Apolyton Knitting Circle - Page 4

DaveV · November 8, 2000, 11:56

kcbob - I agree. Another thing to consider might be cutting the team back to 5 players; then each player could expect to have more than one or two chances at the helm.

kcbob · November 8, 2000, 12:05

DaveV, I hadn't considered that option. That might work, too. Or some combination of both. The gigamap succession game looks like it's blasting off with 7 players on board.

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Frodo lives!

Daddy-O · November 8, 2000, 12:52

5 turns seems fine. I haven't played yet so I'm not sure. I reserve my final opinion until later.

Maybe where we have 20 turns cut it to 10
15 turns to 7
10 turns to 5

The turns in the start of the game do go very fast, but if it was 5 turns across the board I guess the rounds would just be faster.

I think leaving the games open to up to 10 players is fine. Especially if the number of turns per round is cut back. This emphasizes the succession aspect to this type of play. The idea that you have contributed to your civilization but (to paraphrase) the wheel has turned, now the time has come, the time has come for johnmcd to go.

(that might be lost on those not in the states - no offense intended.)

Maybe instead of limiting the number of players per game we could start 2 games with inverted lists.

Note: turn = one Civ turn
round = one group of Succession Game Turns
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Skrobism - it's a way of life
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kcbob · November 8, 2000, 16:23

quote:

Originally posted by Dr_Strangelove on 11-08-2000 12:04 PM
Ah, so you are one of those little green sissies that go on all day about the poor cows which are murdered and massacred mercilessly by men so that we can eat them? HA! Take this:

*takes enourmous crunching bite out of a cow*

I didn't even kill it... wait, I think it is floundering there on the floor right now, let me see...

ROTFLMAO!!

Poor little moo cow.

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Frodo lives!

kcbob · November 8, 2000, 16:26

quote:

Originally posted by skrobism on 11-08-2000 11:52 AMThe idea that you have contributed to your civilization but (to paraphrase) the wheel has turned, now the time has come, the time has come for johnmcd to go.

(that might be lost on those not in the states - no offense intended.)

I'm in the states. Did I get it???

M...I...C...See you real soon...???

(And now some people are really gonna be confused.)

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Frodo lives!

Daddy-O · November 8, 2000, 16:34

K...E...Y Why?

Daddy-O · November 8, 2000, 16:58

re: The wheel has turned...

I don't want to get political but this was Cheney's mantra during his speech at the convention. There now everyone knows what that was about. >)

kcbob · November 8, 2000, 17:23

Because we like you!!!...

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Frodo lives!

Scouse Gits · November 8, 2000, 21:28

LOL - I always knew you Yanks were crazy

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

November 9, 2000, 01:04

quote:

Originally posted by kcbob on 11-08-2000 07:56 AM
Verminous? I'm a vegetarian.

Ah, so you are one of those little green sissies that go on all day about the poor cows which are murdered and massacred mercilessly by men so that we can eat them? HA! Take this:

*takes enourmous crunching bite out of a cow*

I didn't even kill it... wait, I think it is floundering there on the floor right now, let me see...

Muad'Dib · November 9, 2000, 02:16

John. I'm surprised you didn't receive my e-mail containing the save file.

I sent it to your newscientist e-mail address on November 6th.

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

johnmcd · November 9, 2000, 09:28

I didn't mean to place any blame on you or suggest it was in anyway your fault. I've been having real issues with my PC. On Monday I reformatted my hard drive and dismantaled it and put it back togeather in a different order, its seems to be better now but before hand I was having some issues with outlook downloading mail to an non existant folder or something. It was odd and I lost quite a lot of mail, thats why I stuck up three (or four) addresses in the end. It seems to working better now, though I couldn't mail last night for different ISP reasons. Anyway, the problem was really just a symptom of other problems.

How many warriors did you think we needed!?!?!?!?

johnmcd · November 10, 2000, 16:37

I sent it last night but it bounced, so its gone again now, you should have it by now. I actually took my turn ages ago, its pretty clear we have some very differently thinking people on this game.

Daddy-O · November 11, 2000, 01:55

How are we coming along with this game?

Muad'Dib · November 11, 2000, 06:34

***Huts=Gift From the gods***

From Appendix B of The Apolytonian History: Chronology of Events
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500BC Philosophy--Gift from the gods.
475BC Masonry is discovered.
450BC Currency--Gift from the gods.
350BC City of Himera is founded.
275BC City of Akragas is founded.
225BC Cities of Theveste & Saguntum are founded.
175BC Mathmatics--Gift from the gods.
125BC City of Naples is founded.
75BC City of Issus is founded.
25BC Monotheism--Gift from the Gods.
1AD Cities of Cunaxa & Cremona are founded.
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Results of my turn.

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"And his word shall carry
death eternal to those who
stand against righteousness."

Daddy-O · November 12, 2000, 18:08

Sorry that did not check my email yesterday. My brother got married! I was a little busy. I will take my turn tonight and pass everything on by tomorrow.

kcbob · November 13, 2000, 09:58

quote:

Originally posted by skrobism on 11-12-2000 05:08 PM
Sorry that did not check my email yesterday. My brother got married! I was a little busy. I will take my turn tonight and pass everything on by tomorrow.

Tangent room, table for twelve...

Tell your brother congratulations for me and please pass this bit of wisdom along to him.

Before my wife and I were married, we attended a marriage seminar. I received the best advice from it. That advice was:

Never, and I mean never tell your wife that her figure is anything other than what you want.

Trust me on this one.

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Frodo lives!
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Daddy-O · November 13, 2000, 12:25

The Skrobis Clan has handed the reign of our happy civilization onto Saganaga Canoer.

Long live the AKC!

I will send a history onto SG today.

Daddy-O · November 13, 2000, 12:41

Scouse Gits and Sag Canoer,
Did you get the saved file. A daemon returned the email to me but listed several email addresses that I did not send to. Let me know.

Saganaga Canoer · November 13, 2000, 18:36

Skrobism, I won't be able to check until I get home tonight. I'll let you know then if I didn't get the file.

Scouse Gits · November 13, 2000, 20:33

Save and history received ok here - will update the site tomorrow evening (with luck) am sending a safety first copy of the save to Saganaga Canoer.

Good civin'

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

Daddy-O · November 14, 2000, 01:12

quote:

25BC Monotheism--Gift from the Gods.

I just read that. Is that a joke?
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kcbob · November 14, 2000, 01:20

quote:

Originally posted by skrobism on 11-13-2000 12:12 PM
I just read that. Is that a joke?
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I totally missed that. Good catch!!

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Frodo lives!

Saganaga Canoer · November 14, 2000, 01:32

I got the save; will probably finish my turn up tomorrow (Tuesday).

November 14, 2000, 10:04

Cows were destined for our mighty jaws...

*jaws music plays*

MWAHAHAHA! God gave us command over those creatures!

Scouse Gits · November 14, 2000, 21:02

Web site updated - johnmcd - have you sent me / posted a history of your reign?

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

Saganaga Canoer · November 15, 2000, 01:31

Unfortunately, it looks like I am not going to be able to get to this tonight. Rather than tie things up, I am going to pass my turn to Dr. Strangelove.

Dr. S., let me know if you do not get the file in your e-mail inbox.

johnmcd · November 15, 2000, 06:48

wretched double posts
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johnmcd · November 15, 2000, 06:52

JohnMcD and what happened under his auspicious reign.

Though the reign of JohnMcD the first heralded in an era of common education and an unprecedented drive towards literacy there was no written history kept of his reign, all we know now is from folklore and guess work.

Whole armies were disbanded that the men so employed could speed along the construction of a great many temples and train to become priests in these new places of worship Their sons would be scholars in the libraries that were being built when John died. The great Cathedral was either completed at the end of his reign or shortly thereafter, historians are divided on this issue, that it pleased him greatly that it was built is clear.

When he came to the throne this once proud seafaring nation had abandoned their boats to rot in port. The boats were quickly recommisioned and packed with horsemen and emissaries . Charged to explore the world, to find fruited hills and fertile valleys, these boats set off. Though the conditions were hard and the Gods ungenerous initially the completion of the temples ashore seemed to soften them to favour our mariners and an archipelago was discovered in the east, the full extent of this island chain is as yet unknown.

Then he died.

kcbob · November 15, 2000, 09:09

quote:

Originally posted by johnmcd on 11-15-2000 05:52 AM
Then he died.

Man, can you say succint?

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Frodo lives!