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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 7th, 2004, 02:46 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,871
Posted By Narratio
Re: Base and satellite placement

Satelite and base placement has always been a problem. Smart placement would be;
2 bases/sats - 180 degrees apart.
3 bases/sats - 120 degrees apart.
4 bases/sats - 90 degrees apart.

So it...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 7th, 2004, 02:26 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 11,270
Posted By Narratio
Re: [OT] Top Five (you know what I mean)

Of course, if you were to extend it beyond the current crop of pop culture icons (Penelope CruZ 0% - Strange...) back into the past I'd add Myrna Loy, Jien Hsu and Lauren Bacall
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 7th, 2004, 02:14 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 8,884
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT: Best D&D RPG Game?

I'm a dinosaur. I've yet to find a PC based RPG that's a quarter as much fun as 4 or 5 friends sitting around a table with figures, maps, dice and beer.

Sorry, I feel RPG's need eyeball contact.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 6th, 2004, 03:34 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,395
Posted By Narratio
Re: [OT] Nerds

Don't know about unadulterated crap Puke. I agree some of the 20/20 rear view vision stuff sounded false, but overall the premise strikes me as true.

I was a nerd 30 plus years back and it still...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 6th, 2004, 03:15 PM
Replies: 1,727
Views: 163,327
Posted By Narratio
Re: Forum Chat Bar & Grill

"Can't live with them, can't live without them" eh? My wife said that women use "Can't live with them, and killing them is so expensive."

But I know my place...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 6th, 2004, 03:09 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,980
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT SEIV System Problems

Straight off the bat it sounds like a graphics screen repaint problem.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 4th, 2004, 02:01 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 4,820
Posted By Narratio
Re: [OT] "It is 10:00. Do you know where your children are"

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Allied to the ability to recognize what you see and the courage to act upon upon that recognition?
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 3rd, 2004, 01:57 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 13,605
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">how so? [/b]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I think that Cipher, like me, reads everything he can lay his...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 3rd, 2004, 01:35 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 6,121
Posted By Narratio
Re: Are We Evil?

And that, Bug my bug, was the decision the US made over Hiroshima... (maybe not Nagasaki, I'm unsure). They projected casualties from an Operation Olympic, compared to testing out the first "real...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 1st, 2004, 06:46 AM
Replies: 529
Views: 56,285
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT: Movies I Have Seen Lately

My Xmas gift pack arrived today and it contained some 40 DVD's (God bless the family). Included in it was "Bride of Frankenstien" (the first sequel to be better than the original) and "Bride of...
Forum: SEIV January 1st, 2004, 06:32 AM
Replies: 2,397
Views: 420,584
Posted By Narratio
Re: SE5, Tell Aaron what\'s on your Wish List

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Agreed, SE2/3 allowed colonies on asteroids. Bring it back.
Give greater flexibility to the robot miners. Allow them to be placed on planets like...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 1st, 2004, 06:19 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,638
Posted By Narratio
Re: MunchkinMod!

Just tried a reload rate 0 and it didn't appear to work
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 1st, 2004, 06:08 AM
Replies: 1,974
Views: 157,214
Posted By Narratio
Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4

The subcontractors are not working. The contractors are not working. Our client is not working. We're upto our armpits in snow and it's cold than sin.

What in the name of Rogers and Hammerstein am...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 1st, 2004, 05:52 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,312
Posted By Narratio
Re: What did I mess up?

Let me look out of my construction shack's window... Yep! I've got 6 feet of snow, it's -12C and the wind, straight from Siberia, is cutting skin temperatures down to -22C.

So, what's Hawaii like...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 1st, 2004, 05:47 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 8,300
Posted By Narratio
Re: Why game is so easy?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And that's the truth. The AI's are fun, and you can spend weeks creating the ultimate in game winning strategies against all levels of difficulty...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 1st, 2004, 05:06 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 13,605
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Now this is truly Ouruborous! Starfire begat Space Empires begats SE4G - Starfire! And I thought this year would lack wierdness!
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 31st, 2003, 02:01 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 13,605
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT: Books, Books, Books.

Point taken Bug, my bug. Although I find the stuff that Weber wrote for the Starfire mini games before they boxed the lot can do it for me. Remember those? They still got the ships names Duke of...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 22nd, 2003, 02:50 AM
Replies: 648
Views: 123,510
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT: How old are you ?

Mid 40's, Electrical Engineer living in Thailand, working in Kazkhstan. Started playing wargames (figures / Boards) in the early 70's. What more can I say?
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 11th, 2003, 11:23 AM
Replies: 91
Views: 11,165
Posted By Narratio
Re: Military Buffs I need your help.

Isolated military bases?
Nope.
No room for them, no need for them. Pre WWII the military dominated Japanese society. Schools ran training classes for the military skills and conscription was in...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 11th, 2003, 11:08 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,765
Posted By Narratio
Re: Poll for you.

Running a game at evenings after work. One of the AI's has got stuck on rail guns (Projectile Weapons). So the AI went for ship size! I've just fought 6 battles in a row. There were between 62 and 43...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 11th, 2003, 10:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,252
Posted By Narratio
Re: Intelligence ops

Must agree with Roanon. Intel is a fine defensive weapon but, unless you're up against AI's, forget it. Use the space for Research instead.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 11th, 2003, 10:25 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,841
Posted By Narratio
Re: Galactic Civilizations?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Not so sure about sheep... goat maybe, but it's certainly great septic tank filler.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 11th, 2003, 06:15 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,472
Posted By Narratio
Re: Open Only In The Event Of Nuclear Holocaust

Also a combined corkscrew / bottle opener and a few cases or bottles upon which to use the bottle opener.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 11th, 2003, 05:50 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 6,828
Posted By Narratio
Re: I was bored...new pics added

Like the concepts. Ignore the peons though, keep the eyes, consider adding tendrils / cillia / thin wavy stuff. These are organic, you need some organic antennae. Get rid of the hard and techno...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 11th, 2003, 05:36 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 12,399
Posted By Narratio
Re: OT: am playing D&D light and am having fun

(Oneupmanship eh? Okay, I can do that) In the begining, hmmmm call it '70 or '71 I think, there was a small A5 size (US equivalent) booklet, which became 3 booklets in a box. And then there was...
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