SMAC FOR MAC SCENARIO CONTEST! (18 April 2000, 7:55 EST) Aspyr is organizing a scenario contest. Taken for their latest newsletter
SMAC fans out there that have been creating their own scenarios, here's your chance to be a designer and have your scenario available to all that are ready for a NEW challenge.We will be accepting tiny to large world size scenarios until April 21. After that date Michael Rogers, President of Aspyr, will check out all submitted scenarios and choose the winner. Entries will be judged on creativity, ingenuity and good old-fashioned entertainment. The judge is a "unique" individual so anything is possible and it's tough to gauge what exactly will catch his eye. The winner will receive an Aspyr prize pack, which includes some Aspyr goodies, a copy of Alien Crossfire (when it is released) and an Aspyr game of his or her choice. That's not all, the winning scenario will be posted on our new web site for all to download and enjoy.
A few rules: -You must be an eNewsletter subscriber to win. -The scenario must be YOUR original work (please no plagarizing of scenarios). -Scenarios may be based on tiny to large size planets (no custom sizes will be accepted).
What are you waiting for? Start up SMAC and let those creative juices flow. To take a peek at some scenarios and some other cool stuff that other folks have done, visit the following sites: http://www.crosswinds.net/~smaccf http://xenofungus.cjb.net
DATABASE SPRING UPDATE (9 April 2000, 12:21 EST) Spring has finally arrived and we celebrate this by updating the DB. Six files have been improved by their authors and are available now in a new version.
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SCENARIO LEAGUE Scenario League Posts 100th Review Today [April 9, 2000] No kidding - what a milestone! We've now got reviews of over a hundred scenarios online. All reviews are user-contributed and scored on a common scale. We're hoping to hit 200 this year, including all versions of Civilization II. Scenario #101 is the first Test of Time scenario we've reviewed, Mick Uhl's "Time Threat Paradox" scenario. Thanks to Cam Hills and William Keenan, our dedicated editors, who've made this success a reality.
[April 15, 2000] New Tips: William Keenan and Cam Hills look at Leaders2 and Civilize2 in Test of Time - what do these parts of rules.txt do? Cam Hills has covered Tribe Colours for Test of Time also.
[April 9, 2000] Added new set of scenarios for download and review. New Reviews: Falklands War [8/30, Historical/20th C.] Second Reich [26.5/30, Historical/20th C.] Time Threat Paradox [24/30, Fantasy, Test of Time Scenario]
GAMELEAGUE Apolyton Interview (04.17)Apolyton has posted an interview with us. Unfortunately, BlueWaldo had some email problems; his interview will be posted Tuesday. Nevertheless, definitely a journalism masterpiece.
Various (04.17)We have published The Player's Guide to Tribes in the Help section.
So far, only 4 people have signed up for the Saturday Swiss II tournament. You could win a free copy of SMAC or CTP! Check the tourneys page for more details.
Now that tribes have finally been finished what's the GameLeague team up to? We are developing an online game called Technocracy. Check it out.
Tribes Open (04.16)Endangering both life and limb, we have worked hard to bring you something that you have waited for over 6 months. We are proud to present to you tonight... Tribes!
Tourney Rescheduled (04.14)The Saturday Swiss tourney originally scheduled for this weekend has been rescheduled for two weeks later, April 29, due to low signup. However, the delayed tourney will have one change: we will offer physical prizes from my personal stash. Check out the Info page for the details.
Tourney Info (04.12)So that you can all have a little more advanced warning, we will be holding another Blitz tourney on April 29. I will post the pertinent information for this tourney sometime in the near future. Also, don't forget to sign up for this weekend's tourney if you plan on attending.
Civilization Fanatics Center 04/19/2000 Civ2 Multiplayer List Update. All player profiles are categorized by region and each region now has its own page. As usual, we have a few more new players since last update. The Civilization community has been very quiet recently... I don't see any Civ3 news anywhere.
04/15/2000 A New Design! The current design uses less graphics and tables; loading should be a bit faster as a result. More importantly, this new design is dynamic in nature, which means I could alter the appearance of the entire site easily, just by changing a few files! For best result, please use Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape at 1024x768 screen resolution.
