51

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

I blame climate change.

52

(39 replies, posted in Politics)

Link?

In fact... general rule: providing links as context for whatever you're talking about is generally helpful in making sure everyone's on the same page about what you're talking about.

53

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

It's a silly experiment of a galaxy that was basically a joke idea.  Hence being announced on April 1.
If it works... great!
If not... it was a galaxy announced on April 1 where your time had to be dedicated to managing one planet.  What, you spent too much time negotiating NAPs?  tongue

54

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

Yes... yes, they could!

55

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

...

I swear, Tymo, you could drive Barney the dinosaur to alcoholism.


There are 75 planets in the galaxy.  Only one planet is not a home planet.  Meaning every other planet... by merit of being a home planet... cannot be attacked.  So your only way of winning size is to take that one planet and keeping it until end of round.

56

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

Just to screw with you.


But seriously, I didn't see an option to not have starting eships.  Too bad, it would have been better without them.  *shrugs*

57

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

It's a new galaxy opened up today.

58

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

Then we have done our job right.

59

(74 replies, posted in Universal News)

You will not be able to attack anyone's home planet.
Morale is not unlimited.



This is NOT a hardcore round.  If you get booted off the explorable, you have every opportunity to build back up and try again.

Welcome to hell.

60

(0 replies, posted in Announcements)

Size: 20x20
Systems: 75
Families: 74
Family size: 1
Planets per system: 1
Drafts: 0
Max official allies: 0
Length: 3 weeks
Market:  1 day
Offensive Operations: Immediately
Resources: Normal
Defense Stations: 0
Starting Monday, April 4
Ending Monday, April 25

61

(40 replies, posted in Politics)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/techn … .html?_r=0

All that without needing to give ISIS a key to every iphone in the world.  It's almost like heavy-handed solutions might NOT be the best fix.  yikes

62

(56 replies, posted in Universal News)

LiGhTGuNs wrote:

Good luck to all! Bets can be placed. 5% commission for the house.

Just so we're 100% clear: No, they cannot.

*slams the modhammer*

63

(56 replies, posted in Universal News)

You're in front of a piece of technology that has a screen.

64

(4 replies, posted in Politics)

Oh good!  We were worried the forum would go inactive.

65

(3 replies, posted in Questions)

Confirmed.  3 days.

66

(56 replies, posted in Universal News)

Have you tried turning your computer off and on again?

67

(2 replies, posted in Announcements)

Let's try this again!

Map size: 80x80 (last round 80x80)
Systems: 655 (last round 658)
Families: 75 (last round 75)
Family size: 1
Max allies: 0
Length: 2 months
Attacks and ops: 4 day delay
Market: 4 day delay
Resources: 50x
Exploration ships: 30
Defense Stations: 1
Cores: 3 (including home system) but you must fight for the other 2
Starting: Tuesday, Mar 22
Ending: Saturday, May 21
This is NOT an IA round for Supernova

68

(2 replies, posted in Announcements)

Map size: 80x80 (last round 80x80)
Systems: 673 (last round 658)
Families: 75 (last round 75)
Family size: 1
Max allies: 0
Length: 2 months
Attacks and ops: 4 day delay
Market: 4 day delay
Resources: 50x
Exploration ships: 30
Defense Stations: 1
Cores: 3 (including home system) but you must fight for the other 2
Starting: Tuesday, Mar 22
Ending: Saturday, May 21
This is NOT an IA round for Supernova

69

(40 replies, posted in Politics)

Resorting to a dictionary definition for complex political ideas is 100% useless.  Relying on that, "liberals" would be in favor of privatizing Social Security (since that's a new idea) and conservatives would be trying to keep Social Security as is.

Yes, a Constitution is a set of rules.  But why are those rules set up?  Did everyone just decide "Hey, let's make an arbitrary set of rules people have to live by that's separate from other sets of rules people have to live by solely because these rules people have to live by are harder to change than other rules people have to live by... and nothing else!  Why?  Why the hell not?"  Or was there a logical reason why people decided that this document should include a rule for the government not quartering soldiers in people's houses without their permission, but not a rule prohibiting people from committing murder (after all, prohibitions against criminal activity are fundamentally a restriction of the rights of people, just like any other law)?  Why add in freedom of speech, protection against quartering of soldiers, and a requirement to get Congress to pass legislation, and to make those rules harder to overturn than any other rule?

It's easy to say "The dictionary says X."  But you're not asking "why."

70

(25 replies, posted in Politics)

He's already told me the solution, so if he changes, I'll know.  Does that help?  tongue

71

(25 replies, posted in Politics)

Before I post, Yell, I want to make it 100% clear what you're asking for.  You're asking for a comparison of the GOP turnout from 2016 to 2012 in each Super Tuesday state, compared to turnout in the Democratic party from 2008 to 2016 (since there was no competitive Democratic primary in 2012), correct?  I don't want to have to go through the work only to hear "no, you got the wrong thing."

72

(25 replies, posted in Politics)

*facepalm*

Gwyn... you do realize that time, the Republicans actually did win the Senate and keep the House in the year you posted, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St … ions,_2014

Now granted, I'm pretty sure there are better examples that are now inaccessible due to both a prior forum move and the moving of old politics threads to an archive (there's a reason why I don't go online and make predictions despite watching election coverage daily: because it's way too easy to view events through one's own rose-colored glasses and really screw up and take a credibility hit, particularly when you keep in mind that people have a vested interest in predicting their own people will do well).  But yeah, might want to fact check before you throw that out.  tongue

73

(3 replies, posted in Bugs)

We've known about this bug for a while.  There's not really a fix so... enjoy?

74

(10 replies, posted in Strategy)

Warned, Colo.

75

(24 replies, posted in Strategy)

Then don't bump it, [bad Zarfy].