Column #135; By DaveV

October 7, 2000, 23:08

DaveV can count to four reasons as to why he is still playing CivII more than four years after its original release in his article entitled "Why I'm Still Playing Civilization II".

Comments/questions are welcomed here, or by contacting the author directly.

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Christantine The Great · October 7, 2000, 23:38

I only have one reason why I still play. Because Alpha Centauri stinks! (Well I have two; the first one and also I'm not going to bother to try the "imitations")

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Smash · October 7, 2000, 23:52

Pretty much says it all.Great column DaveV.

finbar · October 8, 2000, 02:34

Hear, hear. I couldn't have put it better.

Smash? Are my eyes going? Or have you stopped hitting the space bar after full stops?

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Scouse Gits · October 8, 2000, 04:31

I enjoyed the article, especially as it was concise and well structured. I have the same reservations about some of the exotic scenarios!

Can we change the DaveP to DaveV in the thread title?

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DaveP · October 8, 2000, 11:15

Great article. I only recently upgraded from a PC clone myself, and I still haven't tired of Civ, but Civ 2 (TOT since it was the only version I could find locally) was the first game I went hunting for. I hope future versions will continue to meet the promise of the first two.

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Originally posted by Scouse Gits on 10-08-2000 04:31 AM
Can we change the DaveP to DaveV in the thread title?

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Yes, I was quite surprised to see my name on an article.

Please change it.

Mercantile · October 9, 2000, 02:53

Its nice to see that Apolyton is such a big part of the civving experience. I think you may have summed up many members sentiments exactly.

There seems to be a big group feeling here. Great little read!

Scouse Gits · October 9, 2000, 05:55

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Originally posted by Smash on 10-07-2000 11:52 PM
Pretty much says it all.Great column DaveV.

Pretty much says it all! Well done DaveV.

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Ming · October 9, 2000, 08:14

So true... So true...

I would only add that one of the reasons I still play is that I can easily find people to play against.

It will be interesting to see what happens when CivIII comes out. I look forward to it, but at the same time, I'm concerned that they will develop a game that is soooooooooo different that it will lose all the good things that have made CivII such a good game.

The good news is... if they do screw it up, we still have CivII to play

Smash · October 9, 2000, 13:55

[worried]I'm really starting to wonder if there is going to be a MAC version.Firaxis' answer was a tad grey.[/worried]

October 9, 2000, 22:27

Sorry about the thread title error -- it's not possible to rename the thread, but simply delete it and start a new one and losing all the posts already made in the process.

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Ming · October 10, 2000, 08:11

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Originally posted by DanQ on 10-09-2000 10:27 PM
Sorry about the thread title error -- it's not possible to rename the thread, but simply delete it and start a new one and losing all the posts already made in the process.

Thread title changed

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SandMonkey · October 10, 2000, 10:33

I was gonna say, I've seen Ming change titles a bunch of times in the OTF...

October 10, 2000, 22:24

I stand corrected.

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