Leowind
Emperor
An entire game in one (literal) sitting?!? That would be cool
Can't imagine I"ll ever do that. Takes me literally months to finish a game. Enjoy every minute of it, though.
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vladmir_illych_lenin
King
Many hundred times my parents have heard maniacle laughter coming from my room at 6 o'clock in the morning...
shadowdale
CFC Drunkard
I once lost a girlfriend because everytime after sex I got up and started my computer and countinued a game of CIV2!!!
damm damm damm
she was great looking, but at the time the game was more interesting, it's the #1 on Emperor in the Hall of Fame!!
damm damm damm
she was great looking, but at the time the game was more interesting, it's the #1 on Emperor in the Hall of Fame!!
Mechanical_Animal
Chieftain
Sigh....
I'm barely a Stage 2.
Am I lucky or cursed??
I'm barely a Stage 2.
Am I lucky or cursed??
vladmir_illych_lenin
King
No, your lucky! You haven't been possessed by Civ's awesome power.
How bout when you tell your opponents "Its getting late guys and I gotta get up tomorrow"
Then you say "@#$% it.Play on!" cuz you just noticed you have get up in an hour?
Or the "1 more turn syndrome" that turns into 4 more hours cuz 1 turn became 50.
Markstar
Warlord
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Oh this is all so true! When I play a game I just can't stop, even if I set an alarm clock. Finishing a game on a weekend??? No prob, I can't sleep anyways once I started a game. Monday morning I can barely move my hands because my right hand just moved around the mouse a little bit and my left hand stayed with the little finger over the "r" and the indexfinger only moved from "i" to "o". I even keep playing when I got to go to the bathroom; just when I can't hold it anymore I run to the bathroom and return as quick as possible. But at least I lost weight that way because I don't have time to eat anyways.
Oh, and I've been like this for over ten years now.
Oh, and I've been like this for over ten years now.
cadidavid
Chieftain
I guess I am between stage 2 and 3.
But in 98 when I started playing civ multiplayer it was much much worse. I remember a game i played with a guy called John Barbarossa and some other people. We played over 15 hours a day for three consecutive days. I got noseblood of pure exhaustion the third day (but took a napkin and kept on playing).
A funny thing is when playing against americans and they start saying things like: "It's 3 o'clock in the night and we have been playing for a long time, how about saving and going to sleep?"
And I answer "Hey, it's 10am here and I very much don't like the idea of quitting until I've at least crushed the pesky mongols and bulit that wonder and... "
But in 98 when I started playing civ multiplayer it was much much worse. I remember a game i played with a guy called John Barbarossa and some other people. We played over 15 hours a day for three consecutive days. I got noseblood of pure exhaustion the third day (but took a napkin and kept on playing).
A funny thing is when playing against americans and they start saying things like: "It's 3 o'clock in the night and we have been playing for a long time, how about saving and going to sleep?"
And I answer "Hey, it's 10am here and I very much don't like the idea of quitting until I've at least crushed the pesky mongols and bulit that wonder and... "
Sir Bungle
Chieftain
Somebody please tell me how far gone I am.
On saturday I got that 'just one more turn' thing so badly that I managed to complete an entire game on prince level in 1 day and then decided to try again! (I lost Roma to the Zulus and I was mightily @£%$ed off with them), I finished the second game on sunday afternoon and fell asleep on my keyboard!
I don't think I'd have to think very long about choosing between sex and civ though!
On saturday I got that 'just one more turn' thing so badly that I managed to complete an entire game on prince level in 1 day and then decided to try again! (I lost Roma to the Zulus and I was mightily @£%$ed off with them), I finished the second game on sunday afternoon and fell asleep on my keyboard!
I don't think I'd have to think very long about choosing between sex and civ though!
Leowind
Emperor
Sir Bungle, the answer to your first question:
For those in the throes of deep Civ addiction, that might not seem such a foregone conclusion, or might even be a foregone conclusion but in an unexpected direction
So...which is it?...
lies in the answer to your last observation, which you failed to confirm...
For those in the throes of deep Civ addiction, that might not seem such a foregone conclusion, or might even be a foregone conclusion but in an unexpected direction
growthudemocracy
Warlord
brothers, iam a definite 4+ i go into mourning when a game is over. my favorite time is right before industrialzation, when i am building stock exchanges and universities. i do not stop and save the game until my left eye burns and begins twitching. i have bought some eye drops and drink bottled water during my games to extend my tolernce time. last night after my first game on deity my eyes hurt so bad that i wet an ice cube and held it to my eye while closed. man i am pathetic
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"democracy is the worse form of government, except for all the others" winston chruchill
Cedric Greene
King
Well I guess I qualify as level 6 for the following reasons:
1) I called out of work today because I thought my copy of MGE would be arriving today. (it didn't <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/frown.gif" border=0>)
2) Saving? I told my girlfriend that there is no saving, so that at the time I could keep playing, so now I have to finish every game. (Poor me <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>)
3) I work in a slow photo department at a supermarket and spend 6/7 hours there thinking of strategies, new improvements, and the last game of civ I played.
4) I rubbed it in my best friends face that I got a copy of MGE before eToys sold out.
5) I swear out loud everytime I lose a unit. (I also have a 3 month old child in the next room)
6) Since I have found CivFanatics.com I have checked it atleast 8 times a day.
There are buttloads more reasons too but this is taking away from my civ time. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>
oh yeah 7) I also talk (out loud) to the AI when they send emissaries.
[This message has been edited by Cedric Greene (edited February 05, 2001).]
1) I called out of work today because I thought my copy of MGE would be arriving today. (it didn't <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/frown.gif" border=0>)
2) Saving? I told my girlfriend that there is no saving, so that at the time I could keep playing, so now I have to finish every game. (Poor me <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>)
3) I work in a slow photo department at a supermarket and spend 6/7 hours there thinking of strategies, new improvements, and the last game of civ I played.
4) I rubbed it in my best friends face that I got a copy of MGE before eToys sold out.
5) I swear out loud everytime I lose a unit. (I also have a 3 month old child in the next room)
6) Since I have found CivFanatics.com I have checked it atleast 8 times a day.
There are buttloads more reasons too but this is taking away from my civ time. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>
oh yeah 7) I also talk (out loud) to the AI when they send emissaries.
[This message has been edited by Cedric Greene (edited February 05, 2001).]
Cedric Greene
King
I completely forgot the biggest reason I qualify for level six.
8) I have passed up sex 3 times this week because I was in the middle of a Civ game.
I need some severe help.
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"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;" -LotR
8) I have passed up sex 3 times this week because I was in the middle of a Civ game.
I need some severe help.
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"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;" -LotR
penvzila
Prince
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just one question, cedric (dont get offended, how could i know?) but are you male or female?
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"Freeze or the bunny gets it!"
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penvzila@yahoo.com
"Freeze or the bunny gets it!"
Cedric Greene
King
Male, yes I'm sure. heh. Told you I need help
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"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;" -LotR
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"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost;" -LotR
penvzila
Prince
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TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A CIVILIZATION II ADDICT
Hi, my name is Michael and I have a problem. I am 16 years old, and heavily addicted to Civilization, in all of it's forms.
Once, when I was sober, I was an excellent student in the international baccalaureate program a my high school. I had a girlfriend, played basketball, and did my homework. I played the occasional Goldeneye deathmatch and whacked off now and then.
Then...i got a cd from my best friend with hacked copies of Photoshop and Flash 4 on it. I installed these, and noticed another cab file on the CD, entitled c2mge.cab. It was the beginning of the end of my life.
I jumped straight into a full on addiction. I lost my girlfriend, and a full half of a point of my gpa. I get no sleep at night, and have gained 50 pounds in months. My grade in calculus dropped from a 94 to 69.4 in the blink of an eye. I am still in that class by virtue of my charm, good looks, and impeccable history. I can barely sustain a n erection while masturbateing with images of phalanxes and Pyramids and caravans dance in my head.
I wics that i, (parents coming upstairs!)
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penvzila@yahoo.com
"Freeze or the bunny gets it!"
Hi, my name is Michael and I have a problem. I am 16 years old, and heavily addicted to Civilization, in all of it's forms.
Once, when I was sober, I was an excellent student in the international baccalaureate program a my high school. I had a girlfriend, played basketball, and did my homework. I played the occasional Goldeneye deathmatch and whacked off now and then.
Then...i got a cd from my best friend with hacked copies of Photoshop and Flash 4 on it. I installed these, and noticed another cab file on the CD, entitled c2mge.cab. It was the beginning of the end of my life.
I jumped straight into a full on addiction. I lost my girlfriend, and a full half of a point of my gpa. I get no sleep at night, and have gained 50 pounds in months. My grade in calculus dropped from a 94 to 69.4 in the blink of an eye. I am still in that class by virtue of my charm, good looks, and impeccable history. I can barely sustain a n erection while masturbateing with images of phalanxes and Pyramids and caravans dance in my head.
I wics that i, (parents coming upstairs!)
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penvzila@yahoo.com
"Freeze or the bunny gets it!"
Hahahahahahaha Penvzila sounds like your deffently a Civkie.
I myself are at stage 3 but i have bounced around all of them and I am A civkie for all the wright reasons I use it as an escape from my nagging wife "hun come to bed I am naked" "Shhhhh I just BLEW all my units on conquering the French".
yep finally got here but i cant finish all the reasons now.
[This message has been edited by Vedda (edited February 07, 2001).]
I myself are at stage 3 but i have bounced around all of them and I am A civkie for all the wright reasons I use it as an escape from my nagging wife "hun come to bed I am naked" "Shhhhh I just BLEW all my units on conquering the French".
yep finally got here but i cant finish all the reasons now.
[This message has been edited by Vedda (edited February 07, 2001).]
shadowdale
CFC Drunkard
In Danish the word for Marriage and poison is the same!!!
That makes your think - doesnt it?
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That makes your think - doesnt it?
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