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  • SMAC Or Love?

    Since no-one took up my dare, I'm gonna have to do it myself.

    What is better: playing Alpha Centauri, or dating? Try and keep it clean.
    Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.

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    I was gonna do this, I was, but I haven't come up with anything good yet!

    From my limited experiences on both fields of action so far... well, I have won AC on Transcend, but never made it quite *that* far with dating. Sorry.

    But I'm still preparing a longish essay on the subject.
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    • #3
      Cool. Bring it in when you finish.

      I gotta go with dating. Even with Alpha Centauri's non-linear gameplay, fantastic voice samples, and soothing ocean sound background music, you just can't beat the heart-thudding anticipation and interaction (and, with any luck, intertwining) of personalities that comes with a date.
      Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Mr. President
        Cool. Bring it in when you finish.

        I gotta go with dating. Even with Alpha Centauri's non-linear gameplay, fantastic voice samples, and soothing ocean sound background music, you just can't beat the heart-thudding anticipation and interaction (and, with any luck, intertwining) of personalities that comes with a date.
        Hmph.

        SMAC all the way. Sci fi, voiceovers, war, peace, building.....
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        • #5
          Err...
          SMAC has better graphics.
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          • #6
            Come to think of it, do you think that Love needs great graphics? Maybe it's more like Nethack where its the endless playability that counts.
            "I'm so happy I could go and drive a car crash!"
            "What do you mean do I rape strippers too? Is that an insult?"
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            • #7
              Love doesn't need good graphics because it speaks to the soul and not to the internal micromanager. Just think of the difference between Super Mario Brothers and Baldur's Gate.
              Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.

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              • #8
                That question wasn't fair for SMAC. Of course dating is more fun. It's the ironman of ironmen. Even if it crashes, you cannot reload.

                Seriously, dating is much more fun. Try it
                I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.

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                • #9
                  If we are comparing SMAC to dating, then I'll have to go with SMAC because it is predictably fun. A good date however beats SMAC hands down, and a great date beats the hell out of almost any other endeavor.
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                  • #10
                    I've lost plenty of sleep over each of them.
                    "I'm so happy I could go and drive a car crash!"
                    "What do you mean do I rape strippers too? Is that an insult?"
                    - Pekka

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                    • #11
                      What about playing a multiplayer SMAC with your date ?

                      Hmm, not really sexy I admit
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                      • #12
                        Hmmm, this is a toughie.....

                        I don't know! Done both, but like Sikander says, if they are good/great dates, nothing beats 'em. But since I hate dating and rather'd just skip it to boyfriend/girlfriend or physicality, I'd pick SMAC.

                        When you get those dates that are just awkward and there's that "oh-my-gosh-say-something-or-let-something-interesting-happen" moments, Dating really blows. But still, live and learn. I like female companionship just as much as satisfying my megalomania and Chiron-world conquests!
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                        • #13
                          When you get those dates that are just awkward and there's that "oh-my-gosh-say-something-or-let-something-interesting-happen" moments, Dating really blows.
                          Yeah, that's true. I think the problem is that people expect dates to be like TV dates, where you basically stare at each other for several hours straight and never run out of things to say.

                          But you can help avert that by starting off on the right foot, ie. don't go out with someone who you don't like. Although I haven't been the most successful in love (well, I'm not married yet ), I think I can safely say I prefer it to late-game micromanagement or "Give me technology or I kill you!" (Hmm . . . why did I just think of Allison O. of Tasmania? )
                          Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Pandemoniak
                            What about playing a multiplayer SMAC with your date ?

                            Hmm, not really sexy I admit
                            What about playing "HotSeat" multiplayer SMAC with your date???
                            < wink, wink >< nudge, nudge >

                            Maybe HotSeat multiplayer STRIP SMAC?????
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                            • #15
                              Hey, and what about the documented 3 couples (and I mgiht not know of many more) who got MARRIED having met in SMAC forums?
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