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

[Oldman]

Ahh, fair comment Ming!!! But you know when...

... you keep wanting to turn on the grid to make sure you get home by the shortest possible route!!

... you insist your neighbour removes all of his troups from your territory!!!

[Geography Dan]

When your CD-ROM drive has been broken for three weeks, and you are in a severe depression due to lack of playing Civ2.


(Fortunately, it will finally be fixed this Monday)

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AKA GeoDude

My E-Mail: Dannyboy@unbounded.com

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[Paul]

... when you are glad that you have the original single player version because it doesn't require the cd and can even be played when the cd-drive is broken.

[Geography Dan]

[War4ever]

when the wife says ok to play and then pulls the plug on you twice in the same week

when you get drunk around the same time as the Military advisor every game

when your so physically exhausted that you can't play but you can't sleep because your planning your next campaign in your head while staring at the ceiling

[STING]

..you wonder why no important city has city walls

[Oldman]

...you realise that your cup of tea went cold yesterday and is now classified as a life form and the whole if the international community consider it immoral to destroy it!!! (Maybe it's a student thing?!?!)

[Ari Rahikkala]

... you post to SidGames
... you build a temple in your home so your children tidy up their rooms
... you build a mass transit, a supermarket and a bank into your home
... you send a camel caravan for your neighbour, because he's also a Civ addict and building The Cure for Cancer
... you get a higher status than prince on Apolyton
... you seriously think that you like the CivII music
... you are a disciple in the Holy church of SID
... you put everything in you own into a Spanish racing boat(I myself still don't get this one)
... you are a personal friend of Sid Meier
... you want to build Adam Smith's trading company because you realize that it hasn't been built and it halves your electric bill
... you dress up as an diplomat (Spy for women)
... you don't post to OT
... you win anybody in MP (IMPOSSIBLE, though I have no experience myself)
... you can tell what FW, MPG, ToT mean even when asleep
... you are a brain in a jar, straightly plugged into a computer
... you have no idea of what Half-Life means
... you get kicked out from your job because you just use all the time to play CivII
... you visit MarkG's homepage every week
... you are a micronation citizen
... you know Ming's real name
... you are a prince or higher on Apolyton with posts only from Civ2/Civ3 sections
... you have readed the Story of Civilization and don't think it tells about so many wars, at least less than what your playstyle has

[tonic]

When your boss asks you to pay a tribute to a departing colleague and you say, "We ignore your feeble threats".

[makka]

...When you feel guilty for not having posted to this thread for 3 months...

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"Spelling....... I thought that only Mages did that."

[Mark von Wagner]

...when you keep bumping this thread, even though no one notices.

[Shaka Naldur]

...when you see red, yellow, and green lines in other peoples faces
...when you think that if your girlfriend makes you choose between her and civilization , you would choose civilization (actually I don´t have a girlfriend but...)
...when you think why no civilization has even conquered the world (it is so easy )

P.D. I also felt guilty for not posting

[Shaka Naldur]

...when you see red, yellow, and green lines in other peoples faces
...when you think that if your girlfriend makes you choose between her and civilization , you would choose civilization (actually I don´t have a girlfriend but...)
...when you wonder why no civilization has even conquered the world (it is so easy )

P.D. I also felt guilty for not posting

[SuperSneak]

....when you seriously contemplate the benefits of bachelorhood.

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Bring it!

[Sloth]

...when you start asking the Trade Advisor for tips on managing your stock portfolio..