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[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="3313" id="3090249"]To my knowledge (which is extensive), that's not actually entirely true-while you can use that bug to have research capabilities generate social or military production via focus while bankrupt, you can't use anything to generate research production while bankrupt[/quote]True, I misspoke somewhat. Initially you could do everything *but* research which included social and military production through research focus, ship upgrade, building

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[quote who="Neilo" reply="3308" id="3088932"]As for the score, i was quite surprised, i have no idea what type of scores folks were getting on straight up suicidal games, or if they were even played. I'd guess Purge would have an idea of what scores he was getting before he went down the diplo route....In any case, thought i could care less, it was a pleasant surprise to see a good score for the game time i put in....[/quote]It's really an apples to oranges comparison comparing DL gal

Reply to It's only days away..so Giants or Patriots?? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Kantok" reply="35" id="3075900"]I could point out the fact that you ignored most of my points as well, but why bother.[/quote]Other than the last sentence, my reply #31 responded to each and every one of your points. It was you that first decided to interject the irrelevant insult of spygate so don't talk to me about axes to grind when you clearly have axes of your own to grind while spouting incorrect and irrelevant "facts" that you base equally incorrect and irrelevant concl

Reply to It's only days away..so Giants or Patriots?? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Kantok" reply="33" id="3075894"] Quoting Mumblefratz, reply 31 And speaking of arrogance how them Jets doing? I love how Rex Ryan "guaranteed" a Super bowl win. Instead he's home sucking on his wife's toes. Who gives a damn about the Jets? How does mentioning them add to the discussion in the slightest? [/quote]Because as a Giants fan you simply jump on the bandwagon of whichever NY team is doing better. If the Jets were in the Gia

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[quote who="Kantok" reply="30" id="3075844"]So the Patriots awful, statistically worst in the NFL, defense is suddenly not mediocre? [/quote]Uh. Statistically the Patriots defense was 31st, not 32nd. By the same statistics the Giants were 27th in the league, hardly that much of a difference from 31st and if you go by points allowed the Giants are 25th compared to the Patriots 15th, and now suddenly the Giants are the reincarnation of the steel curtain? Hardly. [quote who="Kantok" repl

Reply to It's only days away..so Giants or Patriots?? in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="1" id="3074062"]I remember the last time I saw these two teams clash. I had picked New England and as luck would have it the Giants steamrolled 'em. It was as if the Giants loosed the 'Giants', bringing out the heavies and trouncing the Pats big time. This time around I'm going with the giants because I think they'll try the same thing again.[/quote]What planet do you live on? 17-14 is hardly a "trouncing" or being "steamrolled". The Giants won tha

Reply to Tyranny of Evil - A Metaverse Empire. in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

As far as PC's go my "new" PC is now over 6 years old. Still running the old Intel Core II Duo with 32 bit XP Pro. I did have to replace the video card last year with a Radeon HD 5770. I will have to break down and get a new PC someday just don't know when. This PC is still all I really need. If I play my cards right I may be able to skip both Vista and Win 7, who knows?

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[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="3189" id="3054088"]For me, score has to become secondary to having fun with the game.[/quote]In all honesty that is the sanest way to play. The desire for score can be a sickness but it's a sickness for those of us with a serious perfectionist streak that is very difficult if not impossible to overcome. As I mentioned above I can't even guarantee if I'll ever finish another game. It's like you start out with these great ideas and t

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[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="3181" id="3053870"]Neilo, as far as I'm concerned, what's left of the community is all on the same side. Empire secrets aside, of course. [/quote]I agree with the idea that's what little is left should at least all be on the same side. I also understand about state secrets and I've had plenty of my own in my own time but after some point about 4 years ago I made a point of telling pretty much everyone essentially everything I kn

Reply to Tyranny of Evil - A Metaverse Empire. in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="3181" id="3053870"]5 morale resources, all morale techs, 10 starting morale, all morale trade goods. No VRCs. Any racial morale/resources/etc above that is excess as you can only achieve 100% after depreciation by population (the numbers listed give us 98 for 20B, which is close enough). That's for DA.[/quote]I've always needed 2 VRC's on 20B world's. What level of approval and at what tax rate does a 20B world with no VRC's stabili

Reply to A simple question in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Well that answers that. March 1st it is. I don't remember it being that soon. So much to do in so little time it boggles the imagination.

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[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="5" id="3053839"]I can test it out by starting a game with relations set to cool and see if they talk to me. Or you could do the same with your character. Shouldn't take long to test, just hit end turn a few times and try to talk. To make sure there's no save/reload issue, you can use the slot 1 AI too. Then dump the game and start a real one.[/quote]Yeah I can do the same but I'm looking for a very particular starting condition as well that can take a

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[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="3178" id="3053802"]Numbers of 21b for homeworlds and 16b for others keep rattling around in my noggin for some reason. Do those numbers mean anything to you?[/quote]I thought it was flipped from that with 16B for homeworlds with no farms and no VRC's and 20B for PQ11's and above with 2 farms and 2 VRC's (I think) and 13B with 1 farm and 1 or perhaps no VRC's for PQ10's and below (although usually relatively few of these in a DA game IIRC). Ass

Reply to A simple question in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Neilo" reply="2" id="3053713"]Hiya Mumble! After speaking with the AI, load and reload and voila, you can speak to them again....IIRC. I droped a game in the other day...just a normal game....was fun tho![/quote]Well yeah except the slot 1 AI of course. But I'm more interested in the first date you can talk to the AI and I'm sure it is the 1st of something. I thought is was March 1st if you're Super Diplomat (which I'm not) and April 1st if not (which

Reply to Now for another question - sync or backup files and methods in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

I don't trust any backup facility that operates while the OS is live. The only thing I trust is my old copy of Norton Ghost I think version 10 was the last version that you could install on a floppy. You then boot the floppy with a version of DOS and run the ghost software while the boot drive is totally inert. I then take an image of the entire boot drive and then if I ever want to go back to the identical drive I can restore the image drive and I will have the identical

A simple question in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

It's been quite a long time as evidenced by the fact that I can't remember the date at which you can first talk to the AI in Dark Avatar. I have version v2.01 hopefully that's reasonably up to date. I'm thinking the first date was April 1st but someone else mentioned March 1st. So which is it? Also IIRC after speaking to an AI you can't speak to them for another 8 weeks and if you go to war with an AI you can't speak with them for 16 weeks. Are

Reply to Need some good sci-fi or fantasy books in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

What I would like to encourage every science fiction fan, particularly younger fans, is to go back and read the older stuff. It's usually somewhat shorter and usually single threaded unlike most modern writing but there is a timelessness to good writing and it's well worth your time to read the classics. That's why they call them the classics. Do like I've done many times. Just go to your local library and read every science fiction book from A to Z. And once you'r

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[quote who="GeneralEtrius" reply="20" id="3014403"]Wow, what a list How much of that is space opera/space warfare?[/quote]I'd have to guess about 1/4th to 1/3rd. Off the top of my head Weber, Zahn, Saberhagen and Dickerson are primarily about space warfare. I think Weber does the best battle scenarios out there. [quote who="seanw3" reply="21" id="3014438"]Great Scott that is a pile of books![/quote]That's only the ones I own, slightly less than 500. Like I said I g

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Here's a few series that probably a lot of people have never heard of but are essential reading to anyone that considers themselves a fan of Science Fiction. My first recommendation is the Edgar Rice Burroughs (yeah the guy that wrote Tarzan) John Carter of Mars series. He also wrote a 5 book series about Venus as well as a series about an "Inner Earth" world called Pellucidar. This may sound corny but you don't know anything about science fiction if you haven't read most

Reply to Can this game be posted to the metaverse? in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

The only issue I know about related to this is that there can be an issue if the serial number that's in the registry is either not present or is different on the machine that you submit the game from than one on which you started the game. Note that it doesn't matter what machine the game has been played on, the important thing is the machine that you use to submit the game simply has to be registered with the same serial number as the machine that you started the game on.</p

Reply to Rupert Murdoch's empire is Crumbling in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="SivCorp" reply="119" id="2977609"]I fail to see how one persons poor retirement planning should be paid for by me....[/quote]That's fine, but then don't be surprised when someone wishes on you what you in effect wish upon others by your indifference. Also you are making a major assumption which is that the only reason people need help is because of "poor retirement planning" and if only they planned properly then they would be fine and that is a major fallacy.

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[quote who="psychoak" reply="116" id="2977440"]Today, people are more likely to brag about milking the system instead, the true cost of a security net is our self reliance.[/quote]This sentence highlights the difference between you and me if not the the difference between most folks on the left and most folks on the right. You view a safety net as something that most people scheme and scam and are willing to essentially to become what they do for a living. While I agree that there cer

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[quote who="myfist0" reply="111" id="2977373"]Here is a page that tells how much these 2 are linked[/quote] Also from http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity_Foundation Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP) is a section 501(c)(3) organization which operates as the counterpart of Americans for Prosperity, a section 501(c)(4) organization. On its website,

Reply to Rupert Murdoch's empire is Crumbling in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote][quote][quote]Next![/quote]May you die the death that you wish upon others, no healthcare, destitute and homeless.[/quote]Thus spake the compassionate liberal. No arguments, just death wishes for those who do not bleat the sheep line.[/quote]No. I simply wished upon him precisely what, by his policy choices, he wishes upon others. Those without compassion are not deserving of compassion. I could have as easily said "May you reap what you sow" which would have had

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[quote who="SivCorp" reply="99" id="2977041"]I'm not saying that Republicans are not at fault.... I'm just saying the Democrats had their hands in the proverbial cookie jar at the same time.....[/quote]While I cannot deny that this is true the problem with saying both parties are equally at fault is that it opens up the door to saying that therefore there is nothing that can be done. To me there is a big difference between a party whose avowed stance is basically to fuck the m