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Reply to Does map size have a different effect on Gal Civ II v. other 4X games? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

There's many ways to play but you seem to have the gist of it. The big thing is really which version of the game you're playing and how ship speed works in that version. For example in DL ship speed and more importantly the size of engine components means that you can at some level of tech get ships that can go large distances within only a few turns. In DA the size (and cost) of engine components have been greatly increased and the speed (a misnomer actually the distance

Reply to Question about Military Starbase in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

They can be anywhere, subject to the limit of 4 per sector. Note that resource mining starbases don't count towards that total. But if a planet is within the starbase (SB) Area of Influence (AOI) then any ships in orbit about the planet will receive the SB bonus which is a benefit if that planet is attacked but the planet receives no direct benefit from the SB. The question is more what you're trying to accomplish with the SB. I knew someone that essentially used military

Reply to Functionality differences between different versions of DL, DA and TA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Never mind. I just bit the bullet and upgraded so the question is moot.

Reply to New Millionaire's Club (million-point games) in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Congratulations. Clearly head and shoulders above anything that came before. The sincerest compliment that I can give you is to try to beat it. I doubt I'll be able to get that high but at least I can give it a try. Don't expect anything out of me soon, the slowness of my play was always my weakness. BTW I have upgraded to the latest versions of the game and you are correct about no longer being able to directly purchase ships while bankrupt.

Functionality differences between different versions of DL, DA and TA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I never liked Stardock Central let alone Impulse but in the waning days of Stardock Central I did install it so as to get the latest versions of the game that I could at the time and then uninstalled it which had painful unintended consequences. Since then much time and many revs have gone by and I'm interested in hearing from anyone that can tell me what the differences are between the versions I currently have on my PC and the most current versions. I do object to having Imp

Functionality differences between different versions of DL, DA and TA in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I never liked Stardock Central let alone Impulse but in the waning days of Stardock Central I did install it so as to get the latest versions of the game that I could at the time and then uninstalled it which had painful unintended consequences. Since then much time and many revs have gone by and I'm interested in hearing from anyone that can tell me what the differences are between the versions I currently have on my PC and the most current versions. I do object to having Imp

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Yes, exactly. [/quote]Well that's at least one misunderstanding explained. [quote]I've just tried on DA v2.01 and in DL 1.53; doesn't work. Sorry. And I doubt my games are bugged, I've verified both.[/quote]I'll try to verify this but it's really painful for me to do so. First I have to make a disk image of my current drive. Only then would I be willing to install Impulse on my machine. Then I could do an upgrade and run the test for myself. Finally I could undo everyth

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Shit. Lighten up.[/quote]You failed to answer the question. Maiden claimed the ToE knew precisely how to replicate the special ARC used to get a Dread Lord opponent. My only claim is that you indicated to me that you may have known *of it* but did not know precisely how it was accomplished. I know that you have no interest in using the DL ARC yourself and I don't see how anything that I've said impled that you did just that you or anyone else in the ToE did not know pre

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Actually I stand correctly. I also used Motti's name in reply #52 in response to Jacklv's mention of SS's questioning Motti's game in reply #51. And I used his name a 2nd time in my reply #60 as well.

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Maiden666" reply="67" id="2603436"]just FYI, in no version of DL, DA or TA you can buy ships when being in debt. No such '"feature" exists.[/quote]Yes you can. In *all* versions of DL *above* v1.5 and certainly in DA v1.80g and I *believe* all versions of DA above that as well you can indeed buy ships while in debt in exactly the same manner as how you can buy buildings while in debt but perhaps that's an empire secret that you haven't learned yet. Try it your

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I've told you *multiple* times now that the way I play doesn't include buying ships when being in debt. Why do you still post this dis-information ?[/quote]I never claimed you did. It was you that brought up the revision differences and I simply pointed out what the difference was between DL v1.4x and DL v1.5 and above as well as all versions of DA. I never claimed you personally used this and whether you do or don't is immaterial. It's not dis-information, it's simply the trut

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Maiden, I'm sorry that you took this to be a personal attack on you or your integrity because it really wasn't intended to be that way. My motivation for contacting you by PM was really as I stated which was to try to determine whether or not a tactic that you must admit without knowing anything about it could reasonably be viewed as such, was "questionable". After all the Dread Lords certainly aren't a "normal" opponent that one can select. If at that time

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I vouch for Maiden's authenticity and honesty 100%. [/quote]I am denying neither. As I said I questioned a tactic privately via PM to both Maiden and yourself. He chose to hide behind empire secret and you chose to essentially ignore me. So I then discovered it on my own and published it. As far as I'm concerned that's the end of the story. Or it would be if you weren't insistent on pressing the issue.

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I see you wish to continue this discussion. OK, if that's what you want. [quote]You've quoted my posts way too much [/quote]I'm sorry I didn't know there was a quote limit. I simply quoted those posts in this thread that discussed the "special ARC" and use of a Dread Lords opponent. Apparently 2 quotes is "way too much" since I only quoted you twice, GmOOnii twice and KP once. Unless of course you're merely an alternate identity of either GmOOnii or KP in which case

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]This is about *why* you're flaming against me, and trolling this thread??? [/quote]As far as I can tell I "flamed" no one. It's you that seem to be all up in flames. As to never having done a ZYW in my career that's not quite true. In fact I did at least one ZYW during the Metaverse League. And I'm also in the process of doing one right now. However whether I have or have not or may or may not in the future do a ZYW, really has nothing to do with it. The only

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Do I misunderstand or are you now the arbiter of what is fair?[/quote]Just as Sole Soul was free to express his opinion then, I am free to express my opinion now. If I'm "critically dismissed" as SS was then, so be it, however you have no right to imply that I overstepped my bounds merely by expressing an opinion. I am also free to publish information that I discovered from my own effort even if others had previously considered that information "empire secret".

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I recall SS making the same argument as yours regarding an * by Motti's game.[/quote]What did Motti do that no one else at the time had done? IIRC the principles of a standard ARC which is the only thing that I know that Motti used that could be considered questionable had been fully published and publically discussed including being brought to Cari's attention. If I'm not mistaken neither of these statements can be made regarding the "special ARC" that enables the Dread Lords.

Reply to Formula for credit generation? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Andrew Easterly" reply="2" id="2600820"]When it says sqrt(pop in billions) does that mean to calculate the square root of the population, i.e. 16B would be 4?[/quote]Yes. The syntax of the formula is in excel format.

Reply to Forum Update - April 21, 2010 - Timezones, 24 hour clocks, quick options, and more in Forum Issues GalCiv2 Forums

Three points. One is that I live in the Eastern Time zone and if I recall correctly forum time always agreed with my time. However with this change I noticed that suddenly it was as if Daylight Savings time was not supported because the time was 1 hour later than it really was. So I changed the timezone to Atlantic Time and the time changed to the correct value however later on, I didn't notice precisely when, I noticed that again the forum said it was 1 hour later tha

Reply to Forum Update - April 21, 2010 - Timezones, 24 hour clocks, quick options, and more in Forum Issues GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]is there an explanation of why one would use the flatten categories option, I'm not understanding the what or why.[/quote]Basically if you want to see everything that's on a particular site then you would simply monitor the recent posts list which reflects *all* activity on a particular site. However perhaps you're not interested in *all* the forums on a particular site. For example on Galciv2 the bulk of the traffic is either from the Off-topic forum or from the Impulse forum.

Reply to My future quad monitor setup. in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="15" id="2600749"]Perhaps 'surreptitious' would be better...[/quote]That would take away the political ramifications and still leave a vague sense of evil so probably, yes.

Reply to Formula for credit generation? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

From https://www.galciv.wikia.com/wiki/Tax . Income = constant * sqrt(population_in_billions) * tax_rate * (1 + (sum from buildings on planet)) * (1 + (sum from racial bonuses/maluses) ) Constant seems to be: - 34.5 in Dread Lords - 28.5 in Dark Avatar before ver. 1.6 - 24.0 in Dark Avatar after ver. 1.6, up to current 1.8 - 20.0 in DA and for planets over 25B pop In this case "sum from

Reply to My future quad monitor setup. in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Subversive spam is different[/quote]Subversive implies political and effectively implies a bias. One man's subversiveness is another man's progressiveness. Some people think that threats to "water the tree of liberty" and to secede from the union are subversive whereas others view them as patriotic. I guess my point is how can you call something subversive without making the subjective value judgement of the rightness of one side versus the other? Particularly since no

Reply to My future quad monitor setup. in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Subversive 'spammer'...who is on notice.[/quote]What's the difference between a subversive spammer and an ordinary garden variety spammer?

Reply to Zero Year Win Club 2011 in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Somehow I knew the chopper was of your own design...an artistic sense.[/quote]I had one I copied from someone else but it was small and had extraneous text. If you look through the edits of the reply you'll see it at the beginning. I then did a search and found the http://gickr.com site which allows you to upload 2 or 3 jpg's or some other picture format files and it will make a gif of them for you. At first I tried to copy the two di