Multiplayer Question

[TheAppleGuy]

Hey everybody, I've had CivII Gold ME for about two months now...I've gotten quite bored with the AI, and it doesn't seem to take a whole heck of a lot anymore to get the spaceship in up to deity level (although trying to stay out of a war is a serious pain in the butt)...

my question is, do we have any programs for finding multiplayer games? I use GameRanger, but after searching it off and on all day I never found more than one game...and for some reason I could never join

Any info would be appreciated.

Greg

[MacUser]

My PERSONAL opinion (i.e., this does not reflect the views of the Apolyton Civ Site or anyone else on God's Earth for that matter), is that GameRanger is a pain in the butt for setting up Civ games. Those games that I have been able to join seem to end abruptly when other players get bored or the first Barb shows up. I have NEVER been able to get someone from GameRanger to save and continue a game for multiple days. Also, like you I have had problems with their server locking me out or dropping me from the game.

Solution? Post on the ACS Multiplayer Forum! I truly believe that you will find more committed and skilled players here than anywhere else on the web! Also, search the ACS forums for the ICQ list and copy a bunch of numbers to your personal list. When people are online you can ask if they have time to start a game or you can schedule a regular game time. If you have the current Mac patch, there is no problem playing with PC users. While I have not played a ton of MP games, those that I have played have continued over the course of weeks. I feel that I have had the opportunity to make friends with people all over the world! What a great way to advance our real world civilizations!

BTW, I lived in NC for five years and both my wife and I graduated from UNC-Greensboro!

I forgot to answer the program question! To the best of my knowledge, the is no "program" (read as application or script) to search the web for a specific MP game. Now, it would be cool if there was such a beast!

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[This message has been edited by MacUser (edited December 27, 1999).]