/snorks at the last few words.

Sometimes I do my reptilian friend...sometimes I do.

Do I trust myself....newp.  I often, dispite my soap box above, let my emotions get the best of me and I loose control of what I know is right...or wrong.   Without the feeling of control, you cannot trust 100%.  See...see...talking out of my ass lol.

Ah no it isn't a gila, that is a Mali Uromastyx.

Flattery won't get your mylar ball out of the drawer...

On another note, I was thinking of getting Spore.  I read a bit about it recently the way the different stages of the game work sounds very interesting.  Anybody here played it yet?

I have been playing it alot KP. And by alot i mean... A LOT!! lol...

It is a fun little game, very addictive but i think the game will be most appreciated by those who are Simcity fans. It has a very immature feel to it, though i did read it was "dumbed" down to gain a wider audience but neverthe less it is providing much ammusement. The creature stage is my favorite ATM though i have just progressed to the Space stage on a well played map (i restared many time as i learnt the game better) and am having fun.

I'd like to get Spore but only prblem is, DRM. But I might consider changing my mind.

Yeah, that does kind of piss me off a bit.  I hope that more game companies will pay attention to Stardock's "Gamers Bill of Rights".

One thing that I think could be better in PM08 is that I wish your candidate acquired new skills & abilities along the campaign trail, but only rarely does anything increase, and any increase you might get within the game resets after the last election.  Also the way the sliders work for opinions on the various issues when you create your character is too restrictive....its not likely your candidate will have strong views on anything, because its too expensive.

I havent tried the Europa or Drengin scenarios yet.  I've beaten up through Lincoln using Korak, and then using Reagan I made it up to Thomas Jefferson, who keeps whipping my ass!

Sentient species taste better...

yeah same here i hope Valve listens to and gets rid or re makes STEAM i tryed to ploay half life the outher day and it said it was unavalable WTF...

I just noticed another EA gem while counting my wifes Sims 2 disc bow collection. One game ,six major expansions,seven stuff collections{stuff you could download for free in sims1} all on CD. My wife does not like to buy the Dvd versions. So she has over 21 discs for one game Just imagine if gal civ 2 was EA the update in october would be on disc at walmarts for $9.96 retail. If spore or any other EA game catches on you too will be swimming in discs.One final note of dispair{or hope?} about EA, my wife had Sims 1 but when we got a new computer she couldnt find one key disc from the base game so no sims till she bought the base game over again, then two months later they reliesed the whole game on Dvd at $39.99 .This ends my off topic, wrong post rant of the day.

No Spore for me, that's all I got to say, I'd like to people protesting by not buying any games made by EA.

i'm back! and i'm dead! lol

Let's just get back to talking about the MV. I need to continue a Swindle game I was working on.

Hey whats up with that...no name change?

What sort of setup are you using Seth?  Race, galaxy settings, super, etc.

I did!  Looks like it might have some great potential for individual colony management, if it works out the way I think it should.

Sentient species taste better...

The Swindle works best with a maximum number of opponents, so you can Swindle each one of them in turn, and most of the planets in the galaxy are colonized.  In my last game I went from a couple dozen planets, to over 450 planets after the first Swindle.  I'd also suggest you change the homestar so you get a better starting planet.  I like using Thalia for the class 15 planet, or Oxor so you get one class 10 and one class 8.  Let me know if you have any questions or want some hints.

Sentient species taste better...

Anyone would sell their planets to you in the same situations and the same Diplomacy.  I wouldn't back the mentality that the Korx are to be a mercantile race fool you that they'll sell you their grandmother any more than the Alterians will.