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Old April 2, 2002, 17:44   #1
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I really like Apolyton... What Do You think about Civfanatics...?
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Old April 2, 2002, 18:03   #2
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This is the kind of thing that should be in the ACS Communist forum, or maybe the off-topic. It'll get moved soon enough, though.

I like apolyton, and I don't like Civfantics.

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Old April 2, 2002, 18:10   #3
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You certainly mean the Community forum... but Communist forum is an awesome name either .
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Old April 2, 2002, 18:15   #4
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Ok, no problem, move it to another forum... I just dont know where to initiate this discussion... the thing here is I dont like Civfanatics
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Old April 2, 2002, 18:24   #5
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Well, after Civ 3 release CivFanatics is now almost big as Apolyton, I really don't have anything against that site, I simply love that site as much I love Apolyton..its a great Civ resourse....and about the posting, I hardly even noticed that their forums are being moderated..

Why don't you like it??
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It isn't really a big deal. I should have said "I like apolyton, I don't really care about civfanatics."

And, yes, I did mean the Community forum, not the communist forum.

I would move it, if I could, but a mod has to do that. I'll see if I can find one.

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Old April 2, 2002, 18:49   #7
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The Mingster will, with no doubt, unless he has one of his merciful days .

To be not too much off topic: I am registered at CivFanatics with a post count of 0. I'm lurking now and then, but that's all.
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Old April 2, 2002, 18:59   #8
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Civfanatics NEWS seems much more prolific than here at Apolyton. Note how often Apolyton News is referencing Civfanatics, while it is rare that Civfanatics' source is Apolyton (and Apolyton doesn't HAVE IT until later).

OTH, I've never gotten into their forums, though I am registered.

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This is the kind of thing that should be in the ACS Communist forum, or maybe the off-topic. It'll get moved soon enough, though.
I disagree... (maybe MarkG won't since it is a matter of opinion)
CFC has made it's mark since the inception of CivIII. They are an excellent site for Civ information and have great forums as well.

There is no reason why there can't be a thread in the Civ III general forum about another Civ Site. Now, if more than one was started...
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I really like Apolyton... What Do You think about Civfanatics...?
To be truthful, I like CFC's forums better than Apolyton. I VERY rarely look at Apolyton's main site, and sometimes look at Civfanatics main page. Now, it may be just because I have more posts at CFC (816 there vs. 20 here ) but, you know. That's just me.
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I haven't read enough at CivFanatics to tell. I do like the international feel here.

However they do have a better file system.

The files even keep the right name.

They have a game of the month for this month.
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I disagree... (maybe MarkG won't since it is a matter of opinion)
As I said... it's a matter of opinion. I guess MarkG agreed with you
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Civfanatics NEWS seems much more prolific than here at Apolyton. Note how often Apolyton News is referencing Civfanatics, while it is rare that Civfanatics' source is Apolyton (and Apolyton doesn't HAVE IT until later).
First, remember that there is a timezone difference of 8 hours between GMT and EST of the servers for Apolyton and CivFanatics respectively and thus news items are time stamped accordingly. Second, it's a matter of "staff timing": when news breaks we may break the story first because "we're available first" or vice verse.

In closing, I believe ACS' and CF' news departments complement each other quite well.

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Old April 3, 2002, 01:35   #15
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To be truthful, I like CFC's forums better than Apolyton. I VERY rarely look at Apolyton's main site, and sometimes look at Civfanatics main page. Now, it may be just because I have more posts at CFC (816 there vs. 20 here ) but, you know. That's just me.
Same thing, 1100+ there vs. something under 11 here.

But to be truthful, I think GC Forums is both of ours fav. site.
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I prefer Apolyton, mainly because the average age of posters seems to be higher here. That said, CFC is a fine site, and Thunderfall does a good job with adding new files
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Noooooo! Apolyton is better! Here's my reasons:

a) Ming is a moderator and he's a friend of mine
b) Apolyton has my interview (including my photo!)
c) I have a lot of fans here
d) The color of Apolyton is grey
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Personally I prefer Civ fanatics fro more Sci Fi oriented MODS and files, at least it used to tbe that way for Civ 2. Civ 3 so far seems more balanced between the two forums
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Does this mean you think the South will rise again?

CF seems to be a bit more vibrant in some areas like strategy and such for Civ3. Maybe it's because they don't have the baggage that Poly is carrying around.

If you have a lot of die hard civers from aeons ago hanging about and a new Civ is released in a rushed fashion you just might have a high level of noise that discourages constructive comment.

Then if you allow free debate and do nothing to curb the noise you will have an even lower signal to noise ratio as interested people go away to avoid the repetitious flame threads while the die hards don't go anywhere, they just keep on flaming under the lame impression that they are seriously effecting the game's sales.

So a site like CF might have more people genuinely interested in Civ3 checking it out since that's where more genuine comment can be found and less noise.

Me? I like the rough and tumble of Poly. But I'm strange by many standards. Post counts? Who cares? Poly, lots. CF 0. I do lurk from time to time though. Like I said, more better info.
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Civfanatics NEWS seems much more prolific than here at Apolyton.
should i remind the number of real, important, big exclusives that we have had over the years? naaaah.....
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Both sites are great. Each has it's own strengths.

For example, I find that most of the game winning strategies come from this site. Civfanatics is real good as a place to get files, esp. for that hard to find Civ ToT. Apolyton does indeed have a more international feel to it and their OT forum is much better than Civfanatics. Civfanatics, however IMO, has a better main page layout and yes the news get's there first. Unfair given the time zones differences but any true civer want's to know now and it doesn't matter where the news comes from. As long as it's reliable.

I'm registered over there too, but under a different "handle".
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should i remind the number of real, important, big exclusives that we have had over the years? naaaah.....
I even recall some malcontent complaining about there being too many little news items, to which you sarcasticly replied:

"I guess its time to rediscover the lost art of non updating"

That line still cracks me up.
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I even recall some malcontent complaining about there being too many little news items, to which you sarcasticly replied:

"I guess its time to rediscover the lost art of non updating"

That line still cracks me up.
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Actual I prefer, because you have here own forums for CTP1 and CTP2 instead of a mixed CTP1/2 forum, than the CTP community is larger here. And you have here a file database for CTP2 and for CTP1 as well. If you forget the art of non updating and would engage Locutus as CTP2 database manager (he is still ready for this job) than Apolyton could be really the Great Civ side as it could be. Look on the page Markos you didn't updated the CTP2 database since October the second, at least you could update the number of downloads.

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there are more serious issues that prevent some things to move on.
i can safely say though that Locutus will be a database manager before the end of this quarter

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