Is Civ II MP dead?

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by joeby
i want to play civ 1 or civ 2 online so badly... i got both and neither will work. i try to play witha friend whos got it and ive tryed loads of things. is there anyone out there that can help?

make sure you both have the same version (both patched or unpatched).

[Flatlander Fox]

And then find decent trustworthy people who you can play with!

[DrSpike]

Ones that honour their peace treaties

[Flatlander Fox]

And who won't leave in the middle of games to pick up their children!

Seriously though, I think it won't be too had to find people to play, you just have to watch out for the folks who happen to be a tad arrogant and silly.

[War4ever]

yes, arrogance is fun for awhile but gets old quick.....like breaking peace treaties like a trickster....

but you learn not to trust those players....

and picking up your kids is better than passing out mid game

[Ming]

Hmmm... I've done both...

[Spartan_RawB]

Civ II will never die. No other game has the balance, the complexity, the replayability and the excitement. Period. Civ II rocks, and I always come back to this game.

And long live zoners!

[War4ever]

and he rides off into the sunset......


and Ming....... YES YOU HAVE hahahhaha

[Xyvyr]

Hola compatriots! I just got a computer after a long haitus and snatched up Civ II MGE, find this place and the first thread I look at is "Is it dead"... man you people had me worried. I can't run Civ III on this iMac, and I don't wanna play anything else!! I signed up for ICQ, got Gameranger rolling, found a few CIV places, and, after two weeks, I managed to get a game going with a Swede who dropped out in the first turn. ARGH! I was very dissapointed to see no-one playing Civ II at Gameranger (aka AngstRiddenPreTeenZone) Anyway, NO, it aint dead, let's just all believe that. So, I'm jabby, I suck at Civilization, and I wanna be someones punching bag. All my info's available here, let's get something rolling!! Now to put one of those demented M&M's in here..

There we go.. BYE!

[Spartan_RawB]

Come to www.zone.com and look under civ II. Many players there, some are good. Most good players don't quit out of games either.

[War4ever]

yes the good ones don't , the lousy or losing ones ..well thats another story

[Xyvyr]

Originally posted by Spartan_RawB
Come to www.zone.com and look under civ II. Many players there, some are good. Most good players don't quit out of games either.

Ok, so I wandered into M$N land, and found my way to the CD games area, here:

http://zone.msn.com/hub_cdromrequired.asp

which showed everything from Age of Empires to X-Wing vs Tie Fighter (well, the right half of the names anyway, I guess using Explorer -and- going to a M$ site is double chance of screwing up) but no CIV II.. went from Asheron's Call to Combat Flight Simulator alphabetically. I take it I was in the wrong place then.. man this was simpler when the hottest game was Trade Wars at 9600 bps!
Hey at least there were no columbia house pop-ups evry time you changed a thread in Fidonet! Uh-oh, I think that 'old and grumpy' thing starts at 29...

[War4ever]

YOU have to click on the civ2 game link, even though it is not supported by the zone anymore

[CapTVK]

Hmmm.... the zone won't even open if you're using Mozilla.

Gee, I wonder why that could be?

[Xyvyr]

Originally posted by War4ever
YOU have to click on the civ2 game link, even though it is not supported by the zone anymore

I don't mean to be difficult, but there's no Civ2 link there, man. I can search the page for "civ" and get one hit, and that's inside a different game's description. If the link I posted last time aint the right place then I'll humbly eat my pay-less shoes, but there just aint squat there. I mean no big deal, I must be in the wrong place if they support Civ2 or not, but I checked the place out, looked up down and sideways and saw nothing of the sort. I aint worried about it, I'd like to hook up with a game whether it's on the Zone, GameRanger, or wherever. But hey, If I'm mistaken, please oh ye of ample experience, pointeth ye the right road..