COLUMN #154; BY JAY BEE (17 February 2001, 23:30 EST) Jay Bee doesn't subscribe to the popular opinion that CivII is on its way out the door, and is prepared to back his statement up in his article entitled "Civ2 Dying Out? Not At All". Comments/questions are welcomed in our forums, or you may opt to contact the author directly. This is the 154th installment of The Column. If you would like to write for this ongoing feature, please see our Article Submission Page. FIRST VERSION OF GALCIV TECH TREE POSTED (17 February 2001, 21:25 EST) Brad Wardell was wondering in his last update on whether antone reads his reports. Well, we do :) The last one is about the first version of the tech tree We have the first version of the tech tree available. We expect to add a lot of techs to it. Much more for Galactic Civizations at the official site. GREAT NATIONS: UPDATED DEMO, SITE (17 February 2001, 19:27 EST) Updated demo, updated website: that's the week it was at and for Great Nations. In regards to the former, version 6.1.1 was released with various gameplay and internal changes. As pertaining to the latter, a complete overhaul awaits all that visit GN's official website. Thanks to Yog-Sothoth for the notification in our forums yesterday. THIRTEENTH THUD ON G100 (11 February 2001, 0:26 EST) In the 423rd installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri/Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire tumbles three spots and lands with a thud into 13th this week. To vote for SMAC this and every week, click here! FIFTY-FIRST BRANCH ON G100 (11 February 2001, 0:24 EST) In the 423rd installment of the Top 100 PC Games, published every week by Global 100, Civilization: Call To Power plummets a whopping six spots and grabs onto the chart's 51st branch this week. To vote for CTP this and every week, click here!

Apolyton News 11-17/Feb/01

UNIQUE CIVS: YES, BUT WITH OPTIONS
(14 February 2001, 16:26 EST) The majority of civers are not against the idea of unique civilizations(each having advantages and disadvantages), but only if there are also alternative options. Here are the full results of our 14th poll

Civ3: Unique (Dis/)Advantages for each Civ? Option Votes / Percentage 1) Yes, like in SMAC 57 / 17% 2) No, keep it like in Civ2 51 / 15% 3) Yes, but give choice for play ala civ2 40 / 11% 4) Yes, but give choice of (dis/)advantages in the start of the game 38 / 11% 5) Yes, but give both 3 and 4 148 / 44% Total Votes: 334 | View Comments | Forums Discussion

CTP1 PBEM CHART 11/2/1
(17 February 2001, 22:07 EST) Yeah, it's not on time... (insert usual excuse)

                                             P.G.    P.G.    WWW...
RANK    NAME...................    RATING    WIN.    LOSS    NAT.TR

0001    KLAIR..................    22.979    0021    0000    FRA...
0002    MOBIUS.................    22.935    0015    0000    GBR.EN
0003    STAVROS................    22.440    0024    0007    GER...
0004    FRANSES................    21.612    0005    0000    NED...
0005    SWISSY.................    21.469    0003    0000    USA.IL
0006    SLAMP..................    21.334    0019    0005    FRA...
0007    BLACKICE...............    21.131    0004    0001    CAN.ON
0008    RICK_ELKINS............    21.127    0008    0007    USA.NY
0009    KRALJ_MATJAZ...........    20.657    0014    0001    SLO...
0010    ST_JON.................    20.415    0024    0025    GBR.EN