what are civgroups?

TCO · January 15, 2004, 21:31

Am Iin any? Are they clubs?

vmxa1 · January 15, 2004, 22:49

Sort like club. You can tell as they have icons that will show up under the avatar. I am not sure if all of them have icons, but most do for sure.

flipside · January 15, 2004, 23:00

I always think of them as a badge that shows the part of apolyton that you consider you belong to.
Or notches on the bedpost, for those that are that way inclined.

asleepathewheel · January 15, 2004, 23:06

well, some are required to access private forums, like the PTWDG or ISDG or C3CISDG etc.

flipside · January 15, 2004, 23:10

EDIT: So does this mean it is both a symbol of belonging and a member's pass?

TCO · January 16, 2004, 00:02

I just see flags (but country flags.

Wittlich · January 16, 2004, 00:28

Quote:

Originally posted by flipside
EDIT: So does this mean it is both a symbol of belonging and a member's pass?

1. Symbol of belonging: Sure. I guess you can call it that.

2. A Member's pass: No. Joining a certain group doesn't automatically give one access to the private forum. The forum Moderator has to allow you access. However, not all civgroups have private forums.

Wittlich · January 16, 2004, 00:29

Double post

asleepathewheel · January 16, 2004, 00:30

you can say that again!

Sarxis · January 16, 2004, 00:49

You can click on them on the page too, and it opens a list of members.

flipside · January 16, 2004, 00:53

I understand now. Thank you.

vmxa1 · January 16, 2004, 01:50

Quote:

Originally posted by TCO
I just see flags (but country flags.

Do you see all the icons next Wittlich. That is what they are, mines is for GS a part of a PTW demo game.

Carolus Rex · January 16, 2004, 05:32

There are private forums now, requiring a special permission to enter?

Why does everything that humans get involved in have to end up in hierarchies, "we vs them", "elite vs mob" etc.?

A sad development indeed...

Carolus

Gramphos · January 16, 2004, 05:40

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Originally posted by Wittlich
2. A Member's pass: No. Joining a certain group doesn't automatically give one access to the private forum. The forum Moderator has to allow you access. However, not all civgroups have private forums.

You won't get the symbol unil you are authorised either. (There once were a bug that made it so, which made some people have all symbols while they actuually weren't members in all the groups)

Gramphos · January 16, 2004, 05:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Carolus Rex
There are private forums now, requiring a special permission to enter?

Why does everything that humans get involved in have to end up in hierarchies, "we vs them", "elite vs mob" etc.?

A sad development indeed...

Carolus

Well, for a MP democracy game it's good to be able to discuss things that are not in subject of beeing read by the oponents.

asleepathewheel · January 16, 2004, 12:53

Quote:

Originally posted by Carolus Rex
There are private forums now, requiring a special permission to enter?

Why does everything that humans get involved in have to end up in hierarchies, "we vs them", "elite vs mob" etc.?

A sad development indeed...

Carolus

kind of hard to plan a war when your opponents can read the threads, eh?

Bloody Monk · January 16, 2004, 13:07

You get vertical integration, keeping everything onsite, plus safer surfing by avoiding ICQ or one of the Instant Message deals, plus the cache of a private club.

What could be wrong with this??

Monk

Gramphos · January 16, 2004, 13:19

Now, the only think I onder is where my icons are...

I'm still a member of two groups. Anyone else missing the cg icons? (I might be onto a bug here...)

Bloody Monk · January 16, 2004, 13:28

Everything is very slow on the site this am. I am guessing that some features have been dropped.

Monk

Gramphos · January 16, 2004, 16:18

I thought that at first, the problem were that some users had it and some didn't

Rasputin · January 20, 2004, 07:45

private forums are so the diplomacy guys can spam more without being seen

but seriously, civ groups does all ow easier identification of the games people play or have played so can make it easier to see some one to ask a question of ..

perhpas we need an icon for all the OT people !!!!

duke o' york · January 20, 2004, 08:01

There's already a smiley! You want the moon on a stick, you do!

Gramphos · January 20, 2004, 08:32

No, not an OT civgroup. It would have too many members. And it wouldn't benefit anything.

Rasputin · January 20, 2004, 09:44

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Originally posted by Gramphos
No, not an OT civgroup. It would have too many members. And it wouldn't benefit anything.

will let all the on topic people know who wastes a lot of their time down their....

Skanky Burns · January 20, 2004, 10:07

And since when is it a problem if a civgroup has "too many members"? Are there any hard limits?

Gramphos · January 20, 2004, 12:35

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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
And since when is it a problem if a civgroup has "too many members"? Are there any hard limits?

No, none that I know of. (and I wrote it)

It's just that the icon would pollute the place

/me runs for cover seeing the hord of OTers coming...

Gramphos · January 20, 2004, 12:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Rasputin
will let all the on topic people know who wastes a lot of their time down their....

Let's just say it was better before, when the OT were closed on peak hours.

Skanky Burns · January 20, 2004, 21:06

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos
It's just that the icon would pollute the place

Don't sugar-coat it, Gramphos. Tell us what you really think of the OTers.

Skanky Burns · January 20, 2004, 21:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos

Let's just say it was better before, when the OT were closed on peak hours.

And then hordes of OTers would then invade all the on-topic forums and post stuff that was almost on-topic. Yeah, that was real great.

And this is my view-point from when I was an on-topic only person.

Gramphos · January 21, 2004, 07:45

Well, I relly have nothing against the OTers just as long as the load isn't very high. I've actually myself made some posts in the OT, but not very often.

However, posting in the OT feels like a waste of time in most occations.