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Civ 5. Yoink (155/227)

155. Yoink! As Austria, replace another civ as allies with a City-State and acquire the City-State through diplomatic marriage in the same turn. To get this one, be sure to have enough gold to make the City state your allie … Continue reading

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Civ 5. RAM Usage (154/227)

154. RAM Usage, research satellites while playing as Atila in a huge map. This took me a while as I started the game from the ancient times. Can get it quickly if game starts in information era. List of all … Continue reading

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Civilization 5 – new achievements comming

Expansion Gods & Kings is almost here, and new achievements are already listed. Here some samples: And some more: Access Denied Apocalypse Now Austrian Succession Baktun the Future Capture of Brielle Celtic Thunder Colonize This! Dancer, Actress, Empress, Victor Defender … Continue reading

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Connect VS2010 to TFS 11 express

Today I had a little issue trying to create a new project from VS2010 to my just recently installed TFS 11 express : I confirmed in security manager that I had all access possible…. To fix it I installed Team Explorer for … Continue reading

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TFS 11 express available

Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11 Express Beta  [TFS 11 express] I was reading the other day (2/23) bharry’s WebLog and he mentioned will be announcing the availability of our VS/TFS 11 Beta soon. I expected to be today (2/29) with the whole thing … Continue reading

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Civ 5. Rest in Gold Pieces, Bolt and Arrow, The Choson One (138-140/176)

138. The Choson One. Win as Korea 139. Rest in Gold Pieces. Gain 1000 gold from expended Great People with the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus across any number of playthroughs 140. Bolt and Arrow. Build Statue of Zeus and Temple of … Continue reading

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Civ 5. Fear the Turtle & Seoul Power (136-137/176)

136. Fear the Turtle. Win the Korean Scenario as Korea 137. Seoul Power. Win before 100 turns as any power In the Samurai Invasion of Korea I won the scenario as Korea, I won by year 1607 and I used … Continue reading

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Civ 5. Epic Gilgamesh, Thoughtful Telemachus & Wonderwall (133-135/176)

Looks like I’m falling behind, I need a break in my work and play a bit more. 133. Epic Gilgamesh. Win as Gilgamesh 134. Thoughtful Telemachus. Win on Prince 135. Wonderwall. Build 3 wonders in the same city In the … Continue reading

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Civ 5. New Replay option available

Just when I started to think I was mastering the game I found the latest update a good improvement. A very nice surprise, as part of today’s update, there is now a Replay option at the end of the game, … Continue reading

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Civ 5. June 27, 2011 update

From today’s update the most interesting changes are those related to the policies. Now when you complete a policy tree you get an extra gift. For example in Tradition tree gives an extra bust of 15% food production, something I … Continue reading

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