[Freeciv] Re: ICS : Are map resources part of the problem?

["Mike Jing" <miky40@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"R. Miller" <richere@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello, Mike,
>
> Thanks for the excellent synopsis. It's reassuring to learn that some of 
> the people behind FreeCiv want to take it in a "civilised" direction and 
> not concentrate exclusively on war. I don't think my wife would have spent 
> as many early morning hours playing Civ against
> me ( and beating me ) if it had been strictly a wargame - her favourite 
> Wonders were the Great Wall and the United Nations. For myself, I only 
> played the "Bloodlust" option twice in the years we played the game, and 
> found it thouroughly unsatisfying.
Believe me, it is doubly reassuring to learn that some of the players 
actually agree with my point of view.  You can read more about my effort to 
cure ICS at
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6673/freeciv/nopox.html

and it should also appear on the Freeciv website very soon.

> So, if FreeCiv were to become a wargame, I would drop it;
> I would be interested in seeing a poll of player's sentiments in this 
> regard - has it been done, yet?
There is currently a poll running on the website concerning ICS, and 
approximately half of those who responded said they dislike smallpox.  
However, people can't seem to agree on the best way to fix it.  Furthermore, 
most Freeciv players are so used to it that they would oppose any effort to 
curb expansion and/or warfare, and it's going to be a long and hard battle 
to change all that.
One can only hope.

Mike


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