And so it begins....

It is the dawn of civilization. For many generations man has roamed the earth in restless tribes. But now, a particular tribe called THE GREEKS, lead by a genius of a leader known as APOLYTON, has built the first city; ATHENS.

Nestled in a great bend of a mighty river, Athens was founded in 4000 BC. For the next 140 years, she was utterly defenseless.
Not to worry, though. After that time, a regiment of warriors was commissioned to defend her.

By the year 3800 BC, the original regiment was utilized as an exploration unit while a new regiment was commissioned to replace them as defenders of Athens.

Around the year 3600 BC, the exploration unit discovered the remnants of an ancient city! Inside the city a band of settlers was persuaded to join us. Also around this same year our fledgling civilization discovered Bronze Working! Our first troop of Hoplites begins training.

It is now 3500 BC. The travelers we picked up 100 years ago (yeah, I know, they're old, maybe it's their grandkids now), have found the source of a new river to the southwest and are ready to build a new city. The regiment of exploration warriors are with them and ready to defend.

We are currently researching the science of Ballistics.
Since it's founding, Athens has tripled in population!
The people of Athens are basically content. They work very long hours, get paid very little, and don't have much to eat... but hey, that's life in the ancient age.

Prime Minister Skeeve (4000BC - 3500BC)

LONG LIVE APOLYTON...
(it's not just a web-site anymore... Now it's an empire)

edit: I'm trying to figure out what to do with the file...does it have to be renamed?

First make sure the file is not zipped. (It wasn't when I sent it, but some internet software automatically zips files).

Then create a directory called "Apolyton" within your CTP/SAVE/GAMES directory. Then copy the file into Apolyton. That should work.
(You will know you did it right when the folder shows up when you go to 'Load Game' after CTP2 starts up).

I sure hope this works, I was starting to get concerned when Sean couldn't get his to work. If yours doesn't work too, this is sure going to be one short succession game!

Beats me what happened to my file. Phoenix sent me a sample game of his own and it worked on my system.

Curiouser and curiouser...

Just a thought to ponder my fellow civers!

Yours in Civin

Troll

Shall we start over? Sean, you could go first, and send the file to me.

It seems our succession game is off to a rocky start.
Don't lose heart, fellow players, a string of failures is usually a prelude to success!

(I bet someone has a quote (sig) with that line).

- Skeeve

Is there going to be a new game?

edit: I just saw the new thread which addresses the problems: ../../Forum35/HTML/001292.html

Yours in Civin

Troll

I'm Back. Sorry for taking so long. Had some guests over Easter weekend.
Just got my mail and on to this website today.

Sean... yep, I got the file. Haven't tried it yet because I'm at work. (For some reason they frown upon playing CTP2 here. Go Figure!)

Anyway I shall try it tonight!! I sure hope it works.
It will be great once this thing gets rolling.

Thanks for your help, there Troll.
I hope you had a good celebration of resurrection Sunday.
He is risen indeed!

- Skeeve

quote: Originally posted by Skeeve on 04-16-2001 12:22 PM Hi Folks, I'm Back. Sorry for taking so long. Had some guests over Easter weekend. Just got my mail and on to this website today. Sean... yep, I got the file. Haven't tried it yet because I'm at work. (For some reason they frown upon playing CTP2 here. Go Figure!) Anyway I shall try it tonight!! I sure hope it works. It will be great once this thing gets rolling. Thanks for your help, there Troll. I hope you had a good celebration of resurrection Sunday. He is risen indeed! - Skeeve

Anytime my Brother and Good Luck...keep us posted and maybe we can as consumers find a way to make this mess work..since the programmers didnt.

Yours in Civin

Troll

Sean, please go ahead with your summary.

The first round was actually closed on March 30th, but as you may guess, we've had a few problems getting this off the ground. It seems to be working now, however.

If it moves smoothy from here on, you can be player #10, otherwise, it may be best to wait for round 2. I think we'll have a round 2. Make sure you have installed the patch. The succession game seems to have the most problems with transfers from patch to non-patch versions.

- Skeeve

I have up to player 8 :

Sorry, I meant to communicate that.

I think I'm the 9th player.

I'll probably play it when I get home tonight. (I'm 12hrs ahead of the site's time)

I bet we'd still conquer all!

If you still want to be player #10, please send your e-mail address to Octavius III.

His address is Octaviusiii@yahoo.com.

We now have 10 players. No additional players will be allowed to join until round 2.

Congratulations everyone. We finally got this thing rolling!

Maybe you'll have to skip him phoenixcager, for this round at least, it's up to you :-). He has had the file for several days...and over the weekend...so God knows what's going on.

If it's too late to join now, sign me up for next one! (Mokael@aol.com)

This round is limited to 10 players right now, but stick around, we'd be glad to have you join the next round! I will put your name on my tentative list for the next go.

To everyone else: I think we'll have to make the executive decision to skip Octavius. Perhaps give him until Tuesday evening (GMT), and then go ahead, Phoenix, and send the file to the next guy on the list.