Yang is a fraud

[Zero]

Originally posted by Frankychan
Disciples of Yang:

Alinestra Covelia
Lazarus
HongHu
Frankychan

....anymore? We be kicking it, Hive-style up in this mutha frizzin hiz-ouse!

Count me in! tEh HiVe PoWeRzZZzZZ!!!11!!!!

Reasons why I should be disciple of yang:

My favorite DVD set: Alien quadrilogy
My favorite Video Game race: Zergs
My favorite B Movie: Starship troopers
My fvorite SciFi Book: Ender's game
My favorite SMAC faction: TeH HiVES!!!11111!!

Humans aren't set up for a hive-mind... and to attempt to create one?

Foolishness.

STFU N00b OmG OmG!!!11!! You sO NoT R0x0r!!1!! j00 R just JeaOus CaUzE tEh HiVe r TeH L337 HaX0rZZZZZ

[Starfarer]

Heh... just because SOME of us don't need mind-control and brainwashing to get followers is no reason to toss insults.

*grin*

Some of us like our followers to be intelligent enough to survive without five or six thousand friends.

*winks and skips off*

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by obstructor
"bring it on, I can shout even louder in agony"

Classic.

[Frankychan]

Zero-lol, you are pretty crazy man.


I still think Yang's utopian society is far better than...say....the Spartans or the University. His vision and dream seems far more altruistic than Morgan's.

As I said before and numerous times, give me Yang any day.

1 voice is ignored, 1 million aren't.

[Frankychan]

Crimson-I never figured you as a Morganite. How the heck do you play him without having the other's extort you? I tried playing him as a pure, pacifist builder and by 2200 I was at war with EVERYONE else!

[Mr. President]

It's damn hard. You can sometimes bribe people to not attack you. But usually I also end up at war with almost everyone. And that -1 Support is a royal pain in the butt for people like me who like to maintain huge armies. I usually go Police State - Free Market - Wealth but that, of course, exacerbates the at-war-with-everyone-else situation.

[Shai-Hulud]

How the heck do you play him without having the other's extort you? I tried playing him as a pure, pacifist builder and by 2200 I was at war with EVERYONE else!

Try not to play Morgan as you play Yang

When playing Yang you can afford war easily early on. Actually, in many cases, you'll be wanting that. But Morgan is one faction that can really benefit from commerce income and...they are terribly weak in the beginning. Actually, in SP, I'll do pretty much anything I can to avoid early conflict. It's well worth it to bribe other factions into treaties. The immediate cost is payed off by commerce transactions and valuable savings in war efforts.

But when the cash starts to tumble in - you'll be happy you chose Morgan Industries

[Mr. Harley]

I don't per se dislike Yang, but in SP he isn't much of a challenge, like Diedre and the University. Take advantage of his immunity to further inefficiency and play the tradional Police/Planned. I always beelined for the Cloning Vats, but now that you can pop boom him...

Lal is pretty straight foward, and the Spartans are a little tough. Morgan is easy if you play huge maps, but I've never tried him on a small one, that could be rough. I'm playing Miriam on a large map of planet, starting in one of the poorer spots on the map, the SW corner of the inland sea. It's piss poor until you get terraforming, and playing Miriam...

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Frankychan

1 voice is ignored, 1 million aren't.

Reverse Stalin quote no?

[Starfarer]

One million voices may not be easy to ignore, but one intelligent rebel is all it takes to start a revolution you can't put down.

Remember, those of you adhering to brutality policies... Brutality forments discontent, and while you may have an iron grip, we are the grain of sand that slips through your finger, slips into your boot, and gets VERY annoying.

Then we grow teeth and nibble on your toes, so fear us, please?

[Frankychan]

Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe


Reverse Stalin quote no?

Variant thereof. Good reference.

1 death is a tragedy, 1 million...a statistic.

[Frankychan]

Shai-I tried playing Morgan how he's supposed to be played (bribe everyone not to attack me) but it doesn't work. The AI usually starts asking for more creds than I have saved.

...but I don't like getting extorted for my funds so I guess Yang is good enough for me.

[Guynemer]

I'm ashamed to admit this, being a SMAC fan from the day the demo went online, let alone the game went on the shelves...

...but I have never, not once, played as Yang. Miriam either. I just found it too... distasteful. I've at least given it a good college try with all the other human factions, including SMACX, but I just think I'd get somewhat depressed if I tried to roleplay as someone so antithetical to my every belief...

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Guynemer
I'm ashamed to admit this, being a SMAC fan from the day the demo went online, let alone the game went on the shelves...

...but I have never, not once, played as Yang. Miriam either. I just found it too... distasteful. I've at least given it a good college try with all the other human factions, including SMACX, but I just think I'd get somewhat depressed if I tried to roleplay as someone so antithetical to my every belief...

There are people on Planet who do not believe in the immortal word of Chairman Yang?

......

Not for long

[Frankychan]

WHAAAAT?!!!!!

How can someone NOT play Yang?! He is the shining light of SMAC.

(of course...I haven't played as Miriam so that's understandable)