Twelvefield

Reply to GC2's greatest shortcomings or "Why I want to purchase Dark Avatar but will not" in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I don't think I halfway agree or disagree with the original poster, in that what the OP thinks is not fun, I think there are valid work-arounds. Likewise, things I find not fun in the game other people love. For instance, I don't play on really large maps. I don't find them fun at all. But a bunch of wormholes on a medium-sized map just would not make sense. That, and I usually leave the diplomatic victory on. If I know I'm going to win a game anyway, it's a quick way out. If I

Reply to Altarians - What's the story? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I like to play the Altairians in game just so that I don't have to run into them as I play. Well, that, and I'm a Good addict -- I find it strangely appealing to run the affairs of one of the most annoying races in the game yet still keep to the moral high ground.

Reply to First/Person Shooter - Hostile Planets in Game Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

I think the forum software mislpaced this thread. You seem to be speaking of something that's a cross between Halo and Oblivion, with the screw-you ending of the original Half-Life. A random-level type of thing sounds actually pretty interesting, although I would think that after a while, you'd see patterns starting to develop -- only God can roll true random numbers. That kind of map would be better suited to some kind of arena game like Unreal Tournament, as good narrative

Reply to Sci-fiction franchise idea in Game Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

When the cost of dealing with the legals, publishing, and distribution are exceeded by the amount of money that can be made, then the game companies (or the movie companies, same difference) will make payware add-ons. Think of, say, Counter-Strike. But for the big suits in their Recaro chairs and their gold-plated Jags to follow every little nerdophilic garage-server with a hard drive full of ersatz TIE fighters, Galileo 7's, and whatever they flew in Babylon 5 (I never did like that

Reply to New Forum catagory in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

You know, the idea that's been bouncing around in my head for a really long time, is that of the crew of a space frigate. Not like, rah, rah, Star Trek, but more like Master & Commander. Maybe told from the point of view of the 1st officer, so that the reader gets more sense of the operations of the ship, as well as command. I'd like to see the Captain be brave and resourceful, but also a bit old and fallable, with a young, pretty, neglected, naughty wife that our 1st Officer hero c

Reply to New Forum catagory in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

How about something with a lot of politics, intrigue, back-stabbing, and a terrible secret that could tear the galaxy apart? A dashing hero (who happens to be a little short) that comes to the rescue, an arrogant anti-hero who is in it for the money (but falls in love), a gorgeous, powerful heiress who had her crown usurped, and her dogged, determined followers who help her regain her rightful title, an evil, seemingly unstoppable villain who threatens entire worlds, a wise, jaded confidante wh

Reply to WTF is a space truck? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Nostromo (from the movie, not the book, people with English-Major educations please dumb down) = Space Truck. The book "Nostromo" is certainly worth the read. If you like the Aliens movies, it's a cheap way to get your Sulaco fix.

Reply to New Forum catagory in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I thought that fan fiction based on a video game was the stupidest idea since that spray paint you put on your bald spot to make it look like you've got hair. Then I actually wrote a couple of stories describing missions for Silent Hunter III, a submarine game. Then there's fan fiction that is generated for entire baseball leagues in Out of the Park Baseball. You can even get a "job" as a "reporter" writing up stories on computer-generated ballplayers for human-owned, computer-operated fantas

Reply to stardock central - worst thing ever! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

Hmm, I should have thought that out more: 0.a: Starforce 0.b: scum-sucking video-game pirates (not the Arrrhh! kind, the make illegal game copies kind)

Reply to stardock central - worst thing ever! in Bug Reports GalCiv2 Forums

0. Steam

Reply to "Challenge Everything" in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, I see, now. I think I must have logged in just as the poll was being created. Now there are more choices. Well, the choices make things a bit clearer: I certainly do not mind entering my serial number to get updates. If this makes life easier for Stardock and harder for scum-sucking, sea-urchin software pirates, then I am all for it.

"Challenge Everything" in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Am I seeing things, or does the current web poll just have one choice to vote for? Or put more simply, has Stardock been bought out by EA? If I wanted to see that kind of stuff in a forum, I'd just go out and buy (insert gagging, retching sounds here) an EA game. Incidentally, with respec to the poll, I don't much mind the way Stardock distributes updates, but I am against the Stardock Central thing for picking up betas. I find that I can wait for the final patch just fine, and I d

Reply to Galactic Guide Book usage in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Yes, although only for the aesthestic of it.

Reply to GalCiv movie in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Somewhere, right this moment, The Rock is raising precisely one eyebrow.

Reply to Dark Avatar: Which features do you want the most? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

The feature I think will be best implemented will be the new graphics, which answers what the poll is asking. The feature I would most like to see is enhanced diplomacy. The feature I least want is to play out the Drengin campaign. Evil is boring enough as it is, and is entertaining only when it is perilously yet meticulously stamped out by Good. Otherwise, Sauron would have kept his hand (and the ring), John MacLane would have stayed in New York and re-married, the Duke and Paul At

Reply to Hate the activation process in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Copy protection sucks, yes, but piracy is a lot worse. If it weren't for the scum-sucking, yogurt-eating, low-life pirates, and you know who you are, don't you? we wouldn't be in this mess. How hard can it be to go through life and just not steal luxury items?

Reply to Boring in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

To create new races simply by adding new dialogue misses the point of creating new races. To suggest that the Thalan leader is the penultimate woman in the game means that not only you have missed the point but have regrettably aimed much too low. There's more to races than snappy dialogue. They also have to do things that are (stereo)typical to their culture. Thanks to Star Trek, we have the Kilingons, the kissing cousins to the Drengin. They are incredibly warlike, which i

Reply to The Beginning of the End in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

You don't have to finish every single game you start. If I feel a game is going too far south, I start a new one. I also like to keep "Diplomatic Victory" open as a quick way out - you don't have to use it if you don't want to.

Reply to Boring in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Female leaders would be a great start. Then maybe stuff like: +Jaded Explorers "If I had a BC for every time I ran into humanoids..." +Transdimensional Creatures "You humans are soooo 3-Dimensional!" +Truly Repulsive Things "You're not so hot to look at either, sport -- when was the last time you saw the inside of a gym? Grade three?" +Media-Savvy Space Geeks "I greet you with +10 Charisma, Earthling! Na-nu! Na-Nu!" +Practical Jokers "Pull my tentacle!" +

Reply to The UI Trade Menu Fix of the Century!! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I would like to see it where the other civ gives you a range of items that it might be willing to trade in return for what I am offering. Twelvefield Offers for Trade: 1 Case(s) of Beer Emperor Flerndip considers the offer and suggests that an equal trade might include one of the following: 100 BC Jimson Saddle Bindleroller III Box of Zero-G Porno (Betamax) --OR-- Emperor Flerndip is pleased that you are taking such an interest in his

Reply to So what game do you want Stardock to work on next? in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Turn-based tactical combat was not a gaming option in your poll, but I'd love to see that. Perhaps a game where you have a single spaceship or squadron, like out of GalCiv, but you control its crew and tactics - something akin to Star Trek Fleet Command or Bridge Commander, or even Mech Commander. Maybe something where you control a Starship Troopers-style battlecruiser so that you can have land and space battles with space cannons and mobile infantry. Also, I could not be bored mor

Reply to Why is the website so slow? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

It's not that this forum is so slow, it's just that you're too fast.

Reply to Is anyone surprised at the latest poll result? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Does anyone here play the hard core wargames? Recently, we've been blessed with a number of great wargames like Crown of Glory and Hearts of Iron Doomsday. The political and diplomatic AI in those games is far ahead of anything else I have ever seen. There is a great wargame, where you get to move armies around, and then there's a great political game, which provides the context for moving those armies around. Considering that Stardock published "The Political Machine", I would have thought

Reply to What do you name your ships? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

That little Canadian flag icon has pretty much sealed my fate in GalCivII. I now exclusively play as the Canadian Space Agency (or Space Canadians for colloquial). As a result, I like to name my ships after Canadian icons. The tiny ships are Timbits. The biggest ship is the Prime Minister. I like to throw in some Terry Fox-class hulls, some Trudeaus, Chretiens, and Mulroneys, and the occaisional Gretzky-class is always a good bet. There's Moose-class, Beaver-class, Maple Leaf-class, as wel

Reply to Custom race colours in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Self-bump, for the love of better forum software.