09-06-2002 01:08									#1
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As all democracies we need to have some sort of laws controling how long one positionm can be hold, and how often elections are hold.

This poll is for the later.

	09-06-2002 02:59									#2
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voted game time, 50 turns.

	09-06-2002 08:20									#3
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50 turns can take a looong time in the late game. In order that our Council members don't get trapped into their responsibilities for longer than they can afford, I voted for real time - 1 month.

	09-06-2002 09:45									#4
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point noted MWIA. perhaps there should be a sliding scale?

	09-06-2002 12:24									#5
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I say 50 turns, I see nothing wrong with that it doesn't really take that long. unless we play on a HUMONGOUS map.

	09-06-2002 16:21									#6
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20 turns. Because then more people can rule....

	09-06-2002 16:24									#7
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Maybe the term times should be different in every era?
40 in the fairly quick and simple Ancient Era, and only 20 in the long and complicated modern one? And 30 for the ones inbetween?

The numbers can be different of course, but you get the idea.

	09-06-2002 17:11									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Eli Maybe the term times should be different in every era? 40 in the fairly quick and simple Ancient Era, and only 20 in the long and complicated modern one? And 30 for the ones inbetween? The numbers can be different of course, but you get the idea.

ah...
"Game time: change number of turns as game goes on"

	09-06-2002 17:26									#9
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****.

I didnt see that option and voted for other.

	09-06-2002 19:39									#10
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i also did not see that. i feel so foridian

	09-06-2002 20:02									#11
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Game time: change number of turns as game goes on. I saw that option.

	10-06-2002 01:30									#12
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Just to keep it simple, keep it the same as the Civ2 Demo Game, besides the fact that one month is a good time period. We should probably also try and keep our elections exactly between those of the Civ2 Demo Game, to minimize conflict and make it easier for people to participate in both.

	10-06-2002 07:22									#13
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[OT]MWIA, what did you do to your avatar ??[/OT]

Real time, 1 month...works fine in the civ2 game, and real time makes more efficient adminstrations have larger impacts on the game

	10-06-2002 08:32									#14
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1 month is good.

	10-06-2002 08:40									#15
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quote: Originally posted by civman2000 [OT]MWIA, what did you do to your avatar ??[/OT] Real time, 1 month...works fine in the civ2 game, and real time makes more efficient adminstrations have larger impacts on the game

[OT] The military successes of last term went to my head - fear not! Vegeta will return after I am out of the War Office. [/OT]

One month real time means you know how long the Council will last for. The time it will take for a certain number of turns can be highly variable (as I'm sure everyone here knows ), and the last thing we want is for a term with nothing happening that lasts three weeks to be followed by one that last two months(!) the Council needs to be pretty dedicated when they are in power, and not many ppl can spare two months consecutively.

	11-06-2002 16:16									#16
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I'm bumping this because It's a very crucial issue. Personally I agree with Civman et al. Because it will encourage the administation to be more effecient.

1 month

	11-06-2002 16:31									#17
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Well. It has also turned to a very hard to evaluare poll. I should hve made two polls of it. (First one if there should be Game Time or Real time and then the actual options)

	11-06-2002 18:20									#18
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So should this poll be scrapped or do we want to try an interpret the results. If we want to interpret the results than I believe that we should use variable game turns considering there are 25(including Eli) total votes for game time, and only 14 total votes for real time.

	11-06-2002 18:24									#19
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Go ahead and start a new one. Real time VS Game time.

	11-06-2002 18:27									#20
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Sounds good. I'll do it.

	11-06-2002 20:45									#21
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the elections should be held once a month. The people voting operate in real time not game time and this gives some continuity to the proceedings.

The only important things I need to know as a citizen are:
1) When I have the opportunity to vote (real time, date, hour etc.)
2) Where I can find the relevant polls
3) Where I can make my voice heard without cluttering up ministerial threads

you know... stuff like that
I don't envy anyone the job of collating and organising all of this, but the fun element of the game for the citizens will certainly come from how well our democracy is organised and how well the details of the game are portrayed to the citizens by the ministers.

	11-06-2002 21:58									#22
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OT: Man, my stats suck!

On topic: I had voted for game time (change number of turns blah blah blah), but I changed my mind and voted for real time (one month). I have already voted this way on the other poll. As Moral Hazard pointed out, this one was not so easy to understand...

	12-06-2002 00:58									#23
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Realt time 3 weeks, to have more variety. One month is good, too.

	12-06-2002 01:04									#24
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Actually, one month would generally be twenty turns, as we play 5 turns every week (at least in the Civ2 Demo Game).