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August 20th, 2002, 09:58 PM
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Re: Zero Population Growth - Fact or Fiction?
Good for roleplaying the Borg 
(Well, to be fair, when they were first encountered they did have those reploid vats, but later on they seemingly lost the ability to reproduce on their own and could only expand through assimilation, as Seven of Nine said.)
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August 20th, 2002, 10:39 PM
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Re: Zero Population Growth - Fact or Fiction?
lamely, after the borg got all cheesed out and poopey, i think they retroactively explaind that as NOT borg spawning chambers, but where they stick the infants they assimilate.
whatever.
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August 20th, 2002, 11:06 PM
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National Security Advisor
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Re: Zero Population Growth - Fact or Fiction?
I thought about making a multiplayer game once where everybody had zero population growth, just to see how differently people would play.
Geoschmo
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August 21st, 2002, 08:28 AM
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Re: Zero Population Growth - Fact or Fiction?
Wow! I didn't realize you could bring Population growth down to zero. I think I will incorperate that in my game. Would require players to really keep track of their population and strive for jubilence otherwise you population will be limited. Also, with this implemented, a race could theorectically be eliminated in population yet some of its technology be still around.
LOL... "a long time ago, a race long dead occupied these cities". I love this game!
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Gryphin-
I started my first game. The Selay Consortium just hosed a colony ship, @#%Q@#R, Then accepted a Trade Treaty.
What is it about Neutrals that shoot first and ask quesitons later?
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Its called Gun Ship Diplomacy. <img border=0 title= alt=[Big Grin] src=biggrin.gif /]
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August 21st, 2002, 09:29 AM
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Re: Zero Population Growth - Fact or Fiction?
Hmm... with trade, remote mining, and/or mod techniques, an empire could go about its business even without any population. It just wouldn't be able to build things on planets.
PvK
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August 21st, 2002, 10:37 AM
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Re: Zero Population Growth - Fact or Fiction?
PvK: Who said anything about having 0 population? We're talking about 0 population growth here.  |
August 21st, 2002, 08:14 PM
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Re: Zero Population Growth - Fact or Fiction?
Do mineral miners and the like work on a planet with zero population?
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which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.
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