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Yup, you're hallucinating. Guardsmen and Kasrkin haven't ever been able to build missile launchers. You might be thinking about space marine tactical squads.

[quote]Ronaldo would die and get a yellow card for diving (that actually did happen in a match a awhile ago, a player died on the pitch and the ref gave a yellow for diving)[/quote] Croatian leagues, right? I was thinking more of Ronaldo's red card against Malaga.

[quote who="Campaigner" reply="61" id="2618355"] But it was an accident! The robot didn't see to the left before he swinged his hand and hit the throat of that player [/quote] Ronaldo wishes that this were an excuse.

I agree that Distant Worlds is a much better implementation of automation than MOO3. (You make a number of good points for this.) However, the problem for me wasn’t that MOO3 promised to play itself but couldn’t, but that it promised at all. Distant Worlds makes that same promise, which is what I meant when I wrote that it ‘plays itself’. Since there’s no disputing taste, we’ll just have to disagree about whether that promise is a good one. &n

Played it today. Was really disappointed. The game suffers from Master of Orion 3 syndrome. It practically plays itself. I did like the UI design though. It's a bit cumbersome because the picking doesn't work very well, but the right click/context menus are great.

[quote]Players can build Financiers (until we have a better name, feel free to suggest a better one) who enhance the city’s money making.[/quote] How about something evil, like 'slave pits' (if it's a building) or 'slavers' (if it's a unit)?

[quote]It is not racist to be pro British.[/quote] It is when the idea of 'British' is taken to be synonymous with 'white'. It's telling that its competitors (i.e. UKIP) feel the need to distinguish themselves as 'non-racist' conservative parties.

What engine are you using?

I'm really looking forward to this. Didn't know what to think about the macro-mechanics before trying the beta. Much more satisfied after playing it. I'm not dedicated enough (or smart enough) to play competitively with any sort of success, but I'll still enjoy it.

I agree with the spirit of your post -- Stardock shouldn't try to compete with other developers that farm out their cutscenes because the expense wouldn't justify the benefit -- but I don't think it's really a fair comparison. The cutscenes serve different purposes and have different requirements. And it's not as though the AC endgame cutscenes were any less trite, just less well funded. To be honest, I found the AC cutscenes more frustrating than anything.

It would be interesting to know why those polled believe that. I personally prefer to create my own race not because I'm interested in role playing, but because it allows me to play the game I want to play it. (And usually gives me some advantage). I'd actually prefer much more distinctive factions. (Really, factions a la MoM, but that's not on the cards.)

[quote who="XeronX" reply="52" id="2599884"]Alright, downloaded Python and IDLE and went to the bookstore and got a beggining programming book for python. Though also looking for the anwser to the question 2.6 or 3.1 for the python version?[/quote] I remember the developers said that it wasn't going to use 3.x. Shouldn't make much of a difference, though.

Master of Orion 2 is a good shout. This is my favorite: BattleZone

Second 'gold'. It should be abstract enough that it can apply to any game. Unless this is for the novel.

Anyone know if the team was let go after the release as rumored?

[quote]I suppose the fact that Leviathan is a basic item on a serious social contract theory reading list could explain why someone would think it "proto-liberal." But when I read it three times in three years, I was undergoing a conversion from philosophical anarchism to representative democracy, so the power dynamics were the most important themes for me. That, and I never did take to Rousseau for some reason.[/quote] I'm confused then. I thought the poster you were recommending him

[quote]Have you really never read even the first half of Leviathan? Hobbes really seems like your sort of guy in many respects, being a miserable sod with some verbal flair and a tendency to theorize. Plus there's all that fun pre-dictionary-era spelling when he goes on about the "warre of all against all" and whatnot.[/quote] I don't really follow you here either. I'm all for interpretations of Hobbes as a proto-liberal exponent of limited government, but surely he's not more of a li

[quote]I don't care what people are trying to achieve, I care that they are using adequate means to achieve what they want. The government cannot guarantee healthcare even if it were desirable. People seem to think this is a post scarcity world. Think again.[/quote] I'm not arguing for or against government involvement in health care. Mellowe's point was that 'socialism' is politically [i]unpopular[/i]. Obviously, that's correct. However, when you distance policy from the sociali

[quote]Okay, replace "socialism" with "collectivism," "welfare state," or "expanded entitlement programs" and you'll get the same response.[/quote] No, you're obviously right. Socialism is a dirty word. But take away the abstraction and ask whether Americans want, say, the federal government to guarantee health care for all Americans, and the response is somewhat different. [quote]The free market and the United States Constitution are in essence "blind" agents. They do not suf

[quote]Most people (as in a plurality of citizens of the United States) do not want a system that is "more socialist." Politicians avoid the word "socialism" unless they are using it to tarnish an opponent. Americans respond negatively to the word.[/quote] Overemphasis on terms can be misleading. The majority of Americans support 'international cooperation' but not 'multilateralism'.

[quote]Do you rember Dark Reign?[/quote] Dark Reign was fantastic! :-p But I agree with the sentiment that there's only one SC2, and it isn't made by Gas Powered Games. I played Supreme Commander and didn't care for it. Tried the Supreme Commander 2 demo and also disliked it. But I thought that there were some improvements. The new tech system is much better than the old, all-or-nothing tier system, and the game length is shorter.

Heroes.

When neutrinos caused the Earth's temperature to cool... nobody thought it could happen... three more times . There's supposed to be some talk about a television spinoff, but nothing definite at this point.

[quote]How would you change it?[/quote] Well, for starters, erectile dysfunction wouldn't exist. World peace to follow... [quote]And, do you ever take advantage of those meds?[/quote] Boner meds? Not yet. But I'm still young. [quote]If you were the head of a pharmco, what would you spend your overhead on?[/quote] Luxury goods for the developed world. Actually, who am I kidding. A substantial part of it would go towards my salary/retirement package. And,

[quote]Removal before it metastasizes does not mean it wouldn't metastasize, intervention doesn't factor into the behavior of a disease left untreated. The context for the statement was rebuttal to a theory that cancer screenings catch cancers that will never metastasize, thus inflating the US survival rates.[/quote] Cheers. I read 'always metastasize' as 'always metastasize with or without treatment' rather than 'always metastasize irrespective of treatment'. I was involved in