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COLUMN #153: BY MRFUN
(10 February 2001, 23:52 EST) MrFun dispenses three reasons as to why military expenses should be absorbed by individual cities and not the empire as a whole in The Column's one-hundred and fifty-third installment entitled "Civilization III and Military Maintenance".

Comments/questiosn welcomed in our forums, or you may opt to contact the author directly via email.

LAST NIGHT FORUM PROBLEMS
(6 February 2001, 20:16 EST) A combination of increased traffic and increased disk space need lead to various problems on our forums. The grand majority of the problems have been solved, what remains are the "eaten" logins of a few users.

So if you have problems posting, and you have not emailed us already, please send a mail to markg@apolyton.net. Be sure to include in your mail the username and the e-mail with which you registered.

As for the future, we will certainly see better days... :)

G100: DIPPING ONE SPOT
(4 February 2001, 16:58 EST) In the 422nd installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Civilization II: Test Of Time dips from 12th to 11th spot this week.

To vote for ToT this and every week, click here!

G100: LANDING IN AGAIN
(4 February 2001, 16:59 EST) In the 422nd installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire lands in 10th spot on the countdown for the second time in three weeks.

To vote for SMAC this and every week, click here!

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CTP1 PBEM CHART 3/2/1
(4 February 2001, 9:15 EST) This week's PBEM chart is as follows

ABBREV RANK NAME................... RATING WTR.ID NAT.TR

APLCTP 0001 KLAIR.................. 22.979 .11168 FRA...
APLCTP 0002 STAVROS................ 22.484 .11147 GER...
APLCTP 0003 MOBIUS................. 22.442 .11141 GBR.EN
APLCTP 0004 SLAMP.................. 22.076 .11144 FRA...
APLCTP 0005 DARTH_VIPER............ 21.000 .11170 NED...
APLCTP 0006 FRANSES................ 21.000 .11171 NED...
APLCTP 0007 BLACKICE............... 20.950 .11158 CAN.ON
APLCTP 0008 RICK_ELKINS............ 20.836 .11143 USA.NY
APLCTP 0009 KRALJ_MATJAZ........... 20.707 .11139 SLO...
APLCTP 0010 ST_JON................. 20.447 .11146 GBR.EN


Congratulations to Klair for jumping from the 4th to the 1st position! The full list can be found at CtP-Multiplaying forum.

G100: LOSES SIGHT
(4 February 2001, 16:54 EST) In the 422nd installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Civilization: Call To Power loses sight of the Top 40 as it falls two spots from last week into 45th.

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TRANSLATION ADDED ON THREAD PAGES
(7 February 2001, 11:42 EST) The new or updated (with new posts) forum threads, now feature a translation box at the bottom of the page. Simply selecting the language you want and clicking on "translate" will translate the specific thread that you see(of course you can edit the url from the form and enter anything you like).

You can see it working and comment about it on the forum thread in the Apolyton forum.


PCDATA: JANUARY 27, 2001
(8 February 2001, 22:40 EST) For the week ending January 27, 2001, the Top 10 Selling PC Computer Games based on sales data gathered by Reston, Virginia's PCData are listed below.

1) The Sims | Electronic Arts
2) The Sims: Livin' Large | Electronic Arts
3) Roller Coaster Tycoon | Hasbro Interactive
4) Diablo 2 | Havas Interactive
5) Hoyle Casino 2001 | Havas Interactive
6) Age Of Empires II: Age of Kings | Microsoft
7) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | Electronic Arts
8) RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loony Landscapes | Hasbro Interactive
9) Sim Theme Park | Electronic Arts
10) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 2nd Edition | Disney

This chart is developed from data provided by 42 retail chains comprising more than 80% of the U.S. market.


NEWS IN REALAUDIO©: JANUARY 21-27, 2001
(4 February 2001, 17:08 EST) The audio broadcast of the January 21-27, 2001, newsletter is now available for broadcasting live, on demand, in RealAudio© format.

To listen, you will need the RealPlayer G2+ installed on your system; you can left-click on the file to have it stream through your player of choice (28.8K+ Internet connection recommended), or right-click to download the 2.1MB file to listen at your convenience at a later time.

Audio versions of our weekly newsletter are posted the Sunday immediately following the corresponding issue's release.


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