Been a while since I've posted here. Been 2 years since anyone has posted. Guess it's not surprising. Just been feeling nostalgic about this game the last couple weeks. Came here first and read some of the old fan fiction. Then actually started playing a solo game of SE4 for the first time in 10 years. I was surprised how enjoyable it still was. At least until the empire gets so big it's hard to manage. But that was always an issue with SE4.
Went to pbw.spacempires.net and saw a few people still kicking around. Some I knew from the old days, some I didn't recognize. Took over an open spot in a PBW game of SE5. Still like SE4 better, but it's interesting anyway. The combat replays are cool. Can't keep track of my whole empire very well but I'm having fun building ships and flying them around getting them into fights so I can watch the replays.
Anyway, if you are reading this now or 5 years from now when the next person wanders in, Geoschmo was here.