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STORIES CONTESTS 11,12,13
(3 August 2002, 11:51 | Civ3) Stories contests update:
Round 11, run by Civman ended on a high note for Obsession by Grundel who won first place with six votes. Metaliturtle`s Forging an Empire placed second with five votes. Good job all.
Soon following that, DarkCloud assumed the duties of interim Stories contest supervisior and helped Round 12 move into the semifinal phase with the following semifinalists:
- Mr. Lincoln`s War by Stormin` Norman
- The Plight of One Worker by Insane_Ike
- "Es Frater Meus, Et Es Inimicus Meus" ("You Are My Brother, And You Are My Enemy") by TheGuitarist
- Organised Chaos(Dangerous Games 4) by cbraund
- Past the Brink of Catastrophe by Jaguar Warrior
- Six Degrees of Seperation by Velociryx
- The Ghost of Thermopolie by Lord Zalzabad
- Desparate Defenses by The Almighty Bob
Of whom Velociryx`s, Ike`s, The Guitarist`s and cbraund`s stories moved on into the finals as the voting for the Semifinals ended today. Please vote for the Finalists
If you would like to enter the stories contest, please visit the Round 13: Nominations thread. - MarkG
IG: SUSTAINABLE INDEPENDENCE?
(2 August 2002, 22:25 | Misc) According to a story first brokered by The Adrenaline Vault, French publisher Infogrames issued a statement yesterday stating that revenue rose 14% to EUR 769.1 million in the fiscal year 2002 from EUR 674.3 million.
U.S. revenue almost doubled in the fourth quarter ended June 30 to EUR 144.2 million from EUR 76.6 million in the same period of 2001. The success of video games such as Stuntman and Test Drive gave a strong boost to revenue. The company said it aims to remain an independent player in the video game industry and added that there are no talks under way regarding a possible sale of Infogrames to console makers such as Microsoft or Sega.
The company said it expects gross revenue to increase 20 percent in fiscal year 2003. - DanQ
ACSR DAILY: AUGUST 1ST, 2002
(2 August 2002, 21:49 | Misc) The August 1st, 2002 edition of "ACSR Daily" is now available for broadcasting live on-demand.
Encoded in RealAudio format, total length is 2m:17s. - DanQ
CIV3 ON LINUX!
(2 August 2002, 19:37 | Civ3) 
Linux Today reports:
TransGaming Technologies has announced the release of WineX 2.1, the portability layer that transparently allows Windows games to run on Linux.
WineX, which currently runs more than 150 PC games on Linux, is charged on a subscription model of $5 per month, with a minimum three months payment. The 2.1 version adds support for Civilization III, version 1.0 and 1.07. Version 1.21 is not yet supported due to copy protection issues.
Thanks to CapTVK for the news. - MarkG
C#213 A FREECIV FAN RESPONDS
(2 August 2002, 12:27 | Misc | 10 comments) The 213th column is mailed and posted:
A FREECIV FAN RESPONDS
CapTVK responds to the "accusations" against Freeciv
Express yourself, submit a column today! - MarkG
APOLYTON NEWS 22-28/JUL/2002
(2 August 2002, 11:26 | Misc) These are the news of the week 22-28/Jul/2002
The main headlines are:
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY APOLYTON!!
http://apolyton.net/about/4years
- APOLYTON DIRECTORY OFFICIAL OPENING!
http://apolyton.net/dir/
- FIRAXIS: MODS FOR PTW REQUEST
http://apolyton.net/civ3/
IN A FLASH: Apolyton is now 4 years old and we celebrated with a special feature and a chat! Still, the most special part of the celebration was the begining of something new: the Apolyton Directory will be the biggest archive of civ content ever! :) Finally, Firaxis made a call for fan-made civ3 files to include them in PtW, and we have a huge collection of over 400 files to choose from :) - MarkG
