Gezz

Reply to So what is the average age of a Gal Civ player?? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

32 and a half. Started playing on arcade machines with 12 and got my C64 with 16. I'll never forget Pirates! and still hope for a real sequell (Seadogs II ??)

Reply to United Planets suggestion. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Maybe you could pay with influence points if you would like to propose a topic for the UP...?

Reply to piracy, prices, options, etc. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Thanks to all. Dearmad, I have no problem with your point and can very well understand why you feel anger as an artist. Mythor, I think I had the urge to "confess". Maybe to give an example of Stardock's charm as a dedicated and persuadive company. And/But Dearmad is right when he says that this shouldn't be seen or admired as "charitable". Nevertheless I still think that differing economical realities in different parts of this world are another (broad) aspect of discussion (which

Reply to piracy, prices, options, etc. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I won' to repeat tthat I don't have the des...., but I'm really curious: Have you listened to what said about the local circumstances? And -if you don't mind- where do you live? I'm not trying to say, "hey you western people, you have it better anyway, etc. etc.", (which would be slightly irrelevant) but you could at least admit that there are other circumstances than you are used to, or? And I don't mind to pay more to buy the game from Stardock. That's most probably the thing

piracy, prices, options, etc. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, I'm writing from Turkey, which is a real heaven for software piracy. GalCiv was available here one week before it shipped in the U.S.!!! There are many reasons, why people don't buy original games, but one of the important and simple reasons is, that you can have ANY cracked PC game for 1,5 US Dollars. So, original games have no market and even if you wish to buy one, you most probably won't get it in stores. There is simply no demand. I've followed GalCiv's web-site for a ver

Reply to Can different people create their profiles using the game on the same computer? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, I'm also lucky in this case. My wife shares my love for TBS games and is also awaiting GalCiv desperately...

Reply to Where do you reside? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The thread doesn't look too international so far ;p Izmir, Turkey

Reply to Simple one line responce to help developers know. Where did you hear about GaCiv? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Can't really remember. It was in Mid-May 2002. Most probably GameSpy or Apolyton.

Reply to Random event ideas here... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"#1 Galactic Plague. (Odds: 1 in 2000 turns or 1 out of every 5 games played). A plague hits the galaxy with the effect of slowing population growth each month and slowly starting to actually cause a population crash. When this event occurs, a new technology appears available to all players. If they research it, the plague goes away -- for everyone. But it's very expensive so players can eitehr gamble that an AI player will go and take care of it or they can take care of it themselves."

Reply to favorite strategy games of all time in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

1- Colonization (can't help it! still playing) 2- HoMM III 3- EU II (absolutely great, but "something" lacked) 4- Civ I (?) 5- Caesar III (not sure either)

Reply to "Random AI" quesiton- in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Why not having a further option next to "random": "hide"?!

Reply to UP vs disobedient civs in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm relieved. I started to think that my question was not of any interest. Well, there could be ways to avoid the problem you mentioned: The UP doesn't have to takle action itself. It could give (automatically?) advantages to its members against the rogue state(s). This could also be handled by new polls (Which of the following should be -if any- applied against X because of its mischievious action Y?) Wouldn't this be in accordance with the premise to be a unique and ever-changing, communit

Reply to New players in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Oh yes, I would like to see some "strings" of discussion to participate and to get the feeling of adding to the final product. I'm living in Minor Asia and don't apply for playing the Alpha or being a Beta-Tester, but I really tie a lot of day-dreaming and hopes about strategy games in general to GalCiv and would love to see, that this game is becoming close to that dream. Yes, I absolutely agree with OUTgunned. Regards, Gezz

UP vs disobedient civs in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

First: I'm a newbie to this site and the forum. So I sent the following thread to the NewsGroup, where it is maybe misplaced. Sorry for that . Here is it: It is said that some ships or other kind of features will available according to decisions of the UP. Wouldn't it be more plausible to make it possible that "disobedient" civilizations use (or develop) that ships etc. anyway and risk to be punished by the UP? To give an example: Can you avoid a genocide by voting? Gezz <b