Are You Keeping Track of Things?

BigFurryMonster · January 13, 2003, 15:54

I just wondered if every team has appointed someone to act like a Historian of some sort. It would be great to hear what has really happened in the game after it is finished. Things you'll never find out about in Single Player mode.

Which Civs declared war, and for what reason?
Which treaties were broken?
Who discovered Steam Power first?
Which city has changed ownership the most times?
Was tribute paid as a gift to other Civs?
Who got a Great Leader?
Which wonder project was aborted because the wonder had already been built?
Which maps have been exchanged?
Were there any miscommunications leading to centuries of hate between nations?
Which naval battles have been fought?
Which resources have been traded?
Was any espionage conducted?
How many nuclear bombs have been produced?

... (etc. etc.)

vondrack · January 13, 2003, 16:03

Legoland keeps adding entries to a "Chronicle", that depicts every single turn in quite a great detail. Should be the kind of thing you mean...

Ninot · January 13, 2003, 16:35

i HOPE alot of those accomplishments are beyond the reach of all teams right now, to be irrelevant

nuclear arms and steam power being two such examples.

Wittlich · January 13, 2003, 16:45

What?!? Your civ doesn't have a couple ICBMs yet?!? (purely defensive, of course)

Panzer32 · January 13, 2003, 16:51

Do nuclear tipped pikes count as nuclear arms?

If so, the GoW's words are backed with nuclear weapons!!!

Borc · January 13, 2003, 17:13

i keep every(!) save and a short text summary of every turn... we also have our whole forum archive... enough work for thousands of historicians to write hundreds of books about our history...

punkbass2000 · January 13, 2003, 21:38

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Originally posted by Panzer32
Do nuclear tipped pikes count as nuclear arms?

Kamikaze spearmen?

Harovan · January 14, 2003, 12:13

And you wonder why they can defeat tanks.

alva · January 14, 2003, 13:06

DeepO is working on our hstory thread now, he should be finished soon

Tiberius · January 14, 2003, 13:31

I understand that you expect that your history will end soon, is that correct ?

DeepO · January 14, 2003, 14:07

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Originally posted by alva
DeepO is working on our hstory thread now, he should be finished soon

I am?

You don't waste any opportunity, do you? You volunteered, so why don't you start on one

DeepO

Dis · January 14, 2003, 14:10

well our team is small, we haven't thought much about it. something to consider.

Randolph · January 15, 2003, 13:26

We find Belgians make the best historians and have both Alva and DeepO on the task. It should be an excellent historical account; I look forward to its completion.

DeepO · January 15, 2003, 14:43

Belgians would make the best historians? Nah... history is normally written by the victors, and if there is one thing quite common to Belgian history it is that there always was at least one foreign country which laid claim to our lush grasslands... we've been subjugated for some 2000 years, so how were we supposed to write any history

Diplomacy, that's an area in which Belgium should be good, as we still need to negotiate our independence amids a few powerful countries... it's no coincidence that Brussels is the European capital, it's in our blood.

Maybe FP would make a good historian? After all he comes from England, which has long been a fine conqueror of worlds

DeepO

alva · January 15, 2003, 18:06

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Maybe FP would make a good historian? After all he comes from England, which has long been a fine conqueror of worlds

I agree with your whole post, but especially with this part

GeneralTacticus · January 15, 2003, 21:48

We have several, in fact. It seems to be a major pastime of ours.

alva · January 16, 2003, 06:00

Isn't it time for a news update too btw ??

to DeepO & FP;don't you even think about it

DeepO · January 16, 2003, 08:14

No way, hosé. You volunteered, FP would be a natural choice, I'm not going to interfere in your work

DeepO

Beta · January 16, 2003, 19:10

Wasn't it Churchill who observed that history is written by the victors? We will do it when the game is over.

Zero · January 17, 2003, 02:06

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Originally posted by BetaHound
Wasn't it Churchill who observed that history is written by the victors? We will do it when the game is over.

But we will forget to remember what happened. And since we are doing horrible job of keeping records, and we will obviously be the winner, I guess theres not much history to write about once the game is over.

All your bases are belong to us!

sorry not a trash talk thread... I'll try to contain myself next time

Meshelic · January 23, 2003, 05:22

I was just looking this thread over and couldn't help but laugh at DeepO and Alva bickering over who writes our history!

Ah good times!

Panag · February 1, 2003, 08:32

hi ,

we need a civ3PTWdem newspaper , ....

have a nice day

Kloreep · February 1, 2003, 16:44

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Originally posted by panag
hi ,

we need a civ3PTWdem newspaper , ....

have a nice day

Maybe once we all have contact & embassies with each other (IWO, middle ages). But until then, I can just see it now...

The Apolyton
Gathering Storm refuses to disclose situation
GS leaders continued to refuse interviews with The Apolyton's reporters tuesday.

Neu Demogyptica not talking
Likewise, the German team also refused to talk to this esteemed newspaper.

Roleplayers clam up
The only press release the Roleplay team was willing to make tuesday was that shopkeepers have found a new product: "clams." "And we thought squid was nice," Despot Togas commented.

Vox doesn't even have that one voice
Vox Controlli appeared to be Zero Voices, refusing to even pick up the prototype cup phone our reporters have given them.

Legolanders have strange cult
Our staff in Legoland report the inhabitants have a strange religion centered around foreigners, which apparently involves shoving large bricks in their mouths whenever a foreigner approaches them.

GoW still on tundra island
GoW reported through GhengisFarb tuesday that "[we're] still stuck on a tundra island here." He went on to say that "Our great - err, tiny, yeah, tiny, that's the ticket - civilization is still fishing for a living, and we have a long way to go to mapmaking. Curse all those members who voted against England; yeah, that's right, curse 'em."

Anomymous sources reported GhengisFarb collapsed on the floor laughing as soon as he was out of the press room.

Panag · February 1, 2003, 18:15

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Originally posted by Kloreep

Maybe once we all have contact & embassies with each other (IWO, middle ages). But until then, I can just see it now...

The Apolyton
Gathering Storm refuses to disclose situation
GS leaders continued to refuse interviews with The Apolyton's reporters tuesday.

Neu Demogyptica not talking
Likewise, the German team also refused to talk to this esteemed newspaper.

Roleplayers clam up
The only press release the Roleplay team was willing to make tuesday was that shopkeepers have found a new product: "clams." "And we thought squid was nice," Despot Togas commented.

Vox doesn't even have that one voice
Vox Controlli appeared to be Zero Voices, refusing to even pick up the prototype cup phone our reporters have given them.

Legolanders have strange cult
Our staff in Legoland report the inhabitants have a strange religion centered around foreigners, which apparently involves shoving large bricks in their mouths whenever a foreigner approaches them.

GoW still on tundra island
GoW reported through GhengisFarb tuesday that "[we're] still stuck on a tundra island here." He went on to say that "Our great - err, tiny, yeah, tiny, that's the ticket - civilization is still fishing for a living, and we have a long way to go to mapmaking. Curse all those members who voted against England; yeah, that's right, curse 'em."

Anomymous sources reported GhengisFarb collapsed on the floor laughing as soon as he was out of the press room.

hi ,

well its a start

have a nice day

BigFurryMonster · February 2, 2003, 06:25

At least Lux's secrets are safe. Has the Apolyton reporter already made contact with us ..?

GhengisFarb™ · February 2, 2003, 15:18

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Originally posted by Kloreep
Anomymous sources reported GhengisFarb collapsed on the floor laughing as soon as he was out of the press room.

Who said that? We have a leak!

Panzer32 · February 2, 2003, 20:19

It turns out that leeks grow well in the Tundra Island climate; therefore we have many leeks, GF.

Kloreep · February 2, 2003, 21:38

Whoops, yeah, I forgot Lux. Can't think of a joke for you guys anyway, though.

alva · February 6, 2003, 09:51

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Originally posted by Kloreep
Whoops, yeah, I forgot Lux. Can't think of a joke for you guys anyway, though.

That's because the're just not...funny

OliverFA · February 7, 2003, 10:19

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Originally posted by Kloreep
The Apolyton

Well it looks like #1 of "The Apolyton" has finally seen the light

And what about different newspapers edited at every capital offering the world news form... er... every civ point of view? Just like in real world.