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[+] 131 points 8 months ago (22 children)
  • [–] 68 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    That and the US being such a large market while having some of the worst internet in the developed world. Last I read only ¼ of the network is fiber 

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago

    I live in France, has fantastic fibre, would still hate to play civilisation "in the cloud".

    There is just no incentive to do so IMO. Even a cheap mobile phone can render well enough, and I just hate any kind of even "possible" lag.

    /Rant off 😋

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago*

    I play games over 4G happily. Not likely to work very well with game streaming. Especially if everyone else is. I did it during covid and it was ok but input lag was noticeable. SSH dwarf fortress and got into cdda was a better experience.

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  • [–] 33 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's so stupid. It's a solution looking for a problem.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    What if everyone is on the cloud in the shooter?

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Would be cool to play civ5 on a long term server.

    I'm thinking something that emails you when its your turn too. Like playing chess over mail.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Isn't that a thing in freeciv, that open source version of civilization?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    There is a freeciv? How did i not know this

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, there's a web version of the game if you want to try it out, though it seems to be based on civilization 2 or 3 rather than 5 or 6.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Civ over mail. Physical mail. Like those old mail chess games in the times before online chess (use https://lichess.org/ btw <3 ).

    Move a scout, wait 3-5 days for the answer.

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