Welcome (and JOIN) to the Civilization III Democracy Game

[jdd2007]

its never too late, we can always expand membership

[orange]

i'd like to join, but I'm not totally sure what is going on...i'll have to read up a bit.

[Captain]

Since many newcomers aren't sure what this game is all about, I'll point them to the topped Government thread.

The Government thread is a bit cumbersome to read and somewhat long (and assumes you already know certain things), so I wrote this one page basic overview for new players. Spiffor also wrote a good summary and it's in the same thread. His is the first section.

Welcome to the game.

[Captain]

Oh, I should mention the overview hasn't been updated for a week or so. As for item #6, there is now a newly created Court that has been empowered to make rulings (mainly about the validity of polls/votes).

I'd update it, but I can't edit someone else's post. President Ninot can, but I think he's pretty busy with the American war and all that.

[adaMada]

I think I'll join -- I've still got to figure out some of the stuff that's going on, but it looks like fun, so .

-- adaMada
7/27/02

[Ancient Warrior]

Sign me up in time for the glorious attack!

[Spiffor]

Welcome to all !

While the game might seem confusing at first, it's much simpler than it looks. I'd like to give you a quick overview of our situation :

- In the Demogame, we are all playing with the SAME civilization, and take decisions commonly. For example, we vote on important matters like declaring war to the Americans, and the majority wins.

- Except this way to take common decisions, the Demogame looks exactly like a standard single player game. We're Egypt, and started in a very crappy location, surrounded with a huge jungle. We just archer-rushed the neighbouring Americans with archers (only after 1.5 month ), to have a big empire despite our starting position.
We're on a big continent with 12 Civs on it, including ourselves. The map looks like this :


You'd probably notice some threads you understand nothing about. Son't worry about them for now. Some intend to amend our rules, some are here for pure roleplaying. If you're not interested in them, just skip them, rather than being bored.
There are tons of threads out there to discuss about the game itself. To be integrated in the Demogame, just do like Trip, NotYouEither, Timeline or other peronalities of Apolytonia : post your opinions wherever you want, ask questions, vote in the polls, help build the Apolytonian greatness by sharing your ideas.
WELCOME !

[Belmont R.]

if its not too late I'd like to be sworn in as a citizen. Are there political parties? Go communism!

[Spiffor]

Welcome Belmont R.
There are parties here, but only 2 major ones emerged, the United Front Coalition, which favors warmongering ; and the Democratic Industrialists of Apolyton, who defent a builder approach (however, both parties agree on the necessity of the war against America)

There was an attempt at creating a communist party, but it seemed to die long ago. If you're interested in the communist party, you should either make one, or revive the previous one.
Overall, you are very free here, and can create any opinion group you want, as long as it doesn't violate Apolyton's rules. But be warned that attracting people in your opinion group isn't as easy as creating it

I'm looking forward to your contribution to our great Democracy

Edit : oops, I forgot to add "It's never ever too late to join the Democracy Game !"

[Belmont R.]

Thanks! I think I'll just assimilate into one of the current ones.

[FurryKodama]

Alrite still dont know what I'm doin but nonetheless I wanna join.

[Rev. Bananaman]

Joining

Hey this sounds cool. I want to join also. When is it going to start?

[Donegeal]

I supose I'll join this interesting little experiment in the failure of Democrocy. Personely, I belive that all you "civilians" shouldn't have a say; only the citizens.... [list]

I'm doing my part...

[Spiffor]

Rev. Bananaman : the game already started, it's currently 1025 BC, and we just conquered Washington.

[Almightyjosh]

We'll I'm not gonna swear alliegence just yet, but I'll be hanging around. I've just landed, I'm from Phoenatica (CivFanatic's Demogame) you see. Can I start up a communist party anyway? What about the PSP Party (thats the People Sick of Parties Party) where everyone votes how they like and people are elected on merit?