23-01-2003 06:42									#1
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Well, which race will you play in your first game?

For me? Raas, and then probably Nommo, Silicoids, Tachidi.

	23-01-2003 06:55									#2
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Humans of course! Save the exotic for after I`m familiar with the game. A good poll may be 'who will you play your second game?'

	23-01-2003 07:06									#3
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ugh, not more "humans" voters.....why do people feel the need to play humans first....there are so many COOL ALIEN RACES. Dont you want to experience them?

Its funny, the humans are likely the last race I will play with

	23-01-2003 07:06									#4
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1. Humans
2. Evon
3. Silicoid

In Moo2 multiplayer games, I typically played the Humans or the Darloks... with their advantages combined, I'd have to be an idiot not to play as the Humans

Besides, I have a reputation to uphold for always playing the "Humans" in multiplayer space or fantasy games with my friends

As for the Evon, their backstory just looks really cool. I'd want to try them out just for the coolness value of their civilization.

I like playing the Silicoids because I like crystaline races... they're just fun to play. I'd also want to customize a Geodic race and make the Chenjesu (and if I customized a Cynoid race, it would HAVE to be the Chmmr - and play their cool musical theme on my mp3 player )

	23-01-2003 07:18									#5
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I am going to name my Raas the "l33t lizards" my first game, and play on impossible, so that I will get killed (thats how you kill those l33tsp33kers!)

	23-01-2003 07:26									#6
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I'm a Psilon man, myself. I'm addicted to research in ways that border on unholy and feel that with superior knowledge any obstacle can be overcome. I will on occasion try other races, but I prefer Psilons, Meklars, and Darlock. I noticed when I played the Darlock, they never spied as well for me as they did for the computer. Sometimes choosing them was a defensive manuver. I never played humans and doubt I will.

	23-01-2003 07:30									#7
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yeah, I would play psilons.....if they were really the best at getting tech! mwahahaha....

I always find that getting ahead ini tech depends on having a lot more colonies producing research labs and having scientists...and that depends on fast expansion, and that always comes down to stuff like production and population growth and all....

of course, MOO3 may be different, you never know

of course, custom psilons focused on getting much faster expansion/production may be extremely good at this

	23-01-2003 07:37									#8
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I want to play the boobie lovers.

isn't that a race?


hmm...

	23-01-2003 07:40									#9
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Hey! dont give away the secret of the Ithkul!! (lol!)

	23-01-2003 07:46									#10
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sorry alex,

I couldn't help myself.


mmmmm...boobies...


Maybe their flagship could be a ship that is made up of 2 big spheres (not too big), that have super duper quantum boobie torpedos at the ready...

	23-01-2003 07:50									#11
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Sort of like that anime they used to run when I was a kid. I can't find or remember the name of it but there was a female robot whose boobs were actually missles in disguise...

	23-01-2003 07:51									#12
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or maybe their special weapon is a giant tongue attachment that just licks the enemy ships away.



i feel so silly...silly!

	23-01-2003 09:26									#13
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return discussion to MOO3 now

	23-01-2003 13:10									#14
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Well I voted for Nommo, as I myself am a squid. So there. And so is my wife.

_Jam

	23-01-2003 13:44									#15
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Nommo are cool, they are the second one I will play

	23-01-2003 13:48									#16
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Up the Nommo ! Who cares if they can't fight for toffee when they want to fight, and they look cool and are science wizards. I want to hear how they talk. Then I'll never eat sushi again.

-Jam

	23-01-2003 13:55									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Alexfrog ugh, not more "humans" voters.....why do people feel the need to play humans first....there are so many COOL ALIEN RACES. Dont you want to experience them?

I'll play ANY default race that the developers decided to propose in the game default settings, that is, for the first run I'll make NO (or the least possible) *custom* choices.

THAT's what I intend for experience.

I don't know whether the default race will be Humans.
If they are, I'll play them.
If not, I'll play whichever the game proposes me first.

Of course THEN I'll long to try as more as I can, even ones at the antipodes of natural style.

BTW, as much as I HATE modding civlike games factions/civs (and I don't talk here about useless graphics/names, but about factional and unit STATS), because such mods are made tinkering with the resource files and in a free-form system...
...as well I LOVE customising races, where the game *provides* you with an embedded bonus/penalty system and "race points" to spend in your customisation, so to ensure that any customisation you apply would result in a "more or less equally powerful" design.

This to say that as in SMAC I *strictly* play with the original factions, very likely in MoO(3 and olders) which race I'll pick will be less relevant than the intensive game-provided customisations I'll apply to them.

	23-01-2003 21:14									#18
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I almost never customize my races. I've tried a few games with max penalties to improve my score but I stunk at it and preferred to master the standard races. I've never tried modifying the spreadsheets to affect the stats so I'm fairly neutral on that one.

	23-01-2003 22:00									#19
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Ahh didn't we have this Thread before?
Well I'll play Psilons first to get some experience with the Research and then Prolly Evian uhm Evon I mean

	23-01-2003 22:16									#20
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Evon - because i think they sound cool... then one of the races in the species with the coolest-looking ships, then the Grendarl or possibly Ithkul...

	24-01-2003 01:45									#21
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pesky humans and psilons are out in front...

come on, where are all the people looking to try the cool new races?

	24-01-2003 02:15									#22
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I always play what I know before I play the new stuff to get used to the game. The second game I`ll probably be either Ithkul, Silicoid, Klackon, or Meklar. Whichever one impresses me most.

	24-01-2003 05:51									#23
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Silicoid for the first game. In the background, Simon and Garfunkel will be singing "I am a rock...."

Truly, it will be a magical experience. And there will be much rejoicing. Yay.

	24-01-2003 06:04									#24
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I will play the humans. Because I am one.

Maybe it's just something hardwired in my brain, and I suppose that I am missing out on the real enjoyment of Civ and MOO2, but I always play the Americans in Civ and the humans in MOO2. I'm an American adn a human)

Even in Starcraft I always play the terrans, in Warcraft, always the humans...

It's just something that I always want to do.

Although in the sci-fi arena, I am more open to playing other races. I haven't done so yet in MOO2 (I've only had it for a few weeks..picked it up in the bargain bin in an attempt to get familiar with MOO before I play MOO3).

In SMAC, I always play the University...can't say why..

	24-01-2003 06:35									#25
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quote: Originally posted by vee4473 I will play the humans. Because I am one. Maybe it's just something hardwired in my brain, and I suppose that I am missing out on the real enjoyment of Civ and MOO2, but I always play the Americans in Civ and the humans in MOO2. I'm an American adn a human) Even in Starcraft I always play the terrans, in Warcraft, always the humans... It's just something that I always want to do. Although in the sci-fi arena, I am more open to playing other races. I haven't done so yet in MOO2 (I've only had it for a few weeks..picked it up in the bargain bin in an attempt to get familiar with MOO before I play MOO3). In SMAC, I always play the University...can't say why..

I always play the humans, too... I have a reputation among my friends for being the guy in most sci fi and strategy games who always plays the humans

That said, I occassionally play other races for fun. I like playing the Darloks and Silicoids in Moo, the Darloks and Mrrshan in Moo2, the Protoss in Starcraft. But they don't have the same draw for me as playing the humans/terrans, they just don't.

As for Civ... I'll play whatever, they're ALL humans My favorites in Civ3 are Rome, England, and Greece, but that's just because they're commercial civs (it's interesting that they mostly gave the "commercial" trait to western civs, with India being the only exception).

As for SMAC, I was a poster on the Firaxis boards trying to suggest things to Firaxis about the Peacekeeper faction a FULL YEAR before the game came out... I've been a peacekeeper for a looooonnnngg time I also like playing Morgan and the occassional game as the Spartans or even the Human Hive just for megalomaniac kicks .

	24-01-2003 17:38									#26
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One of the insect races probably, I tend to play only race that look and "feel" far removed from humanity.

I never play humans in any games that has alternatives, I just find it boring, much more interesting for me personally to try something completely different, and the insect races look really different, and I've always been oddly fascinated with insects.

Also quite excited about learning what exactly the Harvesters are. I haven't yet decided whether I want to find out what they are by playing them, or I want to get a big surprise when my insect swarm meet them somewhere out in the great diamond lake.

	24-01-2003 18:42									#27
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It looks like i'm the only one who voted for the trilarians, which were and should be now one of the coolest races!

I liked their aquatic feature in moo2, but now that their research(based on the screenshots) is superior, they should be even cooler.

hmm...i hope the game comes out before march...

	24-01-2003 18:54									#28
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I'm going to be a Psilon because I love the cool moving red dot instead of eyes. Like Kit in space.

	24-01-2003 19:12									#29
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Humans, after finding a way to rename them to Apolytoners (i can do that Rantz, cant it?)

	24-01-2003 23:00									#30
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Either:

1. The races are highly customizable. It doesn't matter much which race you start off with in terms of the options that can be customized.

If that's the case, I'll choose my race depending on things that can't be changed, like the terraforming circle. In which case maybe I'll go with the Raas.

Or:

2. The race aren't so highly customizable. It reaaly makes a difference where you're starting off from when customizing.

If that's the case, I'll choose my race to emphasize science and production at the cost of military and espionage. I always figure that even if I'm generally bas at military and espionage, with a strong economy I can make up the difference. Maybe I'll take the humans and gut their espionage to pay for a better economy.