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    Multiplayer question

    I apologize if this is a naive question but I am not well-versed in these matters.

    Will the EULA and software itself allow multiplayer games within the same household? It seems odd that my brother and I would have to spend $100+ to play a game with one another. We don't have to buy two copies of RISK.
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    Don't know about the specific EULA for Civ IV, but the standard in the industry is that you need to purchase a license for each copy of the game you want to run at the same time. So in theory you and your brother would both need to buy a copy if you each wanted to have it on your own computer, and play at the same time (as in against each other). My bro and I certainly are doing so.
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      Technically yes you would...however CIV only checks for the CD at startup, so if you wanted to do the CD/DVD shuffle you can play CIV on your LAN with one copy. This in no way is a legal statement by Firaxis or 2K, but if they really wanted to enforce the 1 Game for each computer I'm sure they would have coded random disk checks.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by CanuckSoldier
        Technically yes you would...however CIV only checks for the CD at startup, so if you wanted to do the CD/DVD shuffle you can play CIV on your LAN with one copy. This in no way is a legal statement by Firaxis or 2K, but if they really wanted to enforce the 1 Game for each computer I'm sure they would have coded random disk checks.

        CS
        Good to know, thanks - I'm going to be installing it on my wife's PC in the hopes of luring her in...

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