What's your favorite civ and why?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

quote: Originally posted by cpoulos on 01-16-2001 10:31 PM Losts of different civs, but i notice that except for the americans and french most like the older civs. Does anyone like to play as the english? or the germans? Hoe about the chinese? I always like to see them around.

I play as the English, for the reasons I stated above. But -- prepares for onslaught of rotton tomatoes and overripe melons -- it's always bugged me that the Germans were in the game. I mean, they never really had much of an empire, did they? They were the big losers in the scramble for Africa (heck, Belgium had more territory), and that was at their height! I suppose you could say the same thing for the Celts, the Aztec,and the Sioux. Whereas the Dutch, the Ottoman Turks, and the Phoenecians (sp?) all deserve to be in there. I'd love to see the Hittite Empire get its due, too. I guess I'll just have to learn to alter the rules.txt file.

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[East Street Trader]

Admiring of that stunt, Julius.

I'm playing as the Mongols in my current game and if I see a chance ti give the barbs an enemy capital I'll attempt it in honour of your feat.

Popcornvendor

Didn't know there are barbarian names. I suppose I can look for them in the files but, meanwhile, enlighten my darkness. What's the capital called?

By the way, hit a small barbarian oddity the other day. I lost a city to the barbs and when I bribed it back they had the solitary citizen working as a tax collector? Now barbarian tax seems like an odd sort of thing. And what sort of life expectancy would you give the poor sob with the job of collecting it?

[Basileus of the Romans]

I play a variety of civs.

The Byzantines of course (customized Greeks) because I am a bit of a Byzantine historian, so I take a certian amount of pride in building the Eastern Roman Empire

The Germans, becuase I am part German. I'm glad the Germans are in the game. Great Powers aren't all about sheer size, you know! Germany, at one time or another, has brought us great musicians like J.S. Bach and Beethoven, great thinkers like Immanuel Kant, Albert Einstein, and Martin Heideigger, military theorists like Karl von Clausewitz, Heinz Guderian, and Moltke the Elder. Not to forget great leaders and statesmen like Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck, and Frederick Barbarossa! I'd be happy to discuss German history in another thread, though, as this one is dedicated to the civs that we play

I also play as the Romans for the various reasons the others do. Although, I like customizing the rules so that I play in a Roman world- I play as either the Romans or Byzantines on the Europe map, with the AIs being either the other half of the Roman Empire (whichever one I am not playing), the Germans, Egyptians, Persians, etc.

[JimH]

I seem to only win with the Carthigians. Maybe orange is my lucky color....

[KaiserIsak]

The romans is my favorite, 1) because they start, 2) because of the nice color, 3) because of their cities and 4) because i admire their historical great empire.

[Bereta_Eder]

quote: I play as either the Romans or Byzantines on the Europe map, with the AIs being either the other half of the Roman Empire (whichever one I am not playing), the Germans, Egyptians, Persians, etc.

Hmm, that gives me an incentive to choose the civs I play with. I've never done that; I like waiting for the unexpected and I love the impredictabilty of not choosing civs.

But if you choose thy challengers according to a certain historical era in which they all existed I guess the world (random even) would feel more real. Plus you'd not have the limitations of senarios...

Thanx Basileus

[jcarkey]

I used to play as Mongols but now I play as ROmans for no particular reason.

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[Action]

Wow, Am I the only one who plays the Russians? I play the Russians when I am going for conquest and the Americans when I am going for AC. Heh, I guess I am stuck in the cold war.

What colors do you think would be the best to avoid playing in order to get challenging AI civs? Purple for one.

[Smokey tha nuke man]

am i the only one that has trouble telling the yellow and orange unit sheilds apart. i've started a billion wars cause i thought i was attacking one civ when i though i was attacking the yellow when i am actually attacking the orange (and it always seems that they yellows are my enemies).
so i avoid playing as either yellow or orange to make sure i can tell who my units are.
[This message has been edited by Smokey tha nuke man (edited January 19, 2001).]

[jcarkey]

No smokey, I don't fall in to your predicament.

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[Chris 62]

quote: Originally posted by Action on 01-18-2001 05:01 PM Wow, Am I the only one who plays the Russians? I play the Russians when I am going for conquest and the Americans when I am going for AC. Heh, I guess I am stuck in the cold war. What colors do you think would be the best to avoid playing in order to get challenging AI civs? Purple for one.

Your not the only one. I like the russians also, but as silly as it seems, the colors matter to me as I'm playing. Also, russian culture is as long and varied as any european civ, not just the cold war and comunist era.

[popcornvendor]

about the barbarian names. the capital is called "17" and then the city names are like "visigoths" and "saxons" and some more i cant remember at the moment. i think there are 17 cities with barbarian names, hence the 17 on the capital name. funny, i dont think iv built of 17 cities, i usually get bout 10 and then conquer what i need

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[Anodyne]

Hmm. It sounds quite strange reading how you talk about the colors of civs
I think it was boring to always know what civs were in the same game, so I started randomizing the colors at the start of each game (I just use dice and edit the rules.txt according to my die rolls... haven't figured out a more advanced system), making it more exciting. Nowadays, it's much more fun, like having the Greeks, English and Carthaginians, and Romans, Russians and Celts all in the same game! I'd suggest you to try it, too. If you don't like it, change the colors back.
Oh, yes, about the favourite civs:
I like playing Chinese, they've just always been so fascinating, especially for their scientific and philosophical progress in the ancient era. Some other of my favourites are the Persians or Arabs (I like the tales of 1000 and 1 nights ), Babylonians (fascinating, yes...), and Carthaginians(as I admire the Phoenicians and these are the closest I can get to them).
Anyway, I still do enjoy playing any civ in the game.

[Caesar the Glutton]

I like being the Romans, Carthaginians, or Greeks. I just like the city names for them. I have been every civ at least once, but my least favorites are the purple ones, and the Persians.

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[ruoxiaohai]

quote: Originally posted by cpoulos on 01-16-2001 10:31 PMHow about the chinese? I always like to see them around.

Right here! But I always rename the tribe to "Children of the Dragon."
I also like to play as the white civilizations...white here being the color of their flags...Yes. Anyway, they are so easy to see on the map.