Veez

I'm thinking that I may have to rearrange my team now. 

With the replays out, my team and moveset is practically an open book.

I'll need to find a time to schedule a battle with my opponent, who I think is Binary.

Didn't stop me.

WHAT IS HAPPENING!?!?!

 Its the Month of Fabulous and Posh, sir. I ask you to be considerate of our moosetaches.

Its a me, a pimpin' Mariooo!

Now the space stage is confusing. The interface is everywhere, you can barely know what to do or where to go, the upgrades cost too much and making colonies is so annoying that sometimes you have to spend millions to make the planet atmosphere.

Let me give you a couple hints here. The key to this stage is to exploit the spice of the planets as much as possible. I recommend finding an alien homeworld that makes either pink, purple, or green spice, as these are the most valuable kinds, and take it over.

Once you do that, use the massive amounts of the spice you get from these planets, and start going around different planets, finding out which one will give you the most bang for your buck.

Once you got a reliable money income from doing this, you're pretty much unstoppable as you can buy massive amounts of weapons/upgrades/terriforming tools.

Here is a list of everything removed from the final game.

What it doesn't mention was the internal conflict with the developers. EA was pushing Maxis to release the game, and how the team was divided between making the game "cutesy" and assessable for kids, or to take a more "realistic and scientific" approach with the game.

I have to agree. I love Spore, and really wish more people like it, and when finally someone makes a video for a wider audience, it just happens that they make a lot of dumb "lol a penis" jokes.

Maybe I'm being a little too serious here, but it really does make me a bit upset.

Can you guys exclude me from the nominations?  I'm satisfied from just being a normal poster.

A lot of people complain about Spore for not living up to its promises, and for sacrificing "science" for cutesy stuff. These are valid points.

However, I used to play Spore all the time, and I loved it, mostly, and I think its worth a play. If you pirate it, and you think its fun, you may want to go and buy it. 

So why did we do the PM thing if it;s going to be a popularity contest anyways

So I get to take on the Binocrat?

Sweet.

Thanks for the info guys. I assume this doesn't apply to easy yet, but if I understand it right the AIs just get free starting shit at a certain difficulty level? That's kind of cheap.

 

On Diety, AI starts off with several techs, an army, gold and production bonuses, and several settlers. I may be missing more.

Its the only way they really can make the game harder, since they can't improve the AI.

You know, for all the shit Gandhi gets, I've never actually had any problems with him.

But to also be fair, I don't think I've ever seen him make it to the atomic era.

From 0-10,  Gandhi's ability for nukes is 12. 

I mean, I know that Firaxis really wants a nuclear Gandhi, but seriously?

I have no idea why the Mongols have the highest loyalty rating in the game, but whatever.

Hilariously, Venice is the most likely to backstab you.

I never had a problem with Suleiman. That, and I admire his Turkish.

I've honestly had more problems with England, Ethiopia, and the Netherlands.

It's like the Lion King but with more incest

Wouldn't that just be Hamlet?

I want a Baguette sword to be in the game as an easter egg.

 

-Great Library, Petra and Hanging Gardens are (in my opinion) the absolute BEST wonders to get, especially early game.  If you're doing levels 1-4, and sometimes 5, you can and should be trying to go for these.  I almost always beeline writing so that I can rush a Library-the science bonus it gives you is amazing, and the free tech is great too.

 

I actually don't agree with the Great Library on higher difficulties. Civilizations will start with Pottery after a certain difficulty level and have a production boost, meaning that you are pretty much guaranteed to miss out on the Library, which means you've just wasted valuable time that you could have spent making units or improvements or workers.

The higher up you go in difficulty, the more you're going to have to be a bit cheaty in order to win.

David Hasslehoff walks into his agent's office and says, "From now on, I want to be know as 'The Hoff!'". His agent replies, "Sure, David. No hassle."

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