Do you have any misgivings about attacking/destroying your Real Life civilisation?

[The Puny Celt]

This question is directed to the many Americans, English, Zulus, etc who post here. When playing another civ and you come up against your own real life civ as one of your opponents do you avoid attacking them? If you do fight them, do you feel guilty when it comes time to raze Chicago, York, or Swazi to the ground?

I've never been in that situation because due to some Firaxis oversight the civilization that gave the world Kylie Minogue, Crocodile Dundee and the lawn mower isn't in the game (Lawn Mover isn't even in the tech tree in another oversight). But I imagine I'd feel slightly uneasy destroying say the city of Melbourne. (On the other hand, it might be quite fun to raze Brisbane to the ground and enslave their people!)

[Argos65987]

I do feel a bit guilty giving the smackdown to Honest Abe

[ChrisiusMaximus]

No problem for me that Elizabeth deserves everything she gets. I usually play the Romans and as history recalls England was once a province of Rome and shall be again Muh ha ha ha !!

[Arrian]

I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about wiping the Americans off the face of the planet. I've done it many times. I don't feel guilty about destroying any civs that are in my way.

"To create, you must destroy. Smash a glass and cry, too much joy!" - Too Much Joy.

-Arrian

[vmxa1]

Not in the least, if you do, you may need to seek help.

[Kingof the Apes]

When I first started playing Civ 2 (my first civ experiance), I always tried to leave the Americans alone. Now, I don't care at all who I destroy.

[Spiffor]

I'm a builder, and French are generally peaceful neighbours, hence I leave them alone. But when there's a clash, I don't hesitate to conquer them without remorse.

[WarpStorm]

None whatsoever

[Cyclotron]

Not at all. It helps that I find Abe especially irksome in the game.

[Jethro83]

I do have qualms with wiping out Germany (since I have German heritage). But to let my feelings get in the way of my judgement is a fatal mistake (especially since we all know how Bismarck is).

I also hesitate when I have to wipe out America, China, Japan and Rome (since there's a distinct coolness factor with these), but again, such is a fatal mistake if I let it cloud my judgement.

However, wiping out the English, Aztecs, Zulu, Persians and Babylonians is surprisingly easy, with absolutely no hesitation of this sort.

When I have to beat up the likes of Honest Abe, I figure that its not actually him, just a twisted, corrupt clone of him that needs to be destroyed (such is especially the case for Gandhi in the game).

And, if my own country Australia was in the game, and I were against them, even then I'd have no qualms (so long as I can prevent Newcastle and to a lesser extent Sydney from being razed). Once when I modded the Australians in, I was next to them. Needless to say, I conquered them very quickly, leaving absolutely nothing personal.

Besides, when the AI use Australia in my mod, they are nothing more than a mockery of what I believe Australia should be (and even what it actually is in real life).

[wilbill]

None at all. It IS a game, after all.

I just picture George W. instead of Abe and it's surprisingly easy to put Atlanta to the torch. William Tecumseh Sherman was a great role model.

[nbarclay]

America is my nation. If that's not the case at the start of the game, it will be by the end should the situation permit.

Of course the fact that I essentilly never raze means that when I attack America, my goal is not to destroy anything, but rather to take it out of the hands of all those nasty politicians and bring it under my more enlightened rule.

Nathan

[Alex]

I don't have that problem at all, guess why?

But even if Brazil would be in the game as a civ (hahaha!), I would not have any problems razing them and burning them down.

[Mr. President]

I rarely come up against America, but I often kick them six ways from Sunday when I do. The one that I feel weird destroying is Rome. I love the Roman Empire.

[star mouse]

As Australia isn't in the game, I have no such compunction. I have no problem reducing an enemy to rubble when needed, whether it's with warriors or nuclear weapons.