TheQuack

Reply to T h e - C a r i E l f - f a n c l u b in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

You don't use pretty words, but you still explain things plainly, without any bs. You should get a job as the tutorial assistant in GalCiv - like the popups in Office, but actually useful. "Bobo say taxes make people sad. Less taxes mean more happy campers." :) Hey, we could start a fan club for you - with forceinfinity, me, and my pet duck, that's three already! :CONGRAT: Here you go, you can have a free Larry-Curly-Mobot too! Just don't give him any party hats.

Reply to Good or EVIL!? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Not sure anyone mentioned Ultra Drives, a 50% speed bonus for good .. at least I think they are for good only." There's a few good techs for speed, but I think that Ultra Drives +50% is just a random event that affects the whole galaxy, and last time it appeared I was neutral.

Reply to Is there a way to get more background GALCIV Story/history into the game? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

hehe... While going through personnel reports, your advisors have brought the file of one scientist to your attention. He has stolen many ideas from other scientists and claimed them as his own, and has been implicated in several failed plans for world domination. However, he has also found ways to highly motivate those under his supervision, and his Fembots (modified Artificial Slaves) have been an amazing success. Should we keep him around? A) No way, baby! Keeping a squ

Reply to Random Title Generator in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hmm... moo3 had that random speech generator (he nervously roared "please cuddle me"), I wonder if we could get the ai empires to use random titles. Yeah, no galaxy is ever the same - today the bad dudes are lead by a high caesar, tomorrow by a wiener lord. Politics is a dirty business :)

Reply to Fog of war in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'm at uni now, so I'm not sure, but the "show ships" option on the minimap turns on/off starbases too, right? (never bothered turning it off.) If that's the case, they could set resources at the same level as stars (i.e. always shown), and if you have "show ships" selected, then it'll show a starbase on top. So you could easily see which starbases are parked on top of resources across the galaxy by turning the show ships off/on for a sec. Of course, you still have to find them before that

Reply to T h e - C a r i E l f - f a n c l u b in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Honestly, I had hoped, as a fan, you would have a higher opinion of her. But no, you're just a brainless jerk like most people in the world, thinking that beating up on people will help your cause with a girl." You don't get it - the robot can do lots of other stuff, like pick flowers, sing songs, and play the piano. Of course, it can do some not-no-nice stuff - and clerics have maces too as I recall. But it's only meant as a technology demonstration. And it's slapstick! It's a Larry

Reply to I am very disapointed with scoring problem in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hopefully, they'll be able to come up with some new ideas after they've put all the submitted games through the wringer. For example, people winning fast should get a bonus, but how much? Ideally, someone winning early and someone almost winning early, but keeping an enemy as a pet for decades while building, then finishing him off should get a similar score. The hardest thing they did was the conquest, not the zookeeping, and they both did the same conquests. Imagine a score system trying to po

Reply to Fog of war in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'd be happy if there was a clearer difference on the main view between mapped space and visible space - maybe give the invisible space a shade of blue or something. Oh, and having it remember where resources are, but I already said that one.

Reply to The Galactic Enquirer: SCANDAL IN THE WHITE COUNCIL!!!!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, being exiled to Europe, by definition, would include transport. Won't be a first class ride, but it'll get him there. Getting rid of him is your problem :p

Reply to T h e - C a r i E l f - f a n c l u b in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

@Blue Ocean: ah, but I could just get this code to run on a robot. It won't stop after 20 times, and cheap party hats are plentiful. Meanwhile, I can sidle in, ask CariElf what she thinks of my adorable little bot, and take it from there... @Gerakken: Aye, code has no emotion, but it can provoke emotions in humans, both for its creator and its user ("f'n work already you piece of"). Admittedly, love and passion are rare reactions (lol), but maybe that just means we aren't good e

Reply to Difficulty Listed in Metaverse in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Same for my first ever game against five fools. Maybe "suicidal" just refers to how bored you get :p

Reply to Poor Invasion AI in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

So, if a transport's built at a core planet and it's sent to attack an enemy planet, it plots one path for the entire trip? You could have it sent to a frontier world (or rally point if there's lots of empty sectors in between), and send the combat ships there. Then, escort it for the last leg of the journey. Actually, if the AI started using rally points, it could hold off the attack until it had a group of ships with a good likelihood of attacking the planet's defenses, invading it, a

Reply to ANZAC Empire, 'Bridging the Ditch' Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Private forums? We have nothing to hide - let the masses ph34r us :SURPRISED:

Reply to The Galactic Enquirer: SCANDAL IN THE WHITE COUNCIL!!!!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The drunken ninja faces off against his opponents. He's heavily outnumbered, but just stands ready and signals them to come closer. As they charge, he jumps in the air, goes to matrix-time, and gets ready to send out a few mega-kicks. Then, he suddenly remembers how drunk he is, falls down, and breaks both his legs. This post is dedicated to a certain numpty, who had a whole lot of drinks, refused the offer of a taxi, ran away, did the cartoon running-in-midair, fell down, and knocked h

Reply to T h e - C a r i E l f - f a n c l u b in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Trying to woo her with code seems like a novel idea, afterall, she is obviously a proficient software engineer at the very least. But, methinks all that impersonal computer code lacks charm, finesse. Any well heeled gentleman would know that programs are for computers, and words are for people." Yeah, but words can be misinterpreted, especially over the internet - that's why they have smileys. Code is crystal clear, but you're right, it's got no character. Hmm... unless you code with

Reply to The Galactic Enquirer: SCANDAL IN THE WHITE COUNCIL!!!!!! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, if he was drinking real beer, at least he had an excuse :p

Reply to A new way to manage empire spending sliders in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Only thing is, you'd need some more info available to do things like see the combined spending percentage on military across the empire, or how much industry is available on each planet class. class A: | | | | | | | | | M S R Capacity (the sum of the money each planet in this category could spend): 300bc class B: | | | | | | M R Capacity: 200bc class C: | | | | | |<b

Reply to T h e - C a r i E l f - f a n c l u b in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"But I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door" I don't think she'd appreciate that, but... :)

Reply to T h e - C a r i E l f - f a n c l u b in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Aw, like a cute bunch of ewoks worshipping a princess. Hmm... that gives me an idea for the next track - the ewok BBQ song! ya-da-da-ditty-dohh-dohh, ya-da-da-ditty-doh... Get the party atmosphere going!

Reply to ANZAC Empire, 'Bridging the Ditch' Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Yeah, it was just a bug, that's all. We don't have a secret weapon to dominate the universe, no sir! (quack secretly pencils in "Galactic Domination Day" on his calendar...)

Reply to Metaverse Submission problems in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Sorry, we are not in the habbit of deleting games per players requests. If we did this for one person then we would have thousands of people requesting that we delete their games." Ok, that's fair enough, just as long as it doesn't come back to bite me in the arse a few months from now... (tech looking at game logs) "Ooh, someone's been messing with the difficulty settings a while ago, huh? Bad cheater, bad..." (tech nukes my account) :SURPRISED:

Reply to Random Title Generator in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Teenage Mutant Ninja Sorcerer of Deviant Sexual Practices, The Quack w00t! :CONGRAT: You two must be so jealous...

Reply to A new way to manage empire spending sliders in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, I had another go at this at uni (i was bored), i tweaked it a bit more. This idea doesn't have any UI changes at all, just a different algorithm for assigning money. Well, there are a few possible changes to make things easier - for example, you could have a line on the sliders (which you can't move) which shows the total spending in military and social requested by all your planets, and you could have a different slider lock that automatically moved them on the fly, allocating money based

Reply to T h e - C a r i E l f - f a n c l u b in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

(doh, tried posting before but it died and i lost my train of thought...) "NO we DONT have enoughf V.P.'s but you may be NEXT!" Ooh, can I put that on my resume and bring ya in for a character reference? :) "There aren't autographed copies for sale." I'm sure your marketing gurus are watching the market, watching and waiting, ready to pounce when the time's right. "Nor are there any auctions of my old clothes or anything like that on ebay.

Reply to ANZAC Empire, 'Bridging the Ditch' Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I like this clan scene - we can get together, post trash, and swap some trade secrets, and I don't have to make appointments to play matches weeks in advance! re: drunken gaming - yeah, it's great, I just make sure I use a different save game. Then in the morning, I wake up, load up the save, and try and remember what stupid things I did to end up there... Hehe, just finished another small game - I was right in the middle of the galaxy, two other races near me. Thought I'd go f