MarshallONeil

Reply to Dark Avatar Developer Chat: Wednesday, February 7th! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

If it's any consolation, I named the Torian leader after her. I hope you put in a more flattering portrait! And be careful now that they have Super Breeder ability...

Reply to Dark Avatar is here! Finally! in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Just watched the new opening movie. 1. I want that planet shield tech! 2. I hope the Drengin never develop Mega Maid!! ...or at least that the Terran shield code is more complicated than Skroob's luggage combination... (Drops out of sight for a few days to begin conquering new galaxies.) <img src="http://altmeta2.thegalactic

Reply to The Theme of Violence in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Hollywood still puts plenty of money into romance flicks where no one gets hurt, and light comedies where none of the jokes are cutting, and you can't tell me that demon-spawn Barney the Dinosaur hasn't been a good earner True, I did leave sex out of my initial post - that sells DVDs, too, but (at least in mainstream media) mostly in an implied fashion, whereas movie violence knows few bounds. And I classify Barney as toddler-level fare; it does well ov

Reply to Whats the point of Joining an empire? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Don't forget forum bling. If your empire is in or makes it into the top 3, you get an extra medal (#2, below).

Reply to Cold weather @ Stardock in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Plymouth, MI is at 17F. Y'all need to research Terraforming. Virginia's about that bad right now, but we only get about one week of this every year.

Reply to Questions about farms in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Actually, there are hard population limits based on planet quality. The wiki site doesn't get updated very often, so I don't know exactly how accurate its data is, but there is a page about population limits here: Population . Farms will raise your population limits up to the level each planet will support. They will appear to raise your limit further, but once your population hits the planet's maximum, growth will stop.<b

Reply to The Theme of Violence in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I think the violence in games, movies, and music is so prevalent because of an even more basic human instinct - it sells. Violence-free entertainment doesn't sell. Sure, videos for infants and toddlers have a place in the market, but they're not blockbusters. Movies for even slightly older kids have some violence. Remember Bambi's mom getting blown away by hunters? Would you even pick up the box if the title was "Galactic Sharing and Unity?" Would you go to see "Bambi'

Reply to Moral dropping for no reason on certain planets. in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

There is another morale bonus, not well documented, that applies to planets of PQ 11+. I think that when smaller planets get to a certain population level, the lack of this bonus gets magnified by the increasing population. Check your low-morale planets; what PQ are they?

Reply to don't know if this is possible in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't done any heavy-duty modding, but I think you could create such a device. Of course, you couldn't use it in the Metaverse. I've toyed with an idea that's pretty much the opposite - a Defense Adaptation Module that doubles you armor's effectiveness against weapons it is not designed to protect against. So shields would be 2/3 effective against guns instead of 1/3, etc. I don't think it's possible to mod in something like that, though. <a href="http://altmeta2.thegalacti

Reply to Problem for first timer in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't tried using FF with the Metaverse part of the forums in months. I'm sure that whatever difficulties there were have been ironed out. Still, sometimes it's the user's system causing browser problems, and it doesn't hurt to try with another browser. I actually prefer Opera, but it just doesn't work correctly with some sites.

Reply to Problem for first timer in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

You should just be able to use spaces between words - that has worked for me. What has not worked for me is using Firefox with the Metaverse. If you aren't using IE, go back and try again in IE. That is the only way I have been able to make it work. Good luck!

Reply to This is a test post in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Another test.

Reply to For a Whale of a good time, join the "B.C. Space Orcas" in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Thagee, are you saying that you're out to 'screw over' your enemies? Welcome to the council, we're glad to have you and the Orcas aboard. I think all of the totally aquatic sea mammals have calves, whereas the land-based ones (i.e., seals, walrus) have pups.

Reply to The High Command Hegemony in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Verizon teh suxx0rz. I moved my experimental character, One Charlie Echo into the empire this evening. I recently wiped out his crappy scores and finally played the tiny suicidal game that I've been meaning to get back to. Given what we're tyring to do with the Metaverse Council and the AltMeta, I thought this would be a good time to add him in. Plus it's another 17750 points for the Empi

Reply to Ideas for a Constitution in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

that's where we serve the champagne and caviar. Silly me, just barging in and grabbing a beer out of the fridge.

Reply to Metaverse Council Suggestion Box in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Please feel free to suggest anything that doesn't involve the word "stick". Oh, we want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? And now for something more like a real entry. I'd like to reiterate one suggestion (Mumble's,

Reply to Ideas for a Constitution in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I'm so proud! *sniff* Thank you, thank you all! I just registered at the Core, as well - it's been through quite an overhaul from the last time I lurked through it. Looking forward to being involved in the struggle to make the Metaverse a better place.

Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Thank you, gentlemen!

Reply to The Galactic Diplomats in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I tried to register at the Core last night, but I never got my activation email. My guess is that @%$#&ing Verizon thought it was spam. Any suggestions?

Reply to AI: Decision trees in GalCiv Journals GalCiv2 Forums

The political capital is great for your home planet. I usually build two morale improvements and a farm, then replace one of the morale improvements with the political cap - a good influence bonus for a high population planet, and the slight increase in morale bonus is good, too. One thing I still ocasionally see in the DA beta is an AI faction building one of its capitals (usually the econ capital) on a planet deep within my sphere of influence. In such a case, I am almost certain to c

Reply to Ideas for a Constitution in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

No, I just misread you. The wording "take a census of all metaverse players" made me think you meant actually trying to contact everyone playing in the Metaverse, rather than gathering statistics from the Metaverse data. It might be more accurate to say something like this: “A priority of the council is to study the existing Metaverse data and use the results to determine an elective process that is representative of *all* metaverse players.” I'm not arguing sem

Reply to Ideas for a Constitution in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

take a census of all metaverse players I like this idea - but is there a practical way to accomplish it?

Reply to For a Whale of a good time, join the "B.C. Space Orcas" in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Perhaps this can raise a few of the Orcas from their slumber: orca sounds I thought something in your own language might get your attention Folks, please have a look at this thread: Ideas for a Constitution in the Metaverse discussion area.

Reply to Planet near your homeplanet in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

sometimes it could be terreformed to be a pretty good one In Dark Avatar, yes - sometimes they can become fairly desirable. In Dark lords, not so much, but in both games they will culture flip fairly soon, even if the Yor have grabbed them, so it's not that big of a deal.