Are your Governors' French?

danimal · May 3, 2002, 16:29

If your governors are french..they are damn stupid and never catch on to what you want. The Greek and Roman governors are the smartest. If you are hving trouble with stupid french governors I would sugeest you switch civs...and you may even win.

By the way....French soldiers do not fight very well either.

Miznia · May 3, 2002, 16:52

bump

Boris Godunov · May 3, 2002, 16:57

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Originally posted by Miznia
bump

Why? So MG will see it and hopefully ban this creep?

Miznia · May 3, 2002, 17:00

Maybe, but I just thought it would be good for people to read this tip. Maybe it should be moved to Civ3-Strategy, though...

trickey · May 3, 2002, 18:14

Govenors are stupid. 'Nuff said.

Jon Shafer · May 3, 2002, 18:30

I don't let governors run anything. And I manage all my workers myself. Things get kind of tedious though later on on huge maps.

Skanky Burns · May 4, 2002, 00:44

All governors were created equal.

Some were just more equal than others.

Jethro83 · May 4, 2002, 09:38

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Originally posted by danimal
If your governors are french..they are damn stupid and never catch on to what you want. The Greek and Roman governors are the smartest. If you are hving trouble with stupid french governors I would sugeest you switch civs...and you may even win.

By the way....French soldiers do not fight very well either.

/me is tempted to use a Monty Python and the Holy Grail quote here. But will restrain for the sake of keeping the thread on-topic.

I don't see any difference between English, French, Greek, Persian or Chinese governors.

But of course, that's because I'm such a control freak and need to run the show myself.

Boris Godunov · May 4, 2002, 12:58

There is no difference in any of the governors, this idiot is just spamming with his usual schtick.

whosurdaddy · May 4, 2002, 19:35

This Danimal always posts nonsense!!! Please, ban him someone!

Miznia · May 5, 2002, 09:03

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If you are hving trouble with stupid french governors I would sugeest you switch civs...and you may even win.

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There is no difference in any of the governors, this idiot is just spamming with his usual schtick.

Actually I just tried it, using the Greek governors, and I won!

I'm gonna conduct this experiment with ALL civs' governors...

Saint Marcus · May 5, 2002, 10:13

Boracks · May 5, 2002, 12:44

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
There is no difference in any of the governors, this idiot is just spamming with his usual schtick.

Uhm, Boris, you're arguing with an idiot...

I don't use governors. If anyone is going to screw up production, I'll do it myself!

Ethelred · May 5, 2002, 18:24

I like the French. I am not idiot enough to let the governors run my empire.

Stupid is letting the governors run your core cities. It doesn't matter much for the hopelessly corupt cities.

Grrr · May 5, 2002, 23:57

You are complaining of governer stupidity, and you use them. Hypocrite

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dunk · May 6, 2002, 09:24

Are you sure there's no difference between governors?

Maybe they behave according to the civs traits.

Commercial civs would try to expand trade. Militaristic civs would build barracks or units.

Ethelred · May 6, 2002, 15:43

There are diferences in the governors. Each civ has its own preferences for build orders. Some like infrastructure and some like military.

All of them are less than optimal for a human player. They can't take the present situation into account and they can't read you mind. Only you can know what you are planning long term.

louiethelesbo · May 7, 2002, 08:02

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Originally posted by Ethelred
There are diferences in the governors. Each civ has its own preferences for build orders. Some like infrastructure and some like military.

All of them are less than optimal for a human player. They can't take the present situation into account and they can't read you mind. Only you can know what you are planning long term.

I agree ethelred ( does that stand for ethel in red?)

Ethelred · May 7, 2002, 14:51

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Originally posted by louiethelesbo
( does that stand for ethel in red?)

The full name is:

Ethelred ban Hangyvezenyl AKA Ethelred the Armourer.

Its a character I created long ago for a play by mail Diplomacy variant called Slobovia. Not to be confused with Ethelred the Unready, one of the last Saxon Kings of England.

asleepathewheel · May 7, 2002, 19:16

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Originally posted by Ethelred

The full name is:

Ethelred ban Hangyvezenyl AKA Ethelred the Armourer.

Its a character I created long ago for a play by mail Diplomacy variant called Slobovia. Not to be confused with Ethelred the Unready, one of the last Saxon Kings of England.

Ah, changes my perspective of you

Theseus · May 7, 2002, 19:28

I only use governors to manage moods, but I can actually make sense ut of the original post.

Depending on your style of play for a given game, the production choices of a given governor, as determined by civ preferences, may or may not match what you would want to produce.

Using the original example, the French governor will build for Happiness, Trade and Culture. If you are in warmonger mode, this is a bad match, and the governor's choices will mostly be wrong.

I have started experimenting with the governor in the later game, to reduce tedium... they work OK when in builder mode, depending on the settings.

Ethelred · May 7, 2002, 21:00

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Originally posted by asleepathewheel

Ah, changes my perspective of you

You thought I was a woman didn't you?

Its real popular to do that but just how many Ethels have you ever met? I know exactly one. My aunt and she is over 70 and only my mother called her Ethel. It is kind of fun when some idiot thinks I am a women and thinks he can shock me with a potty mouth. I once refused to answer one guy when he asked my sex. I pointed him to this site:

http://battle1066.com/index.html

And he still didn't get it. Despite the fact that on that forum (MaximumPC) I used the name Ethelred(hardrede) which covers two different men on that site.

I don't like to use my real name online except to buy something. Its unique. Everyone one with my last name is a member of the family and as I far as I know I am only one with my first name.

asleepathewheel · May 7, 2002, 21:14

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Originally posted by Ethelred

You thought I was a woman didn't you?

Its real popular to do that but just how many Ethels have you ever met? I know exactly one. My aunt and she is over 70 and only my mother called her Ethel. It is kind of fun when some idiot thinks I am a women and thinks he can shock me with a potty mouth. I once refused to answer one guy when he asked my sex. I pointed him to this site:

http://battle1066.com/index.html

And he still didn't get it. Despite the fact that on that forum (MaximumPC) I used the name Ethelred(hardrede) which covers two different men on that site.

I don't like to use my real name online except to buy something. Its unique. Everyone one with my last name is a member of the family and as I far as I know I am only one with my first name.

I don't think I've ever actually met an ethel.
I didn't think you were a woman. (a woman on thise site?) I was just kidding anyway. May I ask where you're from?

Ethelred · May 7, 2002, 21:32

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May I ask where you're from?

California USA. Born in Los Angeles but that is just where the hospital was. I now live in Anaheim close enough to Disneyland to hear the fireworks.

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I didn't think you were a woman. (a woman on thise site?)

Why not? My sister-in-law was one the beta testers for Alpha Centauri.

Skanky Burns · May 7, 2002, 21:41

Probably because there are like 10 women in total on this site, and around 19,000 men.