Gathering Storm [Archive] - Apolyton Civilization Site Forums

Krill

February 3, 2008, 22:59

<img src="http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=11049_gscoatofarms.gif">

Three bars for the golden wealth within our halls,
Blue for the sea and sky one day to be ruled,
Red for mortal foes doomed to die,
A crown for NYE the leader of men
In the Land of Apolyton where the Shadows lie.
One team to rule them all, One team to find them,
One team to bring them all and in the DemoGame bind them
In the land of Apolyton where the Shadows lie.

- Frustrated Poet, courtesy of JRR Tolkien

notyoueither

February 3, 2008, 23:33

w00t!

Krill

February 3, 2008, 23:36

I'm currently making a couple fo variations on the C4DG icon for the new forum, and these are what I've come up with:

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/4485/gatheringstormv11nr7.png (http://imageshack.us)

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2826/gatheringstormv12ke3.png (http://imageshack.us)

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/174/gatheringstormv13fe9.png (http://imageshack.us)

Krill

February 3, 2008, 23:37

tbh I don't know how to make the bottom part transparent yet but I'll have a look around paint...I like all of them apart from teh middle on tbh but I thought i't be nice to have a look at the design.

notyoueither

February 4, 2008, 00:03

I like 3.

Krill

February 4, 2008, 00:09

Yeah, I like three as well. Nice and simple.

Here is a possible fourth though.

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/5984/gatheringstormv17pz7.png (http://imageshack.us)

UnOrthOdOx

February 4, 2008, 10:53

So...when's this storm going to stop gathering and actually DO something? :cute:

Krill

February 4, 2008, 10:55

When will GoW fight by themselves instead of relying on a more powerful neighbour to fight for them? :cute:

UnOrthOdOx

February 4, 2008, 12:09

What GoW? I don't see GoW in the C4DG, or in the BTSDG.

Just a storm that's still gathering.

But if you want to dig up history: "none provoke me unpunished". I seem to recall GoW provoking you not once, but twice...yet I can't seem to recall much punishment...;)

Krill

February 4, 2008, 12:23

I doubt Vox would say we are still gathering.

And as to punishment...I can think of a reason for GoW not being in the C4DG or BtSDG... ;)

Krill

February 4, 2008, 12:27

Though I suppose I'm not going about engendering any new members to want to join GS...

UnOrthOdOx

February 4, 2008, 12:34

Uh, yeah. We all decided to try something new instead of reform the same team again and again.

Besides, I'm still waiting for you guys to Trash Trip's Ass. ;) Or AAHZ this time, I suppose.

UnOrthOdOx

February 4, 2008, 12:56

Sorry for hijacking the thread for a bit there.

Honestly, right now I'm trying to decide between this team or the (presumed) team Beta heads. (barring someone trying a completely odd team, that is, then I'ld feel obligated to help the oddballs)

On one hand, I'm mostly interested in watching this game.

I've always viewed GS as the best team to watch and learn from. :b: (though I hope some folks are enjoying Team Merc in that respect as well) Heck, I learned quite a bit about Civ III from watching you guys when NOT on the team.

In addition, from what I've been able to gather, you and I share very similar play styles. So all the stuff I would normally need to promote, you would likely already have taken care of it. All the better for me to be able to sit and enjoy, and write stuff about the game.

On the other hand, from what I've been able to gather, we share very similar play styles. I'm not sure I would ever really have much to add to this team. Apart from perhaps getting to know you guys better and letting you get to know me.

FeMme

February 4, 2008, 13:05

Originally posted by notyoueither
I like 3.

Ditto :D

H Tower

February 4, 2008, 17:47

con's not joining this team, is he?

Krill

February 4, 2008, 18:21

I don't know UnO, you also throw out that occasional odd idea that isn't just odd but brilliant, so I'd love it if you joined the team :b:

Krill

February 4, 2008, 18:31

To anyone interested in joing GS, everyone is welcome. There used to be a method of admitting people, but for this game it is time to start anew (well, except the name...) so just post if you want to join the team, and I'll admit you to the civgroup/forum

edit: forgot the most important part of the post :o

notyoueither

February 5, 2008, 01:31

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx
What GoW? I don't see GoW in the C4DG, or in the BTSDG.

Just a storm that's still gathering.

But if you want to dig up history: "none provoke me unpunished". I seem to recall GoW provoking you not once, but twice...yet I can't seem to recall much punishment...;)

Incidently, I never thanked you for the GL that built Sun Tzu's and made all the GS troops that we rushed during the Vox war vet.

Thanks for that.

proviisori

February 5, 2008, 09:19

Originally posted by H Tower
con's not joining this team, is he?

So do you want to be in the same team as Con, or are you trying to avoid him?

:D

ZargonX

February 5, 2008, 10:30

Hmm... is it finally time for a Lego to join GS?

H Tower

February 5, 2008, 10:41

Originally posted by proviisori

So do you want to be in the same team as Con, or are you trying to avoid him?

:D

I've seen enough spam from him to last me a life time. :unban:

notyoueither

February 5, 2008, 11:01

Originally posted by ZargonX
Hmm... is it finally time for a Lego to join GS?

Come on along, Zargon. We'll put you in charge of blocks.

notyoueither

February 5, 2008, 11:02

Originally posted by H Tower
con's not joining this team, is he?

I haven't heard from him.

notyoueither

February 5, 2008, 12:02

I hope you join, UnO. It would be nice to have you on the team.

ZargonX

February 5, 2008, 12:31

Come on along, Zargon. We'll put you in charge of blocks.

Can't argue with that. Sign me up! :D

Krill

February 5, 2008, 12:35

I haven't heard from Con in ages, actually. I hope he is still OK. I'll probably check MZO later and see if he still posts there.

Zargon, which type of blocks do you prefer? MegaBlocks or Lego?

Krill

February 5, 2008, 12:38

Authorized :b:

ZargonX

February 5, 2008, 12:48

Zargon, which type of blocks do you prefer? MegaBlocks or Lego?

I am, of course, a Lego man, but I am biased against no block, be it Mega or otherwise!

UnOrthOdOx

February 5, 2008, 13:11

Sign me up as well for the megablocks division.

Legos vs Megablocks: An UnO review based off dealing with my kids (10 months, 5 & 9)

Legos have the better men. Period. Hands down. Their hands hold things just fine, they stay together better. The cost is the block look. Which is also part of the charm.

Now, the "Bionicles"... Once together, they are insanely resilient to the kids playing with them. However, some of the connections are too difficult for my oldest to make. Especially this last batch that involved little rubber gaskets you had to use special tweezers to get in. Then force the ball into the socket through the rubber gasked. Whoever designed that should be shot.

Lego vehicles, castles, and the like, however, SUCK. They use many, many, small pieces and are, as a result, a jigsaw puzzle and not meant to be played with. Much to the disappointment of my kids.

Megablocks, on the other hand.

Their castles and vehicles are built using large pre-fabbed pieces, and typically go together quick, and stay together very well.

Their little men, however, have gone down hill lately as they attempted to add knee and elbow joints, and give xyz axis movement to the hips and shoulders. The result is arms and legs that do not stay attached, and end up all over the floor for a baby to come eat. Yet, the figures are highly detailed, just not really designed to PLAY with. Unfortunately, the 5 year old is a huge spiderman fan, so I have to deal with spiderman's and venom's legs all over the house.

Also, recently, they've attempted to replicate some of the bionicles designs. I've not had enough experience with them yet to fully comment, but initial impressions are not great.

Blocks in general:

Why is it we can't buy a bucket of just blocks anymore?

Always got to be some kit to build a specific something.

ZargonX

February 5, 2008, 13:53

Why is it we can't buy a bucket of just blocks anymore?

Always got to be some kit to build a specific something.

I know! It's really annoying; you used to just be able to buy literal buckets of misc. pieces. Now, like you say, it's all kits. For the Lego anniversary last month they put out a 1000 piece kit, but it's also $250 dollars, which is a little steep for my Lego needs. I did find the Lego virtual constructor set which is like having a bucket of pieces, but virtual. Fun, but not quite the same.

Krill

February 5, 2008, 13:58

UnO Authorized :b:

Actually, while I love Lego, I also like K'nex for just building structures. I remember building the "Big Ball Factory" when I was about 10; the builing was taller than I was :b: Loved it.

UnOrthOdOx

February 5, 2008, 13:59

If you're fortunate enough to have an actual Lego Store near you you can buy them by the pound, but as you say, they are a wee bit pricey. That 1000 pieces works out to $.25 each. Not happenin. Maybe I'll find a bucket of used ones at the swap meet this year.

Construx were the best. Too bad you can't find em anymore.

http://www.thisoldtoy.com/fisher-price/dept-7-playsets/f-construx/a-construx-index.html

I built me plenty a GI Joe base with those. My older brother and I also used to build swords out of em and whack each other. They were that tough. And hurt...

ZargonX

February 5, 2008, 14:23

Oh man, I loved Construx. I still have a giant stash of them stored away (with the Legos, of course!). And yes, they did make awesome bases and crazy vehicles for GI Joes. Especially if you could find the camo pieces ;)

conmcb25

February 5, 2008, 23:25

GS AGAIN?

:zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

:cute:

notyoueither

February 6, 2008, 00:01

I'm an old dog. I don't do new tricks. ;)

H Tower

February 6, 2008, 15:42

I'll join if you'll take me :)

Locutus

February 6, 2008, 16:33

Me too :)

notyoueither

February 6, 2008, 19:46

Hopefully Krill will be around a bit later to let you in.

Krill

February 6, 2008, 19:48

Locutus and H Tower Authorized :b:

Krill

February 6, 2008, 20:59

Actually, Locutus, I have a question; as you are an admin to this forum, I take it that you are able to view all of the private fora, no? If so, would it be possible for you to remove the admin/moderator status to this set of fora (the public and private BtSDG fora) or not?

Locutus

February 6, 2008, 21:38

The admin/moderator status of who/what? You mean me?

I can fine-tune exactly who has access to which forums, including for myself. As with previous team DGs I've been in, once I've set up a new private team forum and I'm satisfied all is working fine, I disable my own access to that forum. E.g. I posted a few times in the RoC forum yesterday to respond to some administrative issues, but right now I no longer have access to it. Unless people start setting off proverbial nukes I'll rely on other staff members and Keygen to keep an eye on the other team forums and deal with any issues that may arise.

Of course, everyone will just have to take my word for it that I'm playing fair, but if you don't trust the owners/admins of the site you're running a DG on you're gonna have a hard time running any kind of game ;)

(Of course, you could ask Solver or Dan to double-check on me but I can probably run circles around them as far as hacking goes so I'm not sure how valuable that is ;))

RobWorham

February 6, 2008, 21:40

:lol:

Krill

February 6, 2008, 21:43

I can fine-tune exactly who has access to which forums, including for myself. As with previous team DGs I've been in, once I've set up a new private team forum and I'm satisfied all is working fine, I disable my own access to that forum. E.g. I posted a few times in the RoC forum yesterday to respond to some administrative issues, but right now I no longer have access to it. Unless people start setting off proverbial nukes I'll rely on other staff members and Keygen to keep an eye on the other team forums and deal with any issues that may arise.

Thanks for the reply. I'm just making sure that nothing... untoward can happen that lands GS or yourself in troubled waters. :b:

Aidun

February 8, 2008, 21:50

I haven't paid attention to this after I joined. It has to do with some other activities.

There are two teams I have in mind, this one and Beta's. My guess is that Beta's will be pretty much like Sarantium now. While I generally like the athmosphere in Sarantium, I'm thinking about going for something new now. Only I'm not sure yet.

Any idea of what this team is going to be like?

proviisori

February 9, 2008, 07:26

When Beta announces our team concept, you want to join us. ;)

Krill

February 9, 2008, 10:27

Friendly, open, fun loving and quickly responisive to diplomacy requests :nod: of, and lots of posts discussing the game :)

Locutus

February 9, 2008, 14:05

I don't think we'll have a specific theme, but as Krill says we'll be an open and laid back team and hope to have a lively forum. We have a very diverse crew so far with a few people that haven't played together much before, so we hope to make friends and learn from each other. Everyone is more than welcome to join us: newbies and vets, lurkers and players, Americans, Europeans, antipodeans -- even Hagenezen ;)

Krill

February 9, 2008, 14:24

Oh, you mean what themed? I think we'll be a builder team. We'll build units.

Locutus

February 9, 2008, 14:43

:lol:

Yes, we'll build on the graves of our foes :D

DeyReepher

February 9, 2008, 15:17

I too shall answer the call to dominate.

Aidun

February 9, 2008, 15:44

A builder team and UnO is on it? That's hard to imagine.

Well, I'll wait a bit to see what Beta and Provi come up with and decide then. But I'm very tempted to learn something new and get a new experience. I've never really played alongside some members here so that could be interesting.

Aidun

February 12, 2008, 12:00

I've made my mind up, let me in please.

Krill

February 12, 2008, 14:19

If you join the civgroup I will :)

Locutus

February 12, 2008, 19:59

Welcome aboard (well, almost) :b:

Aidun

February 12, 2008, 21:15

Heh, my first blooper in this team, forgetting to join the civgroup. :idiot:

notyoueither

February 12, 2008, 22:57

Originally posted by DeyReepher
I too shall answer the call to dominate.

You have to join the civgroup, or Krill can't let you in.

While I'm posting, what drew you to us? I see you've been around Poly a while. Have you been civ'in long?

Locutus

February 12, 2008, 23:23

DeyReepher already joined our group but has since been removed by the Apolyton administration, he will not be playing in this game (the reasons of which are between him and the administration -- some others may also have an idea, but that's not a topic suitable for public discussion).

UnOrthOdOx

February 13, 2008, 09:02

Originally posted by Aidun
A builder team and UnO is on it? That's hard to imagine.

Not really. I LOVE builderers.

Join a builderer team and it's a lot easier to convince them certain doom is coming if they don't build a huge military than it is to convince a warmonger team that certain doom is coming if they don't start building at least a few libraries. And I've come to learn that once people HAVE the units, they tend to like to USE them. Thus builders swiftly become warriors.

Besides, with builders on the team, I can ignore all that boring stuff and focus on whoopin someone's ass.

Krill

February 13, 2008, 12:32

Dey is in the same MP clan as me, and I extended the invitation to join GS to them; there may be 1 or 2 more that want to join.

Also, Aidun Authorized.

Locutus

February 13, 2008, 13:33

Originally posted by Krill
there may be 1 or 2 more that want to join.

:b:

chester

February 14, 2008, 04:30

Another volunteer here - probably just dead wood, but I might surprise myself.

H Tower

February 14, 2008, 10:02

It takes all kinds, welcome!

You must join the civgroup before yo can be authorized for the private team forum. At the top of this thread, you should see the Gathering Storm team name, and a link that says "join"

Krill

February 14, 2008, 11:08

chester authorized. Go take a look around the forum :)

dwpenney

February 18, 2008, 16:15

Hey guys, Casual player here looking to become a citizen of your fair group. I am mostly a single player Civ4 junkie and I am looking to take part in a democracy game, learn the ropes, and learn from the experts :-)

Locutus

February 18, 2008, 16:31

:cool:

You need to sign up for the civgroup though, or we can't let you into the forum. At the top of this thread, you should see the Gathering Storm team name, and a link that says "join".

dwpenney

February 18, 2008, 16:38

Ok. That took a little longer than it should have :-)

Krill

February 18, 2008, 17:11

dwpenny authorized :b:

dwpenney

February 18, 2008, 18:15

Thanks!

N35t0r

February 20, 2008, 00:08

I'd like to join the team if you guys don't mind.

Locutus

February 20, 2008, 07:48

Not joining the Spanish team? Cool though, welcome aboard (once Krill authorises you) :b:

Krill

February 20, 2008, 12:34

Authorized :b:

N35t0r

February 20, 2008, 13:04

Originally posted by Locutus
Not joining the Spanish team? Cool though, welcome aboard (once Krill authorises you) :b:

I'm in the AC team on the vanilla game, and on the Spanish team on the Warlords one... It would hardly be appropriate not to join a different team for this one, right? ;)

Originally posted by Krill
Authorized :b:

Cheers :b:

GeoModder

February 20, 2008, 14:14

Originally posted by N35t0r
I'd like to join the team if you guys don't mind.

I'm going to play against you? :eek:

Aidun

February 20, 2008, 20:09

I was first looking for a French team, but the Francophones seem to have given up on demogaming after the first intersite DG and the MZO DG or they vanished in the general crowd, without a team of their own. No opportunity to practice my newly learned French a bit.

Anyway, I'l happy here. Welcome N35t0r!

N35t0r

February 20, 2008, 20:39

Originally posted by GeoModder

I'm going to play against you? :eek:

You've never played against me. A game that didn't last more than 20 turns doesn't count. :p

AndiD

February 24, 2008, 05:46

Hi there,

I'm new to civ4 and would love to join and mostly watch and learn - maybe throw in the odd rookie wisdom remark. ;)

I'm not entirely new to the genre and Apolyton however, I was a big SMAX (Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire) nut back a few years ago and turned out to be the Morgan turnplayer in the 3rd AC Democracy Game back in 2004 after the two main guys went kind of AWOL... (very little MP experience otherwise).

No idea/experience how MP and this PitBoss stuff works beyond the basic introduction - back in 2004 it was good-old PBEM...

Aidun

February 24, 2008, 11:47

Herzlich Wilkommen AndiD!

I am a relic from the old PBEM age as well. However, relic, the C4 MP DG, the last DG before the C4 Warlords Bureaucracy Game is still going on actively, with high involvement, at least as far as my own team there is concerned. So PBEM is not that oldfashioned We're just in this transition phase now.

In any case, you need to join the civgroup and Krill will authorize you.