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Reply to Technology (read, respond; your impute is needed) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Alfonse" reply="23" id="2158413"] is it really so hard to believe that an omnipotent being would re-use parts/ideas? You talk up human physiology in your post, but if you wanted to design an upright walking creature from whole cloth, you wouldn't use our skeleton. One of the reason we get backaches and other such things is because our bodies are not "well designed" for walking erect. Oh, we can do it, and we can do it with fairly minimal problems, but our skeletons are

Reply to Technology (read, respond; your impute is needed) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="AshBrewster" reply="18" id="2158207"] If there was a god and it truly made us in His image then why is a insane amount of our DNA and characteristics identical to that of our primape cousins.[/quote] This is actually something I'm curious about as well. There are plenty of evolutionists in Christian Acadamia, I'm not sure I'm one of them (Does where I came from matter so much as how I live my life and where I'm going?) But something I have always sort of been curious

Reply to Technology (read, respond; your impute is needed) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

They don't, at least according to the entire Philosophy department at my school. The head of the department is one of the most rational, reasonable men I know (he actually will not listen to an argument if it uses a metaphor because of the inherent error of metaphorical thinking). He also happens to believe in God. To anyone who asks him about it, he simply says that it is what he believes, and he thinks they should believe it too. If they are willing he will even ask them to try it f

Reply to Technology (read, respond; your impute is needed) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Oh boy, I typically avoid these arguments, but I feel like sticking my feet in. First, I wish to state that I am a Christian. I am also in my senior year of university in the Theology and Ministry department of my school. Something that I believe has become painfully obvious over the past four years to me is my ignorance where the Bible is concerned (I'm actually doing an exegesis of Romans 1:18-32 right now and smacking my head about every other paragraph because of how much

Reply to My last big disapointment in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="lambdaman" reply="18" id="2084472"] At the risk of dragging the thread off-topic, I spent quite some hours a few years ago playing a free strategy game called "Battle for Wesnoth". I believe (and Wikipedia confirms) that the author based it partly on his appreciation for the original Master of Monsters game. And the AI is pretty wicked tactically (although it has the usual strategic problems that most AIs do). You might want to give it a try.[/quote] <p

Reply to Impulse Twitter Network in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I also use Twhirl for my Twittering. twitter name is @drakythe in case no one could guess.

Reply to Console Game Prices $$$ versus PC Game Prices $ in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Piznit" reply="24" id="1963227"] Console Scenario Kid#1: Wanna play Gears of War? I got it on the Playstation yesterday. Kid#2: Sure, bring the game over...and an extra controller.[/quote] Holy &@#) I can get Gears for my PS3?! [e digicons];)[/e]

So.... Spore, DRM, and Amazon.com in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

All I have to say is right here http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/spore/908638p1.html and http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top Maybe the Devil is feeling a slight chill and EA will lift the DRM restrictions...

Reply to [MOD] 7 DEADLY SINS : by DANMAN GAMES (DANMAN3712) ver 2.5 FINAL AVAILABLE to the PUBLIC! in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Okay, so that leads to my final question, because I can't seem to find this information anywhere. is 1.3d of the mod compatible with 1.05 of Sins? I may answer that myself, as I am currently downloading the mod... I'll see what happens...

Reply to [MOD] 7 DEADLY SINS : by DANMAN GAMES (DANMAN3712) ver 2.5 FINAL AVAILABLE to the PUBLIC! in Sins Modding Sins Forums

So, mod nub question. Danman, your Mod looks amazing, I am just slightly hesitant because for my own tastes it looks like too much is being added in, is there any way to 'turn off' features? I love all the enhancements, but I'm not so crazy about the new races or non-Sins universe things (star wars, star trek, etc) that are in the pipe. thanks in advance, and sorry if this is a stupid question.

Reply to firefly/serenity in Everything Else Sins Forums

If you watch the special features from the dvd set of the series, in one of the interviews Joss explains where the concept for thee world came from and why its a chinese/american mix. It is indeed supposed to be chinese that they are speaking. and IIRC the first movie did not make enough money to garner any sort of sequel, the actors were all on very short retainer for such a thing, and most of them having moved on means it'd take some very concerted Whedon magic to get either the serie

Reply to Firefly/Serenity Mod. in Sins Modding Sins Forums

boo silent space, it makes for great dramatic moments in Firefly and BSG, but not so much for games ;) If you need canon research for this game, I offer my services, I own the series, DVD, and Those Left Behind graphic novel.

Reply to No need to wait for TA serial no email in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Worked for me! thanks Drengin! happy conquering everyone!

Reply to hidden/undocumented Korx superability? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I can confirm this is how it works. for all civs I guess the logic is that the private businesses who run the trade routes are willing to take a risk in order to maintain the income, but if 2 freighters are lost too close together, then it is obviously too risky and they won't participate anymore, thus ending the trade route until you can safely re-establish it.

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Hella cool! I just pre-ordered and can't wait for this to be available... oh my grades are gonna take a dive come november... if there isn't a beta available via surprise gift from SD here in the next couple of weeks..... Keep it up SD and you have a lifetime customer on your hands... when GC: III comes out in 2010 I will pre-order that one too!

Reply to Are logistics pointless and other HP musings in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Just my poor near-newbish 2 cents One thing about these massive attack ships. in all the sci-fi shows a ship has enough problems trying to power its engines, defenses, and weapons all at once. (how man times did Geordi reroute power...?) Now this may just be absolutely impossible without a total AI re-write, but why not attach an energy value to each ship hull and ship component. Then not only do we have sizes to worry about, but energy requirements as well. There wouldn't even need to

Reply to The Quest for Unity in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

My Economic Advisor nearly exploded with excitement today. He was also moderately angry at the galaxy mapping department, but more excited than anything. Apparently the Vision returned images and coordinates of some sort of exploitable resource. The priority alert was lost on some low level paper shuffler and as a result the resource was not classified until now. It has been classified as an economic resource, which according to my advisor means we can harvest this resource, exactly what it is h

Reply to The Quest for Unity in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for the replies guys. My next entry will probably be rather short, and there might be a rant involved. I've discovered a slight issue with something I was planning and now I have to work it into the story, but I've got it covered, just have to make it flow right. when you have no other solar systems (even dead ones!) for about 12 sectors around you, life gets real slow for a while... EDIT: PS: Tolmekian, If you have acccess to it, microsoft's OneNote is amazing for helping w

Reply to Ship Range Issue in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Okay... Devs, it would be nice if this got fixed/explained/limited somehow in the next update now I have to figure how to write that into a story based AAR... nevermind, got it

Ship Range Issue in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Okay this is obnoxious. I am playing a gigantic game and writing an AAR using it (Quest For Unity) and I am trying to build and economic/influence based civilization. However I am butt-far from any other civ, so I had to customize my freighter for long range, it has a range of 14.8 sct. However, when I try to send it more than 7 and a half sectors out, I get the "We can't go there!" error. Am I misunderstanding something here? shouldn't I be able to go near 15 full sectors away from my home plan

Reply to The Quest for Unity in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

One month after we began the research our scientists happily announced the perfection of universal translators. These amazing devices allow us to understand any written or spoken language. We have now begun to explore advanced computing techniques. We hope this will allow us to research theoretical technologies much faster. --Ty Lucas, February 1st, 2226 The techniques of evolved computing have now been perfected. While it did not yield the improved research time we had hoped f

Reply to The Quest for Unity in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

A New World. Our journey into the stars reached its first milestone this week, Lonaria II has been successfully colonized and rush production of a Xeno Lab has been finished. While costly this gives the planet a vital beginning jumpstart. My advisor of the interior has informed me that while the planet is not immediately of a great class, it has much potential through research of improved terraforming techniques. I have inquired to my scientific advisor about beginning this li

The Quest for Unity in AARs GalCiv2 Forums

Okay so this is my first attempt at an actual story based AAR. So it might suck, I don't know. Stats: Galaxy Stats Size: Gigantic Habitable Planets: Rare Number of Planets: Rare Number of Stars: Rare Star Density: Tight Clusters Anomalies: Abundant Number of Asteroids: Abundant Tech Rate: Very Slow Minor Races: 8 All Vic Cons Mega Events and Super Abilities allowed Opponents: Drengin Altarian Resistance Krynn Consulat

Reply to Bought DA - Now multiplayer in the next expansion? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

same for me (i'd probably even pre-order to help with the beta if they did it like last time)

Reply to Bought DA - Now multiplayer in the next expansion? in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

I meant before wild speculation takes off about whats going on. and honestly, I would like some details (I just got married and have to prioritize my money...)