Welcome!

MarkG · October 22, 2002, 15:41

and enjoy!

i'll let the democratic process to work it's magic....

Locutus · October 22, 2002, 15:42

Excellent...

Locutus · October 22, 2002, 15:43

BTW, I bet it's not a coincidence that you're posting this now that it's half-time for most Champions Leaugue matches

centrifuge · October 22, 2002, 16:01

OMG!!!

H Tower · October 22, 2002, 16:26

And here I thought that the news article meant that an actual virus had infected the game file of the CtP2 game file...

J Bytheway · October 22, 2002, 16:34

Well, the attention-grabbing reverse-psychology news item certainly worked on me. This all seems to have happened very quickly for the CTP2 forums, but I guess the work is only just beginning...

mapfi · October 22, 2002, 16:37

A new Ctp2 forum - can we believe it?...

Thanks!

Locutus · October 22, 2002, 16:44

Yup, that news item works on a lot of different levels, I made sure of that

(Too bad there's not many Dutch people around here, so the the 'AMC' reference is lost to most people...)

mapfi · October 22, 2002, 16:56

so explain it to us ignorants, Locutus.

Locutus · October 22, 2002, 17:02

It probably looses it's value when you have to explain it... The 'Academisch Medisch Centrum' (AMC) is (one of) the most important medical centre(s) in the Netherlands...

mapfi · October 22, 2002, 17:15

Why would it loose any of it's value?

So, let's see if the virus infects any lurkers or people on the other forums...

Anyway, I better stop posting or I'll be PCRed soon...

Turambar · October 22, 2002, 17:47

Maquiladora · October 22, 2002, 20:31

Whooda thunk it

SMIFFGIG · October 22, 2002, 20:51

wow! got a shock there, click on forums and three appear

When we get the source code it would be good to have a 4th thread just for modding

Wise Ass · October 23, 2002, 01:19

I am now glad I bumped the original Demo game thread

Devil of Truth · October 23, 2002, 04:31

What the…? 3 Forums! What is the world coming too?

Pedrunn · October 23, 2002, 05:29

Its 6:30 AM and I Just woke up.

So tell me is this a dream or i actually saw three CTP2 forums???

Martin Gühmann · October 23, 2002, 13:05

Wow party a new CTP2 forum.

Quote:

Originally posted by SMIFFGIG
When we get the source code it would be good to have a 4th thread just for modding

You mean a fourth forum, yes I must agree there would be a lot of stuff that needs to be discussed how CTP2 should be improved.

-Martin

Immortal Wombat · October 23, 2002, 16:01

HuangShang · October 23, 2002, 19:49

yo man whats a Democracy Game?

its tight that theres a new forum though

Locutus · October 23, 2002, 20:18

Let me quote MarkG on that, on something he posted in the early days of the Civ3 Democracy Game:

Quote:

What is a Democracy game?

In the Democracy Game (DG), the whole community plays the same game, and the same Civ. Many people decide commonly what we should do next. Nobody has the same absolute power as a player has when playing Civ3 alone.
This is called "Democracy" game because we all participate, and we all give input on how we want the game to be played. For example, nobody has the power to declare war to America, it needs a vote. If a majority of citizens want war with America, than war is declared.

Technically, this is a single player game. Only one player gets to play the game physically : the President (elected every month). Everyone can access his save. Nobody can "play ahead" on this save, meaning acting before the president actually does it on his own computer.
But the President has to obey the ministers (also elected every month) who give precise orders each turn. Each minister is specialized in a specific field : war, science, economy, workers, city planning, diplomacy.
The ministers often consult the people via polls on what policy they should promote. When they poll the people, ministers have to follow the poll, or risk losing all credibility.
The people can also express their views whenever they want. We are currently following a strategy thouroughly reflected by a normal citizen.

A DG is a game, and thus it has rules. These rules are called the "constitution". The constitution can be mdified by a 2/3 vote whenever an amendment is felt needed. To enforce these rules and punish cheaters, we are making up a judicial system.

In a Democracy,you can't hinder people who think the same to unite. That's why we have parties : the Democratic Industrialists of Apolyton (DIA) and the United Front Coalition (UFC). DIA is more oriented towards builder strategies, and UFC is more oriented towards warmongering, but both parties are pretty moderate. We have no longlasting third party.

edit: testing

H Tower · October 23, 2002, 23:31

you can check my sig for links to the civ2 demo game. well, all but the bobblehead army one...

Gilgamensch · October 24, 2002, 02:18

Thanks Apolyton for this great possibilty.

I hope we'll all enjoy it

Rasbelin · October 24, 2002, 02:56

Nice to have a new CtP2 DG forum.

Let's hope it will be a great DG. Right now I'm hunting for a copy of CtP2, so maybe I can do something more than just vote in polls in the future.

HuangShang · October 24, 2002, 19:56

yo thats so tight