U know when u played too much SMAC when...

iMac722 · January 24, 2000, 07:36

Well, you know you have played too much SMAC when...
1. You see "talking heads" on Tv and think they are Transcendi.
2. You refer to your lawnmover as "Former."
3. You are afraid of little elderly ladies with red hair... especially if they are regurals in church... and especially if their name is Miriam.
4. You wonder why there are so much churches in you neighbourhood. Have the Believers taken over it?
5. You are hysterically afraid of normal earthworms.
6. You go to doctor and congratulate him for keeping people happy.
7. You refer to your computer as "Network Node".
8. You have karaoke version of "Deidre has a Network Node."

Aredhran · January 24, 2000, 08:28

LOL

Back in the days of owo, there was a huge thread like this... There were hundreds of them.

Aredhran · January 24, 2000, 08:57

Found it !

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January 24, 2000, 09:17

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Jasonian · January 27, 2000, 14:11

Hey! This idea could be expanded with SMACX now out...

1) You can do impersonations of every single voice in the game, including the aliens.
2) You start to wonder if your nerdy friend is really a Data Angel probe team member.
3) When a plane goes overhead, you run outside expecting to see the alien escape pods landing.
4) You decide to start your own cult. You splatter pink paint on your house, recruit some friends, then proceed to lead an assault on the industrial section of the nearest city.
5) You yell at the TV screaming, "That's not a Mayan temple! It's the Manifold Nexus! You fools!"
6) When someone askes about your sneezing, you comment "spore launchers."
7) You believe that power stations are really full of Cyborg citizens.
8) You're afraid to take boat trips, because you know that there are pirate bases out there.
9) You see a large radio dish, and believe it is a Subspace Generator. You then proceed to seach the country for any others and, when you find five more, you refuse to answer telephone calls and keep repeating "Too late... too late"
10) You have actually gotten into an argument with your friends about which alien faction deserves to win. (*cough cough*

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January 27, 2000, 16:10

someone guilty of that last one?

Blunderdog · January 27, 2000, 17:50

You see a gigantic retro-style cheesecake ad of a woman in a tight red outfit and devil's horns and think "alien super former."

Jasonian · January 27, 2000, 19:04

11) You start to classify colors with the factions. (eg: you see a teal building, and assume it's a Cyborg lab.)
12) You insult people based on what faction they match. ("Yeah whatever Deirdre! Why don't you go dancing naking through the trees, you eco-daft Nature Looney!!)
13) You see a new type of car, and assume it's an alien scout rover.
14) When someone askes you how much money you have, you comment "Insufficient energy." (and say it in a fast monotone voice)
15a) You add planks to the side of your boat, claiming you've given it the Marine Detachment ability.
15b) You then sail up to another boat and jump off the planks and claim that you've seized their boat and they have to get off.
16) You know more abou the sea from listening to the Pirate voiceovers then you've learned in school.
17) You make yourself a pair of Sinder Roze's glasses, and wear them all the time.
18) You use the alien sentence structure in your normal speech (I resonate: no like pasta. Requre: dinner: something else)
19) You find a sewer cover and quickly rush home. You return with some of your most prized possession, hoping that a dimentional rift will 'clone' them for you.
20) You have used some of the faction quotes in normal conversation, and you even quote the faction leader that said it. (or you add "datalinks" to the end)

Haha... this is fun! Join in guys!

gnome · January 27, 2000, 19:10

20 1/2...you send a letter to your Congressman demanding "patches" to unfair or incomplete legislation.
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Patriqvium · January 28, 2000, 07:19

21) You refer kindergartens as "Children's Crechés"
22) You start to think why Fusion Power has not been invented even if we already have superconductors and pre-sentient algorithms

Travathian · January 28, 2000, 15:39

When you play SMAC while watching TV and when something interesting on TV comes on you point the remote at your monitor to turn the volume down on the game.

Lord Maxwell · January 29, 2000, 06:56

24. You are eating tortillas and making a mess and your gf suggests that you add the food stuffs in a pholus ridge shaped form for +2 efficiency. (She is also an addict, as is the guy that rents a room from us. We're the smac family.

Stefu · January 29, 2000, 08:19

25.When you refer to strike as "drone riot" and suggest sending some military to city to quell the disturbances.

26. When you vote for Gore since Democratic/Green gives you paradigm economy.

27. You hear about UN meeting and hope someone brings up the proposal of melting polar caps.

28. You pronounce "complete" as "conclete" - and always with same metallic twang.

29. You hear in TV about "illegal aliens" - and wonder what bad have Progenitors done this time.

30.You see that your neighbour's house is taken apart by city - and being crying that obliterating base is atrocity.

Oh, and:

31. You see picture of soldiers walking with a white flag - and think it as University charge.
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Chowlett · January 29, 2000, 11:17

When filling a form that asks:

Title (Mr/ Mrs/ Miss/ Ms/ Other)

You wonder why it isn't

Title (Provost/ Brother/ Sister/ CEO/ Chairman/ Colonel/ Lady/ Other)

(someone'll have to fill in the SMACX ones for me... I can't get hold of it

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Captain Kirk · January 30, 2000, 01:24

1. You think Scientology is a University/Believer cross.

2. You think a UN mercy mission is a covert Peacekeeper invasion.

3. You wonder why Alan Greenspan is in charge. Were is CEO Morgan?

4.You are afraid your computer will download itslef into you forming the Consciousness.

5. You paint yourself pink go sit in your backyard and chant.

Crossfire Tales titles are
Prime Function/Conqueror/Captain/Datajack/Guardian/Prophet/Foreman

January 30, 2000, 14:56

38. You start to think that certain people "actually deserve a good nerve stapling".

39. You fear religious people because of the +25% fanatical attack bonus.

40. You refer to your local anarcho-syndicalist group as "The Drones".

41. You refuse to go onto the ferry because you don't have amphibious pods.

42. When you're asked for your passport in customs, you just blink at them and expect to be let trough.

Chowlett · January 31, 2000, 11:31

Call me thick, call me dumb, call me stupid (not too often though

), but Hugo, what does no. 42 mean?

Patriqvium · February 1, 2000, 01:05

Blink (!) Displacer... of course!

Chowlett · February 1, 2000, 16:45

That is the worst pun I've ever heard

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February 4, 2000, 11:26

I'm sorry. I'll just go drown myself, shall I?

BustaMike · February 5, 2000, 03:56

43. Your grandma dies and you wonder why they are burying her instead of using the recycling tanks

44. You post to this thread

EternalSpark · February 13, 2000, 20:29

45. You get carry earthworms in your pocket, and you know them at "plunderers of Planet

46. You draw detailed pictures of the Transformers beating up on your worst AC enemy. "Take THAT, yang! Haha!

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Eternal Spark
As you command, Megatron...

Grigger · February 13, 2000, 23:37

You know you've been playing too much SMAC when:
47. the sun comes up.

48. you start quoting Lal in debates.

49. you start your own tree farm to get extra nutrients.

Bkeela · February 14, 2000, 07:10

50. Through desperation because of utter boredom, you start a game of Civ II.

Bkeela.

LoD · February 14, 2000, 17:10

You kill an earthworm on the street and rip it open. Asked by a nearby pedestrian why you're doing this, you mutter "Can't you see I'm searching for planetpearls?"

LoD

Googlie · June 23, 2000, 13:03

You set your forum browser back for a year to see if there are any loose ends in the threads that need tying up

Googlie

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Putting a spin on it

D4everman · June 23, 2000, 13:54

I guess my Air force co-worker (I'm army) and I fit the category of too much SMAC

Whenever our boss does something to make our jobs a little harder we both say at the same time "What do I care for your suffering...."

D4

DogberryMan · January 21, 2001, 17:38

You know you have been playing too much SMAC when you get nervous about your neighbors Christmas lights because you think its a Tachyon Field.

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"Are you good men and true?" Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene III

Sindai · January 21, 2001, 19:45

51. Whenever someone mentions "having gas" you hit the deck and yell "I knew I shouldn't have revoked the Charter!"

Skanderbeg · January 22, 2001, 10:04

53. When I ask me: Should Germany declare Vendetta to USA, because using Uran ammunition in Kosovo is an atrocity?

54. When I go to the mensa (student's table) and ask me, where a the kelp farms they get this food from.

55. When I hope they wouldn't vote me for Bundeskanzler: I fear I would start a nuclear war - and win it.

56. When I see a helicopter and ask me if it has nerve gas special ability.

57. When I try to buy a clean reactor for my car.

58. When I get wet dreams about teaching Aki to pop-boom.

59. When I imagine certain people in a punishment sphere!

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