Funniest moment in CivIII?

[Justin_Sane]

Surely there's been something you did in one game that just made you laugh hysterically, even if it was just because of how early you were up playing the game. So go on, share!

I'd have to say that mine was a couple nights ago when I was playing a game with only my Russians (Soviets, as they were Communists by that time ), the Americans, and the Celts remaining after intensive warfare. I had a MPP with the Americans and... you know, I'll just cut to the chase since this is boring.

The Celts declared war on me to stop my spaceship and decided to send a fleet of ships at my ports, which all were storing my tactical nuke arsenal. I launched one in the center, and they all disappeared! Just completely vanished from the face of the earth!

 

[Leha]

I had only moments when I wanted to cry hysteically , for example when I forget to clear trade table and offer AI World map , Saltpeter , Military tradition and 523 gold as a token of good will

 

[NeonInfusion]

I have a moment, if you consider funny as in [me going insane] funny. I was the Persians, pumping out Immortals and such, expanding as I went. Then, all of a sudden...out pops a Greek Medieval Infantry! [dun-dun-dun!] Before this happened, I figured I was doing good, tech rate at 70%, and then I see it. I'm like "Holy crap!", cuz at that time, I was a little past the middle of the Ancient Age, and they're in Medieval Times. I quit out of craziness.

 

[Obssesed Nuker]

Originally posted by Justin_Sane

The Celts declared war on me to stop my spaceship and decided to send a fleet of ships at my ports, which all were storing my tactical nuke arsenal. I launched one in the center, and they all disappeared! Just completely vanished from the face of the earth!

Wow the nuke actually destroyed something

 

[silver 2039]

Probably when the fierce English army landed one regular warrior in Germany and terrorized all of Europe. It was the modern age.

 

[Mano3]

On the leader-head screen, when the Japanese told me to, "Go boil my head." I'd have to rate that one up there with the 'garbage picker' insult.

 

[NeonInfusion]

I've got another funny moment. I posted this on one of SolarFlare's threads. I once played an elimination game. I went to war against a civ. I took one of their cities, and, being the benevolent ruler I am, I decided to give it back, not remembering that I was playing Elimination style. When I gave it to the other civ, I suffered a "humiliating defeat".

 

[Rubberjello]

I was playing the Dino-Barbs scenario. There was a village between my opponent and I. My borders expanded first and popped the hut, spewing 3 very angry-looking Raptors (4.4.2) Without a move towards my town, they attacked his town the next turn, killing 2 defenders and pillaging the town a total of 3 times over the next 2 turns.

(Well, it wasn't ROFL funny, but worth a chuckle!)

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

I got a good chuckle when I had the foreign advisor tell me this(and he looks pretty worried about it too )

 

[Amon]

funnyest game i ever played was a warlord level with tiny map and pangaea ... i started to expand quickly and i mean with real haste ... as i did not counter any opposition i started to slow down when i had about 12 cities ... and i got intrested ... where are the other civs ... and then there was this moment of silence that was followed by my endless laughter ... in the same turn i got a message that germans where destoyed by the english and as i built my 13 city i got a domination victory +)+)+)+)+) the deal was (i looked the replay) that there was 2 continents and one of them was big as hell --- mine and the other one was small and had spawn points for english french and germans =)=)

 

[Suleiman Pasha]

Originally posted by NeonInfusion
I've got another funny moment. I posted this on one of SolarFlare's threads. I once played an elimination game. I went to war against a civ. I took one of their cities, and, being the benevolent ruler I am, I decided to give it back, not remembering that I was playing Elimination style. When I gave it to the other civ, I suffered a "humiliating defeat".

When u you took one of their cities you probably had two options either raze it or have a new governor posted there. SInce you said you gave it back I am sure you posted a new governor and in the next turn or the same turn you gave it back. My question is after you took the city shouldn't the civ had lost??

 

[Wafna]

I had my best game ever last night, and my first domination victory (Persia, Regent). B.C, I managed to wipe out the Indians, Germans and Aztecs and took over the largest continent on the map by far.

Shorty after I had fully established myself over the continent, the Zulu demanded tribute. They were on a different continent, and I had about three times the points as them, so naturally I refused. Shaka declared war, which was funny in itself.

They never attacked, and about ten turns later, Shaka offered a peace treaty. In my counter-proposal, I got him to give me what little gold and tech he had, his world map, and a city on his continent! If only war were always so easy!

The city he gave me became the launch pad for attacking the Zulus and Greeks. I was in Modern Times, and they were both still in the Middle Ages. First I moved 32 tanks to the city (town, actually) on transports and waited to get Synthetic Fiber. When that happened, I upgraded all the tanks to modern armor, switched from Democracy to Communism, and went to work.

There's nothing more satisfying than fighting Impi and Hoplites with modern armor. They also had a few cavalry, but come on!!!

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Last weekend, I was playing with raging barbs. I had a warrior scouting the countryside, and more and more barb warriors started chasing him. At one point I had about 15 barbs on my warriors tail. It looked like the Keystone Kops. I finally ran right by another civs' city and the barbs lost interest in my guy and ransacked the city.

 

[NeonInfusion]

@Suleiman Pasha: The civ I went to war with was the Mongols. Yes, when I took the city, they lost, but, I gave it to RUSSIA. I posted incorrectly. And then, I suffered a "humiliating defeat".

 

[Belial]

Got to be the game I just started to play.

I wanted to try the Spanish out as I've never really gotten to far with this particular civ and I mainly play on diety.

The barbs and map were set to random to give more suprise to the game, and suprise was what I really got...

Around 3000 BC I discover the Persians are right next door to me, this alone was pretty scary as they're a fairly dangerous civ, especially early in the game with their great UU but I figure I have enough time to expand and gather up enough defense/counter offense to hold my own. The same turn I discover the Greeks off into the jungle and this makes the game even more interesting. I have the best offensive early unit in the game vs. the best defensive unit early in the game. Definately a suprise I wouldn't have expected, but the Greeks aren't a very aggressive civ, so I was I wasn't very worried, ah yes... the suprises to come.

About after I had laid my 3rd city down, the Greeks declared war on me! Sneak attack, right at the capital which was defended by one (1!) warrior who defended against two attacking Greek warriors. The first battle was edgy, a chop and a HP down I go, a second one and another HP gone... oh great, I've got to turn 2500 BC or so and I have to reset, but nope! the warrior defends the next blows and promotes! gaining two more HPs and another warrior tries to attack across the river which loses straight up, the Hoplite was next and probably the beginning of their GA if they wanted to risk it and win, but they don't (stupid, stupid AI) and so the hoplite leaves, ahhh, so I fended off the invading Greeks, joy! I put out a spearmen and set him into the mountainous lands towards the Greeks, hopefully their warriors and archers can commit suicide against this lone spearmen as he cackles and tosses his spear at the suiciding Greeks... So, I set out to get my fourth settler out and he gets into place, the war with Greeks going well, holding my own and on diety which is quite a suprise to begin with. The real suprise comes next, not one turn after I had laid the city down, the Persians declare on me, the city has no defense in it and is razed to the ground, not only do I have the best defensive unit in the game up against me, but now the best offensive unit in the early game. This is when I decided to call the game quits, both sides with a war which I could probably not hold, but I definately consider this my most bizarre and funny start I have ever had.

 

[Rik Meleet]

Originally posted by Amon
funnyest game i ever played was a warlord level with tiny map and pangaea ... i started to expand quickly and i mean with real haste ... as i did not counter any opposition i started to slow down when i had about 12 cities ... and i got intrested ... where are the other civs ... and then there was this moment of silence that was followed by my endless laughter ... in the same turn i got a message that germans where destoyed by the english and as i built my 13 city i got a domination victory +)+)+)+)+) the deal was (i looked the replay) that there was 2 continents and one of them was big as hell --- mine and the other one was small and had spawn points for english french and germans =)=)

That is absolutely hilarious. Have you got any saves ? I'd like to try to get an easy always war, no units allowed, domination victory.

 

[Sickler]

I played this WWII scenario, with no unit stat changes...

I was Germany, and I invaded a Norweigian city (Oslo, I think; I try to conform to history, but it's hard). English attacked with two infantry, lost one and took over the city with a 2-hp veteran Infantry. Russians were allied with me (I gave them Fission), they sent 8 riflemen, 3 Infantry, 4 Tanks to attack the 2-hp Infantry unit. Guess what? All the Russian troop got destroyed! One after another. And the Infantry was still at veteran experience at the end of the battle! Oslo was small enough (4 or 5 size population, IIRC) to give little defense bonus, and although I forgot whether it was on grassland or tundra, it doesn't matter... 10% defense bonus leaves the Infantry with 11 defense.

BTW, I killed the Infantry with a Panzer afterward. When you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.

 

[Smellincoffee]

I was playing on the Standard World map, as the Aztecs. I had claimed North America and CA as my own, and decided to push the Iroquious out of South America. After brutal war for all of their cities, I gathered my knight Armies, reached Centralia...and walked in. NO defenders. o_O

 

[Eastern Knight]

Originally posted by SuperBeaverInc.
I got a good chuckle when I had the foreign advisor tell me this(and he looks pretty worried about it too )

 

[Bookworm]

This one game, I was next to the Persians, and every turn ol' Jerkxes demanded tribute, to my constant and unyielding refusal. This lasted 20 turns, and did he declare war? Nope.