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Archaic · February 5, 2003, 04:52

He's certainly closed his mind to any other possibilties, even when presented with overwhelming evidence. The scariest part really would have to be that he believes what he's saying.

I can't wait to see how his Planned strat. goes for the game he was challenged to. It's like he's conveniently forgotten about it.

Pandemoniak · February 5, 2003, 04:53

No, its not forgetten, im playing it right now

GeneralTacticus · February 5, 2003, 04:54

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I can't wait to see how his Planned strat. goes for the game he was challenged to. It's like he's conveniently forgotten about it.

And given that we've been following the strategy he and the rest of the CCCP have been advocating, and we've only now gotten past the point where you're at in 2165, I'd say it's pretty obvious which is the better strat in-game.

Archaic · February 5, 2003, 04:58

And given also that I was playing at 2am to 6am after not having got any sleep the previous night, with a faction I've never even used in game before.....

Perhaps I should just go out and complete the game from start to finish tomorrow in leu of giving Pan's posts the smackdown.

GeneralTacticus · February 5, 2003, 06:24

btw, has anyone noticed that Pan managed to contradict himself again in his opening post to the second CCCP thread? While on the one hand saying that he supported the UN charter completely, he was saying on the other that "Man will never be free until the last Hivean is strangled with the entrails of teh last Morganite."

Sounds to me like he's advocating genocide there...

Archaic · February 5, 2003, 06:29

Indeed it does. I suppose he'd say he was just trying to be poetic......but that's still going more than a little too far.

Archaic · February 12, 2003, 05:49

*Adds WoA's head to the wall, right next to the mindworm*

I guess that's just decreased my respect for the European education system a tad. People really should be taught basic logic in school or something. It's truly sad.

GeneralTacticus · February 12, 2003, 05:52

Is he really European, though? The only indication he gives of where he's from is his flag, which is that of the British Anarctic Territory.

Archaic · February 12, 2003, 06:02

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...0&pagenumber=7

Good point. He might be working in Germany as he states there, but his education surely wouldn't be that bad over there, would it?

GeneralTacticus · February 12, 2003, 06:07

Given the number of people who work in countries other than the ones they were born in, he could be from anywhere.

Archaic · February 12, 2003, 06:13

/me starts taking wagers that he's from America.

.....and yes, before people who know about something I'm about to post later, I do realise the irony of that, but come on, their education system *IS* in a shambles.

GeneralTacticus · February 12, 2003, 06:19

He doesn't seem to be particularly ignorant except about the meanings of certain words, so I wouldn't be so quick to guess America (especially when their whole culture isn't very conducive to the kind of views he has).

Archaic · February 12, 2003, 06:25

Hmmmm......I suppose you're right. Wouldn't be anywhere from Asia either.

GeneralTacticus · February 12, 2003, 06:27

Any particular reason why not?

Jamski · February 12, 2003, 06:58

I thought my ears were burning. He he he.

-Jam

Archaic · February 12, 2003, 07:03

Well, he would've said he's just sneezed in the post he just made above if he was for starters.

GeneralTacticus · February 12, 2003, 07:06

I'm afraid I don't follow. Is this some kind of common asian expression?

Archaic · February 12, 2003, 07:10

It's a superstition. Basically, if someone's talking about you, you sneeze. Comes from Japan originally I believe, but it's not the only Asian country where that superstition can be found IIRC.

GeneralTacticus · February 12, 2003, 07:12

Ah, I see.

GeneralTacticus · February 16, 2003, 01:23

*BUMP*

GeneralTacticus · February 21, 2003, 07:46

*BUMP*, again.

Archaic · February 21, 2003, 07:59

We really need to find something decent to do with our thread some time. ^^;

Archaic · February 21, 2003, 09:19

Ah, now here's an idea. The ethics of Gennies, also called Genejacks. That's certainly a topic which could use discussion.

Cedayon · February 21, 2003, 10:15

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Originally posted by Archaic
Ah, now here's an idea. The ethics of Gennies, also called Genejacks. That's certainly a topic which could use discussion.

Indeed, it is a timely topic. Regrettably I must disagree with your already stated intentions to build them. They rank up there with Punishment Spheres on the list of things I abhor using. They make good sense game-wise, though, since the drones can be dealt with.

Maniac · February 21, 2003, 12:59

Should we leave the construction of these over to the choice of the governor (that could lead to some migrations streams

), or should we organize a factionwide poll about them when the issue arises?

Though I fear a debate over this issue will result in a lot of

and

over eugenetics, and the opposite: bad-genetics. (What's "bad" in classical Greek? In Newgreek 'kalos' is good and 'kakos' is bad.)

Cedayon · February 21, 2003, 13:33

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Originally posted by Maniac
Should we leave the construction of these over to the choice of the governor (that could lead to some migrations streams

), or should we organize a factionwide poll about them when the issue arises?

A factionwide poll with options along these lines:
-Allow governors to order Gennies without polling them.
-Allow governors to order Gennies, but they have to poll each one.
-Disallow Gennies altogether.

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Though I fear a debate over this issue will result in a lot of

and

over eugenetics, and the opposite: bad-genetics. (What's "bad" in classical Greek? In Newgreek 'kalos' is good and 'kakos' is bad.)

I'm not sure if it's correct, but I say 'mal' for "bad"... malgenetics?

I don't intend to be significantly involved in the debate, as my position is purely RP (game-wise the things make sense, RP wise I abhor them to the point that I never build them even if I'm playing for fun).

Maybe we could hire one of those YEC guys to distract Archaic until we get the first non-drone-producing mineral buidling and the issue has passed?

Maniac · February 21, 2003, 15:15

You're on to something.

Cedayon · February 21, 2003, 18:54

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Originally posted by Maniac

You're on to something.

I could arrange for a 100+ slide powerpoint presentation arguing Creationism over Evolution (complete with Young Earth theories) to be delivered to Archaic's e-mail... it should cause enough blood vessels to blow that he'll be out of commission for a while

Archaic · February 21, 2003, 19:21

You know, I'd probably just ignore that assuming the person has a wall of ignorance too think to be breached. ^^;;;

But seriously......ae need to change the public's idea of Gennies from dumb mining slaves to....well......er.......biological "robots". Hey, if you want to look at it in that manner, these guys are a massive scientific achievement. The first artificial AI. ^^;;

Okay, that's maybe taking things a bit too far.......and I really don't know how to justify Gennies under a Humanist or Libertarian ethics system.....ummmm...........our Catgirl and Japanese Schoolgirl Populations are all thanks to our early studies into these techniques? ^^;

GeneralTacticus · February 21, 2003, 19:22

I don't really think Genejacks can be justified without resorting to Yang-like ethics.