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Old April 28, 2003, 14:46   #301
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Old April 28, 2003, 14:49   #302
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Yeah I'm a bit sceptical about using PBEM participation as a yardstick for making useful posts.........to me PBEM is civ meets watching paint dry.
It certainly is different. I find it becomes more tactical and less strategic than a 'live' game - simply because you spend more time deliberating moves and checking on your efficiencies.

It may be a lot slower, but it is no less interesting. The slow-down lets you savour/agonise over the moments for longer.
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I never played Civ3 PBEM, but it is in my future plans. Meanwhile, this humble spammer will just post about things he considers interesting, thank you very much.
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Old April 28, 2003, 14:52   #304
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For sure BC......each to their own. Personally I prefer 'live' MP to PBEM games that will take a year to finish, but PBEM is more suitable for some players.

We weren't objecting to PBEM, just the use of PBEM participation as a yardstick for useful posts.

Edit: In days gone by there were people that made at least King by posting 'turn passed' 1000 times in SMAC PBEM games......so maybe in fact the opposite is true - if you play PBEM you are a dirty spammer.
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You see that stirred things up bit and generated good responses.
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and two one line posts in a row moves you that much closer to emperor as well

Isn't it a rule that people who make posts about achieving post count milestones a PCR worthy offense?
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Old April 28, 2003, 19:44   #308
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In days gone by there were people that made at least King by posting 'turn passed' 1000 times in SMAC PBEM games......so maybe in fact the opposite is true - if you play PBEM you are a dirty spammer.


Send the PCRs my way then!

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That's because work is when I'm usually on 'poly... it's become my standard quote though in CtP threads.
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and two one line posts in a row moves you that much closer to emperor as well

Isn't it a rule that people who make posts about achieving post count milestones a PCR worthy offense?
You should tell that to Master Zen... he probably will do a few changes in the MZO forum after reading your post
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and two one line posts in a row moves you that much closer to emperor as well

Isn't it a rule that people who make posts about achieving post count milestones a PCR worthy offense?
Ming told me it was, however if his 2 posts were combined into one, he'd be okay.

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It's not like it makes this place any more of a spamfest than it already is
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For me a King and above, should at least should be able to point to
A) regular pbem participation
B) adding knowledge to the game
c) modding games (now there's the challenge).

Maybe there should be titles such as 'player (veteran) in 100 completed pbems'
Designer (CMN) of 50 games.
Participant from start, middle to finish in DG.
This is just horrible if there is anything that is pure spam its the PBEM games... you can get away with posting"turn passed" and such and not contribuitnig to anything

The true posters are those who post EVERYEHWER... pretty much all the Emperors (excepting PBEMERs like TheBirdMan) have pretty much posted everywhere and contribuited everywhere on Apolyton

I would bet that MANY respectable emperors here at apolyton have never done A-C... although I myself have made scenarios/modded Civ II, so I suppose I can qualify for C... but still- I don't see how those are necessary for contribuitions to apolyton every person does their own thing- humor,lists,debates in the OT, etc.

Everyone is different and everyone is a part of Apolyton

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and, as a public service announcement I would like to confirm that YES- you CAN and WILL receive a PCR if you post about reaching post milestones- at elast if you start a thread in the OT as I know from EXPERIENCE.

Just a cautionary warning.
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Edit: In days gone by there were people that made at least King by posting 'turn passed' 1000 times in SMAC PBEM games......so maybe in fact the opposite is true - if you play PBEM you are a dirty spammer.
I find PCs a useful incentive to keep people playing in a PBEM game, even though they are being buggered 8 ways to Sunday in it.
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Old April 29, 2003, 10:25   #314
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and, as a public service announcement I would like to confirm that YES- you CAN and WILL receive a PCR if you post about reaching post milestones- at elast if you start a thread in the OT as I know from EXPERIENCE.

Just a cautionary warning.
I guess that this is only the rule if posting only to say that? I have seen lots of milestone comments in posts from quite a few posters, including myself, and noone has been PCRed for that. Of course, I at least only post if I feel I have something to say, so that might be the reason? If not, poor me when I reach King...
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Damn, DarkCloud, you made me think that Ming was about to close this thread...
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Old April 29, 2003, 11:21   #316
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Darkcloud you always seem to abuse the wink when i see your posts is that lazy eye or something?

I think at first post count is part of the temptation of PBEM but after a while you only post turns when you can be bothered, then again i see people post every turn maybe im just lazy.
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Old April 29, 2003, 14:12   #317
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Ah, in response to the original sentiment of this thread:
Not me. Not even gonna try. I just want to get the 500 necessary to replace this stupid camel image with something cool. And I want to avoid spamming if at all possible. I've only been here about a month and a half and I'm already kinda scared of Ming.
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Yeah, I know, it's just that his avatar looks royally POed no matter how he's feeling, I suppose. Or something. Anyway, a healthy respect for admin folk is always a good thing.
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I've said it once and I'll say it again, how can you not expect people to spam when you have a title system and a custom avatar after a certain post limit? It's the biggest incentive to spam so if the admins and mods would really want to solve the spam problem, perhaps they should think a little if the Apolyton rank and avatar system are indeed the optimal ones.
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The title system is one that most posters would want........sure it can create an incentive for spam, but if the system is inherently desirable it is a poor remedy to that problem to just drop the system. Far better is to regulate........with moderators.........hmm that sounds familiar.
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Well, I hate to make myself a target once the mods finally close this thread and hand out PCRs to the people who posted here, but I must say this: King sucks. However, I love Emporer. I wouldn't mind getting stuck there, most people who know me personally already say I remind them of Napoleon anyways, without the Italian or the French or the Empire.

(please don't hurt me when you give us our PCRs Mr. Ming)
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Then you should ask Ming or other mod to keep your Prince status, that way you're never gona get this disgusting King title ... Personally I also would like to have some other... but clearly not a prince title.. that would be just too.. hmmm.. well, you know what they say about Princes
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Well, I hate to make myself a target once the mods finally close this thread and hand out PCRs to the people who posted here, but I must say this: King sucks. However, I love Emporer. I wouldn't mind getting stuck there, most people who know me personally already say I remind them of Napoleon anyways, without the Italian or the French or the Empire.

(please don't hurt me when you give us our PCRs Mr. Ming)
With the fact that Ming has posted here 7 times and not closed it yet I'd be surprised if it isn't just closed when it hits 500 if it continues to stay semi on topic.



Mahap a move to the OT forums be requested if everybody is this worried about ?

Moving on to the King rank sucking... I much prefer it over Prince for just the fact that I am most certainly not a Princly fellow IRL, IMHO.

IMHO the only good thing about Prince is the fact that you get your custom avatar within it . Went from SMAC Pirates to a Borg cube to my current one which actually represented me a long time ago in a chat room far far away.

But really, why does King suck? Sure it's lower than Emporer, but other than that, why? It's not like you get to do anything extra special as an Emporer that you couldn't do as a King, I suppose I just don't understand.
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.....It's the biggest incentive to spam so if the admins and mods would really want to solve the spam problem....
The Admins (probably) don't really care that much about spam, for the same reason they don't mind having lots of disabled DLs. It makes the site statistics look better.
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But really, why does King suck? Sure it's lower than Emporer, but other than that, why? It's not like you get to do anything extra special as an Emporer that you couldn't do as a King, I suppose I just don't understand.
I've said it before, and will say it again:

For an anti-monarchy guy like me, all royal titles sucks big time...
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I don't really mind about the title. They could call me whatever they wanted to, if they chose to call me a king, who am I to complain about it?
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