Top Ten Reasons NOT to buy Civ3 - Page 2

Travathian · November 2, 2001, 02:29

63) Playing Civ3 all day doesn't count as looking for a job according to the unemployment office.

64) You can't fend off the 'just one more turn' syndrome.

tleilaxu · November 2, 2001, 02:46

69. because your rassin-frassin computer doesn't meet the minimum specs....

Dracon II · November 2, 2001, 04:31

70) Senior High School (i.e too busy getting drunk)
71) You live too close to Nimbin (i.e too busy getting stoned)
72) You've been reading all the comments on Civ3 in this forum....

oriel94 · November 2, 2001, 07:58

73. Because there is still no 12-step plan for civaholism.

Yackin · November 2, 2001, 08:39

3\4) I have a 1996 Model Sony Vaio Super P1 233MHz MMX, Rage3D\Video Card, Yamaha SAx Sound card, ZOOM Modem, 3 Video input systems, 8x Speed CD Rom Reader, 32x Read\ 16x Write Hewlett Packard CD Rom Writer, Zip Drive, 3 and a half inch Floppy Drive, Netgear Network card (Not Installed). There....

Rasbelin · November 2, 2001, 09:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Yackin
3\4) I have a 1996 Model Sony Vaio Super P1 233MHz MMX, Rage3D\Video Card, Yamaha SAx Sound card, ZOOM Modem, 3 Video input systems, 8x Speed CD Rom Reader, 32x Read\ 16x Write Hewlett Packard CD Rom Writer, Zip Drive, 3 and a half inch Floppy Drive, Netgear Network card (Not Installed). There....

So what's the point with giving us all the specs
of a laptop PC? Just an another mistake by a newbie?

The Rusty Gamer · November 2, 2001, 18:52

65 to 68. Because you can't count properly so you wouldn't understand the game anyway!

Immortal Wombat · November 2, 2001, 19:35

76) ITS GOT NO SCRIPTING LANGUAGE, CtP2 has.

Sirotnikov · November 2, 2001, 20:47

77) You must not follow the flock. Even allmighty Yin has succumbed and now plays Civ III. Must go on....

78) If you liked Red Alert 2, and think that Civ III is just like Age of Empires.

79) If you have flowers or pets

80) If you have to pay for your electricity and internet hours (bragging on poly

)

81) If you still remember it's 9 times 9.

Sirotnikov · November 2, 2001, 20:48

74) If you and your friends suddenly skip numbers of forget their natural order

75) If you suddenly remember the numbers you forgot erlier and mention them out of order.

oriel94 · November 2, 2001, 21:38

82 (I think). If you can't remember that you were supposed to list only the top TEN reasons, but your brain is already so cooked by Civ 2 that you lose count after 5.

Changmai Beagle · November 2, 2001, 22:30

83. Because you love your children

And you guess what they're getting you for Christmas

And it's not Christmas yet

Ah, at least I don't have to decide whether to wait for the full Yin26 review.

Travathian · November 3, 2001, 04:59

84) Your body wont conform to the chair you'll sit in for eight hours straight.

85) You're prone to seizures from seeing little pirate ships shoot cannons at battleships.

86) Your roomates will think you've gone off the deep end when they see you eating breakfast at the computer at 6am, but you're still in yesterday's clothes.

Faboba · November 3, 2001, 05:11

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Originally posted by CDN_Harbinger
54. Your girlfriend is addicted to Windows Solitaire and won't let you take up hours of CPU time CIV'ing.

( It comes down to a simple choice - Leave her or buy her a deck of cards. "Look honey - you can play it in real time....."

87 - You actually mind about whether your legs still work or not.

88 - It seriously bothers you that there are horses in the North America of the world map.

89 - You're Mongolian, Spanish, Scandinavian, Welsh, Irish, Scottish or Carthaginian and it seriosuly bothers you that Sid feels your impact on civilization was less than the Iroquois'........

90 - It bothers you that privateers have an attack of one

91 - You don't like to see great leaders of the past dressed up like obscure fashion designers.

oriel94 · November 3, 2001, 05:57

92. On your way to and from work (if you still have a job) you are looking for goody huts which contain gold.

93. You think that culture is what grows on the top of old yoghurt (how can 'culture' lead to victory?)

LtChambers · November 3, 2001, 06:23

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Originally posted by Faboba

89 - You're Mongolian, Spanish, Scandinavian, Welsh, Irish, Scottish or Carthaginian and it seriosuly bothers you that Sid feels your impact on civilization was less than the Iroquois'........

Any Carthaginians reading this get in contact with me and we'll discuss terms for your travel back to your own time. Security measures these days are getting pretty tight, so I'll just take a few pictures and write a story and send you on your way (home, of course).

94. Civilization 3 will ruin your life - AGAIN! (it says it in the video damnit!)
95. You'll get the urge to complain about things that don't really deserve complaining about because the game is so damn good in the ways that really matter, and since you just feel like being social after your 5 hour (minimum) sessions you decide forum posting is the best way to do it.
96. You'll start insisting that oceans be bluer and colors in general more pastel-shaded. Mud is such an ugly shade of brown - with our technology, we'll make it look better!

Haphazard · November 3, 2001, 09:47

97. Because there are enough megalomaniacs in this world already!

Pyrodrew · November 3, 2001, 10:08

98. You are still playing Civ2 & now a hermit cut off from all forms of communication with society... except Civ2 multiplayer, where you insist you really are Caesar of the Romans.

lord of the mark · November 25, 2001, 18:45

99. You're havent finished all the Civ 2 scenarios you want to, and the (reputed ) absence of a decent scenario editor both gives you an excuse not to buy yet, and promises several more months of life for the Civ 2 scenario community

100. You have a 4 year old PC (which cant be upgraded sufficiently thanks to its "proprietary architecture" - oops, that was a dumb purchase) and you're not planning on buying a new one for several months, by which time this whole MP/scenario/bug/xpack thing should have worked itself out, so why not wait?

101. Because you want to wait for the Xpack to come out, and then buy the "combo pack", hopefully at a nice discount. meanwhile there's civ2 scenarios, other games, and BTW, the rest of life

LOTM

Dienstag · November 25, 2001, 19:19

102. You like camels, or Elvis, or both.

103. You like diplomacy wonders (Marco Polo's Embassy, UN) that actually do something.

104. You're too busy making a Lord Of The Rings costume for the premier. December 19th, baby!

FALVES · November 25, 2001, 20:45

105) Because you actually still can't live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in front of your computer. (almost there, though...)

Nemo · November 25, 2001, 21:31

a more realistic list

10. I want to play games not modify them
9. At least Civ2 is playable without a patch
8. my computer has an nVidia chipset
7. I dont like to play games where about a dozen feartures dont work properly
6. I was already burnt with CTP, why go through it all over
5. my computer is ONLY 1.4Ghz, so I'll have to upgrade to play huge maps
4. my PC doesnt have 1.7Gb RAM to compensated for the memory leaks
3. I dont like replaying the last 5 hours due to corrupt saved games
2. I like using software that doesnt crash all the time.
1. I should not have to pay a major company to be their beta tester

codemast01 · November 26, 2001, 02:04

116. If you tend to fall asleep on your keyboarddddddddddffhfdjkdfljlgjlgjfkjsdfjghjgrio (Wha... I am awake)
117. If you tend to fall asleep while listening to the sound of birds chirping.
118. If you enjoy sleeping
119. If you like lists to stay sorted after you move your mouse so you can actually scroll and see the rest of the list.
120. If you don't enjoy searching for that elusive barbarian that managed to sneak onto your railsystem and subsiquently wipeout near 1/3 of your colonies in one turn.
121. If you don't live in an alternate universe where cruise missles wipeout entire armies while neither planes nor artillery can

TheRascalKing · November 26, 2001, 07:01

122. Cheese. Everything is funny when it's 5 o'clock in the morning!

Skanky Burns · November 26, 2001, 08:08

123. If you prefer not to be fed to the lawyers after modding a game...

Crom · November 26, 2001, 08:50

124. You stop listening to people unless they call you by your new real name Queen Cleopatra ( which is a shame as you are 1. not female 2. Not a queen and 3. The nearest you've been to Egypt is Putney).

Hasdrubal · November 28, 2001, 15:31

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Originally posted by LtChambers

Any Carthaginians reading this get in contact with me and we'll discuss terms for your travel back to your own time

Hi there!

No need to send me back - I'm quite happy with this day and age. Carthage lives!

125. Corruption levels that could teach the average Congolese custom officer a thing or two...
126. Using your one Leader to build the Forbidden Palace at a newly discovered continent that you're developing only to have it razed to the ground a few turns later

(I know, I should've moved the normal palace instead)

greggbert · November 28, 2001, 16:53

127) Because you are the only person on earth who still thinks black and white is fun.
128) Because you can't play as Mulla Mohammed Omar
129) Because you think minesweeper has more replay value
130) Because it did not come free with your HP Pavillion on QVC, so it can't be worth playing

-Gregg

siredgar · November 28, 2001, 17:32

131. Because you're busy posting replies on Apolyton and talking about what needs to be fixed.

132. Because you don't want to spend all your time trying to get the perfect player starting locations on a real world map, instead of actually playing the game.

Travathian · December 2, 2001, 11:31

133) You have carpel tunnel syndrom in both your wrists and haven't mastered using the mouse with your foot.