1000 ways you know you've played Civ2 too much when...
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John Bull
British
188) You get excited when visiting cities that crop up in the city lists. I was in Greece a month or so ago and I remember thinking 'Good God! Mycenae! I founded this no less than a fortnight ago!
189) You try to convinve yourself that there are only 7 races in the worls and that the Turks and Mongols are actually the same thing.
189) You try to convinve yourself that there are only 7 races in the worls and that the Turks and Mongols are actually the same thing.
MajorGeneral2
Just happy to be here
190) You determine that there must be 21 races, but only 7 can be around at a time.
191) To make the previous post, you count how many tribes there are.
192) You anxiously await this thread hitting 200 symptoms!
193. You know what every setting in RULES.TXT does, and every possible permutation of the options.
194. You keep multiple RULES.TXT in separate subdirectories.
195. You've editted ICONS.GIF more than once.
196. You have separate subdirectories below \CIV2 for KINGS and VIDEO, yet you always turn sounds and video off.
197. You cannot remember the last time you watched a Wonder video all the way through.
198. You've ripped your own WAV files to improve the built-in sounds.
199. Youve written your own language files (like .FRE and .GER) to translate the labels and screens into more languages.
194. You keep multiple RULES.TXT in separate subdirectories.
195. You've editted ICONS.GIF more than once.
196. You have separate subdirectories below \CIV2 for KINGS and VIDEO, yet you always turn sounds and video off.
197. You cannot remember the last time you watched a Wonder video all the way through.
198. You've ripped your own WAV files to improve the built-in sounds.
199. Youve written your own language files (like .FRE and .GER) to translate the labels and screens into more languages.
#200--You paint the tech tree on the wall behind your computer.
#201--You paint the unit and improvement specs on your ceiling.
#202--You no longer watch the History Channel-you know everything from reading the Civilopedia.
Edit: also b/c of the 1000s of scenarios you've played
Further edit: You goof off in history class for the same reasons
#201--You paint the unit and improvement specs on your ceiling.
#202--You no longer watch the History Channel-you know everything from reading the Civilopedia.
Edit: also b/c of the 1000s of scenarios you've played
Further edit: You goof off in history class for the same reasons
Old n Slow
Emperor
204. Your sole excuse for buying Civ III was that it came bundled with Civ II.
205. Your basis of quality for a computer game store is if they still carry Civ II.
206. Then you patronize said store by purchasing yet another copy of the game (under the auspices of a future gift of course.)
205. Your basis of quality for a computer game store is if they still carry Civ II.
206. Then you patronize said store by purchasing yet another copy of the game (under the auspices of a future gift of course.)
Bose
Antipodean
207. You get lecturers putting corrections all through your paper because you keep spelling Civilisation with a 'Z'
(note: only applicable in those countries that spell it with an 'S'!)
(note: only applicable in those countries that spell it with an 'S'!)
funxus
Orange Cycloptic Blob
208. You get distracted every time you read the word Civilis(z)ation when writing the national (standard?) test in English.
anarchywrksbest
Deity
209. You get into a fight and check to see if your opponent is a 'veteran' or not.
TheViking
The world is not enough
210. When you hear on the news that the US bribed some Iraqi generals not to fight you are not surprised - you already knew this.
Pasi Nurminen
Deity
211. You wonder why Saddam isn't rush building spearmen to counter american tanks.
funxus
Orange Cycloptic Blob
That's probably one way to tell that you've played too much Civ3 and not Civ 2
Ren
Communist Nazi
#215: You've given up trying to kick your habit of spelling civilization with an s (this one applies to me).
Ren
Communist Nazi
#216: You know that real life can't compare (takes a while, but everyone realises sooner or later
)217. When people say "Save the whales" you reply "Dam right - we need the shields"
218. Watching the History Channel, you wonder why the Egyptians even had granaries since they had the Pyramids.
219. Your boss wakes you up at a meeting and you give him the financial advisors "bullish" speech.
220. He likes it.
221. You try to reassure nervous flight passengers with "It's simple, 5 spaces out - 5 spaces back"
222. When people ask if you like jazz you blurt out "Leos Workshop!"
223. When you read the U.S. is sending in paratroopers, you wonder if the pentagon received a message "Only ground units can occupy a city"
224. You half-expected to see general Franks come back from the gulf stagggering around with a goblet.
(LOL @ 59, 61, 69 & 140)
218. Watching the History Channel, you wonder why the Egyptians even had granaries since they had the Pyramids.
219. Your boss wakes you up at a meeting and you give him the financial advisors "bullish" speech.
220. He likes it.
221. You try to reassure nervous flight passengers with "It's simple, 5 spaces out - 5 spaces back"
222. When people ask if you like jazz you blurt out "Leos Workshop!"
223. When you read the U.S. is sending in paratroopers, you wonder if the pentagon received a message "Only ground units can occupy a city"
224. You half-expected to see general Franks come back from the gulf stagggering around with a goblet.
(LOL @ 59, 61, 69 & 140)
Marlos
Christian Soldier
225) It's warm outside, and you have to stop and ponder whether going out and doing something is better than playing Civ.
TheViking
The world is not enough
226) ... but quickly conclude that playing Civ is far better.
Old n Slow
Emperor
227) What ... you guys even notice the weather outside?
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