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[Shamless self promotion] I have a 60K on Large Crip [/Shamless self promotion] 
          
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| Downloaded the latest Galciv and AP patches just. Really eager to see what I've missed these few months. |
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Nooooooooooooooooooooo! Ray, don't post your game, it has taken me months of hard work to catch up to you. I still have another 2 weeks of play to beat your score. 
Seriously, I am glad your back. Post your game(s) and welcome from your friends the undead Canucks. 
    
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Ray will drop in score because since it has been so long since he has posted a game. Expect his score to drop like a rock.
Oh, and glad you are back Ray. These guys have been running around with their heads cut off ever since I got here. 
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| These guys have been running around with their heads cut off ever since I got here. |
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Very diplomatic of you to say so ...
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| I have a 60K on Large Crip |
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And a 60K Huge Alliance Crip is possible.
 
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Well, I looked at the history file for the patch changes I've missed and was happy to note that quite a few wanted changes (destroyed transports eating pop, free terror stars, etc) were made.
Started a game, clicked on the tech known as logistics, wondered what logistics management centre(?) does, stared at the map a bit and shut the game down. I suspect it is just inertia and once I get going, I would be hooked again (well, at least I hope so ).
If not, I would probably need GC-AP to get me excited about this game again. Any idea when GC-AP will go gold?
Thanks for the warm greetings everyone. Good to see many familar faces and some new ones.
  
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Hey, Ray. Sorry I didn't say hello sooner - I stopped reading the forums for a few days and missed your return.
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No worries, Matthew. I stopped reading the forums for three months. 
What games have you fellows been playing away from Galciv?
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| Started a game, clicked on the tech known as logistics, wondered what logistics management centre(?) |
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The starbase costs have changed. Instead of a monthly upkeep fee, now you get a number of bases free, then they start charging you a one time fee to build em. Also, cultural improvements cost extra money up front when you build them. The LMM reduces these costs and lets you build a couple more free. Unless of course you build beyond the extra freebies prior to building it. Then you don't get em. The LMM does not reduce the terror star fee. Also, you can no longer build a terror star while in debt.
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I'm sure we've covered this. Haven't you read every back-post on every thread yet? Once you've got through the 9500 on the Raven's Claw, the rest are easy.
My most recent games played are Call of Duty, Theme Hospital, Planescape: Torment, the UT2K4 demo and Metroid Prime. (And Altarian Prophecy beta.)
I nearly played you once at Star Chamber when I was trying out the demo, but you were AFK when I arrived. Then someone else challenged me to a game and annihilated me. I realised then that I wouldn't stand a chance against you.
The Altarian Prophecy beta looks like it's pretty close to what the final version will be (except that you can't customise maps?) It's generous with score, so you can play for alliance victories on non-gigantic galaxies and still get maximum points.
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Just played another game of GalCiv, my first in over two weeks. 55K in about 1h20m. For me, that's probably a record of some sort.
Getting a good starting location makes all the difference between a quick game and a challenging one.
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Maybe we need to raise more campaign funds. We could rent out this thread for advertising space.
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I'll help! I'll give you 5bc for 99 months if you let me place Guardian recruiting ads here...
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| This post has been bought up by the Yor Empire for commercial purposes. |
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... but we have to be on a different page than the Yor...
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Hm... What's the current exchange rate for BC to pounds sterling?
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| welcome to palindromic post 010100001010 |
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You need to get out more Matthew.
Spotting post numbers that make binary palindromes is a very serious problem.
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| Hm... What's the current exchange rate for BC to pounds sterling? |
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| something like 2.1 billion pound to 1bc i thinkgive o take a couple thousand pounds |
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That's a lot. Sounds like Earth has a trade imbalance issue...
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So I was being offered ten and a half billion quid a month for something that he could have taken for free?
Hm... Make it eleven billion pounds a month and you've got a deal!
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