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Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread

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Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread

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You have dared to enter the lair of the most ferocious predators in the galaxy!

It is the ulitmate destiny of the Kzinti to conquer the other civilizations of the galaxy, subjugate and enslave any who may prove useful to us, and devour the rest. The Fanged God has ordained that this is how it will be.

In just 26 octals of days (7 months or so...Kzinti count in base 8), the Kzinti Empire rose from obscurity, to #1 on the Metaverse. With the blessings of the Fanged God, we have remained dominant for 100s more octals of days since that auspicious day.  We leapt past the other empires, and our mighty domain now encompasses over 32 million more light years than the second most powerful empire.  The most recent Galactic Map data shows that we have subjugated over 45% of the galaxy.  Many warriors from the old and dying empires have joined us, to avoid being eaten along with the rest.  We hunger to establish indefinite supremacy over all the inferior sentient species...

We have also been #1 on the AltMeta for over 3 years running. The Empire grows more powerful with each passing day as new conquests are won, and more warriors join us in our inevitable rise to rule the galaxy!

The Kzinti are a species of bipedal space-faring feline predators, who love nothing more than conquest and battle. Created by sci-fi writer Larry Niven, the Kzinti have had many stories written about them, most notably in the Man-Kzin Wars series of books. They have also shown up in the Star Trek universe, and a number of other realities.

 

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"Kzinti flesh has a very strong and pungent taste. The weak among us are devoured by their litter-mates within a few moons of birthing. Only the swiftest and most ferocious of us survive to their first naming-day. Those not fit to survive will never live to perpetuate their inferior bloodlines. This is the natural law of the galaxy." - Kzinti Warrior

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"The meaning of life is the hot blood of your prey on your tongue, the meat that rends beneath your teeth, the corpse of your enemy left in the sun for the carrion eaters to finish, your defeated foe groveling in submission before you. That is what life is. We are the Kzinti, and we stronger, swifter, wiser, and more ferocious than any other race ever was or will be." - Kzinti philosopher

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If your claws can grasp it, then it is rightfully yours. - Kzinti proverb

A salute to all those heroic t'kzintar who have made this empire a resounding success. Our conquests continue and the galaxy will never know peace!

Join the Kzinti in our quest for galactic dominance, or become our prey…

Click here to join the Kzinti Empire!

Click here to visit our forums at the Galactic Core

Click here to download the Kzinti ship and race mod from the Library

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Reply #176 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ugh, crap score for last game. I feel that I've been ripped off. xD


All other victory types will score lower than a military victory. The basic things you need to increase your score are military rating, population, economic power, and technology score. Among those, tech seems to be the least efficient way to pump up your scores. There are all kinds of ways to increase each of these, so figuring out what works best for your syle of play is important. Also very important is doing everything faster. You'll score much higher if you get your various ratings up earlier in the game.

One thing I've found for out of memory, is not letting it actually happen...

I play with auto save set to 3 turns. Superstitously, I don't like it to save too often. As soon as I see the graphics knock out, I finish the turn (not hit turn tho...), alt-tab out, alt tab back in, and then save.

When I say graphics knock out, for me that's the white box of doom that replaces explosions, or the other favorite, the mangled background for invasion.

Alt-tabing out frees up enough that I can always save it. I don't push it after that though... (then you get really bad crashes...)

For me, i can play gigantic, but I can't play abundant/abundant. I throttle down stars or planets. Also setting away from scattered reduces planets as well. For me, these settings on maso give about 100k average, without too much of a memory issue. (when it crashes, I take it as a sign to quit...)


I'll try ALT-Tab next time I see the "box of doom". Thanks. :) When it's appeared I have just quit the game and lost what few turns I completed since the last autosave. The most my system can manage is a huge map with everything set to abundant, except habitable planets, which is set to common. The best score I've managed with those settings is just over 150k.

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Reply #177 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Still around I see.

My Beagle caught a Kizinti in my back yard the other day, must have been snowblind.
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #178 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Still around, and still ravenous for conquest! Soon the Kzinti will surpass the HCH and then there's only one obstacle left to reach #1. How would you like to add a shiny new bronze (soon to be silver) medal to your collection PlayJeff? ;) The Hitchhikers seem to be just about done. FB left, MacMatt is absent and seems disinterested, and I have spoken to RedClaw who has said he would likely join the Kzinti if the Hitchhikers stay so inactive. Maybe marriedwithchild needs a new home?

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Reply #179 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Arrg! I'm going to abandon my current game and set up a custom Yor. I made way too many mistakes early on and I'm paying for them in year 3. Even the lowly Terrans are walking on me.  :( 

I might lower the difficulty a little if I can't make the custom Yor work at suicidal.

DA seems so much slower going than DL. I'm surprised that so many MVL players made those 0 year wins.

My goal on this first game is to make it into the top 10 of the empire. That should be doable. Back to work for me now and I'll start a new game tonight.  :) 
Reply #180 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
unliike a cat, Jeff is so not easily amused by your little playthings. I have warned you before KP that the time of judgment is coming for the Kzinti Empire, I suggest you tread lightly. Forces unseen have been called and are preparing to muster against you.


oh, in other news lol, i think I'm gonna write an AAR again here. It will even have the Kzinti in it ;)
Reply #181 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Berfore this irrational beligerency by the Olympian Gods, the Kzinti held no ill will towards them. Perhaps Zeus has lost his senses and is having fever-dream delusions? But that is irrelevant, for the Kzinti take any threat seriously whether it be small or large. With a storm of claws and fangs we will carve a path of red ruin through your people, and leave your carcass to stink in the high sun!


Another AAR....cool. :) Have you read any of the stories/novel about the Kzinti? THere are quite a few, writtten by many different great sci-fi authors. Your last AAR was quite good, although I wish it had been finished. Good to see you are feeling better enough to engage in threats and taunts (and writing) again. ;) What sort of nasty illness do/did you have?

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Reply #182 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Berfore this irrational beligerency by the Olympian Gods, the Kzinti held no ill will towards them. Perhaps Zeus has lost his senses and is having fever-dream delusions? But that is irrelevant, for the Kzinti take any threat seriously whether it be small or large. With a storm of claws and fangs we will carve a path of red ruin through your people, and leave your carcass to stink in the high sun!


Another AAR....cool. Have you read any of the stories/novel about the Kzinti? THere are quite a few, writtten by many different great sci-fi authors. Your last AAR was quite good, although I wish it had been finished. Good to see you are feeling better enough to engage in threats and taunts (and writing) again. What sort of nasty illness do/did you have?

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Kzinti fur ball
Reply #183 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i did finish "From the Shadows" if you ever get a chance...it was a unique take on why the Thalans came and its effects.

I'm still recovering from a bronchial/sinus infection, abs. no fun
Reply #184 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
i did finish "From the Shadows" if you ever get a chance...it was a unique take on why the Thalans came and its effects.

I'm still recovering from a bronchial/sinus infection, abs. no fun [/quote]

Oh yes I did finish that one...I forgot that was yours too. I didnt know you quite as well then. I was thinking of the one about the Terran Commonwealth. You really did an excellent job with From the Shadows!

Move your computer next to your bed so you dont have to get up. Mines been in that sort of arrangement for years. I find it much more comfortable to be able to lounge around while playing. ;)


Kzinti fur ball


Thanks Jeff! ;)

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Reply #185 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Commander Mulfia *ahem* Nice, even though it was a craptastic win it earned me a raise in rank at least.


Edit : Look at my last win, 2 years only >:) I want to see if I can do it in 1 year.


Does difficulty raise the score multipliers?
Reply #186 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Excellent speed Mulfia! That is one key to getting higher scores. Raising the difficulty does increase your score, but not by a huge amount.

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Reply #188 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Something like that Raphael... ;) Welcome to the Kzinti! :D

Another elite warrior has joined his strength to ours, and we will have surpassed the High Command Hegemony by tomorrow. The Diplomats will feel our jaws at their throats soon!

Soon we can enjoy our shiny new silver medals.  :CONGRAT: 

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Reply #189 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Soon we can enjoy our shiny new silver medals.


The Kzinti will not go unchallenged. You can be sure of that.
Reply #190 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
My Beagle still catches these Kzinitis. Usually while they're crapping in my sons sandbox.
Reply #191 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
thinking of beagles, ya see that one won for the first time in the Amer. Kennel show last night? I've always loved beagles, the only breed other than labs/retrievers that I can stand. we (me and my roomies) have been talking about getting a dog, hopefully
Reply #192 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Soon we can enjoy our shiny new silver medals.


The Kzinti will not go unchallenged. You can be sure of that.


I wouldn't want it any other way FB. :)

I did notice about the beagle SB, but I didn't watch the actual show. Animal Planet is one of my favorite channels, not surprisingly. If I happen to catch some of a dog show, I can never decide if I like it or not. They are fascinating in a way that you might look at a really strange insect. I kinda feel sorry for the dogs sometimes, because I always think they would be happier running around and playing with other dogs, sniffing butts, humping legs, and eating random nasty things they find on the ground. ;) Some of them do seem to enjoy it, but it still seems like such an odd spectacle to me.

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Reply #193 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
oh i don't watch the shows, same as i don't watch horse races...maybe its my Midwestern upbringing but I have no desire to watch that Old Blood pomp and circumstance. I just happened to catch the last little bit and I actually like Beagles, and so I watched. I'm a fan of REAL dogs (meaning I can't fit them in my gf's purse or need to bring a comb so I can redo their curls), so 75% of all breeds don't constitute dogs to me lol.
Reply #194 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Only good dog is a working dog. Those little crap rat dogs remind me of cats. Useless
Reply #195 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
oh i don't watch the shows, same as i don't watch horse races...maybe its my Midwestern upbringing but I have no desire to watch that Old Blood pomp and circumstance. I just happened to catch the last little bit and I actually like Beagles, and so I watched. I'm a fan of REAL dogs (meaning I can't fit them in my gf's purse or need to bring a comb so I can redo their curls), so 75% of all breeds don't constitute dogs to me lol.


I totally agree....I dont think I could take watching an entire dog show. I look at wolves, then look at some of the strange shapes that some dog breeds have been morphed into and it just seems ridiculous. I understand completely what you mean when you say "real" dogs. The idea of the pure-bred dog bothers me too. Same for cats....most of those pure-bred ones are sort of creepy in my opinion. My cat Loki would eat them for lunch. ;)

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Reply #196 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Here kitty, kitty. :)

Nice kitty, kitty. ;)

Actually I saw an episode of The Most Extreme on the Animal Planet channel where the subject was animals that prey on the largest number of different prey species and the number 1 predator on that basis was the common housecat.

I know this is a total non-sequitur. Just me saying Hi. :LOL:

I'm a fan of REAL dogs (meaning I can't fit them in my gf's purse or need to bring a comb so I can redo their curls), so 75% of all breeds don't constitute dogs to me lol.

Yep I definitely agree with this. I call these kinds of dogs "snack" dogs, because that's all they'd really be for a real dog. :)
Reply #197 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
whoa Mumble, you sippin on the kool-aid today? :LOL:
Reply #198 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
You should watch the movie Best In Show. Its a great comedy poking fun at dog shows and what goes on behind the scenes and in these people's heads...
Reply #199 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
whoa Mumble, you sippin on the kool-aid today?

Well to be honest my doctor gave me a perscription for Vicoden when I threw out my back and today is the first day in awhile that I'm feeling no pain. ;p
Reply #200 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Here kitty, kitty.

Nice kitty, kitty.

I know this is a total non-sequitur. Just me saying Hi.


Hi Mumble, I think this is your first appearance on this thread...welcome! You do sound slightly loopy though, just how much Vicodin have you been taking. ;)

You should watch the movie Best In Show. Its a great comedy poking fun at dog shows and what goes on behind the scenes and in these people's heads...


I have seen that movie, and it made me laugh quite a bit. I think it probably does contain quite a few kernals of truth about dog shows.

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