Please consider starting up Civ 3 MP forum

Chow Yun Fat · September 16, 2001, 21:18

I understand that MP issues can be discussed in Civ 3 General forum at present. However, there are quite a lot of discussions now. Those who are not interested may find MPers frequently bumming threads not of their interest.

If a Civ 3 MP forum is set up, it will satisfy those who are mainly interested in game features of Civ 3. The MP folks will have to visit Civ 3 general for game features but they will also be pleased to have a dedicated place for the coming MP discussion.

For your consideration MarkG. You know that there are quite a few persons here interested in Civ 3 MP. It is you to determine whether it reaches critical mass yet.

TCO · September 17, 2001, 00:54

Maybe he know's something that we don't...

ColdWizard · September 17, 2001, 10:34

just adding myself to the not-yet-critical mass...

MarkG · September 17, 2001, 11:08

i dont see the need for a forum an a topic that we know nearly nothing about

ColdWizard · September 17, 2001, 11:15

we can speculate about it, after all there's a Big Huge Games forum and AFAIK they've not made any games

MarkG · September 17, 2001, 11:24

i'm sure the civ3-general is big enough for all the "civ3-mp speculations" threads

ColdWizard · September 17, 2001, 11:32

you're going to have to make one sooner or later and why clutter up the general forum with threads about mp? of course if there's not enough posters that want a separate mp forum then we don't need one yet. shall we wait and see how many want the forum before dismissing the idea?

Gramphos · September 17, 2001, 12:35

There are matters other then this blunted spearpoint to attend to.
(Like making a medium style

)

TechWins · September 17, 2001, 15:58

The creation of a Civ3 MP forum is unnessacary at this point in time.

Deity Dude · September 17, 2001, 17:04

I dont particularly "want" one - but there are alot of forums here I don't particularly "want". (how about MOO 1/2 - 176 total posts) I guess the real questions is "why not" Does it cost money to add a forum? Is there some other reason?

Telling the people who want one to post in general is not a solution. General is not an appropriate place for MP topics. Anyone interested in MP would never look into general, thus insuring that there is no MP discussion.

I'm sure there is a good reason for not having an MP civ 3 forum and I anxiously await to hear it

TCO · September 17, 2001, 17:26

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Originally posted by MarkG
i dont see the need for a forum an a topic that we know nearly nothing about

AHA!!!

Markos is trying to look good for Sid and others. He wants to minimize our whining and yelling.

ixnay · September 17, 2001, 18:36

I don't particularly want or need one, but if it would help clear out all the whining and arguing from the general forum, it'd be fine with me.

OzzyKP · September 17, 2001, 19:53

I'd like to support my Multiplaying bretheren in asking for a Civ3 MP forum.

Those SP people are bullies and they are jealous of our superior gameplaying abilities. They envy our skill and thus spam and attack any thread us MPers start in Civ3 general. We need a place of our own to raise our MP children in peace without fear of the repressive SPers attacking us.

Can't we all just get along?

TCO · September 17, 2001, 21:49

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
i'm sure the civ3-general is big enough for all the "civ3-mp speculations" threads

You could say the same of civilizations...

MarkG · September 18, 2001, 00:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Deity Dude
Telling the people who want one to post in general is not a solution. General is not an appropriate place for MP topics. Anyone interested in MP would never look into general, thus insuring that there is no MP discussion.

people didnt have problem posting about MP so far...

tniem · September 18, 2001, 08:18

Why? So we can discuss whether or not there will be MP? Come on this will die out as soon as there is some type of official word. And at that time if MP is in then a seperate forum would be nice to talk about our games but if it is not then why do we need it?

ColdWizard · September 18, 2001, 09:40

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos
There are matters other then this blunted spearpoint to attend to.
(Like making a medium style

)

more people want an mp forum than a medium style

tniem: there's other things MPers discuss, such as "Dreaming a history for a world yet to hit the shelves"

Gramphos · September 18, 2001, 09:50

Quote:

Originally posted by ColdWizard
more people want an mp forum than a medium style

It was just one example, I can also say like changing the Unbanned smilie.

Still, I suggested a MP forum before, but Mark started to close threads at the same time, and I think that that is a good enough solution until we know whenever MP will be in at release.

Solver · September 18, 2001, 10:44

Hey, guys, arguing with Markos never leads to results

.
If I was asked, though, I'd vote for adding the MP forum, but I know Markos isn't going to listen to us

.

Deity Dude · September 18, 2001, 16:28

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
people didnt have problem posting about MP so far...

I disagree. For example, I didn't even know there were conversations about MP going on in General until I read this. I'm sure the response will be something like - "well you do now so everything is OK"

I havnt read the forums in Civ3. And if you asked me, I don't see the need for any forums about a game that hasn't been released. What can be discussed? Having said that, I will say I don't think a Civ3 MP forum is any less valid than any other Civ3 forum.

As far as I'm concerned the real question (which I asked earlier) still remains:

Why not have a Civ3 MP forum?

I don't know what it takes to run one of these so there may be some very valid reasons I don't understand (cost, time,technical issues, etc.). I just think if there are valid reasons they should be stated and everyone would feel alot better.

johndmuller · September 18, 2001, 17:20

Markos,
If you've looked at the threads below in Civ3 general, you've no doubt seen lots of flaming back and forth between MP and SP advocates. One could reasonably say that they were "MP" threads, but large areas of the discussion gets overwhelmed by the flaming, so MP advocates have a right to feel impacted if not exactly persecuted.

--Civ III, Don't Buy If SP only
--Mike Breitkreutz, now you're here, can you please say something about MP ?

Maybe you want that kind of lively discourse and maybe you don't.

TCO · September 18, 2001, 18:33

Who flamed?

MarkG · September 19, 2001, 00:13

Quote:

Originally posted by Deity Dude
I havnt read the forums in Civ3. And if you asked me, I don't see the need for any forums about a game that hasn't been released. What can be discussed? Having said that, I will say I don't think a Civ3 MP forum is any less valid than any other Civ3 forum.

As far as I'm concerned the real question (which I asked earlier) still remains:

Why not have a Civ3 MP forum?

hold on. first you say that there is no need for a civ3-mp forum and then ask for one to be created?

MarkG · September 19, 2001, 00:18

Quote:

Originally posted by johndmuller
If you've looked at the threads below in Civ3 general, you've no doubt seen lots of flaming back and forth between MP and SP advocates. One could reasonably say that they were "MP" threads, but large areas of the discussion gets overwhelmed by the flaming, so MP advocates have a right to feel impacted if not exactly persecuted.

if you felt that someone was flamed you should be reporting it to the admins. creating a new forum is not the sollution for such issues

Provost Harrison · September 19, 2001, 04:16

What is the point in having a Civ3-MP forum. The purpose of the ones in the other gaming sections is to track PBEMs and stuff like that. I will get too confusing if the Civ3 section is chopped up to much and we have difficulty tracking down what we are looking for. Stay as it is, launch the MP section when the MP ready for Civ3 itself, next year.

TCO · September 19, 2001, 09:23

PH,

Originally MP was about how to play MP. The transformation into a place to set up games was resisted by Markos. (He can get quite mule-headed about "what goes where".) He wanted to force the MPers to use GameLeague (now thankfully deceased) to set up their games.

MarkG · September 19, 2001, 09:44

Quote:

Originally posted by GP
Originally MP was about how to play MP. The transformation into a place to set up games was resisted by Markos. (He can get quite mule-headed about "what goes where".) He wanted to force the MPers to use GameLeague (now thankfully deceased) to set up their games.

and as you can see PH, i'm so mule-headed that noone uses the civ2-mp forum to set up games....

Deity Dude · September 19, 2001, 10:03

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
hold on. first you say that there is no need for a civ3-mp forum and then ask for one to be created?

Not quite. What I said was I didn't really see a need for ANY forums about civ 3 since the game hasn't been released. I also said an MP forum was as valid as any other civ 3 forum.

My point was there are a lot of forums out here. I generally read only 2 of them. So if u were to ask me I would say that there is only a need for civ 2 strategy and civ 2 MP. But my wants are not necessarily indicative of the entire civ communities wants. From what I am seeing there seems to be alot of people (and perhaps even more than show interest in certain existing forums) who have an interest for a civ 3 MP forum. Does everybody want one - no. Would everybody read or post in it - no. Does everybody think it is necessary - no. But that could be said about every forum here.

I repeat my question for the 3rd time. Why not have one? Is there some valid reason that those of us who don't run these things aren't aware of (i.e. cost, resources, manpower etc.). Most people here are very reasonable and I'm sure if a reasoable/valid answer was given, people would accept it. But to just say - "you don't need it" or "Post in general" or "This isn't a democracy" isn't an answer - its a diversion from the question.

MarkG · September 19, 2001, 10:17

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Originally posted by Deity Dude
I repeat my question for the 3rd time. Why not have one?

because people dont post on empty forums. and judging from the amount of mp threads in the civ3-general forums, that's what a civ3-mp forum would end up being right now. and then i would have GP complain about me keeping an empty forum alive

there will be a civ3-mp forum when there is actual info on mp that will create some discussion.
right now the only mp talk is whether or not there will be mp in civ3!

TCO · September 19, 2001, 10:28

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Originally posted by MarkG
and as you can see PH, i'm so mule-headed that noone uses the civ2-mp forum to set up games....

Naah...you allowed it...but it took some special pleading from Ming. You were acting very clenched-jaw at first.