February 4, 2004, 17:21
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Settler
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Long live SMAC and this board
Just wanted to say hello to everyone as I am a rather new player of Smac/x and to this board.
I hope people still play this game and post information for newbies like me. I am more encouraged when games show a strong following.
Anyway thanks for listening.
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February 4, 2004, 18:06
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Deity
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Sorry double post
( its a long way to deity LOL)
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February 4, 2004, 18:07
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Deity
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THis game has a reasonable number of people that still cosider it the best turn-based strategy game ever made, despite its unfixed bugs. This community is still pretty active when it comes to answering questions so never be afraid to ask ( and I'm never afraid to chime in if I have a sweet clue as to the answer . . . but I highly recommend using the search feature to look for relevant threads and doing some reading . The amount of information already posted is astounding, with very detailed tests and analysis in some cases and simple practical experiences in others. I continue to go back and read some of the old threads to refresh myself.
So welcome and enjoy
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February 4, 2004, 18:18
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King
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Hey, welcome. I'm pretty new here too and those guys has been terrific. You'll enjoy urself 
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February 4, 2004, 18:20
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Emperor
Local Time: 14:29
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welcome to 'Poly, Bruce. get a comfortable chair, relax and enjoy the board. we're still a pretty active community and we believe that God created Brian Reynolds so he could create SMAC for us.
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February 4, 2004, 18:27
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King
Local Time: 07:29
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 And another one joins the fold..... 
Welcome Bruce.
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February 4, 2004, 19:06
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Chieftain
Local Time: 03:29
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we believe that God created Brian Reynolds so he could create SMAC for us
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Well that depends if your a follower of the Miriam or not 
Yeh this place is great I'm still learning though playing the highest diff which is not to hard if your isolated. Very active forums, civfanatics is very quiete in their SMAC forums.
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February 4, 2004, 22:42
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Emperor
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May your addiction to SMAC be joyful.
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February 5, 2004, 02:05
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Local Time: 04:29
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Curious, Flubber's second post is dated from before his first post.
Oh, and welcome to Poly.
Rest assured, there are other SMAC newbies here.
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February 5, 2004, 04:38
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Deity
Local Time: 17:29
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Yeah, poly's acting odd again. I had a DP yesterday with a couple of hours and half a dozen posts between the two. 
Oh, welcome to the land of SMAC addicts
-Jam
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February 5, 2004, 05:47
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Provost
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Welcome - this is point of no return - you will stay SMAC fan forever.
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February 5, 2004, 12:37
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Deity
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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Curious, Flubber's second post is dated from before his first post.
Oh, and welcome to Poly.
Rest assured, there are other SMAC newbies here.
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The board froze up on me so I pressed submit a second time-- I only noticed later that I had a double post. I guess the backward timestamping means that the time gets attached to the post at some time prior to it getting attached to the thread
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February 5, 2004, 16:52
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Settler
Local Time: 17:29
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Thanks for all the welcomes and encouragement. I do have Vels guide and am reading through it now.
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February 9, 2004, 16:39
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Warlord
Local Time: 12:29
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Bruce205, you may want to take a look at my website at: http://pmm1.home.comcast.net/games/games.html
As a newbie, you may find my SMAC and SMAX reference material useful.
Regards,
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February 9, 2004, 18:41
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Emperor
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Welcome, Bruce. Once you enter the world of Alpha Centauri, you'll never truly leave again.
Visit AC-Fiction some time. 
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February 9, 2004, 21:58
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Danke Nethog, those should come in quite handy.
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February 10, 2004, 22:06
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Chieftain
Local Time: 17:29
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Hay Bruce--
Welcome to the infinite worlds of SMAC/X! I'm new on these boards, too, but I've been playing (solo) for years.
Tried MOO3 recently, thinking I needed a change. I was wrong.
SMAC ETERNIA!!
GFC
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February 12, 2004, 06:40
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Prince
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Allow me to join the welcoming commitee.
People actually play multiplayer, which is great. I can't persuade my local friends to play any CivSeries game. 
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February 12, 2004, 11:29
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Chieftain
Local Time: 12:29
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Welcome Bruce!
I dont post much on this board, but Read it everyday! I have gotten a lot of good tips and learned alot from it!! Thanks to all the experts on this board.
I have been playing SMAC/X daily for several years. ( I think I am addicted to it!!!) Currently playing at Librarian/THINKER levels.
Mostly SP, but sometimes I can convence my Husband to play a MP game on the weekends. He is a CIV3 player.
Lori
Last edited by LoriTX; February 12, 2004 at 12:26.
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February 12, 2004, 11:46
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King
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Koolies, that makes two female SMAC/X players I know 
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February 12, 2004, 14:37
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Emperor
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girlfight_club, Lori, Bella Hella, Allie Cove... the girls are slowly joining us...
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February 12, 2004, 14:43
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Chieftain
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Of the Girl's, I bet I am the Oldest!!!! 44!!!
Lori
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February 12, 2004, 15:35
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Emperor
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good to see an "older" girl playing SMAC. it proves how SMAC's design is universally appealing.
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February 12, 2004, 15:55
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King
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Indeed! it does the heart good :-)
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February 12, 2004, 16:29
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Warlord
Local Time: 12:29
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If only my wife liked playing SMAC - or any computer game for that matter!!  But if she played SMAC that would be sweet.
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February 13, 2004, 01:57
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Prince
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M'lady won't play SMAC - just not her cup o' tea - but she completely understands my immersion in it.
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February 13, 2004, 15:26
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King
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You can't really ask for more than that.
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February 14, 2004, 19:02
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Prince
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A recent survey actually said that women past 40 play more games (online?, I cant remember) than teenagers.
I don't know if I believe it tho.
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February 14, 2004, 19:46
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King
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:boggle: That, I have to see
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February 15, 2004, 02:51
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Chieftain
Local Time: 17:29
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Do you know what that survey forgets to ask them?
Whether those online games are multiplayer, and whether they're Popcap and Yahoo games.
It does not surprise me at all that a bunch of 45 year old women love playing Online Hearts. My mother is obsessed with games like Free Cell... I could easily see her jumping right into online Spades or even Bridge or Gin.
I am afraid that whatever the feminists in the crowd scream about, older women simply don't get into video games nearly as often as teenagers. It's a statistical fact... and it doesn't help that their upbringing discourages that sort of thing.
On the other hand, that's no reason to disparage it. Hell, I've always found that older gamers and roleplayers have more "morals", so to speak, when gaming. They avoid cheap tactics, calling them "unfair", and they prefer mature, intelligent conversation and gaming.
For someone like me, this is a very, very good thing.
Of course... as with all blanket statemetns, it is not always true. But it is, often enough to make a generalization not glaringly inaccurate.
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