Still addicted to Civ3

woody · November 11, 2002, 11:37

After playing Civ3 for many months, are you still addited to it?

Finvola · November 11, 2002, 12:21

Yes still addicted, play nearly every day. I was burned out for a while earlier in the year and I didn't play for a few months but I'm back in the swing of things and when I get PTW I'll be playing more than an hour or two a day!

Trifna · November 11, 2002, 12:51

I just stoped, or it would take too much time

It's stil a great game and all, but I just think gaming-only lives don't make happy people. Like drugs, they may want their next dose but it's not drugs that's making them happy...

Berduin · November 11, 2002, 12:54

Playing it the typical way only has its fun for so long, then I start being innovative; i.e., playing on chieftain with accelerated production and amassing a gigantic army that nobody can possibly counter because they're all several techs behind me. Nothing feels better than starting a war with everyone else, knowing that there's nothing any of them can do against your Empire.

vondrack · November 11, 2002, 12:57

Voted #2, even though it would be more precise to say that I would like to play it at least once a week. Unfortunately, these time constraints... but I am definitely not getting tired of Civ3... perhaps just because I do not play that much last weeks. A couple of hours every two weeks, I think... if I get to play a computer game at all, then it's Civ3.

Theseus · November 11, 2002, 13:46

Voted #1.

I need TIME!!

ChrisiusMaximus · November 11, 2002, 14:03

Unfortunately I cant vote on polls for some unknown reason, I have asked on the poly community forum but to no avail.

My choice is no 2 but mainly because I spend to much time here reading the forums.

Finvola · November 11, 2002, 14:21

I have been playing less than I used to. I used to waste most of the day playing, but now I limit it to an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon and I don't play on the weekends. It depends on how much 'alone time' I have.

ruby_maser · November 11, 2002, 14:38

I stopped playing for about six months there but geared back up for PTW about a month before it came out.

Even though I am disappointed with the quality of MP, I'm a still hooked again.

Finvola · November 11, 2002, 15:24

I can hardly wait until I get PTW..I will most definately be playing more than usual. Oh, well heck with the housework, there's civs to conquer!

TheStinger · November 12, 2002, 10:30

i only play it when my wife lets me so i'm not bored yet

The Pioneer · November 12, 2002, 11:11

Well, I really cannot vote since the options I love the game and still enjoy it is not up there. I do not play once a week or once a month I just play whenever I feel like it and I still have great interest for the game. Now with PTW coming out here in Germany I am planning some all nighters.

Same thing happened with Civ 2, I played it up to 2001 but not every week.

So long...

TacticalGrace · November 12, 2002, 11:22

It should have an alarm feature so that you can say "I'm only going to play for one hour" and have some chance of keeping your word.

CTP2 used to have a similar feature but it would enforce it by totally crashing the system. The fact that no mention was made in the manual and the interval was random lead many hopeless cynics to suggest that it was a bug.

maybe civ3 should come with a small windup alarm clock as a marketing gimick.

Tiberius · November 12, 2002, 11:47

Voted nr.2, not because I'm not addicted anymore but I don't have enough time

so usually I play only once or twice a week.

JamesDS · November 12, 2002, 16:16

Such a great game! Even on civ2 I was very addicted.

Finvola · November 12, 2002, 16:47

Quote:

Originally posted by TacticalGrace
It should have an alarm feature so that you can say "I'm only going to play for one hour" and have some chance of keeping your word.

LOL, tell me about it..I always say, oh just a few more turns, or , oh I'll just wait until this happens or that happens..and before I know it my hour has long since passed!

vmxa1 · November 12, 2002, 16:49

I guess I do not fall in any. I am still playing most of the time, but I am getting burned out. I have just a few more things I want to see and then I will take a break and play some of the others games I have piled up.

Konquest02 · November 12, 2002, 17:00

If I had more time, I could play A LOT, but with those pesky exams and all, I get restricted!

--Kon--

aaglo · November 13, 2002, 02:28

Of course I'm still addicted to it. I got it only a month ago.

Mattaba · November 13, 2002, 10:39

Still a bit addicted but I only have it since July so...
Today I finally got Medieval: Total War so I won't play civ3 in the near future that much anymore.
This is really a game that you can put away for some months and after that you are fully refreshed to start another period of civing.

miccofl · November 13, 2002, 11:43

Still hooked - PTW does count, right?

MrWhereItsAt · February 13, 2004, 08:44

Spent 15 minutes searching for the 'You know you're addicted to Civ when.." thread to post this and I can't find it. But just pretend this is the right thread, as I HAD to post this.

...when you have a good night out...

Quote:

[01:01] MasterZen - I met this really cute and really hot girl: girlfriend potential
[01:01] MasterZen - I got her phone, we got a date set for next week... WHEEEE

[01:02] MasterZen - plus, her friend was like all over me all night, it was hilarious

and your explanation...

Quote:

[01:09] MasterZen - RNG was definitely lucky with me tonight

Deathwalker · February 13, 2004, 08:55

Yes, I play it at least five times a week, but works gets in the way

Fatwreck · February 13, 2004, 09:13

talk about reviving an old topic MrWIA

damn funny post though

PGM · February 13, 2004, 12:30

I voted 1. Still addicted.
And here's something I don't get - what are people that voted "I can't stand it. It's played to death." doing here anyway?
When I hate a game, I don't hang around its forums complaining about how I hate it. Shouldn't they just get a different hobby...?

Sovereign · February 13, 2004, 12:45

I still play Civ3 after 2 1/2 years.

I also play SMAC from time to time.

I even play civ2 oT, with the extra stuff lke Fantasy and Sci-Fi worlds.

I've been known to play Civ1 once in a while, whenever I feel like nostalagia and want to revisit the original.

A question, how many of you played Civ1? Or still own a copy of Civ1?

Shogun Gunner · February 13, 2004, 13:03

Quote:

Originally posted by TheStinger
i only play it when my wife lets me so i'm not bored yet

Here's an answer I can identify with.

I would change my screen name to "My Wife Hates Civ" but that is already taken by ANOTHER gentlemen in the same situation.

I had a serious argument with my wife about this recently. Now I try to play when she's not around or paying attnetion.

In the past, I used to hide the porno screen behind CNN.com when she walked into my office. Now I'm hiding C3C behind a porno screen when she walks in!!!

TheArsenal · February 13, 2004, 13:15

The Wife: I redid my office specifically because of this game and put in a comfortable couch and television. The Mrs. is now perfectly content to hang out and read or watch the tube, only making the occasional comment that “My war is too loud” and asking if I could turn it down. It’s a grand arrangement. And all of this happens after the infant - a happy, welcome consumer of my time, but nevertheless, ultimate consumer of it beyond words - is put to bed.

The Game: I still play civ a couple three times a week, but after discovering the Editor, I find myself screwing around with it, and testing my modifications and maps as much as/more than actual playing.

psumbody · February 13, 2004, 13:19

I have to manage my addiction or my work would suffer. So I only allow myself to play Civ on just the weekends and suffer the Monday morning Civ hangover instead of being comatose for the whole work week. My wife has long realized that she is a computer widow probably as result of my previous Civ II and SMAC addictions.

Sovereign · February 13, 2004, 15:23

Oh boy....

If I had a wife, I'd ignore her nagging and ignore her complaints when I play any of my computer games.

Remind me not to get a wife.