[AMF]

A few years ago, I found myself on a Navy vessel as an analyst, drilling circles in the ocean off a certain African country. For about a month. Well, after a week of having very little to do, I decided to load up a single player game of SEIV with the TDM mod pack (the only mod I had with me). I set it to 255 systems, high tech cost, and as many AI empires as possible, all set to maximum bonuses to see if I could do it. Never had been able to before. Well, that game sucked so much of my life, it was touch and go the entire damned way, from turn 5 till the end I had to really wrack my brain to stay alive and in the running. Every single turn brought something new that I agonized over. I snuck away at night and lay in my bunk for hourse playing that darned game.

Now, although I was still pretty new to SEIV, I thought I was an ok player until I started playing the AIs in TDM. And this game was tense. After hundreds of turns, I had one battle that I knew was critical. I watched it play out practically biting my nails. it was incredibly even, and to this day i remain convinced that the outcome of the battle hinged on one direct-fire weapon shot from my guys....that missed. The battle, I beleive, was lost becuase of that missed shot. Becuase that battle was lost, a strategic system was lost. You know the rest. For lack of a good die roll, a ship was lost, then a battle, then a system, then my empire. sigh. But it made me a total addict to SEIV.

Alarik

Edit: a few irrelevant comments deleted

[ June 21, 2004, 17:34: Message edited by: alarikf ]