Ashland

I honestly can't remember whether war is good or bad for business. So I had really mixed emotions when I read this.

Where did this data come from? If you don't mind my asking. Is it collected someplace or did you go through a bunch of nation pages and collect it?

I also received utility from reading this.

I would argue that, short of hacking, cheating is impossible in this game. All there is is playing and playing better. If you game the system then good for you. But if people want to disassociate with you because of that, they can. And that's a cost that you have to weigh.

I actually did think that the concept of patriotism was an American invention.

What I think would be an interesting development is civil buildings that improve the collection of resource buildings, perhaps. So the respective buildings could increase the production of each resource-related building by, say, 5%?

Well, I really like it. I think calling it Civ 5.7 or whatever is a bit harsh. Things are very different. For one, settling cities is way less dependent upon resources and it's way easier to get "Health" which is the Happiness equivalent. So there's more of an incentive for you to expand. Faction abilities are still present, but they aren't all-powerful like they are in Civ V. It will guide your strategy, but not dictate it. You're incentivized to spread out your culture, not just focus in one tree until you complete it. I thought the grid was an interesting idea.

Wait, then what do you call it when people who aren't Americans take pride in their country? Because it's an American-centric word.

It is a good game and I do recommend it. It's certainly much, much more than just a retheming. Civilization is recognizable in the game, but it's very different. Technology, for one, is quite different. You also kind of get to customize your starting faction in the beginning. You get to pick what you come to the planet with and stuff like that. I thought that was a good touch.

I was joking on the IRC that I got offers from several alliances that went like this: "HEY! Ashland, we saw that you traded with one of our members! Did you know that our alliance has the hurpader and the durpader?! Join us now and you'll have access to all our hurpaders and durpaders! You just have to go through this application process and there's some paperwork to fill out." Eh... Pass. "Ashland, we invite you to join our alliance; the alliance with more dapadurs an durpahurs than any other!" Mm... I don't know... "Join us, we'll give you 20,000 dollars." Yup. You, sir, have a deal.

I don't know. Honestly, it might grow on me. I'm just not big on the aliens. You kind of either have to embrace them or wipe them out... So I invariably choose to wipe them out because !@#$ being a disgusting alien sympathizer.

I picked up CiV Beyond Earth a couple days ago. I like it, but not as much as I hoped I would. Not as good as Civ V, honestly.

Yeah, I joined BoC. They threw money at me. An alliance after my heart.

Thank God Benjamin Franklin struck the ground with his magical lightning rod and invented Capitalism. That's also how he and George Washington won the revolution all by themselves. With his magical lightning rod. In all seriousness, he just said what I said only smarter.

I stumbled my way upon a loophole in the censorship. Anyway, back to Nationalism, I guess. Nationalism, I suppose, is just pride in country. Nothing inherently wrong with that.

They're colluding! D: The system doesn't work!

If anything, they should be bigger. At least for November. The 10 dollar one in particular. No reason.

I also liked it. I thought it was very cute.

Congratulations.

That's my kind of business.

The damn military industrial complex, man. Always be wantin' more.

Can I inquire as to the math behind this?

Isn't it, though?!

It's the criminals dilemma. My faith in the free market forces me to believe that this won't work.

Okay! You go first.