The Apolyton Island

[Goingonit]

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
Not so sure. Remember, it´s a very well supplied island. A colony of only 50 or 100 would be quite viable, and there are hundreds of us...

Post your strats for the Apolyton Civil War here!

1) we all join into a commune except Comrade.

2) we all go after Comrade.

The end.

[Lars-E]

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
I wonder why no one mentioned the obvious, yet: The island would clearly be a smallish SMAC.

It would be like SMAC, of course.

Grrr....you beat me to it. I was gonna post that!

[Lonestar]

Well, let's look at the problems:

-Everyone has his or her own view on how to run things.
-No tools.
-10:1 Man-woman ratio.

Proposed Solutions:

-Create a "Grand Council" of ten leaders, with the Mods and Admins filling up most of the spots. The remainders will be filled by election. (Not a winner-take all election)

-Obviously, make them.

-This is a thoughie. Obviously, there will be all sorts of conflict wit this. (Not for me, of course. Wimmin will be flocking to my Greek-Godlike body. ) I think we should just respect the wishes of the women folk. And quietly sob.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Lonestar
Well, let's look at the problems:

-Everyone has his or her own view on how to run things.
-No tools.
-10:1 Man-woman ratio.

Proposed Solutions:

-Create a "Grand Council" of ten leaders, with the Mods and Admins filling up most of the spots. The remainders will be filled by election. (Not a winner-take all election)

-Obviously, make them.

-This is a thoughie. Obviously, there will be all sorts of conflict wit this. (Not for me, of course. Wimmin will be flocking to my Greek-Godlike body. ) I think we should just respect the wishes of the women folk. And quietly sob.

why should the mods/admins get the top spots

there should be votes for everyone

and benifits go the tool makers/ women

Jon Millere

[lightblue]

We'd be like baboons

I reckon it might start out all nice and loveydovey with communes and working together for the greater good. But that won't last. Without technology and healthcare were back to the scenario where the strong survive and the weak are subjugated. With strong I mean strong of mind and body, just one won't be enough. Someone like me for example .

The strong will take the lion share of the food and thus grow even stronger. Think something like a troupe of baboons.

As for the whole women thing, you guys are really rather obsessed with that. Simple solution, only the alpha male gets reproductive rights. Sorry kids .

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

For a real-life example of a "Lord of the flies" scenarion, check out "Batavia's Graveyard" by Mike Dash. Very brutal and nasty account of shipwreck and mutiny.

[red_jon]

It better not be a hot island, I burn easily.

[rah]

A quasi serious analysis.

Control of rare resources is the key.
If everything is abundant exept women, that would determine things. After reading most of the threads here, it seem a general concensus that most of the posters would not willingly force themselves on a woman.

SO, there would be two ruling classes.
1. The women would head up the first group since they control the most rare resource. But they would be hard pressed to find time to rule.
2. The old timers, who are not controlled by their other heads. But they too would be hard pressed to find time to rule since they would spend all their time trying to fashion a five iron out of bamboo.

RAH

[red_jon]

Women would hold power over all non-homosexuals/bisexuals. We would be the only free ones

[rah]

But unless there was only one of you on the island. You'd be too busy to rule also.

RAH

[red_jon]

Can I bring a city with me?

[rah]

I don't care, I'm still working on the 5 iron.




RAH

[Paul Hanson]

Hopefully this island would be a floating island, similar to the one on "Noah's Island". We could then get an orangutan to steer it towards the nearest shore, at which point I'd get off and call in the airforce to bomb it back to...oh, I don't know, the Age of Aquarius.

[Evan von Christoph]

Now who would really want to be on Island with ME?

[red_jon]

Originally posted by Evan von Christoph
Now who would really want to be on Island with ME?