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[SPOILERS]Acrid Pinot and other Pindicator anagrams

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October 21st, 2012, 23:42 (This post was last modified: October 22nd, 2012, 00:38 by Merovech.)
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(October 21st, 2012, 23:37)NobleHelium Wrote: Well all right then. We should just start calling everyone "Right Honorable" instead.

I would not mind being called that. (Also, in case you don't see the edit, my previous post now has a reference showing why you are correct in regards to former congressmen. The author says the use of "Governor" for Romney is incorrect, as well.)

Also, sorry for derailing your thread, Pindicator!
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October 22nd, 2012, 00:37
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I rather enjoyed the back and forth Merovech, no worries smile

Noble is ded-lurking me this game, at least until I do something so foolish that he decides to wash his hands of me. We're discussing what to do with this start right now.

While I think Zulu may be a decent choice here Comm, I've already taken them for a spin in 23. Going to try to get some fresh blood.

All these riverside grassland tiles it's hard to imagine FIN as anything but a clear winner. And EXP doesn't quite seem as hot for this start -- you only save 1 turn off the first worker with settle-in-place. Ideas being floated are FIN/CHM of Native Americans, SPI/IND of the Dutch, and lately FIN/IMP of Sumeria.

Plenty of time to look over things and sim out starts. I don't expect us to be running until at least the end of the week.
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October 22nd, 2012, 00:42 (This post was last modified: October 22nd, 2012, 01:37 by NobleHelium.)
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October 22nd, 2012, 00:44
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It can't be worse than what he did to me in PB5 :angel:
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October 22nd, 2012, 01:44 (This post was last modified: October 22nd, 2012, 01:47 by NobleHelium.)
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You should name all your cities after 6+ letter words that are anagrams of [nonadjacent] substrings of pindicator. There are 32 of them, I don't think you'll run out. Here's the list from wordsmith.org:

Indicator
Diatonic
Optician
Picador
Apricot
Diction
Poniard
Caption
Carotid
Cation
Tropic
Captor
Adroit
Action
Carton
Torpid
Cantor
Rancid
Patron
Candor
Ironic
Nordic
Inroad
Tarpon
Citron
Catnip
Tripod
Ration
Ordain
Indict
Aortic
Pardon
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October 22nd, 2012, 10:17
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That's a neat idea - i was considering 2-word combinations like the thread title but i'm not sure how many there are. I'm also wondering if this will mean all my cities are doomed to be razed or if that is just with naming them Pindicator
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October 22nd, 2012, 10:29
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You broke the trend in 34s, honestly, given you had 4-5 unburned by the end there.
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October 22nd, 2012, 11:18
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There are 27 two-word anagrams of pindicator. They look very similar to each other and would be confusing to refer to though, I think my list is much better.
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October 22nd, 2012, 11:36
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(October 22nd, 2012, 11:18)NobleHelium Wrote: There are 27 two-word anagrams of pindicator. They look very similar to each other and would be confusing to refer to though, I think my list is much better.

Fair enough. Maybe we can throw in some anagrams of NobleHelium or anybody else that wants to join in?

I dunno if I can do two straight games of naming every city after myself... My ego isn't quite big enough wink
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October 22nd, 2012, 21:09
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Victoria (FIN/IMP) of Sumeria still looks like a winner with the new rules. Noble is pushing me hard to go for this.
There's also no happiness visible at the start, so maybe FIN/CHA instead?

Still, going to brainstorm other combinations, both to have a back-up plan and also in case I find something else I like.

I think an Agricultural Leader is a must with this start, unless we really want to play to a certain civ's UU/UB.

FIN leader with fishing will get 14c more while building the worker, but that's not enough to make up for the 20b difference in Fishing & The Wheel. So Fishing doesn't make sense

Hey, we could do PHI/ORG of HRE!
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