Gerakken

Reply to SOS!!! SOS!!! URGENT CALL TO ALL UNAFFILIATED PLAYERS!!! SOS!!!! SOS!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Lots and lots of empireless folks out there. Just tallied 115 orphans out of the top 250 players alone. So pick an empire, any empire. This concludes the non-partisan portion of this message. Now for the paid political announcement: Avast, ye Metaverse saints and scoundrels alike, there be three kinds of folks: those free spirits sailin' the sea o' stars looting and plundering with the pirates of GROSS, those being looted and plundered, and the wimps who hide, to scared to join the figh

Reply to Difficulty Levels Revealed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Time for another look into the vast depths of the Meta, a 250 player report Spymaster style. I will just jump right in on the top 50. (No need for the top 25 as a separate category anymore.) Top 50 Players Cakewalk : 0 Easy : 0 Simple : 0 Beginner : 1 Normal : 3 Challenging: 0 Tough : 0 Painful : 0 Crippling : 6 Masochistic:40 Toughness : 9.46, up from 9.18 two weeks ago. Top 100 Players Cakewalk : 0<

Reply to Travel to Realms Beyond Your Ordinary Gaming Experience in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmm. I spy RB is closing in upon the top 10. Good job! :) The once supreme Apolyton is reduced to being a speedbump leading to the top. This looks to be very interesting indeed. (Gerakken briefly ponders several fiendish plans.)

Reply to Arceans colonized a PQ14 planet in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It happens, but I have only seen it once before. If it could happen on a regular basis, it would undermine a favorite come from behind strategy: the back fill. I'll always come back around for some PQ 13 or 14 action near my territory even if I don't take worm kill most of the time. An eventual PQ 15 or 16 after two basic early improvement techs is not that bad. Not great planets, but they get the job done. It would be nice if I had to run for them early rather than being able to routinely wait

Reply to ANZAC Imperium in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]i'm in the middle of knocking up a new theme[/quote] Go ahead and mix it up. Show us what you got. After all, ANZACs are like the cockroaches of the Metaverse: no matter what you hit them with and how many die, they come back. (And if anyone out there has sold their thick skin off to some travelling, hungry Drengin, you should know I meant that as a compliment. This pirate has seen too many ANZAC attacks not to respect them.)

Reply to G.R.O.S.S. communication thread. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The boss will be back skinning Drengin in no time at all. Old, grouchy pirates don't get sicker, they just get meaner. See you back at the helm soon, boss.

Reply to Evil Empire's infernal thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Bad to the bone." I think that should say it all. #1100, by the way. How evil of me...

Reply to Canadian Star Federation Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Hey I am finally PURE GOOD [/quote] The curse has been broken! :CONGRAT:

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

3 mil. Who would have thought. This is a far cry from the days empires were thinking "50,000? How are we going to reach that other guy at 50,000?" Grats. :CONGRAT:

Reply to G.R.O.S.S. communication thread. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Just checking on things for this night. Looks like it is my turn to feed the Queen of Beasts, Threadzilla.

Reply to Evil Empire's infernal thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]I remember that we now have 12 members. A number that was thought impossible no more than 2 months ago. [/quote] Oh, I had an idea things would turn out just fine here. If there is anything I can pick out in a race, it is the dark horse. :) Keep up the empire building, Evil Ones.

Reply to come and join the EVIL EMPIRE >:( in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Holding out for a PQ 20 all the time? No sense of adventure, I say. A PQ 17 or 18 can be fun once in a while. The reason against using CTRL-N too often is to get some of those "worst case" scenarios and try to salvage them. Doing that once in a while toughens a player up to handle harder levels faster and to adapt to bad situations better. What was once "Oh man, this is bad. I am dead for sure" may become "Hmm. A little bit tricky, but I can manage" over time. I am not saying using it is cheese.

Reply to Special Forces OpCentre in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

RISE AND SHINE, SOLDIERS! It is your day in the sun. It has been quite a while since I profiled an empire in the Major Alignments thread. The last time it was the Evil Ones, and they were a totally new concept in the Meta. The Special Forces seems like a fresh new animal even if it does have a core of beastly players with a lot of empire history, so I took the ball and ran with it. I was meaning to have this done earlier, but between RL and trying to bring some loot back to the pirate ship thing

Reply to Some major empire alignments revealed! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The Metaverse is a place rife with conflict. Empires battle on a grand scale every day to keep territory already held and to grab footholds in new sectors on the Meta map. Diplomacy and warfare are interchangeable on this epic scale. On the front lines are the overlords, each doing their small part. For some, this results in little hostile action. For others, war is a lifestyle they know all too well. But they are all soldiers trying to survive the great war that is the Meta. A new power has ris

Reply to Special Forces OpCentre in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]we'll hold the door open for Pontius and Gerakken[/quote] I am definitely honored you would extend me an open invitation for the future. One day I might have to be thinking about my empire options, true. If the day comes, I will be seriously thinking about your offer. For now, I am still trying to fix the pirate ship when not sneaking around the Meta or trying to score some loot to bring back home.

Reply to PanGaea Cooperative - We Live For Pleasure! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

And whether you are busy with RL or not, the Spymaster still watches YOU. Just that he does not always make his presence known that often. [quote]I've been experimenting with a few smaller games that I can play in a couple of hours and dont drag on so long [/quote] I know the feeling there. My problem is that I am so busy looking around and checking things out that my turns drag. The concept of pushing the turn button quickly without looking at much eludes me. I can set the gov

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

[quote]I seem to remember getting some non-50 neutrals. Can't go back and test unfortunately.[/quote] Same thing here. Did that one game by allowing one good event and one evil event with the rest all neutral. Even though the end alignment was 41 (good event raised align to 51, worm killing later dropped it to 41), the result was Neutral. Maybe there has to be balance in the Force, within reason, of course. (As in the points in the events can be disproportional, but not surpass the norm

Reply to G.R.O.S.S. communication thread. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]Now that it has downloaded a new version, I'll try to play another game.[/quote] Thar be aliens ta trick, plunder, enslave, and even slay. May nothin' in the sea o' stars be safe, matey. ARR! :HOT:

Reply to European Empire Update in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The first task to the top is to take on the empire in front of you. The MWC is also an old empire as far as the Meta goes, so the Euros and them both have a lot of old version scores floating around and that puts the two on a more equal footing. The farmers are simply outfighting you right now in number of battles. So overtaking them should be easy since they do not have that much of a battle lead. It gets a little harder from there against the top 3 empires; they are newer empires with a core o

Reply to Evil Empire's infernal thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

[quote]since bakka is evil again,[/quote] Evil, but in a perilous state. While good is the natural state of many in the Meta and thus harmless to them, it is a powerful, addictive narcotic to those of innately evil persuasion. The symptoms of the drug are at first subtle and easily dealt with, but become progressively more damaging. First, there is a feeling of calm and serenity because of being able to better co-exist with alien empires. Then a mild high caused by a couple of extra mor

Reply to MWC Statbot is updated in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Heh. Poor bakka. Am I not in sort of the same boat? Well, one can play John Henry and try to compete against the steam drill directly, or one can change the contest a bit. Personally, I have welcomed the automation. You know, I was supposed to have Yor servants complile this data for me long ago. They just turned out to be rebellious, lazy things. All the hand sorting is quite a work out. If the MWC has got something that works, then let it handle the minute details and look at the picture from

Reply to Difficulty Levels Revealed in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This is my own personal difficulty report to fill in the space a bit before the next regular update. Just got through with my latest experiment in pacifism. Went up to crippling for the first time against five pure evil genius aliens. The Drengin converted to good after a culture change event mid game. The military superpower of the map that I was trying to gently tip-toe around all of a sudden became my best friend in short order after that. (I was going good already. Ended up at about 80 align

Reply to Special Forces OpCentre in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

WHAT IS THIS, A SOCIAL CLUB OR A COMBAT UNIT!? Do you think the enemy will make an appointment when it is convenient to attack, or will he infiltrate the barracks while everyone is chatting in the mess hall? DROP AND GIVE ME 20! I just had to do that. Just dropping in for a visit while I was delivering my latest loot.

Reply to G.R.O.S.S. communication thread. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Did someone say tax cuts? Not on this pirate's shift. A little more loot for the coffer.

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

[quote]Evil Ray had to rise from his grave to show everyone how it is do[/quote] The choice was already made, we just have to understand it. The Prophecy already had Agent Ray :HOT: in mind, which is maybe why the Spymaster is staying on the other side of the alignment board at the moment... :)