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What level are you playing SMAC/X at?
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I have never played SMAC/X 0 0%
I lose at Citizen level 0 0%
I can beat the lower levels (ie the ones with free prototypes) 2 16.67%
I can sometimes beat the higher levels, but I prefer to play on the lower ones 2 16.67%
I win at Librarian level regularly 2 16.67%
I win at Thinker level regularly 0 0%
I have beaten Transcend 0 0%
I ALWAYS win at Transcend 3 25.00%
I consider Transcend too easy and I play with mods to make the game more challenging / I play special challenges 0 0%
I not only beat the AI, but I kick arse in Multiplayer too 2 16.67%
I am a SMAC legend (be honest - you have to be an IP/PBEM whizz for this) 0 0%
Xenodoughnuts ! 1 8.33%
Total: 12 voters 100%
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Jamski is offline Jamski
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May 2002
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How good are you at SMAC, honestly? Suffering from ads?

Just a quick survey to see how talented our team is. Please vote truthfully, there's no shame in being a regular Citizen level player... and if you are you don't have to admit it was you who voted that option...

-Jam

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I voted for "I not only beat the AI, but I kick arse in Multiplayer too" I always beat Transcend, I play all kinds of challenges and I have only lost one MP game (to Lazerus, who has never lost in MP) I've really been wasting my life, eh?

* Jamski really loves SMAC

-Jam

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Dec 2002
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I voted "I ALWAYS win at Transcend", but I've never played against a human player, so you can take that with a grain of salt.

Anybody who reads the techniques in AC-Strategy and elsewhere, and applies them can jump from Librarian to Transcend fairly quickly, as I did.

I played the game at Librarian for a long time because I didn't seek out extra information on how the game works. Just knowing about ecodamage or crawlers really changed my game.

But I only play for fun and don't go for the challenges, don't squeezing out every last drop of turn advantage, don't have the tech tree memorized, etc.

I would consider myself an advanced player, but more tuned to single player than multi.

Octavian X is offline Octavian X
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Jan 2002
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My copy of SMAC doesn't work, and I never got SMAC/X (though plan to).

mmm... xenodoughnuts...

Vev is offline Vev
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Nov 2000
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Mine is uninstalled, so that I won't spend weeks playing SMAX.

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Aug 2001
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Voted "always win on transcendence", though my strategy is much less refined against human opponents.

Rokossovky is offline Rokossovky
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May 2003
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Never actually finished a game with the AI. Play at transcend, but when I realize it is just a matter of waiting for my units to sweep across yet another land mass until I wipe the other factions off planet i stop and start a new one. Thus, I really don't know much about later game as I have never let it last that long. As for multiplayer... ppl just seem to surrender after I cripple them the Glorious Comrade Chairman can attest to this.

- Rokossovky

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Sep 2001
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Librarian here.

I've beaten it on Transcend ONCE, but i think that was out of sheer luck. I didn't get planet bustered that much in that game.
Librarian is the constant for me.

Micha is offline Micha

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Oct 2002
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Librarian, too. Although I have played Transcend several times, it was too frustrating to loose three bases at a single turn to hordes of mindworms...
Never lost a transcend game either

Jamski is offline Jamski
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May 2002
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Rokossovky - I take that as a challenge

-Jam

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Apr 2003
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I'm still at the talent level. I plan to stop spamming here so that I would actually have some time to play.

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NO ! Bad HongHu! Stay here and post

(Only joking )

-Jam

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quote:
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NO ! Bad HongHu! Stay here and post :doitnow!

(Only joking )

-Jam


So seriously you don't want me to stay here ... My heart is broke now

Jamski is offline Jamski
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Oh Comrade HongHu! Please stay, I still you really. I just didn't want you to stop playing SMAC because I told you to.

Don't go, the Hive needs you, it really looks up to you...

-Jam

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Dec 2002
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Rokossovky - I take that as a challenge


I'm curius to see the outcome of this matchup.

Jamski is offline Jamski
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Want to make it a 3plyr?

-Jam

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quote:
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Want to make it a 3plyr?

-Jam


Possibly... IP or PBEM?

Jamski is offline Jamski
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IP, with simul turns?

-Jam

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Bah! To IP! I still remember our last incident where I tried joining in...."No game found" still haunts me!

(but it WAS helpful that you guys told me to turn off my firewall )

Rokossovky is offline Rokossovky
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May 2003
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Rokossovky - I take that as a challenge


... could be fun. Knowing my luck I'd get my ass beat... (*MUCH LAUGHTER*). Unfortunately, I have finals right now, but in 2 weeks... you're on...

Jamski is offline Jamski
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OK, I'm moving ATM but in 2 weeks...

* Jamski rubs his hands together like a Bond baddie...

-Jam

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quote:
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OK, I'm moving ATM but in 2 weeks...

* Jamski rubs his hands together like a Bond baddie...

-Jam


Two weeks sounds good. It will give me time to refresh my skills. I've been playing a lot of HoMM 2/3 the last several months and not SMAC.

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(but it WAS helpful that you guys told me to turn off my firewall )


We only told you that so we could sneak into your computer.

The things we found

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OK, I'm moving ATM but in 2 weeks...
-Jam


Is this a private party or can anyone join in?

(Googlie drools at the thought of upping his Multiplayer games from 3 to 4)

G.

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May 2003
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quote:
Is this a private party or can anyone join in?


We would be honoured if the GooglieGod joined our humble party. It would bring meaning to the entire event. lol..

(Rokossovky drools at the tought of playing the moderator)

- Rokossovky

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quote:
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Is this a private party or can anyone join in?

(Googlie drools at the thought of upping his Multiplayer games from 3 to 4)

G.


Sounds good to me. The more the merrier

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Apr 2003
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Sharpen your knives, boys, I was worrying that your skills are becoming rusty ...

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Not much in there.

I wouldn't mind joining but that one incident kind of turned me off IPing for a long, long time. Anyway, it seems that we have a well rounded team.

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Dec 2002
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I wouldn't mind joining but that one incident kind of turned me off IPing for a long, long time.


It's only one incident, you should try again.

And I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that you claim to play at librarian level when you post in nearly every thread in AC-Strategy.

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Well.......when I play Transcend I tend to get frustrated. My progress in Transcend is pretty slow and I tend to get tired of the game. I was debating whether or not to click 'Librarian' or 'Thinker'. It also said regularly so it threw me off....I got mixed up on which one was more difficult (I haven't played for a while).

Anyway, I clicked Librarian cause I honestly only lasted through the game in Transcend to beat it once. I didn't know about things like the stockpile bug and popbooming bases until about a year ago here. That's my fault.

 
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