Apolyton & CivFanatics Merging! (APRIL FOOLS)

[Locutus]

Two of the Internet`s leading Civilization fan sites have forged a permanent alliance. Dan "DanQ" Quick, Chief Owner/Administrator of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS), and "Thunderfall", Site Administrator of Civilization Fanatics Center (CFC), are merging their respective operations to form Civilization Junction (civjunction.com). The two will take on the role and titles of Co-Owner/Administrator, much like DanQ and fellow ACS co-founder Markos "MarkG" Giannopoulos did in 1998 when merging their individual CivII fan sites.

By the end of the month, most of ACS` and CFC`s services will be integrated and made available to the public under the CivJunction (CJ) banner. Among the highlights: the disbandment of Apolyton`s Directory service in favor of CivFanatics` Downloads Database, the en-masse incorporation of Apolyton`s CivGroups service and moulding that site`s PLUS subscription service into a pay-for model for key operations including "Game of the Month", "Hall of Fame", and "Junction University". Work is already underway to merge the sites` two forums. After the merge, the combined forum will have nearly 10 millions posts, making it the 77th biggest forum on the web.

ACS and CFC staff have been working hard behind the scenes for much of the current year in preparation for this announcement. Other than Quick and Thunderfall themselves, many of the existing staff members are expected to join the staff of the combined site, although they may play a different role. Individuals who have served on neither parent site`s staff will also be a part of CJ`s team.

This is a truly exciting time for the Civilization community. We believe it`s in the community`s best interest to merge the two biggest and oldest fan sites, to make it the ultimate destination for all things Civilization, said Thunderfall.

We are seizing on the opportunity to combine the extensive resources of both Apolyton and CivFanatics that have been cultivated for many years, said Quick when asked to comment. Some may ask why we are taking this significant step now. To them I say, why not now?










APRIL FOOLS!

[Nubclear]

oh

BTW:

http://www.eventis.ws/forumdisplay.php?f=12

Eventis has a proposal regarding this. You need to register to see it though, but I encourage DanQ especially to review things.

[ZEE]

can i keep my name???

[notyoueither]

Very good, but a bit too obvious.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Very good, but a bit too obvious.

QFT

[Nubclear]

No. This is real: They have a website and everything.

[Wiglaf]

It is official: you are a dumbass.

[Wiglaf]

Though, the move would kinda make sense. Why not, who really gives a flying ****.

[GePap]

What will happen to the OT????

I mean not in the sen of it disappearing, but in the sense of new trolls.....

[aneeshm]

What happens to people who are registered under the same name at both places? Will they retain their names and identities? Will their post-counts be added? This is rather serious business.




Though I don't fully approve of the merging of the OT forums - the culture of 'poly OT and CFC OT is VASTLY different.

[binTravkin]

I mean not in the sen of it disappearing, but in the sense of new trolls.....

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by aneeshm
Though I don't fully approve of the merging of the OT forums - the culture of 'poly OT and CFC OT is VASTLY different.

Wow, you advocate "seperate but equal" even here on Apolyton/Civjunction. Is there anything you AREN'T wrong about?

[ZEE]

Originally posted by AAHZ
can i keep my name???

nm... i just registered over there with the same name

better to be prepared i guess...

* AAHZ braces himself for the coming flames

[MrWhereItsAt]

Awww... with those two rings it looks like the sites are getting married. Only who is the one 'on top'?

And it'll mean, from now on, that Apolyton's meagre DG teams can be significantly bolstered by the CFC members - those guys are always the best in DG civ games

[Keygen]

That is great news

Both sites have strong points in different areas so a merge would result in the ultimate civ site

Tough decision I guess for both owners but that is the best step to take

I have a question regarding merging the forums, many users have signed up with both sites under the same username or might happen some people from the one site to have the same username with people from the other site. The question is what happen with those usernames? Who gets what username? The people with the same username in both sites which one will take along with their profile (might be different exept the username) and most importantly which status (post count) will take? Who decides and how? Or do we have to re-sign up, or reset our registration time/post count?

BTW, are we getting an upgraded server or a cluster of two or more or will all users from both sites migrate to one of Apolyton's or CFC's server?