PolyCast Episode 04: "Two by Two"

DanQ · December 1, 2006, 17:29

Apolyton Civilization Site`s (ACS) official podcast is now publishing its fourth episode. PolyCast is a bi-weekly, roughly one-hour production featuring co-hosts Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Wouter "Locutus" Snijders, Makahlua and Imran Siddiqui in an effort to give the Civilization community now an interactive voice.

Standard segments "News", "Modcast" and "Interview" are joined by "Senate", "Mailbag" and "Theatre" in "Two by Two", now available for download in MP3 format at 64kbps quality. Total runtime is 67m51s (32.5MB). Quick and Siddiqui carry most of the discussions due to general unavailability of Locutus and Makahlua this time around. The "Interview" segment features the second in a two-part chat with Civilization III Co-Designer and Civilization IV Lead Designer Soren Johnson from Firaxis Games to discuss Civilization Chronicles.

Contributing greatly to the show`s interactive capability are means to call-in via Skype, telephone and email the co-hosts your questions or comments about Civ the game, community, or the show and Apolyton itself.

ACS is the first and to date only known Civ fansite to produce its own podcast.

Makahlua · December 2, 2006, 01:53

Dan, quit voting perfect!

DanQ · December 2, 2006, 09:19

Originally posted by Makahlua
Dan, quit voting perfect!

Who, me?

If you're not going to exercise your privilege to vote too, then this topic is over...

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Nubclear · December 2, 2006, 17:30

Mak, if I ever hear you use "myself" in place of "me" or "I" again, I will reveal that naughty PM you sent to me about Sid

Survivor: Polycast recieves my seal of approval

The Coup announcement is creepy.

Dan actually is quite dreamy

Your voice is so sexy, so strong....Plus, you overthrew the Markos, lord of all the lands....I guess I'm just attracted to men with power

DanQ endorses fascism!

How will this bode for his administration of the Kingdom of Apolyton?

The theatre is wonderful

Exactly the sort of thing that I approve of.

The bleeping is rather annoying. LET IMRAN SPEAK! Down with censorship!

Dan, I was really disappointed that you didn't apologise for your insensitivity in the other thread.

You really hurt me

You should apologise to joncha, too.

DanQ · December 3, 2006, 09:57

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
The Coup announcement is creepy.

If you say so.

The theatre is wonderful

Exactly the sort of thing that I approve of.

Glad you enjoyed it. On behalf of the team,

The bleeping is rather annoying. LET IMRAN SPEAK! Down with censorship!

But we're giving you the opportunity to use your imagination...

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Imran Siddiqui · December 3, 2006, 13:51

LOL... I've been censored! Oh noes!!

Comrade Tass, our #1 (only?

) fan!

DanQ · December 3, 2006, 14:02

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
LOL... I've been censored! Oh noes!!

News flash!

Comrade Tass, our #1 (only?

) fan!

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Imran Siddiqui · December 3, 2006, 14:40

I voted 10... since we cut the fat this week

Kidding, kidding!!!

Imran Siddiqui · December 3, 2006, 14:44

The music drowns out a lot of the Theater segment though

.

Nubclear · December 3, 2006, 15:04

Yes, that was a bit of a problem.

Hmm. I may write some PolyCast fanfiction soon.

Imran Siddiqui · December 3, 2006, 15:51

Just keep it clean... Dan might *bleep* it

.

DanQ · December 3, 2006, 18:49

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
The music drowns out a lot of the Theater segment though

.

I have lowered the music's volume and re-encoded the entire episode. I didn't have difficulties making out the segment as it was originally, but seeing two similar concerns and having listened to the segment yet again -- fair enough.

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Hmm. I may write some PolyCast fanfiction soon.

If you do, we'll consider it

(note Imran's post above too

).

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Dan; Apolyton CS

EPW · December 4, 2006, 22:43

Nubclear · December 12, 2006, 02:20

/me brings this thread back from oblivion

DanQ · December 12, 2006, 20:17

Originally posted by EPW

Thanks, EPW.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Nubclear · December 12, 2006, 20:43

Yeah, you thank him a week after he expresses his approval

I guess that just shows how much his appreciation matters to you, Dan.

You evil, evil man.

DanQ · December 12, 2006, 23:02

Originally posted by Tassi
Yeah, you thank him a week after he expresses his approval

I guess that just shows how much his appreciation matters to you, Dan.

You evil, evil man.

I've been working heavily on post-production of the latest episode along with other Poly projects (and, naturally, non-Poly projects as well) that have been keeping me far too busy.

When have you contributed material to Poly? Hmmmm...

on you!

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Dan; Apolyton CS

DanQ · December 28, 2006, 21:39

Summary of topics for this episode:

NEWS (02m35s)
Significant overhaul in Apolyton's executive, Dale takes an award at an Australian modding competition and the lead on an extensive Lord of the Rings inspired Civilization III mod is interviewed.

MODCAST (14m28s)
A detailed discussion on railroad connectivity in Civilization IV.

SENATE (19m47s)
This first-time-segment-in-public addresses to Civilization IV topics: Universal Suffrage vs. Representation civics debate and is the Diplomatic victory the most difficult way to win.

MAILBAG (30m26s)
Second-time for this segment, Civ fansites Apolyton and Civilization Fanatics Centre avoid deletion on Wikipedia and wondering about inactive forum accounts on Apolyton alone.

THEATRE (41m02s)
A segment with a unique flavour, 'Jeremy 2.0's "Myron vs. The Volcano" story set within the CivIII environment is narrated by MAKI with DAN voicing the king and featuring IMRAN as Myron.

INTERVIEW (44m37s)
LOCUTUS and MAKAHLUA conclude their two-part conversation with Civilization III Co-Designer and Civilization IV Lead Designer Soren Johnson from Firaxis Games to discuss Civilization Chronicles.