MARKOS! SidGolf is NOT my fault!!!

[yin26]

Oh Lord, I hope not anyway...it would be just the kind of sick and twisted joke I could see God playing on me, though. My stomach hurts. Markos, this is really cruel. CURSE YOU MARKOS!!!

YIN RESPONSIBLE FOR SID'S GOLF AND CIV3 DELAY?
(6 July 2001, 5:05 EST)

Unfortunately, it looks that way. Yin, by his own mistake, revealed that he is the first to mention the idea of a golf-related game by Sid Meier! Making a post about an old column article of his on civ3, everyone realized that the first mention of a golf game by Sid was made by Yin.

Therefore it seems clear now that the whole "I was leafing through a golfing magazine and I got the idea" story that Sid has given is simply untrue! Everyone can easily realise that a "I was browsing Apolyton as I do every day, saw the words 'Sid Meiers Golf' together and knew instantly that I wanted to do it" story is much more feasible!

It's really a shame that someone who has contributed a lot to the civ community, is the reason of one more delay in civ3 by injecting the idea of a new game to the developers....


-MarkG

[MarkG]

look, i'm not saying you did it on purpose.

it was an.... accident of nature, fate and luck

[yin26]

Make it go away, somebody...please! Make this noise go away (now even the back of my head hurts)!

[MarkG]

actually it needs some editing....

[MarkG]

a couple of spelling errors....

[rah]

Thanks Y and M, for putting a little humor in this forum. With the lack of information recently, it's really been so depressing here. People were forgetting that it's just a game and were taking it way to seriously. As time has passed and all the regular stuff has been talked about to death, the new ideas are getting more and more obscure and bizarre.

Thanks again.

RAH
And being a golfer, some of us will be looking forward to Sid's newest addition.

[Robert]

But Yin,

you asked Markos himself to make it a news item:

yin26: Markos, this HAS to be a news item! LOL!!!!

[yin26]

Rah: Do you think Sid is just doing this to punish me? I know you like golf and everything, but wouldn't you like to wake up tomorrow to the headline:

Sid hits a hole-in-one...and it AIN'T golf!

In a stunning bit of news today destined to go down as one of the industry's best pranks ever, Sid's Golf game was revealed to be just a hoax...and the world fell for it! 'I can't believe anybody would EVER think I'd do a Golf game! GOLF, people! I made F15 Strike Eagle for goodness sake!' said a stunned Sid in a hilarious interview today. 'Actually, I've been hard at work 24/7 slaving over Civ3, and somehow I've done the impossible: To borrow some silly terms floating around, I've just created Civ 4!', said the Master of Gaming himself. The world can rest easy now...and Yin can finally sleep."

I pray for that headline. Otherwise, this must all be a bad dream...

[yin26]

CyberShy:

True, but THIS!!!???

[Jeje2]

Originally posted by yin26
True, but THIS!!!???

I think it is just fair considering that you have stated in another thread the reasons why you will not buy the golf game YOU suggested to Sid.

I call this a bad case of "hit and run"
Giving the idea and not even interested in the final product...

Btw. This is fun.

[rah]

"Sid hits a hole-in-one...and it AIN'T golf! "

LOL Y,

The strides made in sim golf have leveled out. We really need someone to push the envelope and take it to a new level. I think Sid can do it, and I wish him luck.

I can see it now, standing on the first tee, after selecting Diety level. A 650 yard par 5. In the middle of my backswing, a horde of barbarians pouring out of the left sand trap screaming "you wanted a bloody handicap, we're your handicap" and then attacking with modified 5 irons.

You can have your nightmares, and I'll have my dreams.


RAH

[KrazyHorse]

Hmmm...

Actually, sacrificing yin may be the only thing that keeps the crowds of info-hungry apolytoners from tearing each other's guts out in meaningless argument. Yin: I salute you.

[Sirotnikov]

KrazyHorse??

I'm surprised at you!!!

I hope you understand that this comes shortly:

[TechWins]

See you in a couple of years, Krazyhorse.

(Something Krazyhorse can't hear) Yeah right, he's going to get life in prison.

[Nemo]

roflmao

your people are too much. i haven't laughed so much all week.
thanks