General Discussion

[notyoueither]

I thought a thread for general discussion might help get us oriented. Not everything merits it's own thread, but it is a GS tradition to discuss anything that merits it.

Here we are. Questions from new members? Discussion about the team?

I apologise in advance for the number of membership threads. I thought about it, but I did not feel it proper to gang them up somehow. Each person is important and rates his own thread, even if he is not granted admission.

[Krill]

We need to start discussing civs, and the proposed rules for the game.

Looks like map trading, map making, both what type of map and the idea of map makers...anything I missed?

[Dominae]

For big games like this, I prefer there be a map maker or at least a map "checker"; I can deal with starting location luck in a PBEM, but in a demogame it's much more demoralizing.

If all the teams agree, I woud like to nominate alexman. He's done it in the past (for AU, on request for some PBEMs) and is really good at it. And given that he's a Firaxis employee, this might even generate some publicity!

[notyoueither]

Check on the map checker, but Alexman is posted as being a member of Beta's new team. Isn't he?

I was thinking Sirian would be good.

[Dominae]

Even better, perhaps!

[Cort Haus]

Alexman or Sirian would be good. Also, I gather Aeson is on the moderator team for this game.

[notyoueither]

Yes. Either Sirian or Aeson would be good. I have been thinking Sirian as he is the Master of Maps (or some such; he knows the scripts inside out) but Aeson could be expected to be very thorough in his own right.

[alva]

Btw, I took the liberty of moddifying our icon a little.

I added four dots ( took me hours, I tells ya ) to distinguish it from the other one (the dots standing for Civ4 of course).

Gives me cha,ce to est the upload feature aswell.

[Dominae]

I thought we had already taken care of that by adding the fourth diagonal bar to our old icon...(not that I care either way!)

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by alva
Btw, I took the liberty of moddifying our icon a little.

I added four dots ( took me hours, I tells ya ) to distinguish it from the other one (the dots standing for Civ4 of course).

Gives me cha,ce to est the upload feature aswell.

That's cool. I am for it if you can get Mark to change it.

[alva]

Originally posted by Dominae
I thought we had already taken care of that by adding the fourth diagonal bar to our old icon...(not that I care either way!)

Hadn't noticed it.

[asleepathewheel]

I think we can start admitting some of the safe bets...

oops, I see that discussion on that is in the main forum...

[Arrian]

I agree we want a map checker. I just want somebody who knows what they're doing to have a look and avoid a PTWDGII situation. That SUCKED. It would've been more viable in CIV, becase resources don't deplete, but it still was harsh (our 3-civ continent had 1 iron and 1 horse to start. The iron depleted. The other continent had about 5 irons and however many horses. ).

-Arrian

p.s. And, dirty spammer that I apparently am, I complete the "Tuberski" (MZO term for being the last poster in every single thread in the forum). Huzzah!

[alva]

p.s. And, dirty spammer that I apparently am, I complete the "Tuberski" (MZO term for being the last poster in every single thread in the forum). Huzzah!

For prosperity.

[Arrian]

Posterity, alva, posterity.

-Arrian