How did you get civ3??
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Amenhotep7
Spartiate
It was very strange. I happened to wander into this place with many strange boxes. One of these strange boxes had "Civilization III" on it. Wanting to delve further in this conundrum, I asked a local. He stood behind a counter, and spoke this strange tongue called "English". Not understanding his incoherent babbling, I instinctively pulled out some green paper as a sign of good will, and wondering if we could trade. The native was fascinated by the green colorization of the paper, and seemed to be fascinated how there could be a face depicted with such accuracy upon said paper bills. I was able to walk out, both of us richer in our own ways, and I wondering if I would ever encounter a tribe so strange as they.
I bought it.
I bought it.
NeonInfusion
I live for Conquests.
That's hard.I first got my Civilization III disc from the library. I borrowed it, because it looked "intruiging". After playing for some many hours, I returned it, and bought Civilization III and PTW, and Conquests. It was quite the harrowing journey.
valamas
Prince
Bought two sets of Civ3 Gold + Conquests. One for me, the other for my dad
warpstorm
Yumbo? Yumbo!
I bought it and all the expansions. I also got all the expansions for free - never can have too many copies I say.
MrRats...wow! 8 is pretty early to start playing a game like Civilization. Trading tech to the Zulus just to make them happy probably wasn't too bad a thing to do...I'd hate to think that Civilization might teach you NOT to share 
I started playing Civ 1 when I found it on a computer in the computer lab during my first or second year of college (we had 386s back then!). I was hooked, and spent way too much time in the library not studying. Civ II I bought when it came out. SMAC was an awesome game that I played after I graduated from college. Civ III I waited until about a month ago, and got it for $10 from the internet.
Yeah, now that I'm OLD (32), and can wait until the latest game is also old and I can find it in the bargain bin, I save a lot of money on PC games.
DD
I started playing Civ 1 when I found it on a computer in the computer lab during my first or second year of college (we had 386s back then!). I was hooked, and spent way too much time in the library not studying. Civ II I bought when it came out. SMAC was an awesome game that I played after I graduated from college. Civ III I waited until about a month ago, and got it for $10 from the internet.
Yeah, now that I'm OLD (32), and can wait until the latest game is also old and I can find it in the bargain bin, I save a lot of money on PC games.
DD
warpstorm
Yumbo? Yumbo!
You aren't old, DD. (If you were old you would buy everything now, because you might not be around to play it when the price drops).
SesnOfWthr
True Believer
I originally got hooked on Civ2 on the Playstation by a "friend" (damn him!). I saw Civ3 on sale at Circuit City for $10 and bought it around Xmastime. It only took about a month before I realized I HAD to have C3C, and bought it at my local gamestop for $30.
Easily the best $40 investment I have ever made.
Easily the best $40 investment I have ever made.
Jamesds
Great Scientist
I'm 'only' 15, and have enjoyed CivNet (windows version of civ1) since the age of 7/8. It was my favourite game, then I got Civ2, and for my birthday only 1 and a half years ago, I got Civ3! And the best part was I got Conquests for my Christmas 2003/2004 present, when I thought I didn't have the right computer spec to run it! I was so happy!
I can still remember in CivNet, wondering why little black 'clouds' (actually pollution) appeared every so often in the industrial age, and when I built my cities in a nice pattern, why they all starved. And doing OCC in Civ2 nearly all the time on Chieftain, and when I felt like it, building another city or two. The turning point came when I found CivFanatics, all the strategy has shaped my Civ playing into more advanced. So, that's my life story!
I can still remember in CivNet, wondering why little black 'clouds' (actually pollution) appeared every so often in the industrial age, and when I built my cities in a nice pattern, why they all starved. And doing OCC in Civ2 nearly all the time on Chieftain, and when I felt like it, building another city or two. The turning point came when I found CivFanatics, all the strategy has shaped my Civ playing into more advanced. So, that's my life story!
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
I walked into a store, pulled out my money, and bought it 
LordKestrel
King
I preorded the special fancy collectors editon in the tin box once that version was announced.
Binnor
High Prince
A friend had a pirated copy of Civ3. I started playing and within a week I was so hooked I went and brought my own (legal) copy. Who says piracy isn't good for publishers?
There is no way I could get it in Indonesia. I even contact Atari, and they couldnt give a good answer. I had to contact my brother for C3C. BTW, my brother who have been studied in US, brought Civ III around 2 ago. I have been wondering how to get Civ IV. ask my younger brother again 
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