[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Why are you cloning Civ II? (was Re: Migration)

[Stepan Roh <stepan@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:

> > Fun to play is The Goal.
>
> That goal was solved by Sid Meier / Brian Reynolds.  You guys haven't
> contributed anything to that goal.

Better UI (network play-aware) is not advance? Or better automated
settlers? Or network play itself?

> Your AI, for instance, is not any
> better an opponent than the Civ II, CTP2, or SMAC AIs.  Civ III's is the
> only good one so far.

Yes, it is not. But by repeating it again and again it will not become
better.

> What I'm hearing, is that Freeciv was undertaken for the simple purpose
> of providing Civ II on Linux and other unsupported platforms, and to
> ensure decent network play.  Ok, you've achieved that.  Credit where
> credit is due.

Freeciv was designed to be compatible with Civ1 in the first place.

Have a nice day.

Stepan Roh