Sarantium

[Golden Bear]

I think that we have decided, but the Mighty Beta, Primary Tribune of the Senate of Sarantium has not made an appearance in a few days. He has the final say on things and must be heard - plus he is the only one with permission to accept people!

[proviisori]

ok.. thanks

This humble peasant waits patiently for Beta to declare verdict...

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Golden Bear


Ooooh. If I apply to the Horde, I can be listed as a Hordian!!! Goody!

Oh, my brother Horde-ites, come embrace in the group hug of, uh, Hordeness!

Well...we are still considering that Sarantium wing, complete with a statue of a fierce golden bear....

[Golden Bear]

I would like to be fierce, but truly this Bear is soft and cuddly.

I haven't stolen lunches from campers in years. Grrrr.


BTW, make certain that there is a wet bar in that wing - and we'll all have a HUGE party when it is opened, right?

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Golden Bear
BTW, make certain that there is a wet bar in that wing - and we'll all have a HUGE party when it is opened, right?

A building without a bar!?! Not in the Hordeland!!!!!!!

A party indeed GB! A big one at that!

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Parties over at our place is all well and good but how comes we never get invited over to your place ?

We dont make that much mess, honest

[Golden Bear]

Dunno. We used to have these big marble palaces that were open on all sides. Plus these refugees kept coming through and taking the buzz of the party.

If we can ever decide on a civ, I'll work on the paaaarty room. You guys are good for a Thursday night, right?

I don't care about mess. The trick is to learn not to notice it. LOL.

BTW, we've researched brewing and are kegging up for our first all team blow out. Everybody invited!!! It'll probably be on a beach or in a rainforest, but we'll make it work. Home brew, yum.

[Dave_Shack]

Howdy Sarantians,

Potential new player seeks team, must be tolerant of short-term (1-2 day) unannounced and long-term (1-2 week) announced absences due to RL and open to commentary, not necessarily witty.

If interested please reply with a few words about your team's culture and goals.

You'll probably want to know a little about me, I've held almost every position in the Civ3 DGs on CFC, as well as participated in MSDG (PTW), ISDG (C3C) and CFC's multi-team game. Someone else had my handle on this site, on the other sites (CFC, Evolution, CDZ, RBCiv, etc.) you can find me as DaveShack without the underscore.

My main interest in joining this game on some team, maybe this one, is to see how y'all approach things compared to the other games I'm in -- and have fun doing it..

[Beta]

Originally posted by Golden Bear
I think that we have decided, but the Mighty Beta, Primary Tribune of the Senate of Sarantium has not made an appearance in a few days. He has the final say on things and must be heard - plus he is the only one with permission to accept people!

Thanks for the power you have assigned to me GB. And sorry for my absence folks. Off hunting with Prince Wyatt the First.

To start - E_T, Trip, and Flamer the Fin have been authorized for Sarantium.

Dave - under review.

E_N - see F-P's post above. That is generally my take as well. Sorry, but the interests of the team come first.

[Beta]

For information, The Sarantine Civilization, the Civilization of Light, consists of:

Members:

Beta (authorized)
Tiberius (authorized)
alexman (authorized)
Big Furry Monster
Trip (authorized)
Ninot
Arnelos
Shogun Gunner (authorized)
Golden Bear (authorized)
ZargonX (authorized)
conmcb25 (authorized)
H Tower (authorized)
Rhothaerill (authorized)
Fried-Psitalon (authorized)
E_T (authorized)
Flamer(fin) (authorized)
Dave_Shack (authorized)

Admins:

snoopy369 (authorized)
aeson (of orange soda fame) (authorized)

[Dave_Shack]

Beta suggested I should share more info, but I'm not sure what topics you all are interested in hearing. Looking back at some previous posts about other people who wanted to join, here's how I view those matters.

I'm married with 2 kids, almost 5 and 2. I work 60 or so hours a week as a software engineer for "really big computer company" and have frequent interruptions. In this RL environment, I need a team who are willing to work with someone who tries to be available but realistically can't be sure from day to day or week to week.

When in a position of responsibility (as I often am in the SP DG's over on CFC) I announce my absences and have a backup plan in place. If someone else is absent, I pitch in and help -- there is nothing to gain by complaining about it.

My approach to civ is fairly easy going. Winning is big for me, but I don't take offense when my views are unpopular, and setbacks or even losses are opportunities to learn, not disasters. Measured responses are the proper way to handle diplomatic relations, for most situations. I'm willing to be the fireball if that's what the team wants, but I'm not going to go on a spree on my own.

Hope these are the topics you're interested in, if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer what I can.

[Rhothaerill]

Thanks for the post Dave_Shack.

I can certainly understand about the frequent RL interruptions. I believe our whole team can.

Give us a little time to discuss the matter, and then wait for "His Slugness Lord Beta" to come back next week (okay probably not a week, I'm just having some fun at his expense ).

[conmcb25]

How long have you been a member at CFC Dave? Which Demogames did you participate in? Do you know Octavian_X?

What is your login name at CFC?

Thanks

[Golden Bear]

If I may add an additional question?

How do you feel about the relative importances of playing a game well vs. winning a game?

BTW, nice reply! I work for another, "big computer company" that, I suspect has similar company color but is different. Oh, I don't work on computers either.

Golden Bear

[Dave_Shack]

I'm DaveShack on CFC, also formerly d8575 for a short while. I joined both sites in early 2003 but spent more time over there -- no special reason, just found more stuff that caught my eye.

I participated in Civ3 DG3-7, ISDG (C3C), MSDG (PTW), our internal team game, and Civ4 DG1. Octavian X has been a regular in many of those games.

On playing well vs. winning: I'd much rather play well and win , but get much more satisfaction out of learning something new and applying that knowledge than in slogging through the actual win, or shudder using dubious tactics in an "anything to win" environment.