August 30, 2000 Looking for a challenging change of pace?
A grab bag of info in the thread started by aulus septimus lurkio called Things I have learned while playing Scenarios. If you have finished the career path or want to take a break, head over to Game Help and see what is being said about some of the most diabolical and devious Scenario Designers and their handiwork.
Apart from that there's an interesting little survey asking you what kind of governor you are. Are you a greedy planner? An ζsthetic G.I. Joe? Or something completely different?
catilina is collecting reports on the Stable and Prosperous Lugdunum Honor System Competition in the Reviewers Corner and there are a couple of new entries, including one from Caesar Alan with an amazing 100 Prosperity after the required two-year non-intervention run.
And more animal discussions in Game Help, not sheep but those immigrant devouring wild carnivorous canines of the North. Check out What's the real scoop on spawning wolves? started up by Paulus the 1st ...Even when a man is pure at heart and says his prayers by night, he may become a wolfman when the wolfbane blooms and the moon is full and bright...hmmm.. just popped in my head..
Nervous about the Natives? Governors add their comments and experiences to Native Traders in Game Help. Looks like you can make a profit from the Natives if you are willing to teach them a little Latin but to be close neighbors you might have to make more of an effort.
Apart from that I just got a note from Angel Draco telling me that there's yet more to download as he's been busy adding more cities and scenarios. Here's a message from the man himself
It's been a slow summer for Caesar 3. 6 Cities and 1 scenario added today. Check out Brugle's winning contest entry Tibur-Hadrian and Creaticus Dania's Food for Brittania scenario.
Well, reading this once more, it seems we can do with a few more submissions. So, if you ever tried your hand at scenario building...why not sent your best efforts in?
While I was away in Tobago, Daniel Watson emailed me this interesting link which may shed some light on how the Romans stationed on Hadrians Wall dealt with those Scots who kept invading. Here's a little snippet to whet your appetite:
The latest excavations at the Vindolanda fort near Hexham, Northumbria, suggest that it held up to 2,000 prisoners during the third century, a time when imperial forces arrived in Britain to quell an uprising north of the border. Vindolanda, one of the northernmost forts of the Roman empire, was an important military stronghold during the entire occupation and held 1,000 soldiers. In recent years researchers have found evidence that it was one of the first prisoner of war camps.
Are we ready for Zeus? Obviously Caesar Constintine has the Hellenic Heros on his mind. He has made a new Athens map showing the location of all the important buildings circa 200 AD and you can find out all about it here
And catilina is launching the Honor System Competition for Lugdunum -- it is an open-ended comp where you give it your best shot, post your results and strategy and discuss the various results with your fellow governors. There is a thread started in the Reviewers Corner where you can get all the details.
Is the blank map intimidating to you? Do you just build haphazardly and hope for the best? Long time contributor Caesar Alan has posted a great essay on The four phases of city-building in Game Help. Add your thoughts, I am working on mine right now
August 16, 2000 Fishing, fighting or just some fun?
A plea for help from Governor Fortuna with one of Dragon2's old New World Scenarios. She is currently experiencing fishing problems in New York and would appreciate some input.
The military chaps are at it again in Game Help as Governor Smack is asking about Mounted Auxillaries and their relative merits. If that doesnt catch your interest, then check the latest Recovery Room in the Community Forum.Benson the butler has returned, Nutmegger has used his tractor to plant corn and last I saw they were planning a cyber-shad roast and clam bake.
August 15, 2000 Download statistics 2000.08.05 — 2000.08.11
Here we go again, a bit late, but Angel Gustavia had a special message for you yesterday and we didn't want to spoil you with two news updates in one day.
Scenarios downloaded between 2000.08.05 - 2000.08.11
Our fave Impressions guy, Itchy dropped by the Zeus Discussion forum with a link to a GameSpy interview with Chris Beatrice. Check it out and leave your excited comments on this thread. This is getting exciting, folks
And, in Game Help, governor Caesar_Andre has taken an interesting geographical approach to the Career path. His idea would make you more of an expert in the different climates, and a chance to practice what you learned on the next similar type terrain.
Our scenario submittal system has been derailed slightly by summer holidays and other Real Life obligations. If you sent a scenario to Angel Monty to be uploaded, chances are it is sitting in a mailbox in cyberspace. Angel Draco let me know
Monty is on a summer sabatical in North Carolina on an internship of some kind (he's a business grad student at Univ. of Chicago). I thought that everything sent his way was supposed to be re-directed to me but I guess that didn't happen. If you want to send your scenario to me, I'll load it up for you.
So, there you have it folks. Angel Draco's email is in his link, just to your left
Cherub Baltic has shook the sand out of his sandels and recovered from the Pharaolympics to make some visits to Rome lately. He has a Palace Block for you Roman Governors in What is the best layout for developing Luxury Palaces to answer new governor Chris's query. Check it out, we all can learn from our esteemed experts.
Have a nice weekend, don't forget to do some PC housekeeping, such as defrag and scandisk, in case there is any news on the Zeus Beta Test. You have signed up, havent you?
First, big thanks to Angel Jayhawk for the bringing you the news while I was busy with the final stages of the Pharaolympics and during my short respite after. Really appreciate you adding Rome for a while to your recent itinerary of Egypt and Greece
Cruising around the Empire, I find our own Cherub Marcus Lindicus
has a new Real Life opportunity that will take him from us for a while.
My wife and I have accepted positions with the World Health Organization and will be travelling to Gabon, in West Africa. I was gone last week preparing our stuff, making arrangements for things like the upkeep of our house, and getting lots of shots! I won't be gone forever, but I will be away for about 3 months.
Congrats on the realization of your dream, ML and you can leave your best wishes for his safe trip here.
Otherwise, newswise, it is a bit quiet 'round Rome. Folks that aren't on summer vacation are talking about How many games do you have? in the Other Games forum, but new governor Petrvs is looking for some harder enemies to fight than those offered in the career missions. If you have any suggestions of great military scenarios, drop by his introductory post Salvete! and drop some names while you are saying hello.
Remember the posting limit challenge? Well, Angel Zen decided to call it a day when the thread reached a 1000 odd posts. I guess the forums are now safe from thread corruption.
And now for the best news this week, the lovely Angel Gustavia will be back doing the lion's share of the Caesar 3 news again. Hopefully as of tomorrow.
It seems a bit quiet here, doesn't it? Then again a total of more than 5000 files have been downloaded, so it isn't that bad. For those of you that enjoyed the 10 Levels, it's author is currently working on a new batch of scenarios.
Aside from the celebrations held last Friday on Pharaoh Heaven we had a few thiungs going on on Caesar 3 Heaven as well. This includes a revamping of the forums by our friendly CGI guru, Angel Zen. Apart from a few small changes in layout and fonting, he's managed to fix our 150 thread horizon. As a result there's this little thread in the Community forum....
Apart from that he was celebrating his birthday this weekend.
As for those of you who are wondering about our regular Caesar 3 news hound, the delightful Angel Gustavia. Well, she's taking a well deserved holiday away from the forums and trying to work her way through a backlog of emails and Real Life™ obligations that have been gathering dust since the start of the Pharaolympics.
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