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Reply to Empire thread --> The Gerontocracy in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

"Hi ghostwes - wanted to touch base and find out why I didn't see anything ref: joining the Gerontacracy Empire yet. Do I need to have email to me turned on? If so, I didn't, but I will turn it on now in case." If this was you, post something here in response and I will add you immediately. Doh - forgot to mention a name. I suppose I assumed there would be one included for me. Anyway, that was a few days ago and I managed to figure out that the

Reply to Metaverse Council Elections in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

In any case I move that the MVC take a vote on whether or not the submission of a metaverse game should or should not be a requirement for a MVC councilor. Do I have a second? Perhaps I'm a bit late getting in this discussion, however I feel like the position of councilor implies an ability to advise people in a wide range of subjects, and that the advice given would be best if the background knowledge were creditable. E.G. - How could anyone possibly tell s

Reply to GalCiv II: DA Beta 6 (1.59.098) released! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

yes I got it. But it is still a little confusing. Why are there two ways of using StarDock? I can hit "update" and it loads the .exe. Or, I can hit "stardock" and it opens the web browser. Um ... Can't be sure unless you could specify in what place in which application you are seeing the "update" and "stardock" options displayed for your selection. If you could be a little more specific, then when I get a chance I could repeat the steps you took an

Reply to Sci-Fi Books - Shaped my perceptions in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I really like Frank Herbert's work in Dune. Many of the themes match the world political situation at the time of their writting. He makes comparisons between spice and petroleum, and the Fremen and modern middle eastern cultures. Absolutely. He doesn't make comparisons, though, as much as open the door for the readers to make comparisons, if they are well enough educated to have a clue. Also the Dune movie on DVD was well done IMHO (William Hurt, Artis

Reply to Sci-Fi Books - Shaped my perceptions in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Ok, here's a relevant (to GalCivII) sci-fi book - It is "The Shiva Option" by David Weber and Steve White. Please allow me to share a quote from the web site that listed it. “They’d had such hopes. Even LeBlanc, whose job it was to remind them all of how little they truly knew—even now—about the Arachnids, had been unable to believe that any race could sacrifice so many ships, entire fleets of superdreadnoughts, even planets inhabited by its own kind, just to set a massive trap. Yet tha

Reply to Empire thread --> The Gerontocracy in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Thank You, Emperor! You made my day. ( "Guess what Susie? The Emperor gave me a kudo!" "Really? ElWhopO, you hunk, c'mere ..." )

Reply to GalCiv II: DA Beta 6 (1.59.098) released! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

In the Stardock Central application, I only needed to use the "tools>>check for application updates" option and this newest patch showed up, ready for me to highlight the new version that was under the "available" column and select "install" Twas a pretty fast patch too. DA went from 1.59[b].097 to 1.59[b].098, and heightmaps from 1.59[b].007 to 1.59[b].008. Did you get it ok, knownalien?

Reply to A quick joke in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I was trying to shorten it, maybe too much got lost in the process. Anyways, imagine way back when in the Mediterranean, the Phoenician sailors just starting to make trade happen, and they were inventing all this new stuff while they learned how to do it better. The formulas for increasing efficiency of ships, the engineering, making ships carry more and go faster ... etc. Algebra is used for figuring out how many square feet of sail there is, what height the mast is (something to do with the tr

Sci-Fi Books - Shaped my perceptions in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

The sci-fi books I have read shaped my perceptions of GalCivII b4 I ever played. I'm learning new things every day, like any Human should try to do, but looking back over my short career playing GCII, I see some interesting things. The 2 most relevent series of books, to me, are the Honor Harrington series (Author: Davis Weber, Baen publishing) and another one that's older but I can't find one around here anymore, but I remember an early one was called "Man-Kzin Wars" If I had one I'd l

Reply to AI cheating on first turn (buys more than one social improvement per planet) ? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

At least now I have a clue how the AI even keeps up with me - LOL -

Reply to A quick joke in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I made this one up - No one is sure where the word "Algebra" really came from. The debate still continues in dusty professorial clubs across the world. Some say from the Arabic language, some say from Greek, but here is the real story. Long ago there was this mediocre King, and he wanted desperately to be remembered for something, but he just couldn't think of any way to do that. One day, he heard some people talking about the cool formulas for figuring out things the sailors were using.

Reply to dark avatar choppy even with graphics all the way down in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks Kyro. Perfect example of how I don't pay attention to details sometimes ... (mumble mumbel ... now where are my Huggies)

Reply to Why ca't I get a person when I call the tech support line? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

no ... No .. NO! I'm not going to say anything!

Reply to Eve online -- Is it worth it? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

It's just that many people come into eve knowing they won't be able to competetively pvp for several months. and i think that there is some misleading things going on surrounding eve' pvp. i rarely see any good critiques or even descriptions of eve's actual pvp. all i hear is that it is really good. but i do not believe that it is very good. I hear a lot of that too ... Anyone who has seen my other posts knows I think it's a waste of time and mone

Reply to Buying New Comp - Need Advice Please!!! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Qbert - I upgraded my system to a asus crosshair mobo, 700w thermaltake power supply unit (psu), used my nvidia 7950gt video card, used my 4gb ddr-2 800mhz ram, and put an AMD 6000+ cpu (3.0ghz) onboard ... it's smokin! About 500% faster than the 3.0ghz(competing brand name)/asus p5wd2-deluxe mobo combo I had before. In comparison: The cpu is actually a lot cooler with the stock heatsink than the (other) one, seems like 20c cooler. No more spastic lockups. No need to overclock. No prob

Reply to dark avatar choppy even with graphics all the way down in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I was reading along in the posts here and didn't see any mention of using the "throttle frame rate" option in the menu ... would that help at all? Also, I noticed for the first time (I'm bad about details sometimes) that my ships seemed to get slower all of a sudden, and they were ... when they got outside my zone of control of a forward military starbase, with or without influence in the area, the speed/moves allowed would go from 16 to 3 ... thats a big slowdown. I suppose it's becau

Reply to 4X mmorpg? in MMORPG Stardock Forums

Bingjack brought up a good point, one problem that these games face is how to defend yourself when logged off. AI could be used to some extent, it's possible that it could be good enough to be acceptable, but how much control does the AI get? What if the AI spends all your money on defenses that you didn't want? It would take quite some time to get this right. Another problem, is that in 4X games you generally increase in power throughout the game until you ha

Reply to Empire thread --> The Gerontocracy in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

awww ... I liked "The Geezer Empire - Pain should be shared!" ... Everyone knows (except those too young to know ... yet) that "Old and devious beats young and strong every time" ... I'm old (35 is not old) ... and I'm pretty devious. If I could join, if I was accepted, what would we be doing, exactly? I'm still a noob with this whole empire thing.

Reply to Beta 2 and how is the game? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

If you preorder you get access at the beginning of the next phase, which is beta 2 right now. When beta 2 is released there will be an announcement, and if it goes the same way as beta 1, a window of a week or so after the release during which you can still preorder and get into that phase. Alternately, if you preorder via TotalGaming.net using TGN tokens, you get access immediately to beta 1 and all betas thereafter without needi

Reply to Is the game engine multiplayer friendly? in Sins Multiplayer Stardock Forums

The best experiences I've had playing cooperatively online have been in bf2142 and command&conquer generals. I haven't tried homeworld2, but I'll remember to check it out. Coming in fresh to this post and reading along, the best experiences of c&c online play came to mind most of all. Granted they were few and far between, and those of you who have also played there know it's not the game's problem ? ... but I

Reply to I want allies in Beta Feedback Stardock Forums

What I'm wondering is why your own allies are allowed to attack/steal colonies without declaring themselves hostile first? Or being prevented from doing so at all? Maybe I need to develop a new, more twisted, pathway in my brain cells, but this doesn't make sense at the moment.

Reply to The most dangerous people alive. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

The reason Mythology appeals to me is it helps me to better understand the world I was born into. I insist that I was innocent and completely without any "sin" at the time, however I have learned how since then, thanks a lot. The main tools I learned to use from the mythology books I read is metaphor and how it is used in myths, and to try to understand the metaphor in the context in which it was used. For instance this famous religious metaphor: " ... created the world in seven days."

Reply to The most dangerous people alive. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, like Shiva, Destroyer of Worlds, from India. You are an intelligent person, obviously. You would probably benefit tremendously from reading the books by Joseph Campbell I mentioned in my earlier post ("The Hero With a Thousand Faces", "Myths To Live By"). As I remember, perhaps not perfectly, Joseph Campbell touched on Shiva and thats how I learned Shiva destroyed worlds when it was time for them to go (every few hundred million years or s

Reply to The most dangerous people alive. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I came back in to add a postscript when I saw yur post, dragoon. You, my friend, are emminently wise and correct. So, can I sneek my P.S. in here? For those of you who didn't know, the professor I've been mentioning, Joseph Campbell? He had a little bit to do with helping to produce the original Star Wars movies, way back when.

Reply to Multiple "Vegan" minor races in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Thank you both veddy-veddy much