TheSims.com or SimCity.com

[yin26]

THE place for the latest info from Firaxis! If you wonder where the Civ 3 site is, it's probably being uploaded to a Maxis server as we speak! And in case you wonder what I'm talking about, Sid's chat is being hosted by those two sites, which leads to the natural conclusion that Civ 3's chat will follow there soon!

LONG LIVE SIM MEIER AND FIRmAXIS!

Now Markos: The point here is that Sim Golf is killing Civ 3. Killing its spotlight. Killing the number of people who could be working on it. We can blow smoke and say: "Well, only a certain number of programmers and artists can work on one game at time anyway," but we all KNOW this doesn't apply to a group of under 50 people. We can also say, "Hey, Sid can do whatever he wants." Well, that's true.

So, does this thread belong in the Other Games section? In a way. But if you ask me, Civ 3 is ALL about Sim Golf at this point.

[yin26]

During the presentation, Meier will be describing his new game, Sid Meier's SimGolf, as he's playing it.

"I've just added some shrubbery and two sheep. The golfers can't seem to get enough!"

Ladies and Gentlemen: Those shrubbery and sheep are our most bitter enemies. Ban the bushes and the baaa!

[campmajor!]

Is SidGolf.com up yet?

[Grumbold]

So perhaps we should all go and monopolise the chat with Civ questions

After the first ten Civ questions have been squashed and they order anyone not interested in SimGolf to leave, perhaps the sight of half their audience dropping out might get the message across.

[yin26]

Not sure, but Markos is gonna move this thread for sure. Markos: We gotta have AT LEAST one thread about this issue over here at Civ 3 since it's all we've got to talk about coming from Firaxis!

[yin26]

Grumbold:

Absolutely WONDERFUL idea!!! But the thought of Sim Meier weeping is too much for me. Ah, hell. The guy has earned his right to make a tiny golf game about tiny people...I hope you can all see the turmoil this has put me in.

That chat might as well be about Sim Meier's Sim Barbie for all the pain this is inflicting on me.

[Sabre2th]

Sim Barbie?

[Jeje2]

I've deceided to become on optimist for Civ3.
(Yin: Look and learn - It's not that hard. )


So now I say like this.
I do hope SidGolf/SidBarbie game will take all personell from the company to finnish. This way releasing Civ3 this year becomes even less likely, thus giving FIRAXIS time to gather a BETA-time and utilize it effeciently. (Just like Blissard announsed lately)

OK,now I must go spread good feelings somewere else...

[MarkG]

Re: TheSims.com or SimCity.com

Originally posted by yin26
The point here is that Sim Golf is killing Civ 3. Killing its spotlight. Killing the number of people who could be working on it

sorry yin, but that's total BS. if the simgolf firaxians werent working on simgolf, they would be working on dinosaurs.

also, you have really no idea whether or not firaxis was planning for a fall release for civ3 and if the decision fir simgolf hurt civ3 in any way.

finally, it is known from the start that firaxis was always working on 2 games at the same time. initially the secondary team was smaller(work on dinos had started while the rest of the team worked on smac) but with all the hirings it is obvious that they are trying to be able to have 2 equal teams working in full development.

so, to say it once more, the whole "simgolf is hurting civ3" is BS(imho)

[To_Serve_Man]

True that Mark...
With your fame in these message boards you've built yourself a very high platform Mr. Yin. In most posts, you either create abstract informtion to critize Civ3. Or use facts to critize Civ3 aspects. This is good because it helps to construct a better game. Although it seems as though it is falling on deaf ears. But this time you sound like an old man complaining that your back hurts, kids dont respect their elders anymore and you social security is getting eat up on all the little punks...
well, i just think that you shouldn't waste your time on little things like this.. instead, use the time to start a new hobby
or create more concrete posts that arent about your personal problems...

(this post is in the tone of all due respect... it was a very hard post to make without making it sound like a flame... so please excuse any part that might sound flame-ishy)

-your loyal Chieftan,
To_Serve_man

[H Tower]

Yin!!

don't even mention Sim barbie! they'll go off and do it. do you want to regret the fact that you put sim golf into sid's head even more?

[KrazyHorse]

I'm in the chat right now. I think they're screening the questions before they pop up on the screen, so no bombarding will really be possible.

[H Tower]

i'm watching too, yeah, they're screening questions, but its not stopping me. someone had the gall to ask who sid was. the barbarians...

[Robert]

Yin is right !

I'm going to sue Peugeot for the same grounds, since they're not only working on my new 307 cabrio !
Those bastards are working on the new 407 as well, not to mention the 107 that's being designed by them right now !

I hate them !

go Yin !

[H Tower]

i told people this would happen, sid just said that there are civ buildings included in sim golf. the question is what golf things are in civ3?