The Observatory

[Kody]

Recently I've been visiting apolyton with a web browser that doesn't use pictures.

With attaching pictures it's pretty simple.
* you make a thread to attach pictures to
* right click on the picture and copy the link to the picture
* use to link the picture
* when showing the thread outside the forum you need to get drogue, method or myself to move thread with the pictures out too

I'll read the history thread and give some comments here.

With attaching pictures in a seperate thread I did that because it was a much cleaner way to do it. Also with the number of pictures I was making I could have filled up my upload space.

[Kody]

*sigh* it's very long I only read part of it. I will try and do it later when I get home. You've taken on a much larger task than I would have ever let myself get into. It is also very difficult trying to write about someone else. I think when they read the histories the players will enjoy it.

To tell the truth I'm not very interested in visting this place. Right now I think I'm looking for something, and I already know it's not in this place. Not sure what I'm looking for.

[Kody]

By the way I hold by my assertion that the lack of inital rivers are what have slowed the Gaians down, and starting on a river is why the data angels are in the lead. The lack of rivers slowed them down far more than moving the colony pod into the fungus.

Rivers increase energy and unit movement, which are both very important. It's mainly the unit movement, which is very important for early turn advantage in planting pods, moving formers and exploration.

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With respect to your introduction thread, I think having all factions within the same thread is very confusing at the moment. This may improve during the later stages when the factions start interacting, but right now I'm having trouble following what is happening as the story switches between the different prespectives that are focused on different things too fast.

At first I considered suggesting to have the stories seperate, and just copy the relevant sections from other factions to each thread. Then I realised the extra work involved and also the fact later in the game the inter-faction interaction would be less interesting without a merged thread. So now I'm not too sure. Do what you think is right.

The individual story threads do have their own flavour, which is really good, but difficult to appreciate when switching between each faction constantly. I think the way I would have attempted to do it would have been to have all the threads written in the same way from the narrator prespective, but subtlely change the way the characters think to bring out their constrast. Then again that can be really difficult when you aren't master of what is occurring in the game.

[Snowflake]

Kody, thanks for all the comments. I think I'll lighten up the stories a bit. For I will never finish it this way. Not sure how I should handle the different flavors for each faction. I'll have to think about it more.

I understand when you say you are not very interested in visiting this place because what you are looking for is not here. Actually I have the same feeling. I wouldn't have come back if not for you, because I didn't want you to be left holding the bag. I'm taking up the history record task because I felt that this is the one thing I could do when I'm having a hard time to get involved in other ways.

[Snowflake]

Just a thought. If we decided that the stories should be separated into their own threads would you be able to split each existing posts into different thread for me? I wrote them back in the team forums so I really don't have a good feel how they read now. Perhaps I can keep them separate and then just keep updating the table for reference, and for diplomatic interaction turns I'll simply copy them to both team threads or something like that.

[Kody]

Don't stay around just for me. If you feel you have more important things to do then do them. I'll say yet again, what a narrator needs to do is only decided by the commitments we take up.

With respect to the spilting of threads, I'm willing to help you split the threads if you want. If method or drogue are around they are able to do it too as they actually have joint moderatorship with me in this forum. They're just being polite by not using it. If you want to the thread spilt then I'm happy to let them do it if they see your request before me.

[Kody]

But it's ok if I had to work alone. I just don't think we can both leave like that.

I'm not suggesting that, just trying to make sure that you don't feel obiliged to take up my work. To sum up what I was saying earlier, if you feel pressured to do something it won't be as enjoyable.

I understand you. We have different sets of values. I believe when you accept a position, in RL or in game, you have accepted responsibility that comes with it.

My sense of responsibility has been the main cause of my problems here. Also I feel I've developed into a different and worse person because of my experiences. I'm too tired to try and keep the high ground with my values, I've already admited defeat there.

I think everyone needs something in themselves to respect. Otherwise they have difficulty functioning. With you Snowflake I think you respect your own self sacrifice and your moral values. I think what I used to respect in myself was that I was a good person. I'm not sure of that now, especially in this place.

Please don't try and nudge me to become more active. I have my reasons for not wanting to be here.

[Snowflake]

Sorry Kody. I was not trying to nudge you to become more active. I was venting my own frustration. It's ok, I understand.

[Snowflake]

Wow can't believe it has been this long. Thanks for the topped game progress thread, Drogue. That'll help me get back into the game.

I've just finished my study and testimony today so I'm thinking I will have some time to come back to the demo game a little.

One thing I was thinking is can you get Kody replaced by me as the mod of this forum? It will help me to get the split of the history thread that I never got. Of course I could ask you to do it but it might be easier if I could do it myself.

[Method]

Boo! The little lightbulb for this forum is on!

I'll send a PM to Ming perhaps...and see if he'll do it.

[Drogue]

He'll do what? The lightbulb was on because of my thread, surely?

[Method]

Ming has made HH a mod, but has also authorised some random guy who applied. We'll see if we can get that removed.

[Snowflake]

Wow thanks Method. Should I PM that guy and ask him to quit from this forum, or is Ming already notified? So far for security reason I suggest we hide the game progress thread just in case.

[Snowflake]

Oops I thought about make the game progress thread not showing by using Method's trick but thought I'd test it on the trick thead first. And now I'm glad that I did that. Because I can not make it come back.

[Snowflake]

Also I saw four admin options (view post queue, attachment queus, etc.) in the forum thread index page but I don't have authorization to view any of the four pages.