I have a friend who just got SMAC

[iMac722]

I was watching him play yesterday and I classified him as:

-Expansionist: 6 bases within the first 50 turns

-Peacekeeper: willing to kick a$$ if need be

-Upgrades defenders only when attacked: 2265, all scout partols at all bases when he is attacked he says then he'll upgrade.

-Pacifist: Once he made pacts with all the AI players, no kidding! Won the game diplomaticly

So far in his game he seems to be going well but I will need you people to give advice (Lord Velociryx I'mm looking in your direction) to help my best friend become good at this game. Thanx for your help!!

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And I asked him,
What is thy name?
And he replied saying:
My Name is iMac: for we
are many..

[Velociryx]

Hey man.....sounds like your friend is off to a fine start. Against the AI, I agree....there's generally not much cause to upgrade from your trance scouts (except in border bases perhaps....just for the deterrant factor), and 6 bases in 50 years is not ultra fast, but it's a decent clip....if he's doing that, being smart with his formers, and keeping up with his prototyping, I'd say he's gonna do just fine....



-=Vel=-
PS: Does he already use crawlers? If so....he's jammin'

[iMac722]

No, I haven't taught him about supply crawlers yet , and he has all of his scouts and formers fully automated. I'd say he'll do fine but I'm a bit worried about my apprentice when he goes to war, he shares borders with yang. But I hope his pact with him holds.