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I went to the SoTS site, read some about the game, registered on the forum, and dove into one of the threads. The game certainly has potential, and I'm eager to try the demo when/if it comes out.

I was disappointed to learn that enemy populations can only be eXterminated, not eXploited; nevertheless the game remains well within the boundaries of the 4X genre. The upside of simplifying planet management is that the programmers can spend more of their time on other aspects of the game, e.g. tactical space combat.

One thing I like about SoTS is its terraforming requirement: most (all?) worlds have to be made friendly to colonists before they can be eXploited--especially if an alien species has already modified the world to its own specs. Unlike SE IV, even if two SoTS species breathed the same atmosphere they couldn't really live side by side in the open--the ecosystems needed to sustain them would generally be incompatible. That makes sense to me; it sounds like it would be a nice option in SE V.

[Edited 12/16 for grammar]

Re: Sword of the Stars? (New 4x game apparently)
 

Midway was 1942 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Just one byte off. That's pretty damn accurate.

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AAsh, if you don't like this game, WHY are you still posting in this thread? You're not going to convince anyone here that it's rubbish just by acting like a self-centered self-righteous troll. Some people like it; you don't. That's the way it is. Get over it and find another thread to post in. Period.

Re: Sword of the Stars? (New 4x game apparently)
 

Its called trolling Strategia... best to ignore trolls.

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Show me where i said the game was rubbish you clown.I said the game looks a good military game with a starmap.Don't put words into my mouth troll.

The appeasing going on here is a joke.

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This all reminds me of when the Internet was young, before most people realized that you should not talk to people on the Internet differently than you talk to them in real live person. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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actually, it reminds me of the REST of the internet. I sure hope this kind of behavior does not catch on, round here.

even in the BBS days, things were divided between civil communities and the unkempt barbarians at the gate. everythings bigger now, and the twits are more numerous.

im happy that the player base is expanding, but a bit upset to see the bottom falling out on our least common denominator.

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You don't like appeasing? Fine.

[censored] off. Hows that for a lack of appeasement? People like you seem to only understand things when people descend to your level. It's just too bad certain words are censored.

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Can we please stop feeding the troll and let this thread return to its purpose? Any response is what he wants... Thanks.

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Sigh, the trollers always eat my threads.


I swear, they should implement a ban button for topic posters to keep certain users from posting in that thread.

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actually, its not really a problem here. despite how looney we all are, this really is an island of sanity on the net.