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DanQ
06-04-2011, 02:44 PM
Yea or nay. The one-hundred-and-nineteenth episode of PolyCast, "Depending Upon the Numbers (http://thepolycast.net/polycast/season5.php#episode119)", features regular co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick (http://apolyton.net/member.php/2-DanQ), "Makahlua" (http://apolyton.net/member.php/22677-Makahlua), Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=136315) and Lisa "qnl" Bang (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=163829) with first-time guest co-host Keith "CivCube" Block (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=26093); it has a runtime of 59m59s.

The summary of topics is as follows:

- 02m19s | Open Mic
Responding to an email from a frequent listener on bringing the Permanent Alliances (PAs) concept from Civilization IV into CivV.
- 10m15s | News
The first walkthrough (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJ97DCNXXo) video of Civilization: World having (http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/196012-Civ-World-walkthrough-video-by-Pete-Murray) been (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=423152) released (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=423154) by (http://www.weplayciv.com/forums/showthread.php?5822-Civ-World-gameplay-video) publisher 2K Games.
- 28m59s | Senate
Countering the sneak naval attack (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=416768) in CivIV, and then in CivV choosing between (http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?107170-CS-vs.-RA) Research Agreements and befriending City States and why "Pledge to Protect" (http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?101780-Why-quot-Pledge-to-protect-quot-CS) one of the latter.
- 52m01s | Miscellaneous
CivWorld may have some competition (http://blog.games.com/2011/05/20/is-zyngas-next-game-called-empires-and-allies-signs-say-yes) in the form of (http://www.weplayciv.com/forums/showthread.php?5839-Reynolds-vs-Meier-The-Master-s-Apprentice) the also up-and-coming Empires & Allies.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
The relativity of time, claims of immunity, and a common link for Facebook (http://www.facebook.com), MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) and GeoCities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocities).

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; sibling show RevCast (http://thepolycast.net/revcast) focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast (http://thepolycast.net/modcast) on Civ modding and TurnCast (http://thepolycast.net/turncast) on Civ multiplay.