COMMENTS/QUESTIONS FOR YIN (List Coordinator)

[EnochF]

Yin:

Okay, progress report time. Has the List of Suggestions been sent? I forget how the system works, whether you're sending each list separately to Brian Reynolds or whether you're waiting until each threadmaster sends you the summary and then sending everything simultaneously. If the latter, and if that means the list hasn't yet been sent, who are we waiting on?

Last update I got said that Cheats, Movement, Religion, Player Interface and Units had been taken care of. What about Economics, Diplomacy, City Improvements, Social Engineering and Graphics? And then of course the Technology thread has been passed around more times than a bong at a Pink Floyd concert...

[yin26]

EnochF,

I'll send another update in a few hours. Not much has changed since the last update, though. Of course, WONDERS came in. I've heard from most Thread Masters (some will submit today or tomorrow). At any rate, we need to get this finished, and I'll let you know in detail later what has yet to be done.

And, yes, I'm waiting to send all of this at once to Brian. So we've got to tie up all the lose ends here and I'll then need to spend some serious hours polishing it up.

[Bubba]

Dear Yin,

Are only the summaries being sent or are the threads themselves? If it is only the summaries can the thread masters be sure to give equal attention and length to each suggestion (even one's they do not like). I have noticed a real trend that some ideas are summarized well, while others are just written off (perhaps unintentally). Shouldn't Brian & the team be reading all posts (and the pros & cons) to get the feel and implementation of the idea rather than a one line incomplete summary. One persons "garbage" is sometimes another's treasure.

[NotLikeTea]

Personally, I think that only the summaries should be sent, as not to overwhelm the Firaxis folks... afterall, they know that this forum exists, so if they want to read the whole thread they know where to look. The summaries give condensed reading.

[yin26]

Bubba,

Just the summaries will be put together into a big list (which I'm working on now). But I absolutely share you concerns, of course. All of the Thread Masters made a pledge to be fair and represent all ideas equally. However, they are just human, and sometimes the importance of an idea isn't always clear right away. Add to the fact that they are spending an enormous amount of free time on this project, and some things might slip through.

Please help them out where you see things being glossed over. They welcome such help. Also, we'll be posting the list BEFORE we actually send it, so you'll have time to make any last-minute comments about stuff that we missed and/or didn't state fairly enough.

Thanks for the reminder.

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[yin26]

-=*MOVING THREAD UP*=-

[EnochF]

Yin, old bean, I seem to be having some problems recently receiving e-mail. The problem seems to be that Microsoft has become rather paranoid about the recent worm virus and has stepped up its firewalls to the point where I've tried and failed to send a simple one-line message to you. Who knows why? Perhaps they're a bit wary of hotmail addresses. In any case, that means that any messages you've been sending the threadmasters recently has not reached me.

This morning, for whatever reason, one message got through. It seemed to be a vote of some kind, and my name appeared off and on in the text, but other than that, I couldn't make head or tail of it, and I'm assuming there were past messages I never got that would have made everything clear.

In short, help! What the hell is going on?

[Ecce Homo]

1: In the Firaxis forum, only the TM:s can post new topics on the list board. Could that be implemented here at Apolyton?

2: Do I have to do something more to my OTHER summary? At this rate of new posts (one during the last week) I won't have to make a new summary until the next month.

[yin26]

EnochF,

Sorry. I missed your post here! Everything is worked out. (Let's pray)

Ecce Homo--Everybody:

Once the list is out (it's going to exceed 100 pages!!!), we will "clean house" here a bit.

Once the list is released and we start with our improved organization, I'm sure the posts will pick up again. No doubt!


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[Icedan]

Yin, I know you don't like me but I'm worried that when Firaxis reads these summarized idea's, they may misunderstand what the idea really is, because I see a lot of idea's which needs a lot of explaining, and examples, to explain the idea further.

Is there a problem with this do you think?

[Icedan]

Yin, I know you don't like me but I'm worried that when Firaxis reads these summarized idea's, they may misunderstand what the idea really is, because I see a lot of idea's which needs a lot of explaining, and examples, to explain the idea further.

Is there a problem with this do you think?

[Alexander's Horse]

Yin

Your doing a great job but can I have anchovies with my next game please? And instead of doing business trips just "trip" - saves on travel expenses.

[yin26]

Icedan,

I can't remember more than three days back, so I like everybody again after three days.

You are right that certain ideas will need more explaining, and I'm going to 'invite' Firaxis to either contact the Thread Master/poster directly and/or post for feedback on a specific idea from the list that they would like to see clarified. I REALLY hope they take that approach, but it's too early to tell.

However, there was no way to include all the coversations in the list. It's already 100+ pages in summarized form...

Alexander's Horse,

How about something to drink with that order?

Also, I'm trippin now trying to finish this list!

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[Jeje2]

Hi all and Yin!

Supreised to hear from me?
Well I am.
Didn't think they would have computers here for our use.

So, greetings from Bejing to all.
Just had to write a line

CA later: Jeje2

[yin26]

Hey, Jeje,

I'm in Seoul, Korea. Why don't you just fly on over?