Bleys
Deity
Hmm, havent even noticed. Not something that makes a difference to me, I suppose, but I will start checking spelling formats when I play, and let you know., heh.
Civ IV Complete
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texasnightowl
Chieftain
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I haven't noticed any spelling differences either.
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
I once was addicted to Ultima Online many years ago... then one day I had an epiphany... I was paying $10/month so that I could sit on my computer for hours a day hitting the same key over and over to mine some ore so I could go to my workshop and make some armor, to make more money, so that I could go back to "work" the next day, hit the same key and get more ore...
What was I thinking?
CivIV is much more... well... "civilized".
Having said that, I bought CivIV as each one came out... (Vanilla, Warlords, BtS). It'd almost be worth it to buy it again just to get it on one DVD (if that's the case).
What was I thinking?
CivIV is much more... well... "civilized".
Having said that, I bought CivIV as each one came out... (Vanilla, Warlords, BtS). It'd almost be worth it to buy it again just to get it on one DVD (if that's the case).
King Flevance
Deity
yeah lotro was fun I tried the demo. Monster play is a cool idea but I think I came in right as they nerfed the monsters. But I only had 7 days so couldnt really get a good look. was fun raiding the halfling village and a couple towers though.
My fav so far is CoH. I just wish the pvp had a point though. And I am very curious about Warhammer.
RulerOfDaPeople
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I just read a report on yahoo yesterday about a couple that got devorced because of WoW. The wife had bought the game for her husband as a (birthday?) gift and he got addicted and would completely neglect the rest of his life so bad that he stopped going to work and paying the bills and doing his house chores, let alone he would always ignore her. So she divorced him. Her quote was, "I'm real and you're giving me up for a fantasy world!?"
And the real thing about all this that makes me taken back is that they had been together as friends since they were 13 years old, and WoW completely severred all of that.
She had also been an employing for WoW developer Blizzard so she knew better than to play the game herself. She saw how the game was set up to never end and never accomplish anything. Basically they set it up like a Drug Dealer would on Crack.
And the real thing about all this that makes me taken back is that they had been together as friends since they were 13 years old, and WoW completely severred all of that.
She had also been an employing for WoW developer Blizzard so she knew better than to play the game herself. She saw how the game was set up to never end and never accomplish anything. Basically they set it up like a Drug Dealer would on Crack.
Catan_Settler
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You really can't blame the game for the way some people obsess over it. I'm willing to bet there was some other issues going on in there if he actually quit his job to play a video game, and if he actually still loved her I really don't see how he could do something like that anyways.... Likely he wasn't in love with or attracted to her any more (hell, he had known the crusty . .. .. .. . since he was 13!) and playing WoW obsessively was just a symptom of that.
That being said, yes MMOs are designed by the devil. They really are deliberately designed to suck away your free time ad infinetum. Most players, however, don't allow them to literally take over their entire lives-- get a divorce, quit their job so they can play 24 hours, etc. Those that do, well... I blame the player, not the game.
That being said, yes MMOs are designed by the devil. They really are deliberately designed to suck away your free time ad infinetum. Most players, however, don't allow them to literally take over their entire lives-- get a divorce, quit their job so they can play 24 hours, etc. Those that do, well... I blame the player, not the game.
LendMeYourTeeth
Professional anti-Mag
Well, you still have to build a "harbor" which is a tad irritating.
Still_Asleep
Warlord
It is always a real life issue that makes you stick to the computer enterily, not the other way around. Once you are addicted, everything else gets worse, and you hide behind your computer even more (the hiding is usually not intended, but subconcious). By then it is a cycle that is very hard to escape. That's why nowadays professional help is offered for addicted gamers/chatters/forumtrolls. The problem is much more serious with onlinegames, where you get some kind of community that can replace your real life relationships wihtout feeling lonely.
Androo
Chieftain
Nicely played. I would bet that American spellings are about 10x more annoying to people used to British spellings than British spellings are to us.
TheWilltoAct
I am observe
eh we (Americans) remove all the useless letters XD
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LendMeYourTeeth
Professional anti-Mag
Curse that Noah Webster.
Though, to be fair, it's not half as annoying as Americanisms being adopted by the British. "You're hired!" Thanks, but I would rather be employed.
Curse that Noah Webster.
Though, to be fair, it's not half as annoying as Americanisms being adopted by the British. "You're hired!" Thanks, but I would rather be employed.
Me also.
In British English the title of the game would be Civilisation!
first time i searched for strategy forums I didn't find much
I'm used to spelling the actual game "Civilization" now but when I'm talking about anything else it's "Civilisation".
