so there is no way to play against other people? if not r they coming out with it?

k thanx

There is no rumour. They have said if there was enough demand, they would do it. They took a poll, and multiplayer got defeated heavily. So it's very unlikely, unless the next vote when the time comes has changed the result.

Look at it this way....even the shortest game would last hours. Doesn't leave much potential for multiplayer.

Wrong... long gameplay sessions currently exists in other successful TBS games such as AOW:SM, CIV_4 and Dominions_3. Dominions_3 can take over an hour to do one turn yet new games are still being played by the multiplayer community.

Also 1/3 (one-third) of the community has asked for multiplayer... this is a significant amount of gamers considering the game is currently SP_only. If Stardock wants to really consider how importantly significant MP would be then one only has to imagine the flood of complaints Civilization_4 would recieve if their next CIV patch broke multiplayer. If 1/3(one-third) of the USA wanted to start a revolution I guarantee it would get noticed not only by the US government but globally.

It also should be considered that many multiplayer gamers were not here to vote for multiplayer because this currently is a singleplayer game.... thus it's like walking into a sophisticated symphony and asking each of the people seated if they'd be interested in buying tickets to a baseball game. Ideally if Stardock wanted to get an accurate poll on total potential customers interested in multiplayer the poll should have been hosted by gamespot or another popular game website then from this website link it to the poll.

One third of the community using gc2 said yes, and odds are it'll decrease a lot. It was said that one third is not worth the money, and that was 300 people out of over half a million (I think). If a greater poll occured, MP still wouldn't get enough to make it worth the time.

The MP POLL was based on 3000 votes... and 1/3(one-third) voted for multiplayer which is 1000 votes out of almost 3000 of the total. This is factual... please do more reading before posting.

Also 1/3 (one-third) of the community has asked for multiplayer... this is a significant amount of gamers considering the game is currently SP_only

Its about 1000 people. Hardly significant. Honestly I can't imagine GC MP being really that much of an issue to most people out there. Frankly the game plays better as SP, as that's what its geared to. People who want MP space games will likely look to SEV or whatever.

Can you imagine the screams from an MP comunity about balance of the races and techs and alignments and...

Yeah, I can, and I don't want to see it.

Correct my math if it's wrong, but that's 1,000 * $25 (low estimate), so $25,000! Just for adding in MP, and this is just a SAMPLE of the full amount of people who'd purchase it, as obviously not everyone who would buy it voted, by a long shot I'd wager. Say it takes 3 months to code in MP... scaled to a year, that's $100,000 a year. That should cover the person's salary, and again, these are all low numbers.

It could very well be 1/5th of the actual size, so now you're looking at 500,000, half a million bucks, just for adding in MP. Not too shabby.

Personally, I'd rebuy the game again if they added tactical combat, and I have a feeling more people would rebuy for that feature than MP! So right there they could easily make another million $s! C'mon dev's get on it!

Correct my math if it's wrong, but that's 1,000 * $25 (low estimate), so $25,000! Just for adding in MP, and this is just a SAMPLE of the full amount of people who'd purchase it, as obviously not everyone who would buy it voted, by a long shot I'd wager. Say it takes 3 months to code in MP... scaled to a year, that's $100,000 a year. That should cover the person's salary, and again, these are all low numbers. It could very well be 1/5th of the actual size, so now you're looking at 500,000, half a million bucks, just for adding in MP. Not too shabby. Personally, I'd rebuy the game again if they added tactical combat, and I have a feeling more people would rebuy for that feature than MP! So right there they could easily make another million $s! C'mon dev's get on it!

Ideally Stardock should plan a strategy to capture as many sales from an expansion as possible... here's my suggestion listed within another topic:

The PLAN to make everyone happy:

from Stardock We have 5 slots. Multiplayer would eat up at least 3 of those slots...

Release the first expansion which provides Hotseat as one of the features since a funky workaround already exists that would be only 1 slot... 2 slots if you guys drink heavily at work. This leaves at least 3 slots for new game features.... which allows you to not only keep MP gamers happy, but also make existing SP_only gamers happy as well !!
The second expansion can do LAN multiplayer which would be another 2 slots leaving 3 slots for new game features. And because this will increase your gaming community your sales will increase as well making everyone happy.

The PLAN to make everyone happy !!!

But it works right so if you want to play against someone use it...

i recon they should just wait till gc3.
I cant imagine ill still be playing this game heavily by the time a second expansion comes along.
I like the game alot, for now, but i do feel its life time for me will be limited.

ok

I am in no way directing this at the OP but at the other people here arguing for MP.
This is really a pointless topic. I do understand why some people would want to play a human player. A lan or hot seat game may even appeal to alot of people. But how many people out there who have full time jobs and families with friends that also have full time jobs and families can find the time to get together and play a game that takes hours and sometimes even days to play. And multi player over the internet is full of problems. Every online multi player site I've ever seen is full of complaints. If you truly want multi player or a game that requires an internet connection than buy a game that has it. If you're going to buy a game that says it is single player, than accept that and move on. You knew what you were getting when you bought it. Multi player is not a big selling point for me. If it has it fine, if it doesn't fine too. I see a lot of games that look great that are Massive Online Multi player games. You don't see me buying these games and harrasing the developers and the community because they are not catering to my desire to have single player. No instead I have the common sense and decency to realize that the game is not what I want and I don't buy it.
If GC2 does not have the gaming features you want, maybe it is because you were not it's target audience. If the game is not what you want than you shouldn't have bought it. And if you don't like it because it doesn't have multiplayer than stop playing it and leave the rest of us alone. There are not many games out there that are designed for solitary gamers, don't ruin things for those of us that don't want to be forced into playing multiplayer or online. You wouldn't like it if I went to your MoM and complained about the company and the game because I want single player. So why don't you just treat the company and the people who bought the game because it is single player with the respect you expect us to give you.