Ray the Wanderer

Ray the Wanderer

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Reply to OT: Computer gaming business models in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

One of the key motivations behind my interest to start my own business is the fact that I do not want want to look at myself in another 30+ years time after slogging for others and then feel a deep sense of regret of not having the guts to strike it out on my own. Honestly, I'm quite prepared to fail on this first attempt and lose my entire investment. I had considered furthering my studies but I thought I would rather spend the money learning from the school of hard knocks than to acqu

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OT: Computer gaming business models in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've just posted a question in the Fellowship thread but was advised to post it out here to solicit more comments, hopefully also from Brad&Co. Basically, I'm dreaming of starting my own business and was trying to see if there is any way I could combine my entrepreneur interest with one of the passions in my life - computer gaming. I'm a novice with regards to this industry so would like to hear comments regarding how computer gaming could become a viable business for a startup

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Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Would like to tap the collective brainpower of this great community of gamers regarding a personal question. Having worked for 5 years, I've saved up a decent sum of money and I'm really keen to start my own business. Main motivation behind this is that I do not want to regret when I'm old that I didn't have the guts to strike it out on my own. Having said that, I've really cracking my head as to what I could do. Having read some books and articles, I agree with others that on

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Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Too early to draw conclusions from one game, Theoden. One unusual thing I noticed was that the Arcs declared war on me with the "I better deal with you before you deal with me" message which usually meant that they detected military buildup. I had all 4 trade routes with them too. :( However, I managed to get peace easily for some techs. I've been careful not to stage any warships near their systems. However, I had ships parked next to a Cari system which also contained one of

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Reply to Regarding that 1 IP "Bug" in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]1 IP "bug" is fixed, however I would echo Jordan's observation that it seems to be nearly impossible to improve relations - I believe I had maxed diplo also.[/quote] That's really weird. I'm guessing here but it could be that relation improvements are now tied to relative power so it could be tough to get into the good books of a powerful AI. ~SDC~

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Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

So I had a bunch of "Merc" starfighters and corvettes waiting outside the remaining Alt system currently defended by 2 colony ships. My transports are on their way. Usually in this scenario, I would expect the Alts to build a defender but it was a corvette which sprung out to strike at my Merc force. It died and a while later, a Battlecruiser sprung out. I had a frigate on the way but one transport had arrived so I destroyed the colony ships and took out the system. Had a good 8:2 base

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Reply to The Fellowship Halls (Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Report from my 1.12 Maso Huge game. Dec 2182. Flushed with minor cash, I've managed to get all the early TGs (A,DT,GA,FC,US,GSE,TS)so far. The AIs seem to favour building star fighters and corvettes now. The Alts, who had two systems, next to me did not build a single defender. With Transports at Def 1, their system defense didn't look solid at all to me. No tribute demands from the AIs so far. All relationships at Neutral. Traded Interstellar Tactics from a

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Reply to Please stop the MASO wins. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I hope that the holes in AI which allows for MASO wins get patched. For example give away one influence point and build relations with a race that can wipe you out in a few turns is wrong.[/quote] Well, the 1IP exploit is fixed in 1.12. It would be interesting to see if there are players who are no longer able to win at Maso because of the improved AI and fixes.

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Reply to BUG: Latest SDC Doesn't Run in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yeah, had that too when I updated to the latest version. Was wondering whether it is unique to me. Tried deleting the .ini files in the discussion folder but no go. I uninstalled SDC and reinstalled the version under the downloads page and got 1.12. :) ~SDC~

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Reply to Attention Matthew Downie in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote] It's not Downie, it's Downie! “So, what’s your name?” said the lady, after they had walked together for a while. “In human towns, I am known as Matthew.” “And your real name?” “You wouldn’t be able to pronounce it.” “Try me.” “Downie.” “Downie?” “Not even close! Your human tongues are so graceless!” “Charming.” “If you travel with me long enough, you will learn that the tongue of an elf is nimble and versatile.” “Sounds like fun. Are

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