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View Poll Results: Average Civ session length?
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15 minutes
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30 minutes
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2.63% |
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1 hour
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5.26% |
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2 hours
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38.16% |
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5 hours
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30.26% |
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12 hours
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3.95% |
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until the rooster crows
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10.53% |
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until you get hungry for a banana
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9.21% |
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August 31, 2003, 00:05
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#31
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King
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Amish Country
Posts: 2,184
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Paddy the Scot
I find that once I get into a game, it is very hard to want to leave it
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Amen. 
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August 31, 2003, 11:44
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#32
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Emperor
Local Time: 09:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Posts: 8,117
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hi ,
depends on the lenght of the flight time , around 6 hours normally , .......
have a nice day 
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August 31, 2003, 14:58
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#33
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Warlord
Local Time: 01:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: st louis
Posts: 281
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i have decided opening programmes is inconvenient, so i just leave civ and and a few other games running all the time. i actually play it until my mom makes me get up and do something else, which means about 2-8 hours.
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August 31, 2003, 21:13
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#34
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Settler
Local Time: 02:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Indiana
Posts: 17
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I play for about 2 hours per session on average.
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September 3, 2003, 03:48
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#35
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King
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,351
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Usually 2-3 hours in the middle of the night...
... when my wife is asleep
... when my kids stopped explaining to me how to play...
... when the moon rises over the Swiss Alps
... when I feel at peace with the whole world, try a PP game and find myself playing AU208
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The Mountain Sage of the Swiss Alps
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September 3, 2003, 06:50
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King
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Amish Country
Posts: 2,184
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I usually play until:
1. Wife yells.
2. Time for work.
3. Wife yells.
4. Hungry.
5. Kids yell (well, not really).
6. Wife yells.
and 7. Wife yells.
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"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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September 4, 2003, 07:16
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#37
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King
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,351
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Vince278
I usually play until:
1. Wife yells.
2. Time for work.
3. Wife yells.
4. Hungry.
5. Kids yell (well, not really).
6. Wife yells.
and 7. Wife yells.
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My advice...
1. make your wife play civ, then YOU will yell.
2. change wife? (optional)
3. become deaf
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The Mountain Sage of the Swiss Alps
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September 4, 2003, 08:34
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#38
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King
Local Time: 02:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 2,824
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I play for 30 minutes, on average, in one session. I occasionally have time to play for several hours at a time; these are the best of times.
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September 4, 2003, 12:53
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#39
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Prince
Local Time: 03:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Tansi (USA)
Posts: 519
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Married w/ children = 1 hour.
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"What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?
I learned our government must be strong. It's always right and never wrong,.....that's what I learned in school."
--- Tom Paxton song ('63)
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September 4, 2003, 17:15
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#40
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Emperor
Local Time: 09:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Posts: 8,117
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Vince278
I usually play until:
1. Wife yells.
2. Time for work.
3. Wife yells.
4. Hungry.
5. Kids yell (well, not really).
6. Wife yells.
and 7. Wife yells.
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hi ,
get your spouse involved , always great for MP games
have a nice day
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September 4, 2003, 18:36
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#41
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Emperor
Local Time: 00:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Vincent is back!
Posts: 6,844
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When I have the time I usually play for about two hours or so in a sitting. In the past three weeks I've had time for a grand total of about 5 hours of civ time though. 
I probably would have had AU209 beaten by now because my wife and I took the entire Labor Day weekend off to spend vegging at home, but my wife played Myst and Riven all weekend so I did other things.
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September 4, 2003, 20:30
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#42
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King
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Amish Country
Posts: 2,184
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Mountain Sage
My advice...
1. make your wife play civ, then YOU will yell.
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She does not share my desire to take over the world.
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Mountain Sage
2. change wife? (optional)
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Mountain Sage
3. become deaf
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Almost there.
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"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
2004 Presidential Candidate
2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)
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September 4, 2003, 20:35
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#43
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King
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Amish Country
Posts: 2,184
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Originally posted by panag
hi ,
get your spouse involved , always great for MP games
have a nice day
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She's not into MP anything (well, almost anything  ).
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"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
2004 Presidential Candidate
2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)
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September 6, 2003, 07:29
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#44
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Prince
Local Time: 16:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: at the beach
Posts: 40,904
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Vince278
I usually play until:
1. Wife yells.
2. Time for work.
3. Wife yells.
4. Hungry.
5. Kids yell (well, not really).
6. Wife yells.
and 7. Wife yells.
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Sounds like my joint... hahahaha
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September 6, 2003, 16:51
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#45
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Emperor
Local Time: 09:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Posts: 8,117
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hi ,
give her the controls of the comp with the game in the drive , then go away for a weekend , ...... wanna bet she shall learn , .....
ones a woman gets the hang of it , they like it 
BUT >>> they must be given that oppurtunity , ......
have a wonderfull day
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September 6, 2003, 17:31
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#46
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Prince
Local Time: 16:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: at the beach
Posts: 40,904
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umm, you are giving me ideas...
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September 6, 2003, 19:15
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#47
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Emperor
Local Time: 02:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: listening too long to one song
Posts: 7,395
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Yeah, I'm definately playing less than I would like, due to a new wife, but now that she has started classes and I am just hanging around, I have a bit more free time 
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September 6, 2003, 19:26
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#48
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Prince
Local Time: 16:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: at the beach
Posts: 40,904
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Originally posted by asleepathewheel
Yeah, I'm definately playing less than I would like, due to a new wife, but now that she has started classes and I am just hanging around, I have a bit more free time
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Good luck
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September 7, 2003, 00:05
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King
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Amish Country
Posts: 2,184
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She's not very computer literate. I could have porn in the root directory and she would never find it. She may not even realize there's a CD in the drive. Besides, she believes PC games are a huge waste of time (**sounds of me scratching head wondering what we have in common** )
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"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
2004 Presidential Candidate
2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)
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September 7, 2003, 09:24
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Emperor
Local Time: 09:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Posts: 8,117
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Vince278
She's not very computer literate. I could have porn in the root directory and she would never find it. She may not even realize there's a CD in the drive. Besides, she believes PC games are a huge waste of time (**sounds of me scratching head wondering what we have in common** )
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hi ,
well then its up to you to teach her or to let her explore and learn herself , ........
have a nice day
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September 10, 2003, 09:26
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Prince
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Detroit
Posts: 350
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I used to play huge marathon sessions of Civ2 and Smac, both SP and MP. But now I find that limiting yourself to 1-2 hours and going back at a later time generates fresher ideas about running an empire.
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"Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movements and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us." --MLK Jr.
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September 10, 2003, 09:44
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Prince
Local Time: 16:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: at the beach
Posts: 40,904
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Well I still like to load the esky with ice and beers, pop it next to the pc.... watch the footy, bike races or some great war movies ..... and crank up civ for a long run.... some of my moves later in the night are funny to revisit but it makes for a fun afternoon and evening
also keeps the pizza shop happy
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September 14, 2003, 16:55
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Chieftain
Local Time: 09:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Fine Land
Posts: 85
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Almost always somewhere between 2 and 5 hours.. guess I should complain about lack of useful poll options.
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September 16, 2003, 08:38
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Prince
Local Time: 08:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Germany
Posts: 720
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Once I start I can't stop, anywhere from 2 to 20 hours. Despite pleas from my wife to do this or that. That's why I do not start a game as often as when I was a student.
So long...
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September 17, 2003, 22:50
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Chieftain
Local Time: 07:52
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 39
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i have taken the downward spiral....
it was almost 12 hours with civ1 to 6-8 with civ2 to...well as long as i can get before my fiance starts screaming  usualy 2-3 hours,sometimes a whole night,about 10 hours.
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