Setup Progress

[Keygen]

The setup progress is currently at a very early stage, with a general discussion regarding the settings and the rules taking place, and the very first teams forming.

[Keygen]

Reserved...

[Keygen]

I have contacted CivFanatics, CGN and StateGamer and asked them if they're interested in forming a team (each).

[Paddy]

why are you contacting others, when I thought one of the goals was to have a small number of teams?

[GeoModder]

Yeah, I wonder about that too.

[UnOrthOdOx]

I would also prefer not to make such as serious game. These inter-site games tend to get all chest thumping "we're better than you" and less about fun.

We clearly have enough teams here to support a game as is.

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by Keygen
I have contacted CivFanatics, CGN and StateGamer and asked them if they're interested in forming a team (each).

Um no.

If some of those people want to join a team here fine, but this is an Apoly game for Apoly teams.

ISDG's become cesspools of bull feces.

[Keygen]

I don't see a reason why we should not invite other sites too as long as they can support a team. It seems to work so far with C4WTDG.

Since it won't be a team per site but several Apolyton teams and possibly two to three more teams from other sites I don't feel there will be more seriousness or competition than if there are going to be only Apolyton teams.

That is of course if any of the fore mentioned sites are interested and we're happy with that.

[UnOrthOdOx]

Originally posted by Keygen
I don't see a reason why we should not invite other sites too as long as they can support a team. It seems to work so far with C4WTDG.

Since it won't be a team per site but several Apolyton teams and possibly two to three more teams from other sites I don't feel there will be more seriousness or competition than if there are going to be only Apolyton teams.

That is of course if any of the fore mentioned sites are interested and we're happy with that.

I think we're all a little confused. What happened to this?

Originally posted by Keygen
I'll agree with RobWorham and Locutus on this.

Keep the number of teams as low as possible.

We were all expecting fewer teams, smaller maps, quicker contact, quicker game.

[Locutus]

Strategamer is sadly as good as dead () and CGN's userbase overlaps almost entirely with ours already, so I don't really see the point there, although I guess for exactly those reasons there's no real harm either (Rob and I already invited PAL and RB specifically because we thought they had the most potential).

If they get into it (which so far doesn't seem to be the case thankfully) adding CFC would turn this into a full-fledged Intersite DG which is a whole different beast, one that many people don't seem to want. I definitely agree individual CFCers are most welcome to join (Methos ), but they have enough people to potentially field 5 or 6 teams easily, which is really a different story. For one thing we wanted to speed up the setup phase, getting CFC involved in any major way (especially now) will only slow things down considerably.

I appreciate your sentiment, Keygen, I'm the biggest fan of inter-site cooperation you'll find anywhere, but you shouldn't have done this without discussing it first.

[Keygen]

Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx


I think we're all a little confused. What happened to this?



We were all expecting fewer teams, smaller maps, quicker contact, quicker game.

My understanding was that keeping the number of teams low would mean more members per team thus minimizing the risk for a team to run out of members.

But adding 2-3 teams from other sites would not affect that, on the contrary it would add some fun I believe.

I'm only suggesting, it is not to me to decide how many teams will form or how many people will join but to all of you who will participate and have all the fun

[Keygen]

Originally posted by Locutus

I appreciate your sentiment, Keygen, I'm the biggest fan of inter-site cooperation you'll find anywhere, but you shouldn't have done this without discussing it first.

That was my initial intention, to discuss it here first but then I read through the PAL's sign up thread and thought it would be fine (and save time).

[conmcb25]

Apoly is pretty much the choice amongst the Ladder folks of "another CIV Site" to check out and hang out at. At least it used to be. They are Poly guys by proxy more or less.

Keygen, we want more players, NOT more teams. Its really as simple as that.

And we really dont want non Poly Teams. I gues if CFC wants to put one together thats fine, but lets not make this an ISDG.

I would be happy with 5 or 6 robust teams myself.

[Hercules]

I think we're close to having those 6- 8 teams established.

I agree we didn't want to have a crude Intersite demo game.

This is for fun.

[Methos]

I agree that CFC shouldn't be invited, unless it is by individual and that CFC is not allowed to make their own team. This is a poly thing. I have no problem with a CFC poster playing here (especially since I want to play), but making them join with poly teams is in the games best interest. Over at CFC we see too many CFC/Poly threads and we're always closing them down. I don't want to see that here too, especially in the middle of a game.