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Author Topic: Let's Ruin The Future! (Update 4: Just A Flesh Wound)  (Read 9622 times)

IronyOwl

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Let's Ruin The Future! (Update 4: Just A Flesh Wound)
« on: July 07, 2011, 07:49:51 pm »

So, some stuff might or might not have happened back home, our solution to which might or might not have been to get the hell out, which might or might not have run into technical difficulties, splintering crews, and generally poor planning. The important thing is that we're now hurtling towards a brand new planet's surface in a drop pod and will soon have it all to ourselves, ignoring those six other lunatics with just as many followers and power as us.

I'm sure it'll be fine.







So, I'm sure most of you know the drill. We'll need a faction (which can of course be custom named) and various settings, mostly difficulty. I tend to prefer completely random worlds and aren't nearly as experienced as I'd like to be, but that's part of the Fun.

In addition to suggesting general strategies and such, I'm thinking players can volunteer to take control of individual bases, which will then operate more or less how they dictate, needs of the greater faction permitting. Taking control of military units could function similarly, except there's only so much macromanaging to be done with those, and they can't be renamed. Higher theoretical positions could also be claimed, but probably wouldn't do anything. I'm open to suggestions on anything.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2011, 10:38:57 pm by IronyOwl »
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2011, 08:21:16 pm »

I vote Hive as a matter of course.
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2011, 08:34:14 pm »

University, for who doesn't like mad SCIENCE?
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2011, 09:30:29 pm »

Look at my avatar.
Is there any way I couldn't vote Hive?
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2011, 09:31:55 pm »

University, for who doesn't like mad SCIENCE?
What he said, the Hive always screws me over every time I don't play them :/
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2011, 09:41:17 pm »

Nonono, play Morgan for the FUN.
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2011, 09:43:26 pm »

Nonono, play Morgan for the FUN.
Pfffft, to easy.
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2011, 09:56:48 pm »

Peacekeepers, with the goal of uniting humanity by forcing everyone who doesn't agree with us to surrender as vassal states. Because.

Fauna should be as abundant as possible, of course.
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2011, 10:33:49 pm »

Franken Fran avatar on LP starter demands either SCIENCE or whichever side Irony can get to run worms the hardest. Just sayin'.
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2011, 10:40:14 pm »

Tots Hive.

Also, spend all your cash on getting every secret project. Buy out a city that built it if you must.
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2011, 11:53:15 pm »

I've never played any other faction before, so... university. :P

Make it a very large map (this is many years into the future. Computers have become able to take much, much more, so why not?). 50 or so % land. Erosion on medium. Fauna... I would usually pick middle, but because this is an LP, I say go with max. :P
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2011, 12:42:57 am »

Make it a very large map (this is many years into the future. Computers have become able to take much, much more, so why not?)
Well, it's a decidedly different experience with different sizes. Each base and unit and such becomes more or less significant, depending on which way you go. You run into other factions a lot earlier or later as well.

Anyway, at the moment the votes seem to be thus:

University: 4 (Taricus, Bdthemag, Frumple, Tarran)
Hive: 3 (Simmura McCrea, FuzzyZergling, breadbocks)
Peacekeepers: 1 (Nirur)
Morgan: 1 (Un67)
Worms: 1 (Frumple)

Max Fauna: 2 (Nirur, Tarran)

Everything else is unspoken of or nearly so.
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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2011, 12:48:17 am »

Everything else is unspoken of or nearly so.
50 or so % land. Erosion on medium.

Also, I call dibs on the first rainy coast-near-mountain/steep hill city.
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
Quote from: Ze Spy
Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2011, 01:06:58 am »

I'm gonna drop in and say University and Max Fauna.


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Re: Let's Ruin The Future! (An Alpha Centauri Let's Play)
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2011, 03:13:14 am »

Hmm, Uni and Morgan are both great factions, but Hive is a fun round too. I'll throw my vote in with The Hive, just because I don't see them used as often.
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