Uh... Howdy... Maybe I should pop into discussion, since I've been called out by name
Anyway, for an unknown reason I rarely visit this particular forum... Sorry
But I may repair that error.
Anyway, the main thing I prefer with GT is, believe it or not, the forum. It is ABSOLUTELY the prettiest of the three
Ok, yeah, not the most important thing, but does sets a tone to the community
Apart from that, it is much more functional than the LT one. It seems the LT forum admin(s) have a personal dislike towards, for example, Private Message system, which I consider a personal quirk that has no place in managing a community. But it's their decision that has its consequences and they are the ones to consider it. Also, GT forum has (had) the option of creating secret subforums which has been abused to the max in both games I participated in. (Nimrod and some others can verify
) For this reason, I'm against merging the GT and LT
forums. As for merging GT and this one, it can be discussed.
As for other, non-forum things, I've been present too short in GT and LT communities (especially LT) to be able to say anything about the differences. However, I have heard several people stating the same thing about the atmosphere, saying that GT is more relaxed and LT is very VERY military-victory-oriented. What I like to say is, people, this is Civilization, not Warcraft. (And I usually get a response that it's not Warcraft, but it's not Sim City either; fair enough). There were also some remarks that I won't repeat here that give way to a thought that merging the overall LT and GT communities (whatever is left from the latter) would be very difficult, maybe even impossible, if at all desirable.
A side-remark about the differences in playstyle: I believe that there is no room for pacifism in Civ games. Even the most peaceful player should be able to cope with aggression; the problem here is ganging up or simply having the misfortune of having more aggressive neighbours than is good for your health. The latter is just life, the previous is a problem and should be dealt with by the players themselves. I'm definitely against imposing any kind of rules. If someone doesn't like something, they should connect with people who share the same beliefs and take it upon themselves to change it. In other words, I'm all for the sheep ganging up to slaughter the wolves. It's the only way that this can and should be done.
One battleground where this difference in approaches may become even more visible are rulesets. Some rulesets favour some kinds of play, others favour others. Some people will like one, others will like others. There is nothing that can be done about it. So there is bound to be some segmentation even if the communities did merge.
So those were just some random thoughts, maybe a bit incoherent, I was actually on my way to bed and then got stuck here... damn you all...
