| May 14th - In flies the
hawk! |
| Angel Jayhawk from Pharaoh Heaven has been working really hard on
getting some radical graphics done to illustrate the battle tactics which have been
discussed of late in the forum. Well, he's not only done that, but he's also done
some cool pages to go
with them! I've put them in the Strategy section, which
I've also given a bit of an overhaul to make it easier for you to navigate your way
around. He's done such a great job that I've made him a Caesar III Heaven Angel.
Welcome to C3H, Angel Jayhawk. For the moment, he's in charge of the Game Info and Links sections. So, if
you've got anything which should go in either of those, then let him know! Something which has been puzzling C3ers for a while now is the mystery of
the disappearing ballistas. Thanks to Ironrod of Impressions, we
now have the official word:
| This is a known bug in the game. It's caused
by rotating the map. When you rotate, the program has to re-check for labor access, and it
sometimes fails to find workers for the towers. The ballistas gradually reappear as labor
access is restored. Unfortunately there's no fix for it, but you can avoid it by not
rotating your map when you know combat will begin soon |
Any reactions to that can be posted here.
Here's a bit of an Olympics newsflash...Everyone
particpating in the Games please take note that the deadline for Rome, Massilia and Byzantium has
been put back to Monday 17th May. For an explanation and more details, check out the
Olympics site. |
-- Phew!
Quite a day!
Angel Reckless Rodent |
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| May 13th - He's just
monkeying around... |
Angel Monty's Monkey has been watering his scenario
plants for the last 20 days, waiting for another bumper crop. Yesterday, his trees
bore some fine fruit, in the shape of 13 excellent scenarios, which MM has added to the downloads section.
This takes the total number of scens there to 107! He's got some more lying
around which will be uploaded soon, but he still
wants to hear from you if you've got some you'd like posting. On a similar note,
Angel Draco has finished his finals, and will therefore be able to do some serious
uploading in the next couple of days. However, he can't do anything if he hasn't got
any cities. So, if you've got some that you're proud of, then send them to him!
Game Tropics have done a quick review of C3 (yeah, I know it's a bit
late, but better late than never, eh;)?). They give it a 4.5 out of 5 - pretty good,
I'd say. Check out the real deal here.
Check out Pharaoh Heaven
later on for some updates of the E3 section
over there! |
-- E3 finally
starts today!!!
Angel Reckless Rodent |
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| May 12th - Getting board?
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Road building and the like isn't merely limited to Caesar
III, you know. According to one of our forum regulars, Innovandora, you can get board
games which do very much the same thing. Check
out the full story here.
Speaking of the forums, this is a topic that's been around
for a while. It's also something that, as a Brit, I'm particularly pleased to see.
Dave's
Caesar III Downloads, run by none other than our own Cherub Onoculator, has a map
of the British Isles created by Sven Lapointe (Onoculator's brother), a screenshot of which you can see
on the left. The forum thread about it can
be found here.
Angel Abelius has a new poll on his site this week. If you know
what Romulus and Remus's wolf signified to the Romans, then he wants to hear from you! |
-- What's all
this fuss about Star Wars;)?
Angel Reckless Rodent |
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| May 11th - A great day in
the Roman Empire! |
Last week, Abelius's poll asked what the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire
was. One of the options which you could choose was the East\West split. Well,
that split started on this day in 330AD, when Emperor Constantine founded Constantinople,
which became the capital of the Eastern Empire and remained in Roman hands until 1453.
Slightly closer to home, I can report that there's a brand new poll
over at Pharaoh Heaven asking what you would like to see included in the game. So, head over there and tell us what you think!
Also, check out the GS Box for a brand new contest from our
great hosts. |
-- Come on UK,
get a move on
in the relay event!
Angel Reckless Rodent |
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| May 9/10th - Australia Gets
the Gold! |
| Congratulations to Cherub Marty Party, representing
Australia, for taking home double Gold medals in the first round of the Caesar III
Olympics! Marty finished Tibur on April AD 1, and Tergesti on April AD 0 (pop 315).
Downloads of the zip files for Week 2 of the games are now available on the Olympic site. Other
medalists for Tibur were: Zack Caophil (Silver) & Cherub Baltic (Bronze). For
Tergesti: Governor Cornelius (Silver) & Elizrs (Bronze). Great job everyone!
Good luck in the upcoming games!
Sorry for the late update, but I was somewhat late in waking today;
last night I was at my own togo party--my bachelor party! A "tasteful"
time was had by all (yeah, that's the ticket), otherwise my finacee would never have let
me forget it!
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-- Only 20 days
until Draco & Draconette tie the knot.
Angel
"Proconsul" Draco |
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