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Is the answer 'Never' or when 'the narrative in question is constructed in a way that explicitly condones that sort of behaviour" ?

The two AFK players can't return, once they've been away from the game for too long the game kicks them out and assigns that generic profile picture. They've been AFK for 4 days for this happen at all, which bums me out because that was why none of Famous' neighbours came to even take advantage of our combat situation. At least I can be happy they weren't deliberately ignoring me. But god, this game left me feeling like a fucking doorstop..

Press "V" to bring up the Distance Ruler, click between planets to get lightyear distance and travel time. It's a non-documented feature because it's apparently work-in-progress.

You need a warp gate on two stars to get a speed boost going between them.

I kind of want to see the film again with this new knowledge.

Pieter Weinhandler's blog was hacked by one of the players in Game 1. Also, I'm thoroughly depressed about Game 1. It feels like I'm getting nowhere and am tired of keeping up this charade we call peace between me and my neighbors, delaying the inevitable invasion from the vastly superior force next to me. Yet I always log in every day, sometimes multiple times a day, to plan my useless moves..

Amazing. But doesn't your whizz's impact spray all over your buttcheeks?

Murdoc's alias is the easiest to figure out, so he's probably who you think he is.

Also, Iceland totes has that geniology app.

The weird thing is that according to the official Google Plus discussion group AFK players can't rejoin a game because after an amount of inactivity players are kicked out.. So either the admin somehow "unkicked" the player (which is pretty much cheating) or this is a bug.

Wow, I thought AFK players were locked out from the game once they've been out for too long (when the game removes their profile picture..) Them being able to log in whenever they want and suddenly be an active part of the game is kind of shit. When you guys first started talking about this I thought maybe the admin had outright cheated and fast-forwarded the game 6 hours (as he is apparently allowed..) to screw someone over. That would be the worst and make me rage quit that shit immediately.. It's a bummer when something like this happens and just ruins people's fun (and despicable, vile tactics).

Murdoc, research points are nullified when trading, i remember reading somewhere.

I meant the Fusion thing. Call of Duty: Ghosts of Christmas Present is not rubbish, but a beautiful name.

I sure hope it's rubbish, 'cause it's a rubbish name.

Huh, that's a pretty impressive amount of lens flare they got going then. Like you say, the lens flares in the CG shots are computer rendered, though. I just assumed the rest must be too, they're so over the top. But using the right lenses you can probably get that look. We used some old Russian lenses at work the other day and just pointing it anywhere near a light produced the biggest lens flares. Ever. Biggest lens flares ever. Oh, and yeah I hope he maintains the look for the Star Trek sequel. I thought it was great. I just hope (and assume; they're super talented people after all) that they make Star Wars look considerably different.

A present every cycle.

You should join the official Neptune's Pride 2 group on Google Plus and offer your expert UI advice.

The planet hiding beneath the huge menu is what always happened, actually. As far as I remember. And yeah, there's an option to put all UI to the side.

Do you mean the popup menu bar? Didn't it always do that?

Tried searching for some of the names in our game (the first one) and it turned up an interesting result. Shit just got real!

Yeah, that would be pretty sweet (both fleet naming and posting of leaderboards, please.)

Maybe Neptune's Pride the First wasn't designed with such tactics in mind, but I think it's fair to assume that things in the sequel have been streamlined towards enabling devious, Machiaellian diplomacy, considering how all coverage of the first one was so focused on that.

For a second there, I thought you were about to insult someone but quickly realized 'Eat poop you cat' is a board game name..

Yeah. But they're still presumably showing and having the press playing games behind closed doors. I'd assume that's the only thing that the press actually cares about. They're just dropping the big, awkward keynotes that are just for show and for people to awkwardly clap and woo at. The only people that would miss that, I think, are fans and they get what they need in Nintendo Direct. I mean, just.. with all the negativity surrounding these big, showy keynote commercials, essentially, I feel like no one, not even the mainstream press, takes them seriously anymore.

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