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

[knupp715]

198. You have already deleted all the files on your computer so there will be enough memory to run Civ4
199. You e-mail EB Games once a day just to check to make sure they know what the release date is and that they are going to send you your preordered Civ4 on time.
200. After you get the game your friends and family call the police and report you missing because you locked yourself in the computer room for more than a month and all you have is a little porti-potti and a full vending machine.

 

[Crayton]

201. You starve trying to trade your dyes with the Vending Machine's food.

 

[thorsr]

you change your girlfriend for a smarter one,and justify it as cultural conversion.Also,she could have prevented it by bringing extra troops(making a menage.

 

[Polietileno]

203. Reopen your old history books looking for new Leaders for civs like Mali, Incas and Aztecs.
204. You start to have wet dreams about playing the game.
205. Or even worse: You daydream on how you are going to trade the World Map that is hanging in your room to get those 100 gold for your weekend.

 

[bio_hazard]

Quote:
Originally Posted by joethreeblah
178. They used YOUR daughter's picture for this advertisement.


197. Please when do you have time to procreate... you play CIV.

206. The kid is not really yours, looks suspiciously like the mailman, and coincidentally was concieved while you were otherwise busy checking out CivIII prerelease info!

 

[holy king]

206. Your sitting in front of your computer in the midst of night, writing "reasons that you're already civ4 addicted" in a strange post that is part of a civilization (a computer game series) internet forum, actually believing that that has anything to do with playing civilization 4 (that computer game) or will bring you said game nearer in any kind of way...
207. you think about renaming your cat, that is called cleopatra right now, in hapsethut. (naahh... i dont)
208. your friends dont understand, why you increasingly mention a game called civilization 4.

 

[Aks K]

210. You are viewing all GameSpot Gameplay Footage (movies) trying to look for any clues to civ4.

Aks K

 

[mossmonster]

211. You've seen the new screenshots, and you practice singing "Kumbaya" so you'll be ready just in case it's called for.

 

[sela1s1son]

212. You have started a major movement at your college to make October 24th an official holiday "Civilization Day" in which classes are canceled.
213. You succeed at 212

 

[Bigfoot]

214. You read about war protesters and wonder what WW level we are up to now.
215. You forget about a 'date' you had made with your wife to play more turns.
216. Your wife says she is planning a 'hit' on Sid Meiers to prevent a Civ V.
217. She is only half joking about #216.

 

[AKtionFich]

218. U asked ur neighbours to feed ur cat "cleopatra" from the octobre 24th to...
219. they got did nt agree cause u couldn t tell them how long they need to feed her.
220. u bought tons of catfood and reconstruct ur garage to a huge cat-food-dispenser.
221. From the money u recived from selling ur car u let construct a huge frezzer-room into ur basement, just beside ur pc-room.

 

[LAnkou]

222 on 25th decemper 2005, you think you're still on 24th October
223 when you realise it's christmas, you think "whaou, holiday, i'm gonna play civ4, it's been three month i didn't play!!"
224 you start to convince Thunderfall to make a civ5 forum
225 you buy a cleopatra cat so you can name her Hatetpshut like everybody else
226 you realise that your cat is a male so you name him bismarck...

 

[Colonel]

227. You go out and get a bunch of animals to name after civ IV leaders.
228. You reread all your Civ1-Civ2-Civ3 manuals and start writing a manual to Civ4
229. You have already started makeing a strategy guide for Civ IV even though you only have a fraction of the info on the game
230. You have printed out pics of all the leaders and taped them to your wall.
231. You printed out pics of all the screenshots and taped them to your wall.
232. You beat off to pics of both male and female leader heads from 230 (I seriously hope no one has actually done 232)
233.You have actually done 232
234. The day before Civ IV comes out you try to sneek into the stock room of your local gaming store to take a copy.
235. You leave the exact amount of money that game would have costed in place of the game(234)
236. You have put each portion under a microscope examining it to see if there is anything you missed.
237. You have legally changed your name to the name of a Civ leader
238. You have just added 11reasons to the 1000clues list.

 

[Polietileno]

239: You think that we are goin to get to a 1000 before Oct. 24.

 

[oxonian2001]

240: You're afraid that, if we don't reach 1000 by Oct. 24, then civ4 will be "mysteriously delayed."

 

[Alphidius]

241: You go to the zoo & imagine the animals there eating up people!!
242: The neighbourhood has a stray & you ask your neighbour to escort & guard you to a nearby shop
243: You wonder how some of the Civs can survive without starting Techs such as Agriculture, Fishing or Hunting...
244: You now start to formulate a strategy in your mind of all possible Mountain layouts & how you can create choke points to work to your advantage..
245: Instead of saying one more minute, you start to say one more turn...

 

[LAnkou]

246 you mod Civ3 so you can play civ4 with it
247 you won't give access to it before October 24th
248 you learn all languages of the different civilisations in Civ4
249 you mod every leader speaking in his own language

 

[Lahdoz]

250. You have purchased or moved a computer specifically for your main TV room, so you can play from your recliner since sitting in your chair in the office hurts after about 4 hours.

251. You have tested your new bluetooth keyboard and mouse to make sure you can play from the dining room and kitchen so you don't have to take a break if you don't want to.

252. You know the most difficult aspect of the new game will be memorizing what is what since you know text will be awful on the big screen.

 

[André Alfenaar]

253. You plan to do an exam before the release date. But there is one problem: this means that you have to stop play civ3!

 

[knupp715]

254. When You play civ 4 you start calling Lincoln Washington and you call Cleopatra Hetepshut just so you can get used the the name change.