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Reply to New Trailer For Transformers 2! in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Psychoak, there's too much wrong with your statement to unpack it here. I'm pretty sure I don't have anything to say to you that you'd want to hear at this point.

Reply to Any mods to reduce the Aggo fleet modules provide? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

It doesn't seem likely.

Reply to New Trailer For Transformers 2! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Samurye, That's not a good example, though. If someone wants to believe that Halo is propaganda, how does that hurt anyone else? Is just holding the opinion hurtful and damaging? Now Jack Thompson, yeah, totally. He abused his profession to attempt to control the video game industry and suppress free speech, but at this point he's not trying to espouse his dislike of the games, but actively attempting to eliminate entertainment that does not meet his approval. </

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Minor Race: I'd say it was a little ridiculous that a 24th century mining vessel was well equipped that it could easily best ships (i.e., the Kelvin) only about 150 years older than it. And the entire Vulcan defensive grid, and so forth. This was explained in the Countdown comics - Nero's vessel was equipped with weaponry derived from Borg technology. The setup for how that happened was also related to the supernova and Nero's des

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Except for the fact that supernovas propagate at light speed, which means it would take years for the radiation to reach Romulus (if not decades, centuries, or millennia), yeah, supernovas can pretty thoroughly threaten life in its neighborhood. The scenario is so scientifically implausible that I have trouble picking one particular element as being worth complaint over any others. It's Star Trek, science in Star Tre

Reply to Galactic Civs II: DL. Won't work on Win98 in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Oh, I know, but I wouldn't just come out and tell someone to install a new OS. I got the impression that the error the OP was getting wasn't consistent - that it was just a few games (newer) and not all. I know I've had some issues with certain game installers not playing well with my OS (despite the game itself working fine with my OS).

Reply to Galactic Civs II: DL. Won't work on Win98 in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Neilo speaks the truth, btw, although much more bluntly than I ever would. :) If you decide you want to go to DA and Twilight, you really will need XP. Plus, in general, you want XP at the very least to run most modern games. There is an unfortunate side effect in terms of losing the ability to run some older games, but there's ways around that, too.

Reply to Galactic Civs II: DL. Won't work on Win98 in PC Gaming GalCiv2 Forums

Okay, try Stardock Central instead. That should work on Windows 98 and will also download/update GalCiv 2. I used it on Windows 98 when I purchased GalCiv and used it until a month or two after Twilight of the Arnor was released.

Reply to New Trailer For Transformers 2! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

I wonder what sort of analysis they applied to reach that conclusion. I mean, it is possible for games to also be propaganda, so it's not a concept I'd dismiss outright - but it does seem to be an incredible stretch to get from Halo to there.

Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

I think there's a lot of evidence, much of it provided by former Scientology adherents, as to what's really going on inside that religion. It's...not a pretty picture. It needs serious reform. Leauki, I would argue that religion is a choice - you choose to be with your people rather than stand apart or against (two separate ideas there). That doesn't make it superficial or less profound for being that choice. I just think it's too easy to naturalize the idea that certain choic

Reply to New Trailer For Transformers 2! in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Transformers was fun enough that I own the DVD. I mean, I don't disagree with the VGA Cats review, but at the same time, I don't agree that it was bad. Although, I think it's okay for people to take their entertainment as seriously as they want. It's entertainment, you shouldn't feel obligated to like it if you, well, don't like it.

Reply to Galactic Civs II: DL. Won't work on Win98 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Galciv's system requirements mention Windows XP or Vista. You might try downloading Impulse , registering the game's serial number via Impulse, and try downloading the game and see if that works. It won't cost you more to try this, although I don't know that it will work, either.

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else Elemental Forums

"Fisting" means something specific in English, btw. Pounding or punching the sandy beach might be better word choices. The video I linked is a joke news story, 'cause that's how The Onion rolls.

Reply to trying to get back into galciv in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I resisted Impulse for several months, but once I switched over, I found I preferred it greatly over SDC. It's just more aesthetically pleasing and a bit easier (for me) to navigate. I don't mind the webby part, but I mainly use it to update (or install, as when I switched computers last winter) my games.

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Zyx, I thought this would amuse you. Having seen it, I completely agree that Ebert's review is terrible and out of left field. I liked the movie. I liked that they hung a lampshade on a particular Trek trope just before Kirk and Scotty beamed up. I like that the stage is set for a reboot that can go in new directions without needing an explicit tie to the original series - not

Reply to Elemental Inspirations II in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Edit: Oops, the forum acted up on me. Sorry about multiple posts.

Reply to Dread Lords Campaign (and some beginner questions) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

No problem. :) I've seen people say it's fixable, but I haven't seen any instructions on where to find the scenario. What's funny is how all the maps also assign the Dread Lord worlds to Krynn... but the game assigns those to Dread Lords automatically, as the Dread Lords are in the scenario, and the Krynn aren't.

Reply to Elemental Inspirations II in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

They reference the same events , and Brad says this is deliberate . It's not a matter of similarity. It's a matter of Elemental actually being a game that draws directly upon the events in Altarian history - or rather, that Altarian history was deliberately written to draw upon the events described in Elemental. Altarian history discusses the Cataclysm, the Fallen, and the reconstruction period durin

Reply to Seems Fitting for the Posts of Late... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

You rickrolled the thread? I think most of the posters around here are adults, actually. At least they talk like it. Of course, most of the posters on the WoW forum are adults, too, and they don't talk like it. Go figure.

Reply to Seems Fitting for the Posts of Late... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Haha. :) This must be you !

Reply to Where is that ship upgrade option in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Wow, I must have been thinking of some other upgrade. Glad you found the option, Gail. :)

Reply to Dread Lords Campaign (and some beginner questions) in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I posted this in another thread, but: You can fix it with the scenario editor: Just click on the "Editors" button on the Twilight launch menu, then select "File" and "open." You need to find the install directory for GalCiv2. On my install, it's: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\GalCiv2 I suspect the install directory will probably be for most people: <

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else Elemental Forums

And this is the review I referenced.

Reply to Star Trek **SPOILERS** in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Yeah, that is a pretty awful review. I'm just saying that Ebert's not the enemy of all that's good and wonderful in movies, and critics are not required to espouse your opinion about a film, they're simply required to espouse their own opinion. Some people find they frequently agree with certain critics, and some frequently disagree. I don't think that Ebert will make Trek fail, if it's a watchable film.

Reply to Elemental Inspirations II in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Well, there's a few points about the Drath: * They were mostly deported during the Cataclysm, and are no longer present in any great numbers on Altar during the reconstruction period that the game covers. * They're shapeshifters, and mass is apparently not a limiting factor for them. A small population lived among the Altarians as Altarians for centuries or millennia, and staged a coup when the main part of the race attempted (and briefly succeeded) to reclaim their homeworld.