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By Ginger_Ale at 2010-02-03 21:22
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One of the most frequently asked questions in the strategy forums is if there are any videos of individuals playing Civ4. After all, it's one thing to read about strategy and a whole different experience to see it in action.
Last summer, I came across a video walkthrough of a full game by forum member TheMeInTeam, complete with commentary and explanation. Since then, TheMeInTeam has published numerous other walkthroughs, all available on YouTube -- including one released just today.
If you are interested in getting started with Civ4, or looking to move up in difficulty level, I highly recommend checking out some of these videos:If you would like to follow along, the first two games have links to the starting save in their first video. Even though TMIT plays fairly quickly, the games do take a few hours to play out, so sit back and relax!
To view all of these such videos in one place, be sure to check out this YouTube channel. It's only fair for TheMeInTeam to get the credit he deserves. 
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By Ozbenno at 2010-02-01 19:48
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 We are now one month (of four in total) into the first Hall of Fame Challenge Series. Eighteen brave souls have been brave enough to play at least one of the ten games on offer.
Currently no-one has completed all ten games but all games have been successfully completed by at least one person.
The progressive standings after one month are:
1. Shulec 69 (9 games completed)
2. Fluroscent 55 (6 games completed)
3. playshogi 39.5 (6 games completed)
4. TheMeInTeam 39.5 (7 games completed)
5. Ozbenno 36 (5 games completed)
Well done to all and good luck to those taking part over the next three months.
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By Magic_gorter at 2010-02-01 05:57
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A new month so time to start a new game. This Game of the Month is a conquest game on a small map.
To download the game, visit this page.
And of course, a screenshot of the starting location:
Have fun playing.
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By civ_steve at 2010-01-30 04:03
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We're a bit over a week into the latest Civ3 and Civ4 GOTM competitions - plenty of time left to participate! Check out the latest Games, Results and Player Standings at the GOTM Main Page.
 For Civ3 GOTM99 you will lead the Arabs against 7 AI on a Emperor level continents map. The starting location looks pretty nice! You will need to play in Civ3 PTW with the last patch (1.27), but no other mods are required.
Civilization: Arabia
Rivals: 7 pre-selected.
Barbarians: Roaming
Difficulty: Emperor
Land Form: Continents, 70% ocean, Standard map.
Geology:5 billion years old, Arid and Warm.
>> Visit the pre-game discussion thread
>> Go download the starting saves
>> Visit the Civ3 GOTM Forum
The latest Civ4 competition, BOTM26, is brought to you by Niklas. You will play as Sitting Bull the leader of the Native Americans. You must play in CIV BTS patched to version 3.19 with HOF mod 3.19.001 installed.
 Game settings:
Civilization: Native America (Leader: Sitting Bull; Traits: Philosophical, Protective)
Rivals: 6
Difficulty: Emperor
Map: Continents
World wrap: Cylindrical
Mapsize: Standard
Climate: Temperate
Water level: Medium
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Normal
Options: No Tribal Villages, No Random Events
Victory Conditions: all enabled
>> Read the pre-game strategy discussion
>> Go download the starting saves
>> Visit the CIV GOTM Forum
There is also a Civ3 Conquests Warlord level game (Babylon) with just under a week left to play and a Vanilla Civ4 Noble level game (Aztec) with 1 week left for the competition. Finally, a Civ4 Warlords Noble level game (America) is active with just under 2 weeks left to play.
Special Note: The 100th Civ3 GOTM will be next month!   It starts on February 15th, we're doing a 'few' mods to make the game a little more fun and special, so dust off your Civ3 PTW disk and play a couple practice games!
Good luck everyone!
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By Ginger_Ale at 2010-01-27 17:03
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At the upcoming Game Developers Conference in March, Firaxis' Director of Creative Development, Sid Meier, will give the keynote address. Entitled "The Psychology of Game Design (Everything You Know Is Wrong)", Meier's speech will focus on the need to always keep in mind a game's audience and "the psychology of the player".
Here is an excerpt from the overview of the keynote address:
"Gameplay is a psychological experience: it's all in your head. The vagaries of human psychology define your game more than the laws of physics or algebra. Egomania, Paranoia, Delusion - these are tools to be wielded with precision and care. For the player, perception is reality and the center of the universe is right here. As we follow this reasoning to its logical conclusion we discover a number of amazing things, among them: everyone is above average, 2/1 is not equal to 20/10, and the player is his/her own worst enemy." You can also view a list of the many speakers and events at the conference on this page. Joining Sid Meier at GDC will be fellow Firaxians Seth Spaulding (leading an "Art Director/Lead Artist Roundtable") and Greg Foertsch (part of an event called "Industry and Academia: In Search of the Love").
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By Denniz at 2010-01-25 18:50
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 The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 128 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to adrianj for the highest score of the update with a Standard Immortal Conquest game for 388,344 points.
WilliamOfOrange was the most active player during this update, submitting 18 games.
Only 9 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update adrianj submitted a 2650 BC Tiny Deity Conquest game for 25630 points
bestje submitted a 1150 BC Tiny Deity Religious game for 44764 points
cabert submitted a 1995 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 19470 points
kcd_swede submitted a 1985 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 16362 points
Kwibus submitted a 85 BC Tiny Deity Conquest game for 176627 points and a 800 BC Tiny Deity Conquest game for 87228 points
Misotu submitted a Jan 2050 AD Tiny Deity Time game for 37744 points
narri submitted a 1978 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 18487 points
Sun Tzu Wu submitted a 1040 BC Small Deity Religious game for 37750 points and a 750 BC Large Deity Religious game for 31750 points and a 525 BC Large Deity Religious game for 41560 points and a 230 AD Large Deity Religious game for 39215 points
WastinTime submitted a 1956 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 15619 points Gauntlet Info:
G-Major 66 - Conquest, Immortal, Standard, Normal on Archipelago with Ragnar Lodbrok
1st kovacsflo 1070 AD
2nd The-Hawk 1802 AD 1708 AD
G-Minor 88 - Space Race, Prince, Standard, Epic
1st The-Hawk 1762 AD
2nd Moscow 1999 AD
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Minor 89 - Domination, Noble, Large, Epic
G-Major 68 - Domination, Immortal, Standard, Epic on Continents with Charlemange
>> Civ IV HOF
>> Full Update Details
>> Discussion Thread
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By Ginger_Ale at 2010-01-23 21:49
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Take-Two, publisher of the Civilization franchise and parent company of Firaxis, recently announced the shakeup of three seats on their board of directors. Reuters reported that billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who owns an 11.3% stake in the company, used his influence to nominate the new directors, one of whom is his son Brett.
One of the notable directors stepping down is Take-Two's CEO Ben Feder, though he will continue to work for the company in his current role. Reuters also noted that roughly three years ago, Chairman Strauss Zelnick attained his position after a similar ousting.
According to Zelnick, "It's important to note that Mr. Icahn did not request that these directors in particular step down; they were willing to continue in their role, but agreed not to stand for re-election in keeping with their commitment to the Company and desire to put the best interests of stockholders first."
>> Read the Take-Two press release
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By Ginger_Ale at 2010-01-19 21:16
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I'm not sure what to say besides . There was a hugely unexpected amount of files (mostly units and leaderheads) posted in the last 4-5 weeks. In the future, we will try to make these updates a bit more frequently, but it is timeconsuming.
UNITS GRAPHICS
AUDIO/VIDEO
NEW CIVILIZATIONS
MODPACKS HYBRID MOD COMPONENTS
SDK MODCOMP
MODULES
MAPS/SCENARIOS/MAP SCRIPTS
UTILITIES
TUTORIALS
>> Announce your files for future posts
>> View all files in the Downloads Database
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By Tone at 2010-01-16 07:30
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 The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been updated. 27 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to Spoonwood for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Standard Deity Domination game for 17561 points.
Congratulations also go to Spoonwood for winning the last gauntlet. The new one is about to start; visit here for details.
del62 was the most active player during this update, submitting 7 games.
Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Sid this update. Spoonwood submitted a 1370 AD Standard Sid Spaceship game for 8497 points.
A number of players gained number one positions on harder difficulty levels:
Spoonwood with a 1370 AD Standard Sid Spaceship game for 8497 points.
Spoonwood with a 210 BC Standard Deity Domination game for 17561 points.
Tone with a 1130 AD Small Demigod Spaceship game for 7613 points.
Calis with a 750 BC Standard Emperor Conquest game for 14487 points.
Calis with a 210 BC Large Emperor Conquest game for 12068 points.
>> Civ III HOF
>> Full Update Details
>> Discussion Thread
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By Denniz at 2010-01-10 18:52
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The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 159 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to TheMeInTeam for the highest score of the update with a Standard Emperor Domination game for 179,283 points.
shulec was the most active player during this update, submitting 20 games.
Only 7 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update cabert submitted a 1100 BC Tiny Deity Religious game for 28642 points and a 250 BC Tiny Deity Religious game for 46434 points and a Jan 2026 AD Large Deity Conquest game for 9723 points and a 350 AD Tiny Deity Conquest game for 177360 points
ChrisFromLux submitted a 2016 AD Standard Deity Domination game for 19416 points and a 2002 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 18323 points
MTknife submitted a Jul 1902 AD Small Deity Space Colony game for 29336 points
narri submitted a 1985 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 16631 points
shulec submitted a 485 BC Standard Deity Religious game for 41912 points
Sun Tzu Wu submitted a 500 BC Small Deity Religious game for 29726 points and a 425 BC Small Deity Religious game for 29704 points and a 2050 AD Small Deity Time game for 11847 points and a 525 BC Small Deity Religious game for 32615 points
WastinTime submitted a 1976 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 16722 points Gauntlet Info:
G-Major 65 - Cultural, Emperor, Standard, Epic on Pangaea with Mehmed II (See guantlet page for other settings)
1st jesusin 1350 AD
2nd ryzax 1708 AD
3rd fizbankovi 1768 AD
G-Minor 87 - Religious, Prince, Large, Quick on Global Highlands with Gilgamesh (Opponent=Tokugawa)
1st DJMGator13 590 AD
2nd shulec 620 AD
3rd AgedOne 1160 AD
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Minor 88 - Space Race, Prince, Standard, Epic
G-Major 67 - Space Colony, Emperor, Standard, Quick on Boreal with Zara Yaqob (Barbs, Agg AI)
>> Civ IV HOF
>> Full Update Details
>> Discussion Thread
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By Ginger_Ale at 2010-01-07 18:58
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 Gamers with Jobs recently conducted a conference call with Sid Meier, Director of Creative Development for Firaxis. During the interview, Sid discusses "the rise of Facebook, the future of strategy gaming, and the inevitability of co-op" as well as "the future of social gaming."
Given Firaxis' announcement of Civilization Network for Facebook, the conversation gives pretty good insight into Sid's views on the direction of PC gaming and what the future may hold for the Civilization series.
The full conference call is available on Gamers with Jobs or from this link directly (51 MB in size). Though the file is 1:28:58 in length, Sid's first comments come at the 35:45 mark. If a transcript becomes available, we link to that as well.
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By Ozbenno at 2010-01-01 18:52
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Welcome to the first running of the Civfanatics Hall of Fame Challenge Series.
The series is a collection of 10 games with a time limit of 4 months to complete them (from 1st Jan 2010 - 30th April 2010). The games are designed to (hopefully) be more defined than the usual gauntlet games and more challenging than a general Hall of Fame game, yet far from impossible to complete.
The winner will be the person who finishes all ten games and collects the most points along the way (10 for 1st in each individual game, down to 1 for 10th). Progress results for all games can be found here.
All of the games need to be played using version 2 of the BUFFY mod, found here.
There are individual threads for each game in the Challenge Series forum so head on over and check it out.
>>> HOF Challenge Series I - Discussion
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By Magic_gorter at 2010-01-01 13:16
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A new year started so let play some civ2. This month's Game of the Month is a nice challenge. With our starting position on the north pole and playing at deity it might be a difficult game. Who takes the challenge and win this GOTM.
To download the game, visit this page.
And of course, a screenshot of the starting location:
Have fun playing.
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By Ginger_Ale at 2009-12-27 20:16
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 Thanks to Musketeer935 for today's image:
"So, I was playing in the Ancient age... and I got this Great Spy, and I build the scotland yard with it. It appears that the Ancients hired some Alien help to build it. Or maybe this is just the Ancient Tower of Babel. (It IS in Babylon.)"
Clearly, Firaxis was not expecting people to use early Great Spies from the Great Wall build the Scotland Yard. Considering that settling the Great Spy or using him to infiltrate has more benefit than +100% espionage point output, I suppose that's reasonable.
>> View the Screenshot of the Day gallery and submit your own image!
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By Denniz at 2009-12-25 18:27
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The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 160 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to The-Hawk for the highest score of the update with a Standard Emperor Domination game for 243,915 points.
sanabas was the most active player during this update, submitting 20 games.
Only 4 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update Sandman2003 submitted a 3835 BC Duel Deity Conquest game for 16238 points
shulec submitted a 900 BC Small Deity Religious game for 36062 points and a 1605 AD Standard Deity Cultural game for 79697 points and a 775 BC Small Deity Religious game for 32215 points
Sir Bugsy submitted a 1840 BC Duel Deity Conquest game for 56224 points
Sir Drake submitted a 1799 AD Tiny Deity Conquest game for 144555 points Gauntlet Info:
G-Major 64 - Domination, Emperor, Standard, Epic on Oasis with Hatshepsut
1st The-Hawk 5 BC
2nd silentounce Jan 1945 AD
G-Minor 86 - Space Colony, Warlord, Standard Quick
1st ZPV 1430 AD
2nd Dynamic 1540 AD
3rd KingMorgan 1690 AD
** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Minor 87 - Religious, Prince, Large, Quick on Global Highlands with Gilgamesh (Opponent=Tokugawa)
G-Major 66 - Conquest, Immortal, Standard, Normal on Archipelago with Ragnar Lodbrok
>> Civ IV HOF
>> Full Update Details
>> Discussion Thread
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By GarretSidzaka at 2009-12-24 17:02
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 For joy in the world. The 2009 PolyCast Christmas Special is now netcasting. "'Tis the Time for Civving" brings together a number of regular co-hosts across the label's three shows: Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Makahlua and Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew from PC, Wouter "Locutus" Snijders from ModCast and both Joe "joebreeves" Reeves and Matt "elthrasher" Morgan from RevCast.
The summary of topics is as follows:
- 01m58s | Decade
Civilization III is a top game of the decade according to Destructoid, and Civilization IV looses out early on in Crispy Gamer's comparable feature.
- 10m22s | Giving
The new Christmas PBEM Game -- this time, with some revised rules and set in the CivIV environment.
- 14m42s | Fansite
A strong showing at launch and its first months of existence: the Fastmoves CivIV fansite.
- 17m12s | Game Highlights #1
2009 gaming highlights for CivIV: official, press and community-based.
- 19m33s | Game Highlights #2
2009 gaming highlights for Civilization: Revolution: official, press and community-based.
- 22m19s | Show Highlights
2009 show highlights for ModCast, PolyCast and RevCast.
- 26m36s | Quizzes
How many of the technologies, and also civilizations and leaders, from Civilization II can you name from memory under given time limits.
PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; it has one more episode to be released as its season finale, a composite of archived segments. Sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding and RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution. All three shows have been renewed for a return to production in 2010 which are to be its fourth, third and second seasons respectively.
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By Blue Monkey at 2009-12-23 17:17
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"... sacks of unread letters stacked up yadda yadda coal & switches on back order yadda yadda reindeer down with the flu yadda yadda elves on strike yadda yadda ..."
... but at the least the announcement of over 2 months of uploaded work is posted before the three guys on the long trip get their gps in synch.
We've got more delightful surprises for you than could be played with on a single holiday. Maybe in 12 days if you’re lucky. Pride of place must be given to the completely redone Age of Imperialism scenario (version 4.0)- a major production to which so many contributed. There are contributions in depth from many of the other regulars - and a couple of new contributors as well.
SCENARIOS
UNITS
TERRAIN GRAPHICS
RESOURCE GRAPHICS CITY GRAPHICS
BUILDINGS & IMPROVEMENTS
WONDERS
TECH ICONS
CIVILOPEDIA
INTERFACE GRAPHICS
UTILITIES
- Steph's expanded editor v. 0.8.0 . The general presentation of the editor has been reworked & tools added to edit preplaced cities and get statistics for preplaced units.
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