Silverbeacher Silverbeacher

The Olympian Gods

The Olympian Gods

Beware Their Wrath




Welcome mortal to Mount Olympus, home of the gods. I, Zeus, have allowed you to journey here to prove your worth and to see if you shall be allowed to join us in the control of the universe.

If you manage to show that you are worthy by achieving 25 victorious battles or 100,000 cumulative points than we have decreed that we will bestow upon you the Glorious Title of Senator.

Let all those that are in our presence tremble and despair. We threw down the mighty Titans and will Prevail in All our Doings.





Some Important Things to Know About This Empire

One doesn't need to be one of the Olympian gods, any character is fine!

This is an Open empire, so anyone can join. I will try to keep up with who is joining so I can send a friendly hello.

Hard work and perseverance pay off. I will award those that accomplish such tasks with a Senator position.

I think it is important and my duty to help new players and learn from veteran players. I promise that this empire is here for the player!



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A Little About Your Emperor

SILVERBEACHER (Main Character: Zeus)

Born and raised in Michigan, Silverbeacher, or Silver as he is commonly called, is a college student at Purdue University in Indiana where he is majoring in Political Science and Pre-Law.

He first came into contact with the Galactic Civilization Universe in the summer of 2003, with the first game in the series. He found the game very enjoyable but never did partake in the original Metaverse. A few years later he came across the sequel, Dread Lords, at a local Best Buy, and began trying out the new and improved game.

At first, he never visited the website or the Metaverse, but one day, while seeking answers, he hopped onto the GalCiv2 website and the rest as they say is history.

Almost immediately interested in the Metaverse, he began looking for an empire to join, originally checking out both the Galactic Diplomats and the High Command Hegemony. It was in the threads of the HCH that he came across Neilo and MarshallONeil. Neilo had only recently left the HCH-which had become a very quiet remnant of its former glory-and had formed the Tyranny of Evil.

In the summer of 2007, Silver joined the Tyranny-or ToE as it is often referred to as. Meanwhile, Neilo, had also been appointed the "leader" of a new way of competing against other MV players, the Metaverse League. Silver originally sat out of the MVL, fearing that he was not a good enough player to compete alongside such game greats as MottiKhan and Mumblefratz, but eventually did decide to join in the middle of the third round, where he even managed to get a speed bonus point for his team.

Due to the rapid growth of the MVL, a new team was needed for Round 4, and Silver gladly submitted his name to be the new captain of this team. With this, Team E-or more properly, The Eternal Villainy-, was founded.

Silver had captained the Villainy for three rounds when Commissioner, and fellow Villainy teammate, Neilo, decided to step down from his position as Commissioner of the MVL. At the request of Neilo and others, Silver accepted the nomination to be the new Commissioner of the MVL. After a close, but friendly, election, Silver was named the new "Commish" and Round 7 of the MVL was his first round under his 'leadership'.

It was also at this time that Silver decided to form his own empire, which he named the Olympian Gods. For a while, Silver remained a member of both the ToE and the Olympian Gods but eventually, decided that he wanted to focus all his attention on the MVL and Olympian Gods and so said goodbye to his Tyranny brothers to venture out on his own.

And that is how we say, is that.

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Reply #201 Top
Thanks to everybody for the welcome!
Meanwhile my dower is submitted.

Red Claw, good to see you found a new home in a great empire. Sentient species taste better...


Thank you. I noticed, that your empire reigns supreme.  :CONGRAT: You made your way to the top really fast!
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Reply #202 Top
so how goes it everyone?

finally, getting back into the swing of things. Classes are done for the summer, and now I'm about midway through training at a new job. Hope to get some strong games in here soon.
Reply #203 Top
Good to hear, SB. I've submitted 2 TA games. My 1st TA suicidal yesterday, was MVL Bonus round compliant. Took 5 years and it was only 8120, but I have to say, TA is a blast. Almost like a new game. Took the Krynn, natch, and all 9 opponents were at war constantly. It really was a crazy game. I just tried to stay out of the way and flip any planets in my zone. Great fun. Even a tech win felt like a big accomplishment.
Reply #205 Top
will each game must have an end
Reply #207 Top
Greetings and Salutations fellow Gods.

Though i have been a member of the OG since it's inception i am yet to play a dedicated game for the empire, MVL games aside.

I have started a ToA immense game on Maso. I am into year 2 and doing quite well. I am using a ARC with Yor/Breeder and apart from suffering bad morale (the Yor really lack here huh??) i am in the green and out colonizing the AI...(it's an abundant all)

Not really looking for a score so much as just having fun with the game, in fact the game may well take over 10 years to play out as i am just exploring TA, though i did reset my OG character to take full use of the score i do get. I won't have the game done for some time, i'm still in my self imposed exile officially and am just getting the itch to play again.

:)
Reply #208 Top
Good to hear. Please keep us updated on what you're liking and disliking and what you find to work well. :)
Reply #209 Top
I'm still new.. but I am investigating joining an empire..(if anyone will have me) Is this emp. still taking members?
Reply #210 Top
As a member of the ToE, a somewhat brother empire of the OG( some being members of both) I can attest that they are a most welcoming bunch of guys in the Olympic Gods and I'm pretty sure it is an open empire you can join at will.
Reply #211 Top
I got an invite from the Kzinti Empire. They have the most characters by far.. but SilverBeacher and his cronies have been really nice and helpful to me.. :-)
Reply #213 Top
hey Arkham, I can send you an invite but, if you click the "Become an Olympian God" banner in the opening Post it will take you to the page where you can join the empire.

And good name choice; Helios was my screen name for a long time before I switched over to Silverbeacher.

Also, added a lil "bio" in the OP, a timeline of my time here on the forums
Reply #214 Top
Thanks. I'm in the middle of my first Normal AI level game. When I finish it I will create a new character name and join!
Reply #216 Top
Welcome Helios!!

I have had to abandon my Maso game, i talked about it on the ToE forums but the game fails to let me progress past sep 8 2231. A shame too as i was in fantastic shape, oh well,...i will start another and see how it plays.
Reply #217 Top
As a random aside...

Let it be known that any member of the Olympian Gods, in a forum representing the Olympian Gods (so if yer off in the "Will Monaco One Day Rule The World Thread" spouting stupid stuff, i don't really don't care as long as you don't drag the OG into it or it comes back to reflect poorly on the OG or other players), acts in a manner that is overly rude, disingenuous, and malicious toward another player, group of players, or "empire", s/he will immediately be expelled from the Olympian Gods and not asked to return.

Likewise, a player that has made and not shown remorse or growth from past rude, disingenuous, or malicious acts will not be accepted into the OG.

In short, if you can't behave yourself, then you need to grow up; cuz I'm not going to babysit you.

This may sound a bit harsh or "dictorial" but well, its my empire and that's just how it's going to be.
Reply #218 Top
Just finished my first Normal AI level game! 21000 points! So.. I have my new character.. I decided to go with the character name Hyperion SINCE Helios has already been taken! All hail the OG Empire!!!
Reply #220 Top
most definitely, good job Arkham
Reply #221 Top
This may be a crazy question.. but can we just start a Metaverse game at any time and submit the scores under our character that is with the Empire? Or are there special events that only count toward the Empire score?

P.S: I also decided that 'Heracles' would be a cool name. So I'm going to use that name for this Empire.


Thanks!
Reply #222 Top
you can start a MV game at any time that will count toward the Empire score- its only with the Tournament Games that there are stipulations
Reply #223 Top
you can start a MV game at any time that will count toward the Empire score- its only with the Tournament Games that there are stipulations


I didn't know that. What's the stipulations?
Reply #224 Top
aren't the Tourneys only for a limited time? or I am completely wrong on that

I do seem to remember at least that the scores are lower for Tourney Games on average
Reply #225 Top
aren't the Tourneys only for a limited time? or I am completely wrong on thatI do seem to remember at least that the scores are lower for Tourney Games on average


I'm not sure about the limited time thing. I have 4 tourney games available in TA. I've played the Altarian one and it posted fine to MV. Not sure it counted for the empire though. I'm in the middle of the Arcean one now. I'll track it closely when I post it.

I'm sure the tourney games will score lower due to, among other things, the map setup. In the Altarian one and the Arcean one there are very few systems.

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I completed Arcea's Last Stand. It definitely counted for the empire, unless someone else submitted a game last night.