3 weeks to game 7 Civs of the week?

[alva]

Originally posted by Akron
What's the point of doing civs of the week after the release? I guess they may be sorta useful to the casual player looking to buy the game, but all the info will immediately be out on apolyton as soon as people get their hands on the game.

just a thought but since the game will will ship
later outside america........ it's makes perfect sence
to keep doing civ of the week IMHO

[JellyDonut]

Originally posted by dainbramaged13

who pays for apolyton?!?

Well, there IS the Apolyton store...

[Sarxis]

To be honest, I haven't kept up on the 'Civ of the week' thing at the website. Too busy here I guess.

[java4me]

Originally posted by Anunikoba
To be honest, I haven't kept up on the 'Civ of the week' thing at the website. Too busy here I guess.

Me too...

I just look at the new unit, and see what is new about it, and also look at the new screens. That is all I do now!!!

[Christantine The Great]

Originally posted by Blaupanzer
Note that the latest news is that it is three weeks from "going gold." That is the date Firaxis sends it to the publisher, not the release date. Should see the game in stores, pre-order shipping around Thanksgiving. Does that give them enough time to do all the civs?

Really? My preorder form says 2-day airmail. Wouldn't that mean I'd get it on November 1st or thereabouts?

[JellyDonut]

Originally posted by Anunikoba
To be honest, I haven't kept up on the 'Civ of the week' thing at the website. Too busy here I guess.

Sadly enough, the CotW is the highlight of my week! After 5 days of toil, it's nice to come home and see a new civ up on the site. Then I rush over here to see if anybody's posted anything on it. Surely enough, "Civ of the Week: Blah" has 97851 replies already even tho' it came out 10 minutes ago. It makes the whole thing feel gemütlich (hard to translate into English).

[Sarxis]

Actually, anyone who knows me also knows that I rather dislike previews. I rarely watch movie previews once I know that I want to see the movie (funny watching me close my eyes, cover my ears, and start chanting 'LA LA LA LA LA' when the movie commercials come on ).

So this is the REAL reason why I am not interested in the CotW: I want to enjoy the full effect of CivIII when I get it, nothing being spoiled.

[Akron]

Originally posted by alva848


just a thought but since the game will will ship
later outside america........ it's makes perfect sence
to keep doing civ of the week IMHO

True, it is good for people who won't immediately buy the game, but the point is that all the info will be available on a number of fan sites. Yeah, I guess that it will be useful for luring in more casual gamers who want info directly from firaxis, but its information will already be available here for all the more serious gamers.

I'm pretty sure someone will get his hands on the game and play for 48 straight hours and then post a thousand screenshots on apolyton and type in all the info on everything, then post the entire manuel (please? )...

Ok, maybe I'm going a bit too far...

[Mars]

When i get the game i won't be posting for like a week

[JellyDonut]

After the game comes out, I'm going to avoid Apolyton for a while. First, I'll have to wait for my computer to come back from being repaired and I don't want to know everything about the game before I play it. I just want to know as much as everybody else. Then I'll play the game, making daily stops into Apolyton to see if everybody else is finding the game to be as great as I!

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by Akron

I'm pretty sure someone will get his hands on the game and play for 48 straight hours and then post a thousand screenshots on apolyton and type in all the info on everything, then post the entire manuel (please? )...

There has also been speculations on that nobody
is going to be here on Ape when Civ III is released.
Expect me, who can't get a copy on 28th October.