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Reply to WWIII --> a possibility? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Simply, is the third world war a possiblity? Theoretically, if one country luanches (sp?) a nuke, will the world be destroyed by the splitting of atoms? In my mind, it's more of a fantasy, even though I know that it is very possible. Would it really only take one terrorist group, or country, to launch a nuke and start it? I wonder who would start the war? My bets are on the USA since, in 10 years our economy will completly collapse and we wil

Reply to Surrendering as a human player in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

I would perfer that there was no surrender or that the surrender option could be toggled for AI. Personally I would turn off surender and leave it off.

Reply to Favorite Science Fiction Book in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

What is that series that had a small Midwestern town transported back in time to Midevil Europe? That was a good onr. And also there was a series of bookes about an American Civil War regiment (24th Maine I think) that was on a ship head for the South when they went through some vortex and ened up on another planet. They wound up having to fight several tribes of Giants who went around eating humans. It was a very good Sci-fi war story.

Reply to Favorite Science Fiction Book in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

One of the top ones for me was Battlefield Earth (nothing like that piece of garbage that John Trivolta was in) and Rama. But there are a lot of good Sci-fi out there. My God! How can anyone even mention these two books in the same breath? That's like saying your great dining experiences were Top of the Mark in San Francisco, and the PBnJ that your brother dropped on the school playground and didn't want any more. <IMG

Reply to Ascension.. do you think it is possible? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

evolution will slowly devolve us back to single celled organisms as a direct result of medical science allowing inferior genetics to survive and reproduce What the f@#$? Are you on drugs? Define "inferior genetics". Is someone who is short and fat genetically inferior to someone muscular, tall, athletic? What if there is a civilization ending plague? Guess who survives? The fat kid!! The muscular guy burns fat so fast with his ni

Reply to Ascension.. do you think it is possible? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

And dystopic i wasn't referring to you when i posted, so chill. I was refering to the general sence i got when reading the posts. Turning that your from the singular to the general. I think its beacues you are americans a very excitable bunch of gun totting red necks. Chill be european like myself we have cheese and culture. it's not because i thought you were referring to me specifically, it's because i thought

Reply to Ascension.. do you think it is possible? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Through various articles and some science-fiction television shows, there has be a mention of the theoretical accomplishment of "ascension", a higher plane of existence composed of pure energy. Do you think this is possible? I do. If we spread out beyond the stars, or evolve fast enough, our minds will heighten in capability and our bodies will, biologically, become much more supreme. Only then, can we, either by machine or our minds, shed our bodies and become pur

Reply to Favorite Science Fiction Book in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

One of the top ones for me was Battlefield Earth (nothing like that piece of garbage that John Trivolta was in) and Rama. But there are a lot of good Sci-fi out there.

Reply to Nazi Earth in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

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Reply to Nazi Earth in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Taking offense at Nazies used for entertainment is both silly and too politically correct. In your opinion. In my opinion having a mod where you play as a all conquering nazi race that has enslaved humanity is glorifying them. You make me laugh. How is it any different than playing any other evil race in the game? Your taking this way too serious. Having Nazis in the game is no different than having

Reply to Nazi Earth in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

People don't seem so sqeemish when it comes to Communist imagery though do they? What of those who play WW2 shooters online, and play as the Nazi's? While one should not forget what they did, by taking this 'sensitive' attitude, I think you just give the symbols of that regime power over peoples pshyce. And to be perfectly fair, there is a star of David included for people to use, might this not cause offense to those of the Islamic faith who asso

Reply to Nazi Earth in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Jamius, is this a joke? Are you actively trolling, or do you seriously believe that something glorifying thugs, psychopaths, and mass murderers is acceptable? I don't mean this post as a personal attack, just please think through the ramifications of what you are proposing and the perceptions you create by doing so. 'ramifications?' it's a game people lighten up. All the poster is doing is creating a mod where the Nazis win the war and rule the ear

Reply to Nazi Earth in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I second Terraners criticism. Also, keep in mind that this mod probably will face difficulties being approved in the library: In several countries (Germany as the prime example), display of the Swastika is illegal. With offsite mods, no problem, but with the library, Stardock might want to stay on the safe side. Well I'm for the idea since I dispise political correctness in any form. I hated the Nazis too but they are the perfect bad guys. And

Reply to Multiplayer in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

The only type of game that should be strictly solo play are as follows: Solitaire Those mystery puzzle games like Myst THATS IT? thats funny. I would never really play a multiplayer game. Mostly because my time to play is limited and my oponent would probably get a message every day that its not his/her turn yet. lol. But even with peopel who would play more often I think it would just take long and be frus

Reply to Upgrading Ships in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yes the upgrade screen I'm talking about is the one that pops up as soon as I save the design. Now I have no problem with upgrade screen when I click on the screen. I am going to look at this tonight. I thought that when the screen pop up after I save the design the only choices I had to upgrade exixting shipd of the old design was to pick from the list but if it is already set to design these shipd then I just misread the screen. Oh well still learning the game (and I also jus t got civ4 and I'

Reply to Do you play to the very end? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I always play to the very end an any game I play. And I never quit or surrender. The only exception to this rule is if the game actully sucks.

Reply to Multiplayer in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Your right not all games have to have Multiplayer but the ones that do should be as follows: Turn Based Strategy games RTS FPS MMO's Fantasy games such as Oblivion and Gothic 3 etc. Simulator games. The only type of game that should be strictly solo play are as follows: Solitaire Those mystery puzzle games like Myst Now multiplay should not in any way take away from the solo element of the game in fact I'm of the strong belief that Multi-

Reply to Multiplayer in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Actually all they would need to do is put a Simultaneous turn option in (similar to Age of Wonders Shadow Magic) and an option for a timer. If you had the simultaneous turn option then you can work on your empire and go into the ship design and create ships while others are doing the same. That way you don't have to wait. Also with a turn timer you can set the length that every player has to take a turn if you want.

Reply to Multiplayer in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

No Sins of the Solar Empire is a damn RTS game which means that it will be garbage. Ther is no reason that GC2 can't be MP and still keep every thing that it has intact from ship design to story elements. Let me ask you this. If they did make a multiplayer version of this game but they changed nothing of the existing game then what would be your objection? You don't have to play MP if you don't want to and they did not dumb down the game (RTSing the game as I like to say) to make it MP.

Reply to Multiplayer in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I agree. I world love to have a multiplayer both to play friends who love the game and to play multiple empires when I'm soloing. Just add the multiplayer element but do not change anything to make it "faster' As some game companies do. Some companies seem to think that in order to make a multiplayer game you have to strip down the good elements of the game and make it similar to the RTS click fest games. But that is simply not true. And that is not what those of us that play GC2 and would like

Reply to Upgrading Ships in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Well I have upgraded ships and given it a diffrenet name but when that upgrade screen comes up, it only list other ship designs of that class. For example: Lets say I have a Large Scale ship called Enterprise and I also have 3 other Large scale ships and lets say I call them by the following names(Battlestar, Carrier, and Cruser) Ok now lets say that I just research a tech that gives me Warp drive. So now I want to upgrade my Enterprise class design with the new drive. so I go into ship

Reply to Gamasutra Interviews Stardock's Brad Wardell in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Well the thing is that RTS leaves little room for stratagy since all it is is a click fest. However if they have something along the lines of the Total War series where they combined the stratigic element of turn base with the tatical element of RTS then it would not be so bad. But then Total war was the only RTS game that I have played that was not a click fest.

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Reply to Idea: Permanent Wormholes in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

YES! I have always hated the wormholes in GalCiv2, they are totally useless, I have my survey ships steer clear of them. Permanent wormholes would be an excellent addition to GalCiv2, in fact just get rid of the unstable ones altogether. I posted this idea myself in an old thread, glad to see that this thread is up. I say we should have both Permanet and Temparary wormholes.

Reply to Idea: Permanent Wormholes in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

ok im goin out on a lim here but what about capturing wormholes so to say like stargates or be able to acces them like in star trek deep space nine (never got to liking the show but oh well) so what do you guys think.... I like the idea. Oh and Deep Space Nine was the best of the Star Trek series to date. And I loved all the ST sries from the Original to Enterprise with the except Voyager.