You know you've played civ too long when...

[Oldman]

...when you've just spent 2 weeks on a beach, surrounded by semi-naked, tanned women. And all you can wish for is a Bloody laptop!!!!!
Oh, and a familly size tub of whipped cream (I'm only human!!!!)

[tonic]

When you get that warm feeling at work that nobody else gets to know and you're not being incontinent in a wetsuit.

[Father Beast]

When I drove past Las vegas last week, saw the eiffel tower, and exclaimed "You Can't do that! a Wonder can only be built ONCE anywhere in the world".

when you see an empty field and think we need to get some settlers in there.

when I drive across Nevada and wonder why they don't send engineers to transform the land.

When I saw signs recording the restoration of plants on a bluff over a saltwater bay, I immediately thought "well, at least we have engineers working here!"

[mgblst]

...when you hear there are some Germans in town, and you ring the government to stop building that supermarket down the road, and start building some more troops.

[Oldman]

...when the zulus are coming!! they've just taken Manchester, there are 3 cavalry coming around you're left flank, i know there are 2 frigates out there somewhere from when they sank 2 of my galleons. Now they've landed a diplomat, and 3 musketeers!! Cambridge will fall next and then they're going to be upon us! Try to salvage diplomatic relations, they've had enough of our time wasting, It's their turn, we're doomed!! Doomed i tell you!!! Argh!!! (I Wake up) A dream, just a dream!!!
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[tonic]

When you dream that

You are researching the Cure for Cancer in the leading research company, Tonic-Solfa. You press the F6 key and find your research rate is 20 years but the bar is more than 95% complete - one more year to go. You get the F3 menu which shows only one other competitor, Acme Labs. You then check the intelligence your industrial spy has been stealing. It shows they are probably researching at the same rate but at least two years behind you. You rub your hands, close F3 and press Enter. The headlines positively shout at you: "The employees of Tonic-Solfa are revolting and demand a new management." In a panic you consult the F6 menu. It shows a research rate of 30 years and your bar has shrunk to 65% - another 10 years to go. You press F3 and yes, Acme Labs are at 95% completion. You are thinking, "God in this real world is just as sadistic as His counterpart in Civ2".....when you wake up.

This has been a true recall - only the details have been changed to protect the memory of the addicted.
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[cavebear]

Ming (April 13th, this thread):

When you discover that you can load Civ2 into the local hard drive at work, copy the essential files on to a writable CD, wipe the Civ file on the drive, use the burned CD to play (accessing the civ.exe file via the CD) when logged on as a non-LAN user (and use a mini disk for .sav files), thereby keeping all awareness of the .exe file and activity from the LAN managers!

Not that I would EVER, of course, do that myself...

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[Oldman]

...when you haven't played a proper game in almost a month and you can't have no idea how you're going to calm your nerves down enough for you to be able to even start playing again!??!?

[Oldman]

...when you forget which meeting you're in, and at AA you say:

Hi, my screen name is Oldman, and i'm a Civaholic!!


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[yobbo]

...when there's civil unrest in your house, so you change the workers in your backyard into entertainers to make people happy.

...when you actually stick the technical poster that came with the game onto your wall and refer to it.

...when you say 'i'll quit just after this turn' then realise your still playing 3 hours later.

[Oldman]

...when you have a civ2 game pack!!! it contains:

Photocopies of the discovery chart (A3 & A4)
Photocopies of the technical table (A3 & A4)
The original manual
Printed copies of every thing in Apolytons Civ2 hints section
A brand new A4 pad (small ruled)
A calculator
3 Bic biros (blue, black and red)
Extra tea bags
A carton of condensed milk (where else do you get milk at 3am?)
and a bag of double chocolate chip cookies!




I hope i still got the 100th post on this thread!!!

[Shadowstrike]

[double post]
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[Shadowstrike]

...when you build railroads all over your lawn and wonder why you aren't making enough money to buy Test of Time.
... when you realize that your house's defenses are as thin as a crackerjack box
...when you try to irrigate your bedroom so that you have enough food for a Civ playing marathon
...when you frantically try to build a SDI defense after hearing about more missile tests
...you refer to your kids as settlers

[Laertes]

..when you dream about something completely unrelated to Civ2, but everyone in the dream moves only from one hexagon to the next, and usually along a bit of coastline

[Oldman]

...when you can't understand why it took you 3 hours to get to work today!!!!! i mean there are railway lines connecting my house to where i work, it should only take me one turn, and why does it cost £1500 a year too...