TheQuack

TheQuack

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Reply to Logistics and Super Fleets in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I was thinking about logistics as causing an empire-wide combat penalty ship by ship. I didn't really consider different rules for fleet - i.e. a logistics centre can fully support 8 corvettes at the border, it doesn't matter if they're separate or fleeted. About fleet bonuses - I've got no idea what sort of bonuses would work, just a couple points about grouped ships. You mentioned the irritation of disbanding a large fleet every time you left friendly space and remaking two smaller fl

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Reply to Pirates of the Southern Seas in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hehe, thanks for the cheers, guys! Of course, I got all my inspiration from everyone here, and current events just made it easier. Hosting the comic strip? No worries, check your email. Writing some of it? Ahh, that's too much pressure! :SURPRISED: I like writing here on the forums, where if something turns out to be rubbish, I can pretend I was drunk when I wrote it. LOL Heh, well, I'll think about it. If I get any killer ideas, I'll let you know :)

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Reply to GCCG WARNING!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Am a bit unclear about something. Does one anomolous score hose your entire Metaverse ranking? Or is it just one game that don't get counted?" Well, the metaverse score is worked out from all the game scores you've submitted, and a zero score is worse than no score submitted at all.

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Reply to ANZAC's News From The A.S.S. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

lol, this just reminded me of a great psychological study I read about. They got a few people, and asked them to do a test, drink a couple shots of vodka, and do the test again, as well as describe how they felt. As you'd expect, their performance dropped a bit, and they reported being somewhat tipsy. The catch is, half of them were drinking vodka, and the other half were just drinking water with some vodka smeared on the rim of the shotglass to give it that vodka smell. Interesting, he

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Reply to Getting seriously P*ssed off.... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I think I'll follow MadProphet's lead, the winds seem to be blowing towards this thread. copy-paste: --- The way I see it (and this could be wrong for some people - if so, I apologize to them), people don't use the cranking guide cause they enjoy bankrupting AIs, or they only have 20 minutes a day to play. They use it to get a better score, period. So I'd call it cheese. But you know what? My definition of cheese is pretty harsh. "Anything you do to maximize your metaverse scor

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Reply to GCCG WARNING!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The way I see it (and this could be wrong for some people - if so, I apologize to them), people don't use the cranking guide cause they enjoy bankrupting AIs, or they only have 20 minutes a day to play. They use it to get a better score, period. So I'd call it cheese. But you know what? My definition of cheese is pretty harsh. "Anything you do to maximize your metaverse score." So if I'm playing a maso game and see fifty frigates and transports approaching my last defenceless planet, I don't bot

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Reply to Fellowship of the Ring Empire Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Quack bashed the table repeatedly as he made his speech. "We will not sit idly by and let the heathens take over the Metaverse! Fellowship, MWC, ANZACs, you all suck monkeys balls! Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! You are either with us, or against us. Let there be WAR!" Quack cut off the transmission and turned to his generals. "Okay, that's done, let's get this show on the road. Fuel the anti-matter missiles - I want them launched before any of those guys log

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Reply to GalCiv Haiku in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The closest thing I read to poetry on the TFC boards I used to hang around on was a piece about the mystical dance of rocket-jumping, concing, and bunny-hopping :-) Actually, I did see a 1337-speak poem there once, now that I think about it, but it's been a long time. [Message Edited]

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Reply to Pirates of the Southern Seas in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

A Call To Arms Quack checked the corridor one last time. All clear. He hit the override, and entered Killa's quarters. Hopefully, no-one would notice his absence from the Galactic Peace Ball, and he only needed a second here. He flew up to the ceiling, grabbed the bug he'd planted, and raced back to his quarters. There, he plugged the bug into his computer and downloaded a video. He played the video, and began to smile... *** Killa is sitting at a desk, bashing

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Reply to Australian Republic Communication & Recruiting Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

/quack lifts the visor on his old pyro suit Phew! Last few forums I've been around, posting something like that would've earned me some time on the rack... Heh, that GG was a bad choice, you're not wrong there. But the very fact that he isn't elected makes it easier to kick him out (eventually) - plus the fact that he's supposed to represent everyone, not just one party, means he needs unified public support to survive. It would have been much harder to kick him out if he had t

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Reply to Australian Republic Communication & Recruiting Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I voted to keep the status quo - honestly, I didn't see anything great that could be achieved even if a republic went through. Spend all that money to repaint and relabel everything, and for what? To say I'm an Australian? I can already say that. I like having a non-political Governor General as our local head of state. And so what if it's technically the Queen? At least she's so rich, it's hard to pay her off - unlike some of the pollies we've got. There's still some things that should

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Reply to Unofficial Australian Republic Comm Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"The Rebel drinkers are planning to celebrate the return of their princess and the Vomit Smiley at a Galactic Peace Ball. The invitation list included the Metaverse's greatest figures from all species....except for one." Hmm... that just gave me an idea for the next chapter of the POSSE saga :-) As for the comic: --- A guy walks into a bathroom, smashed. He looks around, and realizes he's gonna spew any second now. He sees the toilet, and staggers towards it.

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