aristotle66

The events certainly spice things up. I have a pretty conservative turtle style of play too. Develop infrastructure up to the extreme colonization level, throw out some freighters, get the economy as big as possible. DOWs don't concern me too much - as soon as I start seeing mil transports I rush research into mediums. By this point the AIs have specialized in weapon types - their defences may not be obvious, but I know it'll be usually be against the commonest weap type. I'll research the appro

Why thank you. I thought I did ok, but does our empire have any ethical standards with regard to 'cheating'? My personal preference is for the biggest galaxies (occasional, occasional), v. slow tech, on crippling difficulty. However this requires scumming (ctrlN) a decent start, and using a custom race. Plus I reloaded when I lost most of my hard won gains to the knife empire event. I did get hit by the max speed 5 event too, which I stuck with. What are other people's play styles like?

Could my character, Horza, get an invite? I can confirm that I am, ahem, in the correct age range (>35, not dead yet).