Coffeedragon

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

"Err...umm...hey - wha..NOOOO[BaaaBLAM!!!]" We have learned a lot from Saddam. All you´ll ever get (if you get anybody at all) is a few of our Dopplegangers. :)

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

"You foolish GROSSlings need to understand that there will always be those who seek to thwart you..." -Last words of Space Wombat before falling victim to the `Premature Sheep Explosion´(PSE) Virus designed by the vily G.R.O.S.S. scientists. :HOT:

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

"Coffee: About time you showed up again. I guess the self-labeled laziest senator of the empire is alive still. Glad to see you around. Come by more often." Thanks. :) It´s good to see you all do so well, and our lead steadily expanding. Soon the territory owned by the Alliance -who so foolishly doubted our capacity to eclipse them!- will be limited to the immediate surroundings of their bunker. Which means we will know WHERE THEIR SECRET BUNKER IS, and then it´s time for the

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

"I understand that from their perspective, the metaverse does not exist for players like me, those who actually try to compete, but rather for those that just want to see how er, you know, I have no idea who it is for." :) A classic. I would put that in my sig, if this forum allowed for a signature. LOL

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

"You haven't submitted since may 15. What you been doing? Playing a wimpy game like Sim City? :) ". Heh; rising to the loftiest heights of the Metaverse without much effort is totally in line with my "Wicked Neutral" strategy-philosophy. :) Sc4 is actually not that wimpy, for an opponentless game. Budget deficit can kill you before you can say "What the-?". :SURPRISED:

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

Congratulations, Pontius! Your Imperial concept has been proven totally sound, as I thought. \Coffeedragon hands himself the `Laziest Senator of Mightiest Empire´ Award. :HOT: :D

Reply to European Empire Update in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Guys, I would've thought that players of Evil alignment had no place in the Euro Alliance." Are you kidding? The Alliance is all about INCOMPETENT EVIL tm. They even incompetently plot against each other. But I like them: They are very consistent and true to their chosen style 24/7. :) :CONGRAT: (Besides: What better opponents to walk over could you find than comatose Apolyton and Incompetently-Evil Alliance? They are worth their weight in Credits! :) )

Reply to Metaverse scores: Stardock is currently fixing the metaverse score problem. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"Metaverse scores are a bit screwy now Stardock is working to fix this now." Now? When were they not? :D :D :D

Reply to Metaverse scoring shock in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"3598 for cakewalk." I am so disgruntled with the scoring system (and some of the quirks, like untradeable trade goods) that I have stopped playing Galciv, for the time being. But I still visit here, and will try Galciv again, when these things have been sorted out. In the meantime, I am off to Simcity4. :)

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

Nope, Neutral. Fits perfectly with my playing style! :CONGRAT:

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

Yes, the faces are truly funny. Mine is probably Chaotic Good. Let´s see.

Reply to Apolyton is 1st and controls 25% of the galaxy. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Apolyton is the I-League of the Metaverse. Lots of members, but few that are particularly strong. In short, their power is ephemeral. :p

Reply to AI cheats rather plentifully in this game. in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Back to original topic: If you reeeally want to play a computer game without any ai advantage, you basically have 3 options: 1) Chess 2) Games without an opponent, i.e. Simcity 3) Multiplayer I really don´t see anything else that would satisfy you.

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

I have taken a holiday from Galciv to try out Sc4. For all that may be interested: It rocks! Unlike Sc3000, which I found boring and unbalanced (just build all those Parks and Marinas!), Sc4 pushes the envelope. With my first city, all seemed to go well at first. I got to a population of ~9000, with a few hundreds/month surplus and over 80000 still in the bank, then I made my mistake: Raised a prohibitive tax on dirty industries to drive them out of town and move up to manufacturing. I

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

"Underestimating GROSS is like losing half the war already." Golden words, Gerakken. Congrats to your promotion!

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

"You may see some VERY patient, specially trained snappy sheep just innocently 'hanging about'." Are you aware that those are Boomerang Sheep? If you use them, they´ll come back, and bite you! Don´t even think about it. :)

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

New Logo doesn´t appear yet, afaI can see.

Reply to Metaverse data: It is easier to be good in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Actually, I would contribute a Torian or two to the "Save the Spacesharks" fund. Those were lively times, with Spacesharks all over the place; I miss them. (:(

Reply to European Empire Update in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

More like *The* Family. As in: Cosa Nostra.

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

Oh, and Christopher, face it: The only game where it´s good to be Australia is Risk. :HOT:

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

"To sum up, for empires, new scoring system favors quantity over quality and military above all else." And players with the latest patch over everybody else. >:( Good analysis again, Staffa, as usual.

Reply to New Feature Request: Metaverse Score Deleting in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Perhaps your rankings could "go to sleep", should you not submit anything for more than 30 days, but be reawakened once you start submitting again.

Reply to New Feature Request: Metaverse Score Deleting in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"I do believe rankings should be ranking only the active people." Yes, but not only the *most* active people. Submitting a game every two weeks should be just fine, many people will not submit more than 10 games overall in three months. So 10 Best in 90 days would be too limited.

Reply to New Feature Request: Metaverse Score Deleting in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"If the scores just added up, then it's purely the guy who plays the most." Then why not add up, with cap: 10 Best Games, or 5 Best Games, whatever. You still lose your worst scores, but result does not depend on # of games played. But you are not stuck with old scores forever.

Reply to European Empire Update in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Ehhh, Impune, did you remove yourself as Senator? :SURPRISED: Not my business, I know, but I wish more of our European politicians were so altruistic. :)