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  • The Apolyton Hall of Fame: January 2003

    4th Post down from here contains VOTING RESULTS!

    Hello and welcome to another edition of the Apolyton Hall of Fame!

    What is it?
    The Apolyton Hall of Fame (HoF) is a list of people who contributed a lot to the community here on Apolyton. For example: Xin Yu was inducted in the HoF for his incredible strategy and MP contributions to the Civ2 section, yin26 for his fantastic work on 'The List' with suggestions for Civ3. Every member of the Hall of Fame has made great contributions to Apolyton and the Civilization community - these people and their accomplishments must be remembered by us all!

    If you don't recognize many names you probably haven't been here very long and/or hardly ever post outside this forum - in that case this HoF might be a good opportunity to learn something about them. That is why this Hall of Fame was created: to remember and learn.

    Periodically, we hold a vote for the Apolytoners who we think contribute the most to Apolyton, the ones who make Apolyton what it is. The winners shall be inducted in the Hall of Fame and their names will live forever in the annals of APOLYTON!

    History
    The idea for the Hall of Fame was born in late 2000 as an outgrowth of the old Apolyton Army and Apolytoner of the Season Contests, seeking to honor the people of Apolyton in a more meaningful and structured way.

    The first edition was held in the Off Topic in December 2000 over a period of 3 days and is currently archived. The first election saw Markos and Dan, the owners and administrators of this site, and the first 10 posters inducted.

    Since then, the HoF vote has been held roughly 4 times a year with 11-14 total members being elected every year. Up until August 2002, the vote was held only in the Off Topic forum - from that time on it has been posted in other sections (first in Civ3, later also in SMAC, CtP1-MP, CtP2, etc).

    Special Thanks/Why we do certain things:
    Ming for archiving the first thread and helping manage the thread in its early days.
    As per suggestion by MOBIUS, the last vote's are carried onto the next votes.
    As per suggestion by Solver, all previous votes are carried onto the next votes.
    As per suggestion by Martin Guhman, December votes are extended till 6 days.
    As per suggestion by Locutus, introduction revised.

    This edition
    Welcome to the January 2003 edition of the APOLYTON HALL OF FAME

    (2 Members to be inducted this session)
    (Only 12 total will be elected this year)
    You have approximately 4 days to vote (until the ___).

    Please vote today and elect some of your brethern to join the historic December class; consisting of such hallowed names as Adam Smith, DanQ, MarkG, Giant Squid, St Leo, Ming, Snapcase and more.

    So now is your chance to decide: who should be inducted in the HoF this time? Celestial_Dawn for this pioneer work in modding CtP1? WesW for his work on both MedMods, JohnT, the former Apolyton Librarian and debating poster, Googlie or Hydro for their extensive work in AC Fiction and Multiplayer, Hexagonian for his Cradle accomplishments? Or maybe orange for the Apolyton Yearbook? Or perhaps Fez for his amusing rants? It's up to you, now: Remember, your vote counts! And you only have 4 days in which to make it count!

    Notice:
    This is a satellite thread: you may vote here, but the votes won't be updated in this thread- instead, they will be updated in these threads: OT (Link), Civ III (Link) Because they proved to be the most popular voting locations.



    Table of Contents
    I Introduction Post
    1) What is it
    2) History
    3) This Edition
    4) Table of Contents
    5) Notice

    II Rules Post
    1) Rules for voting
    2) FAQ

    III Hall Posting
    1) Hall of Fame Members
    2) Alphabetical member list
    3) Chronological member list (by date of induction)
    4) Chronological member list (by registration date)
    5) Information about the Hall of Famers

    IV Current Voting
    1) Current Standings
    2) Who voted for Whom
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    1) Rules for voting

    Everyone can vote for 3 posters

    Registered In/Before 1999- 4 points per vote
    Registered In 2000- 3 points per vote
    Registered In 2001- 3 point per vote
    Registered In 2002- 2 points per vote
    Registered In 2003- 1 point per vote

    -You may not vote for yourself.
    -All ¡¥frivolous¡¦ votes are thrown out.
    -Giving your vote to someone merely because they ask is considered a frivolous vote.

    You may only vote once in the hall of fame (for 3 people) IF you try to vote more than once ALL of your votes will be made void.

    Time Limit for voting is: 4 Days Roughly¡KUsually when the voting starts dying down.


    2) FAQ:

    ¡§Trust me, an on-topicer will never win ¡§

    What about Xin Yu? What about Velociryx?
    And remember, many of these ¡¥mostly-OT posters¡¦ used to be huge on-topic posters back around 1998-99!

    Disclaimer:

    The Hall of Fame is based on whoever people vote for, and as Lazarus and the Gimp stated so eloquently: ¡§"The compilers of this list cannot rule out the possibility of inductees being a bunch of utter ****s" Thus. Please. Don¡¦t shoot the messenger.

    ¡§Where is the Hall of Fame usually posted?¡¨

    From December 2000 to August 2002, the Hall of Fame had only been posted in the Off Topic forums; with occasional forays into the Apolyton/Community section. However, nowadays you can find the Apolyton Hall of Fame in the OT (main) Civ III (main) and with satellite threads that link into the hall of fame in the following sections: CTP II MP, AC-General, Alt.Civ section-„³Clash of Civilizations (b/c it has 2nd most posts in alt.civ), Civ III DemoGame sections.

    Also, the Hall of Fame is currently lobbying to become a news item.

    ¡§How long is voting?¡¨

    Voting will continue for roughly 4 days.
    In December; voting will be 6 days.
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    • #3
      1) Hall of Fame Members

      Apolyton Hall of Fame Members -39

      December 2001 Adam Smith
      December 2000 Alexander's Horse [The Apolyton Troll]
      December 2002 Asher
      March 2001 Boshko (AKA Zhu Yuanzhang Dave Boshko, Boshko)
      December 2001 chegitz guevara
      August 2002 Chris 62
      December 2000 DanQ
      March 2002 Ecthelion
      March 2001 *End is Forever* (AKA Iain Lindley)
      June 2001 EVC (AKA EvC, Evan VonChristof) [The Apolyton Daffy Duck] [Perma-Banned] (But now present as Thorn)
      December 2002 Frogger (AKA KrazyHorse)
      December 2000 Giant Squid (AKA Celestion the God, Alexander the Great) [The Apolyton DL]
      June 2002 GP
      January 2001 Imran Siddiqui [ACS News Coordinator]
      March 2002 Jay Bee
      March 2001 Lancer
      March 2001 Lazarus and the Gimp (AKA: Ron Jeremy, Bugs ****ing Bunny, Trappist)
      December 2000 Mao
      December 2000 MarkG
      December 2000 MichaeltheGreat [Another OT Moderator]
      December 2000 MikeH
      December 2000 Ming [The OT Moderator]
      June 2001 Monk
      June 2002 paiktis22
      December 2000 Provost Harrison (AKA AI) [The Apolyton Scientist]
      March 2002 rah [Yet another OT moderator]
      December 2001 Ramo
      December 2000 Roland
      August 2002 Sirotnikov
      December 2002 Slowwhand
      December 2001 Snapcase
      June 2001 SnowFire
      June 2001 Starchild
      June 2001 Stefu
      January 2001 Stewart Spink [Perma-Banned]
      December 2000 St Leo
      June 2001 SuperSneak
      December 2001 Wraith
      March 2002 Velociryx
      March 2002 yin26
      December 2000 Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey [Perma-Banned]
      June 2002 Xin Yu

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      2) No Dates; Alphabetically:
      Adam Smith
      Alexander's Horse
      Asher
      Boshko
      chegitz guevara
      Chris 62
      DanQ
      Ecthelion
      *End is Forever*
      EVC
      Frogger
      Giant Squid
      GP
      Imran Siddiqui
      Jay Bee
      Lancer
      Lazarus and the Gimp
      Mao
      MarkG
      Michael the Great
      MikeH
      Ming
      Monk
      paiktis22
      Provost Harrison
      rah
      Ramo
      Roland
      sirotnikov
      Slowwhand
      Snapcase
      SnowFire
      Starchild
      Stefu
      Stewart Spink
      St Leo
      SuperSneak
      Velociryx
      Wraith
      Xin Yu
      yin26
      Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey

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      3) Chronologically
      MarkG Automatic Inductee
      DanQ Automatic Inductee
      Ming December 2000
      MikeH December 2000
      MichaeltheGreat December 2000
      Mao December 2000
      Alexander's Horse December 2000
      Giant Squid December 2000
      Provost Harrison December 2000
      Roland December 2000
      Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey December 2000
      St. Leo December 2000
      Imran Siddiqui January 2001
      Stewart Spink January 2001
      Lancer March 2001
      Ron Jeremy March 2001
      *End is Forever*March 2001
      Boshko March 2001
      EVC June 2001
      Monk June 2001
      Snowfire June 2001
      Starchild June 2001
      SuperSneak June 2001
      Stefu June 2001
      Adam Smith December 2001
      chegitz guevara December 2001
      Ramo December 2001
      Snapcase December 2001
      Wraith December 2001
      rah March 2002
      yin26 March 2002
      Ecthelion March 2002
      Jay Bee March 2002
      Velociryx March 2002
      Xin Yu June 2002
      GP June 2002
      paiktis22 June 2002
      Chris 62 August 2002
      Sirotnikov August 2002
      Frogger December 2002
      Asher December 2002
      Slowwhand December 2002

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      4) Sorted by Year Registered

      1998 (22)
      Ming
      MarkG
      Stewart Spink
      Imran Siddiqui
      Alexander’s Horse
      *End is Forever*
      DanQ
      Jay Bee
      St. Leo
      yin26
      Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey
      Snowfire
      Starchild
      rah
      GP
      Xin Yu
      MichaeltheGreat
      Giant Squid
      Boshko
      Stefu
      Adam Smith
      Lazarus and the Gimp (YES he really did register then; he’s had his account reset thrice)

      1999 (13)
      Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey
      Ramo
      Mao
      Velociryx
      MikeH
      EVC
      Snapcase
      Roland
      Wraith (?)
      SuperSneak (?)
      Lancer
      Slowwhand
      Asher

      2000 (5)
      Provost Harrison
      Ecthelion
      chegitz guevara (?)
      Sirotnikov (?)
      paiktis 22 (?)

      2001 (2)
      Chris 62
      KrazyHorse (?)

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      5) Information About the Hall of Famer’s
      Information Courtesy: The Apolyton 100

      MarkG - Founder of the site and maintainer. He has created numerous scripts for the site; uploaded data and dealt with troubles, all the while still finding the time to post in the Civ II sections and play Civ. A true legend.
      DanQ - Founder of the site and maintainer. He has created numerous scripts for the site; uploaded data and dealt with troubles, all the while still finding the time to post in the Civ II sections and play Civ. A true legend.
      Ming - OT moderator. Benevolent and kind. Civ II Mper and Civ II poster. He keeps order on the site and posts a lot in the OT
      MikeH - AC-Player; now best known for his Off-topic postings. He now resides at CounterGlow.
      MichaeltheGreat - Off topic moderator. Civ II player.
      Mao - OT poster, he also posted in the Civ II sections until Aug 2000 when he faded from the forums
      EVC - Humorous. Slightly offensive. Well-known for micronationalism; crazed antics. OT regular until his permabanning
      Giant Squid - Old Mod-Maker for Civ II and poster on the forums since almost their inception. Best known for Apolyton Micronationalism.
      Provost Harrison - AC poster, OT poster, ubiquitious poster. Provost is best known for his off-topic exploits.
      Roland - Apolyton economicist and financial wizard
      Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey - Co-Founded of The Alpha Centauri Nexus (more popular than ACN's SMAC section at the game's peak).
      St. Leo - Currently hangs out and promotes the Scenario League. He used to be one of the more important Civ II posters.
      Imran Siddiqui- ACS News Editor, large poster back in the old days. Civ II poster. Civ III-ideas poster. Now he generally hangs out in the Off-Topic. He enjoyed the old Story-Threads and contributed to many of them.
      Stewart Spink - Humor. Spam. OT. Discussions. He was an Apolyton staff member at one time. He maintained the Civ II Top Ten Scoring list and some other things. He also had his own Civ II site.
      Lancer - Well known for his charitable Karen Mills threads about the family in the Phillipines and the Apolyton House. He is also well known for his many invaluable Civ II contribuitions
      Ron Jeremy- Humorous/Cynical Apolytoner. An old Civ II-er, he now hangs out in the OT.
      *End is Forever* - Very interested in music. OT-er.
      Boshko- OT-er. Big in political threads
      Monk - OT-er. INFO NEEDED
      Snowfire - Great contribuiter to The List for Civ III… One of the threadmasters for the Civ III list.
      Stefu - STEFU! Finnish OT-er! Very humorous.
      Adam Smith - Financial wizard. Economicist. Used to be big in the Civ II sections; he now solicits financial advice in the OT.
      chegitz guevara - Communist… You guessed it… Theben’s brother. Currently lives in Florida. Well known for his remarkably Left-wing viewpoints.
      Ramo - Another Libertarian/Anarchist. Yet Another Texan named Omar. Off-Topic debator.
      Snapcase - Hacker, OT-er, and in charge of the Apolyton News.
      Wraith - Social Libertarian. OT-er. Anime fan. MORE INFORMATION NEEDED.
      rah - Major Civ II Mper, brother of Ming and current moderator of the OT. He also posts in the Civ II general section.
      yin26- - South Korean master of THE LIST for Civ III! Yin26 used to be moderator of the Civ III section until he decided that he didn’t like Civ III… And for all newbies- you can relate his vitriolic statements about Alpha Centauri to Coracle’s whining about Civ III! However, returning to the more important information: yin 26’s listmastering tasks are not to be underestimated- he sorted thorough THOUSANDS of posts to find the best to submit to Firaxis in that huge 200 to 400-or-so page sacred document that is THE LIST.
      Ecthelion- - Deutsche-Spam. Prominent Oter known for his humor. Formerly known as Andz83 and ChaosWarrior, Ecthelion originally posted in the Civilization II section. History happens to be one of his favorite topics.
      Jay Bee- - Current moderator of the Spanish Civilization II section of the Forums. He is also the genial head of the Spanish Civilization II Site; an excellent site with many varied Spanish-setting scenarios. Jay Bee has been with Apolyton almost since its inception, being one of the first 4 people to register on the forums; right behind the venerable MarkG, DanQ and DarthVeda.
      Velociryx - Current head of the Candle’bre project, a project centered around creating a free massively multiplayer game a la Trade Empires. Vel is also the published author of a recently (July 2002) released Mystery. (PLEASE CORRECT IF I AM WRONG ABOUT GENRE/GAME); he also published a strategy game for Alpha Centauri. Former AC-Fiction author and frequent AC-contributor. Once voted Apolytoner of the Season for the entire site. More information can be found in the Faces of Apolyon Interview by Solver
      Xin Yu - Civ II strategy master and MPer. More information can be found in his Faces of Apolyon Interview by Solver
      GP- Best known for his proponency of the “Branching Thread” format; GP is a former Navy Crewman who happens to be a frequent debater and frequenter of the Apolyton Off-Topic; he has also, in the past, visited the Civ II section, giving hints and advice. Currently (as of Nov 2002) he is under one of his asked for ‘bans-from-Apolyton’ so that he is not tempted to post
      paiktis22- PLEASE CONTRIBUTE INFORMATION; Apolyton OT-er and former Civ III-ideas and Civ II regular.
      Chris62 - He frequents the Spanish Civilization II, Scenario League, OT, General, Multiplayer website forums.
      Sirotnikov Humorous. Defends Israel in the OT (since he lives in Israel)
      Frogger Large OT poster and sometimes poster in the Civ II sections
      Asher Prominent and loyal OTer
      Slowwhand OT and Civ II poster and Multiplayer.

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      NOTE: You may vote here, but the full voting results will only be published in the following threads:

      AND


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      • #4
        Snowfire and Imran Siddiqui!

        Man, I haven't seen much of those guys since the full year I spent on the SMAC forums as one of the leading posters before that game's release! How many years ago was that? 3? 4?

        Hmm... Snowfire is still on my AIM list, I should see if I can get him involved in the Civ3DG

        Ah, back in the days before SMAC was a game and it was just a concept, Arnelos was one of the 3 leading posters of the Peacekeepers faction

        I haven't participated in the SMAC-DG because I got too involved in the Civ3DG... you know, whatever's knew, I go with it
        Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
        Consul of Apolyton from the 1st Civ3 Inter-Site Democracy Game (ISDG)
        7th President of Apolyton in the 1st Civ3 Democracy Game

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        • #5
          Just dug around on my harddrive to see if I could find the old "SMACer of the Year" awards I organized on the SMAC forums back-in-the-day... I must have deleted all those old html files and text files ages ago

          Too bad, really... If I remember correctly, I tied with "Brother" as "Peacekeeper of the Year" along with such things as "Least Annoying American" and a few other amusing categories we had

          Imran Siddiqui I remember as "Highest Postcount", I think along with "Spartan of the Year". He might have gotten the "Most Annoying American" award, but he wasn't the only one in the running for that one I don't remember if Snowfire got "University Member of the Year" or not, but I remember that he was in the running for it.

          I recruited Snowfire for another game that I was playtesting for at the time, but I haven't been so good about participating in that playtest over the past year

          As for the Peacekeeprs... I've been a Peacekeeper SO LONG that I was a "member" of that faction on the Firaxis boards back when it was called "The Keepers of Wisdom" when the game was till in Alpha
          Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
          Consul of Apolyton from the 1st Civ3 Inter-Site Democracy Game (ISDG)
          7th President of Apolyton in the 1st Civ3 Democracy Game

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          • #6
            Snowfire and Imran Siddiqui!

            Man, I haven't seen much of those guys since the full year I spent on the SMAC forums as one of the leading posters before that game's release! How many years ago was that? 3? 4?
            Oh, they're still around, check out the OffTopic!
            Imran tries from time to time to start stories up... and snowfire lurks (also seen in the Other GAmes section)

            if you were at the .owo forums, why did it take you so long to get to apolyton, just wondering?

            But Imran and Snowfire already in the hall... If you want, feel free to vote for someone else.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by DarkCloud
              if you were at the .owo forums, why did it take you so long to get to apolyton, just wondering?
              Not long after SMAC came out and I wasn't posting on the Firaxis boards anyhow, this odd thing called "real life" knocked me over because I was starting to get a rather involved social life at university...

              Since I left university over the summer, I had tons of free time in August/September and wandered over to 'poly to have some fun

              So I'm back
              Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
              Consul of Apolyton from the 1st Civ3 Inter-Site Democracy Game (ISDG)
              7th President of Apolyton in the 1st Civ3 Democracy Game

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              • #8
                Trip

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                • #9
                  My 3 votes:

                  1. UnOrthOdOx (Jungle Gazette, NewZupdateZ, Directory, etc.)
                  2. Togas (NewCon, Terms of Service, etc.)
                  3. Trip (Doing a whole lot of work to start the C3DG and the C3PTW-DG, providing critical early leadership in both, etc.)

                  Ok, those are my choices. I'll have to nominate notyoueither, Kloreep, GodKing, and/or Ninot when and if those three above get in at some point

                  PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VOTE HAS BEEN ALTERED
                  Last edited by Arnelos; January 20, 2003, 17:42.
                  Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
                  Consul of Apolyton from the 1st Civ3 Inter-Site Democracy Game (ISDG)
                  7th President of Apolyton in the 1st Civ3 Democracy Game

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                  • #10
                    Nice list...
                    Two more names: Sn00py and GhengisFarb.

                    GhengisFarb
                    GodKing
                    Kloreep
                    Ninot
                    notyoueither
                    Sn00py
                    Trip
                    Togas
                    UnOrthOdOx

                    This will be tough...

                    I'll vote later.
                    RIAA sucks
                    The Optimistas
                    I'm a political cartoonist

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                    • #11
                      Votes Updated!
                      Only 2 dyas of voting left!

                      Locutus and orange are in the lead; but Alinestra covelia is fcoming up fast, as are Catt, Trip and Arrian!
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                      • #12
                        EVERYONE VOTE UNORTHODOX
                        Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
                        Consul of Apolyton from the 1st Civ3 Inter-Site Democracy Game (ISDG)
                        7th President of Apolyton in the 1st Civ3 Democracy Game

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                        • #13
                          My votes go to UnOrthOdOx, for the Gazette, Togas, for the NewCon, and Aro, for the maps.
                          "Close your eyes, for your eyes will only tell the truth,
                          And the truth isn't what you want to see,
                          Close your eyes, and let music set you free..."
                          - Phantom of the Opera

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                          • #14
                            I vote...

                            1. Unorthodox for his dedication, jungle gazets, newz updatez and organization. He reeally hepled this Demo game and I hope he is wel.
                            2. Sn00py - well his graphic mods made it to PTW, that should be recognized here somehow.
                            3. Arrian - One of the finest strategists that we curreently have

                            Final Vote (Arrian) Added Please Update

                            Mss
                            Last edited by ManicStarSeed; January 21, 2003, 14:15.
                            Remember.... pillage first then burn.

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                            • #15
                              My 3 votes:

                              1. UnOrthOdOx
                              2. Togas
                              3. Arnelos
                              Last edited by Hot Mustard; January 21, 2003, 18:48.

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