Hey guys, hope everything is well with all of you. I haven't been playing GalCiv2 much lately, I'm afraid, but thought I would pop in to see how you're all doing. (Well, actually, also to see if there was any reason my Sacred 2 was taking forever to download).
[quote]One of my complaints has always been that Senator status doesnt grant any administrative abilities, other than approving new members if the empire isnt "open". They should at least be able to send invites in my opinion. Although, anyone could send out invites over PMs, if not the official Metaverse invites, so that is always an option too. [/quote] It should already be open, at least as far as clicking to join. The age limitations aren't hard-coded in, of course, nor do I ask
Glad to hear it, [b]particlewave[/b]. I only have the one character as well. Never really made sense to me to have more than one, other than for practical purposes for the league, and that makes less sense now than it did. All that said, I'm so busy with my new job in a new city (I just moved back to Toronto) that I barely have time to play, much less contribute much to our little empire. I don't know if there's a way to sign the empire over to someone who is able to pay more attention
I think we should have an election in order to be fair. That said, my vote goes to KP. However, I'm afraid I will have to withdraw from the league for the time being. Major changes in my life lately provide very little time for gaming. I'm really happy, though, that all of you have managed to take my idea of a league and make it into a successful ongoing affair. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised by that, too, but good on you regardless. Perhaps when I have some free time I will pop
[quote]Dan Simmons: The Hyperion series and his Illium, Olympus books Peter Hamilton: Nights Dawn Trilogy Verner Vinge: Zones of Thought Series - A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness In The Sky[/quote] Simmons isn't really space opera, but I highly recommend the first [i]Hyperion[/i]. The second one, not so much -- didn't really make a lot of sense to me. I second the Vinge suggestion heartily -- those are some of the best science fiction books I've read, and v
Has DJMJB interacted with the greater community in any other way than trying to join Seth's empire?
[quote]Because we were there for weapons not dead people.[/quote] How'd that work out for you, danielost? I see your invasion has added plenty to the piles of dead people, however. Great job. [quote] The media wouldn't want to give bush a freeby. [/quote] And why should they? If anything, their job is to do the opposite. However, near as I can tell, the media were mostly cheerleading for Bush's illegal invasion, including the so called liberal
[quote]Ghostwes, why would I lie.[/quote] Because you're just some guy on an internet forum. [quote]I'm just a soldier, nothing more.[/quote] So you say... [quote]You, on the other hand, are an idiot. You have no basis to say that I am lying, yet you did.[/quote] Actually, I do have basis. You provided no facts to back up your assertions. Later, after this comment, it appears that you have provided some links. I'll check them out. I will say
[quote]I've seen the mass graves IDMopman, this isn't propoganda, no one told me about it, I didn't read it in a book or newspaper. I was there. You think I'm lying, go to Iraq, they are still digging up the region and finding new mass graves. Hold one of the tiny little FUCKING skeletons in your arms and tell me it didn't happen.[/quote] And why not? Is there some reason why this would be kept out of the newspapers? I follow these things very carefully, both mainstream news and a lot o
[quote]I'll tell Georgie to not attack if the OP tells the Iranian Pres to stop funding terrorists, stop threatening Israel with utter annihilation, and stops encouraging terrorists in Iraq to blow up dozens of Iraqi children in suicide bombings.[/quote] And do you have any proof that Iran has done [i]any[/i] of this? If so, please show us. I really am surprised at how bloodthirsty most of you lot are. And for no reason at all. Quite disturbing really.
Can someone please tell me what Iran has done, exactly, to deserve being "nuked until they glow"? 1) Did Ahmadinejad say that all Jews must die, the Holocaust was a myth, destroy Israel, etc.? If you translate the original Parsi, what he said was very different, and not nearly as provocative. You can read more about that here: [link]http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14733.htm[/link] 2) Are they pursuing nuclear weapons? People keep accusing them of being a theocra
[quote]Last I checked, one of the X's in a 4X game was eXploit...[/quote] Wait, you mean it's not eXfoliate? Crap, I've been playing these games [i]all[/i] wrong... Last I checked, minor civs are neither affected by influence, nor does their influence affect anything, so you're best off just ignoring their influence starbases altogether, other than to wonder why they bother. I guess if they were smarter, they'd be considered a major race.
That review is hilarious. [i]"Online play is an enigma wrapped in a mystery held by a man whose job is to kick you in the crotch."[/i]
Reasonable assumptions, to be sure. However, I'm not sure it's common sense to set up a reporting system that emails so many people without making it clear what is expected of those reporting. I was certainly surprised to hear that it was set up that way and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Also, on your last note, if a person is being harassed/victimized by another poster -- which has been happening a lot around here lately -- I should think it well within their rights to be the
In another thread, Kryo has just informed us that using the [b]Report[/b] button [i]"sends emails to about 20 people. Thus the warning of consequences for frivolous reports."[/i] I've used the button a few times in the past, without knowing that I was spamming all of Stardock -- sorry about that! For future reference, I'd like to know what constitutes a "frivolous report", and under what circumstances we should be using the report function. -- Spamming? -- Flaming fellow
Whoa, really? I've used it to report spammers. Didn't realize that I myself was spamming when I did it! That said, I despise spammers, as I'm sure most people do. So what exactly is considered report-worthy?
[quote]I have never built a research Coordinator in a ZYW, i don't think I've even researched it. I'll try it though, good suggestion, if i can remember where it comes available.[/quote] Well, I think you get it at the same time you get the research buildings showing on your planet, no? Or maybe the one before it. They all look the same to me at this point, I'm afraid. Anyway, a tech building on both precursors plus one research coordinator would net you a lot more RP than two extra res
If I may ask a few questions... 1) Why are you guys building the political capital? Doesn't seem like it would help much with this strategy, as far as I can see, given the need for speed. 2) In that game, why build tech buildings on the non-precursor libraries? I would think those two tiles, the tech cap, and maybe a research coordinator would be sufficient, not to mention quicker.
Whoa. Two precursor libraries? I'm salivating here...
Thanks, everyone. I was helped by the class 26 planet right beside Earth, which shared a system with an 11, 10, and 6. I lease-bought some colony ships, and only just managed to colonize all but the 6-cap, which I left for the greedy Altarians, who were all over the place by that point -- Altaria was about 8 moves away from Earth, the closest I've ever seen two starting capitals. The other thing that really helped me was the Terran's Super Diplomacy, which I'm almost convinced
I'm going to be offline for a while, starting next week -- not sure for how long. So I'm submitting my game now, for fear that I might miss the deadline. The score isn't fantastic, but it is my first Masochistic game win, so I'm pretty happy with it (I do have a suicidal tech victory but that doesn't really count IMHO). Name: ghostwes Team: A-Team Level: Masochistic Score: 26250 Timestamp: 6/13/2008 8:13:23 PM Version: v1.91 Twilight of the Arnor (Twilight of Arnor)<
I apologize for adding more to your to-do list, Stardockers, but nobody seems to have mentioned the espionage bug I discovered here: https://forums.galciv2.com/312465 I do still have the saved game file to send you if you need it. Just tell me where to send it.
Never mind GalCv2, I want to know when Brad will be coming over to my place and fixing my broken washing machine. I haven't done laundry in weeks!
I'm curious why these alignment-based techs were added to only a few races -- seems like an idea that should have been implemented with all of them.
[quote]those comics are evil[/quote] Not the word I would use. They certainly pack an emotional punch, however. I only wish we could get Sharon Stone to read them, assuming she knows how to read.
