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Other Games / Re: Civilization Beyond Earth - A spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri by Firaxis

« on: April 14, 2014, 09:18:33 pm »

I really want to see more details about the new faction designer. At first I thought "three ultimate goals" was a little limiting, but SMAC has basically the same thing. Then again, I thought that was a little limiting too, not to mention you could pick and choose policies from every axis. The new one better be able to do that, and not go down the road I see in a lot of post-2005-ish games of over-codifying customization options.

Meanwhile, I was playing around with Alien Crossfire's faction designer, and realized I was basically making the Human Hive by a different name. I'm not sure what that says about me.

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Play With Your Buddies / Re: Lets Play Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire!

« on: April 14, 2014, 07:59:47 pm »

Cybernetic Consciousness appears to have run away with the vote which is... Eh. Okay. It makes more thematic sense than most of the other expansion factions, since none of the original seven are really defined by technology and it makes an interesting angle. I've never played them too much, might have to go check that out.

What am I saying, I'm starting the program as I type this.

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General Discussion / Re: MSPA Homestuck

« on: April 14, 2014, 07:17:38 pm »

Well at least these extra bits aren't going to be pulling any punches. Hussie did say he's writing some segments, so I suppose we get to play "guess the author".

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General Discussion / Re: [wot m8?] avin a giggle m8? (Happy thread?!)

« on: April 13, 2014, 11:46:59 pm »

May 31, 2008, 12:01:01 am

I remember that being super new. I didn't know I'd been registered half a year longer than Janet.

I used to have the second or third most time online (still like half of Jifodus) and number six or seven in post-count. Then I spent two years lurking.

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Other Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program: Now Hiring Optimistic Astronauts for Dangerous Munission

« on: April 13, 2014, 08:45:30 pm »

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on April 13, 2014, 08:25:36 pm

And why is Δv for Mun landing lower than Minmus? It should be the opposite.

Typo.

I really wish vanilla KSP had a provision for automatically repeating launches with the same craft. Since there's no chance of mechanical failure, it's just a chore I'm tired of doing when I want to get landers all over the Mun. I know there are utilities that can do that, but eh...

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General Discussion / Re: [wot m8?] avin a giggle m8? (Happy thread?!)

« on: April 13, 2014, 08:14:12 pm »

I'm going to bet that's Sales Per Hour, not his paygrade.

At least, my self-esteem really hopes so.

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Other Games / Re: Civilization Beyond Earth - A spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri by Firaxis

« on: April 13, 2014, 08:03:22 pm »

Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on April 13, 2014, 07:58:58 pm

I hate Zakharov because everybody wants to play as him all the time. "Ooh, I'll be the science faction". Yeah, you and every other fucking nerd on the internet. Something like half the LPs of SMAC are Zakharov. It's so god damn typical.

Word. I mean, I think Zakharov has some personal style so at least he's not boring, but yeah he's kind of a self-fulfilling choice for many players. Meanwhile Morgan and Miriam rarely get any love.

Quote from: Eagle_eye on April 13, 2014, 08:01:02 pm

I think it's pretty clear that the Free Drones are the good guys.

Nobody cares about the expansion factions man, the original seven are the philosophically interesting ones.

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General Discussion / Re: [wot m8?] avin a giggle m8? (Happy thread?!)

« on: April 13, 2014, 07:57:17 pm »

There aren't many better feelings in adult life than quitting a job. I remember when I left the ol' box mill it was the best two weeks I had at that job. I was walking around saying I should have quit years ago.

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General Discussion / Re: [wot m8?] avin a giggle m8? (Happy thread?!)

« on: April 13, 2014, 07:49:29 pm »

Quote from: MaximumZero on April 13, 2014, 07:47:20 pm

Today was my last day of work.

Take this job and shove it, I ain't workin' here no more.

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Play With Your Buddies / Re: Lets Play Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire!

« on: April 13, 2014, 07:48:34 pm »

Yeah, that is an almost perfectly even spread.

Worth adding to the stat-list is that the Human Hive has an semi-undocumented bonus, immunity to economic inefficiency. They don't gain much from economic-boosting policies and improvements, but no other faction can take Planned Economics and Police State and not see their income drop into the toilet.

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Other Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program: Now Hiring Optimistic Astronauts for Dangerous Munission

« on: April 13, 2014, 07:10:47 pm »

So I've just started doing major missions with the latest version, and I've noticed that the mission timer and orbit planner consider five or six hours to be one day. This is a bug, right?

Spoiler: Meanwhile, on Minmus. (click to show/hide)

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Other Games / Re: Civilization Beyond Earth - A spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri by Firaxis

« on: April 13, 2014, 07:06:57 pm »

I've never understood what people have against Zakharov. He doesn't have a lot of detractors of course, being the Nerd Faction guy in a game that you pretty much have to be a nerd to fully appreciate. But everyone calls him an evil mad scientist, but I don't remember him doing anything evil to beings who aren't lab animals or mind worms. He doesn't give a shit about the rest of humanity who aren't scientists, but... Well I guess in SMAC's terms that would be like Evil By Inaction or something.

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General Discussion / Re: [wot m8?] avin a giggle m8? (Happy thread?!)

« on: April 13, 2014, 07:00:18 pm »

Hard to believe that picture is like five years old. Heck, I think the situation was outmoded with the 2010 version.

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Other Games / Re: Civilization Beyond Earth - A spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri by Firaxis

« on: April 13, 2014, 06:37:17 pm »

Quote from: Shadowlord on April 13, 2014, 06:11:45 pm

So, provided the planet has clouds like earth (and if it doesn't it's probably not habitable), and something like a tree line, the same factors could apply.

I think the explanation in SMAC was that the higher elevations saw less cloud cover. This doesn't make a lot of sense because the greenery or forests would grow equally well at every altitude, so there obviously wasn't a precipitation line, especially since it was almost impossible to make a mountain more than a couple kilometers tall.

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General Discussion / Re: MSPA Homestuck

« on: April 13, 2014, 03:32:23 pm »

Quote from: javierpwn on April 13, 2014, 11:56:54 am

Whatpumpkin store is hosting a 4/13 sale.
14.13% of everything.

If only they had anything worth buying. Hmm, 20% off for John and Jane related stuff. Interesting that they would be 18 years old today.

Quote from: Qmarx on April 13, 2014, 03:20:17 pm

http://www.paradoxspace.com/

That will be... one hundred and ... fifty credits.

I find this a slightly worrying development. He's still dragging his feet on finishing his own comic, and he's already outsourcing attention to other people's fanart. What, does he expect Homestuck to be the next TouHou or something?

Ironically enough, I will now post a giant pile of fanart! Warning: Shitload of images - not 56k or mobile device friendly.