I made the adjustment, but it hurt. I’m still slower at things than I used to be.

Leaked pictures / more confirmation. It’s “real” now, or at least a more solid rumor than before.

I’ve been enjoying it, although it is still unpolished. I think ultimately whether you like the new direction (changes to the age system/picking new civs mid game) is going to be a matter of personal taste. To me, I now feel like my unique civ bonuses are always relevant, instead of just in whatever specific era. I also find myself more engaged in mid to late game.

But I’ve also read a number of comments where people prioritize other aspects of the Civ experience, and those folks do NOT like the changes to game flow. Your mileage may vary.

My understanding is that the cotton gin led to more slavery as cotton production became more profitable. The machine could process cotton but not pick it, so more hands were needed for field work.

Wiki:

The invention of the cotton gin caused massive growth in the production of cotton in the United States, concentrated mostly in the South. Cotton production expanded from 750,000 bales in 1830 to 2.85 million bales in 1850. As a result, the region became even more dependent on plantations that used black slave labor, with plantation agriculture becoming the largest sector of its economy.[35] While it took a single laborer about ten hours to separate a single pound of fiber from the seeds, a team of two or three slaves using a cotton gin could produce around fifty pounds of cotton in just one day.[36] The number of slaves rose in concert with the increase in cotton production, increasing from around 700,000 in 1790 to around 3.2 million in 1850."

See also; the cotton gin.

I came here to recommend this, too. This game lets you really hit a nice vibe with the movement. Has co-op, too!

The Masterwork Mod back on the pre-steam version let you play Orc Fortress or Kobold Camp. I didn’t mess with it too much, but it was pretty novel!

Congratulations, me too. Systemic problems don’t affect every individual in the system in the same way.

But if you saw where this was going and said it too early, this perspective means you’re responsible for people not taking you seriously now!

Counter Strike was way better when this was the vibe. I am so tired of competitive this and gun case that. I’ve never been interested in 5v5 scrimming in any serious way, but that’s all CS2 wants me to do.

I want gun game, I want wc3, I want ZM. I want quirky custom maps (glass!) and quake sounds and !bet ct all. I want to fuck around with new friends on a server for an evening, not to sweat my balls off throwing practiced smokes on dust2.

Big agree. Figuring out over building with the interface was so frustrating! Seeing city connectivity too.

Yeah, I am enjoying the age mechanic as a new approach to the formula. It’s not without its flaws, but in previous Civs after a certain point I just stopped playing/didn’t finish games when the outcome was clear. I’m doing that less now.

You would answer atrocity with atrocity and call it progress. Tell me, the families of those you “re-educate,” do you expect them to allow you to do this without a fight? And others of conscience who object, will you imprison them too? How many would you murder to reach your ideological purity? When you’re done, will you look in the mirror and recognize that you, too, are impure?

I was hoping we’d see a new version sometime after the launch of CS2, but even that has had glacial development (still missing modes and maps from CSGO).

I loved the T2 Arcade Game on SNES. This is different but matches the vibe perfectly. Looks awesome!

But I love flailing my hand around like mad to cheesily get a bunch of hits in quickly!!!

Yep. For what it’s worth. I played about six hours today and had an absolute blast. Definitely some UI weaknesses, but I’ve been focusing more on the big changes to the gameplay loop, and I like them so far.

But I’m just some random online.

Can confirm. Am public employee. My shit is public.

This was an interesting read, thanks for sharing.