January 27, 2004, 08:19
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Prince
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Guilty Pleasures of Nerve Stapling
When I started playing SMAC, I normally played "good guys" of one sort or another. One thing I didn't know about was pop booming (I'd read the manual, and had no online access) and I had this hideously successful SP game as Diedre where I kept seeing population increase "early" at multiple bases that "shouldn't" have, every turn. Then I'd get drone riots. Grumble.
Well this went on until the first solar storms. I wondered how these might affect sanctions, and suddenly let my inner monster free. My wife looked at me in utter shock when I suddenly, gleefully yelled "Yes, nerve staple them, nerve staple them ALL." and gleefully nerve stapled every city that even blinked at unrest. Watching those drones behave was bliss. Admit it. Inside each of us secretly a Yang lurks.
edited for spelling
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Last edited by Mr. Harley; January 29, 2004 at 01:54.
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January 27, 2004, 13:25
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King
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Haha I only nervestapled once and I felt so terrible afterwards 
And to think of it, that one time I did it, I was playing the Hive 
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January 27, 2004, 13:44
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King
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You care about sanctions ? and you call yourself a monster !?
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January 27, 2004, 14:23
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King
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The way I look at it if you have a strong economy and army go ahead and nerve staple. I will even go as far as using nerve gas in some of my attacks when confident that the consequences can't stop me. The only thing I'm reluctant to use is PB's. I will use them though if I have a ton of orbital defense sattelites and can take on the world in a war. 
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January 27, 2004, 15:06
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Chieftain
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The only thing that keeps me from using PB is the eco damage. There is absolutely nothing wrong with killing enemy faction citizens if their base is built on a stupid location.
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January 27, 2004, 15:26
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King
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Hippi, I'm sure glad you were not in the charge during the Cuban Missile Crisis 
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January 27, 2004, 16:50
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Provost
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Originally posted by Hippi
The only thing that keeps me from using PB is the eco damage. There is absolutely nothing wrong with killing enemy faction citizens if their base is built on a stupid location.
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Let me guess - you play with Hive?
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January 28, 2004, 20:38
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King
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 I try to resist the urge to nerve staple my rioting Drones until the charter is repealed (usually by myself and my submissive pactmates).
I use 'busters in the majority of my games.
I don't use nerve gas because I don't want to kill the enemy, just enlighten them into my new "utopia".
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January 28, 2004, 20:39
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King
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Originally posted by Lazerus
You care about sanctions ? and you call yourself a monster !?
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Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically
Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
***** Citizen of the Hive****
"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" - Dis
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January 28, 2004, 22:05
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Emperor
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Yep, those busters really enlighten them up, too.
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