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By DanQ at 2012-05-26 12:20
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 Just the way it's wanted. The one-hundred-and-forty-seventh episode of PolyCast, "Lots of Speculation", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and Lisa "qnl" Bang with returning guest co-host "MadDjinn" and first-time guest co-host "Peng Qi"; it has a runtime of 59m59s; listeners are encouraged to rate the show on iTunes and follow on Twitter.
The summary of topics is as follows:
- 01m29s | News
Oh so much new information revealed publicly for the first time about the Civilization V expansion Gods & Kings. In order of consideration: civilizations; combat (11m39s); resources, diplomacy and miscellaneous (16m27s); religion (22m50s); and contradictions in two preview write-ups as well as a video one. (38m25s).
- 45m20s | Community Focus
The coming together of the Civilization fansite community for its third intersite Democracy Game, set in Civilization IV and its Beyond the Sword expansion.
- 48m00s | Miscellaneous
How the revelation of past Civ designer Soren Johnson joining Zynga leaves mixed feelings about his move, his next game involvement and social gaming in general.
- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
A staggering revelation called into question.
Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
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By Denniz at 2012-05-25 17:40
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 The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 63 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to iggymnrr for the highest score of the update with a Huge, Marathon, Settler, Space Colony game for 333553 points.
Junuxx was the most active player during this update, submitting 10 games.
Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:Pious_Pete - 1892 AD, Tiny, Normal, Deity, Cultural game for 29385 points Gauntlet Results:
G-Minor 144 - Space Colony, Chieftain , Standard, Quick (no Huts, Barbs On)
1st Sir Drake 1630 AD
2nd Pollina 1655 AD
3rd WithTea 1825 AD
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Minor 145 - Diplomatic, Warlord, Standard, Normal on Medium and Small with Charlemange
>> Civ IV HOF
>> Full Update Details
>> Discussion Thread
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By Camikaze at 2012-05-25 02:38
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In anticipation of the upcoming expansion Gods & Kings, Valve has announced the following:Kick off the weekend by playing Civilization V for FREE starting now until Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time.
You can also pickup the entire Civilization V franchise this weekend only at 75% off the regular price! Sale ends Monday, May 28th at 10AM Pacific Time. So if you haven't tried the game, now's a great chance to while away the weekend getting in as many hours as possible before the sale ends!
Many thanks for CoolLizy for bringing this to our attention by posting about it here.
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By The_J at 2012-05-23 11:46
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New month, new mods, as usual.
In the last 2 months (last announcement has somehow gone by the board, so this is not due to file shortage) many things happened and much stuff was produced.
And that mainly by dacubz and platyping, who have both managed to get into the list of CFCs top modding contributors in nearly no time. That's partially also why this announcement is so long, because dacubz building conversions are taking up lots of space  .
But that's not the only noteworthy thing. We have finally a mod which allows multiple maps in Civ4! LyTning94 is still working on it here, and we can already see many possibilities with it. The Caveman2Cosmos team is also already working on integrating that mod component, and we all know that these guys are ambitious and always busy  .
Into that fits also that they want to expand their mod into the dream time, with parts from the barbarian mod in warlords, expanded weather with e.g. drought periods, moving glacers, and so on, and other stuff like advanced animal domestication.
But the other projects are busy as well. we have new versions of e.g. Planetfall and History Rewritten, and even again some new mods! The user migck decided to enhance Rhye's modmod RFC Rand even more, smortt has released the first version of his Elder Scrolls mod, and we have a new scenario based mod about the Vietnam war by FinlandGamer.
I'm sure something of that will fit your taste, and if not, then we still have a lot more mods than here listed .
-> have fun and play.
Civilization 4 Mods- Rise from Erebus 1.4 by Valkrionn, Grey Fox, Opera, Jheral, Shoggi, Snarko, Black_Imperator, and ArcticNightWolf
- The American Mod v.9 by Radio Noer
- Dacubz DaCiv Mod version 2 by dacubz145
- History Rewritten 1.17 (for Mac and Windows) by Xyth
- MOOCiv 5.3 by JEELEN
- Rhye's and Fall RAND Plus by migck
- Final Frontier Plus v1.8 by God-Emperor and TC01
- Planetfall v16a by Maniac, Lord Tirian, SaibotLieh & co
- Caveman2Cosmos Version 23 by StrategyOnly and team
- Elder scrolls mod (the world of Oblivion, Skyrim, Morrowind) for civ4 - Alpha version 0.14 by smorrt
- Travel Through Time - Unwritten History v 1.1 by dacubz145
- Travel Through Time - Africa v 1.3 by dacubz145
- Travel Through Time: Modern Alliances v2.6 by dacubz145
- Fall of Saigon by FinlandGamer
- The Sword of Islam mod version 0.5.0 by embryodead
Civilizations
Units
Leadheads
Buildings
Buttons
Wonder movies
Map scripts, maps and scenarios
Other things
>> Announce your Civilization 4 files for future posts
>> View all Civilization 4 files in the Downloads Database
>> Announce your Colonization files for future posts
>> View all Colonization files in the Downloads Database
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By Tone at 2012-05-19 20:26
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 The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been updated. A total of 14 games were accepted since the previous News Update.
A number of players gained number one positions over this period:
bluejay with a 620 AD Large Monarch Diplomatic game for 7893 points.
Ozymandius with a 670 BC Standard Regent Domination game for 9025 points.
Ozymandius with a 1000 BC Standard Warlord Domination game for 6493 points.
Naok with a 720 AD Small Warlord Cultural 100k game for 4286 points.
ignas with a 1130 AD Tiny Chieftain Cultural 20k game for 1394 points.
>> Civ III HOF
>> Full Update Details
>> Discussion Thread
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By DanQ at 2012-05-19 15:02
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 Falling behind as fast as possible. Daniel "DanQ" Quick is accompanied by Michael "emeseles" Lucas-Smith, Makahlua and Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew as regular players on TurnCast (TC) focusing on co-operative multiplayer experiences in Civilization IV/V. Its eighteenth episode, "Catching Up", is now netcasting, it has a runtime of 09m59s.
TurnCast is the third spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast on which Quick, Makahlua and Bellew serve as regular co-hosts; the modding-centric ModCast was the first, and the console-centric RevCast the second, such spin-off. The fourth spin-off, SCivCast, covers Civ on social media.
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By The_J at 2012-05-16 18:55
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An article on GamesIndustry.biz reveals that Soren Johnson, lead designer of Civilization 3 and 4, has left Electronic Arts, where he worked on Spore and Dragon Age before, to join Zynga to work on a secret project.
Zynga is the company behind many Facebook games like Farmville, and while Soren Johnsons project seems to be a social game as well, it should, like he says himself, still be interesting for the civilization audience:
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Originally Posted by Soren Johnson
I expect Civ fans will absolutely be interested in my current project at Zynga; in fact, I anticipate them to be among the first wave of players to try out the game.
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For the whole article please see this link, and for the related thread at CivFanatics please see here.
Thanks to Vael for bringing this topic to our attention  .
Image of Soren Johnson by boingboing.net. The image is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.
The Zynga image is from broowaha.com, as well under the Creative Commons License.
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By Denniz at 2012-05-16 17:42
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The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 63 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to FeiLing for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Settler, Time, Quick, Large, Inland Sea, France (Napoleon) game for 30087 points.
ColinTH was the most active player during this update, submitting 12 games.
Only 4 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update dribnairb - 1934 AD, Turn 237, 2125 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Duel, Archipelago, France (Napoleon)
dribnairb - 1930 AD, Turn 235, 1271 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Tiny Islands, Egypt (Ramesses II)
dribnairb - 1904 AD, Turn 222, 2023 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Duel, Archipelago, Siam (Ramkhamhaeng)
dribnairb - 1728 AD, Turn 759, 4530 points, Deity, Science, Marathon, Standard, Fractal, Rome (Augustus Caesar)
keg - 1987 AD, Turn 267, 1538 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Duel, Tiny Islands, China (Wu Zetian)
numaru7 - 1736 AD, Turn 378, 2406 points, Deity, Domination, Epic, Large, Tiny Islands, England (Elizabeth)
Tabarnak - 445 AD, Turn 203, 1285 points, Deity, Domination, Epic, Large, Tiny Islands, England (Elizabeth) Gauntlet Results:
G-Minor XXVIII - Domination, Immortal, Tiny, Inland Sea, Marathon, Germany (Bismark)
 1st vexing - 3070 BC T-62
 2nd The Pilgrim - 2860 BC T-76
 3rd pontias - 2695 BC T-87
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Minor XXIX - Diplomacy, King, Small, Any, Epic, Any
>> Civ V HOF
>> Discussion Thread
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By The_J at 2012-05-12 19:17
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We had again a massive influx of new articles with also new images, and the actual info is scattered around, so we need a summary here, so that we can have a good overview here at CFC .
Everyone who prefers the info more in a list form, is welcome to take directly a look at the summaries by cuc here and Ulthwithian here. This post is completely based upon these two other posts, and even partially stolen, so you will not miss anything if you skip the text here. Alternatively you might want to take a look at Arioch's overview site for G&K here.
Please don't forget that this here is only the new info, and does not cover what is already known. For the known info please consult the overview thread.
So...
Civilizations
The Celts
The Celtic UA was revealed, it's called Druidic Lore, and with it your cities will generate more faith near unimproved forests. They get the pictish warrior as their UU, and it receives a combat bonus outside of friendly territory, pillaging costs no movement for this unit, and it receives faith equal to half enemy strength upon eliminating an enemy unit. It seems to be a replacement for the spear man, with a strength of 11, one point more than the regular spear man.
The Celts also get a unique building, the Ceilidh Hall. It is unlocked by Acoustics and provides culture, happiness and an artist slot. It's speculated that it might replace the opera house, but this is not yet sure.
The Maya
Their UA seems to involve receiving "Maya Long Count Bonus" at certain intervals. The bonus may include great people. It's also speculated that their calendar display will change from the regular calendar to the Mayan calendar after having researched the calendar tech.
They also get an UB, the pyramid, but there's nothing really known about it. Palenque is their capital and their second city is Tikal.
Austria
Together with the Austrian UA, their UU the Hussar and their UB the coffee house were revealed, but stats for these are not yet known.
Other civs
We know now how Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden, will look ingame via this screenshot. Also noticeable is that neither the Aztec nor the Spanish UA will be changed to fit to G&Ks religious theme.
The Netherlandish UA has also been clarified. The Netherlands retain 50% of happiness from luxuries traded to other civilizations.
Units, Buildings, Techs and Wonders
Like expected, many minor changes happened, mostly moving wonders around in the tech tree, changes to the strength values of units, etc., please see the above mentioned direct summaries for that.
Notable are that catapults don't require iron anymore, that the Alhambra is confirmed as a wonder, we get a new tech named "Drama and Poetry" and that the classical era is finally longer, with 2 tiers. It is now also clear that the mysterious icon from the PAX is a police station, which is an counter intelligence building.
Arioch already put a suspected tech tree for G&K together, which you can find, with the related discussion here.
Religion
You will get a Great Prophet at 200 Faith points, and not randomly, like it was said in one of the first interviews. The special abilities of this GP are that he can spread his religion to max. 4 cities with an amount of 2000 Faith (what this exactly means is not known), will remove the influence of other religions in the respective cities, and it's possible to build a special improvement, a Holy Site, with this unit (screenshot for all of this). In contrast to the other GPs in the game, the prophets will not have any names, because anything which could happen to such a unit ingame could be problematic, as Dennis Shirk explained.
Missionaries can also spread your religion to other cities, but only 2 times, and with half the pressure.
For an interesting article about religion please see this here at GameSpy.
We now also know the Enhancer Beliefs, see list below:- Defender of the Faith: +20% Combat near friendly Cities that follow this Religion
- Holy Order: Missionaries and Inquisitors cost 30% less Faith
- Itinerant Preachers: Religion spreads to cities 30% further away
- Just War: +20% Combat near enemy Cities that follow this Religion
- Messiah: Prophets 25% stronger and earned with 25% less Faith
- Missionary Zeal: Missionary conversion strength +25%
- Religious Texts: Religion spreads 34% faster (68% with Printing Press)
- Religious Unity: Religion spreads to friendly city-states at double rate
- Reliquary: Gain 50 Faith each time a Great Person is expended
Resources
Finally more resources were revealed. Some more expected, some less.
We will get Salt as luxury, and the yet not specified maritime resource are crabs.
More unexpected we will, as it seems, get copper as some type of resource, and the suspected pig resources turns out to be truffles at the end.
Misc stuff
- In the diplomacy department was also some stuff revealed. e.g. you will need an embassy to establish defensive pacts, open borders and other things. Additionally you'll be able to see the other civs capital after you established an embassy in the other empire.
- The natural wonder Uluru will be added to the game, as well as some more city states like Jakarta, Manila, Mombasa, Zurich and others. Some, like Stockholm and Helsinki, were in contrast obviously removed, because they appear on the city list of Sweden.
- It also seems that we'll now get era dependent advisors, because some screenshots show them with other art. This again is not a big surprise, because the art itself is already present in the game (to be seen in our image gallery), but now it appears that it will finally be implemented.
- Female leaders will not longer get male titles. You will now see Lady Catherine instead of Lord Catherine ingame.
- It seems that something has changed with the appearance of the trading posts. What exactly? See this discussion please.
Empire Of The Smokey Skies scenario
TheVerge has an nice overview showing some aspects of this scenario. The scenario is a complete overhaul of the game. You get 5 new factions with new (static) leaderscreens. A new tech tree with 2 new eras, beginning with the discovery of the Steam Engine. New victory conditions. You will get different types of land ships, air ships, Sky Fortresses, and so on. The only thing which had not been changed might actually be the terrain, but that we'll only see when we can play the scenario.
Besides of the mentioned article another screenshot can be seen here.
The article list
We got all the info from these articles. Many people were involved in finding the new things and analyzing the screenshots, thanks to all of you .
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By DanQ at 2012-05-12 13:47
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Decrease zoom. The one-hundred-and-forty-sixth episode of PolyCast, "Forest for the Trees", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua" and Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew with first-time guest co-host Danny "snarzberry" Steele; it has a runtime of 59m59s; listeners are encouraged to rate the show on iTunes and follow on Twitter.
The summary of topics is as follows:
- 03m22s | Senate
Comparing the merits of promotions for Galleys, and a generalized "to do" list in the early game, both for Civilization IV.
- 15m40s | Forum Talk
Considering the possibility of a demo for the Civilization V expansion pack Gods & Kings, as well as the most anticipated scenario(s) from it.
- 24m40s | Research Lab
Contrasting the Scout unit in CivIV and CivV in the context of revising its promotion capabilities.
- 31m20s | Miscellaneous
On the implications for CivV's game mechanics from the upcoming G&K expansion, ethics and legalities of Civilization's developer and publisher incorporating community-generated MODs into the base game (47m49s; recorded for Episode 122), playing CivV without any Victory Conditions (50m18s; recorded for Episode 124), and how to keep CivIV interesting after all these years since its release (52m02s; recorded for Episode 134).
- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Losing focus as quickly as it was obtained on the appearance of one's cities in Civ, and how to win for gaming by failing in reality.
Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
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By Ozbenno at 2012-05-10 20:06
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The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 74 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to db8044db for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Standard, Marathon, Immortal, Domination game for 2223667 points.
clint0601 was the most active player during this update, submitting 11 games.
Only 5 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update:[indent]AAA - 1540 AD, Standard, Quick, Deity, Religious game for 33468 points.
hhhawk - 1220 AD, Standard, Quick, Deity, Religious game for 47356 points.
Pollina - 275 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Religious game for 31550 points.
Sun Tzu Wu - 3340 BC, Duel, Quick, Deity, Conquest game for 27862 points.
Sun Tzu Wu - 1300 BC, Duel, Quick, Deity, Conquest game for 47510 points.
vranasm - 1300 AD, Small, Normal, Deity, Religious game for 74267 points.
Gauntlet Results:
G-Major 103 - Culture, Immortal, Normal, OCC
1st WastinTime 1810AD
2nd shulec 1866AD
3rd neilmeister 1926AD
G-Minor 143 - Domination, Noble, Standard, Normal
1st Bugio 1560BC
2nd Firmlife 1400BC
3rd Pollina 875BC
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Major 104 - Space, Immortal, Standard, Epic
G-Minor 144 - Space, Chieftain, Standard, Quick
>> Civ IV HOF
>> Full Update Details
>> Discussion Thread
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By The_J at 2012-05-08 12:16
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Today the first real highlight of turn based strategy gaming this year has been released: Warlock - Master Of The Arcane.
It's a fantasy strategy game with partially similar mechanics like Civilization. It uses a hex based grid, and besides building up your fantasy army with mages, dwarfes and other creatures, empire management is also an important part. You build cities, improve these cities and the surrounding, conduct diplomacy, and aim to achieve one of four different types of victory.
The game requires a dual core computer with at least 2 GB RAM, a GeForce GT240 and Windows Vista (XP not supported; users note that it still works). A demo can be tested via Steam, which is also used as DRM. The price is 19.99€/$.
For more info please visit the homepage, the related forum or our thread here at CFC.
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By DanQ at 2012-05-05 14:18
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 Straight to the heart of the matter. Regular co-hosts Matt "elthrasher" Morgan and Mike "dukeblue1987" lead the forteith episode of RevCast (RC) entitled "The Nitty Gritty"; with returning guest co-host Craig "GrizzleyTigers4" and first-time guest co-host "MultiPlayaBeast", it is now netcasting with a runtime of 29m59s. The summary of topics is as follows:
- 02m19s | Topic #1
An update on a number of tournaments recently concluded, in-progress and up-and-coming for Civilization: Revolution.
- 05m00s | Topic #2
The good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to Wonders of the World in the game throughout all its eras.
- 21m58s | Topic #3
Reflecting on the continued draw and future prospect for CivRev's longevity in the video gaming community.
RevCast is the second spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast; fellow sibling ModCast focuses on Civ modding and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
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By Ozbenno at 2012-05-01 22:10
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The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 129 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to ColinTH for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Settler, Domination, Epic, Standard, Pangaea, Rome (Augustus Caesar) game for 26462 points.
jeffgentry was the most active player during this update, submitting 23 games.
Only 5 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update
Arnold_T - 2665 BC, Turn 89, 4540 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Duel, Pangaea, Germany (Bismark)
dribnairb - 1954 AD, Turn 247, 777 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Tiny Islands, Egypt (Ramesses II)
dribnairb - 1704 AD, Turn 747, 4130 points, Deity, Diplomacy, Marathon, Large, Continents, Rome (Augustus Caesar)
dribnairb - 1950 AD, Turn 370, 744 points, Deity, Culture, Standard, Small, Ice Age, Egypt (Ramesses II)
fanie - 2200 BC, Turn 45, 2255 points, Deity, Domination, Standard, Duel, Pangaea, Germany (Bismark)
FeiLing - 1900 AD, Turn 220, 3207 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Duel, Tiny Islands, China (Wu Zetian)
FeiLing - 3385 BC, Turn 41, 4950 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Duel, Pangaea, Germany (Bismark)
junkets - 1884 AD, Turn 212, 1001 points, Deity, Science, Quick, Tiny, Archipelago, India (Gandhi)
Gauntlet Results:
G-Major XIV - Science, Immortal, Standard, Quick, Songhai
1st khrax -1360 AD T-128
2nd Tabarnak - 1550 AD T-145
3rd Lord Bubu - 1665 AD T-158
G-Minor XXVII - Diplomacy, Chieftain, Standard, Standard
1st khrax -1000 AD T-160
2nd morrg - 1020 AD T-162
3rd Tabarnak - 1080 AD T-168
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Major XV - Domination, Deity, Large, Epic, Tiny Islands, England
G-Minor XXVIII - Domination, Immortal, Tiny, Marathon, Inland Sea, Germany
>> Civ V HOF
>> Discussion Thread
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By DanQ at 2012-04-28 13:28
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Quibbling together. The one-hundred-and-forty-fifth episode of PolyCast, "Being Pedantic", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and Lisa "qnl" Bang with first-time guest co-host Brandon "bcaiko" Keith Hallmark; it has a runtime of 59m59s; listeners are encouraged to rate the show on iTunes and follow on Twitter.
The summary of topics is as follows:
- 01m04s | News
Breaking down the Civilization V: Gods and Kings playthrough shown at PAX East 2012 a couple of weeks prior.
- 41m53s | Open Mic
Verbal feedback emailed in from a listener that expands on their forum post in response to a topic discussed last episode.
- 47m35s | Miscellaneous
Strengths, weaknesses and next steps for a survey to serve as the basis for a university dissertation connecting interest in Ancient Egypt and video games.
- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Semi-formal introductions, and political correctness for civilization leader selections based on gender.
Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
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By ainwood at 2012-04-27 03:40
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Fallen Enchantress
Fallen Enchantress is a 4x strategy game that features magic, monsters, tactical combat and empire building in a fantasy world. It is designed by Derek "Kael" Paxton, the lead designer of Fall from Heaven, and the team at Stardock Entertainment, the creators of Galactic Civilizations. Jon Shafer, the lead designer of Civilization V, created the campaign for Fallen Enchantress.
It is scheduled for release later this year, but players that preorder the game can get into the beta and start playing immediately.
Read more about Fallen Enchantress and discuss it >>here<<
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By Ozbenno at 2012-04-26 00:23
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The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 48 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to The-Hawk for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Marathon, Immortal, Domination game for 1023078 points.
Firmlife was the most active player during this update, submitting 8 games.
Only 6 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update: AAA - 1410 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Diplomatic game for 161041 points
cabert - 1986 AD, Small, Quick, Deity, Conquest game for 18514 points
fizbankovi - 1878 AD, Standard, Epic, Deity, Domination game for 126730 points
lymond - 1450 AD, Standard, Quick, Deity, Religious game for 49932 points
Sun Tzu Wu - 350 BC, Standard, Epic, Deity, Domination game for 322821 points
tachywaxon - 1846 AD, Large, Normal, Deity, Space Colony game for 108628 points
tachywaxon - 1725 AD, Large, Normal, Deity, Space Colony game for 290256 points
tachywaxon - 1780 AD, Large, Normal, Deity, Conquest game for 239335 points
A number of players gained number one positions at the higher difficulty levels:cabert with a 1986 AD, Small, Quick, Deity, Conquest game for 18514 points.
Sun Tzu Wu with a 350 BC, Standard, Epic, Deity, Domination game for 322821 points.
tachywaxon with a 1725 AD, Large, Normal, Deity, Space Colony game for 290256 points.
tachywaxon with a 1780 AD, Large, Normal, Deity, Conquest game for 239335 points.
Firmlife with a 560 AD, Small, Normal, Emperor, Conquest game for 72084 points.
Gauntlet Results:
G-Minor 142 - Space Colony, Noble, Small, Quick
1st lymond 1815AD
2nd Pollina 1820AD
3rd Firmlife 1922AD
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Minor 143 - Domination, Noble, Standard
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By DanQ at 2012-04-21 15:01
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 Complex socially too. Regular co-hosts Dog "ShuShu62", Melissa "wwjdfakb" and Troy "troyd" re-launch SCivCast (SC) as its new regular co-hosts with its second episode entitled "Socially Complex" with first-time guest co-host Ed "random user"; now netcasting, it has a runtime of 29m59s. The summary of topics is as follows:
- 03m55s | Topic #1
For new players to Civilization: World, getting oriented and then getting settled.
- 09m44s | Topic #2
The role barbarians play in the game between themselves and players, and between players themselves.
- 14m16s | Topic #3
On the ability to jump from civilization to civilization, the value of 5-minute "trickles" and moderating harvest levels in CivWorld.
- 17m35s | Topic #4
Reasons to play the game other than to win.
SCivCast is the fourth spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast; follow the show on Twitter. Fellow sibling ModCast focuses on Civ modding, RevCast on Civilization: Revolution and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
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By Denniz at 2012-04-16 17:22
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The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 118 games were accepted since the previous update.
Note: We will be doing second update on the 16th rather than 15th from now on.
Congratulations to FeiLing for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Settler, Time, Quick, Duel, Lakes, Aztec (Montezuma) game for 15156 points.
ColinTH was the most active player during this update, submitting 38 games.
Only 2 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update dribnairb - 1877 AD, Turn 896, 3262 points, Deity, Culture, Marathon, Large, Continents, China (Wu Zetian)
Smirk - 1874 AD, Turn 207, 1658 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Duel, Tiny Islands, Siam (Ramkhamhaeng) Gauntlet Results:
G-Minor XXVI - Science, Prince, Tiny, Ice Age, Standard, India (Gandhi)
1st khrax -1560 AD T-222
2nd Neuro - 1565 AD T-223 2613 points
3rd vexing - 1565 AD T-223 2452 points
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Minor XXVII - Diplomacy, Chieftain, Standard, Standard (Any Map Type, Any Leader)
>> Civ V HOF
>> Discussion Thread
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By DanQ at 2012-04-14 15:10
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So is claimed. The one-hundred-and-forty-forth episode of PolyCast, "Too Long Didn't Listen", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, "Makahlua" and Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew with returning guest co-host John "LzPrst" Ftonnessen; it has a runtime of 59m59s; listeners are encouraged to rate the show on iTunes and follow on Twitter.
The summary of topics is as follows:
- 01m36s | News
On the first of Civilization V: Gods and Kings' presence at PAX East 2012, as well as its announced release date.
- 34m00s | Forum Talk
An analysis of the 'CIV5Worlds.xml' file catches the panel's attention.
- 41m27s | Senate
The connection between Great Scientists, bulbing for research and the Fishing technology is scruitinized (recorded for Episode 134).
- 43m06s | Miscellaneous
A collection of saves for instant CivV achievement gratification draws ire, while an April Fool's Joke for its Gods and Kings expansion generates buzz (53m02s).
- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Critiquing the Internet, real vs. imagined singing and a question of seniority.
Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding and TurnCast on Civ multiplay.
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