22-08-2001 04:36									#1
	FACES Of APOLYTON #3: TAU CETI Inflate your Upload Space

Edition number three of the "Faces of Apolyton" interview series is here. This time, our questions are answered by <b><A href=/forums/"/misc/interviews/foa_3tauceti.shtml">Tau Ceti, administrator of the SMAC PBEM Tournament</a></b>, which is a very popular choice of the SMAC multiplaying crowd.

Also, you will notice that this time, most questions are asked by Keygen, not Solver. This means that everybody might be asking questions. If you want to be one of them, send me a pm or drop me a line at <a href=/forums/"mailto:solver@apolyton.net">solver@apolyton.net</a> , to have the ability to ask some questions for one of future interviews.

	22-08-2001 04:57									#2
	Re: FACES Of APOLYTON #3: TAU CETI Got spare money?

quote: Originally posted by MarkG Edition number three of the "Faces of Apolyton" interview series is here. This time, our questions are answered by <b><A href=/forums/"/misc/interviews/foa_3tauceti.shtml">Tau Ceti, administrator of the SMAC PBEM Tournament</a></b>, which is a very popular choice of the SMAC multiplaying crowd.

Faces of SMAC continue.
Need I say more?
OK, I said I would keep quiet on this, and from this point on I will.

quote: Also, you will notice that this time, most questions are asked by Keygen, not Solver. This means that everybody might be asking questions. If you want to be one of them, send me a pm or drop me a line at <a href=/forums/"mailto:solver@apolyton.net">solver@apolyton.net</a> , to have the ability to ask some questions for one of future interviews.

Like the Laz interviews AH thing?

What is the incentive to do an interview when it will crushed by by ye olde editor and never see the light of day?

Really, no more comments about the interviews, our input was a waste of time anyway.

	22-08-2001 05:01									#3
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Who the **** is Tau Ceti? (no offense, i'm just a regular stupid off topicer )

	22-08-2001 05:15									#4
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Yes, faces of SMAC indeed. Not that there's anything wrong with SMAC, or the SMAC community. . I'm sure that if i played smac, i would appreciate all the hard work they put into it. But it does seem that the faces of apolyton is a little slanted towards the SMAC side . . whether it's because Solver is smac player. . well I won't make accusations so early in the series.

	22-08-2001 05:24									#5
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chris, now you are totally on the side of whining. what's the point of re-posting a complaint that has been answered just a couple days ago?

the AH interview will be posted, on way or the other


connor, i think you just made some accusations....

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	22-08-2001 05:24									#6
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Well, I enjoyed it. But then I'm a SMAC player myself.

If for no other reason, Tau Ceti merits an interview because of the enormous amount of personal time he devotes to running the tournament - more than 100 games have been set up and moderated to date. It's called contribution to the community, and it is very much appreciated by the many players who have played, are playing, and will play in the tourny ...

	22-08-2001 05:43									#7
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG chris, now you are totally on the side of whining. what's the point of re-posting a complaint that has been answered just a couple days ago?

Couldn't resist, Mark.
What's next, the top ten SMAC players? (one at a time, of course)

quote: the AH interview will be posted, on way or the other

Just not as intended.

quote: connor, i think you just made some accusations....

Proff that it's not just me.
I promise i won't comment of "The Faces of Sma....er, that is, Apolyton anymore from this point.

Really Mark, not one more word on this. I'll just watch the faces move accross the boards without comment.

	22-08-2001 06:47									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Chris 62 Couldn't resist, Mark. What's next, the top ten SMAC players? (one at a time, of course)

Hey, maybe I'll be in this thing before too long.

top ten you say Chris?

So who is the next interview about. Googlie.


I want to see some dirt. when are we going to have a hard hitting interview..

	22-08-2001 09:11									#9
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quote: connor, i think you just made some accusations....

Not exactly. I thought i was pretty fair in my comments. It IS early in the series yet. . I just let you know the (addmitted - early) impression that i've gotten so far. I suppose because I presumed you cared about the opinions of the people at this site? Hey, I havn't started whining yet. . trust me you'll know when i do.

	22-08-2001 09:59									#10
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I am a Civ III poster. That is the reason I came to Apolyton and until the bug list is finished it is the reason I will stay.

That said, I have found it interesting to read about high ranking members of the CtP and SMAC communities. I know nothing about these sections except that they appear whenever I load the main page or the main forum pages. So it is good to see what has been happening in other sections that is keeping the ACS community going.

Personally, while I look forward to the Yin interview and later one possibly with Korn, I already know a great deal of what they have given to the Civ III community and so what will suprise me? Meanwhile, I knew nothing about Tau Ceti or Volyxcrix or WesW and it was interesting reading.

FoA

	22-08-2001 10:58									#11
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misotu, tniem, hallelujah.....

	22-08-2001 13:07									#12
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quote: I have also recently started Kendo training (out of an interest in all things Japanese), which I enjoy very much. I am still only a 4. Kyu, though (lowest grade, yellow belt equivalent

hmmmm that's really cool...i wouldn't have know that about Tau Ceti without the FoA so keep the interviews coming!

so far all of the interviews have been interesting and i think this helps build the community feel that apolyton has so good job guys!

	22-08-2001 13:21									#13
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Special message for Chris: this interview was made and ready before the threads about FoA were started. So, your feedback has not been empty, and it was taken in account starting with FoA #4, and #5 even more.

	22-08-2001 16:31									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber when are we going to have a hard hitting interview..

Can you say "never"

	22-08-2001 17:24									#15
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A good interview, all said. Tau, I applaud you - how on earth do you come up with the time to sort all this lot out? In any case - a more than worthy interview....thanks to Keygen and Solver.

As for all the SMAC-sceptics out there....for goodness' sake, stop whingeing. Yep, the first three have had something of a SMAC/CtP slant....that's something to do with the fact that Solver is primarily a SMAC/CtP player. They are no less civ games than civ2 & civ3, contrary to what the hard-liners might think. In any case, civ2, civ3 and the OT are going to get coverage in the next three interviews....so what's the problem?

	22-08-2001 17:54									#16
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Wow! somebody made a 2173 transcendence win? I've got to read about this!!

I could care less about the pbem games, but I liked the discussion of the game.


about the choices: it seems to me that since CTP and AC are the less poulated game forums (civ2 and civ3 being the most active), that it makes sense to have interviews with their people. after all, if I hadn't read these, I wouldn't know anything about them.

	22-08-2001 18:19									#17
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Father Beast:

2172 transcendence thread

He was, er....not bad

	23-08-2001 03:58									#18
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Mirror Korn469's comment.

I like the way the interviews have gone so far. Shortish, but hitting good questions. Of course, I'm a Smac player so I'm not twiddling my thumbs (or nose!) at the wait to hear about people I'm familiar with. Good job, and nice to learn more about the history behind the tournament (ZsoZso, etc.). Congrats Tau Ceti on your well deserved recognition, and thanks for your contributions to the MP community.

It's hard to resist provoking the off-topicers with an off-topic question: What exactly do you have in mind in a hard-hitting interview? Maybe ask Brian Reynolds why he left Firaxis?

-Smack

	23-08-2001 10:13									#19
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First tniem has a very good point that I second.
To me these people have been srtangers before this, though they have done some great work. So I'm glad.


Now to todays interview, becoue I have one more question to Tau Ceti about SMAC PBEM. (Have no previous knowledge about this)

Tau Ceti, you talked about moderators. Could you cindly tell to us what a moderator does during a game of SMAC PBEM? Are you the only moderator? If not, then what does it require to become a "good" moderator?

And finally has there ever been atteempts to bribe moderatrs?


Tau Ceti thx in advance, you have earned your position of glory.

	24-08-2001 04:16									#20
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Most of the time, a moderator does absolutely nothing. The main job is to assign or collect passwords to/from the players and hold them in case a player drops out (which is quite common), so that a replacement can take over. You also settle rules disputes if any arise.

That is all I can think of right now, so that is not where the real work lies. Setting up the games is what takes time.

Anyone can be a CMN (Creator, Moderator, Narrator - the narrator part is usually a lie ), as long as he has some experience with the game so as to be able to create balanced positions, and is willing to learn how to use the scenario editor to actually do the work. There are several who do this at a semi-regular basis at this very site, and you can find more (for SMAC at least) at PlanetACOL.

Smack, mark, korn, Mis: Thanks!

Eli: I post very little in the Off-Topic (probably around 30 posts there in my entire career), so I am not surprised you have not noticed me. I do tend to lurk there, though.

	27-08-2001 03:57									#21
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Is SMAC even a multiplayer game?

	27-08-2001 13:25									#22
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Actually, AI of SMAC is even worse than of Civ 2.

	27-08-2001 14:58									#23
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Ok, so their only form of MP is through email? And primarily they just play against a horrible AI? Would I be going too far in saying that playing against the AI is a meaningless achievment?

	27-08-2001 17:20									#24
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Not at all. You can always wear a blindfold to make it more of a challenge.