Don't worry - maybe saying "drastic" action was a poor choice of words. I'm not going to say anything bad about SD. Personally, even though I don't approve of some of the things that they have done, I must say that we owe it to them for making Galactic Civilizations. I also don't think my post will piss anyone off. I'm not going to blame, slander, or flame anyone - I'm just going to try and get people back into GalCiv2. I won't (intentionally) do anything to tick anyone off. I just want to see if I can stir some general approval and renewed interest in the game. If you haven't noticed - I really don't have too many posts were I actually flame anyone.

I'm really glad with how welcoming everyone was when I first came to the forums and the MV. I try to make friends every time I post somewhere - I never want to hurt someone's reputation or their feelings by saying something bad about them.

Your idea of starting a new thread is a very good idea. I think that would be pretty cool. As you can see, my stats in the MV are not the best in the world, so I could always have room to improve. Just for everyone's general amusement - I tried my first eer Suicidal sandbox game on TA - OMG I got my sorry little arse kicked. It wasn't even funny. Well, kind of. Let's just put it this way - I lasted 1 yr. and 2 months. I had about 10 military ships, and the Thalan had about 100. Ouch. Once they declared war on me, it only took them 10 turns to overrun me. Again, ouch.

I have nothing but respect for all of you experienced players. I just hope that if I make a post or two, I might get some interest out of someone that's just browsing the forum. There seem to be quite a few people who play the game still, but they just don't play MV. I also hope to spur some of the veterans to maybe post an MV game or two every once and a while. I think my little campaign to get the forums back on track is going to turn out to be more of a refresher on why this game is so incredible. Once again - I'm a pretty toned down guy.

BTW - until someone can find another player who frequently has longer posts and replies then me (besides kryo or mumblefratz), I'm going to claim the title of King of the Long Winded Posts! I do tend to get a little carried away sometimes. Sorry. Best Regards.

~ Cypher ~

if you post it in these forums, do me a favor and link to the thread in this one; otherwise i'll probably miss it, and i'd like to participate.

with comments like that, i can certainly tell that you're learning some of the forum personalities i'm going to start a thread on the ToE site with links to some of the interesting and useful threads we've had in here over the past. there's a lot of great information archived in the site, but the problem is finding it. as a tip, rather than using the forum search, use google. search for whatever phrase you want, and then add "site:forums.galciv2.com" to the end. it's pretty effective.

Hey guys:

I've done it! I've created my 1st installment of my plan to renew the passion for GalCiv2. The post is named (fittingly) - A Call to Action - Renew Your Passion. If you guys have any suggestions on how to make my campaign go even better, feel free to chime in.

BTW - I'm pretty sure that my title as King of Long-Winded Posts was confirmed with this new post. It's a doozy! Best Regards.

~ Cypher ~

I agree with you KP. I still made my post because it might be what renews the passion for the game in a few players, and, for me, that's all that really matters. This is really an awesome game, and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it, either. Thanks KP. Best Regards.

~ Cypher ~

@ Seth: I'd be happy to commit a character to your empire to help with the standings, if you would like me to.

~ Cypher ~

i think its good that there is a core group of us that have formed a pretty close bond with each other as gamers, and still browse the forums asnwering questions as we see them.

For example, I see Sole Soul as the true successor of Mumblefratz and Iztok Bitenc; KzintiPatriarch may one day be able to at least claim parity, if not surpass, magnumaniac and wyndstar; and we still get jokes from Piznit and Dystopic.

And KP is right, I know that there will be a few of us "oldtimers" around to hold down the fort until GCIII comes out.

And I still need to get my 1000 games in that is...once the MV starts working again (will someone please send me a PM when it does, it would be most appreciated)

-Silver-

@ Silverbeacher: I think you're right. It's great that the true core group of people who enjoy Galactic Civilizations will still be around. Great point. I'm not sure if you consider me in that core group or not, but I can assure you that I'm not going to leave these forums and this great game. Best Regards.

@ Everyone: I'm not too sure about what you all mean about the MV not working. Since it apparantly isn't, should I stop playing MV games and hitting 'Post to Metaverse'? Am I just wasting my time on games that won't count? Every time I post, I get new medals and stats, and my score keeps going up, so I know that at least that part is working. I assume that you guys mean that the MV isn't updating the scores for the Empires, correct? Thanks.

~ Cypher ~

the empire ranks and scores aren't updating, that's all. individual scores are, i think, and obviously MV games are still being saved.

Also if there is a MV for Galciv III then hopefully the Geckodon Alliance will be one of the vetran empires if there are any.

I thought they shot down the idea of the MV in GC3....Where the post is, gawd knows.

You sound like you're going to have a very busy weekend Seth.

~ Cypher ~

While I am not going to travel all the way to Australia just to hug you, I can assure you that you don't need to worry about GalCiv2 losing popularity. Well, it is, but you don't need to feel lonely. All of us here are obviously still here (duh). And I don't think any of us will be leaving any time soon. If you need any further motivation, check out my post - A Call to Action. It's under the General Category in the forums here, but I think it might still be up on the main page (if it's popular?). Best Regards.

@ Seth: My 2nd character has been added to your empire. I'll try and give you guys a score soon, even though the MV is still down. Maybe all of the totaled scores will be applied once they fix this mess. Best Regards.

~ Cypher ~