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Author | Topic: You know you're obsessed with SMAC when... (top 10) |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
HMFIC |
![]() ![]() ![]() You dont give your kids 'time-out' any more, rather you send them to the Punishment Sphere. |
Wen_Amon |
![]() ![]() ![]() lol. These are pretty good! You construct an Echelon Mirror out of old, broken solar calculators. |
Resource Consumer |
![]() ![]() ![]() While playing SMAC, send the wife out for nutrients in the supply crawler. |
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 |
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." 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.
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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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() There is sunspot activity, and you get lonely, because there is no one to talk to. |
Dredd |
![]() ![]() ![]() You say to your supervisor "Vendetta upon you!" when receiving a new project at work. |
HMFIC |
![]() ![]() ![]() You spend all your work time lurking in the SMAC forums! |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Ammendment to Mnich's #6: When you complete a job at work, you say "ProjectProject Completeplete" |
Rong |
![]() ![]() ![]() You look out the window, wondering where the second sun is. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Manhole covers? I've been dumpster diving myself. Talk about blooms? Eeeeeuuuuuuuuu! :-( |
Rong |
![]() ![]() ![]() You read the forum thinking you'd definitely PB those clueless newbies when the sunspot activity picks up. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Mnich 20. HMFIC really happen gotag (btw, 'go, tag!' or "got a 'G'"?)
You try to classify weather forecasts into Cloud Coverage: sparse, average, abundant. Real conversation: you wonder 'Alpha' Centauri shouldn't get 'beta' tested you talk with your cousin woking for Physics PhD at Stanford, and you tell him: Breakfast: wondering if you'd pour the second orange juice mug "Have I drunk my fill?" urgent need ...mmm, Pi$$Keeper |
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) |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() You call your Jeep scout rover and wish you have a gravship instead. |
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 |
![]() ![]() - 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() You have nothing funny to add, but you reply to this post anyway. |
eNo |
![]() ![]() You avoid KFC because you're afraid the food is cloned. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() 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.
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Wen_Amon |
![]() ![]() ![]() lol... I cant stop thinking of giant squid filling out his application for work! |
Wen_Amon |
![]() ![]() ![]() lol... I cant stop thinking of giant squid filling out his application for work! |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() - 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() you buy a bunch of small pools to put in your backyard so you can have you own borehole cluster. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() 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... 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... 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... 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() your dog Scout Rover!!??!! ROFLMAO. |
cousLee |
![]() ![]() ![]() Your game CD has become so thin from use that it only has one side. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() someone is obviously unsatisfied ![]() Carnivean |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 4. You can't spell anymore. Whoops. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() I was walking outside the other night when I saw a bright star. My immediate reaction was to think, "I've been there ..." |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, Jay! I'm suprised at you! I wrote the Constitution myself (of course I've forgotten all about it ![]() Imran Siddiqui |
cousLee |
![]() ![]() ![]() You rupture your bladder playing SMAC, AND make a post to the forums while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. |
MoSe |
![]() ![]() ![]() You edit your Software Engineering textbook, substituting SW lifecycle with MW lifecycle. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() - 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 |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() You use prahses like "Sorry, no cheque no tech!" in everyday conversation. |
Terbo |
![]() ![]() ![]() hehehe...
(You then go to jail for child abuse) |
Mortis |
![]() ![]() ![]() Nahh, you just get UN sanctions imposed on you. |
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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() -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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() - 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() - 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 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 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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