Your Leader Will Be Able to Play Golf!

yin26 · May 10, 2001, 08:19

**Click Here!**

Oh, wait. I was confused. So, perhaps, is Firaxis?
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yin26 · May 10, 2001, 08:24

I swear every time I click on that I'm having a bad dream.

I think I finally understand some things:

Brian Reynolds: "So, um, Sid...'Sid Meier's Sim Golf' will be released BEFORE Civ3?"

Sid: "Only if I can't get the Dino-Magic to sparkle first."

Brian: "The DINO MAGIC!!! What the...? Ah, hell, I'm outta here..."

Russian King · May 10, 2001, 08:38

Im a little confused too.

You see, i dont understand the point of this topic.
Sorry...

Grumbold · May 10, 2001, 08:46

Can someone who knows it well check to see whether a utility to allow your world leader to play rounds of golf was included in The List? I mean, this is a really cool idea, especially if you can use the cash you win from the tournaments to rush buy a battleship or incite a foreign coup rather than build a fancier clubhouse! UN council sessions could be held in an entirely new environment. Diplomatic peace deals could hinge on the outcome of a golf tournament between Saddam, Bush, Milosevic and Mugabe. The advanced deal maker could include how many holes to deliberately lose in the next match to enhance the other leaders domestic prestige. Oh Yeah !!!

yin26 · May 10, 2001, 09:00

quote:

The idea first came to him as he was leafing through a golfing magazine.

Dear Lord, somebody cancel his subscription to 'Bird Watchers Weekly' NOW!

yin26 · May 10, 2001, 09:03

"I saw this picture of a Bull-crested Wallaloo designing a nest stick-by-stick. I got Will Wright on the phone the next moring."

Jeje2 · May 10, 2001, 09:08

Interesting...
Oh not the game, but how Sid now likes to be involved in several projects simultaniously.

Just like JMS (Joe M. Straczynski), creator of the best TV scifi sofar: Babylon5, is nowadays involved in several projects. (One of them is being responsible for Amazing Spiderman)

Is this good?
In the case of JMS, I would say mostly good, how about Sid?

Sid worked in Dino, ok it's dead and buried.
Sid works on CivIII - Hey??!
In fact he's (&FIRAXIS) been working at it for quite a while now. Results, maybe 2002??
Sid is helping on SimGolf - well that's quite new so can't say yet anything.

But is there a reason to be worried, or is it just normal behavour for a genius?

P.S. I don't want to say that Simgolf is eiher bad or good. I have way to little information for that, .. yet.
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Grumbold · May 10, 2001, 10:54

I think he has got himself to a position of wealth and prestige where he can indulge himself in whatever elements of a project he likes and leave the hard day to day slog to others. Other game developers have to satisfy their publisher that the project is on track at progress meetings. Firaxis have to satisfy Mr Meier (also the name of the chief surgical consultant in a top UK medical soap - coincidence?) Unlike most publishers at least he is likely to push more for quality than insist on shipping at all costs.

Jer8m8 · May 10, 2001, 16:49

Did anyone notice the similarities between SimGolf and Civ 3? Square coastlines, roads, different terrains? This game looks really familiar

DrFell · May 10, 2001, 17:36

Does this mean Civ3 will be using the Sim Golf engine?

Sirotnikov · May 10, 2001, 18:20

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Originally posted by DrFell on 05-10-2001 05:36 PM
Does this mean Civ3 will be using the Sim Golf engine?

NOw that you mention it, the SimGolf engine does look more polished... Perhaps Sid took all the best gfx to his new baby instead of the reburn baby...

Sabre2th · May 10, 2001, 20:22

ummm.... I hope not.

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Lord_Davinator · May 11, 2001, 07:34

phew!

well I am confused to say the least. so I think I'll just not write anything of any relevence now.

blah!blah!blah!

ancient · May 11, 2001, 18:51

quote:

Originally posted by yin26 on 05-10-2001 09:03 AM
"I saw this picture of a Bull-crested Wallaloo designing a nest stick-by-stick. I got Will Wright on the phone the next moring."

Sid Meiers Birds, my god..

tniem · May 11, 2001, 18:54

quote:

Originally posted by yin26 on 05-10-2001 09:03 AM
"I saw this picture of a Bull-crested Wallaloo designing a nest stick-by-stick. I got Will Wright on the phone the next moring."

quote:

Originally posted by ancient on 05-11-2001 06:51 PMSid Meiers Birds, my god..

So should I use the pink string or the twig I found? Which attracts a mate faster? Which defends my young better? The possibilities are endless, can't wait

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yin26 · May 11, 2001, 19:08

"Do I use the harder to find Oak or some Pine?" LOL! Might not be all that bad!

Zanzin · May 12, 2001, 02:25

Well, to be honest, the graphics in SimGolf are looking a world nicer than those of civ3.

Yin - know that screenshots have been posted on the Firaxis website, would you say we're still seeing alpha graphics?

yin26 · May 12, 2001, 05:19

Seemed to me those looked much sharper, don't you think?

Zanzin · May 12, 2001, 07:18

Yeah, but they're still.....yucky, if you know what I mean.

yin26 · May 12, 2001, 08:14

I do, actually. Nothing impressive yet by far. Serviceable? Sure. Anything to be excited about? (...rhetorical question...)

The Rusty Gamer · May 14, 2001, 00:16

Here's an idea for Sid's golf game. Part of managing the course would be to stomp out those predators that keep ruining the green. I mean all those pesky dinosaurs that keep running around that you often see on any old everyday golf course. Thus Sid effectively kills two games with one microchip and adds a real touch of realism to the game.

"If you post something often enough, people will start to read it"

Comrade Tribune · May 14, 2001, 18:49

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Originally posted by Sirotnikov on 05-10-2001 06:20 PM
NOw that you mention it, the SimGolf engine does look more polished... Perhaps Sid took all the best gfx to his new baby instead of the reburn baby...

Now that You mention it, the colours of SimGolf DO look better than the colours in the CivIII map shots seen so far...

Comrade Tribune · May 14, 2001, 18:56

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Originally posted by Russell on 05-14-2001 12:16 AM
Part of managing the course would be to stomp out those predators that keep ruining the green. I mean all those pesky dinosaurs that keep running around that you often see on any old everyday golf course.

There could also be pesky Mongols invading Your course, You would have to bribe them in the Diplomacy screen so that they go away. Or was that the Golf Course city improvement in Civ III that deters Mongols? Or Dinosaurs? Or what? I guess that SimGolf idea is so exciting it has shut down my brain...