EternusIV Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Hello everyone: senators, ex-senators, PA, non-PA and the like. Its been fun reading the updates on how the game has come along. Witnessing the FlagBridge results were inspiring. It's also mind boggling to see the potential of gates. I miss playing (or more specifically, reading the turn results...not so much wrangling my spreadsheets and parsing data from them ) Sadly, my free time is ultra limited. I tried a minor comeback a few months ago and real life deadlines were simply too daunting to make my turn deadlines. The only way I'd return is to slow play a newbie position (flirting with it...but I'd only pull the trigger once I made a commitment to STAY with the new position) So: anyone else starting this turn cycle or next? If I restart, I'm looking to upgrade to large trees, instead of sunflowers But I would still plan on breeding like rabbits (or weeds) (I'll save maybe 300srp this run, what the hell) In the meantime, I was considering the game "Sins of a Solar Empire." Has anyone tried it? Lastly, I find the whole TG thing quite amusing in the other threads. Based on what I remember - if the real TG (Death Machine group from SN II, right?) were around, they would have made their organized presence known before now. If they ARE around: I toast an Ale81 to ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cestvel Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Welcome Back! (maybe ) There seems to have been a big number of new positions last turn, so you would have some company.And I expect Santa SRP on the second September turn, so do not take to long to consider And wasn't the PA the Death Machine Group from SN II? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted August 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Santa in Sept? Hmmmmm Crud. (Looks at $10 in wallet) Well, I was planning on ditching diet sodas anyhow Ok. I'll send something in. As for the Tennessee thing...Wayne..8-12 in Knoxville area...pretty open about their affiliation. Yeah I think the DMachine dudes were Robert Bunker etc...have to dig in a box in Colorado to verify. If Norm Anderson is still around (PA), he might remember, too. As my brother and I recall, the Tennessee group was a great, fun bunch of guys who were tough as nails. They weren't smack talkers or even cocky. Southern Gentlemen. The posts from TG seem a bit...uncharacteristic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted August 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Ok so here we go.... Empire Name: Proliferation Voluns Arachnida Fleets will be flying under the following banner: Green Skull Held Between A Pair Of Mandibles Description: A ferocious two-headed flying spider approaches: poison oozing from its mandibles, innards of another creature dripping from its heavy pincers. See you newbs soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cestvel Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Ok so here we go.... Empire Name: Proliferation Voluns Arachnida Fleets will be flying under the following banner: Green Skull Held Between A Pair Of Mandibles Description: A ferocious two-headed flying spider approaches: poison oozing from its mandibles, innards of another creature dripping from its heavy pincers. See you newbs soon! So much for big trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted August 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 The whole plant thing...had to turn over a new leaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cestvel Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 The whole plant thing...had to turn over a new leaf. And fast breeding fying spiders emerged from under the leaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-t-akua Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Welcome back E4. Although some things have changed, it is pretty much the same since you left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Deependra Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Ok so here we go.... Empire Name: Proliferation Voluns Arachnida Fleets will be flying under the following banner: Green Skull Held Between A Pair Of Mandibles Description: A ferocious two-headed flying spider approaches: poison oozing from its mandibles, innards of another creature dripping from its heavy pincers. See you newbs soon! They sound friendly :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breoghan Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Ok so here we go.... Empire Name: Proliferation Voluns Arachnida Fleets will be flying under the following banner: Green Skull Held Between A Pair Of Mandibles Description: A ferocious two-headed flying spider approaches: poison oozing from its mandibles, innards of another creature dripping from its heavy pincers. See you newbs soon! They sound friendly :-) Not! I've always considered spiders friends of the house wherever I've lived - sounds like I need to watch out for these ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Spiders are crucial for a balanced ecosystem. I've seen lots and lots of lesser insect races back in the core, and beyond. Queen Phaedra does allow for diplomacy, however. No need to foreclose a trade route with like-minded neighbors. Question is....turtle for a year? Or branch out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pierre Chang Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 I keep being tempted by Sins of a Solar Empire, but then I run into "Real Time Simulation", which I interpret as "The Fastest Clicker Wins" and pass it by. I like a turn-based simulation, and acknowledge I am just not good at, nor do I enjoy "being on the clock". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconutheads Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 I keep being tempted by Sins of a Solar Empire, but then I run into "Real Time Simulation", which I interpret as "The Fastest Clicker Wins" and pass it by. I like a turn-based simulation, and acknowledge I am just not good at, nor do I enjoy "being on the clock". Hear hear Pierre. RTS games (Real Time Strategy) games have almost NOTHING to do with strategy. It starts as a slow paced click fest and as more and more units are constructed, then turns into a fast paced 'click fest' where very little strategy is involved. Sadly it's what 'strategy gamers' now days want... ugh. The horror, the horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradigm Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 In the meantime, I was considering the game "Sins of a Solar Empire." Has anyone tried it? Excellent game. No DRM so don't pirate it please (Need license number for upgrades/patches). RTS but you can control the "clock" so not really a click-fest although you'll do plenty of clicking. Decent AI. Also fun to play "cooperative" with friends against the AI. Nice 3D graphics but still runs on fairly modest hardware including decent laptops. Expansion adds things like starbases. Recommended. Beware the Novalith Cannon. P.S. Welcome Back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Greetings and welcome back Eternus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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