1000 ways you know you've played Civ2 too much when...

[MikeLynch]

309. Your current wife does play Civ2.

310. Your wife plays Civ2 because she knows multiplayer mode is her only chance of interacting with you.

And some more...

311. You see absolutely nothing wrong with mixing Roman and Indian architecture.

312. Isthmuses (isthmi?) excite you.

313. You actually know the correct plural of "isthmus."

314. You have ever used the names of obscure Aztec or Zulu cities in conversation solely to impress someone. (yeah, that'd be me)

315. You anticipate the release of the Civ2 source code more than your wedding, your kids' births, world peace, etc.

316. You vividly remember where you were when you first met the Civ franchise.

317. You have a sign on your door that says "Absolutely no scribes allowed."

318. You have ever wept openly (from joy or despair) at something occurring during a Civ2 game. C'mon, fess up.

319. While reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when you got to the part where Slartibartfast expresses pride in the fjords he designed, you thought to yourself, "I know just what you mean, man."

 

[The Person]

320. You draw a paralel between all the wars in the world and the way the AI hates no matter what you do.

321. You don't get bored by reading this thread.

322. You wonder why this thread hasn't reached 1000 yet.

 

[MikeLynch]

323. You've ever gone to a Renaissance Festival with the express purpose of locating the actors who played the advisors.

 

[scloopy]

324 - Your husband tells your Grandchildren to be ready to get off the computer, because Grandma gets upset if she has and idea for Civ II and someone is on the computer.

325 - You build another computer so no one will bother you anymore when you are playing Civ II.

326 - You Grandson's teacher calls to remind you that you are suppose to pick him up at school and school has been out for an hour.

 

[The Person]

327 - You have played Civ2 since it first came out.

328 - You have bought Civ3, but still stick to Civ2.

329 - You list up a lot of more or less lame reasons to like Civ2 better than Civ3...

330 - ...and make other people do the same.

 

[MikeLynch]

331- You have ever written up a historical timeline charting your civ's progression.

332- You have written up such a timeline, shared the text file with a friend, and been shocked when the friend wasn't fascinated by it.

333- You have friends who actually ARE fascinated by it!

 

[Cactus_Jack]

334 Wonder what would happen if the CIV AI ran the world?

335 Everytime you see a chruch you think of it as a civ 3 temple there to stop the people from rioting.

 

[MikeLynch]

336- You think the U.S. Senate makes all its decisions by flipping a coin.

 

[naminator]

45. When you start to find the foreign affairs minister quite tasty
46. when you start humming that goddam background theme
47.When your stuck on 47 and trying to think of an original suggestion that no one else has covered

 

[The Person]

Uh, naminator? The last was 336.

 

[Wartavia]

When your 'friends' stab you in the back and you tell everyone you've been 'Sneak Attacked'.

 

[covok48]

340. Instead of partying while in college, your idea of an exciting night in college is staying up all night to play civ 2.

341. You wonder how workers in agriculture are decreasing in number when the total population is growing...

342. You wonder how there can be multiple churches (cathederals) in one city.

 

[Marlos]

343. You think that you will score well in this month's GOTM, until you find out what little tricks Duke had in store for you.

Note: #342 was not skipped. I posted to correct covok's mistake in the numbering and I added one for Wartavia's unnumbered post.

 

[CaptTuttle]

Originally posted by The Person
Uh, naminator? The last was 336.

#344
Naminator's mistake makes sense, he typed up examples 45,46,& 47, then started playing CIVII and just took a couple of months to hit the submit reply key

 

[yoshi]

#345

You refer to Sid Miere as the the almighty.

 

[scloopy]

#346

You have to build another computer because you got your husband hooked too.

 

[CCA]

# 346
You have gotten grounded by telling your parents you live in a "despotism" and it would be better if it was a "democracy"( more science=better test results) or "communism"(chores are shared)

#347 you realise that you got yourself grounded because of your desire to get good exam marks

# 348 you wonder why it hasnt reached 1000 yet

# 349 you realise if people repeat posts enough we would be able to get to 1000 in an hour

# 350 you realise if people repeat posts enough we would be able to get to 1000 in an hour

 

[funxus]

Originally posted by FranciscoHernan
# 346
You have gotten grounded by telling your parents you live in a "despotism" and it would be better if it was a "democracy"(you work 50% faster) or "communism"(chores are shared)

Are you sure you are in the right forum? "work 50% faster" sounds like a civ3 phenomenon...

 

[CCA]

Errr sorry funxus getting slightly confused between civ 2 and 3

 

[funxus]

You're not the first.