Official: What human-played faction(s) should participate?

[Maniac]

Unless we'll organize another official poll besides the already existing SMAC/SMAX Survey, we'll probably play SMAX. Nevertheless I'll ask you two questions, just in case.

1) If we'll play plain SMAC, what faction do you want to play as? ONE VOTE!!!

2) If we'll play with the expansion pack Alien Crossfire, what faction do you want to be citizen of? Unlike in TKG's poll, ONE VOTE here too.

I hope you'll all vote having RPG reasons in mind, and not what you think is the best faction to play with gamewise.

[Method]

SMAC: University. then i could build all the damn genejack factories i wanted!

SMAX: CyCon. not that i particularly enjoy playing the faction, it'd just be so cool

[Drogue]

SMAC: Voted for the Gaians. but might possibly go with Hive/Spartans if I feel like RPing and evil person for this one.

SMAX: Conciousness, I fancy going for an AI, utilitarian style, but might just stick with one of the ones I mentioned for SMAC.

[Drogue]

All the 1st 3 for CyCon Didn't expect that! Nice though

[Static Universe]

If SMAc is played, I'm completely indifferent to which faction I happen to be in. If SMACX, my first preference is Pirates, then anything else.

[Maniac]

Hehe. As you may have guessed, I voted for the Consciousness as well if we're playing SMAX.
In the case of plain SMAC it's much harder, as I don't really agree with any of the ideologies. Being a Keynesian, I don't like the extremes of Morganite laissez-faire or Hivean communism. Not being a fundamentalist, I couldn't survive in a faction worshipping God (believers), Planet (Gaia) or Science (UoP). Nor do I like the agressive Spartans or the naive idealist Peacekeepers. This doesn't leave much choice...
After some consideration I have chosen the Hive. I can't identify with their economic policy of course, but RPG-wise it might be interesting if the Hive follows Chinese, or broader: Eastern, philosophy.

[Drogue]

An actual Keynesian I like Keynes, he was a great economist, but some of what he thought has now been superseded. I see your problem, however, do the UoP really worship science? I wouldn't use that terminology personally. I chose based on who I want to play in the next DG, since I always prefer to play something when RPing, rather than actually be myself. I can't decide between either being the Drogue you all know and going Green, or turning into an evil person and going Hive, or going all militaristic and going Spartans. However, in SMAX, I will be the Conciousness Hell, my NS nation is ruled by Akizeta

[Maniac]

Well I don't know that much about Keynes (yet). I just agree with the few things I know of him. For instance, I agree with strong government intervention and investment in times of economic depression, even going in the red with your budget, while doing the opposite in times of economic high conjuncture (sp?). It fits in my personal ideology of a strong social-democratic meritocratic government in a mostly free market system.

[Hercules]

Voted Gaians in Smac

and voted Data Angels in SMAX. Mostly for the challenge. I also like the pirates.

[Hercules]

But I am not sure this is the way to determine the human factions. I think people should register their interest in factions. Then we'd see the number of players possible for each.

[Drogue]

I think that is what we are doing. Declaring our interest, and then whichever has the most (say the most 4 or 5) we use.

[AdamTG02]

Choices of a retired party leader

SMAC: University, because they're the supreme researchers

SMAX: Data Angels, because they're the most thematically interesting faction in either 7-faction set

[Frankychan]

Voted for SMAC: Hive.

Don't have SMAX.

[Archaic]

UoP for both

Originally posted by Maniac
Being a Keynesian, I don't like the extremes of Morganite laissez-faire or Hivean communism.

How much do you know about Hayek?

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Maniac
For instance, I agree with strong government intervention and investment in times of economic depression, even going in the red with your budget, while doing the opposite in times of economic high conjuncture (sp?).

I used to agree with that, however, my Econ teacher is trying to convince me that actually trying to increase aggregate demand to fight of recession is no where near as effective and trying to affect aggregate supply. Although he may just be being a 'supply sider'. I will have to do soem research on it, but my gut feel was to agree.

Originally posted by Maniac
It fits in my personal ideology of a strong social-democratic meritocratic government in a mostly free market system.

Exactly my thinking too. However I might be less inclined to go for the completely democratic bit, I feel it tends to mean that those that rule spend half their time trying to stay ruler, and only half their time actually doing their job.