Lost Time

Have you ever lost track of time playing Civ?

  • Often

    Votes: 64 68.1%

  • Sometimes

    Votes: 22 23.4%

  • Never

    Votes: 1 1.1%

  • You do things other than play civ?

    Votes: 7 7.4%
  • Total voters
    94
For all three civs there have been at least 1 movie I wanted to watch but missed. I forget what they are though. I also has the JOMT(just 1 more turn) syndrome. I can play hours after I want to stop.
 
LOL, I start at 6p.m. and the just one more turn kicks in at 2 am and by 6 am I'm so googly-eyed, that I HAVE to go to bed. Not by choice, my body starts to shut down...

I wonder if someone will ever file a class action lawsuit against Firaxis because of this??? LOL "I got fired from my job and lost my house cause of civ, gimme $20,000,000"...
 
You're in Canada. That's probably not as lawsuit hungary as the U.S.
 
I've been late to work because of civ before. Its kind of scary how involved I get with the game -- its kind of like that Wendy's commercial where the guy is eating a cheeseburger while his house burns down around him. :cool:
 
this is a true addiction.

I've lied to cover the habit

I've stolen time to fund the next dose

I'm traveling next week so I get to go cold turkey in a CIV detox centre.
 
I am the same way. I started playing one Saturday morning at 10:00am, fully planning to only play for 30 minutes, then get up show,and make a productive day, next thing I now, it 2:15! So then I figured the day was pretty muich shot, so I just played for anouth 6 hours :p Last night I played 5 hours, when I should have been studying for my finals next week.
 
Finals? Summer semesters are horrible... especially in Michigan (is there another Hockey Town?). They interfere w/ civ-playing time. :cool:
 
Just one more turn is a horrible, horrible disease. I think there should be some form of helpline set up. Though in such a case all those who need it will be victim to that one 'last' turn and unable to use the phone.

I vote 'often', then.
 
I was playing last month, took a break to make dinner. Put the meal(pizza) in the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes. Sat down and continued my turn. Suddenly, the timer rings. I look at my roommate in confusion and ask him how long it had been since I came back into the room. He said about 5 minutes (he was also playing PTW).
Confused, I went to the kitchen to retrieve my meal. The pie was woefully undercooked. I set the timer for another 15 minutes. Sit back down. *Ding* "Dammit, I didn't even get a full turn in!!"
"How long was I back in the room this time ?"
"I dunno, 5 minutes ?"

We actually ended up placing the timer next to a clock to check to see if it was right :crazyeye:


Yes, the timer kept correct track of time :love:
 
Originally posted by wildWolverine
(is there another Hockey Town?).
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None other.

Are you Michigan Raised, or just here for college?
 
Michiganian born and bred (and at UM).

My worst time loss was when I promised to meet my friend at the bar at 10:00. I sat down around 9, thinking I could get a few turns in before heading out. He called at about 11:00, asking where I was. I couldn't explain my that my absence was due to a computer game... :ack:
 
I go to school 5 miles down the road from you at EMU. :goodjob:

What city are you from?

\BAck when I was younger, and playing the original Civ. I would stay uptill 5am in the summer playing. Often-times I would be so into a game, I would not realize how long I was playing until the sun came up! But, now that I have a real job AND school, I try to turn off the comp around 12:30am.
 
I often get completely lost. My worst experience so far is a Civ2 game a couple of years ago. I started playing at 10:00 pm and kept on going until 2:00 am. That was about two hours longer than I had planned, so, just a few turns more...

Next thing I knew, it was 5:45 am and I was in trouble! The computer is in our bedroom and the wife gets up at 6:00 am. I just couldn't let her know I'd been playing all night!
I quickly saved, turned off and got into bed before she woke up.
Luckily I didn't have to go to work until 9:00 am, so at least I got two hours of sleep...

I can't say I was exactly happy when she wanted to go to the movies the next evening! We didn't go, I'm still Civ:ing and we're still married (17 years this weekend)!
 
My future wife will definitely need to be able to deal w/ Civ all nighters -- sometimes they are inescapable. Superstitions about the RNG abound... "I'm winning every battle now. If I close the game, I'll lose my streak," etc. :rolleyes:

My "city" would better be described as farmland down near the Ohio border.
 
I always lost time while i am playing,this is most addictive game i have ever played.
Now i have always clock in my sight and sometimes my wife wakes me to real life (but i still love her) :love:
 
The problem for me is, I know exactly how long ive been playing, but that doesnt make any difference to me when i am playing
 
civ3 has yet to beat my all time record of lost time which is 24 hours of Black and White. That was the fastest day ive ever been through.

But Civ3 definitley makes that clock spin fast and I hate it. 4 hours just doesnt seem like 4 hours anymore.

But this whold conversation brings up the phiosophical question "why does time fly when your having fun?"
 
Umm. . . .right.


Okay, I get what you're saying now. . . Damn. . . it's too early and I need more caffine. . .
 
I came home from church one night, around 9 pm. I decided to play some Civ before I went to bed. When I saw daylight outside the window, I knew I was in trouble.
 
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