Question for Newbies

johnmcd · February 28, 2001, 15:57

Where are you coming from?

How can there still be Civ II/2 newbies? Please help us help you.

Dis · February 28, 2001, 19:45

they must just be picking civ2 out of the bargain bin, and have succumbed to the addiction

I'm a civ2 newbie. I only started playing in 1997.

Lefty Scaevola · February 28, 2001, 20:12

MGE has been maketed in three ways that I have seen recently.
One is a similar box as before, but the CD contains Indeo drivers in addtion to the previous stuff.
TWO & THREE s re bundled with different games in "strategy packs"

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Scouse Gits · February 28, 2001, 21:21

John - in Liverpool some of the gaming shops have CIV I as a discount buy!

CIV 2 (which way do I write it?

) is also well represented.

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SG(2)

Chris 62 · February 28, 2001, 21:25

Seems to me that you guys don't fit the profile...

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jake03 · March 1, 2001, 16:34

quote:

Originally posted by johnmcd on 02-28-2001 02:57 PM
Where are you coming from?

How can there still be Civ II/2 newbies? Please help us help you.

I'm a neebie, I bought the game for my kids in the discount rack. Well they needed a little help, and well here I am.

Lefty Scaevola · March 1, 2001, 19:16

I only started civ2 in aug 2000, I had been playing smac a couple years before that.

Daddy-O · March 1, 2001, 19:20

I'd have to say that we are crawling out of the discount rack. I played the game before but never owned it. I finally bought a copy last September. The Succession games are like peer pressure to keep playing. "Come on Skrobism. It's your turn. Take a hit."

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jcarkey · March 2, 2001, 18:34

SG, why are you only a Chieftain? Edit: I look after I post and you are normal!!! That's weird!

I started playing in 1997. I think some of the newbies call themselves that due to the fact that they don't know all of the knowledge that regular board posters know and/or they are just knew to the forums.

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George Garrett · March 3, 2001, 10:15

We're humble...

Joofoo · March 4, 2001, 06:03

I am new to the forums. I have had Civ since it came out.( 1996? ) I recently bought the Gold Multiplayer and started playing again. I find this site fascinating. The amount of knowledge you all have amazes me.

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Thanks,
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johnmcd · March 4, 2001, 19:34

Allow me to draw on some of that knowledge to correct you. Its not knowledge, its trivia.

Still an interesting mix of old hands, real newbies 'helping their kids with no real interest you understand' and the Gits.

carioca · March 5, 2001, 15:15

I finaly brok down and bought Civ2 last month......I hsad been civ free for years, now I have relapsed and am once more addicted.

kyrie_asini · March 9, 2001, 01:03

the game was forced upon me when I started dating bcr3... luckily I like it a lot... won't install it on my computer though... have enough distractions in my room... besides it gives me a reason to visit him

March 10, 2001, 19:25

I got my copy bundled with the original C&C...Of course, I soon found out which one I enjoyed the most

crashmon28 · March 19, 2001, 14:37

I first played Civ 1 on the Atari ST (anybody remember them), stopped playing for a few years then recently picked up TOT, and have been playing ever since. Still having probs winning on Emperor though, I don't really enjoy the ICS method, although its the only way I can beat TOT at the moment, unless I play at King or lower.

However Civ 1 I can beat at any level now (I still have the ST)

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