Things I could have done if I didn't spend all my time playing Civ

July 27, 2000, 20:04

I imagine I would have been a lot more successful in my career and have a better marriage for a start

finbar · July 27, 2000, 20:13

I only turned to Civ for a fresh challenge after maxing my career and my marriage.

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tonic · July 27, 2000, 20:29

Interesting contrast between AH and f. Seeing marriage has been a common factor I could use it as metaphor: returning to Civ2 is like having a second honeymoon. Knowing how long honeymoons last may give a clue on the extent of the addiction.

Still there are other distractions away from work and marriage. Wasn't it lateral thinking de Bono who said:

Retirement is when you can stop doing the urgent and start doing the important?

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Empress · July 27, 2000, 20:44

I would have a higher score on my GRE

The dean says I can't take any more graduate courses till I bring my score up and I only have till December to do it!

July 27, 2000, 21:06

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Originally posted by finbar on 07-27-2000 08:13 PM
I only turned to Civ for a fresh challenge after maxing my career and my marriage.

Yeah um, I'm not touching that one

SuperSneak · July 28, 2000, 00:39

oops
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SuperSneak · July 28, 2000, 00:41

I gave up my life's work for this game.

Anybody want to buy a half finished painting of the Sistine Chapel on a grain of rice?
Cheap?
On the plus side, I am currently AVOIDING any possibility of marriage. My girl refers to the computer as "my other girlfriend". Scary thing is, she's right.

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July 28, 2000, 02:13

Sneak, still haven't got those nude photos of your girlfriend you promised me on icq. I'm checking my E-mail every day. What's your girlfriend's E-mail address? Maybe I could get em direct off her?

Smash · July 28, 2000, 02:29

I could have finished my thesis "Poverty:Cause,Effect and a Simple Solution"

I'd live somewhere different.My house now is at the end of a road.Perfect chokepoint.

I'd actually talk to my neighbors instead of insisting they withdraw when they park out front.

I'd think about life instead of thinking how to get those catapults into position.

Oldman · July 28, 2000, 04:54

I might have gotten off of my arse last saturday and actually bought the lottery tickets i'd sent all week predicting the numbers for...

01 02 07 35 39 44

...So i'd be about £1.2 million better off!!!!! Doh!!!

Makeo · July 28, 2000, 05:44

I had two choices tonight. Go skating int he cold Melbourne night. Or play civ.

July 28, 2000, 06:13

Yeah? So where are you?

Ming · July 28, 2000, 07:53

I only play civ after all the important things are taken care of. If I wasn't "wasting" my time playing Civ, I would probably be doing something else equally as entertaining with my SPARE time

Oldman · July 28, 2000, 08:21

Nice one Ming!!!! But maybe we should rephrase the question for you, how about:

Things I could have done if I didn't spend all my time moderating Apolyton...

Ming · July 28, 2000, 08:31

LOL!

Well, If I wasn't moderating, I would be posting and surfing Apolyton anyway. That's why they asked me to do it in the first place

Oldman · July 28, 2000, 08:44

So what would you have done with your life if you hadn't spent all your time on apolyton? hmm??

Carolus Rex · July 28, 2000, 08:49

GRE, what's that?

I would probably have finished my thesis by now...

Hey, wait a minute!? Come to think of it... Civ has enabled me to hold off the work routine and continues to do so!!!

Thanks Sid!!!

Carolus

SuperSneak · July 28, 2000, 09:50

quote:

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse on 07-28-2000 02:13 AM
Sneak, still haven't got those nude photos of your girlfriend you promised me on icq. I'm checking my E-mail every day. What's your girlfriend's E-mail address? Maybe I could get em direct off her?

Hmmmm....tempted to insist upon an exchange, but you DO have three kids...haven't you gotten my recent "Animal Kingdom" pics?

Ms. Sneak is very modest, after all...unless she's been drinking that is.

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cavebear · July 30, 2000, 19:32

Well, let's see...

There's the dividend checks I would have from investing in Microsoft and Cisco...

I could be Mayor of my small artificial town and curouse with the Elk club guys...

I might have won a local yard award if I had gotten around to planting some of those flowers I raised by seed...

George W *might* have picked me for his VP if I'd paid more attention to the editorial writing and gotten on some talk shows, then become a chief-of-staff for a former President...

I hear there is a Man-to-Mars opportunity I missed out on... I was *this* close, but I had to finish this CivII game I was in.

Oh, and don't forget that lonely Miss America! I might have been Mr. Right, had I been in the "right" place at the "right" time.

But no, I was playing Civ... The history of the World is changed, all for a game...

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July 30, 2000, 20:11

I'm kind of interested in the non-British responses because Australian traditions are strongly influenced by the Brits and for them and us, games are the stuff of life rather than a distraction from it.

This is probably why "sport", or more accurately the watching of it, is often described as the Australian national religion, as neatly summarised by this bastardised hymn from my childhood:

Sons of God
Hear His holy word
Gather round
The Sydney Cricket Ground
Eat Big Ben pies
Drink KB (a beer)
Then go home and TV (the replay of course)
Allelue Allelue Alleluia!

(another version ends, In the Nude! In the Nude! In the Nude! Ya!)
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Mao · July 31, 2000, 00:11

quote:

Originally posted by Ming on 07-28-2000 08:31 AM
LOL!

Well, If I wasn't moderating, I would be posting and surfing Apolyton anyway. That's why they asked me to do it in the first place

...you'd also be a lot more loose in the OT