I'm kinda undecided on it currently.
In the game I'm playing now, I got a pretty good start, colonized about a half dozen worlds, and shortly found myself top of the heap, playing with the max allowable civs. I controlled a sizable chunk of space, and was doing about 40% of the research. Once I'd built up a bit of a fleet, I began taking out my neighbors, beginning with the godless Yor, of course.
Upon taking a couple of their worlds, they surrendered their remaining ones to the Terrans. Fine, I thought, I'm buddies with the humans, no prob. Next civ on my list was the Torians, who only had a couple of planets. Well, as soon as the cowardly wusses saw my fleet parked outside their capital, they also surrendered, again, to the hairless apes. Bah, I'm thinking, time to set up a few influence SBs, and scarf those planets.
I carry on with my conquests, quickly crushing the Iconian fleets, who, you guessed it, surrender their remaining worlds to those smug bastards, the Terrans.
I'm getting a bit ticked by now, and decide to stop the warring, build up a bit more, and then go after the Drath and Drengin, who border my realm. They're at war with the Arceans, who are my buddies, but on the far side of the galaxy.
Of course, yep, you guessed it, they both surrender to the slimy buttkissers, the bloody Terrans, who now have an empire comparable to my own. Before I can send my ships to take out another civ, the remainder, excepting the Arceans, now my allies, all surrender their empires to the evil, despicable humans.
Now, I was positive this game was in the bag earlier on, but now find myself in 2nd place, behind the poxridden Terrans, who are now sending me nasty messages about my SBs.
What a game.
