Reply With QuoteI don't know if our moderators (Curt & Eivind) are on Facebook. I say that if no one chimes in then one should be set up. I believe administrators can be changed if need be.
I searched and there are three Civ2 pages on facebook, none of them related to scenario making, with the largest of the three having a few hundred members. Maybe our illustrious leader (whoever that might be at the moment) can launch a
Civilization 2 Secenario League Facebook page
where we can generate a new audience. Cause from they way these guys are posting, they are still playing the plain vanilla Civ 2 but oblivious to Apolyton or Civfanatics.
I don't know if our moderators (Curt & Eivind) are on Facebook. I say that if no one chimes in then one should be set up. I believe administrators can be changed if need be.
Sounds like a plan. All publicity is good publicity!
Kobayashi and Harry Tuttle are now friends on facebook
Koby, has the new Trek come out yet in your part of the woods?
Unfortunately no. I'm based in HK now, and China is a nation of fake DVDs. Everything comes to HK last, if it even comes at all. Have been eagerly awaiting it for six months now.
My pals in Singapore (where you get caning for graffiti) however get it around the same time as in the U.S.
I don't do social networking, but it would be awesome if someone here started a Poly CIV2 scenario facebook presence!
It would mostly likely bring some new blood here...And while we are at it...How about a Poly CIV2 news blog?
It would be easier to update than the clunky Poly news system, and I could sticky a links thread on the main page!
I'm not a Facebook user either, but I think this is a good plan. Would anyone be willing to volunteer to set up such a page?
I've facebook ^^ So "Scenario League" is an ok name?
edit: Civilization 2 Scenario League it is!
edit2: now all I need is a good description...
edit3: yeah, I think I can manage it with help from other users here that actually have Facebook. We can probably use the introduction text that will be in the new sticky thread by McMonkey (great job with that btw!).
Last edited by Arthedain; May 14, 2009 at 16:06.
Cool. Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly does a Facebook page consist of? Do you have a link?
I am reluctant to get involved in social networking as I'm actually quite antisocial. I tried MSN for a while but I could not hack the smalltalk. I hear about twitter and I just don't get it. If I was having a wild time partying 24/7 then I might want to tell everyone about it. I can't imagine anyone being interested in what I get up to on a day to day basis! Maybe I shouldn't knock it until I have tried it though!
What I was trying to say is: How does a Facebook page work and how would it bring in visitors? I guess people link to it through other peoples profiles or can they find it by Google search? God I'm a dinosaur
EDIT: Partial cross post, but nothing drastic!
Well I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, both new and old. Sure, there's a lot of small talk, but you also find people you haven't talked to in years.
A facebook page for Scenario league, or rather a Facebook group, will consist (when done) of a presentation of what the Scenario League is. It will be free for all to join. It will contain all important links (already added links to the forum and the wiki site) and people can ask all kinds on questions there, both on the "wall" and by creating threads..
I need a good (but small) picture to use for the group! It may not sound important, but this picture is what cathes the eye of the surfer..
Group is here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82058499005
Edit: Started a thread for displaying your user names on the forums
Edit2: Forgot to mention the most important thing about a Facebook group. It's already been mentioned, but it is free publicity, especially since so many people uses Facebook.
Last edited by Arthedain; May 14, 2009 at 16:24.
Just realize that we can market the group with an ad. Though I could probably need some help with that.
Last edited by Arthedain; May 14, 2009 at 17:01. Reason: spelling
Excellent stuff! I would be worried about who might track me down on Facebook. I wouldn't want any previously unknown offspring looking me upSeriously though, I may have to bite the bullet and join up.
The link has given me a much better idea of what it is all about. Any publicity is good for our community and also for Apolyton in general, especially on such a huge site. I would suggest the well known "Sid Meier's Civilization II" wording or the equally familiar Pyramid and Globe icon for the group picture. I doubt Civ2 is capturing the imaginations of that many new players but I bet there are loads of people out there who owned a copy ten years ago and would instantly recognize the icon!
You know, you can change who will have access to your site. Take mine for an example, you have to be a friend of mine (on facebook) to acces my page. So there's really no worries.
I'm a bit too tired atm to work on the group page, but feel free to join it. And please, post your nicknames in the discussion so we all know who you are.
I'll take a stab at making the icon for facebook. I'll report back in a while
a few hours of work later....
Believe me it wasn't easy to clean out the original words and reshade the background. It doesn't look that 'clean' but don't worry, the actual on screen logo will be smaller and thus look sharper.
Last edited by kobayashi; May 15, 2009 at 04:06.
I used the first picture. If anyone think I should've choosen another one, please feel free to express your disagreement
I am in.
AKA Tanelorn.
Big, big smile.
I didn't know that I was a moderator! Let the reign of terror begin!Originally Posted by Harry Tuttle
Seriously, it's the old Sweden-Norway confusion I think, you must have ment Arthedain
Excellent stuff! I would be worried about who might track me down on Facebook. I wouldn't want any previously unknown offspring looking me up
Last edited by Eivind IV; May 16, 2009 at 14:34.
joined
"I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
Middle East!
Amazing work, guys!
I have bookmarked it, and plan to join at the earliest chance...!
Proposed Description for FaceBook Page (currently empty)
Civilization II (Civ2) is the iconic empire-building turn-based strategy game developed by Sid Meier. The basic game starts in the stone ages and ends with the space race to Mars. The game allows a maximum of 7 different tribes which one would have to build into a world dominating empire by making military, scientific, political and economic progress and by building world wonders. In 2007 Civ2 was placed as No. 3 on IGN's 100 greatest video games of all time.
The overwhelming success of Civ2 has spawned Civ3 and Civ4 but only the Civ2 platform was created with total user customization in mind. Each different customization, called a scenario, is stored on a different sub-folder with its own units, map and terrain, sounds, research tree, wonders and ‘cosmic’ rules. There is also a built-in event language which allows scenario-authors to script events, issue messages and control AI behavior. Unlike other games which once modified stayed modified, each Civ2 owner can have at his disposal hundreds of completely different versions of the game. Because of this rich customization feature, thousands of scenarios dealing with topics as varied as the Roman Empire, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, the Crusades, World War II, gangster wars, the Odyssey etc. have been released over the years and in fact continue to be released today.
The Scenario League has been at the forefront of the scenario creation movement for both the Multi-player Gold and Test of Time versions of Civ2 and serves as a discussion forum for scenario making community. At its website, it makes available resources such as topical guides and graphics. The Scenario League website also hosts the results of design contests held in the past as well as hundreds of quality scenarios which can be freely downloaded.
Last edited by kobayashi; May 29, 2009 at 22:26.
BTW,
a few new people joined but didn't notice the "post your Scenario League handle so we know who you are" thread.
plus
is it possible to post photos...as in some representative screen shots of our scenarios on the face book page? I notice the other Civ2 sites have this.
Last edited by kobayashi; May 29, 2009 at 03:09.
Good description. I think it is worth mentioning Brian Reynolds as he is the man behind Civ2 rather than Sid Meier. I believe Sid was behind the original Civilization game but had no part in developing Civ2.
A valid point. I only mentioned Sid Meier because the game manual says "Sid Meier's Civilization II" on its cover. It true about Brian Reynolds but too many names will be counter productive as the Civ2 part is only meant as an intro to the scenario portion. I don't have a strong opinion, but maybe we can just replace
developed by Sid Meier
with
originally released in 1996 (by Micropose?)
Last edited by kobayashi; May 29, 2009 at 22:41.
How about:
"Civilization II (Civ2) is the iconic empire-building turn-based strategy game developed by Microprose in 1996."
This would be accurate without going into detail about the creators. I don't think it is fair to credit Sid with Brian's work, but then again without Sid there would be no Civilization.
Alternatively:
"Civilization II (Civ2) is the iconic empire-building turn-based strategy game developed by Brian Reynolds in 1996 and based on the original Civilization by Sid Meier."
I guess it does not matter that much really but after his friendly response to the source code e-mail I am keen to credit Brian wherever possible.
Just got home from Prague and I'm still tired. But I will look into it tomorrow. Anyone wanna be a mod for the facebook group?
hmmm..i don't mind
kobayashi's our man!
I thought it was to Alpha Centauri?
(yes, I play nearly only scenarios...
Ankh-Morpork, we have an orangutan...
Discworld Scenario: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...8&pagenumber=1
POMARJ Scenario:http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showt...8&pagenumber=1
LOST LEGIONS Scenario:http://www.apolyton.com/forums/showt...hreadid=169464
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