... I hate Windows...

[Caecilian]

Can't you get access to a pc at all?

If I buy one? :S

You could try getting the cheapest possible 2nd hand PC. MoO doesn't require much processing power, and would run on practically anything. Of course your PC would be useless for doing anything other than playing MoO or other old games. (BTW: did you ever play Alpha Centauri? That was another old game that was very good indeed; if you got a 2nd hand PC you could play that too ).

But no Silicoids...? Or would that have been overkill? ^_^

No, not in that one. But see below.

The Klackon are usually Xenophobic... it's very hard to make (and stay) friends with them. I think you should add this reason in:

-Started between both the Klackon and the Psilon... hardly a friendly spot to be occupying.

Xenophobic is an understatement. The point is that you can postpone wars with them with gifts of useless tech. This buys you time to research techs like the wonderful Structural Analyzer (x2 damage to beams after penetrating shields; combine with autofire AP and SP if you can get them, and you're looking at truly hideous amounts of damage).

The start wasn't good, thats for sure. But no excuses. If I'd played better I still might have won.

Anyway, game #2 is now underway. I decided to play customized Psilons this time (used to play customized Trilarians, as I did in the first game), purely so that I wouldn't have to play against the fuckers. Also decided to play a huge galaxy with 8 players (i.e. max for both).

So far, so good. Our rivals are: Sakkara, Silicoids, Gnolam, Bulrathi, Humans, Elerians, plus one that I haven't met yet. I'm neighbours with the Sakkara, Bulrathi and Elerians, and sort of neighbours with the Silicoids and Gnolam (started out quite centrally). Predictably, the Sakkara and Silicoids have expanded like crazy, and both of 'em hate my guts. We have a sustantial tech lead, and this time round we're armed to the fucking teeth. Our fleet is roughly the same size as the Silicoids, though smaller than the Sakkara; everyone else has fewer ships. And we have structural analyzers.

Planning to launch a war against the Sakkara in maybe 10 yrs time (have timed my ship production for this).

Have fun!

I am.