do you play SMAC/SMAX more since 9/11/01?

[Bella Hella]

i hope this question is appropriate, and if not, hopefully it gets pulled and i won't get in trouble.

since the events on and following 9/11, i've REALLY gotten a lot more into SMAX. i like to experiment with different ways of playing, such as "kill the taliban" (fight the believers), "can't we all just get along" (try to prevent ALL wars), etc....

do you play more or less now? why? or is there no difference?

i sincerely hope no one is offended by this topic; i'm just curious.

[DrFaustus]

I'm playing a lot more.

[Kassiopeia]

A very philosofistic question, methinks.
It is quite possible that people, including I, spend more times on games and other entertaiment like reading and TV to "forget" the thing, and put it aside. I haven't played more SMACX, but more other games.

[Clear Skies]

Re: do you play SMAC/SMAX more since 9/11/01?

Originally posted by Bella Hella

since the events on and following 9/11, i've REALLY gotten a lot more into SMAX. i like to experiment with different ways of playing, such as "kill the taliban" (fight the believers), "can't we all just get along" (try to prevent ALL wars), etc....

Wow....ways to bring a message board to a crashing halt anyone?

If this doesn't cause controversy then bin Laden did it all for nothing...

[Bella Hella]

Wow....ways to bring a message board to a crashing halt anyone?
If this doesn't cause controversy then bin Laden did it all for nothing...

i'm not really sure what you mean by that...

i'm just asking this because of the very nature of the game: make your empire, interact with other empires, maybe war with other empires. just wondering if anyone, like me, is more interested in this type of game as the result of recent events.

sorry if you feel this isn't a valid point. i'm not trying to start a fight.

[Scipio Centaurus]

Religious folk get a little touchy when you equate other Gods to their own.

- Scipio

[Googlie]

Well I think it does provide a form of escapism from real life for many of us - and in a way that somehow the tawdry TV entertainment and sports events can't. It's hard to get tuned into the baseball playoffs watching mutlimillionaire athletes play a totally meaningless game while thousands are grieving in NYC and millions are starving in Afghanistan. Or get excited about a new hockey season when the airwaves are full of yet another anthrax scare.

And while I'm impressed my Michael Jordan's gesture in donating all of his this year's salary to help dispossessed New Yorkers, I'd be even more impressed if all the professional athletes in North America donated just ten percent of their $3 billion salaries to help feed Afghanistan's starving population.

Googlie (stepping down from his pulpit)

[Googlie]

ps: and who'd want to be Tau Ceti these days - in the PBEMs he's in his faction is now routinely called the Tau-liban

G.

[Sikander]

I'm playing more also, but it has to do with my available free time as much as anything. (At least I think that's why!)

[Tizzy]

I'm playing less now, but it's nothing to do with 11/9/01 - I just don't have as much time now I'm at college as well as working.

[Sarxis]

About the same, though I have been having a steady decline in my SMAC diet because of CivIII's upcoming release.

[Mr. President]

I'm playing Alpha Centauri about the same amount (which is still a lot) as before the terrorist attacks. I've also returned to SimCity 3000 again, and I put the Twin Towers in my city as a tribute to all who lost their lives, and as a prayer that my beloved Manhattan will rise again stronger than before. It may not make the evening news, but it means something to me.

[Googlie]

Mr P:

I think that's really neat.

G.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Googlie
ps: and who'd want to be Tau Ceti these days - in the PBEMs he's in his faction is now routinely called the Tau-liban

G.

That is very childish and idiotic. He is a nice guy - he helped me out to learn the rules of PBEM.

[The Consul]

What struck me in the aftermath of Sept 11 was how the anti US nations sounded so very much like leaders of Civ 2 when faced with a strong opponent...using language like imperialist aggression!!