Duarte

Reply to To Apolyton members in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I am Vishniac on Apolyton and in the Apolyton Empire ranking. A problem with Stardock got me stranded with my name Duarte on this forum only!! :SURPRISED:

Reply to How Do You Eat a Whale. . .and other Remarkable Tales! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The dev in a University is Alan Emrich. He's not really responsible for that mess: they fired him on April 2002. In my eyes, he's got the benefit of the doubt. I too am more then happy not to have bought it. After so many hours on IGMOO forums, I felt it was stinking... >:(

Reply to Do any of the races in GalCiv look like someone you know? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The Altarian looks like Eminem! LOL

Reply to The Dark Side in Strategies Stardock Forums

"Personally, I'd rather see tech alignment requirements also prevent trading, not just researching. But I might be in the minority on this. " No, I support your motion. ;)

Reply to Suggestions to Improve Espionage in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

To make a long post short: We could have Espionage and Counter-espionage with wide options such as in Space Empires IV. (mainly information gathering) And Sabotage would be devoted to special units to build and send the Alpha Centauri way ('Probe teams'). (with options as in SMAC and SEIV: steal tech, blow up things, decrease planets, ...you name it!) :D

Reply to Don't take the backstory too far... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Uh...I see! Our evil 'friends'.

Reply to What triggers an economic boom? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

"What causes this boom, and what do other players do when it happens?" Well, if you find out, tell it to all the economists around, cause they have no idea even in the real world! ;) Seriously, it must be a random event. Some sort of cyclic thing where an economic expansion period is followed sooner or later by a depression. What to do? Adjust your economic slider as soon as they say the boom has stopped or a depression has come. Better never let your treasury go red.

Reply to Dear Frogboy.... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I'll add my big thanks for the Team. Just one thing though: Dont't blow up your holidays working, Man! There's gonna be one year of improvemenets, you said. A few days more for the big June update won't be that bad. We like you to enjoy it as much as we! :CONGRAT:

Don't take the backstory too far... in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

...into the past. (Refering to the picture of cavemen and woolly rhinoceros in the opening page!! LOL ). And what about that picture of a frogman (Frogboy? ;) ) ready to behead a human soldier (in the library or encyclopedia) ? I never met it in the game.

Reply to What do you thinks the best 1pt civ bonus...... in Strategies Stardock Forums

Not to forget the event that gives you 66 corvettes!!! :d

Reply to Bug Report Thread in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Playing with patch 1.02. BUG: If you buy a scout on Earth right on the first turn, you hear the 'coins falling' sound but nothing shows up on turn 2, you just lost your money! >:( It happened 2 times (you bet I restarted each time!), then I chose to wait one turn before buying and...whooplah, everything normal! I was on large map, loose clusters, adversaries at sub-normal, if it helps.

Reply to Minor race AI adjustments in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I've seen minor races giving me warships for free when I was at war, even though we weren't allied.

Reply to Why only good planets? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

It was well applied in Space Empires IV. I liked to take gas giants dwellers: less planets but bigger. So, there was the % equaling PQ, and the 3 sorts of planets: rocky, ice and gas giants. It could make very in-depth diplomacy and alliances but would requires possibility of multi-racial systems (one colonizing rockies, another gas.).