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RobWorham
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Nov 2005
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Public posting once the game starts..... Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution


As we have approximately two weeks to go before the set-up is finished, and CyberShy will be making the map for us, I thought it was about time we discussed the matter of in-game public posting.

Do we allow public posting only when all teams have met each other??

Do we allow public posting from the start??

Do we allow public posting when a team has met one other civilization??

Any more suggestions?? This is an open discussion, so please lets have as many opinions as possible.......

Nugog
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Full PM-box? Change here!


I think some public bravado is good for the game.

RobWorham
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Any more opinions??

joncnunn
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Emperor
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public bravado

civs trying to form alliances before they have even met in game

civs trying to do things not allowed by the interface since neither has the tech for it

RobWorham
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Any more thoughts on this, either as individual players or as teams opinions??

classical_hero
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Warlord
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I am sure that we should allow some interaction in the aming forum, but giving away things in not good.

Hercules
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Put an end to popups!


We can always talk about the weather and rising sea levels.

GeoModder
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Yeah, some of our coastline hutches are drowning as we speak.

Nugog
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I guess my view is that once the game actually starts - then it appears (for all intents and purposes) that nothing is happening - if you are just viewing the public forum.

astrologix
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Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution


If we intend to play a Civ game, then don't allow public posting from the start.

But public posting when a team has met all other civilizations in game, yes

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I have always been a firm believer in what Astro proposes above. However with fewer teams, and less apparent animosities dragged forward from old games, I'd be willing to give some sort of public posting from the beginning a shot.

However, we really shouldn't be giving away vital game info without contact so I'm not sure how that can be accomplished?

Lets say the Templars and the Banana's are on the same continent and meet each other first, a propoganda war would be fun but would tell all the other teams we are early neighbors.

How do we get around that?

Swiss Pauli

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I'd say 'let the poster beware' when it comes to spoilers: public posting inevitably gives (mis)information to the other teams, so I don't see any reason to forbid it until later. After all, teams can communicate privately from the beginning, so why bar public posts?

conmcb25

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Originally posted by Swiss Pauli
I'd say 'let the poster beware' when it comes to spoilers: public posting inevitably gives (mis)information to the other teams, so I don't see any reason to forbid it until later. After all, teams can communicate privately from the beginning, so why bar public posts?


Hmmmm

Good point actually. Im thinking I may want to go down this road and see what happens.

RobWorham
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quote:
Originally posted by Swiss Pauli
I'd say 'let the poster beware' when it comes to spoilers: public posting inevitably gives (mis)information to the other teams, so I don't see any reason to forbid it until later. After all, teams can communicate privately from the beginning, so why bar public posts?


RobWorham
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OK, shall we have a team vote on this???

Do we allow public posting from the start??

Do we allow public posting when a team has met one other civilization??

Do we allow public posting only when all teams have met each other??

All the above is on the provision that no activities take place that circumvent the rules of the game, no trying to achieve things that are not yet achievable in the game yet due to insufficient techs, i.e map trading, alliances etc......

All the above is also on the provision that we all act like the good ladies and gentlemen that we are. No flaming, no nastiness, just good old fashioned honest (or not so honest ) fun.

As Swiss Pauli so eloquently pointed out :

quote:

I'd say 'let the poster beware' when it comes to spoilers: public posting inevitably gives (mis)information to the other teams, so I don't see any reason to forbid it until later. After all, teams can communicate privately from the beginning, so why bar public posts?


CAN TEAM LEADERS PLEASE PM MYSELF, OR POST HERE, IN THE NEXT 4 DAYS!!!

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GeoModder
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To me it sounds like option 2 is giving away information to other teams. If for instance Team Templars meets Team Caerbannog and members of both teams start to enjoy the public part of the forum other teams will realize those two made contact.

With option 3, it can take as long as the Caravel era before the last teams have met the others if there's a strategically positioned team blocking access through its borders. That can be a 100 turns in the game, say the better part of a year in real life.

Therefore, I think option 1 is the best thing to go for.

classical_hero
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Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution


Well considering that we start on the same landmass, I am sure that we will met each other fairly quickly, so meeting each other will not be much of a worry.

Krill

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# of Old World Landmasses : 2 Old World Landmasses


If you want to spice things up (and still keep things fairly balanced) allow public posting when all teams have contact with each other through other teams.

i.e. RB/Imp/Nana on island 1, RC/Temp/PAL on two, all have contact with teams on their continents, then RB/Imp make contact between the continents. Let public posting begin. Should make the public forum interesting and fun.

Hercules
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The views of the Templar team is option A.

Swiss Pauli

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Team RB is for public posting allowed from the start.

RobWorham
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The Rabbits have voted for :

Public posting from the start.

Thank you.

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