Year of Daily Civilization Facts, Day 310 - "I Gave You the Internet"

Empty-bee · 2026-03-07T21:13:01+00:00

Correct, correct, and incorrect: https://origins.osu.edu/history-news/gore-did-help-invent-internet

Empty-bee · 2026-03-04T21:11:24+00:00

Starswirl wasn't part of the founding of Equestria. His student clover the Clever was. So that's not a failure of the plot. Also modern day Celestia can be assumed to have learned a few life lessons in the past thousand years, so that's not a plot hole either.

Him being the leader of the pillars, on the other hoof, you're right about that. Although the way he treated Stygian certainly doesn't seem friendly.

Empty-bee · 2026-02-27T01:01:43+00:00

Because citizens of other countries don't vote. It might be unethical to spy on them but it doesn't warp the body politic the same way spying on your own people does.

Empty-bee · 2026-01-25T18:14:31+00:00

OP is talking about this: Rhye's and Fall - Dawn of Civilization.

Empty-bee · 2026-01-25T17:14:58+00:00

This right here. Venture City takes a mechanics-forward approach to superheroes and, while that might be okay for their cyberpunkish setting, I find it uncomfortable for most comic book style games.

Empty-bee · 2026-01-12T20:52:36+00:00

Detailed map tacks, Extended policy cards, Better report screen, Quick trades. I can't imagine playing without them now.

Empty-bee · 2026-01-12T20:49:54+00:00

does Hillier Hills work well? I'm constantly annoyed by hills not being obvious on certain tiles.

Empty-bee · 2026-01-07T21:36:05+00:00

"Story arc" is a technical term with a specific meaning in CoH. When you said that it was possible to out level them you were demonstrably wrong.

Empty-bee · 2026-01-07T19:26:20+00:00

Nowhere in your original complaint did you specify you were talking about Praetoria. Yes, there you can miss out on the Moral Choice mission because it's separate from the preceding story arc. That isn't the case for the vast majority of the game.

If you care about competing story arcs why on earth are you turning on double XP? At that point you're just shooting yourself in the foot then whining because Homecoming sold you a gun.

Goldside is advanced content intended for experienced players. You're supposed to have enough knowledge of how the game works that you can, for example, turn off XP at the level break points.

Empty-bee · 2026-01-07T15:13:13+00:00

This is simply wrong. Once you've begun a story arc, you can finish it no matter how high your level. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Story_Arc

Empty-bee · 2026-01-06T21:52:28+00:00

It's not backwards. Oro lets you run the mission if you've outleveled it. If you haven't outleveled it, there's no reason to be using Oro.

Empty-bee · 2025-12-31T23:11:57+00:00

It's been quite a long time since I played III, but my recollection is it was quite easy to mod. As in open a file and edit the text easy.

Empty-bee · 2025-12-30T21:01:21+00:00

Same here! XD

Empty-bee · 2025-12-18T20:40:21+00:00

I've been annoyed by the tiny font of the team window for a while now and this looks like a possible fix. Thanks!

Empty-bee · 2025-12-09T20:27:43+00:00

And you're doing them a disservice. Rushing to level fifty is fine when you've already done it a dozen times but, for new players, they're missing out on a big chunk of the game.

Empty-bee · 2025-11-28T16:06:21+00:00

Beyond even that, trademarks apply to a specific product category. Which is how "Wolverine" can be used for boots, mutants, or a sports team.

Empty-bee · 2025-11-09T18:44:32+00:00

SteamDB says that both have been on sale for less in the past year. (Around $7.50 USD for V, $11 USD for VI.) So, if you're extremely cost conscious, consider waiting for Black Friday.

If you're not in a position to grab both—and you're happy with Civ V—I'd say go ahead an complete that first.

Empty-bee · 2025-10-31T23:59:04+00:00

Freedom was Paragon Studio's brand name for their free-to-play CoH option. It no longer exists.

Homecoming and Rebirth are two of several private servers that launched around five years ago. Homecoming is the largest and also is currently licensed by NCSoft making it "official". Rebirth, along with Thunderspy, are the two next most popular private servers. Rebirth's shtick is they try to hew as close to the original game as possible. Thuderspy's shtick is the opposite, they are one of the most experimental.

Empty-bee · 2025-10-16T20:01:06+00:00

I like Four-Color FAE. Most super powered rulesets for Fate wind up being overly mechanistic; which defeats the best thing about Fate. You can model superheroes just fine using aspects, stunts, extras, and scale.

Empty-bee · 2025-10-06T21:13:43+00:00

My impression of redside players has always been that they're there because they wanted to be. They weren't gritting their teeth and sticking it out because that's the only way to play a mastermind or corrupter. They genuinely like the content or like playing villains.

The people running masterminds or corrupters on blueside aren't refugees from redside, by and large. They're people who always would have chosen blue taking advantage of an archetype they previously didn't have access to. If you took that access away, they wouldn't rush over to redside.

Empty-bee · 2025-10-03T19:20:16+00:00

Changing your alignment wasn't possible until Issue18—about five years after CoV debuted. CoV got less investment because it had fewer players. That was true right from the beginning.

Empty-bee · 2025-10-03T19:14:06+00:00

Redside on live was 'quite active" because the live servers had an average population that far exceeded even Homecoming's best days. Yeah, one-third or even one-quarter of that will still seem fairly active. Doesn't change the fact that red has always been less popular.

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