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[Ziggyz]

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gry.gildia.pl%2Fgry%2 Fsid_meiers_civ5%2Fpierwsze_wrazenia&sl=pl&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
I didn't see this post around so i decided too.
No more tech trading?! ):

[ShadowBadass]

yeah thats been known. it has been replaced with a "Research Agreement Pact".