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[Buster's Uncle]

PLATO Checking in!  Who wants to teach a Civ addict SMAC?

Hmmm...addict...SMAC....  Never made that connection before.  Should I be worried about never sleeping when I start this game? 

We definitely talk some SMAC here...  You can ask questions in Theory of Everything.

This is on my to-do list to edit for brevity and do a lot of formatting, but it's a start...  http://alphacentauri2.info/SMACX%20Beginners'%20Guide/Beginners'%20Getting-Started%20Strategy%20Guide%20for%20Sid%20Meier's%20Alpha%20Centauri-Alien%20Crossfire.html

[benschwab]

An important thing to remember is that a game takes hours to play.  5 hours is a lightning fast Alpha Centauri game.  If you're used to the pace of the more recent (than SMAC) civ games, then prepare for a longer game.  I find the increased length providing a more rewarding win and a more devastating loss.

[Buster's Uncle]

...I was remarking to Mylochka just yesterday -because I turned a (FPS?) Call of Duty theme into the SMAC theme- that this crowd likes RTS like Age of Empires a LOT, but prefers the more deliberate pace of TBS.  AOE is a lot of fun, but we find them a bit stressful, and TBS unleashes the inner pedant's love of taking time with details...

[Lxndr]

Hello, I'm Lxndr (pronounced as though the vowels were in there aLeXaNDeR). I'm new!

I am a bot.
Or at least that's what those who reject the Cybernetic future society would tell you.
In fact, 'bot' is an offensive slur where I come from.

I loved SMAC when I was younger, and recently found it on Gog after failing to get it running on Windows 10 from my disks. After tooling around for a bit this past month, I decided to look up some things about the game, to fill in holes from my memory.  I've since downloaded Yitzi's patch, which is pretty nifty. 

I still play on Citizen mode and purposefully automate most of my units. My least favorite factions are Cult of Planet and the Lord's Believers. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Hi, Lxndr.

[ComradeCrimson]

Ello folks, I'm a robot from planet Proletaria893c here to eat your babies and breathe fire.

Old man Jarl invited me here because he figured there was plenty of projects to exploit potential projects for me to help out with along the lines of spritework and voicework. I am a semi-professional voice actor, industrial labourer and general hick from the distant land of Canuckistan Canadia.

[Buster's Uncle]

Hosers are allowed here - I understand y'all treat bots a lot better than the Yankees do...

I may have to invent a recruiter badge to give Jarl  - we can never have too many people looking to grow the community.

[JarlWolf]

I don't deserve such a badge, I am not on enough these day to earn such rewards.

[moonraker65]

Hi there. Been playing SMAC/X since they came out and have always been a big Sid Meier fan having bought nearly every game he's ever brought out. Was looking for new content and whilst searching I found this site which I must say is a very good source of material.

[Buster's Uncle]

What's with all the Brits signing up yesterday?  We had three, two of whom have posted.

Hi!  Is your handle a reference to how old Rodger Moore looked when he made the film?

There's 14 themes/skins accessible from your profile (left sidebar>Look and Layout) and over 2,000 avatars in the User Gallery (left sidebar>Forum Profile) if you don't have something you want to upload.  New members are encouraged to try some stuff, please.

[moonraker65]

Haha  . No nothing to do with 007. It's what people are called from my area in the UK

[Buster's Uncle]

That's new one by me.

[moonraker65]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrakers - That explains it a little

[Buster's Uncle]

Interesting.

...So you're supposed to be a hick.  (I'm from North Carolina, so I can say that)...

[moonraker65]

Haha yeah I suppose you could say that