18-08-2005 09:23									#1
	"THOACS": 'Preface', 'Chapter 1' Published Got spare money?

In development on and off for nearly three years, today marks the beginning of the publishing of the first volume of Apolyton Civilization Site's "The History of...". From from the full introduction:

quote: Seven years ago, Daniel Quick and Markos Giannopoulos agreed to merge their respective Civilization II fansites and form Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS). The joint press release issued by Quick and Giannopoulos would be the first of many, setting out what the site would incorporate, how it would operate and discussing future plans. Little attention was paid to the roads travelled to get to that point. Within a year of this time, a general however brief history of how ACS came into being was published on-site. [..] Many... questions remained unanswered, and others still unasked. Until now. [..] The first volume in a multi-part serial, ["]The History of Apolyton Civilization Site["] (["]THOACS["]), has been completed. Written by Quick, the nearly 9,000 words in "An Ultimate Journey" go over in greater detail than ever before publicly disclosed the trials, tribulations and triumphs of UCIVII from its founding to its morphing. Nearly 150 endnotes speak to the effort and extent of research conducted by Quick to make this work as comprehensive and authoritative as possible.

Today, both the Preface and first chapter have been published. The second chapter is presently scheduled for release on August 25th.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

	18-08-2005 14:38									#2
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I read that as "THAC0s"...

I'm such a geek.

	18-08-2005 20:18									#3
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Me too.

	18-08-2005 20:44									#4
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daaamn dogg I was never aware of this DelPrete character

will there be backstabbing involved

	18-08-2005 23:00									#5
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Nice.

But it took 3 years?

	19-08-2005 01:25									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Stefu will there be backstabbing involved

You will be able to judge for yourself in the not-too-distant future.

quote: Originally posted by DrSpike Nice.

Thanks.

quote: Originally posted by DrSpike But it took 3 years?

Hence the qualifier "on and off". The primary reason its writing and release were delayed for so long was 'real life' issues (i.e. being a university student).

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P.S. joncha/Theben: don't worry. Some might argue that by reading this ongoing feature alone you are a geek...

	19-08-2005 23:43									#7
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Great stuff, Dan I can hardly wait for the rest

	20-08-2005 00:06									#8
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You know Dan, I actually found Glubco on my own one night. I was bored so I typed in "Glub" into the address bar and up came Mike's site. I still have his resume on my computer. In fact, I actually inquired if he could produce a website for a New York college political organization. It's only sheer coincidince that I found Poly. I never made a connection between Delprete and this site.

What's DelPrete doing now? Last email I got from him was kind of weird.

EDIT: Nevermind, I found him.

Last edited by Harry Tuttle on 20-08-2005 at 00:33

	20-08-2005 07:32									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg Great stuff, Dan I can hardly wait for the rest

I am also making an allusion to something UCIVII related by using the particular smilie above. If you're not certain and want to know, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the first chapter.

quote: Originally posted by Harry Tuttle You know Dan, I actually found Glubco on my own one night. I was bored so I typed in "Glub" into the address bar and up came Mike's site.

This gave me an idea. I typed "apolyton" into my address bar, and viola, ACS.

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	20-08-2005 16:08									#10
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quote: Originally posted by DanQ I am also making an allusion to something UCIVII related by using the particular smilie above. If you're not certain and want to know, I encourage you to read (or re-read) the first chapter.

I´m certain