16-01-2004 06:31									#1
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Am Iin any? Are they clubs?

	16-01-2004 07:49									#2
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Sort like club. You can tell as they have icons that will show up under the avatar. I am not sure if all of them have icons, but most do for sure.

	16-01-2004 08:00									#3
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I always think of them as a badge that shows the part of apolyton that you consider you belong to.
Or notches on the bedpost, for those that are that way inclined.

	16-01-2004 08:06									#4
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well, some are required to access private forums, like the PTWDG or ISDG or C3CISDG etc.

	16-01-2004 08:10									#5
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EDIT: So does this mean it is both a symbol of belonging and a member's pass?

Last edited by flipside on 16-01-2004 at 08:19

	16-01-2004 09:02									#6
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I just see flags (but country flags.

	16-01-2004 09:28									#7
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quote: Originally posted by flipside EDIT: So does this mean it is both a symbol of belonging and a member's pass?

1. Symbol of belonging: Sure. I guess you can call it that.

2. A Member's pass: No. Joining a certain group doesn't automatically give one access to the private forum. The forum Moderator has to allow you access. However, not all civgroups have private forums.

	16-01-2004 09:29									#8
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Double post

	16-01-2004 09:30									#9
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	16-01-2004 09:49									#10
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You can click on them on the page too, and it opens a list of members.

	16-01-2004 09:53									#11
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I understand now. Thank you.

	16-01-2004 10:50									#12
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quote: Originally posted by TCO I just see flags (but country flags.

Do you see all the icons next Wittlich. That is what they are, mines is for GS a part of a PTW demo game.

	16-01-2004 14:32									#13
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There are private forums now, requiring a special permission to enter?

Why does everything that humans get involved in have to end up in hierarchies, "we vs them", "elite vs mob" etc.?

A sad development indeed...

Carolus

	16-01-2004 14:40									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Wittlich 2. A Member's pass: No. Joining a certain group doesn't automatically give one access to the private forum. The forum Moderator has to allow you access. However, not all civgroups have private forums.

You won't get the symbol unil you are authorised either. (There once were a bug that made it so, which made some people have all symbols while they actuually weren't members in all the groups)

	16-01-2004 14:41									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Carolus Rex There are private forums now, requiring a special permission to enter? Why does everything that humans get involved in have to end up in hierarchies, "we vs them", "elite vs mob" etc.? A sad development indeed... Carolus

Well, for a MP democracy game it's good to be able to discuss things that are not in subject of beeing read by the oponents.

	16-01-2004 21:53									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Carolus Rex There are private forums now, requiring a special permission to enter? Why does everything that humans get involved in have to end up in hierarchies, "we vs them", "elite vs mob" etc.? A sad development indeed... Carolus

kind of hard to plan a war when your opponents can read the threads, eh?

	16-01-2004 22:07									#17
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You get vertical integration, keeping everything onsite, plus safer surfing by avoiding ICQ or one of the Instant Message deals, plus the cache of a private club.

What could be wrong with this??

Monk

	16-01-2004 22:19									#18
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Now, the only think I onder is where my icons are...

I'm still a member of two groups. Anyone else missing the cg icons? (I might be onto a bug here...)

	16-01-2004 22:28									#19
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Everything is very slow on the site this am. I am guessing that some features have been dropped.

Monk

	17-01-2004 01:18									#20
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I thought that at first, the problem were that some users had it and some didn't

	20-01-2004 16:45									#21
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private forums are so the diplomacy guys can spam more without being seen

but seriously, civ groups does all ow easier identification of the games people play or have played so can make it easier to see some one to ask a question of ..

perhpas we need an icon for all the OT people !!!!

	20-01-2004 17:01									#22
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There's already a smiley! You want the moon on a stick, you do!

	20-01-2004 17:32									#23
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No, not an OT civgroup. It would have too many members. And it wouldn't benefit anything.

	20-01-2004 18:44									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Gramphos No, not an OT civgroup. It would have too many members. And it wouldn't benefit anything.

will let all the on topic people know who wastes a lot of their time down their....

	20-01-2004 19:07									#25
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And since when is it a problem if a civgroup has "too many members"? Are there any hard limits?

	20-01-2004 21:35									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns And since when is it a problem if a civgroup has "too many members"? Are there any hard limits?

No, none that I know of. (and I wrote it)

It's just that the icon would pollute the place

* Gramphos runs for cover seeing the hord of OTers coming...

	20-01-2004 21:36									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin will let all the on topic people know who wastes a lot of their time down their....

Let's just say it was better before, when the OT were closed on peak hours.

	21-01-2004 06:06									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Gramphos It's just that the icon would pollute the place

Don't sugar-coat it, Gramphos. Tell us what you really think of the OTers.

	21-01-2004 06:26									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Gramphos Let's just say it was better before, when the OT were closed on peak hours.

And then hordes of OTers would then invade all the on-topic forums and post stuff that was almost on-topic. Yeah, that was real great.
And this is my view-point from when I was an on-topic only person.

	21-01-2004 16:45									#30
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Well, I relly have nothing against the OTers just as long as the load isn't very high. I've actually myself made some posts in the OT, but not very often.

However, posting in the OT feels like a waste of time in most occations.