GENERAL: Cafe "Tamerlin" II

[Solver]

You know, Apolyton is one of the reasons why I remember my time offset relative to most commonly-used timezones . Then again, I've been saying for several years that the Internet needs a standard time, instead of everyone using their own.

About the CtP2 code... I find it almost ironic how Civ4 impacted the whole thing. Pre-Civ4, source-modified and modded CtP2 was probably the best Civ game out there. And I really believed that an "official" Apolyton Edition could gain popularity among non-CtPers here. Now, though, we have Civ4, which I personally consider to be a better game, and, of course, Civ4's modding abilities, which are great - it's entirely fair to say that they exceed the abilities of CtP2, before the source got released. And the size of communities is absolutely different - the CtP2 community maybe has two around dozen members, counting the no-longer active ones like Locutus or yours truly. Ehh, good times, good times .

[Ekmek]

Solver is starting the ctp2-Civ4 War again! Civ4 is a decent game but I was pulled back to stay with Ctp2 because of the emotional attachment to my code and the Civ4 resource requirements were just too much for my computer. So I thinks it safe to say that Civ4 is great for the upper class but us poor serfs can still get our extra turn with ctp2


I'm out of town this weekend so i wont be here for the chat HAppy Source Day all!

[Solver]

I have no intention of starting any wars, E, I've spent too many years and posts here advocating CtP and CtP2 to the other parts of the site. I just want to say that I think Civ4 is a better overall game, and that (unlike Civ3, in many ways) it gained the approval of most hardcore fans. Actually, I still plan to play with the latest Apolyton Edition someday.

[Tamerlin]

I am not available tomorrow at the said time. I will have a thought for you and CtP2 from the movie theatre where I will be with my wife and some friends.

[J Bytheway]

I'm not busy at that time, but I doubt I'll have access to a computer, so... Have fun, those who make it .

[Dale]

Loc, you might wanna let the AOM guys know: http://www.interwebgames.com.au/aomforum/

[Locutus]

I'd love to but I've not been able to reach their forum in a while. If you *can* reach it, feel free to drop them a line...

Hmmm, looks like we're gonna be having a chat to celebrate the source code release but with almost noone from the actual (current) source code team there

I don't suppose there's any other time/date in the next few days that would work better for you guys, John, E, Tamerlin?

[Solver]

Worst case scenario, I wouldn't mind having another prolonged fight with you .

[Ekmek]

Tuesday is better for me

[kaan]

Hi folks

thanks for the invitation, i feel very V.I.P.
ill show up anytime you guys are ready for rock and roll

-klaus

[Locutus]

I think the odds that John and Tamerlin are gonna reply before the end of the day are pretty slim, so I'll just let the chat go ahead at the earlier mentioned time of 20:00 UTC. I'll keep a chat log and we can always see if people like John, E, etc want to set up a second, smaller chat at a more convenient time for them later on to really dig into discussing some hard-core issues about the state of the current project. If that goes through I'll try to attend that one myself as well and I'm sure some others might be interested in that also -- those people will just have to keep an eye on this forum for a while... which can't be a bad thing anyway

So 20:00 UTC is it. I'll post a news item soon.

If John's not near a computer today that means the reflection article he said he'd prepare is probably not gonna be posted until sometime next week either, so if anyone else also wants to write a reflection on the past 3 years or even more generally on their time with CtP2, feel free to do so. You have until at least Tuesday (but if you want more time let me know and I'll see what we can work out): if you get them to me before then I'll put everything I get together and publish it as a nice birthday feature, a la the Staff Views for Apolyton birthdays. If I get inspired and have the time I might even write something myself...

[Pave]

Thanks for the invitation, I'll be sure to drop by. I also posted a thread about this in the AOM forums.

[Tamerlin]

Thanks for the proposal Locutus but I am very busy this week end, my son is on holydays and we are not available tonight.

Don't bother about me I am no more available like I was before. I have the time to connect from time to time which is what I do. Have fun, I will have some news later.

[kaan]

oh man, i missed it.

oh well, theres always next year.

[Ãskallin]

****e, missed it... Next year then...