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paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Well...poo poo. This could be a slight problem.

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paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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I think my problem with things turning out ahistorically so often is that it robs you of a certain feeling of player agency. For example, would you rather persevere as the Kingdom of Jerusalem because you're good at the game or because the A.I. is a dipshit retard or programmed weirdly?

I suppose my ideal historical game would be one were events would play out like they would in history if not for player decisions, with some events being more difficult to prevent or change than others.

Of course, such a game's A.I. would probably be nigh impossible to code, but that's why it's an ideal. I certainly wouldn't want to be the guy charged with programming all of China's possible reactions to Genghis convincing all the Mongols to take up farming or what happens when Muhammad invades India or some crazy poo poo like that.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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B is for winners, C is for sinners.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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A I intend to see our manpower shortage tolerated out of existence.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Government: A
Idea: A

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Kill the intolerant bastard!

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Wiz posted:

I deny everything.

Then whose LP is this? Is it available to the first person to claim it?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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DETONATE THE TOLERANCE BOMB!!

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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If Wiz didn't want this sort of thing, then wouldn't he just stop putting stuff up for a vote?

A lot of people are joking about tolerance, but I don't think that's the primary reason for it. There are good, solid gameplay reasons to vote for B, tolerance of heretics made the most sense when we were conquering Christians, and ecumenism lost out to siege engineers. So, let's all be nice and not get all butthurt over other people having fun voting for something, okay?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Please don't be a dick to people just because you don't favor the direction they want to go in The Saurus (or anyone else). That's part of the reason real life politics become such a mess. You may be joking, but it is really hard to tell and it can lead to pointless bickering. Can we all please at least be polite to each other?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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The Saurus posted:

"paragon1" i don't even know what you're referring to. if it was the badical thing, i just like to make terrible puns. who the hell is going to take that as a serious slight on their character.

No one, really. But you've been consistently needlessly antagonistic, and I'm politely asking you to stop, or at least tone it down. That's all.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Adyen posted:

Maybe he only wears one crown but has the crests chisled into each of the crown's points so he'd be wearing a crown with the crests of each kingdom on each point.

He should melt them all down, have the result spun into metal thread, and then have the thread woven into the fabric of a pimpin' robe or some poo poo. The gems would be imbedded into it as well somehow. That way he'd be able to literally wear all the "crowns" at once.

Edit: I'd think they'd just change the heraldry to a map of the world, with the words, "This is mine, gently caress off." written around it.

paragon1 fucked around with this message at 10:51 on Nov 13, 2011

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Neanderthal?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Raserys posted:

I told you assholes! I warned you of the path democracy would lead us to!

What we have right now is democracy in the same way that whales are squids. Sure, neither of them are fish, but that doesn't make them the same thing. At all. They do not even look similar.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Vote for victory!
Vote !

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Whizbang posted:

As we all know, Ho Chi Minh was on the grassy knoll.

drat quantum bullet supplyin' lizardmen! Go back to Atlantis where ya belong!:bahgawd:

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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-10% production tech cost. I can't walk away from that.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Goodbye, sweet Quighar. You will be remembered fondly. Is Espanya losing ground to the Dutch in South America?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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yeah that green is the Cherokee. Guess the Brits saw them modernize and just said "gently caress it, we'll go around."

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Tomn posted:

Apparently the United States worships the Spirits of Religious Tolerance (Unless you decided to get the hippie movement started a bit early or something.)

I wonder, are they jealous spirits, or are they cool with an open relationship? Like, are they gonna get all pissy if I hang around with some pagan deities on the weekends?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Pitch posted:

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter from Japan mentions a robe made of "fire rat" fur that could be put into a roaring fire and come out cleaner and more beautiful each time. Interestingly, they thought the animal was from China (although so rare that maybe even they knew it was a myth).

Hahahaha, Inuyasha is wearing asbestos. :v:

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Stalingrad posted:

Shirk Islam, embrace Hinduism.

Paganism is the place to be.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Stalingrad posted:

Awww no-ones getting my joke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirk_%28Islam%29 not that funny I guess. :smith:

It's okay, I'm not funny either.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Man, I sure hope DarkCrawler comes back to finish that list of Azerbaijani leaders. That thing is incredible.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Fuligin posted:

Anyone read Why the West Rules: For Now?
The title is pretty sensationalist compared to the actual contents, which are (at least to my amateur historian eyes) a considerably more nuanced approach to geographic determinism. Geography may be a strong single factor, but his basic thesis is that demographics and social crises are what drive technological and cultural change; the runaway success of a civilization inevitably causes it to outreach itself, and its demise creates the conditions that allow new polities to arise. It's a little less pop-history than Diamond, although definitely still on that end of the spectrum, and even if you disagree with him it's a great gazetteer of world history.

I love that book, it is sitting right next to me in fact. I think it is the first time I've seen someone try to quantify the full scope of human history like that. What do you make of the claim that "each age gets the thought it needs"?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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They have to know science so they can figure out how to punch the Demiurge in the face. :black101:

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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All roads lead to PoPo.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Let others wage war. You, happy Austria, marry.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Ilanin posted:

It is. Though I'm not really convinced that the lowland Scots should be lumped in with the highland Scots rather than the English with whom they probably have more in common.

Is this that "No True Scotsman" thing I've heard so much about?

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Whoo boy, looks like we gots ourselves some reforming to do. All right gents (and ladies?), let's roll up our sleeves and tolerate.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Man, whoever heard of a group angrily demanding that someone give its Jews back? Kind of a major step up from the OTL.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Come back with our Jews or not at all Murad! :argh:

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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my dad posted:

Fixed that for you.

I know what you were trying to do there, but it doesn't make any sense.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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First thing we do: purge the nationalists.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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We have secured Tolerance in our time.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Tomn posted:

The booze/gambling/partying factions are probably going to condense down into one Hedonism party eventually.

You say that, but you just know it'll split up into the National Hedonists, who want partying for native Tropicans only, and the Socialist Hedonists, who believe that everyone should get to party equally.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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benzine posted:

Wizardo de Paradox or Wizardo de la Paradoja, Booze Baron and Bought the Election

This.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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SlothfulCobra posted:

What is in a name? That which we call el presidente by any other name would oppress just as much.

Seriously, Wiz could do his thing even if we named him El Penis Grande. Don't worry, guys.

Changing my vote to El Penis Grande

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Bobbin Threadbare posted:

If we hadn't reached the open spite voting before, we've hit it now.

This isn't out of spite, this is out of love.

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paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

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Rumda posted:



Teetotallers will be first against the wall.

Every second Saturday is Purge day. Pick a faction, put it against the wall.

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