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Just logged into the forums after a month and reading all the threads from you guys. You are seriously HILARIOUS. Thanks for the comic relief after a tough day's work. Do you have a stand up routine anywhere in Manhattan, too?

Oh my god, all of these necro-players--- who knew you guys were still reading forums --- too bad you don't actually play any more or do you all have smurf accounts? Most of you guys... are prehistoric... having joined in year 2008. My gosh, I wish I had been around that long.

Wow, great. This is just the information I have been looking for. I have printed it all out on large poster board. Doci, look out. Next 1v1, you are MINE.

Hydraling, sinsfan50, I don't have you on the list. Do you play competitive multiplayer and, if so, what are your names? For time being, I will note you on the newplayer list. [quote who="sinsfan50" reply="13" id="3469462"]i think there's a whole bunch after 16 that has beaten you[/quote] "i think there's a whole bunch after 16 that has beaten you". Lines 10 ("Cykur") through 34 ("Matheus") repres

These first 9 posts are really great. Cykur, you are still awesome when you play. Perhaps that speaks to you or instead perhaps speaks to current on-line talent or lack thereof.

Please find below the _definitive_ 100-player list. That means comments are _unwelcome_ (fat chance, right!?). That said, we are still 30 players short of 100 players, so do send me names I have forgotten. In reviewing the list below, please keep in mind that there is some fuzziness to the rankings on order of +/-2 at top of list, +/-4 about 1/3 way down the list, and +/- 7 toward bottom of list, meaning it is harder to categorize skill levels farther down the l

Ummm.... what are you doing with your orky? You know about micro?

Is reinvigoration of this post best described as necromania or necrophilia?

Guys, why are you trolling this dude's question? It's the only legitimate question on the forums all month. Stilat, sorry the older player are picking on you. Anyway, the answer is to always build flak. Good gaming and see you among the stars! P.S. Sometimes you'll see people tell you that fighters are a great counter to illums, but don't believe them.

Hi Everyone! What 's the trick to getting into a 5s game?

[quote who="Diamonddragon316" reply="60" id="3466280"]Can we recheck this list? there are some tier 2+ which should be moved up and some people down. also a hell of new players joined, which are tier 2-0[/quote] There is now a privileged and accurate ranking list that is PW protected. It ranks all players from 1 to 10 in 3 categories, and then applies a sum across the categories, each weighted slightly differently in a power law expression, to get a final value. Then th

You've got it backwards. What you need to do is build your frigate factories *as far away* from your enemy as possible so that he cannot destroy them. This is key. Build your factories on your backwater planets. To make up for the distance from the frontline, upgrade the the logistics slots to maximum, and max out the planet with frigate factories. This is how Doci and Grimm play and win.

Just because I apparently have nothing else to do, I have taken all listed players and put them in the order that I would pick when captaining. Lines 1 through 5 seem pretty firm. Lines 6 and 7 are getting mushy. Line 8 is pretty clear again. 1. Doci, Grimm 2. Auqia 3. Quar, X-Wing 4. Oli, Nayru, Achilloraptor, Puppetier 5. Anhpp, Barbarian [Candido], Efejao [Rigler], Suzijang, Fallen_One, Faernal, Jbaum, Sugar, Bri

why aren't there more replies to this thread and my interesting commentary on it?

Oh my god, ICO is down, so here I am reading the forums after some time. And here is this really terrific thread. I am laughing so much. Thanks guys. I don't know where to start with the humor. MULCH is a pro player? I just fell out of my seat. SinKiller is suggesting flak over LFs? Well, he wrote some really nice English of "an ounce of this" and "a pound of that", but please, bring your flak fleet, please, let me micro my LFs around your flak micro, please, please, please. And half-nake

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="57" id="3433999"]I've seen several skilled players, including Grimm, lead with a Rankulas...of course, I wasn't sure if they were trolling, experimenting, or legitimately thinking it was a good lead....[/quote] I'd call it semi-trolling, semi-having fun. The point is that a really good player can open with a Rankulas, upgrade it to level 3, and have some megafun, either using the anti-structure swarms (as a rush strategy against

Wow, Sel's account is like theoretical physics: all good stuff but doesn't help you get from 0 to 60 in under 3 seconds flat. What I mean is that Sel is overthinking the early game situation. You don't have enough time or options to do everything he has said. The practical physics in what he said is this part: [quote]One of the very first things you should do is make sure at least one lab is being built...usually this is a military lab, but regardless you ne

Very good post for new players, Sel. One karma to you!

[quote who="N3rull" reply="43" id="3430590"]This sounds like "I hate potatoes, they taste bad and smell bad and... what's a potato, btw?"[/quote] Thank you for my daily mirth.

[quote who="N3rull" reply="36" id="3430409"]Resurrection anyone?[/quote] Resurrection, the clear winner of the "Worst Cap Ability" award.... ? This is the one cap ability that I have never once had the opportunity to use, even once. Anyone else? I am actually not sure how to use it. Do I have to have the progenitor and new cap in the same well? In the well the original cap was destroyed? <p

On the topic of redbutton [above] [quote who="Seleuceia" reply="12" id="3430100"]DA is okay at this, but you'd need 2 radiances to keep it disabled indefinitely since the duration is shorter than the cooldown...[/quote] Interesting thought; I hadn't thought about this combination before. But I don't think the radiance can use its stuff on the TEC starbase, right? That is, doesn't the DA ability require that the target have antimatter? And isn&#39

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="6" id="3422645"]Just an fyi about these...detonate AM, EMP, magnetize, and disruptive strikes can affect SBs while ion bolt, phase out hull, and reverie cannot...this is important when dealing with mass disorientation and red button...armistice DOES protect you from RB, contrary to some people's opinions..[/quote] Very tantalizing words but I think they are not accurate. 1. I don't think you can interrupt redbutton with detonate AM,

Really some very nice discussion and observations here. Certainly most of everything said is on target, and nobody can make the case that the Rankulus is a great capital ship. Nevertheless, I will submit that it is one of Vasari's best options for first 10 to 20 min of the game. You make that ship and get those heal nanites going, and you will lose no ships in early game. You can crush a big neutral planet for XP (of course you can do that in other ways with scouts, colonizers, an

Very nice new guide! Congratulations! And thanks for it. Needs a hyperlink: " GoaFan's guide: 'Getting started with Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion' ." "No spamming, flaming, or capslock abuse." What are we supposed to do in the lobby in this case? " In most cases, there'll be 2 heavy cruisers, so 1 + 2 = 3 means you have to make 3 cannons really close to each other." I think you only need

I think we're a bit limited here on 3 axes. We need bigger thinking. I was thinking it would be cool if we could have in the game setup menu a user-specified N-dimensions game. OK?