going to civ3 ?

[Keygen]

Originally posted by phoenixcager
I will get Civ3, but only after waiting to see how people here find it. I won't make the mistake I did with CtP2. (i.e. buying it the moment I was able to)

I especially want to see how people find Civ3 PBEM, if there is such a feature...

It seems that the "testing" period will be handled by the minority . Well, everything I can do for my fellow CTPers .

I only hope that there will be available a pirate copy here in Greece in the release date as it will take a couple of months probably to see the original in the stores.

[Flandrien]

Originally posted by Saddam
I Just started pbem, sad to see people are going to quit .

Where did you see that ?
Quitting only got 1 vote so far.

[faded glory]

Yea I guess your right Maestro, oh and I have visited this thread 9 times and forgot to vote

doh!
*hits head*

[TheBirdMan]

Some times I fell this little devil inside me .

Just imagine, that CIV3 will not have a decent PBEM facility

Then St. Jon might actually get back into the CTP-PBEM gamers lobby again

I will surely miss his posts when the spanish, welsh, greek and incans has "liberated" France in "Love Conquers".

[blackice]

I will keep CTP alive I like it, but they had better debug CIV3 @%@%&&#&^% or they will get what I have received from them NO MORE SUPPORT That I think is only fair especially in light of their ability to finish a game properly...

I will try the demos before I invest in it, that again is prudent as I do with most games or programs for that matter...

[St Jon]

Originally posted by TheBirdMan
Some times I fell this little devil inside me .

Just imagine, that CIV3 will not have a decent PBEM facility

Then St. Jon might actually get back into the CTP-PBEM gamers lobby again

I will surely miss his posts when the spanish, welsh, greek and incans has "liberated" France in "Love Conquers".

There is always the possibility!

Before Civ3 became a 'probability' rather than a 'possibility' I had decided that the only CtP PBEM I would play again would be based on CD's Mod, preferably Slamp's APQS, and I still would but it seems few people, sadly, are greatly interested in that.

I am still playing several SMAC PBEM's, I started playing that long before CtP, and am setting up another at the moment so I shall not lack for interest. I will miss the 'fun' that seems to be missing from SMAC if Civ3 is useless for PBEM but that is largely down to the Players involved.

We CtP'ers were always a tiny community and, with single figure exceptions, an entirely good-hearted and friendly bunch. My desire to quit to CtP is entirely based upon my disenchantment with the Game rather than the people with whom I have played, or even discussed, it with who have been nothing but a pleasure to contest the rightful dominance of the world with!

There are so many good things about CtP but it is one of the rare cases of where 'the sum of the parts is far far less than the whole' and for that Activision should be heartedly ashamed. They released a shoddy, hurried, untested, unsupported piece of dross onto the market and we paid good money for it! They deserve to join Microsoft in the Pit's of Abaddon!!!!!!!!

I thank you for the compliment, TBM - I don't think any PBEM, regardless of Game, can really work without the 'fun' of a little bit of role-play. Certainly if you are in a slow Game you must have something or you can, I have, even forget which Civ you are playing! I did my best there, and it was fun for me, and it is good to know that it was fun for someone else as well.

[St Jon]

Originally posted by Lung


Of course, if PBEM in Civ3 sucks, i may come back to CTP for more PBEM games, because i absolutely love PBEM. As a kid, i heard of people playing Chess by mail, and i was intrigued by the idea. PBEM is perfectly suited to TBS games, and i can't understand why some people waiting for Civ3 think it's a bad idea. I can only assume that they have never played PBEM.

I can only assume that you are too young to have played board wargames. There, for me, it was not a matter of 'play by mail' but that we could not complete a major campaign game in one session. A simple game of Diplomacy could take 12-16hrs and it was neccessary to arrange to suspend anything lasting longer.

Getting 7-8 players together, in person, was far more difficult but we did it as there was no other way of completing so many games. These extended to heavy brutes like the Europa series where many people had nothing at all to do at all for Turns on end. MPG was a f*** load harder then!

Think yourself lucky!

[faded glory]

Jon I couldnt agree more with your descripition of the game

I also dont think CTP PBEM will die off any time soon. Lots of newbies wonder in still

[Solver]

Originally posted by Keygen
I am thinking of starting the first Civilization III PBEM game in Apolyton. As soon as we have a release date I will post there to start a PBEM game.

If you are interested maybe we could schedule from now to start the first Civ3 PBEM game .

October 17, and SMAC 2 later on.

[Keygen]

Originally posted by Solver
October 17, and SMAC 2 later on.

Long time no see Solv .

So has Firaxis decided to develop SMAC 2 as well?