[Freeciv-Dev] ics

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Arnstein Lindgard wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:43:53 -0800 Jason Short wrote:
> > But ICS is a winning strategy, and has been in every civ game
> > I know about.
>
> Civ 3 actually solved it. People with linear ideas should note that
> no amount of messing with petty game variables has ever solved the
> problem.

Yet that was exactly what Civ 3 did - messing with petty game variables
(two pop instead of one, more corruption, etc). And failed. I was still
playing ICS in Civ 3. Worked great. But the messing they did to the game
destroyed it - it became slow and boring.

  - Per