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May 3rd Internet-News About Apolyton
Hm... a search on apolyton discovered this praise 
it came out on May 3/2003 by Jim Cobb
just wondering if our site owners have seen this before?
it came out on May 3/2003 by Jim Cobb
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You've seen some of them. The range of perspectives on them stretches from fan sites "where seldom is heard a discouraging world" to extremely analytical approaches to a game or a genre. Game sites have become ubiquitous. The quality of the sites varies greatly, also. Some are a quasi-literate mess of broken links while others are kept in professional dates. Regardless of these variations, game sites are an integral part of our hobby. In each of my future columns I'll try to make room to discuss one that will benefit interested gamers.
The first entry in this series is Apolyton. Started in 1998, Apolyton, or "Poly" as regulars know it, first was a site devoted to Civilization I and II. The site then morphed into a site for other Sid Meier game such as Alpha Centauri. The synergy created by the creative work being done by supporters expanded the site's horizons to other empire-building games. The site now boasts sections not only on all the Civilization games and Alpha Centuari but also both versions of Call to Power, Master of Orion 3, Galactic Civilizations, and the soon-to-be released Rise of Nations. The archived sections can be a hoot, also. Where else is the rise and fall of Sid Meier's dinosaur game chronicled?
Apolyton has a large collection of great mods, scenarios and maps. Its extensive link section touches on every possible aspect of the represented games. Although these "goodies" are great, the discriminating gamer will keep returning to this site for its literary merits. The forums are lively but fairly well behaved, largely eschewing the vulgarity often seen elsewhere. Many fine articles on aspects of the games written by players from all over the world can be found and thoughtful columns are actually solicited on-site. All 219 of them have been archived starting in 1998. This thoughtfulness has given the site a cachet with the industry that allows it to be first in line with pertinent interviews and news releases. Now having a better server, co-owners and webmaster, Markos Giannopoulos and Daniel Quick, can now make a remarkable site even better.
You've seen some of them. The range of perspectives on them stretches from fan sites "where seldom is heard a discouraging world" to extremely analytical approaches to a game or a genre. Game sites have become ubiquitous. The quality of the sites varies greatly, also. Some are a quasi-literate mess of broken links while others are kept in professional dates. Regardless of these variations, game sites are an integral part of our hobby. In each of my future columns I'll try to make room to discuss one that will benefit interested gamers.
The first entry in this series is Apolyton. Started in 1998, Apolyton, or "Poly" as regulars know it, first was a site devoted to Civilization I and II. The site then morphed into a site for other Sid Meier game such as Alpha Centauri. The synergy created by the creative work being done by supporters expanded the site's horizons to other empire-building games. The site now boasts sections not only on all the Civilization games and Alpha Centuari but also both versions of Call to Power, Master of Orion 3, Galactic Civilizations, and the soon-to-be released Rise of Nations. The archived sections can be a hoot, also. Where else is the rise and fall of Sid Meier's dinosaur game chronicled?
Apolyton has a large collection of great mods, scenarios and maps. Its extensive link section touches on every possible aspect of the represented games. Although these "goodies" are great, the discriminating gamer will keep returning to this site for its literary merits. The forums are lively but fairly well behaved, largely eschewing the vulgarity often seen elsewhere. Many fine articles on aspects of the games written by players from all over the world can be found and thoughtful columns are actually solicited on-site. All 219 of them have been archived starting in 1998. This thoughtfulness has given the site a cachet with the industry that allows it to be first in line with pertinent interviews and news releases. Now having a better server, co-owners and webmaster, Markos Giannopoulos and Daniel Quick, can now make a remarkable site even better.
It's really good to see that the site gets such good critics, and it is really deserved too!
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