`TRANSITION 2009`: EXECUTIVE CHANGEOVER
(27 April 2009, 20:11 | About) The oldest, continuously operating Civilization fansite is undergoing a complete executive changeover. In what is the most significant change in its administration since one of its co-founders left its ranks two-and-a-half years ago, its other co-founder is following similar suit.
Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) Chief Owner/Administrator Daniel "DanQ" Quick is leaving that role and the site`s staff altogether effective May 1, 2009. He reached an agreement to transfer controlling ownership to current staff member Robert Plomp (formerly "CyberShy"). He, in turn, is splitting that role equally with fellow Civ fan Jeroen Schweitzer to become Chief Owners/Administrators. Following their own respective considerations in turn, the rest of the site`s current administration are leaving those capacities as well. Co-Owners/Administrators Wouter "Locutus" Snijders, Ming and rah and Co-Administrator Solver have also all decided to no longer be apart of the ACS staff, to coincide with Quick`s departure.
Quick intends to continue to be an active part of the online Civilization community, however. He will be retaining ownership and otherwise control of PolyCast, an ongoing series of podcasts on Civ, and Age of Nations, a now concluded dramatic machinima series based in the Rise of Nations game engine. He will also continue to serve as an adviser to the Committee behind CivCon `09, the Civilization convention to be held this August in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
"Apolyton Civilization Site is a big name in the Civilization community. We`re excited to get a leading role in the future of this site," says Plomp. "Daniel Quick has been very important to it, and he`ll be sorely missed. We are quite positive that we`ll be able to deal with the issues Apolyton is facing these days, and it`s our goal to have Apolyton remain an important source for Civ-related information and communication".
"This was not a decision I came to easily, or lightly," Quick says. "I have been a fansite operator in the Civ community for almost 13 years. I have had the honour and privilege of working with so many thoughtful and talented individuals who share a passion for the computer (and now also console) strategy game known as Civilization. I have made associations, connections and friendships that I value very much and look forward to continuing and growing beyond the here and now.
But I know that my stepping aside is in the best interests of Apolyton and myself. It is time for me to make way for Robert and Jeroen who are willing and able to take on the challenges this site faces. I have had the opportunity to speak to them about their intentions and preliminary plans, and am encouraged."
"As we speak we are busy investigating and considering some pretty awesome possibilities for the future," Plomp adds. "Thanks to Dan for all the work he has put into Apolyton, and all the enthusiasm and dedication that has made Apolyton an important source for Civ-related content for a decade!"
Quick and company have served as Apolyton`s first Cabinet, the internal name given to the site`s administration, since November 2006 (with Solver joining its ranks the following September). Quick co-founded the site with Markos "MarkG" Giannopoulos in July 1998, who left the site`s staff earlier this year. Quick has written and posted an open letter to the Apolyton and greater Civilization community on his decision here. ACS has been an independently owned and non-commercial operation since its inception. - DanQ
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION FOR `CIVCON `09`
(14 December 2008, 14:07 | About | 59 comments) 
Make your reservation for CivCon `09 to be held August 7th-9th, 2009 in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, home of Civilization series developer Firaxis Games.
A joint effort of leading Civilization fansites Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) and Civilization Fanatics Center (CFC), it is a unique event where Civilization lovers and Sid Meier fans can gather to learn new strategies and techniques from the professionals, and mingle with the celebrities of the [Civ developer] Firaxis world as described by event Lead Organizer Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney.
Pricing and reserving is now available for the three-day get-together at the Embassy Suites Baltimore North/Hunt Valley hotel. More details can be found in the related discussion there here on ACS, with even more information to follow in the coming weeks and months. - DanQ
`CIVCON `09` ANNOUNCED
(3 November 2008, 19:48 | About | 59 comments) 
Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) and Civilization Fanatics Center (CFC) are jointly pleased to announce CivCon `09 to be held August 7-9, 2009 in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, home of Civilization series developer Firaxis Games.
As described by event Lead Organizer Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney, it is a unique event where Civilization lovers and Sid Meier fans can gather to learn new strategies and techniques from the professionals, and mingle with the celebrities of the [Civ developer] Firaxis world.
The venue is to be the Embassy Suites Baltimore North/Hunt Valley hotel. More details can be found in the related discussion there here on ACS, with more details to follow in the coming weeks and months. - DanQ
ACS: `10 YEARS OF CONQUERING THE WORLD`
(26 July 2008, 11:38 | About | 74 comments) 
Ten years ago today, Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) began as a joint venture between Daniel "DanQ" Quick and Markos Giannopoulos as a result of the merger of our respective Civilization II (as well as my original Civ) fansites. Says "DanQ":
As ACS` Chief Owner/Administrator now, I am pleased with the work that our staff -- past and present -- and community have accomplished but there is room for improvement and more to do still.
Thanks also to our partners past and present in the gaming industry for their contributions to our endeavour. To those advertisers with whom we have maintained or left on good relations, and those who have been able to directly support the financial operation of this site through means such as our optional subscription service, we say thank you as well. [Birthday logo at right designed by longtime ACS staff member DarkCloud.]
On behalf of the ACS administration of myself, Wouter "Locutus" Snijders, Ming, rah and Solver, and the rest of our staff, I welcome you to leave your supportive and reflective messages about the first decade of this Civ fansite and community. May there be many more to come!
Keep on Civ`in. - DanQ
CIVREV, COL SECTIONS (RE)LAUNCHED
(16 July 2008, 21:27 | About | 2 comments) Under the motto better late than never, we finally launched our Civilization: Revolution site section. It had been under development for a long time but suffered from lack of manpower and focus on development on other parts of the site. The current section is mostly a collection of information already available previously but now collected in one easy-to-find location: an image gallery, info centre, preview, reviews, news and Amazon purchase links.
At the same time we`re relauching our Colonization section in celebration of the recent announcement of a remake of the 1994 game. The old section about the original game is still available as a subsection of the new site, but the focus is now on the upcoming Civilization IV: Colonization with screenshots, information, (p)reviews, files and links, and more to come in the future. - Locutus
10,000+ NEWS ITEMS!
(10 July 2008, 14:39 | About | 4 comments) Just shy of our tenth anniversary and amidst a flurry of Civilization: Revolution review reports, Apolyton reached another milestone: today we posted the 10,000th news item in our history! (And the 10,001st, 10,0002nd, etc -- the news item you`re reading right now is number 10,010.)
This includes all of the news in our current news system (8705 stories), 1012 news items that pre-date our current software and 293 news items from CivGroup News. You can still read most of these stories from either our News Centre or our CivGroup News, with most of the stories that pre-date the current system still being available through our newsletter archive (if you dig deep enough you can may still be able to find them in web-form on our oldest site sections as well).
Our eternal thanks go out to all of our current and past news editors who helped write all these stories, as well as everyone who contributed to our CivGroup news and all those who provided us with tips of news events over the years -- we wouldn`t have gotten this far without your help!
Now for some useless statistics, because we know you all love those (we know we do). Number of news items published by author/category (for current news software):
| News per author | | | News per category | |
| DanQ | 5872 | | Misc | 1768 |
| MarkG | 1800 | | Civ3 | 1573 |
| Locutus | 348 | | RoN | 1485 |
| Illuminatus | 112 | | Civ4 | 684 |
| snoopy369 | 98 | | About | 657 |
| Gramphos | 53 | | Civ2 | 532 |
| Imran | 50 | | CtP | 489 |
| Alexander I | 31 | | CtP2 | 470 |
| Will | 21 | | SMAC | 435 |
| Solver | 18 | | GalCiv | 392 |
| | | MoO3 | 375 |
| Past editors: | | | GalCiv2 | 309 |
| Grandpa Troll | 112 | | Alt | 218 |
| Snapcase | 60 | | CivRev | 95 |
| Frozzy | 34 | | SMACX | 87 |
| Baston | 24 | | Dino | 48 |
| macuser | 19 | | CtPMac | 35 |
| Sven | 15 | | Civ2ToT | 32 |
| Nuclear Master | 11 | | Civ1 | 15 |
| reismark | 10 | | | |
| FrustratedPoet | 7 | | | |
| Zopperoni | 6 | | | |
| AAHZ | 5 | | | |
| UnOrthOdOx | 1 | | | |
| Top CivGroup authors | | | Top CivGroups | |
| DanQ | 46 | | ApolyCon 06 Participants | 63 |
| curtsibling | 27 | | Scenario League / Civ2-Creation | 51 |
| DarkCloud | 24 | | CtP2 Source Code Project | 31 |
| E | 21 | | Apolyton Storywriter`s Guild | 17 |
| MarkG | 19 | | Apolytoners Hall of Fame | 16 |
| Paddy | 16 | | DiploGames | 14 |
| Harry Tuttle | 13 | | Civilization III Democracy Game | 12 |
| Illuminatus | 11 | | Apolyton University | 11 |
| jim panse | 9 | | Civilization IV Creators | 9 |
| Rommel2D | 6 | | Civ4 SP Democracy Game | 7 |
| OzzyKP | 6 | | Iron Civers | 5 |
| ZargonX | 5 | | C3C IDG: Apolyton Team | 5 |
| Locutus | 5 | | C4DG The Mercenary Team | 4 |
| Grandpa Troll | 4 | | Call To Power SuperLeague | 3 |
| The Capo | 4 | | ACDG3 Gaians | 3 |
| (45 others) | 1-4 | | (26 others) | 1-3 |
On to the next 10,000!
- Locutus
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