Veteran's Contest?

Mao · January 16, 2004, 02:23

Hello...so I've been reading about this veteran's contest that seems to have ended. Congrats to the winners, but is there any possible way I can get a look at some of the questions? What were they about? etc.

Nubclear · January 16, 2004, 03:38

No.

Go away n00b.

Gramphos · January 16, 2004, 05:36

I think it has been taken offline. Ask DC

Theben · January 16, 2004, 10:22

There was still an active link to it from the veteran's contest thread last month.

Oh, and hi Mao. Long time no see.

DarkCloud · January 16, 2004, 10:36

I'll see if I can dig up the precise link, but I linked to the questions on page 5 or so of the veteran's contest thread

They were amazingly hard

Alex · January 16, 2004, 13:41

more vets? soon we'll have to institute the Apolyton Memorial Day...

rah · January 16, 2004, 16:22

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkCloud
I'll see if I can dig up the precise link, but I linked to the questions on page 5 or so of the veteran's contest thread

They were amazingly hard

Were the answers ever posted?

Adagio · January 16, 2004, 16:23

I never saw the answers either...

Jamski · January 16, 2004, 18:06

Rigged, obivously.

-Jam

Gramphos · January 16, 2004, 18:10

The answers were posted in the staff room before the contest even started. You rah should know this

Sarxis · January 16, 2004, 19:19

I'd like to see these questions too.

DarkCloud · January 16, 2004, 22:42

I think here's the full final list:

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http://home.att.net/~tivoligardens/apolyton.htm
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Question 1: What is korn469 BEST known for by all posters registered pre-2001
[*The List for Civ III*, The Civ III Buglist, OT-Spam (asking for bananas), Getting Perma-Banned by MarkG, Starting Sidgames, Starting the Great Library]

Question 2: What is CivNation? (Not the Poster)
[A Game like FreeCiv,The Predecessor to "Banana" on Poll options, One of the Names Originally Proposed for Apolyton, SidGames former name, *A now defunct Site/Forum*, A Fundamentalist Poster]

Question 3: When did the Spanish Civ Site get its own forums on Apolyton?
[October 1999, April 2000, Feb 2000, *January 2001*, February 2001, April 2001]

Question 4: What was Guns, Germs and Steel known as originally?
[Clash of Civilizations, *FreeCiv*, Age of War, Blood and Iron, It was always Guns,Germs and Steel, The Civ II Evolution Project]

Question 5: Who created the Apolyton House for the Sims?
[Hydey, Faboba, Ming, MarkG, DarkCloud, *Rand Al'Tor*, The Brain, Alexander's Horse]

Question 6: Who were the two most prolific authors for The Spartan Chronicles?
[Sprayber/DarkCloud, Velociryx/DarkCloud, Googlie/Velociryx, Hydro/Velociryx, *Googlie/Hydro*, Googlie/Sprayber]

Question 7: Who found the Christmas smilies?
[*Narck*, Stefu, Mercator, Jay Bee, Alexander's Horse, MarkG, Gramphos]

Question 8: Who were the only people to be auto-inducted in the Apolyton Hall of Fame (no cheating Please)?
[Ming/MarkG, *DanQ/MarkG*, MarkG/Ming, MichaeltheGreat/Ming, Alexander's Horse/Hydey, Giant Squid/Ming]

Question 9: Who is Solvers Next Faces of Apolyton interview supposed to be?
[*Locutus*, MarkG, Alexander's Horse, Trip, UberKrux, Paul]

Question 10: Who Among these Listed Posters was the first to register for Apolyton after Mark and Dan (It could be one of two people; thus the slash)
[St. Leo/Jay Bee, *DarthVeda*/Jay Bee, DarthVeda/Alexander's Horse, Bill/Ming, Ming/King Clovis, Ming/Jay Bee]

Question 11: Who was never Apolytoner of the Season?
[Paul, Yin26, Velociryx, Alexander's Horse, *Ming*]

Question 12: Which 'celebrity' once wrote a column?
[*Winnie Lee*, Jeff Briggs, Tim Train, Sid Meier, John McNamara, Alexander's Horse]

Question 13: Who was once a member of the Apolyton Team?
[Googlie, *Giant Squid*, Paul, Trip, Alexander's Horse, Lord Exeter]

Question 14: Which game has had full coverage (forum & website) on Apolyton?
[Sid Meier's SimGolf, *Sid Meier's Dinosaurs*, Sid Meier's Colonization, FreeCiv, Europa Universalis, The Rise and Rule of Ancient Empires]

Question 15: What nickname did Daniel Quick use before he became known as DanQ?
[The Overlord, Archangel, *The Emperor*, Whistler, Alexander's Horse, He's Always been DanQ]

Question 16: Which city name is not featured in Civ3?
[Apolyton, London, Mingapulco, *Rahlcatraz*, Thessalonica, Alexandria]

Question 17: In what year did Markos start playing Civilization?
[1992, 1993, *1994*, early 1995, late 1995, early 1996]

Question 18: Place the following games in order of release date:
[C:CtP/SMAC/Civ2:ToT, Civ2:ToT/C:CtP/SMAC, *SMAC/C:CtP/Civ2:ToT*, SMAC/Civ2:ToT/C:CtP, Civ2:ToT/SMAC/C:CtP, C:CtP/Civ2:ToT/SMAC]

Question 19: From what Finnish forum came the 'Finnish invasion' that followed the 'Evil, evil Finland' thread by Lazarus and the Gimp?
[*Muropaketti*, Incatsuomi, Mustarastas, Attac, Suomithreadi, Postithreadii]

Question 20: Who is Forum-Reknowned for starting the Civ II Succession Games?
[Ming, Rah, Xin Yu, Hydey, Alexander's Horse, *MyWifeHatesCiv*]

Question 21: Who runs the PROT?
[Hydey, finbar, MyWifeHatesCiv, MarkG, Mao, *Alexander's Horse*]

Question 22: Who ran Apolyton's Earth:2025 Team and was/is an Apolyton Team Member?
[DarkCloud, Imran Siddiqui, *OmniGod*, Locutus, MarkG, Solver]

Question 23: Who invented "Case Pink"
[*notyoueither*, MarkG, Trip, UberKrux, Mao, Sir Ralph]

Question 24: Who created the Civ III Stories Contest?
[DarkCloud, civman2000, *Anatolia*, MarkG, Captain, johnmcleod]

Question 25: Who came up with the name for the "Jungle Gazette"?
[notyoueither, UberKrux, UnOrthOdOx, Alexander's Horse, *jdjdjd*, GodKing]

Question 26: Who was the first Apolytoner to publicise NationStates?
[Archaic, Urban Ranger, red_jon, Alexander's Horse, Lazarus and the Gimp, *Drogue*]

Question 27: Who won the first Stories of the Week Contest for Civ III?
[Timeline, Rufus, WTE_OzWolf, cbraund, Empress, *HawaiiFive-0*]

Question 28: Which of the Following Posters does NOT have a website dedicated to Apolyton (or some aspect of it)?
[fjxorc, DarkCloud, Giovanni Wine, *Colon*, MarkG, Stefu]

Question 29: Who started the Great Library?
[korn469, *Scouse Gits*, Theben, Ming, DarkCloud, SnowFire]

Question 30: Who started the Apolyton Hall of Fame?
[*DarkCloud*, Scouse Gits, Theben, Alexander's Horse, Giant Squid, MarkG]

Question 31: Who was Apolyton's First Deity?
[MarkG, Ming, MichaeltheGreat, *Mao*, Alexander's Horse, Provost Harrison (before PCRs)]

Question 32: Who are Dolph and Vito?
[Posters who are Brothers, Ming and Rah's real names, Ming and Rah's Other Brothers, *Rah's Ferrets*, Permanned Posters (remember all the signature lines with "free Dolph and Vito"?), Imaginary Posters introduced in Suriname by LordStone1]

Question 33: Which Sci-Fi Author once posted on Apolyton?:
[Velociryx, *Michael Ely*, David Brin, David Weber, Harry Turtledove, Solver]

Question 34: Who writes "Historical Filth" Articles for Apolyton?:
[Alexander's Horse, EVC, *Lazarus and the Gimp*, Stefu, Colon, civman2000]

Question 35: Who has been president most often in All Democracy Games?
[Trip, UnOrthOdOx, Sir Ralph, Hydey, Skanky Burns, *MrWhereItsAt*]

Question 36: What was Gathering Storm originally called?
[Iron Storm, ILoveBananas, Banana, Sink Trip, Storm Troopers, *Kick Tripps Ass*]

Question 37: Who started the First 'Greatest Game' thread in the Other Games Section?
[Skanky Burns, *muxec*, Mao, DarkCloud, Andemagne, technopile]

Question 38: Who is in charge of Initiating people into/Authorizing people for the Intersite Democracy Game
[Trip, MrWhereItsAt, MarkG, *Beta*, Ming, DanQ]

Question 39: Who Was Apolyton's Sponsor-Server for much of 1999-2001?
[Infovision, Settler I, KingGames, Game Heaven, *Gamestats*, AoE Heaven]

Question 40: Which of the Following Posters never participated in Micronationalism?
[Bill3000, Giant Squid, EVC, Mao, Comrade Dan, Imran Siddiqui, Faboba, LightEning, *Snapcase*, LordStoneI, Monolith94, MLeonard]

Question 41: At What User-Milestone did the ever useful "My Threads" Feature Appear on Apolyton?
[20,000 users, 21,000 users, *22,000 users*, 25,000 users, 27,500 users, 30,000 users]

Question 42: Which of the Following "Celebrities" Has NOT posted on the Forums?
[Winnie Lee, Brad Wardell, *Sid Meier*, Jeff Briggs, Christopher Hartpence]

Question 43: Which of the Following Posters wrote a Commercial Strategy Guide for Some Game that Apolyton Covers?
[korn469, yin 26, Alinestra Covelia, Mao, MarkG, *Velociryx*]

Question 44: Who is Karen Mills?
[The Board's first Female Poster, A Running Gag in the OT, Alexander's Horse's best known DL, DanQ's Wife, A woman in the Phillipines whose house was built by Apolytoners organized by Lancer]

Question 45: When did Apolyton start logging user registration dates?
[December 31, 1969, January 1st 1970, August 1st 1998, July 26th 1998, January 10, 1999, *February 15th 1999*, May 16th 1999]

Question 46: Who started the Oldest Posted To Locked Thread in the Civ III-The List Section?
[korn469, Snowbear, Ming, MarkG, Freddz, don don, Theben,*JT*]

Question 47: Who wrote/compiled the Modder's Guide to CTP2?
[Martin Gühmann, Solver, *Hexagonian*, Ace, Locutus, Alexander's Horse, J Bytheway]

Question 48: Which of the Following Scenario Designers Have Not been Interviewed by the Scenario League?
[Michael Daumen, Stefan Härtel, *St. Leo*, Favored Flight]

Question 49: Which of the Following was never the Title for a Story Thread on Apolyton?
[Suriname, Apolyton Bar, *Civ Wars: The Sequel*, Apolyton Crackhouse, Civ Wars: The Prequel. Ming & Rah's Excellent Adventure, the NIMology, the Pokemon Restaurant, The Worst Story Thread Ever, Fjorxc & Imran's Excellent Adventure ]

Question 50: How do you pronounce Apolyton?
(ASK DAN HOW HE PRONOUNCES IT )

DarkCloud · January 16, 2004, 22:45

Alexander's Hose was pretty much the running gag in the contest

Rasputin · January 16, 2004, 23:00

wow damn hard questions,,, i guess i not been around long enough, i knew absolutly zero answers

MattH · January 16, 2004, 23:55

There isn't an answer for question 44- Who is Karen Mills?

DanQ · January 17, 2004, 00:14

Quote:

Originally posted by MattH
There isn't an answer for question 44- Who is Karen Mills?

"A woman in the Phillipines whose house was built by Apolytoner[']s organized by Lancer"

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Hercules · January 17, 2004, 00:19

I got five.

But interesting history of Apolytonia

Urban Ranger · January 17, 2004, 07:48

Eh, FreeCiv seems to be still FreeCiv.

Ming · January 17, 2004, 09:48

Quote:

Question 31: Who was Apolyton's First Deity?
[MarkG, Ming, MichaeltheGreat, *Mao*, Alexander's Horse, Provost Harrison (before PCRs)]

Now there is a wrong answer...

Theben · January 17, 2004, 11:35

I got 16. And IIRC AH was the 1st deity.

DarkCloud · January 17, 2004, 14:05

eep. yes that was a wrong answer.
Ming was the first deity.

DarkCloud · January 17, 2004, 14:07

Urban Ranger- you know- I'd agree with you usually, but If I remember correctly, I got that answer from one of the makers of Guns Germs and Steel.

civman2000 · January 17, 2004, 14:19

I got 15...I'm honored to be featured as answers for two of them, and to be the 2nd best answer for one of them (who started to story contest; Anatolia started it then I revived it (although actually it wasn't me alone at first, IIRC Timeline helped me set it up) then eventually dropped it and IIRC johncmcleod and then DC took it over)!

*goes off muttering and reminiscing about the good old days at the story forum...

Mao · January 17, 2004, 15:33

Quote:

Originally posted by Ming

Now there is a wrong answer...

Yeah...I was wondering about that. Ming certainly earned the deity ranking with his post count, but maybe it'd because he was a mod and changed his title to Deity? Or maybe because you were always officially a mod, and not subject to the same rankings as us, lesser beings?

On another note, wow, I'm amazed that my name even appears so much in the questions. I'm truly honored

I'll just keep to myself how spectacularly bad I would have done I taken the quiz...

Gramphos · January 17, 2004, 16:11

Teah, my name is only in one qusetion, but I'm no veteran.

Gramphos · January 17, 2004, 16:14

however, I would have been right to 15 questions (including Q1 becaused I spent a week reading throug every Civ3 thread available when I registered)

Of course the question I came up with is a bonus.

Gramphos · January 17, 2004, 16:16

But then again, some of the answers I would probably not have known if I weren't staff but I will never know.

Sarxis · January 17, 2004, 18:15

Quote:

Originally posted by Rasputin
wow damn hard questions,,, i guess i not been around long enough, i knew absolutly zero answers

I only knew a few, and they were not specific to Apolyton (like the order the Civ games were released).

So don't feel bad!

(We weren't included in any of the questions anyway Ras, so bollocks on them! Nyah!)

And now greet your newest Emperor!

rah · January 17, 2004, 19:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos
The answers were posted in the staff room before the contest even started. You rah should know this

Darn, never saw them. Maybe I would have gotten more right.

Maniac · January 17, 2004, 19:29

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkCloud
Urban Ranger- you know- I'd agree with you usually, but If I remember correctly, I got that answer from one of the makers of Guns Germs and Steel.

I was somewhat involved in GGS as well, and as far as I recall FreeCiv and Guns, Germs & Steel were always seperate projects. This seems supported, as UR points out, by the fact that FreeCiv still exists and GGS has been dead for quite a long time already.