first post

[Boney]

I was feeling a little nostalgic, so I checked back to see what my first post here was. I was amazed that it was actually in this forum and was entitled 'impossible-easy ha ha ha' quite apt.

That was back in Jan 2001. I was actually a member before then but I forgot my handle and password, for the life of me I still cannot remember.

Anyway how many people can say their first post was a ctp2 post?

[Locutus]

Of the people posting here, quite a few actually. IW, Dale, Martin, OmniGod (remember him?) all arrived on these boards (or at least started posting) in the weeks around CtP2's release IIRC. But in your case I wouldn't be too sure: Apolyton changed server a while ago and most of the old posts went lost. Markos recovered most of the CtP1/2 posts by now but most of the old posts from the Civ2/Civ3/SMAC/Apolyton/Off-Topic/etc forums are probably lost for good, so you shouldn't be able to find any posts from those forums older than 9 months or so...

My first post was in CtP1-Creation BTW, I remember it like yesterday: it was an answer to a question about SLIC documentation

[Immortal Wombat]

Mine was in CtP1 creation too as well I think.

[Dale]

Locutus:

Actually, I used to participate in CTP1's forums way back years ago. That was just after its release. However, I used a handle I don't like saying anymore as it got slandered in a heap of chat rooms, and basically, I couldn't show my face as that handle anymore. So I just decided one day to use my first name.

[Locutus]

Ben,
Not according to your profile... But you did indeed post a lot in CtP1-Creation in your early days...

Dale,
Now, I couldn't know that, now could I?
Aw, come on! Tell us what your old handle was! I promise it won't go beyond this thread

[Dale]

Locutus:

You'll have to live in mystery. A lot of sadness associated with that handle. All because an ex I didn't work out with in Canada couldn't cope with it.

But as for this profile, yep, I started in CTP2. In fact, my first post was about diplomacy. But back then I didn't know where it would lead.

28-12-2000 07:19
Woohoo! My first post.

I've never really had a problem with the AI not doing diplomacy. When I first started playing CTP2 I did but then I decided to imitate the US way of diplomacy (no insult intended here BTW). I just stuck my nose into everything and used the arrogant tone. I even stuck my nose into other nations wars. To start with the other nations ignored me or got annoyed, but after I had muskets/tanks/ships-of-line before any of them they started listening and agreeing. Then pretty soon they were all initiating diplomacy with me (and from what I could tell each other). Pretty much I acted like the US as world mediator, bullying everyone to my way and before you know it I had diplomatic victory before aircraft.

[Locutus]

Oh, okay, sorry to hear that I guess I'll let it go then, for this one time...

[Pedrunn]

My first post as i remember i did not liked CTP2, I had another Login (Pedrun with a one N, forgot the password and changed the my e-mail).
It was April/May of 2001.
I dont really remember if i had already post anything in civ3 forums but my fisrt post to CTP series was asking about adding the space layer from CTP1 back to CTP2 in CTP2 creation forum.
I do remember Locutus aswering and others people (i think Martin did too) saying it was impossible.
Maybe i still can find it somewhere.

[Locutus]

Finding your first post is easy: open your own profile -> search for all posts by this user -> go to last page ('>>') -> it's at the bottom. In your case, Pedrun, you'd have to search the member list for Pedrun with one 'n' and use that profile. But don't bother, I already found the thread for you here (I remembered the thread so it was easy enough to find).

[Martin Gühmann]

My first post was about the sea city sprite bug in CTP2, a problem that we didn't sloved and I have no idea if we can solve it without the source code.

I am not shure in which forum this thread actual was started as Markos merged the CTP2 gerneral, help, strategy, multiplaying forums into one.

Originally posted by Locutus
Markos recovered most of the CtP1/2 posts by now but most of the old posts from the Civ2/Civ3/SMAC/Apolyton/Off-Topic/etc forums are probably lost for good, so you shouldn't be able to find any posts from those forums older than 9 months or so...

Are you shure, Locutus:

http://www.archive.org/

Just enter http://apolyton.net and press the take me back button.

-Martin

[Locutus]

Wow! That's a great website, Martin, I had never seen such a thing before. Although not nearly as good as an actual archive, this is very useful indeed