News article explains why there aren't more women here

[Lancer]

Yeah, and I might just be one of the guys you're chatting with on some future show.

Thanks for the reply, very interesting. I have tried to get my honey interested in Civ but alas...

Maybe I should look for advise to your honey. Which one is he?

[Cartimandua]

He tried to get me into everything! Every little game he thought I might like he would sit me down and try to get me to play. I would attempt to play for a half hour and then get bored and not want to play ever again. But Civ was different, it just appealed to my tastes. I don't know if this tactic will help anyone else getting their girls into the game but it worked for me

[Theben]

Yeah. Charlemagne is an arrogant SOB. You should better spend your time negotiating with Gandhi or Churchill.

[Cartimandua]

Originally posted by Theben
Yeah. Charlemagne is an arrogant SOB. You should better spend your time negotiating with Gandhi or Churchill.

Ghandi and Churchill weren't in my game, but it's okay cause I beat Charlemagne's butt

[Makahlua]

Originally posted by Lancer
There's lots of women here, they just haven't gotten their sex change operations yet.

The rest of board that's male : just got pwnt Damn it, Lancer, you nearly made me choke on my Cheerios

Originally posted by JeebusGreen Not to mention that there's a big difference between 'playing a game' and 'playing a game, analysing tactics, discussing strategy and posing questions about intricate details of the game on a forum.'

...unless said girl is a big nerd anyway, and would be discussing that if more people she knew that gamed played it. Hypothetically, that is.

As for playing Civ, it was a gamer friend (who 'swapped' games with me now and then) kept urging me to try it, and I finally did get it next time I had some free cash. There was a distinct drop in my grades in my morning classes shortly thereafter

I generally sit around all unglamorous while I'm playing Civ - too busy, oh you know, conquering things to worry about that. I'm too worried about that stack o'doom Monty's been lurking 'round my borders ...

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Cartimandua
He tried to get me into everything! Every little game he thought I might like he would sit me down and try to get me to play. I would attempt to play for a half hour and then get bored and not want to play ever again. But Civ was different, it just appealed to my tastes. I don't know if this tactic will help anyone else getting their girls into the game but it worked for me

I think that Dolores is happy with her interests, which is good...but she will never know the pleasure of crushing Gengis. Hey wait a sec, niether do I, it's always the other way about!

Makahlua, it's only cheerios. If it was corn flakes I would console you but...

[Solomwi]

My fiance (wife in two weeks) bought me CIV, and enjoys AoE and a couple other RTS games. I keep trying to get her to give BtS a try, because I'm pretty sure she'd enjoy it, but she refuses, thinking it's a ploy so I can get her into an MP game and beat her. I've been telling her we can play cooperatively if we play together, but to no avail.

[Lancer]

Tell her she is right, she wouldn't like it because it's really a guy game.

Playing BtS in 3...2...1...

[joncnunn]

My ex-girl friend occansionly? maybe rarely would be more accurate played Civ II, but it was at a very low difficulty level way below her ability to play. She didn't seem interested in playing at her level. She was more into console games, particularly NFL & RPG.

[LoriTX]

I am a WOMAN (48yrs old) and I play Civ4 and Alien Crossfire!!

I read this BB but dont post often!!

[Theben]

Considering you registered in 2002 and are still a Chieftain, I believe you.


And congrats to Solomwi, by now he should have a shiny new ball and chain.

[TriMiro]

Related to the thread: My wife used to play a lot of videogame when we were dating (little bit of civ, mostly Zeus and Ceaser). However, after we got married, I was playing so much that she is now simply jealous of games (mostly so of heroes of might and magic and civilization). The only game that we play now together are puzzle games (dream day wedding and the like) so that there is no chance of me ever neglecting her for the game.

I do not remember if we were required to say male/female when we signed for the forum. If there is a statistics somewhere of what is the ratio of guys/gals I would like to see it.

[LoriTX]

I actually been around longer than 2002. When we moved to TX from CT, I changed my user name from LoriCT to LoriTX. I bought my first copy of Alpha Centauri when it first came out. I did a count of how many copys or AC and Alien Crossfire are laying arround! Last time I looked 3 AC, 2 Alien Crossfire and 2 Planetary Packs. I still play them when I need a break from Civ4 BTS.

I used to post quite often in the AC forums.

So far one copy each of Civ4, Warlords and Beyond the Sword. And many copys of earlier Civ Games.

My husband still is stuck on Civ3 TOT!!

[Blaupanzer]

Save your husband! Free him to come to BTS and play the best Civ since Civ II. (I think it's really better than that gem.) Civ III was an incorrect turn on the road to good civving.

[Heraclitus]

Civ 4 is much better than Civ 2, there I said it.




It still huts on the inside though.