851200353.html>
She lost that loving feeling
January 10, 2006 - 1:42PM
A woman who allegedly stabbed her partner six times because he repeatedly
played an Elvis Presley song, will face a West Australian court today.
The woman will appear in a magistrate's court in Northam, 97km north east
of Perth, charged with unlawful wounding, WA police said.
Officers will allege the woman stabbed her 35-year-old partner with a
pair of scissors during an argument over him playing Burning Love over
and over again.
The man was treated at Northam hospital for lacerations to his head, back
and legs, police said.
- AAP
TimC
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> The woman will appear in a magistrate's court in Northam, 97km north east
> of Perth, charged with unlawful wounding, WA police said.
>
> Officers will allege the woman stabbed her 35-year-old partner with a
> pair of scissors during an argument over him playing Burning Love over
> and over again.
I'd do the same freaking thing! And they wouldn't have survived if it
were some modern pop song instead.
--
TimC
Information wants to be beer, or something like that. --unknown
Bryce Utting
> "Tim Chmielewski" <webm...@timchuma.com> wrote
>> I had to stop them swimming in puddles and then they came back and
>> had a cup of tea and rolled around on the floor giggling.
>
> You wacky Austrians! What's up with the 'tea' thing?
I dunno, but I drank a LOT of peach-flavoured iced tea in Melbourne.
a lot a lot.
Tim Chmielewski
@lust.ihug.co.nz:
> Otto Bahn <GoAheadK...@Blew.Devels.com> wrote:
>> "Tim Chmielewski" <webm...@timchuma.com> wrote
>>> I had to stop them swimming in puddles and then they came back and
>>> had a cup of tea and rolled around on the floor giggling.
>>
>> You wacky Austrians! What's up with the 'tea' thing?
>
> I dunno, but I drank a LOT of peach-flavoured iced tea in Melbourne.
>
I like getting the different iced teas from the Chinese grocery stores.
The raspberry one is good on a hot day.
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James Kibo Parry
>
> [...]
>
> I like getting the different iced teas from the Chinese grocery stores.
You got a few letters out of order there. The "d" goes before the "i",
which goes before the "s", which goes before the "eases". What the "c"
and "t" are doing in there is no business of mine.
Don't you know you can get the same diseases for free outside the market
in the parking lot late at night?
> The raspberry one is good on a hot day.
That's not a Chinese supermarket tea flavor. Real Chinese supermarkets
sell bitter melon tea, caterpillar fungus tea, and lots of special teas
for problems with a woman's... you know. In the U.S., raspberry iced
tea is sold in roundeye supermarkets, usually in the Kool-Aid aisle.
I'm partial to green tea with brown sugar, "bubbles" (i.e. Milk Dud guts),
and a couple drops of lime oil. Sometimes one drop of lime oil and one
of spruce oil if I'm feeling naughty. A blend of peppermint and green
tea is good too, except I can't find any peppermint that actually tastes
like pepper. Usually peppermint just tastes like mintmint.
Today I ate a whole bag of those Japanese habanero potato rings I like,
really fast, then immediately ate one of those refrigerated chocolate
crepes the Japanese store also sells. The combination of habanero
followed by chocolate was an instant massive endorphin blast that made
me turn into some sort of cartoon wrestler screaming "X-TREME!!!!"
You gotta know what to precede your chocolate with if you want to
properly unlock its ability to go bananas in your body.
I love those crepes (curious that I have to go to the Japanese
grocery store to get good refrigerated French pastries, and no,
they don't have them over at the Boulangerie Japonaise where
I get my curry-filled doughnuts) but some of the English translations
on the ingredients worry me. For instance, "fermented butter".
Maybe they're trying to say "cream cheese", or maybe they do mean
rancid butter. And the last ingredient is, I hope, a misspelling,
because it's "milt protein". But I wouldn't put it past them,
since a lot of Japanese pastry and candy does have fish oil or
(in the case of marshmallows) fish gelatin. Mmm, tastes swimbladdery!
Unfortunately, I think I've now bought the entire stock of
habanero potato rings from all the Asian grocery stores in the
area, so I'll probably never see them again. I may have to
start making my own by grinding up a mixture of dried habanero
powder and pork bouillon cubes and sprinkling it on Pringles.
(One of the great things about Japanese junk food is they
often sneak meat into it. Ever have Spicy Chicken Babystar?
It's just as good as eating instant ramen noodles, and don't
tell me you've never eaten dry ramen noodles. Everyone secretly
does that once in a while.)
So where were we? Oh, yeah. My local grocery stores can beat up
your local grocery stores. You should move to a continent that's
closer to Asia! Fortunately the U.S. is only fifteen miles
from Asia, thanks to the Bering Strait the Russkies dug after
the people in charge of world maps wouldn't let Edward Teller
make it with his bombs.
-- K.
HA HA CANADA IS TOUCHING
THE CONTINENTAL U.S. AND
ALASKA TOO! HEY CANADA
HOW DOES IT FEEL HAVING
TWOOOOO BORDERS WITH THE
SAME OBNOXIOUS COUNTRY?
NEXT MONTH WE'RE MOVING
HAWAII TO LAKE ONTARIO!
Otto Bahn
>>>> I had to stop them swimming in puddles and then they came back and
>>>> had a cup of tea and rolled around on the floor giggling.
>>>
>>> You wacky Austrians! What's up with the 'tea' thing?
>>
>> I dunno, but I drank a LOT of peach-flavoured iced tea in Melbourne.
>
> I like getting the different iced teas from the Chinese grocery stores.
>
> The raspberry one is good on a hot day.
What flavor makes you "rolled around on the floor giggling"?
--oTTo--
Chris McGonnell
>On 2006-01-11, Tim Chmielewski (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>> The woman will appear in a magistrate's court in Northam, 97km north east
>> of Perth, charged with unlawful wounding, WA police said.
>>
>> Officers will allege the woman stabbed her 35-year-old partner with a
>> pair of scissors during an argument over him playing Burning Love over
>> and over again.
>
>I'd do the same freaking thing! And they wouldn't have survived if it
>were some modern pop song instead.
She just wanted to turn the guy into hunka-hunks of burning love or
real!
TeaLady (Mari C.)
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> The woman will appear in a magistrate's court in Northam,
> 97km north east of Perth, charged with unlawful wounding,
> WA police said.
>
What kind of wounding is lawful enough to not get you arrested ?
I have a project due, and really need to know.
--
TeaLady (mari)
"The principal of Race is meant to embody and express the utter
negation of human freedom, the denial of equal rights, a
challenge in the face of mankind." A. Kolnai
Tim Chmielewski
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> Tim Chmielewski <webm...@timchuma.com> wrote in
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> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
>
>> The woman will appear in a magistrate's court in Northam,
>> 97km north east of Perth, charged with unlawful wounding,
>> WA police said.
>>
>
> What kind of wounding is lawful enough to not get you arrested ?
>
> I have a project due, and really need to know.
>
Also Sarah mentioned this incident before she sang the song "burning love"
at the market last night.