Poll: What game speed do you play?

[Alexfrog]

Normal, because I dont have enough free time to play longer. I'd rather play several games than one longer one.

 

[Nicci]

how exactly do the speeds change the game? does the overall play get stretched out due to tech advances and building taking longer? if that's the case, i can see how a faster game would blow by some units.

another question: do the "slower" speeds make the game significantly longer in real-time?

say you discover 'ironworking' first. in a normal-speed game, you'll have to rush and build swordsman like crazy, to enjoy the fact that you beat the AI to having swordsman. e few turns later and the AI has 'ironworking' too.
in a marathon-speed game, you actually can enjoy the fact that you're ahead, because it will take the AI much longer to also discover 'ironworking'.

 

[karr1255]

Epic most of the time sometimes normal. But marathon is absolutely unbearable and pretty easy if you have a good UU. The AI just can't abuse those like a human player.

 

[Grabnar]

Normal. I used to like the marathon but lost the patience to play it.

 

[Stolen Rutters]

Anything longer than normal takes too long for me. I didn't have enough free time to play more than six complete cIV games this summer. The outdoors are too nice.

 

[xenothaulus]

Anything longer than normal takes too long for me. I didn't have enough free time to play more than six complete cIV games this summer. The outdoors are too nice.

out... doors? wha?

 

[DaviddesJ]

in a marathon-speed game, you actually can enjoy the fact that you're ahead, because it will take the AI much longer to also discover 'ironworking'.

I can't enjoy being ahead. If I'm ahead of the AI, the game is already over, because once I'm ahead I will only get further ahead. So victory is inevitable, and I'm just going through the motions. Tedious, not fun.

Being behind is much more interesting.

 

[Enigma256]

I can't enjoy being ahead. If I'm ahead of the AI, the game is already over, because once I'm ahead I will only get further ahead. So victory is inevitable, and I'm just going through the motions. Tedious, not fun.

Being behind is much more interesting.

i disagree

i like being in front, not as much as Tank vs. Spearman, but i enjoy having the tech advantage.
of course it's easier, but fun nontheless