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Do you still think GalCiv 1 is fun even with GalCiv II out?

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1- Yes

2- No

Raven's Claw (The Galactic Guardians Empire Thread)

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#13950 by Citizen Weyrleader - 6/28/2004 7:23:57 AM

Well, I should at least grab the top

#13951 by Citizen Genghis Hank - 6/28/2004 7:50:38 AM

Morning Guardians!

#13952 by Citizen Genghis Hank - 6/28/2004 8:18:56 AM

Hey, anyone notice MoseyingAlong? He is just about to enter the top 100!

#13953 by Citizen _Attila_ - 6/28/2004 9:02:44 AM

Morning GH! Its quite in here... somehow!
Got a game in BooM!!... GH! Look back!

#13954 by Citizen Genghis Hank - 6/28/2004 9:26:59 AM

... GH! Look back!

Nice move, my brother barbarian!

One or two more should put you ahead of me.

#13955 by Citizen _Attila_ - 6/28/2004 9:37:16 AM

One or two more should put you ahead of me.

What happened with you, mate?! You just played 7 games this month! I am worried!

#13956 by Citizen Genghis Hank - 6/28/2004 9:52:49 AM

What happened with you, mate?! You just played 7 games this month! I am worried!

RL stuff, work got busy, and a little burnout. I am probably going to stay at just a couple of games a week for a while to keep the game interesting. I still plan to be here at the Claw whenever I can, though.

#13957 by Citizen _Attila_ - 6/28/2004 9:57:23 AM

I hope everything will sort out soon...

My RL also doesn't allow much to play myself...
ALrighty, see you people around i am off to work..

Later!

#13958 by Citizen Weyrleader - 6/28/2004 11:18:01 AM

I still plan to be here at the Claw whenever I can, though

GH, I enjoy your presence more than you game playing

#13959 by Citizen Evil Druid - 6/28/2004 12:30:32 PM

Having played with the political mods the past week or so I think they make the game to easy. I end up getting almost every trade goods and wonder and can play the game in 1/2 the normal time.

Anyone think the meta should be mod less so we are all playing on a level playing field. I got my game time down to 1/2 hour with out trying to be fast. Now I believe those people who say they played a game in 20 minutes.

When you play this way the only challenge is how quick you can win, not if you can win.

#13960 by Citizen Naqmir - 6/28/2004 12:52:14 PM

Using my startagy it is very possible to get down to 20 minutes if you use a party like research inc.But other than the party I find that in most of my games the mods I do have loaded dont ever take effect.The game is too short and the only mod i ever get to use is a party.so while no mods would effect the time it takes to play a military conquest game i really dont think that not allowing mods would make it take too much longer to finish a game.Except for the PP but even they wouldnt make the game take too much longer without.

When you play this way the only challenge is how quick you can win, not if you can win.

I find that the way I play most of my games this is unfortunatly the case.The only things in doubt are how fast I can play it and weather or not its a 60k.

#13961 by Veteran Theoden of Rohan - 6/28/2004 1:41:40 PM

BOOM!

The complete extermination of every sentient alien lifeform in the galaxy brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Galactic Guardian...when alien vermin infest your galaxy, call the Guardians right away!

That's 1-888-ALL-BOOM

Today's special: 15 Terror Stars wiping out all alien scum for just 3 easy payments of 200 BC each! That's a tremendous savings over our regular rates and is only available for a special time (since the Draginol were so nice to give me enough working capital to build 15 TSs in one turn!)

#13962 by Citizen Evil Druid - 6/28/2004 1:46:37 PM

Today's special: 15 Terror Stars wiping out all alien scum for just 3 easy payments of 200 BC each

Can I super size that.

#13963 by Citizen Kitantho - 6/28/2004 2:57:03 PM

Thanks to those who gave me advice on the number of starting planets. This time I was able to keep up much easier, and I think by working on my tech order a bit I could do even better yet.

As it was I was busy clicking through turns while culturally dominating the Yor when I put a starbase in the wrong spot. Of course the Yor declared war on me, and next thing I know the whole galaxy is siding with me in stomping them out. A dozen turns later and I have another alliance victory.

It's amazing how fast this game can change on you.

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#13964 by Citizen Slothrop Master of V-2s - 6/28/2004 3:40:53 PM

Well, Slothrop played 13 in one day once.Yes, but they weren't military victory at gigantic maso with 1.13 as Loth.

Actually, I did get a military victory only once using the Amulek technique. But that was because all of my opponents went fundamentalist, or something like that, and I had an sudden and unexpected victory. This is probably a bug in the game though...

#13965 by Citizen Slothrop Master of V-2s - 6/28/2004 3:45:03 PM

Good morning Attila. I am off to work. Have to go make a presentation at DARPA this morning on some neat stuff on unmanned autonomous vehicles.

In a past life, I worked on DARPA's first autonomous land vehicle (ALV) project. The main contractor at that time was Martin Marietta. The vehicle itself was bigger than a tank and we had to have a microwave link to connect to the mainframes that did the image processing.... Heheheh. Those were the days.

#13966 by Citizen Evil Druid - 6/28/2004 3:57:56 PM

I worked on DARPA's first autonomous land vehicle (ALV) project

Have to go make a presentation at DARPA this morning on some neat stuff on unmanned autonomous vehicles

Sounds very interesting now that I figured out what DARPA stands for. Lots of money for boys to play with toys.

#13967 by Citizen Weyrleader - 6/28/2004 4:22:28 PM

I was a program manager at DARPA in 1985-1987 for advanced networking, distributed processing system, new OS, such as Mach (funded Rich Rashid who now leads the Microsoft R&D group), distributed sensor networks, etc. The AI guys were Bob (forgot last name, but he is a Georgia Tech right now), Rosenfeld, and another.

Yes, those were interesting days. If you want to see what DARPA is doing now, take a gander at the galary of pictures for the J-UCAV program at www.darpa.mil and look in the J-UCAV program office. The systems to look for a the 45 and 47. Similar in look to the GalCiv corvette.

#13968 by Citizen Evil Druid - 6/28/2004 5:11:08 PM

take a gander at the galary of pictures for the J-UCAV program at www.darpa.mil and look in the J-UCAV program office. The systems to look for a the 45 and 47. Similar in look to the GalCiv corvette.

Wow, that is very cool. I thought that kind of stuff would be top secret but I guess the idea is to put it out in public domain so you can get ideas from every where. Imagine someone seeing it fly 15 years ago. You would have sworn you saw a UFO.

#13969 by Citizen Genghis Hank - 6/28/2004 7:14:27 PM

GH, I enjoy your presence more than you game playing

I'll take that as a complement. Thanks WL

#13970 by Citizen Genghis Hank - 6/28/2004 7:17:51 PM

That's 1-888-ALL-BOOM

And for the first 20 callers, we'll throw in a complete set of Yor Tri-Strontium Alloy Steak Knives!

#13971 by Citizen littlewotts_ - 6/28/2004 8:04:32 PM

Yor Tri-Strontium Alloy Steak Knives!

[Homer voice] Ooooo! [/Homer voice]

#13972 by Citizen Slothrop Master of V-2s - 6/28/2004 9:16:52 PM

I was a program manager at DARPA in 1985-1987 for advanced networking, distributed processing system, new OS, such as Mach (funded Rich Rashid who now leads the Microsoft R&D group), distributed sensor networks, etc. The AI guys were Bob (forgot last name, but he is a Georgia Tech right now), Rosenfeld, and another.Yes, those were interesting days. If you want to see what DARPA is doing now, take a gander at the galary of pictures for the J-UCAV program at www.darpa.mil and look in the J-UCAV program office. The systems to look for a the 45 and 47. Similar in look to the GalCiv corvette.

Pretty cool. Small world. I did one of the first ports of Mach to the 680x0. Later, I ran the platforms division for a large UNIX company that was looking at OSF/1, which was build on the back of Mach.

The ALV I worked on in 1984 is:

http://www.jointrobotics.com/images/programhis_files/image021.jpg

Link
This picture is misleading. They didn't show the guy with the idiot button to stop the ALV in its tracks (when the vision algorithms failed - the d*mn thing was always trying to drive up telephone poles, etc.).

#13973 by Citizen Weyrleader - 6/28/2004 9:47:24 PM

The ALV I worked on in 1984 is:

I remember that monstor.

So, what do you do now, Slothrop. I am working for a small startup company doing knowledge discovery for inteligence agencies and related areas. After DARPA I managed the advanced R&D at Unisys Defense, spent 4 years at a small IT company and then 4 year at SAIC and rad a division there. My real life name is Dennis Perry.

#13974 by Citizen Weyrleader - 6/28/2004 9:48:33 PM

I'll take that as a complement.

It was meant to be.

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