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yes i use one, in fact i have two. one for my pc and one for my wifes pc. They are very much worth it. It can save you some money in the long run by not having to buy burned out parts. My area went through a period where there were daily outtages and it cost me a motherboard and powersupply. The ups software can shut down your pc safely when power stays out too long. It also gives your pc a nice power signal. It cleans up the electricity coming out of your outlet to give your pc

yeah, what Astax said. on the Gaian Crescent map your planet isn't your "home" planet at the start. make it your capital planet asap.

cable was having problems all weekend. tv and internet were borked. sorry i missed ya.

i might be up for a game.

what time are you thinking on for friday?

couldn't hurt to check the vid card fan, make sure it's working, and clean the dust from it. my wife loves to play TF2 and one day it started freezing up on her. i did some investigating and found that the fan on the card died but by that point it was too late. the card was damaged. her core temp never got very high either. i've also heard about an nvidia fix. however, i have an 8800gt and have had no issues with freezing, even after a 6 hour stint.

lol@ikconik sort of why i started the post. hehe. i guess i'll check out the tech's and just explore when i can sneak it in. :P

you may want to try "easy fortifier". the AI won't be too rough on you ;p

it took me a couple of restarts to figure this one out but the biggest and easiest to thing to overlook is that your planet is not your home planet. try and make it your homeplanet as soon as you safely possible. this will boost your allegiance up to 100% and you will make money faster. the planet starts with 25% allegiance. if i remember correctly, i immediatley made it my home planet and built the free cap ship to stem the pirate attacks i couldn't afford to buy out.

if you explore a planet but don't find anything the first time (50% explored), should you pay to explore it the second time (100% explored)? how about for the reverse; if you find something at 50% explored should you pay to get to 100% explored? thanks

i agree with bonscott

i think those are the home planet/artifact markers.

hey guys, back from a great 4 days of skiing. looking to get a game going when you guys start a new one. my brother in law is probably going to pick up the game as well (after the not-so-hard-sell) hehe.

just got the newsletter: Sept. 7, 2008 is official release date [link="http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php?movieID=7&play=lo"]Spore Release Date Announcment[/link]

i have an 8800gt as well and mine runs like a dream. does it happen in other games as well? are you using Vista? there have been some links to an update addressing a memory issue in Vista.

in reference to ICO, here is something i posted earlier: [link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?forumid=402&aid=176844"]Multiplayer Filter Suggestion[/link] here is what i posted: It would be great to be able to filter out password protected games, games loaded from saves, and games with only friend slots available. 3/4 of the games at a given moment are some combo of those attributes. it's kind of a bummer to see a game, get all excited, and then see that it is password

hehe..neat..sortof like the skillpoint calculator on the WoW website. uhh...wait, what's WoW anyway? :p

hmmm..interesting thought, blind bidding. Reiner Knizia uses this mechanic in quite a few of his boardgames. the man is one of the best in the business.

broadcast tower culture output does stack. also, a planets culture output increases with each broadcast tower you have around it. when you hover over the planet and check the info card you will see "culture output", or something to that effect, and a number when you have a broadcast tower built. when you add more that number goes up.

ouch..def. don't have time for a large map tonight..hehe. i'll save that for a friday or saturday :p

lol...i have EVE up on my wife's pc so i can train while i play Sins on mine...lol have some catching up to do with some low hour skills to train. :D

sent you a pm

i have no problem with hosting. i'd be happy with a 2v2(ai) on medium or something. i'll hop on around 8:30ish as well..same name without the x's.

same here cybermage, for some reason FFA seems to stress me out atm. i'm still hovering over everything reading and rereading the descriptions. lol. can't quite blindly click on what i want yet. though, you are right about possibly getting to bed a bit earlier in a FFA round. hehe.

It would be great to be able to filter out password protected games, games loaded from saves, and games with only friend slots available. 3/4 of the games at a given moment are some combo of those attributes. it's kind of a bummer to see a game, get all excited, and then see that it is password protected or other non random join option enabled. thanks for a great game either way :D i've never posted on a game forum as much as i have for this one :D