What is your Most Hated Rival Civilization?

[KindLE]

I'm playing as Egyptians, Monarch, Large Contintents map. Started on a nice big island. Took out the English early on and everyone has been furious or annoyed with me for thousands of years. Finally, people are starting to come around, but Militaristic nations are still furious, while the non-Militaristic nations have been bribed up to Polite. First, is there any connection between the Militaristic trait and the attitude of the civ? OR, is it perhaps that because they are militaristic they will produce more military units, have a larger army, and thus act more arrogantly? I always love when my military advisor says, "compared to these guys, our military is weak" when I have 50 modern units and he has 80 ancient units.

So anyway, some civilizations are just plain annoying, usually the militaristic ones. I find that while starting next to Germany or Aztecka (is that right?) is a bit of a pain, it's so much more satisfying when I finally trounce them later on. It's funny how in order to get a real sense of satisfaction there has to be a real challenge. So, which Civilization do you think is the most annoying to play against?

 

[Orac]

I just voted for (against) Germany, because they are one of the civ's who are always "demanding" this or that. In the early ages I trie to avoid contact as long as possible.......I thought about India and/or Zulus just because whatever setting I play they always live next-door somehow .....But most of the time they're not much of a problem

 

[korusus]

My vote is for Britain (England) just because most of my earlier games involved me being England's lacky, constantly being told what to do.

 

[Carver]

Aztecs. I try to play America but then I always have the Aztecs as a neighbor and they always want to fight. The Japanese are usually close by also but, with me, I've had to fight them through a choke point which makes it nice and managable.

Although, Lizzie has the most annoying phrases, "Face it Lincoln, England is your superior".

 

[ncanavan]

The Chinese - by far the worst. I don't know why. In my experience, they either wind up on a resource-rich continent all by themselves and win via space race, or I discover their civ early on in the game and they become immediately belligerent.

 

[cat98]

DEATH TO THE DISBELIEVERS!!!

FRENCHIES MUST DIE! FRENCHIES MUST DIE!

LONG LIVE EGYPT!!!

 

[kundor]

I find India and France to be the most annoying. However, Gandhi's self-righteous pattering, settlers infesting my territory, hypocrisy when he always declares war on me if I ask him to withdraw, and general ugliness makes him my choice. Besides, who could hate Joanie, no matter how naughty she is?
So I must say the Indians are by far my most hated civ. DIE INJUNS DIE!!!! AAARGH!

 

[KindLE]

I forgot to mention who I voted for. I picked the Aztecs because in just about every game I've played they have been the civilization that is always lurking near my borders ready to sneak-attack me! And then, after I whip 'em good, they make ridiculous threats and offers ("I'll trade you my terroritory map for your territory map plus motorized transport") :finger: and then go to war with me. I'll end up wiping them out but it's usually not worth the headache.

There's over a hundred views and not more than 30 votes for the poll. Does it take that much extra time?

 

[cat98]

ME!!! ME ME ME!!

RAARRRG! DIE FRENCH SCUM!! DIE DIE DIE!!!

I SHALL NOT REST UNTILL EVERY LAST MORONIC SETTLER PRODUCING CITY HAS BEEN RASED AND ENSLAVED!!!

MAIM AND KILL AND MAIM AND KILL AND MAIM AND YES, YOU GOT IT!!!


GRRRRR. I H.A.T.E the french and their stupid, STUPID settlers!!!

Honestly, what is the logic behind sending settlers into a country (that has set up border patrols for the sole purpose of enslaving settlers and repelling subsequent attacks) to settle a worthless patch of desert at its center? They dont even have airports for *goodness*sake, if they did it would make a nice staging ground for an attack on my core but the AI is too stupid to do that.

 

[Parmenion]

I voted for the Russians simply because Catherine is such a demanding beehatch and is always 'annoyed', even if I have just met her and never been to war with anyone ever!

I expect this sort of behaviour from the Germans and Aztecs, and I always expect Elizabeth to be arrogant, but Catherine's flippancy is so annoying, especially when my efforts at being nice all count for nothing with her.

I also hate the zulus too, just because Shaka has the annoying habit of telling you he will be very soon ridding the world of your filth, even when he has just met you and is apparently 'polite'! What will he be like when he is furious?

Burn Russia, behead Catherine.

 

[Alc0p0pz]

Anyone who's played GOTM5 will understand why.

 

[royfurr]

I'm not surprised to see that in general, the militants (esp. the zulu and the aztec) are pulling in the most votes. Personally since I havn't played against EVERY civ its hard to vote for one, as I'm sure when I run into one of the others, I'll want to change my vote. RIght now the Iroquois are near to my pick, they seem to be the worst that I have seen, but again I am sure they are others that could be much worse.

Also, I've solved my problem of being REAL annoyed by Mao the Murderer and the chinese (no offense meant to real life Chinese, by the way!). Mao has stabbed me in the back more then once!! So now, I PLAY the chinese, and change the civ name to Siam. Give the leader's title the phrase "The Mighty" and give the leaders name, that of my Siamese cat, Aiko. Then I rename all the cities in the city list and volia, now I do not have to deal with the annoying chinese! I pick star and consellations as the city names, going in alaphabetical order, and if I have a tough one (say X or Z) I pick something with a science fiction flavor. All the Great Leader names are great SF writers.

Just my way of getting rid of one of the most (to me) annoying civs. And getting thier advantages- love industroiusness, AND the Rider. Cheap harbors are nice too.

Civ on!

 

[Park Ranger]

My vote was for Persians - the immortals are coming!

Could've been Zulus, though - those pesky "now-you-see-em-now-you-don't" impis have spoiled many a pretty grassland start for me. I'd love to meet them in a jungle with some Roman legions.....

 

[damunzy]

While Joan is a sexy b!tch, I'd have to vote France. I play the Japs all the time and she always seems to have a hardon for me....

 

[Rowain deWolf]

Voted for Germany

Bismarcks face, specially when annoyed and his way to act allways makes me fourious . I really love to eliminate him and try to do this before he gets his panzer.

Shaka would be a good candidate too but in most of my games he get wiped out by other AI-civs before i have much contact with him.