What Civ do you play???

[shadowdale]

I was wondering, what Civ's does people in here prefer to play??
I always play either the Americans or the Romans when playing for fun or multi player. But if I'm playing for a high score then it is always one of the Orange Civ's, Greek, Carthaginians or English. I don't know why, but that is just how I play and I have gotten use to having a huge number of orange cities on the map.
That's why I'm playing the English in my bid for the Deity high score, they are the only once that I haven't played all the way up.

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[stormerne]

I always play as the English. This is not because I'm English! It's simply because the orange colour is very distinctive and impossible to confuse.

I never use the suggested English city names - I always invent new ones which are appropriate to the geography so that I remember where they are. Which will probably mean I'll rename all the existing cities in GOTM #2!

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[Fry002]

hmmmm, americans, cause i am one of them =)

 

[Cedric Greene]

In my case I have edited my rules.txt to include 6 new civs and I have moved others around. I usually play as the Wanderers(took the old spot of the Babylonians). The standard civs I play are the Celts,as I am a druid irl, the Romans, took 2 years of Latin in high school, and the English, my mother's side of the family.

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[Lefty Scaevola]

any and all

 

[stormerne]

Druid irl? Historical reconstructionlist or neo-pagan?

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Falla forsar, flygr orn yfir, sa er a fjalli fiska veiðir
Erne flies over stormy falls, hunting fish upon the fells
- Voluspa

 

[Leowind]

I hold down the down arrow key and then let go with my eyes closed, and thus select a civ at random. After my current game, however, I may never play a civ with dark blue color again (Vikings in this instance). Nearly impossible to see my cities against the dark green of the reference map. Then again, better to have a hard time seeing my cities when I know where they are then to have a hard time seeing an enemies cities when I may not have as good an idea....

 

[BlueMonday]

I customized my version of civ by replacing the babylonians (green) with Irish. I have all the classic cities: Belfast, Dublin, Kilkenny, Cork, Cobh, Dundalk, Bantry, Kinsale, Wicklow (to name a few).

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[Muumuu]

Hi all! (my first post)

I seem to like the Babylonians, but why, don't know.

But I wonder... do the different Civ's have different characteristics? For example, do they have a tendency to start with a different set of knowledge?

At least the computer seems to play different civs with different style.

Just wondering if it were possible to choose a favorite civ on this basis.

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

The vikings

The vikings

The vikings

The vikings

The vikings

The vikings

The vikings

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[vladmir_illych_lenin]

I play the Romans, and of course, the RUssians. They're both white, so they show up on the map really well. I'm used to white anyways because when I just started to play Civ, I chose the Russians, and I thought White was the default colour for human players.

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

Uh, Håkan, Vikings did not wear horns on their helmets, This was made up at a latter date.

Barrett the Bloodaxe Moursund

[This message has been edited by Lefty Scaevola (edited February 21, 2001).]

 

[stormerne]

I think he probably knows that

 

[Cedric Greene]

Originally posted by stormerne:
Druid irl? Historical reconstructionlist or neo-pagan?

Neo-pagan I actually have roman/greek gods but follow more a celtic druid belief. Oh I also like the Carthaginians, they just seem kick *** .


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[Bomber]

I useally play Babs because they start off better. But if i'm in a mood to just make big armys i like to play Germany

 

[SunTzu]

Usually i play as the Germans

Germany! Whoot! or Chinese

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[guderian]

I usually play german, because of the cool names for cities that exist in reality, plus
others I can name for famous germans in history, such as Ezherzog Ferdinand Max,
Prinz Eitel Friedrich Freya, or Kronprinz Maximillian von Prittwitz. When I'm just
fooling around with experiments, I play the
romans as emporer Biggus Diccus, or I'll play
the English with city names like Irritable,
Indignant or Insolant ( all cities begin with
the letter I ).

Originally posted by shadowdale:
I was wondering, what Civ's does people in here prefer to play??
I always play either the Americans or the Romans when playing for fun or multi player. But if I'm playing for a high score then it is always one of the Orange Civ's, Greek, Carthaginians or English. I don't know why, but that is just how I play and I have gotten use to having a huge number of orange cities on the map.
That's why I'm playing the English in my bid for the Deity high score, they are the only once that I haven't played all the way up.

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[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

The Celts. Or the Canadians. Sometimes the Carthiginians. Never the Zulus.

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[shadowdale]

Yea Hippo, that goes for me to - The ZULUs are banned in my little world.
They are the only Civ I have ever lost with and there for never ever shall their foul tribe be mine to command.

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Veni Vidi Vici.

Coolbook: Cunobelin Of Hippo, Håkan Eriksson, vladmir_illych_lenin, stellar converter, Stormerne.

 

[Fishheads]

ussualy engish or carthagians
or germans

somtimes japanise *but never zulus! down with zulus! may they burn in hell!!*

sometimes sioux but that's rare