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View Poll Results: On what level will you play your first game?
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Cheiftain
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25.81% |
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Warlord
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12.90% |
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Prince
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36.56% |
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King
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15.05% |
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Emperor
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2.15% |
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Deity
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7.53% |
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October 6, 2001, 14:16
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Prince
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: NJ
Posts: 426
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On what level will you play your first game?
I plan to play on King in my first game. I know I'll be making lots of mistakes, but I don't want to be instantly crushed. Hopefully, a fun challenging game will be in store (no pun intended  ) for me on Oct. 30!
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October 6, 2001, 14:22
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Warlord
Local Time: 06:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: California
Posts: 205
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I chose Warlord just so I can get a sense of the game, but since I have been a civer ever since Civ1 came out, I might choose to go higher.
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October 6, 2001, 14:25
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Warlord
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: U.K.
Posts: 237
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I'm telling myself warlord, but I'll probably risk something higher when I've actually got the game in front of me... Oh glorious day.
David
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October 6, 2001, 14:26
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Prince
Local Time: 15:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Köln, Deutschland
Posts: 500
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Chieftain. Civ III will be a completely new game, so I probably won't be able to play on the levels I do in Civ II right away. I want to survive long enough to learn the basics of the game.
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October 6, 2001, 14:30
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Prince
Local Time: 15:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: in perpetuity
Posts: 4,962
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DEITY!!
If I win: I can boast, the AI is poop, and I can take it back to the shop
If I lose, the game might be worth exploring a bit.
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October 6, 2001, 14:34
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Chieftain
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: my bathtub, CA
Posts: 87
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Prince or King are nice and normal difficulty levels. I won't mind losing either.
I'm definitely going to play 16 civs, earth map the first time out, probably the Germans too, so I'm right in the thick of things. No civ-specials.
Then maybe the Egyptians, so I have the entire mediterranean coast to colonize, and then down towards etheopia.
Or the English, cause it's always nice to have that big old island to yourself.
I'm excited about this game.
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October 6, 2001, 14:39
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Prince
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: NJ
Posts: 426
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I really hope I lose my first game, then I'll know that this game will be a real challenge.
Wombat, you better not win!
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October 6, 2001, 14:45
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Prince
Local Time: 15:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: in perpetuity
Posts: 4,962
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Akron
Wombat, you better not win!
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I'll have to try harder than I usually do when playing Civ games (I'm used to CtP2 fgs...) , but with the AI busy sorting its resources, diplomacy etc. Once I control unhappiness, dump into nationalism and go all-out war, I think (and hope) winning won't be as difficult as some people imagine.
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October 6, 2001, 14:59
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Warlord
Local Time: 06:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: California
Posts: 205
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Hmm...Either Warlord or Cheiftan is what I am going to play. I have to get used to the new interface!!! 
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October 6, 2001, 16:29
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Chieftain
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 68
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Either king or emperor. I'm absolutely sure I'll lose badly, playing on these levels, but that doesn't usually bother me -- I like games where the competition is very strong.
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October 6, 2001, 16:30
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Emperor
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: flying too low to the ground
Posts: 4,625
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world map chieftan 
im so lame 
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October 6, 2001, 16:40
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Guest
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same here. i'll slowly work my way up to deity.
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October 6, 2001, 16:46
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Prince
Local Time: 08:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: numsquam
Posts: 683
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the first game will be cheiften just to get the feel...and the advisors used to offer more info/tips on cheiften which is what i want at first. second game is definately going to be king though.
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October 6, 2001, 17:13
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Emperor
Local Time: 11:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Brasil
Posts: 3,958
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Chieftain, so I can get the feel of the game.
And random map. Man, I'm so cautious... 
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October 6, 2001, 17:25
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Warlord
Local Time: 08:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: USA
Posts: 107
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Prince, 16 civs, random map (to see how the new map maker works)
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October 6, 2001, 17:29
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King
Local Time: 14:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Uni of Wales Swansea
Posts: 1,262
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I always play cheiftan
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October 6, 2001, 17:30
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Prince
Local Time: 15:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Antwerpen
Posts: 398
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Deity.
I actually like being wiped out, fighting for every city, for every mountain, destroying all my roads to delay the enemy's invasion, sending out ships with settlers, hoping to find an uninhabited island or friendly nation where I can settle before my homeland is destroyed... I don't care if (when) I lose, as long as I have fun!
(yes I have been playing too much CTP2 )
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October 6, 2001, 17:31
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Emperor
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: It doesn't matter what your name is!
Posts: 3,601
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Prince, World Map, French, 16 civs.
Oh mama 
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October 6, 2001, 17:38
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Prince
Local Time: 15:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 2001
Location: KULTUR-TERROR
Posts: 958
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Chieftain.
I don't like to lose.
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October 6, 2001, 17:40
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King
Local Time: 14:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Uni of Wales Swansea
Posts: 1,262
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Gangerolf
Chieftain.
I don't like to lose.
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I hear ya 
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October 6, 2001, 17:42
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Warlord
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: of Terra Prime, homeworld of the Terran Star Empire
Posts: 179
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Deity. Let's see if the AI even puts up a fight or if I have to hand over all my techs just to get a real war started.
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October 6, 2001, 17:43
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Technical Director
Local Time: 16:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Chalmers, Sweden
Posts: 9,294
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Prince, It is a medium level. If I lose the game will be a real challenge, if I fail to finish I guess the game will be challenging enough. If I win I'll spend my coming games as deity.
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October 6, 2001, 17:53
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Warlord
Local Time: 14:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 117
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Prince: I don't want to be completely outclassed, when unfamiliar with all the new aspects, but I want some challenge because it's not too much fun to get all the rewards without much work.
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October 6, 2001, 17:55
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Warlord
Local Time: 08:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Dec 1969
Posts: 190
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Prince, largest earth map, 16 civs, probably as Russians or Persians. King is the level where the AI doesn't have advantages or disadvantages (except for stupidity ), so I'll play the one just below that the first time. I don't care if I lose, but I hope I still last till the end (2050).
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October 6, 2001, 17:57
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Prince
Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: NJ
Posts: 426
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Interesting... no one has chosen Emperor yet. But lots of people want to play on Prince and Cheiftain.
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October 6, 2001, 18:04
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King
Local Time: 10:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Philly
Posts: 2,961
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Prince, random 180x180 map with 16 Civs, I'm the Romans. All options ON.
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October 6, 2001, 18:06
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Settler
Local Time: 16:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 65,535
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well I can win 95% of games in Emperor and around 80% in Deity.
I'd go for King in Civ 3 but since the game will have so many new features that I want to learn I'll propably choose prince.
Greeks, random normal size map, all features on, max civs and barbarians to the max as always
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October 6, 2001, 18:25
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Warlord
Local Time: 15:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Enschede, The Netherlands
Posts: 177
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Prince, because there need to be some challenge.
My very first game of Civwas on chieftain and I won hopelessly, reaching the maximum number of cities and vainly looking for the last civ, which was refounded on some island in an ocean. That is not interesting, and I want my first experience with CivIII intersting not just a way to get to know the interface.
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October 6, 2001, 18:40
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Local Time: 09:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Sep 1999
Posts: 2,436
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Deity, its the only way to find out if they really improved the AI. If I get destroyed, then firaxis has done well. If not, then I'll wait for MP to play a challenging opponent.
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October 6, 2001, 18:48
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Prince
Local Time: 15:16
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Köln, Deutschland
Posts: 500
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Those of you who are planning on playing Deity right away: prepare to lose. Even if the new AI has an adequate grasp on the strategy of the new features, that is a tremendous advantage for it over you who have not yet become acquainted with them.
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