What race do you mainly play?[ 76 votes ]
1.	HE	3 / 4%
2.	SS	12 / 16%
3.	WM	7 / 9%
4.	CA	5 / 7%
5.	IS	6 / 8%
6.	SD	5 / 7%
7.	PP	4 / 5%
8.	IT	14 / 18%
9.	AR	6 / 8%
10.	JOAT	7 / 9%
11.	Depends on game	7 / 9%

Here is the first Poll! Hope it works

I was curious as to what races others like to play most of the time.
Powerful CA vs sneaky SS.....
Yes, your choice of race will most likely depend on the game scenario, but you may have a favorite.

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I voted for IT as thats obviously my Favoured Race

When I forst got Stars! earlier on this year I read the strategy guide (While anxiously waiting for the game to arrive) and thought that IT sounded like an excellent race. I liked the idea of stargates and was disappointed (and a bit embarrased ) to find everyone else got them!

I've only played IT in the MultiPlayer games, tried other races, but was like, How do you manage not being able to gate population!!

I am trying to get round to playing other Races but IT is the one that seems to "fit" at the moment

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A lot has changed in my 3 years absence from "Stars!", but at least one thing remains constant: SD is still unpopular.

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Hey, I like SD. It's a devastating warrior prt if you know how to use it correctly. The catch is that few players below advanced level know how to use it correctly, and think of it as a "defensive" race that hides behind its mines.
Cheh.
It is unpopular to have as an enemy....
I thought about choosing it in the poll, but I like WM, SS, and IT too well.... so I had to pick "depends on the game".

And as a note, I despise CA and kill them on sight.

[Updated on: Sun, 12 January 2003 19:07]

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Interesting that in the game I am playing right now, we have 8 players and 3 of them are SD

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mitchell wrote on Sun, 12 January 2003 21:55

Interesting that in the game I am playing right now, we have 8 players and 3 of them are SD

Yeah, and also 3 IT, a no-show, and a poor AR caught in the middle. How's that for a weird mix? Not a JoaT or CA in the bunch...

EDog, cheerfully losing a Careful conflict

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Coyote wrote on Sun, 12 January 2003 15:56

The catch is that few players below advanced level know how to use it correctly, and think of it as a "defensive" race that hides behind its mines.

Well, there ya go, you pegged me there.
Actually, I tried SD once long ago; I kept blowing up my own ships.

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[Updated on: Mon, 13 January 2003 14:24]

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Hahaha! You guys are so devious, I love it! Thanks for the insight, you two make SD sound like a lot of fun all the sudden. Any new games starting? I wanna play a new prt I've never played before.

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zoid wrote on Mon, 13 January 2003 16:56

Hahaha! You guys are so devious, I love it! Thanks for the insight, you two make SD sound like a lot of fun all the sudden. Any new games starting? I wanna play a new prt I've never played before.

SD can be a lot of fun to play, and against a sharp player, devilishly difficult to defeat. Ken Mitchell is making brilliant use of an SD in Careful Wars (want to post any pointers here, Ken?).

EDog

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Such praise from a master
Brilliant - I do not think so. You do not see the messages that say "Your fleet has been destroyed by your exploding mines"
But I do get to see fun messages such as
"Fizzit Flashlight+ #4 has been stopped in your Standard mine field at Space (1416, 1719). Your mines have inflicted 16125 damage points, but you didn't manage to destroy any ships."
To bad I did not kill any ships

SD is fun but a lot of MM due to the mines.
My first time playing them, but not the last

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