I've been wondering for a while, what are people's stories of how they got into this great game. It'd be interesting for everybody to know how each other got their start. Here's mine:
Ancient Age of my Civ Playing
I was living the normal life of a twelve year old, when my whole world was changed. I was an avid Sim City player, but one of my friends kept insisting that I HAD to try a cool game, where you started off as a primitive tribe and built an empire from it.
"Cool." I said, "Could I try it?"
"I suppose, but you'd have to trade me something."
So I traded several of my favorite games. Before I got it, I researched. I came to this very site 2 years ago to research the game.
I decided to play as the Germans, because science sounded like a good thing, I wanted to fight, and tanks are cool.
So I loaded the game on my old computer. I played the first game in a huge jungle world, got bored after building three cities. Every day, I would try again, but my short attention span kept defeating me.
I stopped playing for a few weeks, then was given a piece of advice by my friend.
"Try the Persians." he said, "They're better. And you're not funding science."
So I started a game as the Persians. I built a nation and, for the first time, made it into the medieval age. I was intrigued by the new music, and continued playing. I had accidentally taken a choke point, which had shrunken the two civs on the south of my continent. Things looked good, until I made a fatal mistake. I taught my sister how to play the game. She hated it, then deleted my game. She claims it was an accident, but you never know.
I went ballistic.
"I spent so long on that! AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!"
In the ensuing struggle, I lost computer priveleges. But when I got back, I knew that I wouldn't lose a game again. I saved my new game in two places, then played. The boredom, however, continued to cut my games short. However, in them, I gained experience. I became a Warlord player. I dreamed of Diety.
Medieval Age of my Civ Playing
After my many incomplete games, I started one more game as the Persians. I quickly dispatched the Romans, then realized that I ruled half of the world. I built up a mighty army, but did not attack Egypt and Greece on the southern continent. I made it to the Industrial age! I was thrilled. I got communism, then tanks. I did a MA with Egypt against Greece. While Cleopatera was occupied, I advanced to the modern age. I celebrated, and smelled victory. I sent a massive tank force over the sea to destroy Egypt while building a spaceship back on the home continent. The game ended 8 turns before launch. But I was jubilant. I had won my very first game of Civilization!
After that, I played many games, winning all those which I didn't abandon. I moved up to regent difficulty. That was the dawn of my first golden age of Civing. But it would not last. I had to return Civ to my friend. For a year, I played Starcraft and Age of Mythology. Civilization lay forgotten in the darkest depths of my hard drive.
Industrial Age of my Civ Playing
After going on a trip to Edmonton, I returned with a very valuable prize. Civ 3 Conquests. I installed it on my new computer. (XP, ahh, I can run large games now!) My first game was as the Ottomans. I played well, but got dogpiled by everyone else before reaching Sipahis. I quit before I was totally destroyed. I played many more games, playing around with all of the expansion features. I tried a few conquests, but could never persevere. I still, however, played Civ regularly. But everything changed one day in June.
Modern Age of my Civ Playing
I was sitting around in computer class, surfing the net like everyone else. (We were supposed to be drafing in 3D
) I searched the words Civ 3, and came across an interesting forum site. It had information on everything about Civilization. I was fascinated, particularly by the stories. I read one, and posted my response. The story was Das' 'By a Single Decision'. I read many other stories, then was inspired to write my own. It is 'Empire of Greece', and is still running as I write this.
Off of the internet, I was playing many hotseat games with my recently converted friends. My skill was rapidly improving by taking hints from experts like Tr1cky and BasketCase. I recently won my first monarch game as Sumer, and am doing well on an emperor game.
Very recently, I decided to read the NES forum. I learned about the NESes, and was instantly inspired to join a few. I now participate in several, and enjoy it greatly.
So that's my tale. Please post yours here, 'cause it's fun hearing other people's stories, and we all know how much we love to talk about ourselves.
Ancient Age of my Civ Playing
I was living the normal life of a twelve year old, when my whole world was changed. I was an avid Sim City player, but one of my friends kept insisting that I HAD to try a cool game, where you started off as a primitive tribe and built an empire from it.
"Cool." I said, "Could I try it?"
"I suppose, but you'd have to trade me something."
So I traded several of my favorite games. Before I got it, I researched. I came to this very site 2 years ago to research the game.
I decided to play as the Germans, because science sounded like a good thing, I wanted to fight, and tanks are cool.
So I loaded the game on my old computer. I played the first game in a huge jungle world, got bored after building three cities. Every day, I would try again, but my short attention span kept defeating me.
I stopped playing for a few weeks, then was given a piece of advice by my friend.
"Try the Persians." he said, "They're better. And you're not funding science."
So I started a game as the Persians. I built a nation and, for the first time, made it into the medieval age. I was intrigued by the new music, and continued playing. I had accidentally taken a choke point, which had shrunken the two civs on the south of my continent. Things looked good, until I made a fatal mistake. I taught my sister how to play the game. She hated it, then deleted my game. She claims it was an accident, but you never know.
I went ballistic.
"I spent so long on that! AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!"
In the ensuing struggle, I lost computer priveleges. But when I got back, I knew that I wouldn't lose a game again. I saved my new game in two places, then played. The boredom, however, continued to cut my games short. However, in them, I gained experience. I became a Warlord player. I dreamed of Diety.
Medieval Age of my Civ Playing
After my many incomplete games, I started one more game as the Persians. I quickly dispatched the Romans, then realized that I ruled half of the world. I built up a mighty army, but did not attack Egypt and Greece on the southern continent. I made it to the Industrial age! I was thrilled. I got communism, then tanks. I did a MA with Egypt against Greece. While Cleopatera was occupied, I advanced to the modern age. I celebrated, and smelled victory. I sent a massive tank force over the sea to destroy Egypt while building a spaceship back on the home continent. The game ended 8 turns before launch. But I was jubilant. I had won my very first game of Civilization!
After that, I played many games, winning all those which I didn't abandon. I moved up to regent difficulty. That was the dawn of my first golden age of Civing. But it would not last. I had to return Civ to my friend. For a year, I played Starcraft and Age of Mythology. Civilization lay forgotten in the darkest depths of my hard drive.
Industrial Age of my Civ Playing
After going on a trip to Edmonton, I returned with a very valuable prize. Civ 3 Conquests. I installed it on my new computer. (XP, ahh, I can run large games now!) My first game was as the Ottomans. I played well, but got dogpiled by everyone else before reaching Sipahis. I quit before I was totally destroyed. I played many more games, playing around with all of the expansion features. I tried a few conquests, but could never persevere. I still, however, played Civ regularly. But everything changed one day in June.
Modern Age of my Civ Playing
I was sitting around in computer class, surfing the net like everyone else. (We were supposed to be drafing in 3D
) I searched the words Civ 3, and came across an interesting forum site. It had information on everything about Civilization. I was fascinated, particularly by the stories. I read one, and posted my response. The story was Das' 'By a Single Decision'. I read many other stories, then was inspired to write my own. It is 'Empire of Greece', and is still running as I write this.Off of the internet, I was playing many hotseat games with my recently converted friends. My skill was rapidly improving by taking hints from experts like Tr1cky and BasketCase. I recently won my first monarch game as Sumer, and am doing well on an emperor game.
Very recently, I decided to read the NES forum. I learned about the NESes, and was instantly inspired to join a few. I now participate in several, and enjoy it greatly.
So that's my tale. Please post yours here, 'cause it's fun hearing other people's stories, and we all know how much we love to talk about ourselves.
that a friend of mine said was good for anyone interested in history.
Still, I picked up CTP2 when it came out. About that time I had regular internet access, if only dialup, so I went looking for information about patches. (I knew there *had* to be patches - it was just too buggy by itself.) I found Apolyton, and finally, I had a place I could go to stay up-to-date about Civ.
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Since then, I have watched PTW come, and get blasted, and patched, and I was part of the Conquests Beta-Test Team. Now I am awaiting Civ4 with bated breath.
