Greetings everyone.

This is a third newspaper to our growing list in Demo Game 7. This will be a large database for everything concerning the DG VII Government. Information will be collected and distributed to the Citizens of Fanatikos via this thread and PM.

Citizens wishing to take a job can ask ethier me or Civlord, my counterpart, for admission to the news team. From there you will be assigned a certain task for The Informant. Your job will then be to pass the information article to me or Civlord and it will be given to subscribers via PM and posted in this thread. As an added bonus after every article you may post your thoughts on the decision and the nes team of The Informant will talk abut the decision in this thread.

These are the positions:

Manager: Icmancin
Assistant Manager: Civlord
Reporter on Foreign Affairs (includes trade): vacant
Reporter on National Defense: vacant
Reporter on the Judiciary: vacant
Reporter on the Budget Funding (includes technology): vacant
Reporter on City Production and Culture: vacant

If you wish to take any of these positions PM me or Civlord; if you want to subscribe PM me and if you have any questions PM me.

Good job, Icmancin, let's start working!

The Name of Things

Greeting Citizens of Fanatikos! It is only minutes after our founding and something has already come up! Our goal is not only to provide you with information of in-game activities but also to inform you of the behind-the-scenes work. As Manager and Editor of The Informant I give you, The Name of Things

Already before the game has started our officals are at work: Choosing what to name things. Naming things? Yes naming things is the heated debate right now. With the elections coming to a close yesterday a second layer of decisions has begun. We have chosen our civilization name, Fanatikos, we have chosen what to name our officals, the almighty President and his\her Ministers so what's there to name?

Naming the Cities

Daveshack, the governer of our future capital is hosting open suggestions for the title of his city. Some suggestions were:

Athens (Stuck_As_A_Mac)
Alpha (Stuck_As_A_Mac)
Kepsalaio (Chieftess)
Priapos (Provolution)
Alphabeta (RegentMan)
Olympus (Furiey, DaveShack)
Usura (Giio)
Limpopororisstolisbenasti (Civlord)

The Governers Greekguy and Stuck_as_a_Mac have also posted thread of the same nature. The Governers DaveShack and greekguy have not chosen a city name. Stuck_as_a_Mac have support the name "Styx" for a riverside city but has not decided on a landlocked city. These are the threads:

DaveShacks Thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125727)

Stuck_As_A_Macs thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125604)

Greekguys thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125670)

Ministers or Consuls?

Greekguy, Governer of city 3 (undecided city name, Citizens posting suggestions), has posted a thread requesting the changes of the names of the government officials to Consuls instead of Ministers, President to High Consul and Governers to City Senators. The thread is below:

Greekguys Thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125734)


Ic

I will start collecting important information for the newspaper now. I will report them by Private Message.

Sorry, everyone for the overly angry first post. I came on a little too strong. I hope this will not affect anything too much.

Well, this is post is now better. Like Otto von Bismarck said: "A Little Caution Outflanks a Large Cavalry."

Capital is Olympus

DaveShack has signed his support in favor of Olympus. We now know the names of two (possible third) of our cities:

DaveShack (City 1): Olympus
Chieftess (City 2): Civatonia
Stuck_as_a_Mac (city 4, only by water) Styx
There is (so far) no preference by Greekguy and Admiral-bell has remained silent.

Link to DaveShacks Olympus city thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125833) and to Chieftess Civatonia city thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125560)

Officials at Work

Nobody, our elected Foreign Affairs Minister, has recently set up office and is currently debating Border Control and Foreign Demands in the Citizen Forum. A Link to Border Control Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125809) and Foreign Demands Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125810) and Nobodys office Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125768)

Governer Chieftess has announced in her city thread that Civatonia will be controlled by Civilization 4 Civics system. She incourages other governers to rule by the same system. For more information go to Chieftess Civatonia City thread here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125560)

Governer DaveShack of our future capital is incouraging Roleplay with his city by means of Contest. points will be awarded for good roleplay and negative points for non-roleplay. For more information go to DaveShacks Olympus city thread Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125833)

In a hastey production we forgot our Aggression Level. That is currently being polled with Normal leading the way. If you want to vote go Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125804)

President Octavian X has posted a thread for long-term slider use. Post your thoughts here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125762)


That's Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

Newsflash!

greekguy, governer of city 3 has chosen a name for his city: The Augean Stables. admiral-bell is still remaining silent. greekguys Augean Stables thread is located here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125887)

Thats Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

sign me up for city and culture ( I am accepting city names and vice-goveroner applications here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125964) )

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/DG7_BC4000_startingposition.jpeg

Demo Game VII has begun! Our officials are still at work but it has BEGUN! More heated debates can now begin with new possibilities. There are a series of threads and operations that the reader might find useful in helping the betterment of Fanatikos:

The Screenshot Thread: This thread will provide maps which can be usefull for everybody. The Screenshot thread is located Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=124085)

Operation One: The Warrior Endeavor: With the creation of Demo Game VII there is already a few discussions. This is one of them. Fanatikos Defense Minister vikingruler has posted this thread for some public opinion: Where do we move our first unit? It has been decided it will be a warrior and used for scouting. Where would you move it? Post your suggestions Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125994)

Where to found Olympus?: Governer of absolutely-nothing-as-of-yet DaveShack is asking for public opinion on where to found Olympus. Olympus will be the seat of power for the elected president Octavian X and Civver Zeus, our savior. But where to put it? We are situated on wheat and beside a river. Post your thoughts Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125997)
Gauge of Interest - A Feudal Mini-Game: Preasident Octavian X is in support of a Fuedal Mini-Game. The game will follow a land owning type of system where there wil be land owners working specific tiles, trying to get them improved. More Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126038)
Research 1st?: Being a small nation we have to play our cards right. What do we research first? Give us suggestions Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125891)

Thats Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

Government Officials: Asking too much?

There are a few of discussions going around: Where to move our first arrior, where to place our first city and what we're going to be researching as our first technology. There are only a few discussions now, but as we progress, meet new neighbours and other sorts of things, these discussions will expand and expand in numbers. Soon they will become polls. Where am I going with this? There are to many and aren't that important. The Informant isn't just a thread to keep people updated: You can post your thoughts on what's going on. So do it; I am.

The Warrior Endeavor: Is it really that important?

Defense Minister vikingruler has posted a discussion on where to move the first warrior after its creation. Should we move it North, South-East or along the river? Citizens are going to the thread to post their suggestions on where to move it. Pourquoi? Perchè? Por que? Warum? Γιατί; Why?

Moving a warrior is not as big a deal as if we were transporting Nuclear Weapons. Of course this is the first term expansion and exploration taking effect but why do the citizens has to worry about where our Axe wielding looneies go to? So enough this will become a poll and it will only end after vikingrulers last term in office. Or the Ministies can become so attached to the citizens requests that the government will be a puppet for the citizens to work. We don't want that do we?

The warriors movement should be kept to the Defense Minister and not to the citizens. Soon we'll have citizens controlling every unit in our armed forces like land owners and Serfs. And once those units ggo down they'll want more. The warrior movement discussion has little point: End of discussion.

But the Trade and Technology Minister truckingpete has made a thread on what to research first and DaveShack has a thread on where to put Olympus. These discussions have a purpose. It is crucial that the citizens and the government work together in order to make the right decisions: Such as the right city locations and what to research. We can live if we can't uncover some possible warrior barbarians but we can't live if we make a mistake in what technologies to research first and where to put our capital.

Thats my thoughts,

Ic

Government Officials: Asking too much?

There are a few of discussions going around: Where to move our first arrior, where to place our first city and what we're going to be researching as our first technology. There are only a few discussions now, but as we progress, meet new neighbours and other sorts of things, these discussions will expand and expand in numbers. Soon they will become polls. Where am I going with this? There are to many and aren't that important. The Informant isn't just a thread to keep people updated: You can post your thoughts on what's going on. So do it; I am.

The Warrior Endeavor: Is it really that important?


Moving a warrior is not as big a deal as if we were transporting Nuclear Weapons. Of course this is the first term expansion and exploration taking effect but why do the citizens has to worry about where our Axe wielding looneies go to? So enough this will become a poll and it will only end after vikingrulers last term in office. Or the Ministies can become so attached to the citizens requests that the government will be a puppet for the citizens to work. We don't want that do we?



IMHO, I think that you're overstating and understating the point of the poll at the same time.

You're understating by saying we're just moving a warrior for military purposes, and the citizens should not be involved in such a military task. If this were a navy armada that we wanted to use to get to another land to land an invasion fleet, I would say the Defense Ministry has a very good hold on that and no citizen intervention is needed. However, this is not just a military unit, it is working as a scout for the entire civilization, and where it goes is a big issue to people who want to make sure that we get off to a strong start. (Should we search for another civ, search for the ocean, search for a city site, search for lux's, etc.)

You're overstating that the poll (and also future polls) will give the citizins so much control over issues that the Defense Ministry is in charge of. Note that Vikingruler didn't ask the exact tracts of land to move the warrior each turn, just a general direction. The defense ministry still has control over the exact movements of the unit.

Yes alright, but is it really necessary to have the citizens posting where the scout goes? I do not think so. But what you're saying is that the citiznes should post suggestion for search for luxeries, civs etc. buty we haven o clue where any of these are. If simply saying which direction it goes does it really help to finding civs and luxeries? No, it just reveals territory with minmal possiblilties of actual success. And should this wait untill after the capital is founded? The borders will show land and the culture will too. That way we can make more precise decisions.

Look Icmancin, I felt that the people had a right to decide where our first scout unit moves. NOT it's turn by turn movement but general direction. This action can have a severe impact on the game, it can reveal 3 other civs, or meaningless tracts of land. Fertile grassland or barren tundra and desert. Either way, the people have a right to put in their opinion for this. The people will not be able to discuss this if we wait for Olympus to be founded, because the warrior WILL be built in that same turnchat.

Sorry, vikingruler, but we seem to have understood that in the wrong way. Now I agree that the citizens should have influence over our scouting moves.

But what you're saying is that the citiznes should post suggestion for search for luxeries, civs etc. buty we haven o clue where any of these are. If simply saying which direction it goes does it really help to finding civs and luxeries? No, it just reveals territory with minmal possiblilties of actual success. And should this wait untill after the capital is founded? The borders will show land and the culture will too. That way we can make more precise decisions.

The way I see it, you can search West and probably hit a body of water soon. How do I know? I don't, but even though the map "wraps" doesn't mean that experience tells me that the landmass probably ends somewhere near the edge of the map. Or we can follow the due North knowing that we will at least have at least a river to build a city site on. Lastly, we can travel East (or NE) and try to go towards the center of the map, which would probably give us more land to explore but run us the risk of not being able to find a suitable spot for a second city. I give Vikingruler credit for giving the Citizens input, knowing that this units whereabouts are not purely militaristic in nature, but also scouting for civilian purposes. (Besides, who knows, maybe this round of citizens are Inuits and we all vote South :P)

News article draws heated Letters to Editor

In an unexpected development, publisher and editor of The Informant Icmancin drew harsh criticizm of his story on the recent polls by several leaders regarding our fledgling nation's first steps. Letters to the editor reflected concerns that it is too early to tell whether our leaders are puppets to the whim of public opinion, and pointed out possible journalistic license with the actual facts of the military leader's poll.

At this point it is too early to tell whether the letter writing campaign is motivated by genuine concern in responsible journalism or a poorly hidden attempt by special interests to protect their own turf. Time will tell, but it is good to see the other segments of the report, on Olympus placement and what to research, seem to have been well received by the subscribers.

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News article draws heated Letters to Editor

In an unexpected development, publisher and editor of The Informant Icmancin drew harsh criticizm of his story on the recent polls by several leaders regarding our fledgling nation's first steps. Letters to the editor reflected concerns that it is too early to tell whether our leaders are puppets to the whim of public opinion, and pointed out possible journalistic license with the actual facts of the military leader's poll.

At this point it is too early to tell whether the letter writing campaign is motivated by genuine concern in responsible journalism or a poorly hidden attempt by special interests to protect their own turf. Time will tell, but it is good to see the other segments of the report, on Olympus placement and what to research, seem to have been well received by the subscribers.

This message sponsored by the Olympus chamber of commerce

DaveShack, we do not admit such an insult to "The Informant". We are here to comment and criticize the role of the Government and the citziens in this Demogame. We are here to discuss and we have our own ideology and thinking. We will not hesitate to criticize anything that we don't like or has to be changed because this newspaper is open to every opinion from every citizen, including that of the founder (Icmancin) and of the co-founder (Civlord). If you want to write your ideas, you are free to do that here. But if you want to insult the newspaper in a dirty attempt to destroy our reputation, then you must get out of this thread and never post anything here again.

DaveShack, we do not admit such an insult to "The Informant". We are here to comment and criticize the role of the Government and the citziens in this Demogame. We are here to discuss and we have our own ideology and thinking. We will not hesitate to criticize anything that we don't like or has to be changed because this newspaper is open to every opinion from every citizen, including that of the founder (Icmancin) and of the co-founder (Civlord). If you want to write your ideas, you are free to do that here. But if you want to insult the newspaper in a dirty attempt to destroy our reputation, then you must get out of this thread and never post anything here again.

It's role play, not an insult. See the tiny little caption at the bottom of the post? :mischief:

Sorry if it came across wrong.

News article draws heated Letters to Editor

In an unexpected development, publisher and editor of The Informant Icmancin drew harsh criticizm of his story on the recent polls by several leaders regarding our fledgling nation's first steps. Letters to the editor reflected concerns that it is too early to tell whether our leaders are puppets to the whim of public opinion, and pointed out possible journalistic license with the actual facts of the military leader's poll.

At this point it is too early to tell whether the letter writing campaign is motivated by genuine concern in responsible journalism or a poorly hidden attempt by special interests to protect their own turf. Time will tell, but it is good to see the other segments of the report, on Olympus placement and what to research, seem to have been well received by the subscribers.

This message sponsored by the Olympus chamber of commerce

I actually would like to commend IC on the article. While I may not have agreed with the opinion stated, the story no doubt drew attention to the way government offices were being run and drew some debate to ensure that all was running smoothly. While this time there wasn't an uproar of agreement, next time we could agree that something wrong is being done and start a change of protocol. IC, IMO, has shown willingness to cover government in a way to keep them on their toes about obeying the "Will of the Assembly".

It's role play, not an insult. See the tiny little caption at the bottom of the post? :mischief:

Sorry if it came across wrong.

:) Yes, I've not read it first. So, DaveShack, you can write your comments about the DG here if you want to. We would be glad if you do that.

Extra! Extra!

in the 12:00 turnchat olympus was founded. the E location was chosen for shields and defence. Olympuses cultureural influence is growing steadily. Our proud city produced a warrior and another one is on its way. soon ladies and gentlemen we shall have an empire.

Send this via PM to Icmancin, admiral-bell.

The Informant, August 13th, 1st Edition *(origanised)

(for quick browsing press Ctrl+F and search: ** for Citizens *** for Government)

Top Stories

Should we consider restarting? Our quick actio has left some issues untouched or forgotten. More in the Government Section.

The RPG Returns. The President has brought an idea for some added fun. More in the Citizens Section.

Turn Chat Two. The demo Game is kicked off. More in the Government Section.


Citizens**

President revives old RPG Mni-Game,

President Octavian X brought up the idea of a feudal Mini-Game. PLayers in the game will own real in-game tiles. The improvements on the tiles will affect the growth and production for your land. Players use the money, food and other items gained to purchase military troops or building and get people to settle the land. Players can hand out privelages to other players. Icmancin asked: "Would our government style affect gameplay? That is what we build, our titles etc?" No answer has been given as of yet. The Feudal Mini-Games current home is located Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=2995582#post2995582)


Government***

Creation errors, Should we restart?

In the Polls section greekguy, Governer of (in the near future) The Augean Stables has brought up the fact of our hasteful start. Causes include: Respawn A.I. is on, Barbarian Setting is wrong and Culturally Linked Starting Locations in on. Poll results:

No Changes: 14 (53.85%)
Restart Completely 0 (0%)
Adjust setting via Seed 10 (38.46%)
Abstain 2 (7.69%)

The Poll is located Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126142)



Turn Chat Two - The Beginning

Turn Chat Two is the real starter for the Demo Game. The Beginning technology is Witing. Olympuis has been founded one Tile S-E of our starting location. Foreign instructions are simple: Find foreign lands. We are currently up to turn ten. We have irrigated, mined and roaded some terrain and our military scouts have made contact with French warriors from the North.



Thats Fanatikos today,

Ic

Hello, readers.
There will be some changes in the way The Informant is run. First take a look at the latest Edition. There will be an Edition for every day of the week, plus the Saturday Edition will be a review of the past week, and what we thought of the past weeks Political and non-political actions. That is, one similar to the one posted Yesterday.
Qustions, comments and Role-Play is highly supported. Like i said Saturday will be Criticism Day where everybody is invited to post what your htought of our articles and what you thought of the Government progress in DG VII.
The Articles will be divided in two: Citizens and Government. Citizens includes the Role-PLay, Citizen Groups and everything concerning everyday actions while Government focuses on the Officials and the actual gameplay. Thanks for reading all,
Ic

Sorry everyone for the lack of an Article yesterday. There won't be an article today ethier on account of personal issues.

The Informant, Wednesday, August 17th, 2nd Edition

(for quick browsing press Ctrl+F and search: ** for Citizens *** for Government)

Top Stories

Violating territory: The Expatriate Governer has some questions. Government.
Trading techs: The French won't trade, but the possibility might arise. Government.
Areiopagos at work: Some constitutional questions have been answered. Government.


Government ***

Violating Territory

Expatriate Governer RegentMan has opened a discussion on wether or not we should violate Frances border for exploration purposes. Being Empress Arc, we will annoy the French leader into threatening us. Remember, our military is equal to one Brigade (some 3000 soldiers) compared to a much larger French army of well over 10 000 soldiers. This exploration task concerns the Expatriate Governner because he will not have a city unless one is captured. What do you think we should do?

Territory Violation here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126306)


Trading Techs

Trade and Technology Minister truckingpete has posted a discussion concerning the trading of technologies to foreign nations (only France at the moment). The French Empress denies any trade offer for Technologies we offer. When asked why she promptly said:

"C'est pas possible. Fanatikos est merde!"

Clearly Civver Zues is not getting along well with the french Empress. The language difference will also cause many problems. truckingpete announced that he may not make it to the turnchat. He is asking US to tell him what we think he should do.

Tell him Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126324)


Areiopagos at Work

The Judicial Team (Ravensfire, Black_Hole and mhcarver) has answered questions regarding the Constitution of Fanatikos such as:

Will a 4-2 vote by the Governors meet the 67% requirement?
Is the ability of the Governors to overrule the Assembly in CoL F.2 constitutional?
Who names the a city - the first Governor or the Governor when the city is founded?
Who controls the actions of workers?

Nothing is final yet but this progress is progress.

The Areiopagos (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125714&page=1&pp=20)


Thats Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

City Founded

Our proud nation's city, Olympus, has significantly increased it's cultural influence .I'm sure we will soon be a cultural power. In other news many sources of wine have been found near our city so we will all be drunk and happy :) .

The Informant, Friday, August 19th, 3rd Edition


Top Stories

Civatonia: The Goodyhut is becoming a town
The Barbarian Menace: War and Tragedy in the West
First Contact: Imperial Rome imerges and becomes the dominate power
A Backwards People: Emperor Caesar and Empress Joan have more brains than Civver Zeus



Articles

Civatonia

Senator\Governer Chieftess is among a group of settlers which are currently awaiting instructions. Chieftess, the leader of the group, wishes to move the group Eastwards, towards the Twin Mountains. Fanatiks agree with this decision others are suggesting a different location. Go to Civatonias City Site (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3011118) and give your thoughts.



The Barbarian Menace

Defense Minister vikingruler has announced that Ares, the second warrior battalion, has been defeated by the Phoenician militia outside of our borders. the marauders were attacked in hopes of increasing national security but infact decreased it. vikingruler gave the following suggestion on what we should do next:

I suggest allowing Athena to continue her exploration with her new path of a circular direction and let the 3rd warrior built to the remaining half circle. Therefore, I suggest waiting for our 5th warrior, the 4th should be used for garrisioning duties, to dispatch of the barbarians. Since a casulty has already been sustained, and the Romans and French are both poised to attack the barbs instead of us I felt the people should give their opinion on this.

Using five warriors did not go over will with the Assembly. The Assembly members which gave their thoughts are proposing that our next warrior battalion should be used to destroy the Phoenician militia. Please post your thoughts Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126580)



First Contact

In response to meeting the French, we had found another advanced race: The Romans. Roman cultureis quite similar to ours. The Roman military is also quite large. they too are a city state; their capital currently resides in Rome. It is unknown where Rome is actually located but Athena, our first battalion has found French border markers. Rome is ahead in technology of us by three, and ahead of France by one. It is undoubted that Fanatikos is considered a backward, barbarian state, which is not worth anything more than the Phoenicians. We will prove them wrong.


A Backwards Nation

A downcast Minister of Trade and Technology has reported that we are officially dumb. truckingpete has reprted that both the french and Romans have more technologies than us, including all the technologies we know. They have not, however, discovered the secrets that our sages are research called "Writing". View the sadding announcement Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126610)


That's Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

good job, icmancin

I like how you word everything..its its..magnificent!!!

I check this thread everyday..:D

Ok, truckingpete, it's great that the newspaper has admirators. I, admiral-bell and icmancin work together in the informant, and if you want to write here your comments about the game progress, about your role in the game and other subjects then you are free to do it.


edit: pm me or icmancin if you want to write a comment.

Ok, truckingpete, it's great that the newspaper has admirators. I, admiral-bell and icmancin work together in the informant, and if you want to write here your comments about the game progress, about your role in the game and other subjects then you are free to do it.


edit: pm me or icmancin if you want to write a comment.

Oh! Okay thanks!

You are all very good writers!! Keep up the good work!!

Sorry everyone. Todays edition was supposed to be the special but I can't today. I'm spending the weekend at a friends house. His computer ain't that great and he doesn't have CivIII. The edition should be up tomorrow.

I apologize, no edition today ethier. I got home later than expected and I'm tired. Tomorrow I promise!

Satruday Edition will have to wait. :( The Informant is now open for disscussion every day.


The Informant, Monday, August 22nd, 4th Edition


Top Stories

Areiopagos Working Hard: Helping you solve constitutional questions
Trades for Gold: Dumb but smart for a price
Foreign invaders: Threats from everyone


Articles


Areiopagos

The Areiopagos has recently completed some important tasks. They include:

Will a 4-2 vote by the Governors meet the 67% requirement?
Is the ability of the Governors to overrule the Assembly in CoL F.2 constitutional?
Who names the a city - the first Governor or the Governor when the city is founded?
Who controls the actions of workers?

The answers are located here, in the Areiopagos Office (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125714&page=1)


Trades are open!

Minister of Trade and technology truckingpete has annuonced that rades with foeign powers can now be made. All other attempts were useless in persuading the big three (Joan, Caesar and Bismarck) in trading with us. Trades can be made but at a tremendously high price. Look Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126824)


Fanatikos, Episode I: The Foreign Menace

Unfortunately we are in a "Dilly of a pickle." Barbarian soldiers ravage the land and the Imperial Powers are in search of war. We are behind them in technology, wealth and military might. There are many disscussions about what to do. The only thing we can do is wait. Wait and progress. But we do have one thing other them: The intelligent minds and organization of the Fanatikos government. We are more numerous that they and we can make decisions as a group instead of being lead by a single despot. That is the only thing we have on them. And we will use it.



Fanatikos Today


Government:

President: Octavian X
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Nobody
Minister of Defense: vikingruler
Minster of Trade and Technology: truckingpete
Chief Justice: Ravensfire
Judge Advocate: Black_Hole
Public Defender: mhcarver
Senators:

greekguy
RegentMan
admiral-bell
DaveShack (Olympus)
Chieftess (Civatonia)
Stuck_as_a_Mac


Military Strength:

1 Worker Battalion
3 Warrior Battalions

Foreign Relations:

France (Polite)
Rome (Annoyed)
Germany (Annoyed)

Economy:

Wines (1)
131 Gold
8 gpt
Science: 20%
Tax: 80%
Luxery: 0%

Technologies:

Bronze Working
Alphabet
Ceremonial Burial
Writing (researching, 23 Turns)

Cities:

Olympus

Size: 3 (growth in 7 turns)
Production: Settler (5 turns)

Civatonia
Size: 1 (growth in 6)
Production: Warrior (1 turn)




Thats Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

Great edition! :goodjob:

Very nice article Icmancin. :D

The Informant, Wednesday, August 24th, 5th Edition


Top Stories

The End of Term One: Chances for new leaders and new hopes



Articles

The End of Term One


Term one is drawing to a close. Every position is accepting nominees. Term two is a chance for new opportunity for evryone. Defeated nominees in last terms elections return for another shot. They may not come back for the same shot but they're back for another shot. Like when you have too much whiskey and then you want some tequila. Something like that.

Positions are being changed around. CivGeneral, previous nominee for the position of Defense Minister, is now campaigning for the title of mayor of our next city, the third. truckingpete and vikingruler have accepted nominations for thier origninal position. I am going to campaign for Minister of Foreign Affairs position again. Nobody, our current Minister of Foreign Affairs, has not accepted his nomination.

The nomination tracker thread is located Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126985)

I will be keeping you updated on the Elections in small news burst as well as the sencond day editions.


Thats Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

I'm looking forward to your election coverage Icmancin

I'm looking forward to your election coverage Icmancin
Me too! :D

Thanks. I'm just glad that the Newspaper has admirers.

I too read your paper. :goodjob:

Update

DaveShack has added a new twist to the DG VII elections. He is a nominee for two positions, the Public defender and the Exptriate Governer. He has said:

I'm self-nominating and accepting here and for Public Defender, because both offices have no nominees. My intent is to withdraw from this race if someone else accepts, not because I don't want it to be contested, but because I don't want PD to remain open. I accepted PD first so if there are no other accepts in either one, PD takes precedence.

A very interesting move. Last term there were very few elections occured (of 13 positions only 4 were actually voted upon. This does not count the DP Pool).

Nobody was asked to run for Minister of Foreign Affairs but declined in favor of being the Governer of City 3.

mhcarver has declined the role of Public Defender, the office which he held last term.

RegentMan, our current Expatriate Governer, has marked himself undecided after a self nomination. :hmm:

Octavian X is going for unother shot (not of alcohol) for President. The race remains uncontested; Ravensfire has declined a nomination and Chieftess and Furiey have not replied.



Thats all on the election update,

Ic

Ic, the whole Fanatikos agree you are doing a great job. Hope the quality of the newspaper keeps high for the rest of the DG, so as the news coverage. Don't worry, because you can count with me :D.

Shocking News!

Writing Lost!

The Foreign powers have obtained the secrets of Writing which our scholars were researching.... slowly. Every nation but the German Reich has obtained the knowledge. Should we continue to Philosophy? Or go to Literature? We would not be in this position if the government had put more funding in the science department, thats what I think. The disscussion on what to do next is located Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127206)

War in the World!

War has been declared between the French Empire and the German Reich. The Reich is located to the far east of Fanatikos while the French Empire is in the North. We have very little knowledge of ethier nations city locations or military power. Fanatikos, Rome and the newly found Persian Empire under the control of Shah Xerxes, have declared their neutrality for the time being. We do not know where the front lines are located. All we know is that war is between the Reich and Empire has begun. We cannot report loss of cities because we don't know where they are. We do not even know the cause of the war.

The Stables

The Augean Stables has been founded on the famous "Pink Dot." The current Governer is greekguy, but that may change next term. The surrounding lands may also become a battleground for the marauding german and French forces.

Election Update

Civlord, Assistant Manager to The Informant is running for Governer of Olympus. Civman2004 has withdrawn from the election, leaving the position uncontested against Civlord.


Thats a Fanatikos update,

Ic

Civlord, Assistant Manager to The Informant is not running for Governer of Olympus. Civman2004 has withdrawn from the election, leaving the position uncontested.

That's a mistake. I am really running for governor of Olympus.

Anyway, good luck icmancin. Hope you get elected.

Ooops... My bad. :blush:

A Term in Review

Hello everyone. Today is Saturday. I missed out on last Saturdays edition but I won't today. being the last Saturday before the end of the term, I will use today as a time to post thoughts about the entire term that has just gone by so quickly.

First I'd like to commend our elected officials. They have done a great job in leading Fanatikos into the World. Some of them are staying for this next term, some are swiching positions and some are leaving. But those that are leaving, their places will be filled with new faces. New faces that could help in the betterment of Fanatikos or they could lead us to utter destruction. :joke:

There are three cities in Fanatikos already. Our wonderful capital Olympus, her sister city, Civatonia and the great northern Augean Stables. Their locations have been chosen by the will of the Assembly and they have gone into great locations. Sadly there is trouble in the air. Three great events have already shaken the Fanatik nation.

First was the Phoenicians. The backwards people had declared was on our great nation in an effort to destroy it. We would not yield however and launched the Western Campaign. 2nd Infantry Battalion "Ares" was sent to rid the world of the Phoenician scum. The campaign was a failure however, and of the one thousand soldiers sent in the Ares Battalion only fifty-three returned. They were shattered people and of those fifty-three, six more died later of trauma, diesease or wounds. It is a horrible thing to happen to Fanatikos. It could not have been prevented.

Secondly Civatonia has recently been ransacked by barbarians. The Chieftess Barracks which was under construction has burned to the ground and they stole some of our gold. This artocity could have been stopped! Our great Hoplites, our elite spear defenders, should have been trained instead of the building the Barracks. The Hoplite Battalion would have not been as trained but it would have stemmed the Barbarian advance into Civatonia. This was a blunder by the government which has left Civatonia, now with no defenders or Barracks and the Barbarians have now gold to fund their terror organization. It was a horrible thing that happened to Civatonia, one that could have been prevented.

Thirdly the secrets of Writing, which our scholars had thought would bring us fame and fortune, has been discovered by every foreign nation save the German Reich. This was a massive shock to Fanatiks all around. Our chances for intelligence has been, almost, ultimately crushed. If our government officials had been more willing to put more funding into science we would be at the top of the intelligence train. But we went at the most minimum possible. It has been a near fatal decision. But hope is still here. The newly found Persian Empire has not obtained the secrets of Iron Working. The Germans have but they have not found Writing. Our cunning leaders have proposed a massive technology exchange. Writing to Germany for Iron Working, Iron Working to Persia for the Wheel + Gold and finally Gold to France for Warrior Code. The strategy may pay off. But we wouldn't be reduced to this should more money had been poured into Science.

The warring nations of Germany and France are now in a duel for power. Fanatikos, Rome and Persia are neutral. Next term we must act. France is a Commercial and Industrial power while the Reich is a Military power. Our heirarchy must side (diplomaticly) with the French. I propose that after the technology trade we sever relations with Germany. We should allow the French to pass troops through Fanatik territory. We should (if possible) ask any German soldiers to leave. We are not prepared to go to war with the Germans so we cannot order them to leave. I propose a pro-French attitude. The Germans are in an expansionist mood and we cannot allow them to achieve thier goals. We should give Diplomatic aid to the French. We do not want a powerful expansionist Germany streching from the East to the West, but a weak Germany huddled in the East.


This term has been a good start but there have been blunders. They are not fatal. But they can be if we do not agree as a whole. The only hting we have on the enemies is Organization and Co-Operation. We have to implement it.


Ic

Great article Icmancin! :D

I still cry at night for hours on end, mourning the loss of our great warriors of Ares. May the gods have mercy on their souls, and may they enjoy an eternity within the domain of Hades.

The warring nations of Germany and France are now in a duel for power. Fanatikos, Rome and Persia are neutral. Next term we must act. France is a Commercial and Industrial power while the Reich is a Military power. Our heirarchy must side (diplomaticly) with the French. I propose that after the technology trade we sever relations with Germany. We should allow the French to pass troops through Fanatik territory. We should (if possible) ask any German soldiers to leave. We are not prepared to go to war with the Germans so we cannot order them to leave. I propose a pro-French attitude. The Germans are in an expansionist mood and we cannot allow them to achieve thier goals. We should give Diplomatic aid to the French. We do not want a powerful expansionist Germany streching from the East to the West, but a weak Germany huddled in the East.

Yes, they are very aggressive, Ic. But now we are very weak, and we need to be in good relations with them until everyone of our cities has a hoplite defending it. A war with them won't be easy, but it will be necessary. The pro-french atitude, in the future, can be a great strategy, but for now it is a bit premature.

I don't mean to annoy Germany, but we should just give the French a covert advantage thats all. No declarations of war or anyhting, just letting the French use Fanatikos as a base. If Germany wants to talk lets just deny some of them, thats all.

Members of the Government Please Read

All of you are invited to write your speeches and comments here, on the informant, about your general role now and other stuff you want to talk. Please, we need a word from the Government. For free, of course :lol: .

this is probably not the best start but its not my fault, city 5 hasent been built yet

This newspaper is very interesting. Good coverage.

A New Update is coming soon! Stay tuned!

Citizens of Fanatikos! The elections have begun! Many positions have been won unopposed. Civlord, my assistant, wishes to have you hear his victory speech.

I, honored citizen of this beautiful Olympus, am now proud to announce that I've won this election with the unanimity of the votes. I thank you all, specially my counter-part Icmancin, for supporting me in this election. Term II will be demanding, but I will never forget that now I have a duty with this city and with the whole Fanatikos, and my duty is to serve. I will build temples to Zeus, irrigate the lands to the farmers and make the citizens of our capitol happy and proud of being part of such a glorious empire. I will never disappoint anyone, and I will never be afraid of serving the people. Everyone shall make his part, and I won’t be an exception.

Elections, elections. It is now time that I show you a new list of leaders. Some remain the same, others are new. Some have switched position for another shot. Civlord, as you know, has won in an uncontested match for being the Governer of Olympus our capitol (see, I spelled it right this time). I too have won, albeit, uncontested, for the Minister of Foreign Affairs position. I now give YOU election results, as of this post , AND our current platform of Government offcials!

Current Standings

President:

Octavian X Vs. Donovan Zoi
7 Votes Octavian X - 7 Votes Donovan Zoi

Expatriate Governer:

DaveShack vs. RegentMan
6 Votes DaveShack - 7 Votes RegentMan

Public Defender:

Bootstoots vs. Civman2004
8 Votes Bootstoots - 5 Votes Civman2004

Judge Advocate

Black_Hole vs. Strider
7 Votes Black_Hole - 8 Votes Strider

Governer: The Augean Stables

CivGeneral vs. Nobody vs. greekguy
2 Votes CivGeneral - 1 Vote Nobdy - 11 votes greekguy

Governer: City 5

admiral-bell vs. Provolution
7 votes admiral-bell - 7 votes Provolution


Current Cabinet

Governer of Olympus: Civlord
Governer of Civatonia: Chieftess
Governer of City 4: Stuck_as_a_Mac
Minister of Trade and Technology: truckingpete
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Icmancin
Minister of Defense: vikingruler
Chief Justice: ravensfire

Congrats to those who got their jobs and the best of luck for those that actually had to get elected! :D I am also taking applications for a deputy. You can PM me or post it here.

Fanatikos election update,

Ic

Fanatikos Election Update

Current Standings

Governor of the Augean Stables

Greekguy: 15

CivGeneral: 3

Nobody: 1

Governor of City 5

Admiral-bell: 8

Provolution: 10

Expatriate Governor

DaveShack: 9

RegentMan: 10

President

Donovan Zoi: 13

Octavian X: 7

Public Defender

Bootstoots: 10

Civman2004: 5

Judge Advocate

Black Hole: 8

Strider: 10

Abstain: 1

Stay tuned for more!

Civlord

Ic, you forgot Minister of Defense in your cabinet update.

Ic, you forgot Minister of Defense in your cabinet update.

vikingruler, thanks for the advice. Here it is:

Vikingruler has been relected for Term II as Minister of Defense of Fanatikos. He won by unanimity of the votes, as he was the only candidate to accept the nomination.

Feel free to use my response in the Expatriate election thread for your newspapering needs. :)

Feel free to use my response in the Expatriate election thread for your newspapering needs. :)


Thank you, RegentMan.

Extra! Extra!

Fanatikos Election Results

:clap: :band: Congratulations to all who won this election!

Results:

President:


Donovan Zoi was elected president of Fanatikos. The poll results were 18 votes to DZ, 9 to Octavian X and 1 Abstain. Congratulations, Donovan Zoi!

Judge Advocate:

Strider is the new Judge Advocate for Term II. The election results were 14 votes to Strider, 10 to Black Hole and 1 Abstain. Good work, Strider!

Public Defender:

Bootstoots is the new Public Defender of Fanatikos. The election results were 18 votes to Bootstoots and 8 to Civman2004. Once again. congrats Bootstoots!

Expatriate Governor:

RegentMan was elected Expatriate Governor for Term II. The election results were 14 votes to him and 12 votes to DaveShack. Well done, RegentMan!

Governor of the Augean Stables

Greekguy was elected with 20 votes over CivGeneral, with 4 votes, and Nobody, with only 2. Good luck, greekguy!

Governor of City 5:

Provolution is the new Governor of city 5. He had 15 votes over 10 from admiral-bell. Again, good luck for you, Provolution!

Expatriate Governor:

RegentMan was elected Expatriate Governor for Term II. The election results were 14 votes to him and 14 votes to DaveShack. Well done, RegentMan!
I managed a face off victory in the six hours after the close of the election? :eek:


;)

I don't understand that myself. It should be RegentMan: 14 to DaveShack 12. :) An article in a bit.

:( :mad: :cry: I hate my computer! My Conquest game won't read the saves anymore! I will however try my best to get The Informant update by getting to as many turnchats as possible. :help: :wallbash: :wallbash: :wallbash: :suicide:

Methinks Civlord just made a simple typo.

About your situation: What patch version do you have? If you've opened previous saves, then that question isn't important. Perhaps re-installing the game will work? Move all your vital saves to another folder (outside of [c3c] ) so that they'll be saved. Maybe someone else has better ideas.

Sorry, I made a mistake. I will correct it.

Yeah, I'll give that a shot. Not :beer: shot. ;) The reason I dropped out of last Demogame was because of this happening. Thanks Civlord, for putting up the election results. :)

No. It didn't work. :(

EDIT: Forgot to install V.1.22 after reinstallation. :mischief:

Thanks Civlord, for putting up the election results.:)

Yeah, we really needed that. Your time may be short, as I guess, and that was very important for the newspaper. I had to post it in time.

Yeah my time is getting much shorting. September 7th and I'm back to school. Yaya I got it working!

The Informant, September 1st, 6th Edition

Top Stories

Starting the Term with a BANG!: The Minister of Trade and Technology has a proposal
Lightning Strikes Twice: Following Ares to Elysium goes Artemis
Is it worth our Time?: Our leaders have a thing to say about the Great Library
Modifications to Fanatikos Citizen structure: Well you know, we all want to change the World
Priapos: Placement and "Get your Free Citizen rights card!"
The Styx Myth: Does anyone know?
The Augean Stables: Lanmarks anyone?

Articles

Starting with a BANG!

Minister of Trade and Technology truckingpete wants to maximize science trade. We are a nation that is searching for "Philosophy" and our Scholars believe that by obtaining such technology it would allow us to be taught another secret immediately. Should we trade it around? For what secrets? What secret should we unlock upon obtaining this secret? Post your thoughts Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127621)

Lightning Strikes Twice

Artemis, another ill-equipped battalion of soldiers, has been destroyed. There were no survivors. The information is sketchy. We know that Artemis has been destroyed. the Barbarian incursion must be dealt with! Citizens unite, and give your guidance! vikingruler, our military leader, wants your help! We need YOU! Give your thoughts Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127624)

Is it worth our time?

Our leaders are having doubts about the "Great Library." A structure so large, that it would house scholars from Fanatikos to Persia, France to Germany. The scholars would share their secrets to ours and we would (coverly) obtain the knowledge! Espionage at its best! But the endeavor would be very costly, 400 megatons of production. It would take years to contruct. But first we must obtain "Literature," what our scholars say is the use of Writing into large documents which would give us information. Using our Alphabet, we turned the letters into words. We know think that the words will be a success in large quantities for information storage. What do you think? Look Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127688)

Modifications to Fanatikos Citizen structure

Judge Advocate Strider has is proposing a concept to change the Citizen structure of Fanatikos. MORE INFORMATION! Is the main goal. Reorganization of our Forums, extension of the Information Office and summaries are some of the important goals our Judge Advocate wishes to accomplish. What do you think? Proposal Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127473)

Priapos


Provolution, Governer and Senator of the new Priapos city is hosting two disscussions: Where to place Priapos and Citizen passes. The placement is for Priapos to be founded by the coast, and making it an economical superpower, sadly at the expense of some Olympus lands. The overlap is the only minor negative effect. The opposition is headed by Timbently. He proposes a Priapos "In the Steppe" a buffer between foreign powers and The Augean Stables. The disscussion is Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127557) and the Poll Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127697)

Provolution is handing out Citizen Passes which will provide ten special rights to owners of these passes. They allow citizens of Priapos the will to vote in Priapos matters and other specific privleges. The option to take a pass is up to the citizen; why you can be a Citizen of Olympus, Styx, The Augean Stables instead. The thread is Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127652)

The Styx Myth

Stuck_as_a_Mac, Governer and Senator of Styx has requested the knowledge of the citizens: What is the Myth behind Styx. He does not know. He has a contest going on for the most creative myth. So far there has only been one applicant.... :(* (see next post) Please, post Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127436)

The Augean Stables

The Augean Stables. The land around it is full of mysteries. The is an exciting place, naturally. It itself is a landmark, the Stables being founded before the discovery of Horses by Fanatikos. We had no clue what these monsters were, they were Fell Beasts of Hades! Until today. What would you name the surroundings? Post applications Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127575)

Thats Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

Dear readers of the Informant,

This is an OOC letter.

There is an extreme lack of participation in all role-play attempts in this game. I have played on role-play forums before and found them very fun but here itv is a dead seriousness. The Styx Myth has only one response, thank you greekguy. The Informant strongly supports the use of role-play. DaveShacks old role-play contest in term I was an utter failure because no one participated. vikingruler, in his comments to The Informant, has use role-play and I thank him for that. I use role-play as much as I can in my Articles. I wish that the citizens of Fanatikos could act like citizens of Fanatikos. I find role-playing fun and and I find the political side fun as well. Is there a way we can merge them? Yes we can! Disscussions should be conducted in a role-play fashions as should responses to The Informant and EVERYTHING! The turnchats and their threads, and polls, and Government threads should be excluded. But we should at least try to get role-play involved.

This is a special letter to the readers,

Ic

Extra! Extra! We have an SGL!

Great news, citizens of Fanatikos! Last turnchat, after we succesfully got Philosophy and grabbed Literature for free, Aristotle appeared! It is still going to be decided if he will rush the GL and which city will have the honor of building this Great Wonder that will keep the knowledge of centuries. Governor Chieftess suggested Civatonia, but this has yet to be decided. Anyway, this is really good news! :)

Here is a link to the discussion thread:Aristotle, at your service! (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3051495#post3051495)

Citizens of Fanatikos,

Help a foreigner trying to write on the newspaper. If any of you see an grammar errors in any of my posts here, please PM me that I will correct them.

Gratefully,

Civlord

Sorry for the lack of an Article. Time is getting smaller and smaller and School will sign a military alliance will time against me. :(

Minister of Trade and Technology truckingpete has requested that I post a complete article written by him:

Term 2 - T n'T (Trade and Tech.) - Were Dynamite!!

Yes, that's right, I think this term should be a, well, a BANG!!..Or a big dud...who knows, but I think it's going to be great!! With the last term, we succesfully researched or traded for these techs:

Bronze Working
Alphabet
The Wheel
Warrior Code
Ceremonial Burial
Iron Working
Writing

But we are still on our way to the biggest and best building every in Scientific History..as of now...

THE GREAT LIBRARY!!

With last term, we did a 3 way trade that caught us up in the Tech. Race a little bit. Once we get the Great Library, we are going to get techs like crazy..so we can relax a little bit on techs...

BUT...

We have to get the Great Library 1st. I and every citizens that I know of hopes and crosses our fingers and toes to get the Great Library...but we have to get Philo 1st, if not...we are going to play catch up..I just hope, HOPE, it does not come to that.

So I would like to thank you for my support and hope this term is going to be a BANG!!

Thanks truckingpete! Although I did post it late..

Ic

(time is being stolen from me faster than land from the USSR in the first weeks of Barbarossa! The Informant Articles will be smaller now and I will require quick news flashes from Civlord. Also readers I would appreciate applications for jobs!)

Todays Stories

Olympus: What should we build?
Presidential: Worker Actions
Citizens: Polling Standards Commission
Trade: Lots of good trades

Articles

Olympus

Civlord, Governer and Senator of the Olympus region, has requested advice on the contruction resources of Olympus: What should they be used on? Settlers and Libraries are prime suggestions but what do you think? Well think it Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127872)

Presidential

President of Fanatikos Donovan Zoi has put up a disscussion for where the workers should put thier time to. Styx has not been connected via road so shipments of food cannot reach it or the Heartland. Where do you think they should go? Post your thoughts Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127961)

Citizens

President Donovan Zoi has created the Polling Standards Commision. The Commission is of non-elected members and their goal is to help clarify the actions of certain polls. The PSC office is located Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127960)

Trade

Minister of Trade and Technology truckingpete has opened a disscussion on the possible trades we could accomplish. With Philosophy and Literture the trade possiblilties with our rival nations could bring us to the top of the Technology Race! Or we could wait for Aristotle to contruct the Great Library and obtain our technologies then. What do you think? Look Here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=127884)

That's Fanatikos in a nutshell,

Ic

Update

Extra! Extra! It seems that M4 Sherman's newspaper thread was closed and he himself banned for a week due to intentional spamming of the forums! M4, you're a shame for our community! Get out!