View Full Version : While We Wait....


Abaddon
Jul 31, 2008, 07:08 PM
It seems that a lot of time is spent waiting, like now I'm waiting for choxorn to post his update and rather than spam up his game thread how about a thread to pass the time?

This could be a place to ask peripheral questions related to a game, but that not really important. I think it would cut down on the in game spam.

It will work if posters were a little bit responsible and didn't let it get too out of hand.

Bigfoot3814
Jul 31, 2008, 07:14 PM
How do we pass the time? Posting? Posting what? (BTW I don't play any of the super in-depth forum games, so maybe it's not for me. I am good at making silly remarks though!)

Abaddon
Jul 31, 2008, 07:48 PM
Like so:


Reclaiming the World, Rise From Medieval Kingdoms, Birth Of An Empire.. similar style games.. have we got a prefix yet that would allow potential gamers to pick up on them?

Perhaps LzNES ?

So instead it would be:

LzNES: Birth Of An Empire
LzNESIV: City-States of Terraxilla


Any good?

Izipo
Jul 31, 2008, 08:32 PM
<snip>

Any good?

Not really.
This is just my personal opinion, but I like the way the threads are made, no need to get formal for that.
Although I don't join this type of games for various reasons, it is my understanding that what is favored in the so-called 'lazy NES' is the casual approach.
Having rules start in the thread naming process clearly defeats that purpose.

Moreover, the only two Lazy Nes running right now are RfmK III and Reclaiming the world, so really there's no need to differientiate them.

Finally, if people want to join a 'real' NES, I guess by now they know where to find them.


Now about this thread : Why not.
We'll see how it goes.

Some of the comments in Dissensions 2 for the past few days would have been perfect here, I guess.

Pinman
Jul 31, 2008, 08:36 PM
Well, we used to have a thread for NoTW players to rant about various things.

Terrance888
Jul 31, 2008, 08:38 PM
*singing*

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting waiting Waiiiit!

Waiting... Waiting... Waiting waiting waiting waiting waiting

Waiiiiiiiiting waiting waiting waitng waiting waiting waiting wait!


How about Post 5 words story? 5 words in your turn. Proper Nouns are 1 word. Here goes.

In the While We Wait thread Abaddon...

Izipo
Jul 31, 2008, 08:40 PM
How about you start a thread for that ?

EDIT : Also, how about a nice mafia game Pr. falken ?

Terrance888
Jul 31, 2008, 09:21 PM
I started a thread for that...

Waiting....

Abaddon
Jul 31, 2008, 10:48 PM
fair enough, I was just planning on starting something myself here, but wondered if I should name it in any such way that people would know what it was.

LightFang
Aug 01, 2008, 03:38 AM
This is almost identical to While We Wait (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=265040). Golly, that's a strange coincidence. :)

Stuck in Pi
Aug 01, 2008, 06:40 AM
why does this seem familiar?

Oh yeah, the NES forum has one of these...

Catharsis
Aug 01, 2008, 06:58 AM
Like so:


Reclaiming the World, Rise From Medieval Kingdoms, Birth Of An Empire.. similar style games.. have we got a prefix yet that would allow potential gamers to pick up on them?

Perhaps LzNES ?

So instead it would be:

LzNES: Birth Of An Empire
LzNESIV: City-States of Terraxilla


Any good?

Yeah, I gots a couple issues with this (unsurprisingly :p):

a) Truth be told, the prefix 'LzNES' doesn't mean much, unless you've actually arrived from the NES forum and know the nomenclature. It's not going to help people from, say, Stories and Tales - you may as well just write 'SHFOEUyyy Birth Of An Empire' and let people think that you had a mild seizure while creating your thread.

b) Also, we already have the Forum Games list, clearly visible at the top of the page, and hopefully that'd be the first place anyone who's interesting in joining a LazyNES would go. Games like those you mentioned have been filed by Pinman under 'Diplomacy and LazyNES', so hopefully the word 'Diplomacy' there would attract the sort of player who might be interested in that sort of thing.

c) Putting LzNES before every game of this type implies that they are all part of a series, and that ain't true, bub. If BoaE is LzNES, then City-States of Teraxilla isn't LzNES IV, because the two aren't in any way related. The only series of LazyNESes is the RfMK series, and that has its own little prefix already. :D

Abaddon
Aug 06, 2008, 06:00 PM
Oh, didn't realise there was a list.. clever hobbit!

Perfection
Aug 08, 2008, 02:43 PM
If you're waiting in forum games, why not post one of the several spam games instead of here?

Love
Aug 10, 2008, 03:20 PM
I feel its kinda killing with a while we wait thread in a non-PC forum.

Izipo
Aug 13, 2008, 06:19 PM
Now is the perfect opportunity to wish a Happy Birthday (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=287127) to the great Catharsis.

:bday:

EDIT : And postcount is overrated, so who cares ? Do you, Gandhi ?

Love
Aug 14, 2008, 05:55 AM
Depends on the mood

Terrance888
Aug 16, 2008, 07:34 AM
Ahem, I would like to take on a Small Project. A RfMK style Forum Game. I do have time. However, I want to see if you guys want Medievel, Fresh, or Advanced Fresh (I've got a world I can transplant it to.).

Or Fantasy, please tell me.

taillesskangaru
Aug 16, 2008, 07:37 AM
I don't really care about the theme, as long as a game updates regularly, with a reliable GM who organises stuff into something user-friendly.

Terrance888
Aug 16, 2008, 08:40 AM
I can do that. :)

Here's a peek.

I'll divide teches into:

Technology Advancements
Economy Advancements
Military Advancements
Structures Advancements
Specials Advancements
Projects

Then, in the beginning we have a couple each. I will also put it under the stats. For example.

AnyNation/AnyPlayer
AnyStats
TA
+3 TPT; -10% techs
EA
+10% to Banked;

ect.

Also, GPT will be divided into City, Infranstructure and Bonus- Total

2 (for capital)/3 (4 in 3)(Infranstructure)/1 (ET)/6GPT

Any suggestions?

Are my ideas OK?

Stuck in Pi
Aug 16, 2008, 09:46 AM
sounds good, would like a ancient world...

Terrance888
Aug 16, 2008, 10:00 AM
Well, I was thinking, I can do a 1000 B.C. Forum game based on the ChuckNES I did.

You need basic history!

Gov-Types

Monarchy of Chiefs (Most Darali)
+ 1 Technology + Expansion - 1 Economy - 5 Stability =Military

Shamandom (Chunherra)
- 1 Technology + Expansion + 1 Economy + 5 Stability = Military

Warrior State (Mexicans?)
= Technology + Expansion = Economy - 5 Stabliliy + Military


Generic

Chiefdom
= Technology - Expansion = Economy - 5 Stability +Military

Tribal Council
= Technology = Expansion = Economy + 5 Stability -Military


No City States, as they represent different nations.
NPCs will have basic stuff so not too complecated.
More will be added by Tech.

Will check old stuff. :)

LightFang
Aug 17, 2008, 11:21 PM
I've finally realized how much work it is to mod a game like Dissensions. Gold totals give me a huge headache.

Nonetheless, I've done it, and now the game is back on track!

Terrance888
Aug 18, 2008, 08:04 AM
I have a question. Rise of Classical Empires is up. Please sign up and disscuss here while I set it up. Do I need another GM? Do I need more reserves?

Stuck in Pi
Aug 18, 2008, 09:07 AM
All i have to say is that it looks as if you ctrl+v'd the BoAE map. But I'll sign up as Babylon anyway.

Terrance888
Aug 18, 2008, 09:14 AM
Ok. I Didn't copy the BoAE, I used my ChuckNES map as before disaster. Please use link.

Ok, you get Babylon. I'll try to get some more stuff up.

(Also, I will add another government type. Please choose one!)

Vertinari118
Aug 18, 2008, 09:25 AM
Darali if you had not already reseved it for me please Charles. Do the civs from your Nes start out more developed or not?

Terrance888
Aug 18, 2008, 09:38 AM
Well, they got invaded. Please post in this Template.

Nation Name/Player
2/8/0/0 -10 GPT (City, Infanstructure, Trade, Bonus)
Color
Split 15 Military.
3 Technologies worth 16TP Max

(am I Making it too complicated?)

Old Darali/Vert
2/8(9 in 3)/0/1- 11 GPT
Color: Brown
10 Army
5 Navy
Advanced Agriculture ECT.

It is 500 B.C. just so you know. The Map is of the 1000 B.C. world before disaster.

Supermath
Aug 19, 2008, 02:42 AM
This looks oddly familiar...

taillesskangaru
Aug 19, 2008, 02:55 AM
nvm. 10 char

Neverwonagame3
Aug 22, 2008, 12:07 AM
EDIT: Not needed.

Ekolite
Aug 22, 2008, 03:05 PM
Hmmm haven't noticed this thread before. Not sure if Forum Games really needs a While We Wait as most of the games are fairly fast paced, or have methodical updates such as NOTW and Mafia games. Definatley opposed to lazy-NESes having the prefix LzNES, this is not the NES forum :p.

Catharsis
Aug 30, 2008, 11:49 AM
Would anyone mind if I made a new Forum Games List?

Just seeing as how it looks like Pinman might have disappeared, and even if he does come back, he has enough on his plate without being pestered to update that as well.

Ninja Dude
Aug 30, 2008, 12:07 PM
Where the heck is dylan? We need him to help out with War at Civ Fanatics!

Izipo
Aug 30, 2008, 12:28 PM
Would anyone mind if I made a new Forum Games List?



Go ahead, it's long overdue anyway. Shame about Pinman, I'll miss him.

Which is it ? The 4th ? 5th?

merciary
Aug 30, 2008, 12:45 PM
I don't know it seems who ever makes is abducted by the ALIENZ shortly after. I think it's cursed.

On a some what related note, I'm cooking up a game in my head right, I just want to get some input before I put it out there.

It be based off of gladiatorial combat, similar to Snakes and Foxes, but less complicated. The twist is you aren't fighting, your the manager of a gladiatorial team (not sure if that's the right term for what I have in mind) in which you purchase fighters, equip them, and bet on their survival.

This is just a rough outline but what do you guys think.

Izipo
Aug 30, 2008, 01:28 PM
@ Merciary : Sounds fun but keep it small : 8-10 teams tops.

@ Catharsis : I could never have worded it better. Your game list/welcome thread is off to a great start :goodjob:

Catharsis
Aug 30, 2008, 04:02 PM
Thanks. :) Anyway, whew, done. http://www.smileyarena.com/emoticons/Emotions/Hand_Signs/whew.gif Now it's just waiting for stickage.

Merciary: I think that could do well. Are you planning to write accounts of the fights, like in Dissensions?

merciary
Aug 30, 2008, 11:26 PM
Yeah I am planning on writing stuff. I mean isn't that the point of going to a gladiator fight, to see all the gore.

Izipo
Aug 31, 2008, 03:42 AM
I love the new list, it's really good :hatsoff: And thanks for including my thread at the end, I wish people would use it more.

Even Perfection's contribution is good.

Upon reading it, there's only one thing that bothers me : Why are we not having a simple mafia right now ? It's been a while since the last time... *hint* *nudge*

Catharsis
Aug 31, 2008, 05:21 AM
Heheheh... Perf. :hatsoff:

Izipo
Sep 02, 2008, 05:29 PM
I've got a question :
I'm looking for a FREE image editing program that can work layers.
Anyone know a good and easy one ?

What I want to do is move units on a map (if you haven't guessed) without having to manually cut/paste all the stuff, which messes the map underneath.

Chandrasekhar
Sep 02, 2008, 11:59 PM
I've got a question :
I'm looking for a FREE image editing program that can work layers.
Anyone know a good and easy one ?

What I want to do is move units on a map (if you haven't guessed) without having to manually cut/paste all the stuff, which messes the map underneath.

This is what I use. (http://www.gimp.org/downloads/)

Ekolite
Sep 03, 2008, 03:06 AM
Yeah I've been experimenting (with not much success) using that for diplomacy 4. I'm using Paint (vista version) atm lol. It causes some problems and is seriously annoying but at least its simplistic enough for me to be able to make the most out of it. GIMP looks good but I seriously need more practise. I'll probably stick with paint for the remainder of the game, although I do have another diplomacy style game of my own invention planned for some time later this year ;).

Ekolite
Sep 03, 2008, 03:06 AM
By the way, I'll ask methos to sticky this thread.

Izipo
Sep 03, 2008, 11:04 AM
@ Kol.7 : Really, why ?

@ Chand : Okay, thanks. I'll try it and see if I can master it.
There's still many things I have to do for the game I have in mind (a slightly more complex Diplo), but having a nice map that I can manage by myself will be a great incentive to keep on working on the rules.

Perfection
Sep 05, 2008, 11:11 PM
Heheheh... Perf. :hatsoff:I aim to please!

Ekolite
Sep 06, 2008, 05:56 AM
@ Kol.7 : Really, why ?

I don't know, seems like a likely thread to be stickied. If we don't sticky it it will be buried in spam games anyway.

Terrance888
Nov 12, 2008, 08:06 PM
The GREAT WAR opening! Join the FIGHT!

Ekolite
Nov 13, 2008, 02:15 AM
Errrrrrr.... No.

henrebotha
Jun 18, 2009, 09:15 AM
I want to start a D&D play-by-post game... Where should I recruit people, etc?

iamwlrs4
Jun 18, 2009, 09:30 PM
Is a Mafia game gonna start up soon?

Abaddon
Jan 26, 2010, 01:05 AM
Forum split? (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=350363)


With the new anti-spam measures taken recently (namely restricting PM's to members with at least 5 posts) a number of forum gamers have lost the ability to PM, which is pretty important in forum games. At the moment, there's a thread where these people can post and get their privileges re-instated but it creates work for the mods/admins and it's more of a quick fix than actually solving the problem imo.

So, I'd like to request that the "Forum Games" forum be split into "Spam Games" and "Non-Spam Games" with the non-spam games having post count re-enabled. Spam games could be defined as any game where the average post consists of less than one sentence, or maybe any game where complete sentences aren't needed. I don't know, that'd be up to TF to decide. Heck, it could even be games where PM's are needed and games where they aren't.

I'd also suggest that members with less than 5 posts could just have their PM boxes be extremely small, like has been done at this (http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/)forum (they give all new members an inbox with room for only ten messages). If that's still an issue, maybe they could only receive PM's until the requirement has been met making PM spam impossible.

Anyway, that's my suggestion for dealing with the problem. Is it remotely possible?


Guys, we need your vote! Get in this thread and vote vote vote!

Catharsis
Jan 26, 2010, 02:54 PM
Why do you care, Abaddon? You don't play in any of these games.

I'm still not entirely convinced that a postcount-nonpostcount forum split would really solve anything. The reason some of us want this to happen is to make it easy for new users to play games here, right? That is the real reason, not 'ohhh I hate that my precious Diplomacy game is in the same forum as all these spammy threads wah wah wah'.

Postcounting a forum would mean that all new players would have one post - the signup post. What are they supposed to do with the other four (unless they sign up for more than one game at a time - an unrealistic expectation for first-time players)? The same as they do now - post in the 'Welcome, new members' thread in Civ IV Gen Disc, then reply to a few things in Off-Topic or H&J or whatever. And there's still the five-day limit preventing them from receiving PMs immediately.

As a solution to this particular problem, this idea fails. Are there any other benefits to a forum split? (Assuming no other side effects like placement on the main forum index, which would obviously benefit Forum Games but is sadly a forlorn hope.)

Abaddon
Jan 26, 2010, 11:14 PM
Well for me I think the quality of forum games should be encouraged. An that can be done by rewarding it with its own forum.

This postcount stuff is just a useful launchpad for my own desires ;)

Earthling
Jan 26, 2010, 11:17 PM
Guys, we need your vote! Get in this thread and vote vote vote!

I'm going to vote for the option that pisses CCRunner off more.

Also I don't like postcount spam anyway. Also if my postcount is lower it means I won't have to change my avatar as much cause I'd planned set changes at stuff like 2000/3000/5000

Catharsis
Jan 27, 2010, 07:54 AM
Well for me I think the quality of forum games should be encouraged. An that can be done by rewarding it with its own forum.

It already has its own forum. We're posting in it right now! :D

This postcount stuff is just a useful launchpad for my own desires ;)

Forum Games is non-postcount in order to keep people like you out. ;)

That said, maybe adding postcount would solve some of the inactivity problems some games have been having lately.

Backwards Logic
Jan 27, 2010, 12:07 PM
Here's the main pro I see - the next time there's a database dump, maybe our stuff gets saved as opposed to going out with the rest of the garbage. The other pro, and it's a small one, is it cleans up this forum significantly. Right now it's a cluster@%#$ of posts with no organization. Six months ago it wasn't too bad, but now there's so many spam posts the 'good' threads get buried quite quickly. I'm really surprised this is getting as much flak as it is - the Mods in general have always made it clear that keeping the forums tidy was high on their to-do list, which accounts for all of the sub-forums that litter civfanatics. Give NOTW, Mafia, Lazy-NES, Diplomacy, and DYOS their own sub-forum, and the quality games have a chance to 1) be saved permanently, and 2) will stand out more and have a better chance of attracting and keeping serious players.

Ekolite
Jan 27, 2010, 12:41 PM
Maybe we could just move into the ''All other games'' section and leave forum games? (a possible compromise?) Really the ideal situation would be to simply get our own forum totally separate of CFC and appoint our own mods. It's a shame that the community isn't really large enough to make such a forum work, and for many people who post in other sections, CFC is convenient whereas a new forum just wouldn't be.

What exactly are the moderator's arguments against this other then because they think our games are spam?

Catharsis
Jan 27, 2010, 01:21 PM
Here's the main pro I see - the next time there's a database dump, maybe our stuff gets saved as opposed to going out with the rest of the garbage.

Alright, conceded. But I got the impression, from the posts made at the time, that the database dump was a pretty irregular occurrence. The regular database ran out of space so they had to delete some stuff to allow people back on, and then they moved onto a bigger database, was that how it worked? (I am not good at computer.) It sounds like they've taken steps to ensure that that won't be happening again. (Remember, it wasn't just Forum Games that was affected - while the problems were going on, original posts were disappearing all over the place and most people were unable to post at all. It is in the mods' interest to prevent that problem from coming back.)

The other pro, and it's a small one, is it cleans up this forum significantly. Right now it's a cluster@%#$ of posts with no organization. Six months ago it wasn't too bad, but now there's so many spam posts the 'good' threads get buried quite quickly.

I dunno man, I just don't see it. :dunno: Even if every 'spam' thread on this forum was posted in right now, all the NotWs and DYOS stuff and all that wouldn't even come close to dropping off the first page, and that's probably all we should be concerned about.

The contrast between the more serious catalogued games and the 'spam' games is one of the highlights of the subforum IMO. Something for everyone.

I'm really surprised this is getting as much flak as it is - the Mods in general have always made it clear that keeping the forums tidy was high on their to-do list, which accounts for all of the sub-forums that litter civfanatics. Give NOTW, Mafia, Lazy-NES, Diplomacy, and DYOS their own sub-forum, and the quality games have a chance to 1) be saved permanently, and 2) will stand out more and have a better chance of attracting and keeping serious players.

They wouldn't stand out more if you had to do more clicking to get there, as Snerk said.

If there is a forum split then EPYC needs to come too. That game is entirely PM-based. Not sure what would be done about RtD; that's kinda spammy but in a structured way, with a goal.

Maybe we could just move into the ''All other games'' section and leave forum games? (a possible compromise?)

A STORY FROM THE PAST

Back when I was just a lurker, or maybe even before then, there was no Forum Games section. All the games the CFCers wanted to play - Mafia, Survivor, the quizzes - were held in All Other Games. Those little guys could frolic to their hearts' content, playing games in a postcount forum.

But it was not all sunshine and rainbows, boys and girls. Mean old Uncle Moderator didn't want mafia games and the like counting towards their postcount, because golly gosh, they were spammy! (Not mod bias BTW, a number of them, like Chieftess, participated in mafia games at the time.) So after every game finished, Uncle Moderator would delete the whole thread, removing it from existence - what a wicked old man! Boo! Say 'boo', children.

The little CFCers didn't like this, because it meant that their postcount kept going up and down - some poor souls might reach an important postcount milestone, only to see their achievement taken away from them straight afterwards! So Uncle Moderator, who was briefly a kindly man due to whiskey, gave them their own forum, called 'Forum Games', where there was no postcount! And everybody was happy, for ever and ever and ever. And ever.

TEH END

Really the ideal situation would be to simply get our own forum totally separate of CFC and appoint our own mods. It's a shame that the community isn't really large enough to make such a forum work, and for many people who post in other sections, CFC is convenient whereas a new forum just wouldn't be.

Oh let's not throw our toys out of the pram like NES did. That was classless.

Ekolite
Jan 27, 2010, 01:35 PM
Don't you think that's a little patronising?

And yeah I was thinking of the NESers when I wrote that. It didn't work for them so we wouldn't have much chance.

Catharsis
Jan 27, 2010, 01:47 PM
Don't you think that's a little patronising?

And yeah I was thinking of the NESers when I wrote that. It didn't work for them so we wouldn't have much chance.

It wasn't meant to be patronising, but I apologise if it came across that way. Bedtime stories are, on the whole, nicer to read than arguments. ;)

The NESers did achieve their goal with their breakaway forum IIRC, whatever it was. (Re-spammification of the WWW thread or something.)

Backwards Logic
Jan 27, 2010, 01:55 PM
I don't know where "more clicking" becomes an issue. As a subforum in All Other Games, you have the 'spam games' section, and the 'non-spam games' section instead of just 'forum games'. At least, this is the way I'd go about fixing this issue.

What bothers me the most is not the issue as a whole, but rather talking to the Mods seems to have the same effect as talking to a brick wall, though at least a brick wall would create a tiny echo. They won't even discuss it with us - it's been what, over a week and no one has given a just reason for why it won't happen other that "itz teh spam0rz." Not only that, but the token reason they have given rather insulting - by their definition, at least half the forum is spam and I hate to point out that it all has their own subforums, yet they won't do the same for us. It's rather aggravating to say the least.

Ekolite
Jan 27, 2010, 02:45 PM
It certainly is. Some of the NOTWs of the past have been absolute masterpieces, but they're just not interested. It's a complete double standard. Especially concerning NESes, they are a nothing but a separate form of forum game and they get their own forum. By their argument the NESes should all be lumped in with the rest of us.

Can't methos speak to them? He's a mod isn't he, and one who actually bothers to take a look at Forum Games once in a while instead of just making vague generalisations.

Abaddon
Jan 27, 2010, 11:03 PM
The goal was to get me re-instated

I had been perma-banned.

If felt nice getting all the support it did.

An it was hardly childish.. mods shouldn't/can't just stomp around perma-banning people as they wish.


Feel free to report this if you want to get 2points infraction for PDMA.. but I wanted the truth to be known, and considering I have avoided names, I don't think i've stepped too far over the mark










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It jst irks me that your postcount isn't your postcount.. its nonsense. There is no proof that giving forum games a postcount would mean spam would run rampant. People soon tire of it and form their own police force (e.g. in NES for quite a while we were essentially without moderation, and very very little is needed nowadays.
The effort some put into these games should be valued, and this seen by the distinction of being valued enough to be counted.

Also, by splitting the forum, it gives a greater structure and community to those games that are important. The games will grow considerably.

NES was once just a single lone thread, with little to no structure.. see where it is now?
Forum Games could easily be that, even bypassing it as many many different games are suitable.


Dare I say it? Why not move all the "quality" forum games (AS WELL AS NES) into a new section

Forum Games
Vs
Silly Forum Games

Terrance888
Jan 31, 2010, 04:57 PM
Nice: The Forum Gamers are staging a rebelion!!!

Just like we did. Awesome. I'll say: go for it! Our Rebelion spread to new forums. And if you succeed, you will have an area where people can go for a nice, serious forum game, and an area for a flirtorous forum game.

bestrfcplayer
Jan 31, 2010, 08:05 PM
Any new form games comming out in the next week?

Abaddon
Jun 16, 2010, 04:40 PM
bumped as asked.

post here if you don't want to spam your games threads!

Zack
Jun 16, 2010, 05:23 PM
Birdjaguar said my proposal for the reorganization of the Other Games forum was reasonable. (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=9288072#post9288072)Hopefully this is indicative of good things!



Alpha Centauri
Never Ending Stories
Forum Games

Spam Games - Beat the Pic Above You, Good Wish Bad Wish, Name the City, etc. Postcount is disabled here, obviously.
Non-Spam Games - Mafia, Night of the Werewolves, Lazy NES, Risk, etc. Postcount can be either enabled or disabled here, I couldn't care less. Enabling it would case my PC to skyrocket, which I'm not so sure I want, it's already high enough.

All Other Games - Combination of everything else currently in the Other Games forum.

PeteAtoms
Jun 16, 2010, 05:31 PM
Why is NES not considered a sub-type of forum games?

Double A
Jun 16, 2010, 05:32 PM
How is IO a spam game? Some of those guys take it extremely seriously.

Zack
Jun 16, 2010, 05:33 PM
Have you seen the amount of posts? I don't know, it just seems kind of spammy.

Double A
Jun 16, 2010, 06:00 PM
Have you seen what they post? :p

Zack
Jun 16, 2010, 06:06 PM
I don't really pay attention to it, so no. I just saw 3 and a half thousand posts in a month and assumed it was spam. My apologies.

Double A
Jun 16, 2010, 06:20 PM
Granted some of it is spam (by me :p), but most of it is way to serious for it's own good.

Abaddon
Jun 17, 2010, 05:18 AM
Why is NES not considered a sub-type of forum games?

Historically we were part of Civ3 Stories and Tales. When we moved, we were so big (an still are imo) that it justified its own section :smug:

(I think your better games deserve their own section too!)

civplayah
Jul 12, 2010, 12:09 PM
Right now I just started my game. I'm excited for it!!!

Cull
Jul 12, 2010, 12:20 PM
I want Forum Games to be non-post count. Otherwise I'll have 1,000 posts+ I believe, and I really don't want that.

civplayah
Jul 12, 2010, 12:24 PM
I do! The more posts, the better! I've posted in here, and it should count.

Cull
Jul 12, 2010, 12:26 PM
But its crazy. What would you say if you saw a poster with 1000 posts, yet only being here for half a year? Yet another spammer. Sigh. That would be my reaction.

civplayah
Jul 12, 2010, 12:35 PM
Oh, I see your point. But, I do admit, most of the posts in forum games are spam. :(

LightFang
Jul 12, 2010, 01:44 PM
But its crazy. What would you say if you saw a poster with 1000 posts, yet only being here for half a year? Yet another spammer. Sigh. That would be my reaction.

I don't care about post counts. I don't even usually check the dates people join. I'm one of those non-discriminatory, equal-opportunity people!

Zack
Jul 12, 2010, 02:30 PM
I could care less about my post count. I didn't even notice when I reached 3,000 posts. :sad:

Cull
Jul 12, 2010, 02:34 PM
I think you two are rare in the whole community. Although, in general I couldn't care less, but wanted to throw in my two cents.

Ekolite
Jul 12, 2010, 02:37 PM
I don't think so. I don't care about my postcount and I don't think any differently about people based on it. As far as I know most people are the same.

Cull
Jul 12, 2010, 02:53 PM
Interesting. If that is true, I think postcount should be applied to non-spammy games, in a split outlined previously.

Ekolite
Jul 12, 2010, 02:54 PM
Really? If it's true I would prefer to have postcount abolished completely.

Zack
Jul 12, 2010, 02:57 PM
We'd have to be a lot more serious in the threads if post count counted in Forum Games, which is why I'm against it.

techathon
Aug 03, 2010, 12:07 AM
I posted this in a different forum as a game. This game will have a game thread, a discussion thread and a few others. This is based on games going on at alternate history.

Rules:

- You will control a nation of Europe, North Africa or the Middle East at 1000AD. It does not have to be an actual nation from history, but if it is not, you will have to post your history, but be realistic. Please try to stay away from the nations like they are in civ.

- You are in complete control, kind of like a Civ game. Don't post only about your military, but also about other important factors that make an empire grow.

- Your claims will be put in via a claims thread that I make.

- No inventing new stuff. That will be handled by a 3rd party.

- After enough people join in, I will create a factbook thread where each person posts facts about their nation. This will have to be approved by an impartial 3rd party.

- Wars will be run via PM to an designated 3rd party. This 3rd party must be announced beforehand so that there are not different people posting different sides of the battle.

- At 1300, I will allow colonies in Africa, also a few non-player states will be formed to interact with. Colonies must be approved by a designated 3rd party

- At 1500, The likewise will happen with the rest of the world.

- Keep any out of game talk in the discussion thread.

Events:
- A designated 3rd party shall be able to allow events to happen to other nations (must be impartial). These include inventions, as well as events like those in Civ.

Diplomacy:
- Here is how you contact a nation in-game. Be sure to bold it to make it stand out.:

To: OTHER NATION
Fr: YOUR NATION

Diplomacy Here



I volunteer to not play to be a 3rd party if there isn't enough 3rd parties, however you can still play if you are a 3rd party, you just don't do events and colonies and 3rd party diplomacy and just do wars (Which is needed more) as long as you are neutral in the conflict. The point here is to keep the game more realistic

What do you think?

Bobbtjoe
Aug 03, 2010, 12:17 AM
Sounds good, but I just scanned it.

How about Imperiam Offtopicium: Space Edition, where you would be colonizing planets and moons and whatnot. The game ends when you build and research a spaceship capible of leaving the solar system.

techathon
Aug 03, 2010, 12:25 AM
Would my idea be concidered a lazyNES? Or what would it be

Bobbtjoe
Aug 03, 2010, 12:26 AM
Would my idea be concidered a lazyNES? Or what would it be

Or would it be what, good sir.

techathon
Aug 03, 2010, 12:32 AM
Huh? Would my game fit into a game catagory?

Bobbtjoe
Aug 03, 2010, 12:34 AM
You failed to finish the second sentence. But anyhow, I would suggest Forum Games.

techathon
Aug 03, 2010, 12:40 AM
Ill post it then. It will be called 1000AD - Discussion. Once enough people join Ill make a setup thread and a game thread. Is this ok? (Sorry, never played a forum game at these forums before and I dont know if multiple threads is a good idea.

Bobbtjoe
Aug 03, 2010, 12:55 AM
An so it is done: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=9442593#post9442593

techathon
Aug 03, 2010, 12:58 AM
I started my game as well.

Bobbtjoe
Aug 03, 2010, 01:00 AM
Heh, two new games as the result of one disscusion. :thumbsup:

bestrfcplayer
Aug 09, 2010, 02:40 PM
Hey Zack, when is your new mafia game comming out?

Zack
Aug 09, 2010, 03:39 PM
In a while.

civplayah
Sep 24, 2010, 07:29 PM
Wow, Friday night and there's nearly no activity on here...

Darth Caesar
Nov 05, 2010, 12:39 PM
I'm waiting for !!!!, and link16 to post actions in my RtD so I can make the first update, to pass the time i'm toying with the idea fo a detective themed Snakes and Foxes type game.

Abaddon
Nov 06, 2010, 05:06 AM
Did you have to post about your RtD in every thread?

Darth Caesar
Nov 06, 2010, 07:26 AM
Did you have to post about your RtD in every thread?

Yes now i'm off to the CiV forums, I should get a couple dozen sign-ups there. ;)

civplayah
Nov 06, 2010, 09:47 AM
Why does everyone spell 'more' 'moar'?

/grammar nazi

Darth Caesar
Nov 06, 2010, 09:48 AM
Why does everyone spell 'more' 'moar'?

/grammar nazi

The same reason people spell "the" "teh"

civplayah
Nov 06, 2010, 09:53 AM
I still don't get it... to be purposefully stupid in a funny way?

Darth Caesar
Nov 06, 2010, 09:57 AM
I still don't get it... to be purposefully stupid in a funny way?

Maybe it's just internet talk.

Abaddon
Nov 12, 2010, 12:20 PM
Its just internets

Darth Caesar
Nov 12, 2010, 12:33 PM
I was right!

General Olaf
Apr 17, 2011, 05:17 AM
everything is just internets... :/
Just discovered this subforum, it's awesome :)

Abaddon
Apr 17, 2011, 07:38 AM
How did you come across it? :)

Terrance888
Apr 17, 2011, 10:10 AM
Don't forget the Spelling Commies. They died out when internet spell-check was made, but Grammar Nazis are following the stragglers.

They are WAY back.

General Olaf
Apr 17, 2011, 10:07 PM
How did you come across it? :)

Think I saw NESes mentioned somewhere, looked down that area of the forum and found this instead. NES is a little too heavy for me, but this stuff suits just fine.

Skwink
Apr 17, 2011, 11:13 PM
I am going to hunt down bestrfcplayer for ever in this rtd.

Abaddon
Apr 18, 2011, 12:26 PM
Approved by myself ;)

General Olaf
Apr 18, 2011, 09:43 PM
Come on, just 1 more player to join the new (ish) NotW, and we can start...

GamezRule
Apr 18, 2011, 11:02 PM
More good IoT's need to be posted! Not like I have the time for them, anyway...