How long does your Civ session last?

[Arrian]

I hope the weather isn't supposed to be too crappy for Monday! I'm going to the US Open on Monday!

Other than that, let it rain, and let us civ!

-Arrian

[Anaximander]

Two to three hours is about my limit, although if I am rocking and rolling I can easily lose track of time. Then there are days like today when I really want to play but I have house work to do and home work I should do. Oh well, that ancient philosophy can wait a couple of days! Although, the dishes probably can't...

[alexman]

I usually have my current SP game (like the GOTM or an AU game) running all the time at one of my work computers. That session runs at least 12 hours a day (and sometimes I forget it overnight too), and I play a turn or two every time I need a break (which can be every 10 minutes). (Yes, I know you want a job like that too...)

In addition, I play quick games (and PBEM) on another computer, but those sessions don't last more than half an hour.

[Arrian]

Yes, I know you want a job like that too...

HELL YES I DO!!!

-Arrian

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by Theseus

This weekend, though, my fiancee will be away, it's a long weekend, andthe weather is supposed to be crappy.

Hey she is not going to the same retirement party mines going to is she?
Her brother is leaving the VA so I have the weekend free. How greedy, since I have all the week days free already.

[Theseus]

Nah, she's visiting family.

[G'Kar]

Usually I play 2-4 hours but I've had some 12 hour civ days too.

[Arrian]

My girlfriend is planning a full-day trip to the outlet malls on Saturday.

A-conquering I shall go, a-conquering I shall go, hi ho the Merry-o, a-conquering I shall go!

-Arrian

[bongo]

Anything from 1 to 12 hours, 'normal' is 2-3. Sessions are fewer than I like them to be

Ah, sometimes I miss being single. 3-4 hours of civ every weekday, none at saturday and 15 at sunday(when hungover). Makes you sound like a big looser though

[eris]

I voted 5 hours, although the average may be a little lower than that. I really should have voted "until I get hungry for a banana", because often the limitation of playing is not a time limit but some sort of real life interuption like dinner time with the loved ones, going to work, massive power outages that outlast my UPS, or falling asleep at the keyboard with my face pressing the space bar telling every unit to wait one turn. (I hate it when that happens!)

Sometimes, the game stays up on the computer when I am doing something like cooking dinner. Set the pre-heat timer on the oven, play a turn or two until the beep, put in whatever's on the menu, set the timer for half way, play a turn or three, turn the stuff in the oven over, start nuking some frozen veggies, set timers for both, play another round or five, miss the next timer beep and barely get the stuff out of the oven before it burns, set table and eat dinner, politely wait until everyone is finished, then back to the game. (I cooked; someone else gets to clean up.) If some larger project is going on, like cleaning house, then the game can sit there for hours waiting patiently for my next mistake (I mean "my next move".) to happen. When the game finishes, I sometimes get messages that say I have taken 60 hours to play and win one game. This is unfair. I know I only took 50 or so.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by David Murray
Definition of a lightweight - someone who can count the number of hours they play.

I'm with you. I used to play so long I'd lose weight. I called it "The Computer Diet".

[PeaSoup]

we are not talking about MP, right?

depends on the map size, but standard maps last at least 24 hours in total for me, and I usually play through a game in 4 days to a week

oh yeah, I once played civ for 3 days and got only 1 day's worth of sleep, I got really really sick a few days after.. , needless to say, I haven't done it again ever since

[Vince278]

Originally posted by PeaSoup
we are not talking about MP, right?

Oh. I was talking about single player.

[kermit_the_frog]

i play 5 - 7 hours when i have joined a online game

[Paddy]

I find that once I get into a game, it is very hard to want to leave it