Civ IV Demogame IV - Starting the Game

[NKVD]

i dont remember much about how other demo games worked but how about one sub-forum titled : Cities

in that one a list of all cities (major ones) with a mayor and citizen talking about what to construct and improvements. the list of all citizen on the first page of each cities...easier to follow no ?

 

[Lord Civius]

i dont remember much about how other demo games worked but how about one sub-forum titled : Cities

in that one a list of all cities (major ones) with a mayor and citizen talking about what to construct and improvements. the list of all citizen on the first page of each cities...easier to follow no ?

I love the idea and I have a few more ideas for forums but when I brought it up last Dgame the idea got little attention. I am still fairly new to Civfanatics, I played my prior Dgames (before Civ4 DG3) at 1BC, Civilized (COGC) and Noitazilivic, we had alot more forums and IMO it was less confusing especially to new citizens.

 

[NKVD]

this is especially why i never joined an ongoing game! i never knew where to go and which city to go ''live in'' ...

 

[Lord Civius]

Organization is one of the key components to a Dgame. It almost killed DG3 after the Triad fiasco. I say we put organization at the forefront as we approach the start of DG4. Perhaps we could add some sub-forums within the 4 main forums to help quell a little bit of the confusion. Like a Cities sub-forum within the parent Citizens forum for example.

 

[IamJohn]

I think it's a good idea, just be careful though, if you go too nuts with organization you'll have a hard time getting people to understand how things work.

 

[Lord Civius]

I think it's a good idea, just be careful though, if you go too nuts with organization you'll have a hard time getting people to understand how things work.

I agree too many forums can be even more confusing . Lets just go with the 4 original forums, possibly 5 (one for Cities) so we can get the Dgame started. If whoever puts them up wants to just add the "Cities" as a Sub-forum in "Citizens" that would work too.
A detailed "Start here" thread (stickied) on the main forum will give new members somewhere to start and help quell any confusion.

 

[civver_764]

What kind of start date are we looking at?

 

[ice2k4]

I'd say if we started seriously discussing now, we would be electing by the end of the month and the game would start early October.

 

[Bowsling]

That is of course assuming that we get the forums early enough.

 

[Vandal Warlord]

It almost killed DG3 after the Triad fiasco. I say we put organization at the forefront as we approach the start of DG4. Perhaps we could add some sub-forums within the 4 main forums to help quell a little bit of the confusion. Like a Cities sub-forum within the parent Citizens forum for example.

And I'm proud to be part of that alomst death...... but, I agree completely with Civius on this one.

 

[civplayah]

I think TCN and CivGeneral would be interested. Has anyone PMed them yet?

 

[Lord Civius]

I PMed everyone that posted interest in this thread a week or two ago. They all showed back up. I told them it was about to start but we are still waiting on the forums. I didn't PM TCN or CG.

 

[Sommerswerd]

Does anyone have any idea how long it will be before we are ready to start?

No rush, I just don't want to miss it...

 

[Bowsling]

Hopefully soon, but we can't really be sure.

 

[civplayah]

We have a lot of settings to finalize! Map style, speed, civ, leader; maybe we should get more polls up.

 

[Bowsling]

I encourage people to place links in their signature just as civplayah, Lord Civius and I have done. That way, we can get more people joining.

 

[Lord Civius]

So, if it's just an OGame, then the King/Queen/President(s) would have a panel of advisors, such as:
Foreign Relations
Governors
Espionage
Technology
Religion/Culture
Armed Forces

Each of these committees would have one person to begin with, then maybe later on, the committee can grow. The President(s)/King/Queen would listen to their advisors and then play a TS (that's Turn Sessions for the noobs). Simple, and everyone who wants to be involved can.

I like this idea, sorry Civ must have missed this post. So would the King/President choose the advisors or the Citizenry? I would also like to see the KingPresident with less power, the power should be with the council and their instructions should have teeth. If not it is more of a Dictator Game.

 

[civplayah]

I think the leader should choose the Governers, and maybe a general or two, but the rest should be the citizenry's idea.

 

[civplayah]

Come on, mods! You're ruining the game! Ruining it!

 

[NKVD]

why do we needs mods anyway! we can do just like the other demo games and create threads without a specific forum!