Civ 3 has eaten my Life

[mulletman]

I got Civilization 3 last weekend thiking it would be a good game, because i had some friends talkign about it. Ever since I got it I can't stop playing it. It's affecting my in ever way. When i get home from school I want to play it right away but i been able to force myself to do my homework first. Now i can't force myself, I wond up copying somebodys elses in school or rushing to get it done 5 minutes before class. This game is freaking addicting.

[zeh]

I had the same problem.
One tip: play it as much as you can, so faster you'll become normal again.
Until it happens, the solution is count with your friends to do your work, and pay back them latter.

[Der PH]

I got the game as soon as it was available in Germany (about 10 months ago) and had the same problem as you.
After a few weeks it went better and I was able to do something else than Civ when I got home in the evening.
I even had a few pauses of several weeks since, but every time I start a new game, I get addicted again.
With the ability to modify the game (for me that means mainly reworking the tech tree and inserting new units) Civ does not really become boring.
It's terrible!

Welcome to the world of undone housework, mulletman!

[mulletman]

I hope so, I was up untill 12:30 last night playing it. It's ridiculous that Sid Meir made such a freaking addicting game. Oh, and my friends are annoyed that i have to borrow there homework everyday. I hope this ends soon.

[Alex]

Hehe, I remember my old civ2 days... Ah, those were the days...

[Apolex]

Yeah me too. One way I have found to deal with it is to set a timer. I take my alarm clock and set it for 45 minutes ahead. I play for 45 minutes (which seems like 10 minutes!) and when it goes off, I set it for another 45. I have to do SOMETHING constructive for those 45 minutes to 'pay' for my next 45 mins of Civ. I've acually found that Civ is helping me to actually be MORE productive like this. I spend 45 minutes doing dishes, homework, cleaning out the cat-box, etc. until the alarm goes off, then I get to play Civ again! It's hard to do, but it's the only way I can play it now. Otherwise I'll get sucked into some sort of time-warp black hole and all of the sudden 12 hours are gone.

[miccofl]

Originally posted by: mulletman
Oh, and my friends are annoyed that i have to borrow there homework everyday.

Have you considered paying them for their services? You will find that a healthy bribe will change their attitude, just like the AI civs in the game.

[Theseus]

Until he starts getting A's, in which case the price will go up dramatically!!

[Traelin]

Thankfully I'm not in school anymore, cuz I woulda been screwed if Civ3 came out then. It's bad enough that all I've done since 1.29 came out is go to the gym and play Civ3!

[Jaybe]

Old civ2 days, my word! My civ3 days are much better (not that I didn't spend plenty of long nights/weekends on civ2).

While I have not gone to mulletman's depths of, ah, irresponsibility, I have spent a few too many early mornings playing civ3 when I should have been sleeping. Most of my weekends involve 20+ hours, and now that work has been slow, I have another game wrapping up there.

It has been a good year (reality aside), and Civ3 has been GREAT and quite fulfilling this whole time. Too bad it isn't "productive" or that it cannot be transformed into a money-maker (I am not good enough to be wagered on). I also appreciate how Firaxis has given us a new game every so often in the form of patches, which refreshes the game without my going into the editor.

[Inverse Icarus]

it's even worse when you'd rather draw maps and battle plans during class than copy homework.

come back when THAT happens

[Tiberius]

The good old civ2 days, ahhh, I mean, days and nights

Thank God I was a student, and not in the final year, when I got civ2! After playing all night long I usually decided not to go to school the next day. Now try this at work!

[Tiberius]

sorry, double post

[Tiberius]

I remember there was an old, funny civ2 thread called "You know that you've been playing civ2 for too long when ... ".
If there was an identical civ3 thread, you could add now your own line:
"...when your friends are upset on you because you have to borrow their homework ...."

[ChrisiusMaximus]

You Knowyouve been playing Civ3 too long when you look at the clock and it says its 6:30am and the prospect of getting up to go to work at 7:00am dawns on you.Dawns on you eh.