Demo Game?

[polarnomad]

I know this is probably going to exclude me from joining any of the teams getting set to start playing, but oh well... enlighten the noob if you please...

How exactly does a demo game work? From what I've gathered from the chatter in various threads, there are teams playing each other a very long period of time in a fashion similar to PBEMs. It seems that each team controls one civilization, but how?

[EPW]

Originally posted by Locutus
A Democracy Game is a game played by the entire community, either as an SP game with the whole community controlling the a single civ, or as an MP game with the community splitting up in teams which each control one civ. I'm only familiar with the SP variant myself, but I assume it works in same in MP: the community elects a president (who actually physically plays the game) and cabinet of ministers, who are each responsible for making the decisions in their area (e.g. Minister Interior Affairs controls city build queues, Minister of Defence controls the army, Minister of Science research, Minster of Foreign Affairs diplomacy, etc). These ministers consult the community to make their decisions: they organise debates and start polls, though typically any member can start a discussion or poll on their own as well if they want (the community more or less equates parliament and community members MPs). Once enough instructions have been gathered, the ministers pass their orders to the president who then plays a few turns, usually while holding a chat session in the IRC room so people can provide life feedback on issues that come up during play. There's also a Court of Judges which maintains the Constitution (rules of how the government is organised, how decisions are made, etc), resolves conflicts and periodically organises elections. There's often a fair amount of roleplaying involved, though it's not required to participate.

The details may differ per game (e.g. some DGs may not have a Court and/or a Constitution, the balance of power between cabinet and parliament differs per game, the freedom the president has during playsessions varies), but in large outlines that's how it works.

[polarnomad]

Thanks EPW. If you don't mind my asking, where did you grab that quote?

[EPW]

Second page of this forum:

http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=141105

[polarnomad]

Ok, so at first I felt like an idiot for having not checked past the 1st page of this forum, but then I noticed that, unlike other sections of the Apolyton forums, Civ4-Democracy Games does not display more than one page on my browser... Am using Firefox v1.5. What's up with that?

EDIT: Doesn't seem to work with Opera or Internet Explorer either...

[EPW]

It hasn't been posted in for over 30 days, so you would have to change show the "last 30 days" box to a greater number.

[polarnomad]

Ok, that works now. Thanks again.

[Addled Platypus]

be one with TEAM BANANA

not to late to join

of course you would have to leave the merc team

[polarnomad]

Originally posted by Platypus Rex
be one with TEAM BANANA

not to late to join

of course you would have to leave the merc team

Thanking you kindly for the offer, nonetheless.

[Enigma_Nova]

I'm sure that all the bananas will get the opportunity to become a part of merc, or all the mercs will get the opportunity to become bananas - depends on who Sarantium, GS and Vox ally themselves with.