So, finally, I registered today (after reading from the forums for years now), hello to everyone (wow, this place seems to be crowded). I am General_R, I live in Berlin, Germany and I played Civ since the first version was released (yeah, the microprose one, SID´s real CIV - I´ve been playing SID´s railroad tycoon before).
Right now I am only playing CIV4, although it took a while. In the beginning the 3D graphics annoyed me so much that I stayed with CIV3, but well, CIV4 has just too many upsides.
I will probably be active posting about scenarios and about making mods ...