The TA Community

Now, a certain PH fellow has been harping on me to lay down that sacred game (TotalA), and become a SupCommer. For those unfamiliar to the game- SupCom (short for Supreme Commander) is like TA's modern nephew. And in stats, its better than TA in almost every way. SupCom has better graphics, better storyline, better user interface, more factions- the works. But for some reason I can't convey, SupCom can't compare to Total Annihilation. So as a struggled to put my feelings into words, I stumbled unto some TA forums (www.tauniverse.com, www.tazone.com). And although some of the talk was typical and crass, I immeadiately fell in love with their random, sarcastic, and witty banter. Here are some quotes:

Trippen: Who else can't get a job for the life of themselves?

I'm know I'm not alone, but how much so on TAU?

I blame flashbang, for his ignorance. (It is a bliss, I suppose)

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Colonel Sanders: Sure, everyone's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but put it in the body of a great white shark oooooooohh, suddenly you've gone too far.

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Notthatkindoforc: ... So your locked in a room with flashbang, a seriously ticked off hedgehog, 4 mexican jumping beans and pikachu, wat do you do?"

Colonel_Sanders," I declare these threads too stupid for even flashbang."

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Chocoabom 2047: just to fun-up the forum!

What's your favourite food? tell it here with much enthusiasm, like you told your grandma once!

Chocoabom 2047: Mine is everything but paprika

Tomcat: Lobster.

Francois: Things that are too good for you to even know about them!

Bidigam: All foods on this post seem delicious- If you never ate before in your life.

DoomsDay: I make a mean guacamole.

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DannyU: "Fail" creates a depression in space-time, "flames" eventually "roll" into this funnel, and as critical mass is reached, I eat a kitten whole, and beat up a puppy.

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Get the picture? I could keep going... =)

But anyway, some of these guys have been playing each other for nine years, ever since they were young, and got the game. In a weird way, they kinda seem like a family. Their love of TA and hate of Flashbang keep 'em together. This game has a DEDICATED following, that manages to avoid being cultish. Anyone here know about R2-D2, that beloved droid from StarWars? Or maybe Wall-E? they had been around so long that they developed personalities of their own. In a way, thats kinda how I look at this old game. This game- a game that hardly anyone knows about anymore, a game you won't find on any gamestore shelf, a game with a pitiful excuse for graphics, a game with only the bare bones of storyline- has history. 13 years of it, in fact, and still counting. The kind off spirit SupCom could only dream to have.

Now pardon me if I'm getting all mellow-dramatic about a simple computer game, but their's something beyond gameplay in it that I admire. Anyway, in my opinion, Chris Taylor threw a lot away when he gave up on TA....

P.S. What would YOU do if you were locked in a room Flashbang, a seriously ticked off hedgehog, 4 Mexican jumping beans, and Pikachu?