Ive been looking for any info on why CIV has never had a battlenet that helps u find, enter, auto-report match info, and store game results in a ladder format much the same way Starcraft's Battle Net did. The in-game technolgoy required is over a decade old and this feature would certainly be a welcome addition to anyone who has ever suffered at the inadequate hands of gamespy that only lets u find games..nothing else.

current there is a well used civ3 ladder being run privately, but it is sorely lacking in report and support features.

Why hasnt the inclussion of a "battle net" be discussed?

The turnbased quality of cvilization makes it hard to play multiplayer. I think a battlenet type thing would be cool, but civilization will never be as fun as starcraft multiplayer, although it is much better singleplayer

I agree, conquering the AI would be as much fun as with another player.