Apolyton Civilization Forums > Miscellaneous > Archive > Civ2-General/Help-Archive

Apolyton Archive | Preserved copy of the Apolyton Civilization Site and its forums as they stood in September 2005. Read-only; nothing here can be posted to or replied to. | Forum index | About this archive | The 1998–2001 UBB forums

Today on Apolyton

WARDELL INTERVIEW PROMO

A.C.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 4

GET CIV4 /w FREE PLUS!

A.C.S. PHOTO GALLERY

GET A.O.M. V1.1

main| civ2| civ3| civ4| smac| ctp2| ron| moo3| galciv| galciv2| alt| about|

Apolyton Civilization Forums : Powered by vBulletin version 2.0.3

Apolyton Civilization Forums > Miscellaneous > Archive > Civ2-General/Help-Archive > what is ICS?

Show a Printable Version |

Email This Page to Someone! |

Receive updates to this thread |

Report this to Apolyton news!

bottom of page

Author

Thread

< Last Thread Next Thread >

Naj

May 2000
time: 05:12

26-06-2000 22:27

what is ICS?

Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

well?

Andz83

Guest

Not Yet
time:

26-06-2000 22:34

Increase Your PM Length

It means Infinite City Strategy. You build as many cities as possible on your land. So close that they overlap each other. They have very little production but you can build up a huge army though. This needs much time but can be effective.

Uneffective for game finishing via Alpha Centauri I think...

Geography Dan

King

boring hellhole full of close-minded fascists
Apr 2000
time: 21:12

26-06-2000 23:08

Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

I thought it was Infinite City Sleaze.

Bohlen

Prince

of Space
Nov 1999
time: 00:12

26-06-2000 23:10

Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

It stands for Infinite City Sleaze and is quite effective for any type of game you are playing. The idea behind it is that by expanding as quickly as possible, you are able to work more city squares, thus giving you the opportunity for more trade arrows.

------------------
Proud Warrior of the O.W.L. Alliance

SCG

King

of less than all that I see
Jun 2000
time: 00:12

26-06-2000 23:16

Support Apolyton

quote:

Uneffective for game finishing via Alpha Centauri I think...

used correctly, you can build your entire spaceship in one turn though - seems like that would be pretty effective

(every city builds a couple caravans and sends them to their designated construction site - poof! instant spaceship

) And in any case, on larger worlds, you don't even have to cram them so close together (some true ICSers will fit 4 cities in a 3x3 square) I personally take more of a perfectionist ICS stratagy with no overlap - there's room on large worlds to build 200+ cities with virtually no overlap, and when 200+ cities are all well developed, well, the production potential is impressive

Of course you might want to set aside several months if you want to micromanage each and every city

not to mention the game is usually well in hand at that point as well.

DaveV

King

USA - EDT (GMT-5)
Jan 1970
time: 00:12

26-06-2000 23:17

Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Here's how: build only settlers, diplomats, ground units, and the bare minimum number of ships. Keep building cities, and take away the other players' cities. Use Hanging Gardens to keep order in the early game, then use Statue of Liberty to switch to Communism or Fundamentalism.

Scouse Gits

Emperor

Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
time: 05:12

27-06-2000 03:27

Visit Scouse Gits<br><a href=/members><img src=/forums/images/lifer-icon.gif border=0></a><BR>'s homepage!

Increase Your PM Length

ICS is a powerful strategy, with many variants. It is good for early landings on AC, as well as conquest. Dave V has landed in the Sixteenth Century using the philosophy he describes. Follow his advice!
-----------
SG (2)

Alexander's Horse

Guest

Not Yet
time:

27-06-2000 03:48

Get a bigger avatar today!

ICS players can be VERY ANNOYING in multiplayer games, particularly if they overlap cities. The overlap strategy requires a LOT of micro management, which means very long turns. Consult our playing partners before embarking on the overlap variant.

finbar

King

Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:12

27-06-2000 04:13

Inflate your Upload Space

Well said, Horse. I think ICS started out life as an acronym for Infinite City Strategy, but the S came to stand for Sleaze, as various people decided it was a less than ... um, worthy strategy.

It's a hard strategy to combat unless you find the player early and strike hard. Early on, the ICS civ will have very little defence as the player concentrates on building settlers. Another tactic is to build the Happy Wonders before the ICSer can, for without the Happys, the ICSer runs into obvious trouble.

------------------
finbar
Mono Rules!
#33984591

MacUser

Prince

Olathe, KS, USA
Jul 1999
time: 23:12

27-06-2000 07:06

#10

Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I STILL like "Insane Civ Strategy" for ICS! As Ming said (paraphased or butchered ) awhile back: "when I find an ICS player, I call it TOAST!"

------------------
Different is GOOD!

AOL IM--JacSamDad

finbar

King

Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:12

27-06-2000 08:25

#11

Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Yeah, but first you've got to find the little buggers.

------------------
finbar
Mono Rules!
#33984591

Naj

May 2000
time: 05:12

29-06-2000 09:52

#12

Suffering from ads?

hehe, i get it know. thanks all

Ari Rahikkala

King

Unreported loss of streaming in atomic read operation
Oct 1999
time: 07:12

29-06-2000 04:00

#13

Put an end to popups!

For me, ICS has meant Infinite City Sprawl.

Loved children has many names, or something...

Ming

Chief Minion

Donate to the Red Cross

Mingapulco - CST
Jan 1970
time: 23:12

29-06-2000 23:14

Visit Ming<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!

#14

Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

finbar... so true, so true! If you don't find an ICSer early, you will understand why the S stands for sleaze when you see how many cities he has.

Raging hordes or early detection is the only real way to combat an ICSer in an MP game.
Oh, and getting all the Happiness wonders can also slow them down some

Nothing better than listening to an ICSer complain about all the barbs they have crawling over them

And yes MacUser, you got the quote right!

St Leo

King of Scenario League

Member of the Apolyton Social Democratic Party
Jul 2005
time: 00:12

30-06-2000 19:05

Visit St Leo<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!

#15

Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

what is ICS?

The reason I do not play random map games.

------------------
St. Leo
http://ziggurat.sidgames.com/
http://www.sidgames.com/forums/

CapTVK

King

Voorburg, the Netherlands, Europe
Jan 1970
time: 05:12

01-07-2000 03:01

#16

Get a bigger avatar today!

The problem with ICS is that there's no way to counter it. Once it starts moving you can't stop it. Apart from an early discovery, isolation and barbs there's no effective strategy available.
An ICS'er will always win in the end if he has enough land and keeps micromanaging his cities and gets his units moving.

For details: (How to beat ICS) http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum2/HTML/001161.html

Another good link (the MP FAQ) http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum2/HTML/001270.html

I really have to do an update. Plenty of good threads in the past few months!

< Last Thread Next Thread >

All times are GMT. The time now is 05:12.
Apolyton Time is 00:12.

top of page

Rate This Thread:

archivepost

Forum Jump:

Forum Rules:

You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON

Contact Us - Apolyton Civilization Site - Support Us!

Building a better Apolyton through better information. Click here and take our poll!
Non-US visitors, click here!

Powered by: vBulletin Version 2.0.3
Copyright ©2000, 2001, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.