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[KaguroDraven]

Hive and Max Fauna

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Everyone plays University, it's boring now. Hive, Max Fauna, Transcend Difficulty.

[Tarran]

No! No! We must be University! We must-

Who are you two? What are you doing with that chip?! STAY AWAAAAAAA-

...

I mean... Glory to the hive! Glory to the mighty hive!

[IronyOwl]

Hive: 6 (Simmura McCrea, FuzzyZergling, breadbocks, Patchy, KaguroDraven, MSH)
University: 5 (Taricus, Bdthemag, Frumple, Tarran, Phantom)
Peacekeepers: 1 (Nirur)
Morgan: 1 (Un67)
Worms: 1 (Frumple)

Max Fauna: 5 (Nirur, Tarran, Phantom, KaguroDraven, MSH)

Transcend: 1 (MSH)

50% Land: 1 (Tarran)

Medium Erosion: 1 (Tarran)


Fields with only one or two votes will probably be randomized or selected manually. I'll also accept conditional/multiple votes.

[Un67]

I vote Max Fauna, Transcend, 30-50% Land, High Erosion.

[Burnt Pies]

I say Hive as well, University seems to be chosen in every game of Alpha Centauri.

[Twiggie]

I vote morgan on max fauna, running FM and wealth with the ultimate goal of purging the fungus entirely.

isnt playing on transcend a given? :/

also, huge map of planet!

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm adding my support for 30-50% Land, High Erosion, Dense Cloud Cover, Spoils of War, and a Huge map. Final Destination.

[Un67]

Right, yeah, huge map. Also, minimum cloud cover. Make it a war of industry.

[NRDL]

Morgan. 

[baruk]

Hive, transcend and max fauna, for the added challenge. I personally like TINY maps, as you can breeze through a game in a few days.

Custom rules:
Spoils of war NO  - it's more stylish to cow your enemies into handing over their precious secrets, rather than just stealing them like a common vagabond.
Unity survey YES - a little forward planning won't hurt.
Random Events OFF - sunspot activity disrupting all comms is a real buzzkill (and total BS to boot, it always dumped me right out of immersion whenever it came up).
Do or Die OFF - even our enemies deserve a second chance (in classic bond villain style).

[MetalSlimeHunt]

With Spoils of War on we'll get higher up the tech tree before the game ends, causing Fun. Random Events are chaos in a box and cause Fun, so I vote for them to be on.

[Un67]

And definitely have pod scattering or whatever it's called.

[Ahra]

Everyone plays University, it's boring now. Hive, Max Fauna, Transcend Difficulty.

[baruk]

Random Events are chaos in a box and cause Fun, so I vote for them to be on.

 The sunspot activity random event is the opposite of a good time. It stops all communications for about 20 turns. Since negotiating with the other powers is such a vital part of the game, this somewhat puts a damper on things - you end up with a very boring game for 20 turns. Never mind the immersion-busting notion that you can't even send a diplomatic envoy to a neighbouring faction.
 I have no beef with the other random events, but they're not interesting enough to be worth the risk of sunspots.

With Spoils of War on we'll get higher up the tech tree before the game ends, causing Fun.

 My objection to Spoils is that it makes tech a lot more trivial to obtain, reducing challenge. I say it's more fun to have to steal tech using probe teams.