Yeah, I agree. It's incredible how alot of Margaritha drinking by the devs can improve a games atmosphere so much. A big + for the Frog and his team drinking more Margarithas.

There was a similar thread a while back and Frogboy had this to say about it:

"Old McDonald had a farm...Eyey Eyey O...And on his farm he had a Khzithak...Eyey Eyey O...With a ARHHFAHHAAAAAAAAARRRGIIIAAA HELP AAAUUU HELP! IT'S GNAWING OFF MY..."

Just have all games that are connected to an active Internet connection able to be monitored by a Stardock dev, which will jump in on a computer players comments and start talking to anyone razzing someone, trying to egg one on

Just keep it a secret so people are in awe of how real the computers comments are

ect... Hey where are you from anyways?  When you answer WI, the computer then adds, Ah, now I understand Can't play football, all they do is eat cheese lol... Show me what you got.  BTW your quarterback threw the game , you owe me $1000 credits.

I guess I'm in the minority, but I absolutely despised all the "humorous" dialogue and tech descriptions in Galciv2.  In fact, the writing was the one thing I really did hate about the game.  If this was Donkey Kong, I could maybe see it being light hearted, but in a game like this I'd rather it be as science fictiony as possible for the sake of immersion.  It just gave me the feeling that the devs didn't even take their own game seriously (which seems to be true, since now I find out that they came up with all that crap while blitzed on margaritas).

I think I read somewhere here on the forums where they claim to have actual writers employed for that stuff this time around, so I've got my fingers crossed for a bit more seriousness.

I'm all for keeping the banter humorous. And as far as Syfi immersion is concerned, these are completely alien species that we are supposed to be dealing with. We have no idea what would be considered 'serious' by their standards. In fact, it seems kind of myopic to think that all species in the universe would have the same attitudes that we do. 

Farlun04, I think that is an excellent view. 

Wetballs, I respect that view, although I think that when I meet an alien who thinks everyone is on the menu his attitude could be banal and humorous. 

lets hear it for Humor in dialogue..

Brithey Spears part was brilliant, probably my favorite. Turned into local gag also.

I wonder if it'll be possible to create two versions (a-la Fallout New Vegas) - one for fun, and one for serious.

Galciv1 "Near Omniscience's" description, if I'm not mistaken. Something like "We've discovered the reasons of popularity of Britnes Spears in early 21st century so now it's safe to say we know almost everything".

But who the fuck doesnt like the humourous comments? What demographic would that feature serve?

IMHO it should be implemented to wider scale. More puns and all that.

Improved dialogue quality, not automatically a positive thing. Maybe they will try to please them all. And in doing so, losing the edge!

Good question:  what is the relationship between humor and immersion in a sci-fi / fantasy game?  Very good - never thought about it.  First thoughts:  Immersion in the game means having my attention - not boring me - giving me a challenge.  Sometimes the humor flows out of the ms-communication, or candor of the ambassadors.  Other times its an easter egg.  Perhaps I am wired a bit differently (no snide remarks were not in game    ) but a good laugh doesn't break down the fourth wall for me.  Yes, I want my sci fi 4x games more like Star wars and less like space balls.  But admit it... the first produced star wars movie owed much of its charm and appeal to the humor already in it.  "walking fur ball..." and escaping the death star guards by ditching in an uber dumpster complete with tentacles, of all things.  Classic tongue in cheek humor.  GalCiv had it.  Galciv2 had less.  GalCiv3, needs more than 2, just don't send in the clowns - unless they are closely related to the one named "It".