Of course, of course. I've had trouble finding anything that is a decent replacement for Civilization, so if you have any suggestions...
It's just...when it comes to addicting games, man, nothing is like Civilization. I more excited for Civ V than I have been for anything, videogame or otherwise, for a long time. A slight disappointment was expected coming from BTS, but for the game to go so far as to be near unplayable for me--its just heartbreaking. And not just because my lofty expectations weren't met, but because I'm not alone, because there are scores of people on this forum and likely elsewhere that are just as disappointed as I am, because it's not just a matter of me not "getting" the game but that Civ V has fundamentally alienated a significant part of its fanbase. I don't know how, I don't know why, but the lackluster reception is there.
And so, I'm still here, trying to figure out what went wrong, desperately wanting to like the game, hoping against hope that the devs are reading this, or that some miracle patch is going fix things. In my head, I figure the game is doomed, no amount of patching is going to make this mess appeal to the people who are disappointed. I'm hoping for a surprise but that hope is pretty much at it's critical mass. I'm just waiting for Civ VI at this point.