blastoidstalker
The Geographer
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They all should be identical. It sound like everything is fine.
SGOTM 01 Maintenance Thread
- Thread starter AlanH
- Start date
jeejeep
qwertyuiop
I just realized that our second-to-last save was not uploaded to the correct page, but only to our team thread. What should I do about that?
jeejeep
qwertyuiop
Okay, thanks. I was just making sure.
Danthor
Warlord
******* 
I just clicked on the spoiler thread by mistake. Luckily I clicked on the "back" button before the window displayed any contents.
Isn't there a way to implement security restrictions to this forums???
I just clicked on the spoiler thread by mistake. Luckily I clicked on the "back" button before the window displayed any contents.Isn't there a way to implement security restrictions to this forums???
Danthor
Warlord
AlanH said:
Don't we? What about Team threads. Nobody should look at them but the team members.
ruff_hi
Live 4ever! Or die trying
Indeed - I am considering sitting out the next SGOTM so that I can provide suitable cutting commentary on everyone's game.AlanH said:
ChrTh
Happy Yule!
ruff_hi said:
Um, can we force people to be on a team?
ruff_hi
Live 4ever! Or die trying
The other option is that I am on ALL teams as the resident critic.
ChrTh
Happy Yule!
ruff_hi said:
... lurk away! 
This does bring up a question, I am not sure if it addressed anywhere or is really relavent.ruff_hi said:
Are lurkers who have read more than one team thread allowed to post in those team threads? Spoiler information could be inavertently given. Even something as inocuous as "You guys are doing really well" or "Wow you guys have a lot of cities" could give away informatino about you and / or other teams and so change how the team would play.
Watch the SGOTM page and click on the mods, and you'll find they lurk all the team threads. I fully trust them [mods] to catch the talkative lurkers and deal with any problems. Hopefully the lurkers instead find the interest to sign up for the next SGOTM.
Lurkers are welcome in my opinion. That's how I got involved in the Civ3 SGOTM.
Lurkers are welcome in my opinion. That's how I got involved in the Civ3 SGOTM.
Do not get me wrong, the spectator sport aspect of SGOTM is very important and I fully support encoraging partisipation. However, even with the clear GOTM rules about posting spoiler info some people still make mistakes. Perhaps some sort of "lurkers charter" could help by setting out what sort of post you should avoid.Methos said:
I do trust the mods to remove any offending posts as soon as they see them, but a team member is sure to beat the mods to reading any random post surely? However if it has not come up as an issue yet I would not worry about it much.
I see no indication that lurker comments have had any significant effect on teams' activities. Random lurker posts are actually fairly low level.
The Civ3 community has managed to play ten SGOTMs pretty well, in an honour-based competition with minimal rules and lightweight referee-ing. I hope the Civ4 community can see its way clear to maintaining that tradition. I really don't have time or energy or enthusiasm to create a complex structure of rules and regulations and policing activities. If SGOTM gets to the point where it needs that to survive then it will be sad ... and someone else will have to run it.
The Civ3 community has managed to play ten SGOTMs pretty well, in an honour-based competition with minimal rules and lightweight referee-ing. I hope the Civ4 community can see its way clear to maintaining that tradition. I really don't have time or energy or enthusiasm to create a complex structure of rules and regulations and policing activities. If SGOTM gets to the point where it needs that to survive then it will be sad ... and someone else will have to run it.
Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
AlanH said:
Hear, hear! This is a gentlemen's game. If anyone feels the need to cheat or act on information from an accidental spoiler, that person can put his laurel on his resume and I wish him the best of luck. The rest of us can continue to have fun under minimal supervision.
armstrong
Prince
Howdy everyone 
My question isn't about SGOTM1, but I didn't want to sully the board with an extra thread for a simple question... what's the time frame for the SGOTM's? When will SGOTM2 come around? I'm eager to play!
My question isn't about SGOTM1, but I didn't want to sully the board with an extra thread for a simple question... what's the time frame for the SGOTM's? When will SGOTM2 come around? I'm eager to play!
There's no fixed timetable, particularly in this case, as it's the first of a breed and we don't know how long the teams will take. When we get to a point where the fastest teams have finished we'll probably specify a guillotine date. Results will then be announced. By that date we'll have started the next game.
