brinko
witness of the past
please dont be direct but give me hints....what is the pink dot?
The mystery of the pink dot
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Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
The real action is taking place at Pink Dot.
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
OK OK, for those who don't play succession games or weren't around in the early days, a Brief History of Pink Dot.
2001AD, Dec 21, Winter Solstice: The first RB Succession game at CFC is begun. Charis and I both took our turns on that first day, and three lasting things occurred right off the bat:
1. Charis went first and beelined our first settler straight to the most important site, where the real action would be taking place.
2. Charis irrigated a desert instead of a cow
over confusion on whether irrigating the cow would boost food under Despotism, and I treated it with some humor, writing a story about the Pungent Weed and the sacred cows.
3. I posted the first Dotmap(TM) in a succession game.
The first Dotmap(TM) did not contain a Pink Dot because Charis had already settled where the Pink Dot would have gone. Our Forbidden Palace was built at Pink Dot and we won the game. The Pink Dot made its first appearance on a posted Dotmap(TM) in RBD SG3 a few weeks later.
2002, January 15: The Pink Dot is unveiled.
Our Forbidden Palace was built at Pink Dot and we won the game.
2002, January 20: The Pink Dot magic is applied to the first Variant SG, my Infantry-only variant. (No fast units: horses, tanks, etc).
We built a strong city at that site and used it as our launching point for the eventual invasion of the main continent. We won the game.
2002, January 29: The Pink Dot blesses our our Benevolent Mayans monarchy-only Variant SG.
After engaging a brutal war with the X-man for control of the north, we built our FP at Pink Dot and went on to victory.
2002, January 30: Pink Dot rescues Charis and Sirian from a Deep Deep Hole(TM) in our two-man huge map ubervariant "Cuban Isolationists" SG.
Despite the sorry-looking terrain up there, we built our FP at Pink Dot, later pulled off an 18-tech Great Library jump when we made contact with the rest of the world, established the worth of Fishing Villages(TM) and figured out the @# tech deflation mechanism, as we squeaked our way to victory.
And that was just the first month of Pink Dot!
If Firaxis can harness the power of the Pink Dot in developing Civ4, this surely bodes well for the success of the project! If not... Well, those guys are pretty smart folks. I'm positive they will tap in to the Pink Dot and its many wondrous blessings.
- Sirian
2001AD, Dec 21, Winter Solstice: The first RB Succession game at CFC is begun. Charis and I both took our turns on that first day, and three lasting things occurred right off the bat:
1. Charis went first and beelined our first settler straight to the most important site, where the real action would be taking place.
2. Charis irrigated a desert instead of a cow
over confusion on whether irrigating the cow would boost food under Despotism, and I treated it with some humor, writing a story about the Pungent Weed and the sacred cows. 3. I posted the first Dotmap(TM) in a succession game.
The first Dotmap(TM) did not contain a Pink Dot because Charis had already settled where the Pink Dot would have gone. Our Forbidden Palace was built at Pink Dot and we won the game. The Pink Dot made its first appearance on a posted Dotmap(TM) in RBD SG3 a few weeks later.
2002, January 15: The Pink Dot is unveiled.
Our Forbidden Palace was built at Pink Dot and we won the game.
2002, January 20: The Pink Dot magic is applied to the first Variant SG, my Infantry-only variant. (No fast units: horses, tanks, etc).
We built a strong city at that site and used it as our launching point for the eventual invasion of the main continent. We won the game.
2002, January 29: The Pink Dot blesses our our Benevolent Mayans monarchy-only Variant SG.
After engaging a brutal war with the X-man for control of the north, we built our FP at Pink Dot and went on to victory.
2002, January 30: Pink Dot rescues Charis and Sirian from a Deep Deep Hole(TM) in our two-man huge map ubervariant "Cuban Isolationists" SG.
Despite the sorry-looking terrain up there, we built our FP at Pink Dot, later pulled off an 18-tech Great Library jump when we made contact with the rest of the world, established the worth of Fishing Villages(TM) and figured out the @# tech deflation mechanism, as we squeaked our way to victory.
And that was just the first month of Pink Dot!
If Firaxis can harness the power of the Pink Dot in developing Civ4, this surely bodes well for the success of the project! If not... Well, those guys are pretty smart folks. I'm positive they will tap in to the Pink Dot and its many wondrous blessings.
- Sirian
brinko
witness of the past
thanks sirian for showing me some screenshots
since i sold my computer 2 months ago, i havent played civ 3 atall.
reasons were that i thought i could get more then, then i could later.
i realize that saving a few extra bucks is worth nothing compared to playing civ 3.
so everytime i see some screenshots, i am taking back to the time when hours seemed like minutes.
anyways thanks for the x.
since i sold my computer 2 months ago, i havent played civ 3 atall.
reasons were that i thought i could get more then, then i could later.
i realize that saving a few extra bucks is worth nothing compared to playing civ 3.
so everytime i see some screenshots, i am taking back to the time when hours seemed like minutes.
anyways thanks for the x.
Sirian said:2. Charis irrigated a desert instead of a cow
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Oh gosh, to be a noob again, -sigh-...
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
We weren't n00bz for very long. Charis and I were part of the first Emperor SG, then the first Diety SG. Why, eventually, we even found ourselves Finally Ready For Regent difficulty.
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Abaddon
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DUDE! your so wrong, your explanation of a pink dont might be precise, but the actual reason it became a "myth" was because in the "sid vicious" succession game someone spoke of building a city on their turn on the pink dot.. the problem was, no discussion, or dot map had been created with said pink dot!
sir_schwick
Archbishop of Towels
I think the original purpose of this thread was to ask if the awesome power of the pink dot would be brought into Civ 4.
Nope.
The original post about the pink dot derived from "1000 reasons...post" and Tomoyo commented on to Sirian. I thought the pink dot was in RB3 but I was summarily slapped down by Tomoyo and told that was the incorrect pink dot. This particular pink dot was one of a pink dot variety that was never seen on a dot map. But someone believed it was. That's my interpretation of the legend.
The original post about the pink dot derived from "1000 reasons...post" and Tomoyo commented on to Sirian. I thought the pink dot was in RB3 but I was summarily slapped down by Tomoyo and told that was the incorrect pink dot. This particular pink dot was one of a pink dot variety that was never seen on a dot map. But someone believed it was. That's my interpretation of the legend.
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
The Pink Dot has never appeared in a game that was lost. That's why only an imaginary and unshown pink dot was talked about in Sid Vicious. That game is doomed. And the Pink Dot knew it even back then, and stayed away.
- Sirian
And the Pink Dot knew it even back then, and stayed away.
- Sirian
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
More highlights of the immortal Pink Dot:
2002, March 13: RBD SG19 Big Brother:
2002, April 4: LOTR2, the very first Always War game:
2002, July 31: RBE DSG1, the inaugural game in the first Diety-only SG series:
2003, August 4: Lee Kendter's 52nd SG, Diety:
2003, August 21: LK53, Diety 5CC Conquest SG:
Where's the Pink Dot in the last shot? Well, that's Munich. The city missed the Pink Dot by two tiles so I had to whip the thing, pick it back up as a settler and move it. Result: We won. 
The real action is taking place at Pink Dot.
- Sirian
2002, March 13: RBD SG19 Big Brother:
2002, April 4: LOTR2, the very first Always War game:
2002, July 31: RBE DSG1, the inaugural game in the first Diety-only SG series:
2003, August 4: Lee Kendter's 52nd SG, Diety:
2003, August 21: LK53, Diety 5CC Conquest SG:
Where's the Pink Dot in the last shot? Well, that's Munich. The city missed the Pink Dot by two tiles so I had to whip the thing, pick it back up as a settler and move it.
Result: We won. The real action is taking place at Pink Dot.
- Sirian
sealman
Hater of Babylonians
brinko said:
Brinko - what civ do you want? I will play a game in your honor.
Sirian - the pink dot never showed itself in the SGs I played back when I had free time, no wonder we never fared as great as some of your games.
Did the pink dot raze that city? What was the unpink city's name?
Sirian I could use some pink dot magic on my first SG Tim01 as I am on deck!!
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=109604
Sirian I could use some pink dot magic on my first SG Tim01 as I am on deck!!
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=109604
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
Arathorn's Defiant variant is a toughie. Uh... my copy of Pink Dot installation software is out on loan. If it comes back in, I'll let you know. 
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Abaddon
Deity
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