Sibilantae

[quote]The thing that really pissed me off was... there are all these 'resources' and this incessant adding and subtracting. And why are we still building units? I mean this isn't the 1990's someone should think of something new. Units with abilities - BEEN DONE. Abilities use energy and are on timers... how terribly unexpected! This is just the same 'kill the other guy' game that has been made over and over. Don't even get me started on the interface... I mean come on. A GUI!

[quote]Be that as it may, I must admit to some distaste for the reaction here. Obviously most of us think that Sins is a good game. But that's merely a matter of opinion, and there's no reason to think that someone who dislikes the game doesn't hold an equally valid opinion. And despite the errors in reviewing, I can't completely disagree with some of the major points that are made (although I might not sharing them).[/quote] I agree. Though I normally disagree with him, Vinraith also h

[quote]yeah i know but u guy in another forum managed to turn it off but he wont say how he did it[/quote] It's a demo. Treat is as such. I don't know how he did it, and frankly I'm sort of glad he won't say it.

[quote]Mars from The Planets[/quote] I haven't heard that reference yet, but I'm sure that when I do I'll enjoy it immensely; how fitting that Holst references should be in this game :P

[quote]It's great to hear you're enjoying the music though![/quote] Thank you very much for your feedback, sir :) It's by no means a disappointment. I love computer game music, especially when (like in this case) it is clearly composed by someone who knows what music is. Thanks again!

Hi guys, This post is mainly directed to (I don't want to say "at") the composer of music for SoaSE, and perhaps others who might have noticed this. After having downloaded the demo, going through the tutorials, and playing the game, I noticed that some of the music for "peace", one track in particular, had a chord progression that was remarkably similar - identical, in fact, for at least the first six broken chords - to a similar music track found back in MOO2.

[quote]Sigh.. this was obviously directed at Aspartic and his BS comment.[/quote] Not really. "You guys" usually means more than one person. So no, it wasn't "obviously directed" at anyone other than the rest of us in general. It's once again a question of clarity. [quote]Nice post about Strategies and Tactics what does it have to do with the basic premise of most games I think of as games. Contract bridge is everyone is given a hand to bid and play and table results are compar

[quote]You guys sure to seem to non respond to the basic idea of this post that the MP mode gives an advantage to the host. I felt annoyed previously due to these sort of blast away at the OP type of responses. If you don't like the post don't leave disparaging comments.[/quote] To be entirely frank, if someone disagrees with you, and they have a damn good reason for doing so (which seems to be my opinion more and more), then they're not being disparaging, for crying out loud. I tho

[quote]but I'll give clarifying a shot: science, in its pure form, is only concerned with physical phenomena that can be observed. Science cannot make statements about reality in general. Science cannot tell you what the laws of physics are elsewhere in the universe. That may sound weird, but until we have measure it, it is outside the realm of science. Unfortunately, that's not very useful: we can't go around measuring everything all the time. I'm an engineer,[/quote] SPOT ON! And

[quote]Modern archaeology contradicts your Bible's "six days",[/quote] The Bible isn't Creationist by definition. I believe in evolution. Genesis 1 is clearly symbolic, and you'd notice this if you read it through. [quote]When you make naturalistic predictions (a Jewish rabbi walked across some water), you have entered The Realm Of Science (tm)[/quote] The problem is, God is outside this realm. So what are we arguing? About the existence of God? I thought we were discussing

[quote]Omnipotent guy in the sky turning people into pillars of salt and impregnating a woman who gives birth to a Jewish guy who can transform water into wine and cure leprosy. I mean, if you're just a sermon on the mount "Jesus was a pretty cool guy he preached all this stuff about being a nice person" sorta Christian it's not too much of a stretch. But once you start getting into the OT and even some of the interpretations of the NT it starts falling apart.[/quote] *shrug* Science is

[quote]And that's the story of the game, right there. Every bit of depth you normally find in a 4X title sacrificed in the name of real time gameplay until there's virtually nothing left. As an RTS the sides are too similar, the pace too plodding, and the combat too rudimentary. As a 4X there's no depth, incredibly shallow planetary development, no ship designing, weak AI, the worst diplomacy system I've ever seen, and a paltry research tree. Each aspect gets in the way of, rather than improving

[quote]As such, I am going to be a physcist when I get out of college, and I am a christian.[/quote] Good man! Personally, I have a lot of trouble understanding why some people think science and religion (or at least Christianity) are incompatible. [quote]It would be infinite much better if mankind can go beyond religion, or any kind of superstitious notion.[/quote] Actually, it wouldn't, because if people went "beyond" religion, they'd lose God, and suffer the consequ

[quote]Answer http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19[/quote] You're two pages late. Techen said the same :P Just thought I'd point it out :P

I actually found this post hilarious. I think it's because of the "poetic" format of it, but it also shows some remarkable short-sightedness, if you ask me. On points that might well be considered valid: 1) The fact that you cannot place structures manually on your planet is due to one of the depth sacrifices made to accomodate the 4x part of the game to the RTS. They said this on one of the online interviews - I forget which one, but if you insist I could try find it again. The poi

[quote]Im a baptist, FYI[/quote] And I'm a presbyterian. Well met! :P [quote]Its not up to the pope to declare whats right or wrong, its up to god. And he can 10 rules he would like followed. When becoming a christian you try to stop sinning and try to leave as perfect a life as you can, but that isnt always so, we all make mistakes, we all have fallen short, and god forgives us if we ask. Its up to him to look inside a persons heart and dictate what kind of person that they really

[quote]if it beats you, it worked.[/quote] That's the problem! That's what we (or at least, I, in my own little arrogant bubble) have been saying. It SHOULDN'T work so easily - I mean, sure, if you're totally unprepared, of course it'll work; but a person that doesn't have prescience can't start preparing for a LRM spam from the beginning of the game. He needs time to develop, scout, and then respond. And yes, spamming is a strategy. It should just be a poor one. Is it easily counte

[quote]And, of course you're neutral. You're expressing your opinions. Opinions are not neutral.[/quote] Begging your pardon, sir, but my "opinions" are conflicting; you would have found this had you read past my last quoted clause. This is why I choose not to take a side. And thank you for paragraphing, by the way; it's a bit easier to follow now. EDIT: Excuse me - I might have misunderstood, but your statement is self-contradictory. Did you mean that I am NOT neutral? Or

The fact is, people, and it seems some high-up people, lose the essence of what Christianity is - simple faith. This is why some of you guys (and certainly quite understandably) think it's become a business. This is a downright blatant political statement. There's nothing Godly here. And who is the Pope to tell us these things? How can a man dictate what a mortal sin is? Shouldn't that be up to God?

Excuse me, sir; just a point: [quote]The attitude displayed by your numerous responses of this type are purely exploitive.[/quote] Are you actually saying that his attitude is [I]exploiting[/I] you? How does that work? Sir, to be entirely honest, I am of a neutral point of view here - I understand it can be frustrating to come right up against such organized opposition... but I also understand it can be frustrating to come up against someone who's complaining about such organized op

[quote]People spam LRMs early BECAUSE there is no strategically viable counter to them. If you add a hard-counter unit to LRMs, LRM spam will no longer be a good tactic as as a counter-spam will quickly kill them dead and lose them the game. Once spamming mostly a single unit type is no longer viable due to hard-counters, opposing players will do it alot less and instead build more balanced fleets able thus counter-spamming will not be needed.[/quote] Great point!

If there is a correct religion then there are only the levels of Hell or its equivalent associated with that religion. If there is no correct religion, then there is no Hell. If there are multiple correct religions, then there are multiple Hells, or the equivalents. I think it's a matter of logic. If it came down to belief, then I believe there is one correct religion, and, by implication, that there is only one Hell. You might not. There is little chance we'd be reconciled

[quote]Yeah u miss the point of the post, and you just proved my point. There is essentially no difference between 3 dimensions and 2. The third dimension is just another vector of distance. You wouldn't get any benefit for 3d maneuvering over 2d, and you would just make the whole process less enjoyable due to interface limitations.[/quote] The point of the post is to point out (pardon the pun) the fact that space is 3d, not 2d, as the game may be sometimes portrayed. That's wh

[quote]we can project that all souls go to Hell.[/quote] Perhaps this is what I don't understand: Does "all souls" include the people who happen to belong to the correct religion? Because if not, then that's about right. It's not a particularly unreasonable statement, if you ask me. But, then, that's just me. EDIT: My point takes for granted the fact that no more than one religion may be correct, simply because they all, or most of them, are incompatible.

[quote]Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not Belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.[/quote] Eh? I'm sorry, I don't follow your reasoning.