Do you still play Civ II

Ming · September 17, 2002, 09:49

With the release of PTW coming up... I was just wondering how many hard core people are still playing Civ II. It's obvious from the lower activity levels in the Civ II forums that people seem to be fading away slowly and steady.

So what about you.

-Jrabbit · September 17, 2002, 09:58

I get about 3 sessions a week these days, and will continue to do so until PTW ports to Mac. Have been playing less than a year, so there's still much to learn -- even with the advantage of direct access to my local Deities.

Carolus Rex · September 17, 2002, 11:32

I still play against the AI. Only time constraints of the severest kind keep me from MP.

Carolus

JCP · September 17, 2002, 13:50

Quote:

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
I will continue to do so until PTW ports to Mac.

IDEM for me, even if Mac version lacks of Mod files

Scouse Gits · September 17, 2002, 14:00

I'm still a CivII fanatic - just not got much time at the moment and devoting most of the little I have to Morrowind - a magnificent game, but it will pass and civ will remain ...

SG[1]

Scouse Gits · September 17, 2002, 14:01

Hey - I hope this isn't a prequel to closing the Civ2 boards!!!!

You can't tear down my home, just because I've gone on a visit!!!

SG[1]

LDiCesare · September 17, 2002, 15:03

I keep playing as always. I have alternated civ, moo and mom for 4 years, then civ2 and various games since I bought civ2. I have just bought morrowind and released Clash D7 so these take precedence right now but I expect civ2 to come back within a month. Civ3 won't impact me as I think it is not worth buying. There are too many things in it which I think won't make enough progress over civ2 for me to purchase it. Moo3 might be a contender, but my experience with moo was I always got back to civ, then got bored, played moo and mom, then came back to civ. Moo3 will be the sae (if people here persuade me to buy it).

Ming · September 17, 2002, 15:37

Quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Hey - I hope this isn't a prequel to closing the Civ2 boards!!!!
SG[1]

Nahhh... don't worry about that. If anything like that was in the works, they would probably tell me... right...

Actually, these is just a cheap trick on my part. I started a similar poll in the Civ II MP forum. That one was so that I could clean out my ICQ contact list and get rid of the people that no longer play civ mp...

This thread was to see who might be recruited for MP games

(and I actually was interested to see who was still playing in light of Civ III and other games)

Andemagne · September 17, 2002, 17:02

"I keep coming back every once in a while"

Scouse Gits · September 17, 2002, 17:03

Quote:

Originally posted by Ming
With the release of PTW coming up... I was just wondering how many hard core people are still playing Civ II. It's obvious from the lower activity levels in the Civ II forums that people seem to be fading away slowly and steady.
So what about you.

Yes! I still play.
What is PTW?
Time to start another succession game. Here's another cheap trick ... will you join us?

-------------------

SG(2)

yaroslav · September 17, 2002, 17:38

I'm playing Civ2, both single and mutilplayer all weeks

Hydey · September 17, 2002, 18:13

If I didn't play I would not be reading this thread.

+1 thanks Ming

Gatekeeper · September 17, 2002, 19:39

Quote:

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
I get about 3 sessions a week these days, and will continue to do so until PTW ports to Mac. Have been playing less than a year, so there's still much to learn -- even with the advantage of direct access to my local Deities.

Is Westlake going to port PtW and the 1.29 PC patch? The last I heard, they hadn't confirmed either of those and that the downloads of the Mac-specific Civ III editor would play a role in determining whether or not anything else would be done with Civ III.

As to the question, yes, I play Civ II exclusively as time permits. I have yet to get Civ III.

Gatekeeper

Ming · September 17, 2002, 19:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
What is PTW?
SG(2)

PTW = Play the World. The MP version of Civ III, due in stores near you by the end of October!

The ANZAC · September 17, 2002, 20:53

I've stuck to my guns and always been faithful to Civ2

PBEM everyone!

St Leo · September 17, 2002, 22:52

I played a game of http://www.c-evo.org/ today.

H Tower · September 18, 2002, 01:31

for some reason i keep playing civ2 even though i get bored with each game every half hour. the democracy game gets most of my civ2 attention now

Cyrion · September 18, 2002, 02:19

I play when I have the time!

Some SP and most of all PBEM!!

And I hope to be able to find the time for some MP in the future...

And +1...

Marquis de Sodaq · September 18, 2002, 12:15

I play once in a while. Currently I am in the middle of one of my annual droughts - several months without playing civ at all. After a time, I always end up returning to play a few games, tho.

Messer Niccolò · September 18, 2002, 12:40

Gee, usually as soon as I get back from office I turn immediately on my pc just for an hour or two of good civplaying...
But in this period I'm quite busy and I'm very sorry to say that I've been forced to abandon my favourite game.

Always looking forward to start again kicking some Ais

Mr. N.

Mercator · September 18, 2002, 15:23

I think I've rarely played Civ2 for the last 4 years.

Occasionally I'm in the mood and play a game or two for a few weeks, I played several succession games, played some ToT when I bought that little over a year ago...

Most of my "Civ2 time" I spend on Apolyton, and then some testing, hacking and programming (MapEdit!)... And the very occasional website update, and even more rarely making a map.

But I don't feel I left Civ2... Other games aren't doing much better, and I don't have Civ3 nor the intention to buy it (whatever update), but that's largely related to my wallet.

I'm still planning to finally master Deity, become a ToT scenario guru, create the ultimate Civ2 utility (in my dreams). But at the current rate that will take some time still.

Traianvs · September 18, 2002, 15:38

i still download as many scenarios as i can possibly find and try em out..

but i'd like to try out some mp though, i have the gold edition but i've never really tried, i'm afraid you guys would litterally kick my butt

Michael7586 · September 18, 2002, 16:37

I still play Civ2 - I've rediscovered the pleasure of the game after spending (wasting) a few months playing with Civ3.

This is a common thing with me... I buy a new game and after a couple of months its boring and I toss it away - and go back to Civ2 which I never seem to get bored of.

Actually, I've just started creating scenarios for Civ2 so the game is certainly not dead for me - actually getting more interesting. I may start playing email games.

Michael

Lars-E · September 18, 2002, 18:21

"I keep coming back once in a while"

Can be months in-between..

Been playing a few Jihad-scenarios lately... Maybe it will be my niche.

La Fayette · September 19, 2002, 03:11

49% civ3 (finished #3 in the civ3 tournament elite division summer session at civfanatics

)
49% civ2 (ready to play MP if Ming or someone else feels like teaching me how it works)
2% other games (back to Starcraft at the moment)

Ming · September 19, 2002, 09:47

Quote:

Originally posted by La Fayette
ready to play MP if Ming or someone else feels like teaching me how it works

Just post a thread in the Civ II MP forum and ask any questions you want.

rah · September 19, 2002, 10:07

La Fayette, yes there is plenty of opportunity there. But due to the time zone difference, you may want to hook up with the European Group

They even started a thread for newer people to play.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=60393

So you have no excuses, get off your butt and play.

JCP · September 19, 2002, 10:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Ming PTW ...due in stores near you by the end of October!

... but only on PC platform !

DarkCloud · September 19, 2002, 11:15

Ja. Of course

2 times a week-5 times a week... it varies.

At least 4 sessions a month

It is much better than ToT or even CTP I... and I refuse to buy Civ III

Scurry · September 19, 2002, 14:43

i've recently come back to civ2 because i've found very few (if any) other games that hold my attention the way civ does. i ran out and bought civ3 just as soon as it hit the shelves, but lost interest after a few weeks...it just didnt have the same addictiveness as civ2.

Mostly, i like the scenarios that civ2 offers. there are some GREAT scenario builders in the civ2 community, and as long as there are great scenarios, i will continue to civ.

word.

out.