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The trick to Civilization has always been to maximise population growth and translate that into military/economic power/scientific research (in that order).  It's a surefire winner, because no matter how complex they make the model, they never remove that basic essence of gameplay.  Sure, you can play around with fancy diplomatic victories (just done one in Civ5), but it's easier when you have lots of money to bribe your vassal states with, and a big army to deter others and protect your trade routes.

Haven't played Sim City since 2, but from what I remember, a 2:1:2 ratio of accomodation, commercial and industrial does the trick pretty nicely.

And no.  I'm saying PD.com is a vast alien, Lovecraftian entity which will destroy everything you cherish.

The new SimCity ain't bad, the only problem I have with it is the limitation on space. I'll try that ratio in a new save though.

And to be fair, Cthulhu doesn't look all that threatening.



Kinda cute, actually. He can go ahead and destroy my cities all he wants. <3 I don't mind.

Found this place by complete accident (or was it?) and for some reason I find this place rather interesting.

So I shall lurk (though it probably defeats the purpose by being announced).

Too late. I've now added you on Facebook.

We are the harbinger of your perfection, Sehra Farron.

That which you know as PD.com is your salvation through destruction.

You fight against inevitability, thus struggling against cosmic winds.  Your greatest civilizations are doomed to fall, and your civilization will beg to serve us.  Know this as you struggle in vain - your time will come, and your people will fail.  Take what is useful, destroy the rest.  Progress cannot be halted.

Prepare yourself.

There's nothing really interesting on my Facebook but feel free. Also, all of my civilizations have already fallen, one after another, but that was mostly due to my shittastic skills at not being patient enough in SimCity/Civilization.  So, basically, you're saying I should build slower and more deliberate, knowing that most of my Sims will fail regardless but I can minimize the impact by not losing huge blocks at a time but smaller sections that can be rebuilt faster. Only build what I need, discard the excess/unnecessary, and I should progress at a steadier pace.

Good tips.

As a spouse of a redhead, I can fully attest to them being absolutely up to no good at all times.

Do they have more or less fun than blondes?

There's an article that a friend posted on Facebook about how parents shouldn't be excited about their kids going back to school, and in fact, even joking about it is a bad thing, because that means you don't love your kids or some shit.

http://www.sistersraisingsisters.com/please-do-not-be-this-mother/

Whatever happened to having a fucking sense of humor? I mentioned this, and got chastised, because "I'm not a parent and I will never understand."

Oh fuck off and hit your funny bone.

Man, fuck those "every moment is precious" overprotective moms who are training their children that everyone on earth ought to be grateful for every moment of their precious presence. The kids they're raising are going to be hopelessly dysfunctional without therapy and hard work, and they're also being sent the message that time away from home is something to be sad about, and not a fun chance for adventure, exploration, and making friends. There's nothing that will make a kid feel more insecure and ambivalent about going to school like a clingy overprotective mom weeping about having to send them off to school.

Celebrating is A: funny as hell, and B: lets kids know that it's OK to be independent and go out into the world and learn stuff, and also to take time to be by yourself and be your own damn human being. Even when you're a parent.

The problem isn't just with parents anymore though. I've noticed an alarming trend of schools that are far too overprotective of these special snowflakes. Schools banning balls, cartwheels, books, water guns/pistols, triangle shaped pancakes, hugging/any form of touching, dodgeball and the list of bullshit items to ban from schools for bullshit reason(s) is long.

Then there's also the schools that called the police because a little boy kissed a little girl and they wanted to charge with him sexual asault, a boy made a gun gesture with his hand, some kid poked another kid with a pointy pancake, bans a little girl for shaving her head, bans a girl with red hair, bans a group of teens who saved a woman and her dog from a burning building, bans teachers from using red ink because it's too mean, bans a boy's backpack because MLP, bans sunscreen because a kid might drink it, a girl has distracting hair, a little boy folded a piece of paper into a gun shape and was expelled, expels a little girl because she didn't look feminine enough, a little girl is raped TWICE and she is not only expelled but also forced to write a letter of apology...

Christ, I could go on, the list is pretty long. I see something new about some school doing something completely ridiculous nearly every day on Fark.com. I mean, pardon my language here, but what in the actual fuck is going on? Did somebody pour some tainted kool-aid in the water supply?

Found this place by complete accident (or was it?) and for some reason I find this place rather interesting.

So I shall lurk (though it probably defeats the purpose by being announced).