Term for playing Civilization?

[Occam's Taser]

Hey there everybody - longtime reader, second post!

I've searched the archives and didn't see an answer...is "Civing" the most popular term for playing Civilization? All these years I've used "civilizing" - surely I haven't been wrong this whole time!

 

[BammBamm]

Personally, I prefer to spell "Civing" Civving, but your results may vary.

Welcome to CivFanatics, Occam, and don't be such a stranger from now on!

 

[ShaqFu]

I've always used "not getting any work done" and "stopping after this one Wonder/tech/invasion finishes, I swear!" as verbs for playing Civ.

 

[salaminizer]

I also like "3 o'clock?? but it was midnight just 5 minutes ago!!"

 

[Wolfwood]

It's Civving to me as well.

 

[Apopp]

It's Civving, unless you play with your significant other. Then it's Civalry.

 

[Occam's Taser]

OK thanks for the feedback! I want to be sure to have the correct term to tell my friends when my period of Civ-playing seclusion begins on Sept. 21...

 

[AriochIV]

I call it "playing Civilization."

 

[kurtkage]

yea I say "playing civ" or more specificly "I'm gonna go play civ babe" followed by from her.

 

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

Civilutionizing

 

[CanuckSoldier]

I generally just use one V, but yes Civing is the general slang term used in all my years of civing

CS

 

[Savoir10]

yea I say "playing civ" or more specificly "I'm gonna go play civ babe" followed by from her.

Yeah Ditto. She calls it "wasting Effing time playing that stupid game again".

What can i say. She thinks buying shoes and getting her hair done are the 2 most important things in the world.

 

[TheChanger]

i prefer the single 'v' in Civing, but then again im lazy and typing the extra 'v' takes up precious civing time

 

[BammBamm]

I generally just use one V, but yes Civing is the general slang term used in all my years of civing

CS

Yeah. I suppose you spell busses "buses", too. I imagine most of you Civvers from Canuckistan leave-out the required second 'v'. In fact, come to think of it, I'll bet you all subscribe to that tired, worn-out, regressive, antiquated metric system, to boot.

I would encourage you to convert to U.S. units at once, as standards wars can be so unpleasant...

 

[Songkok]

Yeah. I suppose you spell busses "buses", too. I imagine most of you Civvers from Canuckistan leave-out the required second 'v'. In fact, come to think of it, I'll bet you all subscribe to that tired, worn-out, regressive, antiquated metric system, to boot.

I would encourage you to convert to U.S. units at once, as standards wars can be so unpleasant...

Civving. but hmm, I do use "buses"... btw i do find it odd that Americans uses "IMPERIAL UNITS" while the rest of us uses METRIC. i mean, IMPERIAL? in a democratic country?

 

[BammBamm]

Civving. but hmm, I do use "buses"... btw i do find it odd that Americans uses "IMPERIAL UNITS" while the rest of us uses METRIC. i mean, IMPERIAL? in a democratic country?

"Democratic" country!?! Ours is a constitutional republic, my friend!

Besides. Here in Wichita, Kansas, our thermometers registered a balmy 109°F today. Now, I ask you: Doesn't that triple-digit number sound sexier than the Celsius equivalent of a mere "43°C"?

I rest my case.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

Yeah. I suppose you spell busses "buses", too. I imagine most of you Civvers from Canuckistan leave-out the required second 'v'. In fact, come to think of it, I'll bet you all subscribe to that tired, worn-out, regressive, antiquated metric system, to boot.

I would encourage you to convert to U.S. units at once, as standards wars can be so unpleasant...

Well this depends...if you want to speak American that is your right, but I think I'll stick to speaking English And you should take a look at all the countries still using the Imperial system....oh ya it is just one Touche

CS

 

[paradigmx]

When I tell people I'm going to to play Civ, I usually just tell them I'm going to go "take over the world", however, due to the people I associate with, that usually leads to an hour of Pinky and the Brain references...

BTW, Metric for the win, the Imperial system is fail, seriously a foot is the length of some dead king's foot... and why oh why pick a random number like 32 for the melting point of water?

 

[BammBamm]

Well this depends...if you want to speak American that is your right, but I think I'll stick to speaking English And you should take a look at all the countries still using the Imperial system....oh ya it is just one Touche

CS

If a Kansan hick takes-off, northbound from Wichita, Kansas, motoring on Interstate 35 at the rate of 120 km/h with a 15 km/h tailwind in a vehicle with a drag coefficient of C_d 0.37, how long will it take for him to reach the relatively temperate climes of the famed Banff Springs Golf Club?

 

[Dale]

It was called "Civing" at Apolyton years before CFC was even born.

Case closed.