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VicRattlehead

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Aug 26th 2014, 21:48:45

I like it now. And u
Yes I was here when it was alliance jr, and I didn't like it. Gameplay stuff isn't why I stopped (divorce was taking up my time) but I stopped playing team for a few sets before I stopped the rest.

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Aug 26th 2014, 21:42:19

Pang trek: the next pangeration

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Aug 26th 2014, 20:22:44

Ah, I wish I was playing lol I really am dumb. I know I remember him but not from where. Need a little jogging of the brain cells.

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Aug 26th 2014, 20:19:40

Pangcenter

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Aug 26th 2014, 20:18:18

I heard pang was starting a new game, Pangtopia, and was going to stop paying attention to this one.

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Aug 26th 2014, 18:27:06

Despicable Pang

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Aug 26th 2014, 18:25:49

Scorba is ex iMag, right?

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Aug 26th 2014, 15:53:50

Slag was quite a wcl too, if a bit of an abrasive chucklehead

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Aug 26th 2014, 3:52:33

Pang is literally pol pot. He has killed us all

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Aug 26th 2014, 3:49:32

Fair enough that it just started happening, I just came back hahaha

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Aug 26th 2014, 2:35:11

Probably I am just not plugged in enough, or not cool enough with the right people, but...

You stir a lot of fluff on this board man. I am not sure if you are doing it on purpose to increase traffic (which is great motivation!), but it feels inappropriate and petty. Really, it is your game. You don't need to spend your energy responding to assholes questioning your mod choices. You don't need to call people out for their poor chat room behavior. You don't need to defend your buds from stupidass accusations that only gain weight from your acknowledgement. I feel like the most appropriate response from you on most of these subjects is either "so?" Or silence. Instead you cheapen your position by fighting too hard for it - "the lady doth protest too much." (Don't really mean to call you a lady it is just a good quote)

In short, stop letting retards grousing about *YOUR GAME* draw you in to pissing contests. You can't win.

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Aug 26th 2014, 2:27:16

*pales in comparison

/stopbeingthatguy

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Aug 26th 2014, 2:21:36

Your concept and country names are awesome. I don't see this working out for you.

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Aug 25th 2014, 18:00:41

So basically, demos are best at everythign except attacking. Got it. :P

(obviously I don't really think that)

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Aug 25th 2014, 17:52:37

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

Was there ever a bigger ingame scandal than the Tiger bots?

Wouldn't you want to know? :P

Note I didn't say more cheating. RoCK getting brought down that hard, that fast, and the subsequent rise of Omega, was crazy.

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Aug 25th 2014, 17:00:14

Was there ever a bigger ingame scandal than the Tiger bots?

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Aug 25th 2014, 16:48:23

Does the demo bonus still work as a de facto effectiveness increase as well as a max increase?

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Aug 25th 2014, 14:03:16

braden, lesson learned. :) I am still the fattest at present but my acres are pretty empty.

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Aug 25th 2014, 14:01:50

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

What I am driving at is not the per turn income, but rather the cost of conversion. The actual start, in the past (and remember I last played back in 11 prior to this month) tech easily outpaced cash but cash passed it during the conversion process and, if played correctly, stayed ahead by having more land despite an initial tech disadvantage. If I am reading you correctly you are saying that even with the conversion costs figured the cash start never pulls ahead. Is that right?

Yep. With the formula change to Building costs that is now exponential, the old and new building costs formula equal each other at 3.7k land or so, so it is actually cheaper to convert buildings below that acreage, making tech starts even stronger. The building cost is also constant up to 750a, so there is no reason not to explore up to 750a, before doing build/explore alternating turns.

That is exactly the info I really needed. Good deal, thanks.

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Aug 25th 2014, 13:37:21

Originally posted by iccyh:

The real issue is that the electoral college effectively cements a 2 party system in the US, where neither party has any particular incentive to support reforms because they like the status quo where they're either in power or the only alternative.

People keep voting for candidates they hate because they're smart and realize that there is little chance of candidates not approved by the 2 major parties holding federal office. So, people make the best choice they can, which is to choose whoever they consider the lesser evil between the major candidates.

As long as people keep believing and saying this it cannot change.

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Aug 25th 2014, 13:36:23

Originally posted by Angel1:

Congresspeople are too valuable. It's time to slash their pay and increase their numbers. Let's increase the congresspeople 10 fold.

Each state gets 20 senators

Each state gets 10 representatives for each current representative.

Each congressperson gets paid $17,400/year (part time job, part time pay) with no benefits.

The majority and minority leaders get $27,100/year (the congressperson's new pay + half the current difference between regular congresspersons and the majority/minority leaders old pay)

The speaker of the house gets $42,150 (congressperson's new pay + half the difference)

We build dorms to house the now 5,350 Representatives and Senators in which they can live for free. The dorms will be like college dormitories and include a communal kitchen. They will be permitted to live in the dorms while congress is in session.

I like that. That's good. If you've ever read "Freehold" by Michael Z Williamson, he describes a system in which successful business and military leaders must donate the lion's share of their personal wealth to become Citizens, a council of which makes the decisions.

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Aug 25th 2014, 2:39:16

Wtf, it is supposed to be power surge by jag panzer. I didn't stick around to watch it after I grabbed the link because my internet out here in the boondocks is slow as hell.

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Aug 25th 2014, 0:47:45

Rad, I never got to see panzer. Almost used age of mastery for the example though, love that tune.

Is crabfest a band? I am going to my cousins big crab feast next weekend in Maryland haha

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Aug 24th 2014, 23:07:54

Hao2, definitely a colossus among the laf pantheon, was a fan of Indy->tech->cash, and he won 1a and 1b the same reset I believe with that outline. That was many changes ago. So many, that demo cashier/reseller was a thing and theocracy was not.

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Aug 24th 2014, 23:01:48

The current guy, Chris Broderick, is quite the sick shredder as well. Loved his work with jag panzer too. If you like maiden and 'deth you will like them too.

http://youtu.be/T6Hs-_9588Y

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Aug 24th 2014, 19:07:08

UpTheIrons, love the name man. :)

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Aug 24th 2014, 18:41:05

Ford, you just made me hungry. That sounds delicious.

Breakfast food - pan fry up some loose sausage, I prefer sage. Bob Evans brand is best, but jimmy dean or Jamestown are fine. Break up the sausage while it is browning. After it is all cooked add some flour to make a roux. Next add milk. The proportions I use are generally 1/2 lb of sausage = 1.5qt of milk, but I eyeball everything in this dish. Bring the whole mess to a boil and use flour to thicken to desired consistency. Serve over biscuits. I cheat on the biscuits, I use pills bury grands.

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Aug 24th 2014, 18:31:29

When I was in high school Carthage was still mostly depicted as backward compared to the Romans. We were still teaching that they made human sacrifices to moloch, that they had a very oppressive ruling class and basically no personal freedom and that life for the average Carthaginian was pretty terrible. Suffice to say we now have lots of evidence that none of that is very accurate.

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Aug 24th 2014, 17:36:17

Well eezma and gronk certainly couldn't.

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Aug 24th 2014, 17:35:25

http://www.newscientist.com/...n268-american-plague.html

This research is older than I realized. You can find similar stuff about trade routes from the Great Lakes (apparently a booming economic are before whitey) down to the Mayan areas of Mexico.

Originally posted by Getafix:

History creates a mythology, and mythology is a very powerful force that underlies our values. If we believe something is good and have stories that show that it gives definition to our basic beliefs. History is written all the time and it is all about stories.

I don't think history can be stripped of the biases that the writer includes in his stories or reports. So the history we hear is biased, and usually full of what we want to hear.

So there are a few thoughts from me

True to a degree, but we have found through archaeological work things that contradict some accounts, paint a different picture, which I think allows us to gain a broader understanding of history. Think of the change in popular perception of Carthage over the last 20 years as an example.

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Aug 24th 2014, 17:18:28

Well I am absolutely planning to run a rep cashier next set in tourney. I am just trying to figure out if a tech start is actually better. Although, I am a contrarian and likely to go against the advice just to prove my way can work lol

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Aug 24th 2014, 15:42:06

*pink thong and nothing else

FTFY

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Aug 24th 2014, 15:40:43

On solo servers, if a country grabs me twice I generally retal 4 times, 3x or more calls for ABing to the ground.

Here, I am still learning how my team operates. Apparently we just like to not be targets. :)

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Aug 24th 2014, 15:36:58

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Aug 24th 2014, 14:58:53

http://www.wnd.com/...r-exoneration-of-officer/

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Aug 24th 2014, 14:31:07

A LLAMA? HES SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!

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Aug 24th 2014, 14:29:16

Originally posted by Marshal:

Originally posted by VicRattlehead:

I am supposed to just sell off the tech I spent many days getting to a badass level?

yes or suffer cause pop =/= near max

That...

I don't like that. I could see needing a certain amount of pop to man your industries/banks/labs or whatever, but why tie it to the max pop instead of a % of buildings? Like maybe 350% or something?

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Aug 24th 2014, 14:25:05

Getafix, of course I am, I only started in 97. The real vets were around in 96.

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Aug 24th 2014, 14:15:47

Xin, no need to be so condescending. Rainbow "works," when you get right down to it, but I am confident that in the context of the strat board you know what I meant. And there is no need for ludicrous tech examples either. Anyone trying to figure out the viability of a startup is obviously not going to know how the market is going to be for the set they are starting up in, and any calls are going to use averages. This doesn't strike me as difficult to follow.

Braden, thanks, that makes sense.

Marshal, I have been wondering who is buying all the military on team, there seems to be a huge percentage of commies.

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Aug 24th 2014, 3:56:08

He is saying that is you top feed him he will retaliate harshly.

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Aug 24th 2014, 3:55:12

Nothing from nothing, and h4 and I have had our differences, but if you could prove he was cheating in 2012 there is. 0% chance he would have that label under his name now. Pang and qz wouldn't give a mod post to a confirmed cheater.

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Aug 24th 2014, 2:35:04

I have seen this ingle mentioned in posts but have never heard of him before and haven't seen him post. Has laf ever before had a don that was totally inactive on AT? Seems like a bad idea.

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Aug 24th 2014, 2:33:38

So basically, sof laf and rage didn't have the balls to go for an audacious win, and thus went for a less embarrassing loss? Got it.

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Aug 24th 2014, 2:30:55

Is solid snake the current don?

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Aug 24th 2014, 2:10:24

Obviously I want business tech. Is it worth it for me to buy res tech as. Farmer? It certainly used to be but there have been a lot of tweaks since I last played.

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Aug 24th 2014, 1:38:09

I am supposed to just sell off the tech I spent many days getting to a badass level?

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Aug 24th 2014, 1:34:38

Originally posted by Atryn:

If it is currently 120(120) how about:

start at 60(180)
then 80(160)
then 100(140)
then 120(120)

That actually makes the start up objections more valid.