Would you like everyone to shut up about MP?

[isaac brock]

After looking at the whining on all of these hundreds of thousands of threads complaining about no multiplayer, I've become a little upset. In some cases, the whining was so high-pitched that my dog hung himself with a long piece of beef jerky to escape it.

Knowing that, I decided to do something about it. So voice your dissent and show them how much you don't care. Not for you, and not for me, but in memory of my dog.

[faded glory]

Another stupid ****in worthless thread!! IS there no end?

Mark can you pllllllllleeeeeeease ban him

[jerkwaterbox]

you want him banned for expressing an opinion that seems to be the most popular choice in the poll right now?

[isaac brock]

This isn't another ****in useless thread. I think that everyone should stop complaining about MP, but pretty much only MPers (besides me) will look at an MP thread. Since this one says something negative about MP, maybe we can have a discussion on more level ground than the 34 against 2 routine going on in every other thread. If I could ban everyone I ever disagreed with, I'd be the only one on these forums. But thats not how to deal with what you don't want. Why don't you say something to me instead of whining to mark? besides, if you really wanted me banned you'd PM him.

[Bkeela]

I would have thought that a vast majority of Civ fans would be quite content with Single Player only. Turn based games don't lend themselves as well to Multiplayer as do Real Time or Shoot-em Up type games. On the few occasions that I've had a game of Civ or Smac via MP, the end game was so drawn out, that it was painful waiting every turn for the others to finish. Unless the MP aspect of Civ III is dramatically refined, I won't even bother downloading the patch.

Either way, I am quite happy to play only SP, for I don't Civ so much for the challenge of beating someone, either AI or human, but for the simulation/roleplaying type aspects.

Bkeela.

[Christantine The Great]

For fun I started a game with a friend over the internet. He only has 2 cities so the wait isn't that bad but I do see how long a turn can become. If I ever play MP it will be 99% PBEM. Anyway you MP guys can keep yourself busy with Succession games if you really have that much of a problem with waiting.

For the extremists who say that they aren't going to buy CivIII until MP comes with it (which I don't believe for a moment, but...) then they are just hurting themselves and the people who insist they are making a GREAT multiplayer experience. Like you people play MP ONLY. Get mad if MP is the worst thing they ever waited for.

I voted yes.

[jerkwaterbox]

Originally posted by Bkeela
I would have thought that a vast majority of Civ fans would be quite content with Single Player only. Turn based games don't lend themselves as well to Multiplayer as do Real Time or Shoot-em Up type games. On the few occasions that I've had a game of Civ or Smac via MP, the end game was so drawn out, that it was painful waiting every turn for the others to finish. Unless the MP aspect of Civ III is dramatically refined, I won't even bother downloading the patch.

Either way, I am quite happy to play only SP, for I don't Civ so much for the challenge of beating someone, either AI or human, but for the simulation/roleplaying type aspects.

Bkeela.

For fun I started a game with a friend over the internet. He only has 2 cities so the wait isn't that bad but I do see how long a turn can become. If I ever play MP it will be 99% PBEM. Anyway you MP guys can keep yourself busy with Succession games if you really have that much of a problem with waiting.

For the extremists who say that they aren't going to buy CivIII until MP comes with it (which I don't believe for a moment, but...) then they are just hurting themselves and the people who insist they are making a GREAT multiplayer experience. Like you people play MP ONLY. Get mad if MP is the worst thing they ever waited for.

I voted yes.

christantine, bkeela you are both great and have become my heros for today.

[Skanky Burns]

*lol* @ poll!!

It gets my vote for funniest and most biased poll ever. I mean, the third option is almost guaranteed to get at least one vote, if Yin26 isnt in exile today

But Isaac raises a valid point - namely, that we are sick of the vocal minority of MPers who just wont shut up about a RUMOUR of there being no MP out of the box, or ever. Despite Firaxis stating that they are working on MP (cant recall their actual statement tho).

So, my proposed solution:
a) MPers shut up (not likely)
b) Firaxis state MP is coming out on release (not likely)
c) MPers have their own forum section (Mark... hint hint)

[Swissy]

Firaxis promised MP a long time ago. They said it would be new and exciting. They said it would be fully integrated. If they lied about MP, what else have they lied about?

[isaac brock]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
c) MPers have their own forum section (Mark... hint hint)

Skanky Burns, you are Jesus! That is the best idea I've heard all month!

[Dimorier Maximus]

I think MP is cool. But I am deaf and have no opinion whatsoever.

jerkwaterbox - What Jesus Christ said that? It wasn't the same one that all the Christians know.

[jerkwaterbox]

Jesus Christ did say that! do you doubt the words of the bible? shame on you!

[isaac brock]

Originally posted by Swissy
Firaxis promised MP a long time ago. They said it would be new and exciting. They said it would be fully integrated. If they lied about MP, what else have they lied about?

They didn't lie about MP. in fact, other than an email some crackpot claimed to receive, you have no evidence that MP will not be in. And if it can't, its because they got so involved in working on the single player (which is more important to them) that they had no time to finish MP for the deadline. And if that is the case, you'll still get the MP you so constantly b*tch and moan about in a patch, so it won't have mattered anyway.

[mactbone]

Hey, I want MP too, I'm just getting sick of threads complaining that there's no MP when we have no proof of that.

[DanS]

There will continue to be discussion about MP as long as Firaxis fails to speak out more clearly about it. This rumor has been around too long.