Civ3 website up "soon" says Magaha - Page 5

Provost Harrison · August 8, 2001, 18:25

I think we should lynch the snivelling little turd. Did you ever hear what happened to the boy who cried wolf Eli? He got his bollocks removed by angry civvers who had their hopes raised only to be cruelly dashed

Eli · August 8, 2001, 18:39

Ecthy · August 8, 2001, 18:44

glad you removed that silly line from your sig, I like your new one

sorry pal, gotta rip your bollocks now

BTW, did you know Provost has a friend whose last name.... umm...

:banned:

Provost Harrison · August 8, 2001, 19:09

His second name was Bullock. Close, but no cigar

Shadowstrike · August 8, 2001, 20:33

Builder, PH, Andy... I see the spam has migrated into the Civ3 forum. Ming.....

Dan Magaha FIRAXIS · August 8, 2001, 20:50

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Originally posted by Shadowstrike
Builder, PH, Andy... I see the spam has migrated into the Civ3 forum. Ming.....

What a perfect moment to quietly sneak in a mention that I expect the site to launch by the end of the week, barring any 11th hour problems...

yin26 · August 8, 2001, 20:55

Nice. I predicted "early August." If you keep to the schedule, I'll send you half of my winnings, which should amount to a cool $5 in your pocket, Dan.

Sabre2th · August 8, 2001, 22:35

End of the week as in Friday?

*drool*

Shadowstrike · August 8, 2001, 22:39

*Takes screenshot of Dan's post and adds it to "Stuff to tell Grandchildren about"*

Seriously though.... woohoo!!!!!!

Now all I have to do is keep myself occupied until Friday.....

Mahdimael · August 8, 2001, 23:50

They're still loading the elephants onto the website

I will say that the website will go online at 9am PST on Friday

Any takers?

Nemo · August 8, 2001, 23:51

Thanks Dan.

Hey, has anyone noticed his new(?) avatar?

Warm Beer · August 9, 2001, 00:17

Hmmm. It's funny. I get frustrated because of an appearent lack of communication between Firaxis and the ACS forum denizens. Yet, when there is a well timed blurb of information, I get a warm fuzzzy feeling inside and feel like all is good...

I am so pathetic.... I hang my head in shame... but is a good kind of shame, knowing that the cite should be up by the end of the week!!!!

yin26 · August 9, 2001, 00:29

So now you see the wisdom of being constantly pessimistic?

Sabre2th · August 9, 2001, 00:54

I just noticed and this is as good a place as any. Nice avatar Dan

LaRusso · August 9, 2001, 03:51

(quietly contemplating grave injustice)
at the precise moment civ3.com is up i will be in complete wilderness with a 9K connection....
argh
and so for the next 3 weeks

Adm.Naismith · August 9, 2001, 05:36

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Originally posted by LaRusso
(quietly contemplating grave injustice)
at the precise moment civ3.com is up i will be in complete wilderness with a 9K connection....
argh
and so for the next 3 weeks

You can still disable view of images from your browser and browse text at acceptable pace with a 9K connection.

Anyway everyone seems to agree graphics doesn't count on a Civ game...

Just kidding, of course. Well, if you feel in trouble I can offer to you a personal (free) help: I can post to your address a brief e-mail preview of the site, just to tell you the most relevant news of the Civ 3 site (and any game new info released) as an "appetizer" until you gain a better connection again.

Feel free to let me know by private mail, if you like.

MarkG · August 9, 2001, 06:21

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Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
What a perfect moment to quietly sneak in a mention that I expect the site to launch by the end of the week, barring any 11th hour problems...

now we just have to argue on whether this means friday(working week), saturday or sunday(depeding on where you live)

of course Dan could be a part of some religious cult that believes the world was created on a wednesday, so weeks end on wednesday and therefore we'll have to wait until next week("next" for all other people)

LaRusso · August 9, 2001, 06:38

i reckon he is a member of that cult. and i also reckon alex 14 will put a poll on the exact time the week ends....
wanna bet?

Footie Mad · August 9, 2001, 07:29

Yes and then a poll on what we think of the civ 3 site and then a poll on how much we will play the game and then a poll on......

Kassiopeia · August 9, 2001, 07:38

I thought Alexander01 was the infamous pollster

My prediction is, that it's Sunday. And... 1700 EST.

Thank you Mr. Magaha!

The Firaxians really have the ability to dribble in tiny bits of information exactly at the right spot.

SITS · August 9, 2001, 13:06

Just to say that there is a different message on the website. It now says The page cannot be displayed rather than access not allowed....

I thought I would post this to be really pathetic...

Shadowstrike · August 9, 2001, 13:16

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Originally posted by MarkG
now we just have to argue on whether this means friday(working week), saturday or sunday(depeding on where you live)

of course Dan could be a part of some religious cult that believes the world was created on a wednesday, so weeks end on wednesday and therefore we'll have to wait until next week("next" for all other people)

Now... all we have to do is remove all the 11th hours so the site will be lauched before the end of the week (which is less then seven days, unless Firaxis is using an unconventional form of "week".

Ecthy · August 9, 2001, 14:26

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Originally posted by Shadowstrike
Builder, PH, Andy... I see the spam has migrated into the Civ3 forum. Ming.....

Good news, Dan! looking forward to see the new site

java4me · August 9, 2001, 14:53

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Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS

What a perfect moment to quietly sneak in a mention that I expect the site to launch by the end of the week, barring any 11th hour problems...

WOOT

java4me · August 9, 2001, 16:51

What does he mean when he says "11th hour"?

Does he mean that the site is going to launch on the 11th of August (Saturday)?

Or does he mean that it is going to launch at 11 AM Pacific time?

Or is it simply a expression?

Someone must know!!!

Kassiopeia · August 9, 2001, 16:59

Java, your use of triple exlamation marks and the latter question somehow emphasize my subconscious stereotypes about Americans, Californians in particular

When something happens on "11th hour" it happens just before it is supposed to happen; if you get on the bus right when it is leaving, you get on it on "the 11th hour". That is, if this has any relation to a Finnish idiom which is very similar.

So, I doubt that Mr. Magaha was referring to a time of the day with "11th hour". I guess he meant that they wouldn't have too much trouble just before or after opening the site, which should happen in the next 72 hours.
That's all, class dismissed

Shadowstrike · August 9, 2001, 17:24

In case you didn't notice, it was a joke. Meant in a humorous manner. Something that causes this:

Kassiopeia · August 9, 2001, 17:29

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Originally posted by Shadowstrike
In case you didn't notice, it was a joke. Meant in a humorous manner. Something that causes this:

I don't think you're that good at spotting subtle humour as you think you are

Provost Harrison · August 9, 2001, 17:32

Well I will be checking every 10 minutes tomorrow to see whether the site is up. I can hardly wait

Ecthy · August 9, 2001, 17:36

I'll check at some point during the weekend, when I can be arsed