Would ancient Civ II strategy threads interest you?

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by Gramphos
you may try to search www.archive.org you will be surpriced of what you canh find in sush a place...

Surprised is fine, but I did not see anything that had to do with Civ.

[Gramphos]

you need to know what to search for...

http://web.archive.org/web/19991004025730/http://www.apolyton.net/

[DrSpike]

Hmm, now I've got the front page for a cool Civ site by the name of Apolyton.net. Thanks, but I already found it.

[Gramphos]

And the date...

[DrSpike]

I still don't notice anything about OCC.

[Ming]

Originally posted by DrSpike
To be honest if you make it that far and have the right resources nearby the spaceship isn't that bad.

That's what I remember... that unlike civ 2, civ 3 required luck on the resources... That even if you were doing great, you were screwed if the resources to build the ship weren't available. Yep... doesn't sound like fun to me either if you waste tons of time only to find out you don't have a chance.

[Gramphos]

You need to search fo a more specific thing on theweb archive... I just gave an example of hat it does.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Ming


That's what I remember... that unlike civ 2, civ 3 required luck on the resources... That even if you were doing great, you were screwed if the resources to build the ship weren't available. Yep... doesn't sound like fun to me either if you waste tons of time only to find out you don't have a chance.

You tried Civ3 OCC? It is tough isn't it. Of course the resources are a good SP addition for normal games, because if you don't have/cannot 'attain' resources it's your own fault. For OCC........bah.

[SlowThinker]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Did they get deleted in an upgrade?

Originally posted by Locutus
I think they were part of the UBB archives, which IIRC were never converted to vBB.

Originally posted by Ming
That is correct

But what hapenned to UBB threads?
Many threads in UBB format still exist. But there are no lists of threads for individual forums now (so you must know the link in advance, you can't browse them). Now under 'Forum Jump' there is only Civ2-Multiplaying under the 'archive' section, no other Civ2 forums.
But they existed for some period even after the switch to vBB. Were they deleted or they are hidden only?

Originally posted by Locutus
I think they were part of the UBB archives, which IIRC were never converted to vBB.

If I remember correctly, there were
a) common UBB forums and
b) archived UBB forums.
Common forums were copied into vBB and they exist in both versions.
Archived UBB versions may be lost... (??) Anyway they existed for some period after the UBB-vBB switch, but now for example the famous The Civ2 Battle Equation Solution thread is lost (Eggman, Buenos, and Euclid discovered the battle algorithm there).

[civman2000]

Oldest thread I can find (from 2/99!):

http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum3/HTML/000228.html?date=16:27

[Carolus Rex]

Hm, it's only the first page that's viewable...

Carolus

[TCO]

I want the damn old threads. markos, do the conversion.

[Ecthy]

yeah, do it.

[rah]

And Markos, while peeling patatos, snaps his fingers, and all the old threads are back.

[Hueij]

Ah memories...

I still remember the thread that turned me from an unregistered lurker into an Apolyton poster. How long can you wander around with your first Settler before you get Barbs from goody huts. Memories...