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[Thunderfall]

In my humble opinion, I think it's more appropriate to simply call civ3 "Civilization III", not "Sid Meier's Civilization III".

This is because no games are made by one person nowadays. I don't recall any other game that includes designer's name in the title, at least not emphasized.

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Thunderfall
[This message has been edited by Thunderfall (edited March 22, 2000).]

[Asesino_Virtual]

Yeah, u are right.

[Black Fluffy Lion]

True, true...

[Akron]

True, though Sid Meier's name is good for marketing and tells me I'll be getting a quality game.

[ixnay]

Its probably that way because people associate "Sid Meier" with "greatness." Sort of a name recognition thing.

[JellyDonut]

TF: I gotta admit, it's weird seeing your name here on Apolyton. I have to agree with you on the title thing, tho'. The game is made by a whole team of designers, not just Sid. But I guess they're just following tradition...

[Crouchback]

Sid call himself Creative Design Director (or some such), and I get the idea of a determined man standing over a team of people getting things done his way. So the addition of Sid's name seems right and proper to me.

David

[Pembleton]

Who's Sid Meier?

[d_dudy]

Originally posted by Crouchback
Sid call himself Creative Design Director (or some such), and I get the idea of a determined man standing over a team of people getting things done his way. So the addition of Sid's name seems right and proper to me.

David

i get the idea of a guy making all final decisions but leaving the design up to his team so he can go play with dinosaurs and golf games

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by Pembleton
Who's Sid Meier?

Well, you're certainly a 100% newbie.

Perhaps you should read this article about Sid:
GameSpot

But shortly in a nusthell:
Sid Meier is one of the founders of Firaxis and
one of the living legends in the game industry.
Some games made by Firaxis are Antientam and
Gettysburg. He has earlier worked at MicroProse,
where he has made many classic PC games like
Pirates, Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, CivNet and many others.

[ixnay]

I think that was a sarcastic question...

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by ixnay37
I think that was a sarcastic question...

You newer know; there's all kind of wierd
persons here that can ask utterly stupid questions.
But I responded to his question just to make sure,
if he really doesn't know anything about Sid.

And hey, my postings account grove.

[FuFu15]

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stupidest thread of the day.

[Inverse Icarus]

the name sells. they're counting on it.

I PROPOSE "DAN MAGAHA'S CIV3"

[Stuie]

Pop quiz:

What was the last game Sid Meier released that did not have his name in the title?