hmm... off the bat, i never meant to suggest that you shouldn't speak your mind. i'm not sure what i did to give that impression; maybe the word 'digression.' all i meant to say with that was that our discussions had gone off the original topics; i don't consider that a bad thing at all. As long as it goes your way? (friendly poke in the RIBS) <div class="Article
Ok ok have a good question (I think) ... since I usually play diplomatic/cultural at the start, the AI don't get a look at what weapons I research, or ... I start with one and switch after the first peek at their defenses. Anyone else notice that once the AI starts building say shield defense ships to counter beam weapons, they don't seem to be able to switch over to say missile defense? poor buggers were still building shield defense ships when I started putting out photon torp armed small ship
I'm back, but I still need to catch up on everything. Welcome back. Looking forward to your gerontological genius getting going great gunz. Have a good vacation?
Funny you mentioned that ... I was just thinking about kicking off a thread about movies etc. Just got done viewing some SNL (Saturday Night Live) comedy dvd's. Best Of: Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin ... hilarious! Also picked up a replacement "Young Frankenstein" (pronounced FronkenSteen) with Gene Wilder ... Comedy at this particular time, but I did get inti sci-fi for a while, until
This essentially allows for folks to automatically be "handicapped" simply by playing at their normal level. I see no reason that all levels can't both compete against all other levels and be teammates with all other levels. I don't see any particular disadvantage that the lower level player would have against a higher level player. The only real disadvantage would be if someone played beneath their normal level which we will preclude. I think it's better for all if ev
Now all I have to do is keep hitting the turn button. The Yor vs. Torian & Drath war was strangly an even matchup between the two sides, the entire war was an ongoing cycle: declare war, 25 turns, peace treaty, build up more troops, repeat. Though I could still afford to keep the feds out of harms way. The loss to trade was crippling my economy, but I had to keep them at war until I won, so I researched some government techs, turned into an Interstell
Yeah, it's amazing how the little details about ship xp and hit points sailed over my head completely the first 10 games or so. Coincidently, I just did a game where I was so paranoid I built fleets of massive Godzilla-like ships (5 with logistics pretty much maxed) ... in the mid-game they were superior and survived every encounter, now they have something like 185hp each, and I split them up into pairs and they STILL dominate any fleet the pitiful wretches can put together at this point. <
Anyone heard of any formal academic work underway to try answering a question like "Which yields higher quality information over time: a paid, credentialed staff or an open pool of volunteers?" Seriously? I haven't ... after thinking about it I imagine there is a think-tank somewhere with that data on-file in case it's needed, but it's probably in a secret vault under the What? h^ouse. Or, try the universities 'archives. Too lazy to look them up, but spiffing (I m
When is ghostwes getting back, anywayz. I kinda miss clesaning up after the old far... oh, nvm. In The NEws, I should have my first tough victory today or tomorrow (and I didn't even have to restart). If I had tech or diplo victory enabled i could have finished it already. Those darn Arcaens tricked me into giving up an economic treaty early on, and now they are being obstinate. Everyone else is ded, why don't they just give up? P.S. - to use quotes you can click 'quote on the
ElWhopO speaks about "East vs. West" - I'm not sure what he/she means. Is East = East coast? Or is this some kind of Huntington-style clash of civilizations with the Western world against the Orient? Being German myself, I fit into neither of the two categories (Well I could pretend to be Iranian if that helps...) He, She, or It if that helps ... or otherwise you may refer to me as Universal Saviour and All-Dimensional Overlord With Unlimited I.Q., S
I don't really see Wikipedia re-defining every facet of human life for those who experience it, but hey, who knows. I am crious to hear your opinion on that. I don't understand ? How could I give an opinion on how Wikipedia redefines every facet of human life for those who experience it? It's just a tool, graciously provided, not a Saviour come to fix the mental-malfunctions people have (for free). For brain-f**t fixing, someone would probably need a lot
There has been some discussion of multi-player. I think there's a thread about the case for no multiplayer (sticky). Seems there is some desire for something like that ... shameless plug for the new League idea proposed by ghostwes. Suggestion for a metaverse "league" If you like to watch battles you might be interested in AAR's. There's a forum for those too. ... check it out <a href="h
Have any of y'all taken a peek at the baby Citizendium ? "The project, started by a co-founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding 'gentle expert oversight' and requiring contributors to use their real names." They're only up to about 2,100 articles so far, but despite the clunky name it seems like an idea that could lead to good stuff in the long run. Nice! Looks like Wikip
I made a few notes and kind of free-thought the idea, trying to incorporate all the points made so far. Dis is what I came up with. Instead of what appears to be a tendency to re-define previous experiences/structure of Metaverse/Empires, why don't we think about a more League/league structure that fits in "under" the present structure? For instance, in stead of race or empire structure, try something like one league with several East v. West orientation. ----------<br
You mentioned some things I wanna try myself. As of now i don't use the governors for much except stopping building constructors when my influence rush over, or stopping building when the economy gets too strained. The big governor for me is the individual planet one, which i always have to go into for every planet I take over and stop the auto-upgrades. If I don't, as soon as I research a tech all my planets start building stuff and drain the bank. Course you can just put soc
and if so, even if you've said already, can you explain for me again why? i'm not trying to be argumentative; i'm genuinely curious and want to understand. Most of my liberal friends who support your view tell me (I paraphrase here), "I would rather live in tolerant world and let us die out the live in a brutal one." I would rather live in a somewhat brutal world than one which could be dying out. The Indus
I am skeptical about the Wiki because of what it encourages in people. Because of the freedom to tamper with so much information many people get decieved and the wrong ideas are portrayed. Not to mention it encouraging actions on envy and jelousy. That's all true ... and it's depressing that there is even a possibility anyone could be so ignorant as to post false information or let their envy/jealousy take over their mind. While I know that
fell into an insurmountable economic hole within the first four months every single time, because apparently I am completely incapable of playing a successful civ without taking some sort of Economics or Morale bonus. I've got to tinker with my build a little I tried populists lately. Morale and economics bonuses (30/30)for terrans works ok for me. Industrialists also work ok with terrans. War Party worked well with eco/research/morale bonus maxed out. You proba
My Official "Aye" - (I'm more used to 'Sir, Yes Sir!' ) Just tell me where to go and who to kill, give me transportation (going and coming ^-^) and I'll go watch T.V. (ahhh, the good old days) Us old geezers have to live on memries [snif] ... Whatever rules neilo and ghostwes decide is good to start with, it's not like they are going to actually take over the world, and besides I'm sure they wil
The Wiki in my opinion is usually shallow and one sided, however it does sometimes prove to be quite useful, however I would check a few sources other the Wiki if you want some kind of essence of fact. That's true no matter where you go for information. Skepticism is a very wise trait to have. I find myself using the Wikipedia more and more, and the more I do, the more instances I have of A. Not being satisfied (whiny) about not finding exactly what I w
predicting our parents actions so precisely that they may as well be mindless drones! lol, Subjective anal-y-sis? Hmmm. I suppose. How's your speech for Saint Peter coming? I hope you know that he can just snap his fingers and take away the effects of alcohol. He's had a lot of practice.
I'm still interested in the league - but Was that an objection? I thought about that aspect of it too ... maybe I can help cut through the minor stuff and suggest that the Primary Objective seems to be (to me anyway) providing a less formal venue which would be (possibly) less intimidating for new players (or those intimidated by being late-comes through no fault of theirs). -->> A popular empire with hundreds of members can handily be
i really, really hope Sally is a significant human other, and not the family pet [starts tossing quotes around] "The real test of an individual's character is not who their friends are, but how they treat someone who can do nothing for them" - "Predictability is a virtue of Slaves, not free men" - and one of my favs, by Epictetus: "If, therefore, any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone." Yea, it was the
Why don't all you old foggies join us whales. I am the emperor of the space orcas and I am 47. If you amalgamate with us, I will make all of your active players senators in our new empire which I will Rename "The Geriatric Whales of Doom". What do you think? We may Regain No. 1 spot. Bye for now TBAY Are you serious? What a Deal! [pauses][puts communicator on "super-secret-interoffice-red-phone-command-mode"][Scumby, come into my office - I have something I
Did I miss something? I'm pretty sure I'm the token gay boy around here and I usually spot the bashing (or co-opting) even if I don't always mention it. If that's what someone was looking for, then no, not from me anyway. If we were speaking in person I would gladly (not gayly) reassure you I detest bigotry and wouldn't stand for it in my presence ... and that it cuts both wayz. Compassion, honesty, strength, courage, intellect, and responsib
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