[Freeciv-Dev] Re: More on (un)happiness

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx (Freeciv developers)
> Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: More on (un)happiness
> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:49:45 +0100
>
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:50:41PM -0500, Mike Jing wrote:
> > It turns out the minimum distance between cities can already be > 
> adjusted in game.ruleset.
> !
This should not be too much of a shock since it used to be controlled by the 
'civstyle' option, which is now becoming obsolete with the intruduction of 
game.ruleset.
> > the "smallpox syndrome" is a well-known strategy in Civ2, known as
> > ICS, or Infinite City Sleaze.  It is very effective even on the
> > Deity level, due to  the reason we have discussed earlier.  It
> > just goes to show how little I know about the game.
>
> Or anyone else who cares to discuss it here :)
> It also shows the rulesets should be explored more ...
Indeed.  I think many gameplay issues could be resolved by fine-tuning 
existing options in the current rulesets rather than introducing new rules.  
And we still have much to learn from the original.
> But how?  Something like 'tournaments' to test settings woould be
> nice. But we may need to attract more players first.
This reminds me: recently the freeciv.org servers seem to experience periods 
of extreme lag during gameplay, which makes it even harder to stick with a 
game.  Any idea what the cause might be?
Mike


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