View Poll Results: Are you still addicted to Civ3?
Yes! I can hardly wait to get back to playing it!!! 53 37.86%
It's a great game that I play at least once a week. 54 38.57%
I'm kind of tired of it. I don't play it much anymore. 27 19.29%
I can't stand it. It's played to death. 6 4.29%
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Old February 13, 2004, 16:34   #31
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When I'm at home, I'm playing C3C. When I'm at work, I'm here on ACS. I'm addicted. And not happy about it.
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Old February 13, 2004, 17:30   #32
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No need, you won;t be able to keep one with that point of view.

Of course I share that view, but I am divorced.
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Old February 13, 2004, 21:39   #33
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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...?
Sorry PGM - this thread is ancient. Those people may well have all gone now.
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Old February 14, 2004, 00:38   #34
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Old February 14, 2004, 03:27   #35
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Old February 14, 2004, 14:58   #36
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Sorry PGM - this thread is ancient. Those people may well have all gone now.
Sorry, hadn't noticed. Mistery solved then.

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Old February 15, 2004, 10:57   #37
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I break my addiction to Civ3 by either....

1. Hide the Civ3 CD.

2. Play some other game like RoN

3. Delete my game saves to remove my ambition to do new games (makes sense? )
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no, I'm not sure I was ever addicted to it.

I did play quite a few hours- though not nearly as much as some as you. I have probably only played less than 10 epic games .

I played most of the C3C scenarios twice. I may play a few more one or two more times. I may play another epic game soon- I'm kind of in the mood.

But for the most part I'm done with Civ3. I'll keep in on my hard drive for when I have that urge. I'll probably start up a game one or two times a year- maybe more often for shorter scenarios.
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Old February 16, 2004, 19:27   #39
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I got tired of it. I'm playing smax now tho. Great game has much more "dept".
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Old February 16, 2004, 19:29   #40
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still addicted. occasional breaks taken to HOI and KOTOR and a few others. Can't stand touching either civ2 or SMAC now, braindead ai among other things just turns me off.
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Old February 16, 2004, 20:38   #41
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I ain't going anywhere. Finished AU 501, finally, and I've already got the bug to start a new epic game... or one of the Conquests I haven't done (as in, I'm saving the latter Conquests like candy to play over the next two years ).

In other words, I'll be here, and I'll be playing. And when Civ4 comes out, I'll be there too.
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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!!!


Place computer screen at far end of house facing the wall. Get headphones and use them. Make an obstacle course in the computer room. Get up and leave the room to deal with all visitors. Install and wear a cell phone to encourage calling instead of walking across the house. Shift sleeping hours. Plan ahead. And yes the porno screen is seeming more favored over CSC. However admit to nothing.

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I've tried breaking the Civ CD before. I've smashed Civ3, SMAC and SMAX because I played them too much. That works for a few months untill I see it in a bargain bin one day and pick it up again.

I think the only solution for me is to not have a PC in my house. This is kind of difficult because I work as a programmer..
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The game has full control of me... to the point where im not doing my hw or chores around the apartment! also the reason why my car isnt fixed yet! i need a nicotin patch or something to peel me away from this game. my girlfriend hides the game from me when im not home! thats how bad i am... please help!
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Third option, tired of it, overplayed it at the expense of other great games. The desire to play it may return in some time, or may not.

Agathon: Your new avatar sucks.
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I like the avatar. One of the greatest action shows in the 80's (which isn't saying much ). Only behind Airwolf.
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Old February 19, 2004, 22:22   #51
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That's a myth.
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Is it? When I live outside of Bremen in the early 90’s his concert bills were plastered everywhere.
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Sure. No argument. It's 2004. But that makes it less a "myth" so much as "not true anymore."
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I never remember it to be true. In Germany live 80 million people within a couple hundred miles, so distance doesn't matter. Even the worst, talentless artist can count on a few hundred or thousand fans who visit his concerts because they are so close. Though a few hundred or thousand fans don't make him "loved in Germany".
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Old February 22, 2004, 05:17   #59
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Third option, tired of it, overplayed it at the expense of other great games. The desire to play it may return in some time, or may not.

Agathon: Your new avatar sucks.
Ditto and ditto.

Still playing MP a bit and a couple of PBEMs, but the C3C map generator sucked the last bit of desire I had for the game... for now. It will return, it always does.
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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...?
You obviously haven't met jimmytrick then.
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