Riding the Red Line to Victory

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I just had the most bizzare game ever (on challenging).

I was an evil race, and I drove my economy into the ground (to a point where it was not able to recover). Yet, by a series of stratigic alliances, a race surrendering to me, declaring wars on people who would later opt for peace, and excessivve tech trading (I led the galaxy in tech despite only researching 29 by myself), I managed a dipomatic win. By end game I was -70,000 bc, with -120 bc a turn (with full taxes and zero spending), and 80% approval (I did lose two planets to revolutions, but I got one back).

I didn't think it was possible to win, but I guess that goes to show what can happen if you stick to it.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well done, never heard of anyone winning like that.

Most people believe it's impossible to win in GC2 without a secure economic base.

Alot of people would have given up.  
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Most people believe it's impossible to win in GC2 without a secure economic base.

Alot of people would have given up.


I was one of them until about three hours ago! The only reason I stayed with it at first was to see if I could get myself overthrown, then I realized I could pull it off so I went for it.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Feud, I always knew you were evil... now I have the proof.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well talk about being a tyrant, massacring your economy so you can win.  
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well talk about being a tyrant, massacring your economy so you can win.


That's not quite how it happened, I drove my economy into the ground to try and get my people to over throw me. It wasn't until it was long past recovery (with only two planets and no way to build or research anything) that I realized that I could actually pull it off.

Feud, I always knew you were evil... now I have the proof.


Hey, my people loved me byt he time it was over! I had a cult of personality! And if history has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, popular people aren't ever really evil, just misunderstood.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
And if history has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, popular people aren't ever really evil, just misunderstood.