Alpha Centauri, MP, and custom factions

[Kirov]

There is a bugged behaviour of Scots, meaning once they get the tech, they try to corner the market every turn, thus restarting the counter indefinitely. I guess the AI checks every turn if it can afford it and if yes, it does so. Not that it matters, though - they transcend in 2141. At least I had the opportunity to read those storyline sheets you get when some other faction trancends. It turns out, the Planet benevolently reaches out to you and send you back to Earth. Sounds like a sequel seed to me.

[Buster's Uncle]

I wonder if that's a faction bug.  Shouldn't be able to create that sort of problem with the faction file.

I just gave scient a heads-up.

[Kirov]

My guess is that is what happens when you give AI loads of cash. It simply checks for the price of cornering and then attempts it, without checking if it already did so one turn earlier. In regular games, you could never afford several cornering attempts one after another, you're always broke after the first one. So the programmers didn't bother. But of course it's only a guess.

[Kilkakon]

I would like to try an online LE game one day.

[Buster's Uncle]

I don't know if these guys are man enough for the challenge... 

[Green1]

I had to think for a second, though. I do remember ONE MP game for a mod. A Civ 4 mod.  Maniac managed to get a MP game of Planetfall on CFC a few years back... other than that, zillch.

Unless mods were used back in the day in some clans to mix things up. Stuff like that would not be public knowledge.

But, god, I hate RTS and 4x clans.....

[JarlWolf]

I find clans in general are laughable. Making a group of people, gamers at that, run themselves like a corporation with nerd hierarchies does not work.

Note: Never joined a clan, never will. I believe in community, not ass licking.

[Green1]

I find clans in general are laughable. Making a group of people, gamers at that, run themselves like a corporation with nerd hierarchies does not work.

Note: Never joined a clan, never will. I believe in community, not ass licking.

Indeed. Some of the MMO ones were not as bad, but those are the ones that just got a guild so you could have great chat and really do not care about rules/ progression/ whatever as long as folks are not being jerks. Then again, I did have to share that chat log with you guys on AC2 about this "serious" corp guy on Eve Online that went totally ape [poop] a while back. Wow.

The thing about 4X, RTS, and FPS clans is, unlike an MMO where there is progression and gear which is at least something to aspire to, you have a win/loss record that is permanent depending on where it is played. This means if you were learning you can be blackballed. Lord forbid you want to play a game with a friend who is not as experienced as you for fun.. it could mess your record up and get you booted!

However, as a community, we probably should try out an all custom faction or mod game. Hell, if we AARed it, it would drum up more fresh meat for Earthmicheal to eat in the Command Nexus.