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Sign how many years u play Aurora

5 years or more
14 (20%)
3 years or more
11 (15.7%)
1 year or more
17 (24.3%)
6 months or more
14 (20%)
1 months or more
11 (15.7%)
From 1977-78 (Traveller Era)
2 (2.9%)
From 1982-89 (Starfire Era)
0 (0%)
1990-2000
1 (1.4%)

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Offline waresky (OP)

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How Many Years u r into Space?
« on: January 23, 2012, 11:43:44 AM »
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 01:12:14 PM »
Can´t belive it´s been more than three and a half years. Where has the time gone :)

Aurora is pretty much all I played for the last two years - ok, a short burst of EVE has got me in it´s clutches right now, but that will pass again. Aurora will just stay.

Note: I bought Supreme Commander in the bargain bin, oh, a year or so ago. It is still sitting shrink wraped on the shelf. As the leader of a stellar empire, there is little time for "games" you know! ;)
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 02:35:51 PM »
If we count Starfire Assistant I go back to at lest v3.xx.  At least that is the oldest that I think can find backups for.  More than 10 years at least.
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 03:06:42 PM »
I started back when there were no forums and Steve was still on the Starfire list.

As for Starfire, I started playing that in the late 80's.
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2012, 11:26:59 AM »
I just started back in September or October. This ranks among the top three of my favourite games! Keep up the awesome work, Steve! (And you too, Erik!)
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2012, 12:55:32 PM »
I started last week XD. 

Really great game with a lot of possibility.  Not easy at all, but not really difficult, you just need a little patience (ok, more than a little  ;D) make the tutorials, read some usefull topics and ask for some things you don't understand, and you can beat the game ( if we consider that having a big empire in the galaxie mean beating the game ^^).

I'm lovin it ^^.
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 11:18:59 AM »
All the way back to when it started (and SA too)...
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2012, 11:57:58 AM »
Been with it since the start, and before that with Starfire Assistant. :)
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2012, 10:16:34 AM »
Quote from: Steve Walmsley on January 27, 2012, 11:18:59 AM
All the way back to when it started (and SA too)...


LOL.  I think I dropped in at SA 4x or 5x....

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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 04:43:17 AM »
Ohh God, I am getting old... :o
Remember buying Starfire in late 1979 or early 1980, loved the game from the beginning and crossed over to Star Fleet Battles at the same time...
Not sure with SA but its a couple of years ago or more...
By the way been a member in my wargames club for the last 33 years now, OK the club was without a regular place a couple of years but still playing at members places... Anyone that beats that record ;)
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 11:44:05 AM »
Quote from: ExChairman on February 07, 2012, 04:43:17 AM
Ohh God, I am getting old... :o
Remember buying Starfire in late 1979 or early 1980, loved the game from the beginning and crossed over to Star Fleet Battles at the same time...
Not sure with SA but its a couple of years ago or more...
By the way been a member in my wargames club for the last 33 years now, OK the club was without a regular place a couple of years but still playing at members places... Anyone that beats that record ;)

I still have my original Starfire ziplock games. :) Bought em around 79 at the Legionnaire Games in Honolulu.
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2013, 09:41:48 PM »
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Quote from: ExChairman on 07 February 2012, 21:43:17
Ohh God, I am getting old...
Remember buying Starfire in late 1979 or early 1980, loved the game from the beginning and crossed over to Star Fleet Battles at the same time...
Not sure with SA but its a couple of years ago or more...
By the way been a member in my wargames club for the last 33 years now, OK the club was without a regular place a couple of years but still playing at members places... Anyone that beats that record


I still have my original Starfire ziplock games.  Bought em around 79 at the Legionnaire Games in Honolulu.


Dunno about beating it, but around the same vintage (except I encountered SFB first then Starfire courtesy of Hugh T & Other Hugh).

Was playing SA in '97 or '98 I think - certainly before I moved to Oz.  I remember the Rigellians first Warp Point assault.
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2013, 07:45:46 AM »
Well if we're talking about when we started wargaming...for me that would be around 1975 when SPI published Spartan.  If chess or checkers that would be some time in the 60's with my dad.  ;D  I know I'm certainly not the oldest on the forum, so there are plenty that should have started even earlier than me.

Games published by Steve Cole.. that would be SFB around 1985 with my brother and first edition Starfire around 87 in my gaming group.

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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2013, 03:18:03 AM »
@Hawkeye

I recommend you get Forged Alliance (the standalone expansion for Sup Com - you can get it for a tenner) and check out the online community at Forged Alliance Forever. It's brilliant. I don't usually do RTS - deep strategy is my thing, but FAF is different.
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Re: How Many Years u r into Space?
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2013, 08:30:05 AM »
Traveller : 1978

2300 AD : 198x +

1st Starfire

and 1st Starfire Assistant.

and Aurora Ver. 2,x +

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