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Patashu is offline Patashu
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The mechanical dragon
Feb 2002
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You know you've been playing too much SMAC when... Suffering from ads?

1)When you steal your sister's gems and try to build a scout rover with them.

2)When you try to build a hab complex so you can have more then 7 kids.

3)When you try to kill you little brother with psi attacks.

4)When you try to build a condenser in your backyard so it will rain more.

Anyone else got more?

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Apr 2001
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5) When you freak out at the site of an earthworm

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Feb 2001
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6) When you remember to have seen the same thread half a year or so ago

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7)When you have created 42 factions and 12 mods and still coming up with ideas for more.

8)When you fall asleep infront of your computer after playing SMAC 96 hours straight.

9)When you rob the bank so you can achieve an economic victory.

10)When you try to mind-control your neighbours house.

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Norway
Nov 2001
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11)When you try to suspend a megaton of steel over your head with a thread the thickness of a human hear and fail miserably.

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Do you have Matt Stairs in your house?
Mar 1999
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12. You think that the reason no one declared war on America after the attack on Hiroshima was because the U.N. Charter wasn't in effect.

13. You think you know why "rednecks" are so red. (Think about drones...)

Fitz is offline Fitz
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Mar 2000
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14) When you declare vendetta on your boss because she is constantly encroaching on your territory.

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The mechanical dragon
Feb 2002
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15)When you buy someones house and wonder why it hasn't changed to your archtecture after 20 years.

16)When you swear thst every time someone spills something pink you hear a >pop< sound.

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Dec 2001
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17)You wonder why the landscaping company doesnt use the cute little froggies (terraformers)

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Nov 2001
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18. You run for Parliament, actually believing that "The drones need you: they look up to you."
19. You ask for a raise, on the grounds that you're a Talent, or you forswear them completely (since you're a Transcend.)
20. You enrol in Maths at University, hoping to learn the Secrets of the Manifold ( BIG mistake)
21. You think The Bible is written by Velociryx

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The leaves that are green turn to brown
Jul 2001
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22. You stick a couple of modem cables in your head to become a Thinker.

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23)When you put on a gas mask so you can be an engineer.

24)When you win a fight you hear a voice in you head going your unit has preformed considerably and has been promoted to hardened status. (or however it goes)

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Nov 2001
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23)When you put on a gas mask so you can be an engineer.

24)When you win a fight you hear a voice in you head going your unit has preformed CONSIDERABLY and has been promoted to hardened status. (or however it goes)


Isn't it because the unit has performed ADMIRABLY?
CONSIDERABLY is not correct.

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Feb 2001
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25) When your best pickupline doesn't work anymore you post on poly claiming to found another unknown bug.

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Feb 2001
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26) If you're travelling to scotland trying to become Deirdre's grandfather

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Dec 2001
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27) when your wife shakes you awake in the middle of the night, demanding to know if you've been having an affair "with some woman named Deidre", and you have to suppress saying yes.

28) when the Jehova's Witnesses show up on your doorstep and the first thing you ask them is, "do you know Sister Miriam?".

29) when your kids ask you where do people go when they die, and you say, "to the recycling tanks".

30) when you start threatening your kids with the Punishment Sphere when they misbehave.

31) when your teacher says, "If you say a mindworm ate your homework again, your going straight to the principle's office".

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Brasil
Mar 1999
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quote:
21. You think The Bible is written by Velociryx


But it is...

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May 1999
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20. You enrol in Maths at University, hoping to learn the Secrets of the Manifold ( BIG mistake)


Hey! Watch what you're saying (check the avatar)...

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Gent, Belgium
Jul 1999
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6) When you remember to have seen the same thread half a year or so ago


I saw it in '99 on the alpha.owo forums...

32) When you try to kill the worms in your garden with a flame thrower.

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30) when you start threatening your kids with the Punishment Sphere when they misbehave.

So it was you who wrote "How to Raise a Nerve-Stapled Child"

Kirnwaffen is offline Kirnwaffen
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Jul 2000
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33. You actually know the 'Planetary Thunda'.

34. You actually recognize that reference.

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Feb 2002
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LOL

When you believe that the NRA is the foundation of the Spartans.

You try to control the grass with your mind

You freak out when you see squid, screaming "Progenitor!"

You sleep in the freezer because your cryo cell is broken

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Nov 2001
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33. You actually know the 'Planetary Thunda'.

34. You actually recognize that reference.


Hehe

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39)When you try to build a Recreation Commons so that your next child won't be red(drones).

40)When you try to lower terrain in your back yard so you can have a pool, and a voice in your head goes it will cost 64 energy credits to lower the terrain here.

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Nov 2001
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There's a commercial they've been playing on AM radio (forget what it's about) and one of the lines includes the words "superior training" and it ALWAYS reminds me of Santiago's line in the game - it's said almost exactly as she says it (but by a guy).

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Jul 2000
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41) When you wife thinks there is something wrong with your hard drive?!

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42. You start demanding tithes from your neighbours in exchange for their continued existence

43. When you offer your neighbours to exchange your data on House Insurance for theirs on Burglar Alarms

44. When you start saying 'Vendetta be upon you, and I guarantee I'll make you suffer!' to your enemies

45. When you start yelling 'Die you evil Hiver scum!' at everyone wearing dark blue

46. When you demand withdrawal from anyone entering your bedroom

47. When you expect bribes from Bush at the next Planetary Governor...I mean Presidential election...

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When you worry about paper staples stating "Please no more nerve staples"

You get mad at people who put Hampsters in those rolly balls because you just heard about Punishment Spheres.

You refer to the '60s/'70s era as "Gaian Times"

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Feb 2002
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51. When elections are coming up and you mention that the opposition should be nerve stapled.

52. When you hand in an essay to your professor of economics and he asks what "energy credits" are.

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53) When you write a scientific text and end each reference with ", Datalinks"

54) When looking out of the window during playing in the early evening, you discover a red light in the east and start firing back planetbusters to Miriam and Yang.

 
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