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  9. My Feedback

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    ooooooo!!! you really told me didnt you? pfffft...I remember 6 years ago when I was Ferrari_Warrior and all of you told me I was crazy for suggesting you go open source....I stand by my remarks. Just keep bloating the game with civ after civ and feature after feature and watch what happens...it won't be any fun to play....not that you can even play it now (after 10 years)...pffffffffffffffffft...same old same old...

    Good sir, did you come here to pick up a fight or make a point? Because you're doing neither effectively. Your comments have no substance in it. Instead of offering some constructive criticism, you keep insulting us! As if that would help with anything. Please revise your attitude and your arguments before making your next post.

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  16. Civ Talk

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    But then, what world are you talking about? The same world that influenced the Romans, were, in turn influenced by them :)

    I admit that Rome did a good job at spreading that knowledge and incorporating different things from different civilizations. But remove just one civilization from the world and history would turn out differently.

  17. My Feedback

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    You know what you think what you want to think. I worked at Gas Powered Games and I saw what those guys went through balancing units...it took weeks of attack scenarios and tweeking...that is EXACTLY how you balance units. So keep living in dreamland, you will find out later when the game is mature and all the good players play the exact same civ and own everyone. Find out the hard way. Be my guest.

    It would help if you were a bit more polite. Right now, Alpha, Michael and the others have all been pretty open with you and have been very straight forward, yet have been very soft spoken and kind. I know how hard it is to be polite to someone who is just the opposite, so unless you're trying to purposely provoke us I'd suggest you make your points with as little sarcasm as you can and respect the people on this forum as well as yourself. :)

    Also, if you wanted to win a game, which faction would you choose right now? I've seen people win with even the Iberian faction. Can you explain why you think the civs are unbalanced at the moment and which ones? That would help a lot more than snide remarks :)

  25. Civ Talk

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    Theres been a lot of misleading information so far but most of you, and not that's it your fault but it is just misconceptions related to the current sources within our standard yet mainstream education.

    However, someone mentioned the aqueducts were older than the Roman Empire, this and that... sources? References? We have credible proof the Romans built such things. Techniques and methodology can be redone today in Italy and across the States. But heres a question... How do you age a piece of stone? ;) If that was the case, then we can better conclude the age of the pyramids lolz

    The cultures and civilizations prior to Rome were the fathers of our culture (e.g. Egyptians, Greeks, Persia, etc) they really were the fathers of literacy, reading, writing, because without this, you don't have a vital foundation to support much let alone a empire built to last. These prerequisites of literacy were the pillars and backbone of any civilization, one that promotes education, civilization and one that definitely promotes sophistication. Your barbaric tribes and cultures didn't have the capacity in reading and writing and just general literacy to do anything. Thus was true for the Gauls for example and countless others.

    It is true the Romans copied heavily from surrounding cultures and those before, but the credit goes to how they used them to enforce progress. Bottom line.

    The Roman military was extremely complex and sophisitcated than any other ancient army of the time hence 'ahead of it's of time, and our military today uses concept of the Romans.

    So the conclusion is, Rome was quite a force to be reckoned with, and they really showed the world how to be civilized.,

    There is much truth in most of what you said. But Rome's power was in its inclusivity. It adapted and adopted and then built upon such foundations. But I don't think 'influence' can be calculated or even judged as there are a lot of factors we don't know and some we can't know at all. We can say the American culture has influenced much of the West today, but where did they get their culture? The list goes on.

    Rome wasn't the only civilized nation then, but it surely was the most powerful at its peak. But then again, Rome was influenced by the Greeks, so then why can't we say it was the Greeks that were the most influential?

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