Nominations for June Term

[Bloody Monk]

Originally posted by rjmatsleepers

That is, in theory how you would do it on my machine. I don't ever really do it of course. To do so would be wicked and I would go straight to hell. It's just that sometimes my finger slips.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Forgive me father for I have sinned.

RJM at Sleeper's

As a cleric I am tempted to say, "Go forth and sin no more;" but, I believe it more appropriate to say, "It is written, the Lord helps those who help themselves."

It is also commonly said, "Your mileage may vary." Which is to say, "One should never be (do) where one does not belong."

You be the (best) judge of that.

Monk

[rjmatsleepers]

We are in danger of hijacking the nominations thread ... but,

I am most tempted to use this exploit when my trireme has found some new land and I can save a lot of time if I know whether or not this land is part of my home island / continent. What I need is a fine jesuitical argument that says it's OK to use the trick on land tiles you have already discovered.

RJM at Sleeper's

[Bloody Monk]

As far as I am concerned, NOT using it, refusing to use it at all, is like pretending not to notice that the flag is not flying over an AI city. The information is plainly visible; all you have to do is look.

And, any good Jesuit will tell you to suck it up and do what is necessary for the glory of Rome.

Monk

[cavebear]

Nominations -

At the moment, all I see are:

Consul -

Foreign Minister - MWIA
Minister of Science -
Minister of War - MWIA
Minister of Trade - Cavebear
City Planner - Cavebear

Did I miss anyone? We sort of have to have a Consul, too. LOL!

[Bloody Monk]

Someone else needs to step up for Consul. I am way too new at this and have yet to figure out the duties and responsibilities involved.

Monk

[Sparrowhawk]

Originally posted by Bloody Monk
Someone else needs to step up for Consul. I am way too new at this and have yet to figure out the duties and responsibilities involved.

Monk

How about Science then? (I will not be "running" for Science this month)

[Bloody Monk]

Having done this before, it seems an easy decision for you. It is not at all obvious to me what is required. I would prefer the Chauncy Gardner mode this time around..."I'd like to watch."

Monk

[rjmatsleepers]

It looks like Cavebear makes any changes to the cities and saves the game. MWIA then moves all the units and hits enter. He then saves the game and Cavebear takes over again. Repeat until June is over - good job it only has 30 days.

Who needs a consul when you have 2 good ministers.

RJM at Sleeper's

[cavebear]

I fully understand Monk's desire to see what the Cabinet jobs involve before serving. I'm sure most of us were observers a month or two before taking the plunge.

If no one else is able to be or feels comfortable being Consul this month, I'm willing to serve again. Someone else should take the Ministerial positions though. We most need a Minister of Science now. Of course, I'll do which ever functions are not filled.

Nominations:

Consul - Cavebear

Foreign Minister - MWIA
Minister of Science - ?
Minister of War - MWIA
Minister of Trade - ?
City Planner - ?

[Bloody Monk]

Tell me what a Minister does--especially, how to create a poll--and I will reconsider if it seems doable. Wouldn't want all the burden to fall on one person even the alternative is likely to produce a raft of snafu's.

Monk

[cavebear]

A Minister posts polls and then reports the results to the Consul.

To post a poll, open a post and explain the purpose and issues briefly. Then before submitting the post, click on the "Yes, Post a Poll" box just above the "Submit" buttons. You will be sent to a poll construction place. Don't worry, it's not too complicated (though you will worry about it).

On the 3rd line, post the poll question. This will be the subject line of the thread. The 4th line is the number of options you want polled. You may want to look at any of our past polls to see the kinds of options to offer. I will mention that we always have a "banana" option. That is really for "none of the above" or "I just feel like being annoying". It's traditional and in some games, we have even had banana currency and banana State Seals and logos. Just think of it as an opt-out voter option.

When you have all the options you want for voting (and keep in mind that the object is to allow all POV's) make sure the number in line 4 equals all the options.

Line 6 "Options" allows multiple voting. If you have a poll that encourages just one choice (like what kind of unit to build in a city, leave that unchecked. If your poll is one that people can make several choices in, then check that box. A poll that allows only one choice will show circles in the poll options. A multiple choice poll will show squares.

Line 7 is important ansd often forgotten. It gives the length of polls in days. The default is 0, which actually means it stays open forever. You don't want that. # days is our standard poll length, so just type in "3".

At the very bottom of the poll screen are the options to "Submit New Poll" and "Preview Poll". PREVIEW THE POLL! LOL! You'll see how it looks and you can make changes there (add voting options, change poll length, etc).

I was scared to death the first poll I placed, and all of us have made ocassional mistakes with them. Not specifying poll days and not allowing multiple choice are the usual mistakes.

Feel free to post a test poll on something as practice. We'll understand. This is REALLY team play here, so don't worry about errors or not understanding something. Ask, and you will receive all the information the whole group has to offer.

If you have other questions, post them or PM me.

[Sparrowhawk]

after the success of convincing Bloody Monk to join us I sent out requests to two former Demo Gamers who still post regularly at Apolyton (in other forums) to return to the game.

Both have read their PM's, but the only response I have so far is from -Jrabbit, who doesn't have the time for Consul right now, but said he would check out the forum. He also said to "Send my regards to cavebear and the gang..."

Fingers crossed on someone else returning to fill a vacant slot above, but seeing as Cavebear has volunteered to continue as Consul, I can at least put my name up for Minister of Trade and will also run against MWIA for Minister of War (which I hope has limited duties for now, which is why I would like this position now rather then later ). This leaves Science and City Planner vacant for Monk to consider (or running for any of the others, if he decides to run for any of the others, I will happily vote for him....even over myself ).

[cavebear]

Nominations:

Consul - Cavebear

Foreign Minister - MWIA
Minister of Science - ?
Minister of War - MWIA, Sparrowhawk
Minister of Trade - Sparrowhawk
City Planner - ?

Fantastic, we have a contested election!

Will someone serve as Minister of Science? All you have to do is post a poll to register the desires of the Citizens about what to research next.

I'll hold off posting the elections for 24 hours in hopes of getting volunteers for the full Cabinet, but I will post them tomorrow (Monday afternoon) with everyone we have that are willing to serve our Glorious Apolytinian civ.

[Bloody Monk]

@ cavebear

Thanks for your encouraging post. After much consternation, I realized that the poll option would come up under the "New Thread" option.

Put me down for Science Ministry. If nobody else steps up I will also do City Planning, but I will need a sketch of those duties, please.

Monk

[cavebear]

Minister of Science is responsible for suggesting next techs to be researched. The MoS post polls to get the general sense of the Citizens as to the next techs we should research. He is also responsible for specifically suggesting techs that might be most valuable in trades with other civs and ones we might want to avoid trading away (not much of an issue in THIS game. LOL!

City-Planner is responsible for both what to build in cities and where to place Workers in existing cities, and where to situate new cities and places polls on both when it matters. We used to have a Minister of Expansion for that last duty, but I have always thought it suited the City-Planner job.

In short, Minister of Science advises about techs and City-Planner advises about what do build in cities. The sites for new cities are usually pretty obvious.

Based on your post, I will place you for election for Minister of Science and City-Planner.

And you can always ask about any peculiar habits we have here. Welcome to the game!