Gathering Storm

notyoueither · October 21, 2005, 23:26

Greetings.

Several of the members of Gathering Storm are discussing participating in an MP demo game of CIV. There are maybe six or seven of us so far.

Here be a thread to discuss this team, and for people to express interest in joining/leaving.

GS Roster:
Aginor
alva
Aro
Arrian
asleepathewheel
Blake
Cort Haus
DeepO
dejon
Dominae
Ennet
History Guy
Krill
ManicStarSeed
Master Zen
Metaliturtle
nbarclay
NicodaMax
notyoueither
RoyAl
ruby_maser
Sir Ralph
Solomwi
Theseus
Velociryx
vmxa1
vulture
zeit

People accepted, but need to join the civgroup:
Vlad Antlerkov

FrustratedPoet · October 22, 2005, 05:18

I would like to stay a part of the team and participate in a cIV MP demogame. The only problem is that (due to RL issues) I'm unlikely to get the game on release.

Krill · October 22, 2005, 06:32

I'm in. I won't be getting the game the first day, but I will be here...

Addled Platypus · October 22, 2005, 19:33

shame on you Krill

what is your reason not to get it on the first day?

Krill · October 23, 2005, 05:32

Well, you can look at that in 2 different ways, but the main one, is that I live in Europe, so I can't buy the game until November...

DeepO · October 23, 2005, 18:47

I'm in... and I think we should definately have some fresh blood. We held up pretty nicely over the years, not many have left the team, but that doesn't say we stil have enough active people to fill a SP team.

So... would anyone be interested in joining the Storm? Expect a friendly atmosphere with loads of debate threads you are welcome to join. Being a Stormian can do wonders to your postcount

DeepO

Ennet · October 24, 2005, 10:27

Do you take non GSers in here?

Say if i got tired of bearded women and want a change

DeepO · October 24, 2005, 12:27

We have never closed membership to GS, what I'm concerned we still have the same policy as 2 years ago. That is, unless there is a good reason why anyone on the team wants to black-ball someone, everybody is allowed in. That includes bearded women or ex-bearded-women-lovers.

Every extra opinion is a valid one, the only problem is that with more opinions to discuss, you also increase time needed before consensus is reached. But we'll work on that this time... promise

DeepO

FrustratedPoet · October 24, 2005, 13:18

Having a relatively large team was helpful in the last demogame. There were at least 3 or 4 different "eras" to our team, when a smallish group of players would run the team for a while before gradually fading into the background as Real Life took over. Other members of the team would then step up - it all happened quite organically from what I can remember.

Basically it's very tough for 5-10 players to run a whole demogame team for the 12-18 months these things tend to last. The more the merrier, and as long as you have a system where the most crucial matters can be decided via a poll it's easier for actual decisions to be taken.

Discussing the strategy is most of the fun (at least that's what most GS'ers find the most fun

), but in practice you just have to draw a line under the talk and make a decision. The size of the team shouldn't make that any more difficult.

You can't have a 500 post thread about where to move each and every worker, but I think we came close a few times.

Krill · October 24, 2005, 14:13

uh, FP, PTWDG lasted 31 months...And I count 6 eras: nye/SR at the start; Nathan until start of Bobian War; nye/Theseus/ShiberFor start of Bobian War; CH for end of Bobian War and some peaceful building; DeepO for the end of Hoover build and ended with the capture of Abiline; Aeson for the end of the game.

And you can have a 940+ post turn thread(s) on where to move 8 artillery, 20 tanks and one marine, IIRC...

DeepO · October 24, 2005, 16:54

Originally posted by Krill
And you can have a 940+ post turn thread(s) on where to move 8 artillery, 20 tanks and one marine, IIRC...

Hey, that move annihilated one of the biggest civs in one turn time, it was worth the spam! I remember that it seemed that we slowed 'poly down that night, because of all the refreshs and views happening in our forum...

DeepO

UnOrthOdOx · October 24, 2005, 17:11

If the Mercenary concept is beaten down, or does not generate much interest I might be interested in lurking purely for a learning experience.

DeepO · October 24, 2005, 18:14

UnO, I was thinking we could also use a historian of sorts, seeing that Trip has been too busy to publish his memoirs

DeepO

Dominae · October 24, 2005, 18:16

I quit GS a couple of times because the forum was so voluminous it was taking some serious time out of RL. All good stuff though!

I would love to be part of this team again, on the condition that we introduce a maximum post length and number per thread.

Seriously, count me in please.

Metaliturtle · October 24, 2005, 20:33

I think I was in GS, but I never learned what a democracy game was untill now, I would like to be on the team, if anything just to learn all kinds of strategy from you guys.

Beta · October 24, 2005, 21:20

I'm in!

Oh - this is GS. Sorry. I'm looking for Vox. I think it was strictly the species similarity that confused me, nye. Gotta go find the blue smurf now.

notyoueither · October 24, 2005, 23:14

Oh, and too bad for us. You would be leading, or nearly so, in 'person I would most like to recruit for the Storm' category, Beta.

notyoueither · October 24, 2005, 23:17

Originally posted by Ennet
Do you take non GSers in here?

Say if i got tired of bearded women and want a change

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx
If the Mercenary concept is beaten down, or does not generate much interest I might be interested in lurking purely for a learning experience.

Originally posted by Metaliturtle
I think I was in GS, but I never learned what a democracy game was untill now, I would like to be on the team, if anything just to learn all kinds of strategy from you guys.

Welcome to one and most all.

FrustratedPoet · October 25, 2005, 01:59

Originally posted by Krill
uh, FP, PTWDG lasted 31 months...And I count 6 eras

How time flies...

UnOrthOdOx · October 25, 2005, 09:30

Originally posted by DeepO
UnO, I was thinking we could also use a historian of sorts, seeing that Trip has been too busy to publish his memoirs

DeepO

I would be interested in that as well, however, last time I tried (c3cdg) not all teams wanted an observer in their forum. That is something all teams would need to agree upon beforehand, much like the team Mercenary thing.

UnOrthOdOx · October 25, 2005, 09:32

Originally posted by notyoueither
Welcome to one and most all.

So many ways to take that...

Only most are welcome, huh?

gee, I wonder who isn't...

Krill · October 25, 2005, 09:58

I can name, well, at least one person who isn't welcome...I know I would not not complain if you applied to join us, UnO.

Donegeal · October 25, 2005, 10:12

Oooo!!! Are we allowed guesses?

Harovan · October 25, 2005, 10:21

I wrote in our old team forum, that if the storm is gathering again, I will follow the call. And here I am, take my application. The time I can devote depends on several factors, though, and work is only one of them.

notyoueither · October 25, 2005, 13:05

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx

So many ways to take that...

Only most are welcome, huh?

gee, I wonder who isn't...

We use a method to help ensure peace within the team. If nobody has a big problem with you, you are in.

I am not aware of anyone having a problem with anyone who has posted interest so far.

DeepO · October 25, 2005, 17:35

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx

I would be interested in that as well, however, last time I tried (c3cdg) not all teams wanted an observer in their forum. That is something all teams would need to agree upon beforehand, much like the team Mercenary thing.

True, a global observer would be cool too. I think many would welcome the idea of a referee team which can view the fora, but don't post unless spoken to.

I was not talking about that, though, I was talking about the post for GS-historian which is also still vacant

DeepO

FrustratedPoet · October 26, 2005, 15:34

nm

Vlad Antlerkov · October 26, 2005, 18:01

I'm up for lurking as a learning experience. I won't have the game until November 1 at the earliest, and I'm not likely to have much to contribute beyond names for stuff and wise-arse remarks.

Master Zen · October 26, 2005, 23:25

and old nemesis makes a revival hmm....

Well, if The Horde is resurrected in a Civ4 demogame, I'll want to ressurect GoW and teach them a few lessons on how to warmonger and backstab with style.