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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (328252)	3/9/2007 1:16:07 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577069

"What are the major differences in gameplay between Supreme Commander and its predecessor, Total Annihilation? Is it significantly different or just evolved?" Well, I got through a 4 commander game on that huge map. I've read that 4 players are all that's allowed online. It's like an evolved Strategic Conquest. If you're familiar with StratCon you'll be able to play this without cracking the manual. The main improvement is the ability to zoom in and out with the mouse wheel. Zoomed out, it displays the units as pictographic symbols common to strategic games. Or, you can zoom in to ground level and a large unit will fill the screen. My main way of moving around a map now is to zoom out where I am and zoom in where I want to be. You can "pan" 360 degrees at ground level with the spacebar. The higher level engineers can build lower level units, if you choose. I'm still discovering things I can do.. It's also got 3 factions, and all the factions have slightly different arms. They all have 3 different, giant, super units like the Krogoth in StratCon each. All factions have nukes, nuclear submarines and ABM systems. They all have sheild and stealth capabilities in some units. There are an entire menu of AI's, and in this game, the top AI's are fairly good, unlike Strategic Conquest. There's so much there, I'm expecting humans to develop some real devious and wicked strategies. There's a LOT of different ways to win, or lose.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (328252)	3/9/2007 10:32:02 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577069

Priests to purify site after Bush visit By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 9, 12:20 AM ET Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. "That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday. Bush's seven-day tour of Latin America includes a stopover beginning late Sunday in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans. Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits" after Bush's visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He also said the rites — which entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles — would prepare the site for the third summit of Latin American Indians March 26-30. Bush's trip has already has sparked protests elsewhere in Latin America, including protests and clashes with police in Brazil hours before his arrival. In Bogota, Colombia, which Bush will visit on Sunday, 200 masked students battled 300 riot police with rocks and small homemade explosives. The tour is aimed at challenging a widespread perception that the United States has neglected the region and at combatting the rising influence of Venezuelan leftist President Hugo Chavez, who has called Bush "history's greatest killer" and "the devil." Iximche, 30 miles west of the capital of Guatemala City, was founded as the capital of the Kaqchiqueles kingdom before the Spanish conquest in 1524.