sigames.com

[MarkG]

good god, you guys are terrible

one more hint: the most important word in my hint phrase above is "site"....

[KrazyHorse]

Maybe if I could view the sidgames website, I'd tell you. Maybe the answer's that they both have crappy bandwidth. Sidgames is the winner, though. I've been trying it off and on for a day, and it hasn't once loaded.

[Nikolai]

I came in now, but I can't find out what Mark is referring to!
And I can't find the phrase he is talking about! Maybe my eyes isn't good today...

[Alexander's Horse]

Sidgames?

Aaargh! Is Kunal/Whistler back?

[Sparky]

Honestly, what does this have to do with Civ? And why the secrecy? What, do they have a CivIII beta hidden somewhere? I wish.

[splangy]

was the civ3 site updated behing our backs?

[joseph1944]

I was able to open the site on Friday and all is said is site under construction. There was a bunch of boxes with commercial advertisement located in the boxes.

[joseph1944]

Below is the contents of the Sigame.com
I'm using Compuserve search engine.

Continue My Internet Search:

Small Business
Work at Home
Home Based Business
MLM
Printing
Office Supplies

Gambling
Poker
Casinos
Slots
Blackjack

Investing
Life Insurance
Credit Cards
Insurance
Term Life
Debt Consolidation

Web Hosting
Domain Names
Search Engine Placement
Web Site Promotion
Web site Traffic



Plasma TVs
DVD Players
TVs
CD Players
Car Stereos
Home Theater
Play Station 2

HumanResources
Consulting
Accounting
Work at Home
Higher Education

Health Care
Nutition
Viagra
Prozac
Vitamins
Weight Loss
Propecia
Suplements
Alternative Medication

Flowers
Jewelry
Diamond Rings
Necklaces
Antiques
Collectibles
Palm Pilots

[Fiera]

Well, I for one know what MarkG is talking about. The Championship Manager series are awesome games, and they have an awesome official site: sigames.com. Just like Civ3 should have. Lots of features, downloads, updates, a great forum with lots of members, etc.

But, if you think about it, isn't it better for Apolyton the way it is now? If Firaxis decided to runa forum and take care of the Civ community, Apolyton could lose some posters, and certainly would miss lots of newbies...

Discuss.

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by Fiera
Just like Civ3 should have. Lots of features, downloads, updates, a great forum with lots of members, etc.

But, if you think about it, isn't it better for Apolyton the way it is now? If Firaxis decided to runa forum and take care of the Civ community, Apolyton could lose some posters, and certainly would miss lots of newbies...

Discuss.

Well, IMHO Firaxis has been unable to manage a good forum: it's hot water for them, so they must stay away.

About News, Downloads, Updates... they are the must have of every software related corporate site.

Firaxis is currently proving very bad in site developing and content maintenance, IMO. They have nothing to tell / show to us, also after a main show (E3) and all the media "first served" already gone to press. Unbelieveble!

Of course they have a good point: if game proved very pointless during early test, as Dino did, they didn't throw away too much effort into a useless CIV 3 site management

[MarkG]

joseph1944, you missed an "s". it's www.sigames.com

fiera, congratulations! you win a 10% discount for an apolyton t-shirt

the thing is, there are still many big cm fan sites, despite the existance of sigames.com

[MarkG]

funny note: yesterday we got yet another mail starting with "hi firaxis team"!

[Immortal Wombat]

LOL! From whom? I want to laugh more directly

[Fiera]

Originally posted by MarkG
fiera, congratulations! you win a 10% discount for an apolyton t-shirt

the thing is, there are still many big cm fan sites, despite the existance of sigames.com

Yes, I know. The Dugout, FE, seems to have a lot of traffic, possibly as much as sigames.com itself. But the official site is still the better one out there, regarding design and contents.

Another good thing about CM3 is that the game contains a directory of fan sites, which, for some reason, I doubt Firaxis will include in Civ3.

[joseph1944]

OK I just found the site w/the "S" thank you Mark. It is a soccer site I think. I'm not into soccer at all.