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May 3rd Internet-News About Apolyton
Hm... a search on apolyton discovered this praise 
it came out on May 3/2003 by Jim Cobb
http://www.wargamer.com/articles/behind_the_lines_4/
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Neat Sites
You've seen some of them. The range of perspectives on them stretches from fan sites "where seldom is heard a discouraging world" to extremely analytical approaches to a game or a genre. Game sites have become ubiquitous. The quality of the sites varies greatly, also. Some are a quasi-literate mess of broken links while others are kept in professional dates. Regardless of these variations, game sites are an integral part of our hobby. In each of my future columns I'll try to make room to discuss one that will benefit interested gamers.
The first entry in this series is Apolyton. Started in 1998, Apolyton, or "Poly" as regulars know it, first was a site devoted to Civilization I and II. The site then morphed into a site for other Sid Meier game such as Alpha Centauri. The synergy created by the creative work being done by supporters expanded the site's horizons to other empire-building games. The site now boasts sections not only on all the Civilization games and Alpha Centuari but also both versions of Call to Power, Master of Orion 3, Galactic Civilizations, and the soon-to-be released Rise of Nations. The archived sections can be a hoot, also. Where else is the rise and fall of Sid Meier's dinosaur game chronicled?
Apolyton has a large collection of great mods, scenarios and maps. Its extensive link section touches on every possible aspect of the represented games. Although these "goodies" are great, the discriminating gamer will keep returning to this site for its literary merits. The forums are lively but fairly well behaved, largely eschewing the vulgarity often seen elsewhere. Many fine articles on aspects of the games written by players from all over the world can be found and thoughtful columns are actually solicited on-site. All 219 of them have been archived starting in 1998. This thoughtfulness has given the site a cachet with the industry that allows it to be first in line with pertinent interviews and news releases. Now having a better server, co-owners and webmaster, Markos Giannopoulos and Daniel Quick, can now make a remarkable site even better.
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just wondering if our site owners have seen this before?
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July 3, 2003, 16:12
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Well, that's a fine piece of praise!  It's really good to see that the site gets such good critics, and it is really deserved too! 
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July 3, 2003, 16:19
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It's always nice to find out one of Markos' DLs... 
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July 3, 2003, 16:28
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Who?
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July 3, 2003, 16:39
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July 3, 2003, 16:49
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Aha! 
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July 3, 2003, 17:18
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Did he call us literate? Obviously he hasn't seen Ottok 
"Now having a better server"
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July 3, 2003, 17:53
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hi ,
its nice to see that apolyton is getting such good words
have a nice day
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July 3, 2003, 17:59
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I don't recall seeing a news post about this in May so I've gone ahead and written one: http://apolyton.net/about/
Thanks DarkCloud, I credited you in the story.
I hope I put it in the right section. I'm a little new at this game.
/edit: And I notice that we have a registered member called Jim Cobb, who's been here since October 2001 and has 11 posts. In fact, he posted just yesterday in the Rise of Nations forum. Glad you like it here Jim, and thanks for your kind words in the article.
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July 3, 2003, 18:06
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YAY POLY  .
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July 3, 2003, 18:06
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That's nice. Perhaps it will make the site a bit more money and help with the server problems.
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July 3, 2003, 18:56
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*Andemagnus can't find the right words*
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July 3, 2003, 19:52
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I am very impressed.
*Proud of Poly*
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July 3, 2003, 20:03
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ride:
EDIT: : p r i d e : smiley still doesn't work
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July 3, 2003, 20:14
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July 3, 2003, 20:58
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 He called me literite.
(Yes, the spelling mistake is on purpose.)
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July 3, 2003, 21:32
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Originally posted by Oerdin
(Yes, the spelling mistake is on purpose.)
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Are you worried that people might not assume so?
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He forgot to mention the wonderful members. I'm surprised I wasn't named.
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July 4, 2003, 01:06
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all right, which one of you is in RL Jim Cobb?
j/k I'm also proud of Poly
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July 4, 2003, 02:22
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
He forgot to mention the wonderful members.
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I've got a wonderful member.
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July 4, 2003, 03:18
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Don't tell me you named it AH... 
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July 4, 2003, 09:02
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AH / DH something like that
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July 4, 2003, 09:05
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Good find DC.
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Thanks DC .
I'm so proud being here .
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July 4, 2003, 15:48
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maybe we should start having somekind of Annual Apo Pride Day/Parade from now on?
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July 4, 2003, 17:26
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Apo Pride Day/Parade
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Eh, you must not get Off-Topic much.
Look for any thread started by redjon.
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You are welcome Solver, DrSpike, others
thanks for putting it as a news item, Frustrated Poet
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July 4, 2003, 20:43
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excellent find
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July 5, 2003, 06:48
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Originally posted by Andemagne
maybe we should start having somekind of Annual Apo Pride Day/Parade from now on?
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we could all ride on floats made of spam cans
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July 7, 2003, 04:31
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Originally posted by obiwan18 Look for any thread started by redjon.
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don't get me wrong. I meant APOLYTON Pride, not any other, especially NOT gay pride.
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