Maddy WavesJun 20, 2025
🇬🇧 And thus, #Homeworld1 comes to a close!
It was a long, perilous journey, but with endurance and determination, we made it through. (And with the various ships stolen from our enemies - those also helped. 😂)
More than 25 years after its release, the original #Homeworld is still absolutely gorgeous - sure, it may not play as smoothly as more modern #RTS games and some parts can be a bit tedious, but this old gem still has lost none of its charm.

🇩🇪 Und so endet Homeworld 1!
Es war eine lange Reise voller Gefahren, aber mit Willen und Durchhaltevermögen haben wir sie bestanden. (Und mit den vielen gestohlenen Schiffen unserer Feinde - die waren sehr hilfreich. 😂)
Mehr als 25 Jahre nach Release ist das erste Homeworld immer noch wunderschön - sicher, es spielt sich vielleicht nicht so flüssig wie modernere RTS-Spiele und manche Stellen können etwas langatmig sein, aber diese alte Perle hat nichts von ihrem Charme eingebüßt.

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Maddy WavesJun 20, 2025
Just WHY does it have to be so hard to keep Captain Elson alive in the final mission? (Oh, suicidal NPCs in strategy games, how I loathe you...)
Still, I didn't have it in me to just let him die - that guy risked so much when he decided to defect and help the Kushan, and I wanted him to be there to see his efforts come to fruition.
After my umpteenth attempt, the futile tries to heal him with my Support Frigates (just WHY do you refuse healing allied units?!? 😑), and the realization that the lone Ion Array Frigate in my group of Ion Cannon Frigates was slowing me down and keeping me from catching up with him (on the bench you go 🙄), I FINALLY found a way for Elson to survive.
I mean, it may not have been strictly necessary, but at least I can have my peace of mind now. 😌

(🇩🇪 im Thread ⬇️)

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Maddy WavesJun 18, 2025

🇬🇧 Y'know, I always think it's cool if a game manages to integrate storytelling with gameplay.
So, the fact that Karan's announcements are suddenly gone when she's knocked out cold is a really nice touch - also, the fact that I didn't even notice that they shot down one of my Resource Collectors is proof that you can lose track of the action pretty quickly without Karan's alerts. 😅

🇩🇪 Wisst ihr, ich finde es immer sehr nice, wenn ein Spiel es schafft, Storytelling und Gameplay miteinander zu integrieren.
Daher finde ich es ziemlich cool, dass die Durchsagen von Karan plötzlich weg sind, als sie ausgeknockt wird - und dass sie mir einen meiner Ressourcensammler abgeschossen haben, ohne, dass ich es überhaupt bemerkt habe, beweist, dass man ohne Karans Warnungen ziemlich schnell den Überblick verlieren kann... 😅

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Maddy WavesJun 18, 2025

🇬🇧 When she says "maximum number of ships in the fleet", you know you're the naughtiest ship thief in the galaxy... 😅

🇩🇪 Wenn sie sagt "maximale Anzahl von Schiffen in der Flotte", dann weißt du, dass du der fieseste Schiffsdieb der gesamten Galaxie bist... 😅

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Maddy WavesJun 16, 2025
🇬🇧 "So, how many Ion Cannon Frigates do you want?"
"YES."

🇩🇪 "Also, wie viele Ionenkanonen-Fregatten willst du?"
"JA."

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Maddy WavesJun 16, 2025
🇬🇧 Some people say the Bridge of Sighs in #Homeworld1 is named after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, the last point from where convicts about to be imprisoned could see the outside world. (In reference to this potentially being the last point from where the exiled Hiigarans could see their homeworld.)
Little did they know it's named after the exasperated sighs of the players who have to put up with all the turtling.

🇩🇪 Manche sagen, die Brücke der Seufzer in #Homeworld 1 wäre nach der Seufzerbrücke in Venedig benannt, der letzte Ort, an dem Häftlinge auf ihrem Weg ins Gefängnis die Außenwelt sehen konnten. (Als Anspielung darauf, dass dies möglicherweise der letzte Ort ist, von dem aus die Hiigaraner auf ihrem Weg ins Exil ihre Heimatwelt sehen konnten.)
Was sie jedoch nicht wussten, ist, dass sie nach den entnervten Seufzern der Spieler/innen benannt ist, die das ganze Turtling über sich ergehen lassen müssen.

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Maddy WavesJun 14, 2025

🇬🇧 #Homeworld1 pilot shenanigans, 3rd edition 🤣

🇩🇪 Die Marotten der #Homeworld 1-Piloten, Edition Nr. 3 🤣

Song: You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive

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Maddy WavesJun 13, 2025

🇬🇧 Lesson learned: Don't have more than four carriers in #Homeworld1.
It may seem tempting to snatch an extra one from the enemy, but if your ships dock with it, they'll just disappear into the carrier - seriously, it just swallows them right up.
Well, bugs sure are one way to put a stop to exploits... 😂

🇩🇪 Lektion gelernt: Hab niemals mehr als vier Trägerschiffe in #Homeworld 1.
Es mag verlockend sein, sich ein viertes vom Gegner zu mopsen, aber wenn die eigenen Schiffe da andocken, verschwinden sie einfach in dem Trägerschiff - wirklich, wie vom Erdboden verschluckt.
Tja, Bugs sind auf jeden Fall eine Methode, Exploits zu unterbinden... 😂

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Maddy WavesJun 13, 2025

The Karos Graveyard experience:

"It's probably best if I take out these autoturrets with my fighters."
"Wow, these things are tearing through my fighters like wet paper..."
"Can I use Cloaked Fighters for this?... Yes, I can! ...Wait, no, I can't." :/
"Okay, whatever, I'll just go in there with my capital ships."
"WHAT. DID THIS LITTLE BITCH JUST STEAL ONE OF MY MULTI-BEAM FRIGATES?!?"
"WHY DOES THIS THING HAVE SO MUCH HEALTH?!?!?"
"Okay, actually got pretty lucky the little bastard glitched out so I could shoot it to kingdom come."
*sobbing* "SO. MANY. TURRETS."
"Can I just sneak up there with a Cloaked Fighter? ...No."
"Y'know what, fuck this, I'm gonna look up a guide."
*after reading that you should sneak up on the relay with a larger squad of fighters and use a grav generator on the thief* "Well, that was quick..." :P

(🇩🇪 im Thread ⬇️)

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Maddy WavesMay 26, 2025
🇬🇧 I REALLY wanna have the playlist of those pilots...

🇩🇪 Ich hätte WIRKLICH gerne die Playlist dieser Piloten...

(Song: Sandstorm by Darude (yes really 😆))

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