CivPartisan
King
Hey Good People,
There just seems to be a gross absence of Colonization sites with information about the original game. After some careful thought and since I've been working on putting my site together for all versions of civ, I decided that I should include colonization as a major part of the site. I'm sure you all remember that after Civ I came out, some of us thoutht that Colonization might be the sequel but realized very quickly it wasn't. Unfortunately, as we looked for a sequel to Colonization, all that happened was that it fell into obscurity, shadowed by the greater Civilization series.
I've even included a tentative section on my site for "Colonization II" for which I expect to set up a petition to "beg" firaxis to pursue a sequel for this outstanding game.
I've made a number of improvements on my site based on some suggestions other civers have given -- but I want to have original Colonization fans give their ideas about what this site should include. My mission is simple: archive files about the game and its history and offer related news no one else spends much time with.
But I get the feeling from some who have contacted me already that there is an opportunity here to build a few fan related portions into the site. Maybe you could take a look at it and tell me what you think:
Civilization Partisans Hideout
Yes, I am still writing the pages (please do not email or post here and say the first thing I could do is finish the site -- the point is to fix it BEFORE I finish the pages). I've incorporated FreeCiv and FreeCol and will be posting strategies and so forth. I suppose my question is what is it about the original game that everyone is looking for from this kind of site? Players obviously like GOTM's -- but also scenarios. Could I have some kind of competition for creating utilities that make scenarios or maps for Colonization? Should I offer some kind of hall of fame or award for high scores? These seem very time consuming but also repetitive for what is offered here too. I want the Colonization pages to be complete but have what fans want.
Thanks to everyone for their help,
CivPartisan
There just seems to be a gross absence of Colonization sites with information about the original game. After some careful thought and since I've been working on putting my site together for all versions of civ, I decided that I should include colonization as a major part of the site. I'm sure you all remember that after Civ I came out, some of us thoutht that Colonization might be the sequel but realized very quickly it wasn't. Unfortunately, as we looked for a sequel to Colonization, all that happened was that it fell into obscurity, shadowed by the greater Civilization series.
I've even included a tentative section on my site for "Colonization II" for which I expect to set up a petition to "beg" firaxis to pursue a sequel for this outstanding game.
I've made a number of improvements on my site based on some suggestions other civers have given -- but I want to have original Colonization fans give their ideas about what this site should include. My mission is simple: archive files about the game and its history and offer related news no one else spends much time with.
But I get the feeling from some who have contacted me already that there is an opportunity here to build a few fan related portions into the site. Maybe you could take a look at it and tell me what you think:
Civilization Partisans Hideout
Yes, I am still writing the pages (please do not email or post here and say the first thing I could do is finish the site -- the point is to fix it BEFORE I finish the pages). I've incorporated FreeCiv and FreeCol and will be posting strategies and so forth. I suppose my question is what is it about the original game that everyone is looking for from this kind of site? Players obviously like GOTM's -- but also scenarios. Could I have some kind of competition for creating utilities that make scenarios or maps for Colonization? Should I offer some kind of hall of fame or award for high scores? These seem very time consuming but also repetitive for what is offered here too. I want the Colonization pages to be complete but have what fans want.
Thanks to everyone for their help,
CivPartisan
Here's the pioneer mission theme song of the colonists:
I can ask around if anyone has it but don't keep your hopes up. I do have the project documentation someone creating a remaking colonization or modding Civ4:Col in the future. I can upload/send it to you if you wan't (it's 2.7Mb word document with all sorts of usefull info, including small historic portraits of all founding fathers. I can convert it to PDF if you want as well.)
