SMACXOR

[Top Hat]

kingcomrade's kool klub

The KKK, eh? "White Power" Gaming ftw.

 

[Quigs]

Even today SMAC is better than Civilization IV. I remember playing SMAC for a bit then I went and got Civilization III. Wow, I was in for a surprise. Never thought the "spiritual successor" of SMAC could be so underwealming. There were problems with SMAC (Balance for the most part) but I thought it was a pretty good design that you could refine and build off of.

SMAC is great if you are a numbers nut. Or a metagamer.

I like seeing a tank, and seeing a caveman and thinking "The tank should kill the caveman" and be right, instead of "well, your tank was set to kill land units, and my caveman was a secret squirrel spy with infilatration as a primary secondary atrribute, and hes secondary secondary attribute was gastrointesticanal surgeon, and we all know what THAT gives you, hahaha " ...

Straightforward always trumps needless complexity.

 

[Dmitron]

Tanks vs Cavemen?

If it wasn't Civ, I'd say "sounds like a stupid game".

 

[Quigs]

Ive always thought it would make for a great game.

Like, in the ficticious near future, earth gets invaded by aliens who look alot like humans. Except they dont have atime machine, and you do.

So, your the one guy they send back to their past.

Begining of the game, your in a room with every weapon concievable, along with a few vehicles. Just go back and kill em all. Most games go the opposite, you start with a knife/club/crowbar and work your way up the weaponry.

Here you start with the best, and end up using whats left.

 

[Higher Game]

Bishop has been eliminated from the currently running SMAC game, courtesy of yours truly. :twisted: JoKa is going to be a tougher nut to crack though. There should be enough time for a fresh new Codex game by next saturday. Be ready.

 

[Frau Bishop]

Bishop has been eliminated from the currently running SMAC game, courtesy of yours truly.

Ach, already when we started the game I told you to surf the Codex or watch a good movie while playing! You really need something that keeps you distracted from planning your next turn... 10 turns! You are worse then the AI, I always suspect some heavy cheating - but I can't quite put my finger on it!

 

[Jed]

SMAC is great if you are a numbers nut. Or a metagamer.

What next? "PS:T is great if you're a reading nut"?

I like seeing a tank, and seeing a caveman and thinking "The tank should kill the caveman" ...

Luckily there's no cavemen in AC.

 

[JoKa]

we need more players...it's more fun when playing without the AI - and more rewarding/frustrating
so guys...we know you want it - now come into Codex Centauri (via hamachi, password 'planet') and prove it! the current game only lasts another 5 turns or something. at least a foursome would be nice..

 

[Dmitron]

Should be available for a game over the weekend.

 

[Higher Game]

I have assignments and tests to worry about for next week, so my only really good days in the near future will be Saturday and Sunday, this weekend. If we fix the .ini and crash issues that some people are having, we can ALMOST have an ai free game. We need 1 more AC fan.

Me
KC
Sovy
Bishop
Dmitron
JoKa
1 AI

 

[SlavemasterT]

How does SMAC multiplayer work? It takes me days to finish one of those games, and that's with AI controlling the other factions.

 

[Higher Game]

Ach, already when we started the game I told you to surf the Codex or watch a good movie while playing! You really need something that keeps you distracted from planning your next turn... 10 turns! You are worse then the AI, I always suspect some heavy cheating - but I can't quite put my finger on it!

I make many of my moves and planning during my opponent's turns, and see how they execute when my turn comes around. The only truly cheap exploit I did was crawler load one of my bases to intentionally fungal pop before making tree farms. The extra minerals also came in handy for snatching the weather paradigm. It's not that bad, since you could have done it, too. In fact, much of the game involves timing the transition from normal improvements to forests effectively. I didn't see a single forest in your territory.

How does SMAC multiplayer work? It takes me days to finish one of those games, and that's with AI controlling the other factions.

Someone hosts and the others join by typing in his IP address, which is visible on the Hamachi screen.

 

[Frau Bishop]

I didn't see a single forest in your territory.

Bad recon?
I had not enough, yeah, but there were some.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I've never played SMAC before. I just picked it up though in The Conquerors Collection:

• Celtic Kings: Rage of War
• Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle
• Sid Meir's Civil War Collection (Gettysburg, Antietam)
• C&C Tiberian Sun
• SMAC

I'm a long way off multiplayer though. First I have to install it, which requires time.

SMAC is great if you are a numbers nut. Or a metagamer.

What next? "PS:T is great if you're a reading nut"?

Actually, that is pretty true.

 

[kingcomrade]

I still want to play you in Starcraft DU. For some reason I suspect you're the closest to me in skill level. It would be fun to play against someone who both doesn't completely dominate me and someone who isn't a pushover (no offense Nicolai, Jasede, SlavemasterT, Kreide Bein, etc.)



tee hee

 

[Higher Game]

Since some guys can't get SMAC to work, SMACX could actually work if we could all agree on some serious rule modification, since a lot of the new stuff in SMACX is just ridiculously overpowered. For one thing, using the original factions is a must, since nearly all of the new ones are broken.