Recent content by ravensfire

The impact of it is more of a media creation, but the spread of it, and the number of people that have it are anything but a media creation. My brother (pediatrition) is seeing higher numbers of kids with the flu, earlier than normal, and the vast majority (75%+) are H1N1. -- Ravensfire

Another article from the East Standard, also from 2004. Basically - people believe what they want to believe. See that previous article for an example. http://web.archive.org/web/20040706035526/www.eastandard.net/intelligence/intel03070417.htm -- Ravensfire

Where are the two laws you quoted from? Federal? State? Local? Agree with JollyRoger that at first glance, HR 42.3 may not apply to renters, only owners. Private restrictions can be more severe than what a government entity can restrict. Renters do have a fair number of rights, but so do...

That was only if we didn't actually HAVE anyone run for President in the term or the President resigns mid-term. That clause only takes effect if the office is empty after an election cycle ends. Basically, it's a way to get someone in the office and keep the game flowing. -- Ravensfire

Yup! Honestly though, I wouldn't worry about the CoC. If multiple officials want it, let them figure it out. -- Ravensfire

Yup - lost our best DP in years that way. :mad: We've had people that have proved to be less than satisfactory as a DP, and refuse to change. If that person is the President, it could get interesting. So how about this - the President schedules the game session. If they can, they play...

That was the compromise in DG VII - 5 Built cities, plus 1 captured city from each civ. -- Ravensfire

Samsung Omnia. Damn you, AT&T, for not getting it to market yet! Damn, you, Samsung, for no 3G chip. Even monkeys would have remembered that detail! -- Ravensfire

Just to throw something out w/ regards to the (in)famous Will of the People clause... Basically, tell official they should to "seek the will of the people through discussions and/or polls". Add something that major decisions should be verified through a poll. If a decision isn't backed by a...

What type of game: I did enjoy the 5CC game concept - it was smaller in scope for us to manage, without going nuts. Having a large game gets difficult to manage, and tiresome for the DP. It might be interesting to do something small where we're not going to pull off a military victory, don't...

I won't party (yet) because we've got to get a bit organized ... So - any initial thoughts to the game type? Regular game, 5CC, etc? Special game rules? I'm not talking about map size, etc, but what type of game do we want to play? Also, what kind of government do we want to have? Think...

I think we should use this forum to organize both DG's. It's got the attention of people, so it makes the most sense. Absolutely should be in the Civ 3 and Civ 4 forums respectively once the games start though, with a stickied thread pointing to the other. -- Ravensfire

What an excellent idea - I'll shamelessly steal it! -- Ravensfire

Based on a comment from Falcon02, this is to try and gauge what interest level's we got for the next demogame(s). Please vote based on what YOU would actually participate in, including mostly lurking and voting. Basically, would you want to play Civ III only, Civ IV only, both Civ III and...

Ultimately, I think because the game itself it simpler. Civ IV has more options, more strategies and, well, just plain more! Civ III is pretty straightforward in terms of options - on tile X, you do Y improvement. This helps limit the options to the players, so the discussions tend to be more...