What is the fastest possible way to get CivIV?

[Lancer]

I'm flying to the Philippines Dec 4 and I absolutely MUST have a copy with me.

Ideas?

[Sabre2th]

Just buy it when it comes out. If the date is at all accurate, you'll have time.

I'd say retail stores are usually fastest/most reliable anyway

[Dis]

he lives in a small town in the philappines, that may not be possible.

I'd fly to Thailand and get a pirated copy.

Manila would probably have it. that may be cheaper to fly (or can you take a boat to it) to.

[Sabre2th]

I'm flying to the Philippines Dec 4

Sounds like he'll be in the states before that

[alva]

I'd fly to Thailand and get a pirated copy.

From what I've heard from a friend, it's not like it used to be.

[FrostyBoy]

Give me your address (pm) and I can mail it to you from Singapore when you get to Philipines.

at a charge of course

[FrostyBoy]

That reminds me, is Firaxis going to release Civ4 worldwide on the same day?

If they don't... they better not complain and whinge if they lose sales.

LOTS of people won't wait to play what America can play months before the rest of the world can.

[Proteus_MST]

Climb into a time machine.

Fly to one point in time after Dec. 4. 2005,
preferably at some spatial location near a large game store.
Buy the game.
Fly back to now.

And of course, don´t forget to buy and bring back a second copy of Civ IV for myself.

[Nikolai]

Or even better:

Buy an extra copy and go back to 2001 and give it to Firaxis.

[Gen. Atkinson]

Then we'd be on cIV by now and having the same discussion about ciV.

[Nikolai]

No, we'd have a very good Civ3. And have a c0ompletely different discussion about Civ4.

[Gen. Atkinson]

Good point, unless cIV turns out to be a pile of poo (gods willing it won't), in which case we would be having this same discussion.

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Buy an extra copy and go back to 2001 and give it to Firaxis.

WTF:
1) go back to 2001, sell it to Brian or any Firaxis's competitor, reverse engineer it and rename it as "Time of Civilizations" (sort of)
2) enjoy the large pile of money you make, living in a great place of your choice...

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Adm.Naismith

WTF:
1) go back to 2001, sell it to Brian or any Firaxis's competitor, reverse engineer it and rename it as "Time of Civilizations" (sort of)
2) enjoy the large pile of money you make, living in a great place of your choice...

3)And everyone would have to wait several years to play it because the hardware requirements would be too hefty

[Gen. Atkinson]

If you did manage to go back to 2001, you wouldn't be able to play it anyway, as not many people (apart from the rich ones) back then had the specs to run games this advanced. So in fact the game would lose alot of it's qualities as it would be dumbed down for a 2001 audience.

EDIT: I hate when you post the same thing at the same time as someone else. Ah, well.

[Nikolai]

This is no problem, you just buy a good machine together with the game, and bring that one too.

[Ninot]

to answer his question, i'd say: get a job working for a magazine that has high standards and only reviews final builds of games, and become a game reviewer for however long it takes to get a copy.

barring that, i'd say terrorism seems to be a trendy fad to get what you want.

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by Nikolai
This is no problem, you just buy a good machine together with the game, and bring that one too.

Exactly! Better than this, you can buy *two* good machine and sell the spare one to AMD or INTEL.
They can't have the 90nm production process ready in 2001, still they can save lot of R&D, IMHO, and pay good money for this. Anyone remember the movie "Terminator"?

And BTW, no software publisher ever let game performance to stop them publishing a game.
"We worked for future hardware, to keep our customers happy for the coming years. You can tune down some visual option and the game will play as smooth as silk also on a computer platform a couple years old".

[Sava]

the fastest way would be to download it off of usenet a few days before it is released

[Addled Platypus]

are the RNG gods still in

[Lancer]

Since time machines haven't been invented...I guess I'll go with buying it at the store. Maybe I'll reserve a copy.

[Adagio]

Couldn't your future you just use a time machine to go back in time and give your present you Civ4 (with all expansions of course) and then he goes back to the future?

[Lancer]

My future me is sitting on a beach in the Phils with a bottle of rum and a blender, and couldn't be arsed to fart let alone time travel.

[Dis]

time travel is impossible, so this discussion isn't very realistic.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Lancer
My future me is sitting on a beach in the Phils with a bottle of rum and a blender, and couldn't be arsed to fart let alone time travel.

Is that healthy? Better out than in i say.

[Lancer]

"time travel is impossible, so this discussion isn't very realistic. "

PROVE that time travel is impossible!

"Is that healthy? Better out than in i say."

Sure, let em rip.

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by Dis
time travel is impossible, so this discussion isn't very realistic.

Actually science community is still out for the verdict.

There is some hope for an early Civ IV (if time patrol police don't bring us in prison for this!

[Addled Platypus]

if one was to circle the globe (left to right) crossing the international time line (once a day) you would always be on the same day


..same as time travel, just not going backwards

my experiences from being a US sailor

[Lancer]

I reserved a copy at a local store, cost $5 to do so. Now, if only it really comes out November 15 or before...

[GeoModder]

I foresee a depressed Lancer somewhere in the Philipines. [/murray]