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Axeman posted 03-16-99 03:43 PM ET   Click Here to See the Profile for Axeman  
In no particular order:
10. You terraform your backyard to increase nutrient output.
9. You know more about the singularity of a black hole than Steven Hawking.
8. You build a quantum chamber using the game manual and some household items.
7. You follow everything you say with "(Your name), Datalinks.
6. You have nightmares about the Citizen's Defense Force cinematic (the one with the mindworms).
5. Instead of saving money, you "stockpile energy" by turning off lights after you leave a room.
4. You convert your freezer into a cryogenic chamber; you plan to set out for Planet after you finish construction your fusion spacecraft.
3. You're planning to invent the longevity vaccine so you can have more time to play SMAC.
2. You "monopolize the household energy market" by diverting all the electrical outlet energy to your room and charge people 50 energy credits for each minute of use.
1. You pay off your friends to elect you "supreme leader" of your "faction."
Any more suggestions?
sandworm posted 03-16-99 03:47 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for sandworm  Click Here to Email sandworm     
You construct a perimeter defense to keep the neighbor's dog from "messing" in your yard.

You refer to the toilet the "recycling tank"

Your fiance asks if she is going to be a
"SMAC widow" (Could we play King's quest now, PLEASE... Hmm? Okay just ONE MORE TURN, honey)

HMFIC posted 03-16-99 03:55 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for HMFIC  Click Here to Email HMFIC     
You dont give your kids 'time-out' any more,
rather you send them to the Punishment Sphere.
Wen_Amon posted 03-17-99 04:08 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Wen_Amon  Click Here to Email Wen_Amon     
lol. These are pretty good!

You construct an Echelon Mirror out of old, broken solar calculators.

Resource Consumer posted 03-17-99 09:39 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Resource Consumer  Click Here to Email Resource Consumer     
While playing SMAC, send the wife out for nutrients in the supply crawler.
Giant Squid posted 03-17-99 10:24 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Giant Squid    
You begin writing your forum name and password on any document asking NAME:
(This has actually happened to me)

Instead of turning the heat up, you build a thermal borehole to raise temperature.

You begin to wonder why Lal's never intervened in Bosnia.

You begin searching for mind worm boils in your backyard so you can get Planetpearls.

<-:-)-K
Giant Squid
"Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you drunk your fill?"

Mnich posted 03-17-99 10:59 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Mnich  Click Here to Email Mnich     
1. You refer to a frat party as "drone riots"

2. Your promise kids to build a singularity planet buster for the 4th of July.

3. You suddenly stop in the middle of trafic thinking you just heard the PlanetVoice.

4. You actualy start writing "How to raise a nerve-stapled child."

5. When people mention cutpaper-animation hit you think they talk about the scene from the Longevity SP.

6. You approach your boss with voice converter and exclaim with digital overtones, "Project complete."

7. You attempt to mind-control your pet.

8. You notice an earthworm and shout "Use your flameguns!" to the nearby pedestrians.

9a)Your wife uses pop-ups to remind you of important things, such as eating.

9b) You scorn at her attempts claiming you are about to reach transcendence anyway.

10. You refer to your work associates as "GeneJacks."

11. You rewire your company building to obtain enough energy credits to complete the Project before any other faction.

12. You are very cautious near religious fanatics because of their +25% belief bonus.

13. At a corporate meeting you suggest to elect Mr. Yang for a chairman to get the efficiency bonus.

14. You suggest to your boss to send a Probe Team to the rival's company building.

15. You reprimend people at work for refering their computers in any other way than "Network Node."

16. You tell your landlord you can't pay the rent because of heavy clouds and mist over your solar collectors.

17. You scout the countryside for monoliths and Unity pods.

18. You go to your bank with bags full of batteries and ask the clerk if they accept change.

19. You assign significan part of your budget to your misbehaving kids expecting "Golden Age."

20. You spend significant amount of time trying to come up with an addition to this topic.


Heh, I hope at least some are enjoyable. Couldn't help myself.

micje posted 03-17-99 12:05 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for micje  Click Here to Email micje     
You're trying to run over stray dogs with your car, hoping that it will become elite for the extra movement point.

When there are elections, you vote for the faction that goes for the Weather Paradigm.

When you go on vacation, you put hypnotic trance on your caravan.

gotag posted 03-17-99 12:50 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for gotag  Click Here to Email gotag     
There is sunspot activity, and you get lonely, because there is no one to talk to.
Dredd posted 03-17-99 01:09 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Dredd  Click Here to Email Dredd     
You say to your supervisor "Vendetta upon you!" when receiving a new project at work.
HMFIC posted 03-17-99 01:21 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for HMFIC  Click Here to Email HMFIC     
You spend all your work time lurking in the SMAC forums!
Luke posted 03-17-99 01:56 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Luke  Click Here to Email Luke     
You replace the hood ornament on you '89 Buick Le Sabre with a Chaos Gun.

Unlike environmentally concerned citizens worldwide, you're all for melting the polar ice caps.

Before you head for the bathroom, you announce, "Boy, I've got to go cause some eco-damage!"

You snicker as you drive by the local church, knowing that the poor fools inside must be years behind you in technology by now.

You've written Playboy, requesting that they pursue a photo shoot with Deidre.

You're arrested for spraying local business' walls with Spartan barracks graffiti.

Matt Fox posted 03-17-99 02:23 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Matt Fox  Click Here to Email Matt Fox     
Ammendment to Mnich's #6:

When you complete a job at work, you say "ProjectProject Completeplete"

Rong posted 03-17-99 03:17 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Rong  Click Here to Email Rong     
You look out the window, wondering where the second sun is.
December Man posted 03-17-99 04:14 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for December Man    
You begin to lift up 'man hole covers' in the hope that they contain new tech advances or hope that it won't induce a fungus bloom.
jsorense posted 03-17-99 04:37 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for jsorense  Click Here to Email jsorense     
Manhole covers?

I've been dumpster diving myself. Talk about blooms? Eeeeeuuuuuuuuu! :-(

Rong posted 03-17-99 05:57 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Rong  Click Here to Email Rong     
You read the forum thinking you'd definitely PB those clueless newbies when the sunspot activity picks up.
DerekM posted 03-17-99 06:04 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DerekM    
When somebody steals your parking space, you tell them that they have violated your territory, and threaten vendetta unless they leave.

You disassemble your car so that you can choose different components every time you go somewhere.

You move next to a farm in order to increase your wife's chances of getting pregnant.

When that doesn't work, you start siphoning energy from your neighbors to try and start a "golden age."

You put a sign on your house that says "University Base."

MrSmily posted 03-17-99 08:36 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MrSmily  Click Here to Email MrSmily     
Walk to your neighbors and show off your new "toy" and tell them to shut-up at 4 A.M. or you will nerve staple thier nose hairs.

When you see a construction site you think of terraforming (happend to me!).

Highways become Magtubes to you.

Refer (sp?) to the internet as "datalinks".

Try and make your own game named "Omega Centauri" only to realize it will suck compared to SMAC.

MrSmily posted 03-17-99 08:54 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MrSmily  Click Here to Email MrSmily     
When you have a kid you change the population number on your house from 2 to 3.

Shopping carts at Kroger are now supply crawlers.

You hear the word children and think of the base facalty and not your own kids.

If you see someone litter you pronounce vendetta and start mumbleing about Morgan Industrys.

You try and launch your own satalites to get more food.

When you order pizza you ask the delivery boy a series of questions to see if hes in fact part of a Beliver probe team.

You hear the Gilligans Island theme and think of the creative song written in the forums before the crash.

Afraid of demon-boil squirrels, you try and be eco-freindly.

MoSe posted 03-19-99 11:57 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MoSe  Click Here to Email MoSe     
Mnich 20.
HMFIC
really happen

gotag (btw, 'go, tag!' or "got a 'G'"?)
DerekM 2nd
my favotites


You spot a spider, moth or fly, and you think
"Indigenous lifeforms"

You try to classify weather forecasts into Cloud Coverage: sparse, average, abundant.

Real conversation:
- What's the magazine you're reading?
- Alpha Centauri
- ???
- Er... I mean, National Geographic!

you wonder 'Alpha' Centauri shouldn't get 'beta' tested

you talk with your cousin woking for Physics PhD at Stanford, and you tell him:
'So, how's the SuperCollider doing?'

Breakfast: wondering if you'd pour the second orange juice mug "Have I drunk my fill?"

urgent need ...mmm, Pi$$Keeper

MoSe posted 03-19-99 12:13 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MoSe  Click Here to Email MoSe     
when I disagree with my (friendly) boss, I tell him:
"I must dissent"
"beg your pardon? I couldn'get your last Blah!"

forgot how do you call the car plaques/labels with identification code (letters and/or digits)
we now have here a
AA 999 AA
pattern and got recently by the initial B
I score a point for each ABxxxRD, half point for ACxxxSM (long time before SMxxxAC, 10 points). Next big shot will be BLxxxAH, coming soon.


DerekM posted 03-19-99 01:40 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DerekM    
Here are a few more...

You start lobbying your government to start work on "submersable carriers."

Every time you see Bill Gates, you do a double-take because he is causcasian.

You confuse your son's Transformers video with his Construction Machines video, mumbling, "but THESE look more like Trance Formers..."

You annoy your fiancee by repeatedly stating, "but even 500 would be pretty nice!" This actually happened.

Magnanimous posted 03-19-99 01:44 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Magnanimous  Click Here to Email Magnanimous     
You know you're addicted to SMAC when..

You're actually happy when your wife says "sorry hon, I have a headache," because you'd rather probe Deidre anyway.

You're on your 9th beer, it's late, the lights are dim, and you start thinking that maybe Miriam ain't that bad looking after all.

You're a teacher and you spend your non-playing SMAC time trying to figure out how to incorporate SMAC into your lesson plans.

Rong posted 03-19-99 01:55 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Rong  Click Here to Email Rong     
You call your Jeep scout rover and wish you have a gravship instead.
Imran Siddiqui posted 03-19-99 03:34 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Imran Siddiqui  Click Here to Email Imran Siddiqui     
10) You've been on these forums since October
9) You've been on these forums since September
8) You've been on these forums since August
7) You've been on these forums since July
6) You've been on these forums since June
5) You've been on these forums since May
4) You've been on these forums since March
3) You've been on these forums since April (HA HA)
2) You've been on these forums since February
1) You've been on these forums since Brother Greg was here .

Imran Siddiqui

OhWell posted 03-22-99 07:23 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OhWell    
- You take your rover (..er car) in for service and insist on an upgrade to a fusion reactor.
- You are jealous of people who have green cars 'cause they have Silksteel Armor and your red car only has Plasma Steel.
- You refer to your back yard fence as the Perimeter Defense.
- You try to build a Pressure Dome over your house when it rains.
- You refer to the local park as the Recreation Commons.
- You call your riding mower a Former.
- You plan a trip to the Washington Monument hoping for a Morale upgrade.
- You are disappointed when you get to the Washington Monument and find that "this Monolith is Silent".
- You refer to a deposit in your bank account as Stockpiling Energy.
- You try to order a Gravship at you local car dealer.

L8r

The Panther posted 03-22-99 10:06 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for The Panther  Click Here to Email The Panther     
when you are eating spaghetti. You forget what you are doing, and start yelling: "MINDWORM MINDWORM"

You watch a movie about archeollogy, and wonders what on earth that Thermal Borehole should be good for in the middle of nowhere.

stands in the middle of a Highway, and wonders why the mag tubes doesn't work.

You try to pet up your spaghetti, so that it eventually might become Demon Boil once.

EnBee posted 03-22-99 03:11 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for EnBee  Click Here to Email EnBee     
You do permanent damage to your bladder by forgetting to pee (how many of you have finished a game only to find an excruciating pain in you bladder that was unnoticed while playing ...confess up now.)

You start a game at night and then become bewildered at why the room is so bright all of a sudden (is it sunlight??)

Both true stories, no attention-deficit here.

Luke posted 03-22-99 05:13 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Luke  Click Here to Email Luke     
You have nothing funny to add, but you reply to this post anyway.
eNo posted 03-22-99 05:31 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for eNo    
You avoid KFC because you're afraid the food is cloned.
LadyVanessa posted 03-22-99 07:22 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for LadyVanessa  Click Here to Email LadyVanessa     
You get in a fight with your boyfriend and declare "Vendetta" on him.

Your laptop hard drive is full... of nothing but saved games.

You attempt to grow moind worm DNA in your refrigerator.

duncanthemad posted 03-23-99 04:35 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for duncanthemad  Click Here to Email duncanthemad     
When asked why you're building an extension to your house you reply, "maximum population reached"

When you're mad at someone and you tell them to, "go play in the Xenofungus"

Aredhran posted 03-23-99 05:43 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Aredhran  Click Here to Email Aredhran     
It's 4.30 am, you're dead tired and have been lying in your bed for a few minutes. You have just reached Transcendence, and decided that you didn't have enough time to start a new game so you though you'd get a couple hours sleep before going to work. Unfortunately, the neighbor's dog is barking like hell, depriving you of your well-deserved and needed sleep, and all you can think about is "Nerve Staple the God Damned Bastard" (True story, btw)

-Aredhran

Barbarian posted 03-23-99 05:54 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Barbarian    
Your bargaining position when shopping for a house is: "$200,000 for that wretched hive?"

You are certain that if you could get that fire hydrant into your house and hook it up to your computer you'd get a free tech.

tOFfGI posted 03-23-99 06:50 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for tOFfGI  Click Here to Email tOFfGI     
This is something that happened to me in real life. I was walking down to get some food after a long session of SMAC. I was very tired, and started to see lines before my eyes. I instantly identified them as "magtubes" without thinking about it.
Giant Squid posted 03-23-99 10:22 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Giant Squid    
You stomp on bugs to get Planetpearls

Whenever you see a mushroom outside your house, you feel you need to reduce Eco-Damage

You hear about global warming and write to your representative asking for a pressure dome over your city.


Giant Squid
<=O=E
"Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you drunk your fill?"

Wen_Amon posted 03-23-99 04:44 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Wen_Amon  Click Here to Email Wen_Amon     
lol... I cant stop thinking of giant squid filling out his application for work!
Wen_Amon posted 03-23-99 04:44 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Wen_Amon  Click Here to Email Wen_Amon     
lol... I cant stop thinking of giant squid filling out his application for work!
Alpha Texana posted 03-27-99 12:59 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alpha Texana  Click Here to Email Alpha Texana     
1) You move your family to the west coast because it is easier to grow nutrients there.
2) You tell your children "go to your creche and go to bed."
cousLee posted 03-27-99 03:00 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for cousLee  Click Here to Email cousLee     
you check the toy section for Recon Rover Rick action figures.

you never eat Spaghetti anymore

when your stuck in traffic, you imagine yourself as part of a great Rover Run.

you call the auto parts store a design workshop.

you call you wife Deidre while making woopie (no, I didn't)

4Horses posted 03-27-99 10:08 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for 4Horses  Click Here to Email 4Horses     
- You try to bargain with the bank by telling them if they'll give you $500 you'll pay them back $6/year for the next 100 years.

- You inform your wife that you now know the names of your first 7 children.

- You don't read the directions when putting together your new computer desk....you "Consult Datalinks" instead.

- You refer to sex as "Orbital Insertion"

- You buy a frame for your Technology Tree poster

cousLee posted 03-28-99 10:23 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for cousLee  Click Here to Email cousLee     
When your making a post, and you bring up the game screen to verify some info, and forget your connected to the internet, you might be addicted.
cousLee posted 03-28-99 07:41 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for cousLee  Click Here to Email cousLee     
you buy a bunch of small pools to put in your backyard so you can have you own borehole cluster.
MikeH II posted 03-29-99 05:15 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MikeH II  Click Here to Email MikeH II     
When you meet someone from the States, who you 'met' on the SMAC forums, for a drink in London and end up talking about all the other forum posters as if they are mutual friends and recounting stories about stuff that happened on the forums. You really have to try hard not to call them their posting name.

True story.

MoSe posted 03-29-99 05:42 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MoSe  Click Here to Email MoSe     
What do you mean?
I BOUGHT a frame for my TechTree poster!!!
I'm designing and printing a personal one (A2 paper, maybe fits in A3) for everyday use, w/out all those spaghetti arrows.

Whoops, I forgot this open for awhile...!!!

JRennison posted 03-29-99 11:39 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for JRennison    
Great forum Axeman!

1) The letters 'r', 'l', and 'h' have had the transfers warn away on your keyboard.

2) You never finish the Gaians off because the idea of Deirdre in a Punishment Sphere is too traumatic.

3) You've got a pair of sun glasses like Academician Prokharov...
And you wear them while playing as UofP.

4) You've started talking in an accent similar to the leader of your chosen faction.

5) Your dog, Scout Rover, has learnt to switch off the power to your computer when it wants to be fed.

6) You've compiled copy of 'We must dissent' from the voice overs...
And can recite it verbatim.

7) You play a few 'warm-up games' at talent level before trying to break your record 1000% at Ironman Transcend level.

8) You have a save file of the map of planet where you terraformed your name into a mountain range and then melted the ice caps until it was only thing still above sea level...
And you used your forum name so everyone would know who you are.

9) Your login password at work is De1rdre...(Okay, how many of you have just changed your password?)

10) You stay behind fifteen minutes after everyone else has left the office compiling this list..!

cousLee posted 03-29-99 11:51 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for cousLee  Click Here to Email cousLee     
your dog Scout Rover!!??!! ROFLMAO.

cousLee posted 03-29-99 11:56 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for cousLee  Click Here to Email cousLee     
Your game CD has become so thin from use that it only has one side.

JT2 posted 03-29-99 12:17 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for JT2    
-While mowing the lawn you find your dog's chew toy and hook it to your computer to try to get a free tech

-You're afraid to carry grafiti because you think the lasers from the Self-Aware Colony will disintgrate you

-You refer to your umbrella as The Weather Paradgim

-You're afraid to go to church because of the Believers' 25% attack bonus

-You romp naked among the trees hoping to meet Dierdre

Vorrin Nal posted 03-29-99 03:15 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Vorrin Nal  Click Here to Email Vorrin Nal     
When you leave for the day, you try to upgrade your dogs to police units.

You wonder, sitting behind a SUV in traffic, if any combination of special abilities in SMAC will create a Land Rover.

You read about the Cold War and think "If the USSR had downloaded 3.0, they'd have had no effeciency penalties..."

You call the local National Guard station the Bioenhancement Center.

You start to research the history of the United States Marine Corps after taking all of Yangs' coastal and sea bases in a single turn.

Axeman posted 03-29-99 08:36 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Axeman    
Hey its me again.
Just stopped by to thank everyone for posting on my msg board; thanks for all your support, and keep 'em coming!

Oh yeah btw never set your new topic to "e-mail when someone responds", i learned that when i open my mailbox and found 27 new messages all from [email protected]

Talon posted 03-30-99 07:42 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Talon  Click Here to Email Talon     
10.You remember the old forums
9.You remember the new test forums
8.You join a organization protecting the democracy of the forums and hailing Sid Meier as their God.
7.You obtain a military position in the organization protecting the democracy of the forums and hailing Sid Meier as their God.
6.You have subordinates in your military position in the organization protecting the democracy of the forums and hailing Sid Meier as their God.
5.Imran Siddiqui is the President of the organization protecting the democracy of the forums and hailing Sid Meier as their God.
4.You ratified a constitution for the organization protecting the democracy of the forums and hailing Sid Meier as their God.
3.You avoid all other forums exept for the Non-Topic forum
2.You know YYYH personally
1.You reload over and over to see if anyone has replied to your post

-Talon


cousLee posted 03-30-99 11:02 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for cousLee  Click Here to Email cousLee     
1> YOU start stuttering.

2> You have a seperate folder on your HD called Bugsaves.

3> You blame problems on someone's system, when it is obviously a game problem.

4> You finally admit that you are never wrong.

5> When you turn your body, you use a stop and go motion doing it.

6> You use a solid blue wallpaper on your desktop, because that is what your use to.

7> Your favorite quote is: 'Damnit, not again!?!"

8> You buy Activision stock.

9> Your doctor gives you medicine to treat masochism.

10> You think the boogyYin is hiding in your closet.

CarniveaN posted 03-31-99 02:32 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for CarniveaN  Click Here to Email CarniveaN     
someone is obviously unsatisfied

Carnivean
--BTW I have the same problems, I run SMAC on my 486-66

MikeH II posted 03-31-99 05:23 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MikeH II  Click Here to Email MikeH II     
Talon: You know YYYH personally? I'm so sorry.

1. You wonder if Santiago would like to inspect YOUR Artillery :p

2. You hook up a nutriant drip by the side of your PC to try and prevent fainting due to lack of food.

3. You wonder why students don't have white flags on their back.

MikeH II posted 03-31-99 05:24 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MikeH II  Click Here to Email MikeH II     
4. You can't spell anymore. Whoops.
Finngall posted 03-31-99 03:35 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Finngall    
you're having a running dialogue with the computer.

CPU: "Perhaps a careful review of your op--"

Me: [hitting return, annoyed] Thank you, Mr. Data.

Koshko posted 03-31-99 11:25 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Koshko  Click Here to Email Koshko     
You can quote word for word everything that is said for each advancement

To Voices in your head are starting to talk like Morgan

You refer to the Washington Monument as the Monolith

Giant Squid posted 04-01-99 12:59 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Giant Squid    
1) You refer to your religious leader (priest, minister, rabbi, etc.) as Sister.
2) You do number one, despite the fact that your religious leader is male.
3) If he complains, you yell "Shrivel and die, you Religious Lunatic!"

<=O=E

DJ posted 04-01-99 09:40 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DJ    
I was walking outside the other night when I saw a bright star. My immediate reaction was to think, "I've been there ..."
Jay posted 04-01-99 05:15 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Jay  Click Here to Email Jay     
Talon do we have a constitution? I thought it was Green Army not BoS...

Anyhow, you know you'll have to go to school early tomorrow, and you just keep hitting reload in the SMAC forums.

Imran Siddiqui posted 04-01-99 08:50 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Imran Siddiqui  Click Here to Email Imran Siddiqui     
Yes, Jay! I'm suprised at you! I wrote the Constitution myself (of course I've forgotten all about it ).

Imran Siddiqui

cousLee posted 04-02-99 02:51 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for cousLee  Click Here to Email cousLee     
You rupture your bladder playing SMAC, AND make a post to the forums while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
MoSe posted 04-02-99 03:17 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for MoSe  Click Here to Email MoSe     
You edit your Software Engineering textbook, substituting SW lifecycle with MW lifecycle.
ViVicdi posted 04-02-99 04:01 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for ViVicdi  Click Here to Email ViVicdi     
You start quoting quotes quoted in SMAC in everyday conversations:

"Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks ..." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

You put Friedrich Nietzsche on your reading list and Baraka on your must-see list.

You keep the game running in the background to have the Datalinks available for reference to insure accurate forum posts.

You start referring to weeds as Xenofungus, and weeding as "clearing fungus".

You replace your Gregorian calendar's "A.D." with SMAC's "M.Y.", as in "the Y2k bug might shut down a few Network Nodes during M.Y. 2000".

You think by building an Echelon Mirror in Ireland, moving to Scotland, and building a Solar Collector you can strike it rich before M.Y. 2250.

You see an offshore oil rig and think, "6 energy credits!"

You see a News Helicopter and think, "1-1-12 Police / Clean Probe Copter".

You see a Police Car and think, "1-1-2 Police / Clean Scout Rover".

You see a surveillance camera and think, "We Must Dissent! *** ZAP ***"

You build Special Projects just to watch those cool movies. Then you run "PlayUV" to watch them all again. Finally you hyperlink the "movies" directory so you can watch them some more later!

You see a politician from another country and wonder what his country's SE settings are.

You see a politician from your country and wonder what SE settings he would like there to be ...

Mortis posted 04-02-99 08:14 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Mortis  Click Here to Email Mortis     
You walk into your local bookstore and ask for a copy of "The Ethics of Greed".

When you say a quote from SMAC you credit it to the faction leader who said it.

You where mentioned in the story.

You stay up to 4am, posting on the SMAC forums (true story).

sandworm posted 04-02-99 03:54 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for sandworm  Click Here to Email sandworm     
You start reading the suggested science fiction from the back of the manual. Manual? There's a manual? We don't need no stinking manual.

"I would like to have is Raquel Welsch (sp?) dropped on my head. She's got a big bottom."

sandworm

tfs99 posted 04-02-99 09:50 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for tfs99  Click Here to Email tfs99     
- If someone has to stop playing your multiplayer game, you say out loud, "Please don't go ... the drones need you ... they look up to you"

- When your roommate is hogging the bathroom or phone you contemplate turning off simultaneous moves and setting time limits to 15 seconds

- When a car cuts you off in traffic you think to yourself: "Stupid AI"

- You start referring to anyone who disagrees with you as "Yin"

- You start humming that catchy "Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum ... dum dum dum dum dum ... wah wah waaaaah" music from the multiplayer hosting screen.

- You get a bunch of mossy rocks, paint them red and put them in your front yard, hoping it will at least give you a random chance of keeping the neighbors dog from doing its business there

- You look forward to bribing your neighbors to vote for you in the next Council election

- You tell your boss that the new Recreation Commons are nice, but unless they budget minerals for The Virtual World, people are going to quit and go work for Morgan Industries

- You call up Swingline and ask if they sell Nerve Staplers

- You start looking for your favorite faction leader's books on Amazon.com

- You send birthday cards and gifts to faction leaders that were born before the year 2000 just so you can improve your chances of favorable diplomatic relations once you get to A.C.

- You start thinking that if you go to Kosovo and become a mercenary, you might get named to be on the security force of the Unity project

- You find yourself suffering from the JOMP syndrome (Just One More Post)

- You find yourself compulsively clicking on the little forum sunglasses so you can snicker at "how few posts that loser has"

- When life gets rough you start contemplating starting over again on Citizen difficulty

- You find yourself suffering from the JOMTTL syndrome (Just One More Top Ten Line)

- You sign your posts with some cute little saying about the game

SMAC n ... Ted S.

Kusader posted 04-03-99 12:49 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Kusader  Click Here to Email Kusader     
How about, you threaten your friends by saying, "I will terminate you as a matter of good business practice!"

This has become a regular saying of mine now... =)

Mortis posted 04-03-99 04:40 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Mortis  Click Here to Email Mortis     
You use prahses like "Sorry, no cheque no tech!" in everyday conversation.
Terbo posted 04-04-99 12:18 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Terbo  Click Here to Email Terbo     
hehehe...


When your kids are bad, you hit them with a stapler svreaming "If you kids act up agian, I'll nerve-staple you in 10 more turns!"

(You then go to jail for child abuse)

Mortis posted 04-04-99 08:10 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Mortis  Click Here to Email Mortis     
Nahh, you just get UN sanctions imposed on you.
BlueBlazer posted 04-04-99 11:14 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueBlazer  Click Here to Email BlueBlazer     
You have gotten a suntan from all the computer radiation

You have the tech chart memorized

You are trying to drill to the aquifer in your backyard so you can get more water

YOu call your TV a Hologram Theatre

You start playing Friday Night and finish just in time for school monday

Koshko posted 04-04-99 11:52 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Koshko  Click Here to Email Koshko     
The binding that holds the pages of the manual are wearing out.

New TV Show "Where in the Planet is Col. Santiago"

You notice that the Believer symbol looks like Kenny from South Park.

Koshko posted 04-05-99 12:02 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Koshko  Click Here to Email Koshko     
Couple more

The members of Firaxis has to issue a restraining order on you.

When steping outside, you get scared by the bright warm yellow ball in the sky.

Zeratul posted 04-05-99 01:53 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Zeratul    
-You tell the new neighbors that it is customary of smaller, weaker factions to pay a small protection "fee".

-You miss your wedding because of JOMT (just one more turn) sydrome.

-You keep starting new games with the UoP just to hear Zhakarov say his name. (i do)

4Horses posted 04-05-99 03:55 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for 4Horses  Click Here to Email 4Horses     
- you start submitting words with the word "SMAC" in daily conversations

- you actually think "SMAC" is a word

- after reading the previous 76 posts, you still have something to contribute

4Horses posted 04-05-99 03:58 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for 4Horses  Click Here to Email 4Horses     
- you spend a lot of time replying to a thread, submit your reply, and get the "you entered the wrong password" screen. You curse to yourself, throw the nearest object at the wall, and proceed to enter the information all over again.......thinking "next time i'll EDIT, COPY before I submit, just in case."
Koshko posted 04-05-99 08:57 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Koshko  Click Here to Email Koshko     
You continue to supply posts even though the premise has worn thin.

You see a Ford Probe drive by, and you assume they're going to break into your home and steal stuff.

You stop taking baths in order to recreate Xenofungus growth.

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