Cauldyth

Cauldyth

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Reply to Is Stardock making a Fantasy TBS game? in Strategy GalCiv2 Forums

And while it is a bummer that we couldn't run with the already established "MoM" franchise (too much pesky lawyer intervention for our liking), it'll be a blast to come up with our own lore and world to run with, as well as being able to have full control of the game without Big Brother coming to make us redo major chunks of the game they may not agree with. </tab

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Reply to A better solution to tech trading in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

I've always disliked tech trading/stealing in 4X games for all the reasons mentioned above, and I turn it off whenever possible. However, I would prefer a "point" based approach. - If you conquer an enemy planet, instead of acquiring a given tech, you acquire points in a particular branch which simply advance your current understanding in that branch. The same goes for tech stealing. - Tech trading isn't so much trading of actual techs, but just a means of generating research

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Reply to America: Freedom to Facism in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Sorry, the "go on, you know you want to" wasn't meant to goad it into happening, and in retrospect is sort of sounds that way I guess. I retract it. It was instead meant more as a commentary on his need to include insults in most of his posts.

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Reply to America: Freedom to Facism in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Well, congratulations on reading way too much into what I was saying AND getting every conclusion you came to from doing so wrong. My post simply consisted of some observations as a scientist about the evolution of us as a social species, with no intention of drawing any political conclusions from them. I realize that these days it's unheard of for someone to post some objective observations about something political without having an agenda they're trying to push. However, that's what I was

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Reply to America: Freedom to Facism in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

You might wanna watch what you say. Based on his blog, I'd say Brad is leaning towards Libertarian. As for faith in our species, it all really boils down to one thing. We evolved to operate well in small, tribal units. In that sort of a setting, where everyone knows each other and most people are related in some way, all of these difficult questions don't really come up. People who physically can't work will be provided for by family and friends. People who simply don't want to work

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Reply to America: Freedom to Facism in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

What you said about the game/Stardock would be equally true under a fundamentalist Christian, Jewish, or possibly even Hindu theocracy b/c the game clearly has a materialist orientation. Indeed, Greece (a mostly Orthodox Christian country) recently banned ALL video games. The EU wasn't too happy about that though.

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Reply to Space Rangers 2 is now on TotalGaming.net in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Around the time Brad posted a front page article about how he didn't feel DRM was necessary in GalCiv2, the admin on the official StarForce forums posted a link to a pirated copy of the game. He said he just wanted to point out that the game was being easily pirated. Whatever. Still a scummy thing to do. Here's one website that lists games using it: WWW Link Though there are plenty of others. Edit: Ju

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Reply to error on gamespot... in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

If you want to see the opposite of that, go visit the Total War forums. Misspellings and such bother me too, but not because I'm a nitpicker. Most of us learn spelling by reading, and seeing the words in print over and over. Misspelled words then simply don't look right, without having to consciously know how to spell a given word. However, if we see a word spelled incorrectly enough times, i

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Reply to Space Rangers 2 is now on TotalGaming.net in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Heh, add me to the list of "heard good things about it, but the DRM prevented me from buying it." I think there's a post around here from me saying I wish I could play it, but my laptop has no CD drive, so I simply couldn't. What a great surprise to load up the GalCiv2 page and see that message. Well, time to go find my credit card. Take note, industry - no DRM just made a concrete sale (and more than one, judging by the previous responses). No wishy-washy stories about how "people

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Reply to Conspiracy Theories in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

The dogs are no better. I mean, we walk around behind them cleaning up their poop for Pete's sake! Talk about servitude!

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Reply to Wich GalCiv2 race do you think Amarica is like? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I'm glad that they didn't shut them down a few months ago (like they were thinking of doing) Well, hopefully Stardock gets something out of these forums for their trouble. I know Brad seems to have picked up some ideas for the new combat system from the DA thread recently. I also (god help me) read the official Medieval 2: Total War for

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Reply to Wich GalCiv2 race do you think Amarica is like? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Well, the point I was trying to make is the same one you were making in the first half of post #45. Whether or not I successfully conveyed that point is another issue, of course. It's like comments and variable names in source code. They always make perfect sense to the person who wrote them, but often come across as gibberish to other people. <table cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=cent

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Reply to Conspiracy Theories in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Why does alot of things taste like Chicken? The only thing that doesn't taste like chicken is chicken, and that's the true conspiracy! Most chickens in North America don't taste like much at all. They're so selectively bred, medicated, and fed in order to grow as big as possible as young as possible, that they usually end up tasting lik

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Reply to Wich GalCiv2 race do you think Amarica is like? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Which leads me to Rule #2 of civil internet communication: Due to limitations of the medium, misunderstandings happen frequently, and are the source of most arguments. I have no desire to ever suppress anyone's ideas, and if that's how I came across, then it's likely a fault on my end, not yours. Peace.

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Reply to Wich GalCiv2 race do you think Amarica is like? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Right now I don't see the problem except that you wish to prove that your argument is the right answer and mine is the wrong answer. My argument? I don't know where you keep getting this from. I haven't made a single comment in this thread about the actual political discussion. You have no idea whether I agree or disagree with anything that's

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Reply to Wich GalCiv2 race do you think Amarica is like? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

If I invite you into my home and you start discussing a subject I find offensive, I have every right to ask you to stop. If you don't stop, I have every right to ask you to leave. If you won't leave, I have every right to have you removed forcibly. The fact that you used publicly-funded roads to arrive at my house doesn't change any of that. That's what the internet is - simply a public means of getting to other people's computers/servers. If they don't want you on their server beca

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