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ACEofHeart is offline ACEofHeart
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Bear, DE
Apr 1999
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Game or Speedsheet ? Increase Your PM Length

After seeing Screenshots and reading on MOO3, it
seems more like a astral Windows Spreedsheet (tabs, layer of date etc.) than a Game with character and atmosphere.
I hope I'm wrong as I loved MOO2..
I do hold more hope for Galactic Civilizations at the point..

moomin is offline moomin
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Moo Like In Moomin
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While I hope for as much spreadsheet as I can possibly get. I almost never play beyond ten colonies with Moo2, because the MM spreadsheet is so comfortable with ten. I hope they make Moo3 an excel simulation, myself.
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Spread sheet is not so bad, look at Stars!. GalCiv is way out in the future. We will be lucky to see it by then end of 2003.
MariOne is offline MariOne
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Erewhon in Neverland
May 1999
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Ditto for the 2 above...

Maybe I'm biased as in the early days I earned my first money by professionally teaching the use of Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS version...), QuattroPro and later Excel?????


More seriously, character and atmosphere are not necessarily opposed to a solid spreadsheetlike game data foundation.
Numbers and tables merely *represent* something, which can then properly have or lack the attention-catching attributes you seek.

Then, if you can *also* master the relations between the underlying data, possibly with a spreadsheet, you will... "Excel" at the game, without for this reason losing or spoiling the game appeal...
ACEofHeart is offline ACEofHeart
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Oh great, the next time I run across a PC game for accountants I'll let you guys know...
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i guess the animations will bring a lot of life in the game...
Besides, space battles will be a lot fun

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quote:
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Oh great, the next time I run across a PC game for accountants I'll let you guys know...


I'm "counting" on it!

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Down with spreadsheet

Mr. Orange is offline Mr. Orange
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As a former spreadsheet basher (as in, What do writers need Excel for?), I can say now the stuff you can do with Excel is too cool. Especially graph representation.

Click on my sig to see to get a MilCalc. Estimates Pre-Espionage a rival Civs military strength.

And all under the power of Excel.

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