CypherPax

CypherPax

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

Just won my first Maso game. It was MUCH easier than I expected... I actually found it easier than the average Medium, Painful I played. Let's see how my streak continues... The strategies posted here and other places were very helpful. I didn't have an AI even ASK for tribute throughout the entire game. Played a tiny - diplo maxed out. Earth 19 class and this is the only game I ever played with NO colonization phase. I shared my sector with the Caranoids. I rushed them w

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

Back from vacation. It sure was quiet this weekend on the boards. I am now playing good as a temporary strategy - it seems easier as my strategy of fighting 5+ wars with each major in a game doesn't seem like it's gonna be a winner on Crippling. I liked the flipism story, Killa. Quack- I'll have to remember to ground Ashlyn for time-traveling when she gets older.... Happy Raiding, Cypher ~SDC~

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Reply to What are advantages/dis-advantages to joining a team? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

By the way, you're more than welcome to jon GROSS - and don't worry about the rules. We're pirates - we don't have rules. You can join and leave if you want. Actually, anyone in theses forums is likely to help you.... and there are a number of good strategies available. GROSS is the original evil empire and the most infamous set of space pirates in the Metaverse. We are also the most active empire on the message boards -- both GROSS and Pirates of the South Seas are our thre

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Reply to To be evil hmmmmm........................ in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

This sounds interesting, but it doesn't seem to fit in the current mechanics of the game. Frogboy has mentioned a possible future feature (GalCiv?) for designing ships. I believe there may have been one for the OS/2 version of GalCiv. So you may get part of what you want... If you're interested in playing a privateer, you're welcome to join GROSS. We're all about smuggling ... and general piracy. Cheers, Cypher ~SDC~

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

Thanks for all the congratulations! We're pretty excited.... Don't have much to say, but Threadzilla seemed hungry. I had to go before my town today. It seems they want to drain the pond that made the infamous gazebo necessary. I suspect a MWC plot... but I can't prove anything yet. I may actually get to try out the expansion pack tonight... :D I'd like to get in a game before my big vacation. I thought I should leave some instructions for Ashlyn:<b

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

Hey folks, Great News! Mrs. Pax and I have another little pirate on the way! This release is due between early and late June... Guess we don't need to use the transmortifiger-thing-a-majimgee on Mrs. Pax after all. ;) Most of my family doesn't know yet, but I wanted to make sure Killa didn't accuse me of holding back good story material again. Yeah! Cypher [Message Edited]

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Reply to ok..... since maso seems to be the only way to rack up some points now.... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Maso does seem like the only way to score big. I think that anyone who says that scoring isn't a big part of why they play is not being completely honest (at least for those of us who are active on the forum.) Galatic Civilizations is a great game, but there are a lot of great games out there that I only spend a month or so on. What keeps me coming back is the metaverse (particularly the people in my empire) and being able to contribute to an empire keeps my interest level up. If thi

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Reply to Veterans or who should be? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Let's see.... Ray AI Plots your defeat even while your computer is turned off. This AI penalizes you for not playing continually. Each time you close the game or even shut down the computer, the Ray AI runs through each of your saved games and tests out the perfect adaptive strategy to beat you just as an experiment. If you play the Ray AI, make sure you finish the game in one sitting. Otherwise you'll load saved games only to find that the Ray AI has already finished a ga

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

Pontius -- There is Australian wine label in the $8 -$15 dollar range that I like a lot: Black Opal. Hurley says it is export only and not available in Australia. They make my favorite reds - though I'm hardly an expert. -Cypher

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

Congrats to the Veteran Koala... I could give you a lot of interesting Mrs. Pax tidbits, she is quite an interesting gal... Pontius -- Thanks for the advice --- and the wine list. I am familiar with a few of the wines on the list (Beringer, Turning Leaf,Robert Mondavi) and I enjoy them, so I'm looking forward to trying the rest out.. Cheers, Cypher

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

Quack - Another classic for the War of the Worlds! :HOT: Pontius -- Writing stories and still dropping bombs - I'm speechless. I'm sorry to say, I don't know if I'll get my weekly game in as real life is being uncooperative. (:( I'm interested the wine discussion and perhaps could use some advice. Mrs Pax has a migrane problem (perhaps it's because she's married to me) and reds or dry whites give her a headache. We typically drink $7 bottles of Beringer White Zinf

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

Dear Dark Assassin, I certainly don’t have anything against you personally. Since you are utterly evil, so I’m not surprised you don’t understand my wholesome family values. 1. My daughter doesn’t like Mexican food. For daughter-daddy days we often fire bomb Taco Bells and they head over to the nearest neighborhood bar to clean our weapons and enjoy some Root Beer. It’s practically like Norman Rockwell painting. Your emperor is Hairy the Taco, what kind of father would I b

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Reply to cheese, or a easy way to get a lot of ships? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't have a problem with negoitating a peace settlement with an AI that's about to disappear. One condition is the decommision of the navy, another is whatever terms you can get... if you've culture flipped a number of systems, it's not like you exterminated their race. Plus, there have to be physical assets of a culture that could be liquadated... I think it makes sense economically and I assumed the AI knows enough to do this...

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

Great start to the rescue, Wombat and Jaws... I was responding to Dark Assasin on the Evil Empire thread and I added the next part (I am copying it here, because I don't know how much of the POSSE reads their thread - assume the setting is there 'home world.' Since this is the POSSE thread, you get the special extended version with the deleted scene. The Rescue? Just as the Dark Assasin finished speaking, he heard the cry of 'incoming.' It was the only warni

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

The Rescue? Just as the Dark Assasin finished speaking, he heard the cry of 'incoming.' It was the only warning he needed as he slipped into the shadows just in time to avoid being caught in the impact crater of a large white Drop Bear. 'Darn' exclaimed Cypher Pax as he dusted himself off. 'Dark, I don't suppose I'd be elgible for assasination lessons? At 700 pounds, Cypher Pax was capable of firing the helicopter gatling gun from his hip. At hundreds of rounds pe

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

Pontius -I feel for you! I had sinking money into my car... I don't know if you've paid for washing machine yet, but you can get a new washing machine for less than 400... Of course, I'm cheeaappp.... so I always buy wants on sale at Home Depot. Just finished my first gigantic... thankfully I got the Draginol event. Spend money like crazy, actually had such a huge military that I got the last planet of the Torians, Altarians, Drending, Alexians, and Fundamentals in trade. Had to tak

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