New PBW game : "Mediocrity"

[Slynky]

Everything sounds kind of interesting 'cept for that "neutral" culture thing. If you're talking about the setting where you choose Bloodthirsty, Peaceful, or Neutral, then I've never had much success with a Neutral culture. Took it by accident a few time before I read that everything ticks them off... .

[Gwaihir]

The concept is neat, but wh neutral? Oh, is that to make everyone equally uncomfortable, in case you have players used to fairly light race modification? I dunno, if another one of those starts up this summer, I might just join up. (Provided, of course, that the sanity of those in the first game is no more than 50% degraded . . . doncha love being guinea pigs?)

Random question, why the heck is it guinea pigs? experiments are chiefly done on albino rats (they're carefully inbred so as to ensure that they are genetically close to identical - - - you want repeatable results), and before that practice was started cows were used. Rats are so much better tho - smaller, shorter lifespan, much much faster breeding, easy to handle . . . I dunno why they used to use cows. Actually, cool trivia, the guy who pioneered using lab rats was my great great uncle Elmer "Dr. Vitamin" McCollum, the guy who discovered vitamins A, B complex, and D.

Hrm, methinks i got a bit off topic there. But i do want to know why the expression is "guinea pigs."

[ May 04, 2003, 03:55: Message edited by: Gwaihir ]

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Slynky:
Everything sounds kind of interesting 'cept for that "neutral" culture thing. If you're talking about the setting where you choose Bloodthirsty, Peaceful, or Neutral, then I've never had much success with a Neutral culture. Took it by accident a few time before I read that everything ticks them off... .

I think Geo meant neutral cultures (i.e. no Scientists, Warriors, Politicians, etc), not neutral happiness.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by General Woundwort:

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Originally posted by Slynky:
Everything sounds kind of interesting 'cept for that "neutral" culture thing. If you're talking about the setting where you choose Bloodthirsty, Peaceful, or Neutral, then I've never had much success with a Neutral culture. Took it by accident a few time before I read that everything ticks them off... .

I think Geo meant neutral cultures (i.e. no Scientists, Warriors, Politicians, etc), not neutral happiness.

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Yes, that is what I meant, and what I said. Happiness type is totally up to you. I do not suggest "Neutral" for that.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

By the way, 8 spots taken, 2 left!

[Slynky]

Well, as everyone is probably beginning to know, I am easily .

Thanks to both for clarifying!

[Slynky]

WELL !

Easiest empire I ever deliberated over .