1000 clues that you are already too obsessed with Civ IV!

T100 · Sep 22, 2005, 08:42 PM

1. You have already started to learn to mod civ4.
2. You have more than a gig of Civ4 files on your computer (hell if you even have a file for civ4 content you make the list)
3. You would trade sexual favors for an early copy (and you know you would

)

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I took the first three and this is partly a joke but what the hell it should really kill some time before Civ IV drops.

Sildo · Sep 22, 2005, 08:59 PM

You-Keep-
Bringing up th-e
Fraxis web- pagOMG NEW SCREENSHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(joke)
every- 2
seconds

I am the Future · Sep 22, 2005, 09:05 PM

5) U already make a thread4 "you know youve been playing civ 4 too much when..."

Crayton · Sep 22, 2005, 09:06 PM

6. You finally pay attention in your history class but only cue-in on civilizations that you might mod in.
7. You ask a random person on the street if religion should've been included.
8. You then proceed to grill this person about their opinion on Firaxis's choices of civ.
9. You break-out the old encyclopedias so you can prep for your first game as Mali.
10. You imagine alternative professor choices for your classes.
11. You learn 3D calculus so that you can construct your own units.

...but enough about me; how do YOU know that you're already too obsessed with Civ IV.

sela1s1son · Sep 22, 2005, 09:34 PM

12 - You already have major foriegn relations plans for your first game IE "CRUSH GHANDI!"
13 - You already planned your first games: REligion, Civ, leader, style, civics, and that's only off the top of your head.

thorsr · Sep 22, 2005, 09:45 PM

5-when civfanatics.com have occupied the uberfavorite bar in your firefox where google used to be
6-when you start to wonder about joining Civanon for serious
7-your nails are gone.so are your toe nails
8-your hamster died some days ago because you were too busy streaming videos from gamespy instead of feeding it

Helmling · Sep 22, 2005, 09:59 PM

18. You're getting the divorce paperwork ready ahead of time.

Helmling · Sep 22, 2005, 10:05 PM

19. "Drama? Crap, philosophy is AFTER Literature...this changes my whole route thorugh the ancient tech tree!"

Phoenix_56721 · Sep 22, 2005, 10:13 PM

20. While playing Civ3, you start contemplating witch promotion to give your elite Archer.
21. When you find yourself unable to have a conversation without bringing up Civ4.
22. When every 3rd thought you have is no longer about sex but about Civ4.
23. You check on you're pre-order of Civ4 on EB games 5 times a day just to see if they changed the release date.
24. You keep telling yourself that you're not going to stay up all night reading and posting on threads in CFC, but you do anyway!

TopDog · Sep 22, 2005, 10:37 PM

25. You've already thought up and written down a 1000 things to say on this thread

bio_hazard · Sep 22, 2005, 10:52 PM

26. You don't finish your current CivIII GOTM because of the sudden rush of new Civ 4 screenshots, videos, and podcasts.

Rayanth · Sep 22, 2005, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phoenix_56721

23. You check on you're pre-order of Civ4 on EB games 5 times a day just to see if they changed the release date.

26. You WORK at EBGames and keep checking the register's Coming Soon tab to see they've changed the date...

(yes, it's out, I work at EBGames...)

bobbobjack · Sep 22, 2005, 11:49 PM

28. You're amazed by the box art and start looking where you could put it in your house for decorationnal purpose.

29. You made yourself a CD with all the podcasts, interviews, etc.. that you listen to everywhere you go.
30. You have posters of Sid (??) on the walls of your room.

T100 · Sep 22, 2005, 11:51 PM

31. You already hate huge amounts of a game that no one has played yet
32. You are on this site more than 5 times a day

Meleager · Sep 23, 2005, 01:34 AM

33. When you spend to much time watching sport you see next to you wife "-3 We are upset that you have fallen sway under a heathen religion".

Robi D · Sep 23, 2005, 02:00 AM

34. When you try to convince your history teacher that the real reason the war between carthage and was because ceasar kept walking his settlers throught your borders

V. Soma · Sep 23, 2005, 02:39 AM

35. You see all those screenshots and can't understand why your mouse doesn' work when clicking on it and moving to the side of it...

TopDog · Sep 23, 2005, 03:13 AM

You live in Holland, but quickly apply for a French passport, since the Dutch are no longer in the game.

Abaddon · Sep 23, 2005, 04:43 AM

47.You blend together two CivII discs, compress them into a cd shape, and cry when it doesnt run civ4

Nexushyper · Sep 23, 2005, 10:16 AM

38. You are already trying to figure out the best way to mod the AI

39. You visit civfanatics.com DOZENS of times a day from work just to read the latest 'ideas' of how the game will work.
40. You actually try to click the 'Click to Continue' on the screenshots.
41. You starts posts critizing what you 'think' you saw in a tiny vid clip of Civ IV that you almost need a magnifying glass to even see what is going on.
42. You get out a magnifying to use on the Civ IV vid clips.
43. You use the magnifying glass on teh screenshots as well to determine if that 'green stuff' is gems or uranium.
44. Your blood press rises eacht ime you visit civfanatics.
45. You refresh the forums page every minute to see what is the 'hot' topics
46. You get depressed when you refresh and nothing new is posted.
47. You get upset when there is no new info on teh main page when you check it every hour.
48. You actually refresh the main page and the forums at the same time because you have them both open in different windows.

Sep 22, 2005, 08:42 PM	#1
T100 Truly Sick in the head! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl Posts: 81	1000 clues that you are already too obsessed with Civ IV! 1. You have already started to learn to mod civ4. 2. You have more than a gig of Civ4 files on your computer (hell if you even have a file for civ4 content you make the list) 3. You would trade sexual favors for an early copy (and you know you would ) ----- I took the first three and this is partly a joke but what the hell it should really kill some time before Civ IV drops.

Sep 22, 2005, 08:59 PM	#2
Sildo A circle Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 279	You-Keep- Bringing up th-e Fraxis web- pagOMG NEW SCREENSHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(joke) every- 2 seconds __________________ If you have Never played a good mod for Civ III then you are missing something in life No one should be mad at Bush for what he's done to the world. I don't even think he knows what his republican masters are doing Battle for NY

Sep 22, 2005, 09:06 PM	#4
Crayton King Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 696	6. You finally pay attention in your history class but only cue-in on civilizations that you might mod in. 7. You ask a random person on the street if religion should've been included. 8. You then proceed to grill this person about their opinion on Firaxis's choices of civ. 9. You break-out the old encyclopedias so you can prep for your first game as Mali. 10. You imagine alternative professor choices for your classes. 11. You learn 3D calculus so that you can construct your own units. ...but enough about me; how do YOU know that you're already too obsessed with Civ IV. __________________ R.I.P. Great Civilizations of the Past

Sep 22, 2005, 09:59 PM	#7
Helmling Philosopher King Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,466	18. You're getting the divorce paperwork ready ahead of time. __________________ www.helmling.com

Sep 22, 2005, 10:05 PM	#8
Helmling Philosopher King Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,466	19. "Drama? Crap, philosophy is AFTER Literature...this changes my whole route thorugh the ancient tech tree!" __________________ www.helmling.com

Sep 22, 2005, 09:05 PM	#3
I am the Future Oi Oi Oi !!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy Posts: 2,261	5) U already make a thread4 "you know youve been playing civ 4 too much when..."

Sep 22, 2005, 09:34 PM	#5
sela1s1son King Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boodleburg Imperial Palace in Switz Posts: 988	12 - You already have major foriegn relations plans for your first game IE "CRUSH GHANDI!" 13 - You already planned your first games: REligion, Civ, leader, style, civics, and that's only off the top of your head.

Sep 22, 2005, 09:45 PM	#6
thorsr Chieftain Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 25	5-when civfanatics.com have occupied the uberfavorite bar in your firefox where google used to be 6-when you start to wonder about joining Civanon for serious 7-your nails are gone.so are your toe nails 8-your hamster died some days ago because you were too busy streaming videos from gamespy instead of feeding it

Sep 22, 2005, 10:13 PM	#9
Phoenix_56721 Prince Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: U.S.A Posts: 592	20. While playing Civ3, you start contemplating witch promotion to give your elite Archer. 21. When you find yourself unable to have a conversation without bringing up Civ4. 22. When every 3rd thought you have is no longer about sex but about Civ4. 23. You check on you're pre-order of Civ4 on EB games 5 times a day just to see if they changed the release date. 24. You keep telling yourself that you're not going to stay up all night reading and posting on threads in CFC, but you do anyway! Last edited by Phoenix_56721; Sep 22, 2005 at 10:14 PM. Reason: edit

Sep 22, 2005, 10:37 PM	#10
TopDog Prince Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 431	25. You've already thought up and written down a 1000 things to say on this thread __________________ Some people are like slinkies; not really good for anything, but you can't help laughing when you push them down stairs

Sep 22, 2005, 10:52 PM	#11
bio_hazard Prince Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: esoteri, ca Posts: 448	26. You don't finish your current CivIII GOTM because of the sudden rush of new Civ 4 screenshots, videos, and podcasts. __________________ -------------- "I realized that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes."-- Charles Lindbergh "by all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."-- Richard Dawkins. fight for science here.

Sep 22, 2005, 11:49 PM	#13
bobbobjack Chieftain Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 52	28. You're amazed by the box art and start looking where you could put it in your house for decorationnal purpose. 29. You made yourself a CD with all the podcasts, interviews, etc.. that you listen to everywhere you go. 30. You have posters of Sid (??) on the walls of your room.

Sep 22, 2005, 11:51 PM	#14
T100 Truly Sick in the head! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl Posts: 81	31. You already hate huge amounts of a game that no one has played yet 32. You are on this site more than 5 times a day

Sep 23, 2005, 01:34 AM	#15
Meleager Stoned as a Statue Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,106	33. When you spend to much time watching sport you see next to you wife "-3 We are upset that you have fallen sway under a heathen religion". __________________ Nugget Of Wisdom #926732: "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."- Albert Einstein

Sep 23, 2005, 02:00 AM	#16
Robi D Minister of (Dis)Order Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 3,066	34. When you try to convince your history teacher that the real reason the war between carthage and was because ceasar kept walking his settlers throught your borders __________________ "The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations." - David Friedman Robi D's Demographics Screen - Updated for BTS!

Sep 23, 2005, 02:39 AM	#17
V. Soma Deity Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hungary Posts: 3,044 Images: 2	35. You see all those screenshots and can't understand why your mouse doesn' work when clicking on it and moving to the side of it... __________________ creator of: Clashing of Empires (A standard sized version of Rhye's Civ for Civ 3) My civ5 ideas: - Conditioned Technological Development \| Unit maintenance & supply \| Land Unit Combat idea for 2 UPT Last edited by V. Soma; Sep 23, 2005 at 02:52 AM.

Sep 23, 2005, 03:13 AM	#18
TopDog Prince Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 431	You live in Holland, but quickly apply for a French passport, since the Dutch are no longer in the game. __________________ Some people are like slinkies; not really good for anything, but you can't help laughing when you push them down stairs

Sep 23, 2005, 04:43 AM	#19
Abaddon Deity Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NES/FG/SF Activity:Arguing the toss Posts: 30,712 Images: 69	47.You blend together two CivII discs, compress them into a cd shape, and cry when it doesnt run civ4

Sep 23, 2005, 10:16 AM	#20
Nexushyper Warlord Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 245	38. You are already trying to figure out the best way to mod the AI 39. You visit civfanatics.com DOZENS of times a day from work just to read the latest 'ideas' of how the game will work. 40. You actually try to click the 'Click to Continue' on the screenshots. 41. You starts posts critizing what you 'think' you saw in a tiny vid clip of Civ IV that you almost need a magnifying glass to even see what is going on. 42. You get out a magnifying to use on the Civ IV vid clips. 43. You use the magnifying glass on teh screenshots as well to determine if that 'green stuff' is gems or uranium. 44. Your blood press rises eacht ime you visit civfanatics. 45. You refresh the forums page every minute to see what is the 'hot' topics 46. You get depressed when you refresh and nothing new is posted. 47. You get upset when there is no new info on teh main page when you check it every hour. 48. You actually refresh the main page and the forums at the same time because you have them both open in different windows. __________________ Military: TSgt, AFSPC, USAFR Old Stuff Civ3 Old PowerBar \| Latest Version of POWERBAR for C3C NOTE: No new versions of these will be made.

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