During <B>ApolyCon '06</B> held in Timonium, Maryland this past <U>July</U>, three representatives from <I>Civilization IV</I> developer <B>Firaxis Games</B> participated in a multiplayer tournament for the game. The game's Lead Designer <A HREF="http://apolyton.net/go.php?http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=30" TARGET="_new">Soren Johnson</A>, fellow Designer/Programmer <A HREF="http://apolyton.net/go.php?http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=85" TARGET="_new">Jon "Trip" Schafer</A> and Software Engineer <A HREF="http://apolyton.net/go.php?http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=80" TARGET="_new">Alex "alexman" Mantzaris</A> went head-to-head with an on-looking crowd... and a camera documenting it all.
The sixth of a ten-part "Three Men and a Victory" serial is <A HREF="http://convention.apolyton.net/videos/three_men-victory6.wmv" TITLE="Click to Download (13.4MB)">now available for download</A>. Set to a selection of music from <I>CivIV</I>'s soundtrack, key pieces of conversation between the three and other guests and participants help to contextualize the in-game action as seen from each Firaxian's laptop screen on a rotating basis. Below is a screenshot from this production:
<CENTER><table cellspacing=0 border=0 width=300 style="border: 1px solid gray;margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 60px;"></tr><tr><td colspan=2><a href="http://convention.apolyton.net/videos/three_men-victory6.wmv" TITLE="Click to Download (13.4MB)"><img align=center src=http://convention.apolyton.net/photos/three_men-victory6.jpg style="padding: 4px 4px 0px 4px;" BORDER=0></a></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-left: 4px;"><font size=1 color=gray><A HREF="http://apolyton.net/go.php?http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=30" TARGET="_new">Johnson</A> (foreground) and <A HREF="http://apolyton.net/go.php?http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=85" TARGET="_new">Schafer</A> focused on their screens</td><td align=right><font size=1></td></tr></table></CENTER>
The video is in <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10" TARGET="_new">Windows Media</A> format, 05m52s in length and 13.4MB in size. Part 7 is expected in the coming weeks.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
The sixth of a ten-part "Three Men and a Victory" serial is <A HREF="http://convention.apolyton.net/videos/three_men-victory6.wmv" TITLE="Click to Download (13.4MB)">now available for download</A>. Set to a selection of music from <I>CivIV</I>'s soundtrack, key pieces of conversation between the three and other guests and participants help to contextualize the in-game action as seen from each Firaxian's laptop screen on a rotating basis. Below is a screenshot from this production:
<CENTER><table cellspacing=0 border=0 width=300 style="border: 1px solid gray;margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 60px;"></tr><tr><td colspan=2><a href="http://convention.apolyton.net/videos/three_men-victory6.wmv" TITLE="Click to Download (13.4MB)"><img align=center src=http://convention.apolyton.net/photos/three_men-victory6.jpg style="padding: 4px 4px 0px 4px;" BORDER=0></a></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-left: 4px;"><font size=1 color=gray><A HREF="http://apolyton.net/go.php?http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=30" TARGET="_new">Johnson</A> (foreground) and <A HREF="http://apolyton.net/go.php?http://www.firaxis.com/company/bios.php?bioid=85" TARGET="_new">Schafer</A> focused on their screens</td><td align=right><font size=1></td></tr></table></CENTER>
The video is in <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10" TARGET="_new">Windows Media</A> format, 05m52s in length and 13.4MB in size. Part 7 is expected in the coming weeks.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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