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  • #61
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    Many of these are single player, but we play Civ games in Hot Seat Only. I have played some single player, but usually become bored and quit as does my wife, ddaughters and son.


    I am the opposite of you Mike the Nuke. Gaming is a very personal interest for me. But then again, I am introverted by nature. I doubt your imagination resources if you get bored whenever you're gaming alone.

    Bkeela.
    Voluntary Human Extinction Movement http://www.vhemt.org/

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    • #62
      Geez Mike! You have actually made me gelous! Your daughters play CTP! Why can't I find girls like that to go out with? The world needs more of these girls!

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      • #63
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        Originally posted by Mike the Nuke on 12-06-2000 09:52 PM
        I'm 45 and am retire form the U.S. NAVY. My wife is slightly youger (still in her 30's). My daughters, who also play the game with us (Hot SEat Mode only) are in their teens (High School, 16 and 18 espectively). My son who also plays in teh Hot Seat games is 13. His friend who also plays in our Hot Seat games is about 15 (Freshman in High School I think). ...

        So there you have it. Drag Racing fans can and will play Civ games too!

        I also owned and played ATARI 2600 games, ATARI 800 Computer games, and PC games (8088 cpu types). Our family enjoys a good game of quality and entertainment value. AI's are of little interest to us. In fact, those are the first civilizations we attack and beat the crap out of in our Hot Seat games! Then we get serious amongst ourselves.

        ...

        I also play 'Rock Guitar' and own a 1976 Gibson Les Paul Custom. I grew up on Creedance Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, the Stones, Santana, Zepplin, The Beattles and Neil Young. I also listen to Montrose, and lots of Van Halen. I enjoy playing many of the Van Halen tunes, Hendrix, Montrose, Black Sabbath, DIO, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Lynard Skynerd, Neil Young, Creedance, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Johnson, Eric Clapton, Spin Doctors, The Smitherines, Joe Satriani, Tom Petty, etc, etc (I think you get the idea).

        In other words...computers and games (of nearly all types) are not "just for nerds" anymore (Ha Ha) or "kids" either.

        ...




        I'm in the same age group as Mike (48), but we adopted our kids relatively late in life, they're ages 8 and 5, so we're not quite at the joint gaming stage with them, although the 8-year-old is starting to get into chess, which is nice.

        What really gets me in Mike's post is that Les Paul Custom. Man, talk about green with envy. Our musical tastes are pretty much the same. Montrose! Mike, as if the kids on this site needed any further confirmation that we're geezers.

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        • #64
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          Originally posted by Bkeela on 12-07-2000 01:52 AM
          I am the opposite of you Mike the Nuke. Gaming is a very personal interest for me. But then again, I am introverted by nature. I doubt your imagination resources if you get bored whenever you're gaming alone.

          Bkeela.


          What has imagination got to do with the enjoyment of playing startegy games against humans. I don't consider myself as 'wide open', but I'm not an introvert either. I work in the 'real world' not the imaginary one. People make the 'world go around' as far as society goes, not individual games. I find it more enjoyable to compete against humans in strategy situations. I think I'll leave it at that. I really don't what to step down to you and be inflamatory.

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          • #65
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            Originally posted by JasonL on 12-07-2000 11:02 AM
            I'm in the same age group as Mike (48), but we adopted our kids relatively late in life, they're ages 8 and 5, so we're not quite at the joint gaming stage with them, although the 8-year-old is starting to get into chess, which is nice.

            What really gets me in Mike's post is that Les Paul Custom. Man, talk about green with envy. Our musical tastes are pretty much the same. Montrose! Mike, as if the kids on this site needed any further confirmation that we're geezers.


            Hey...we're not old. We are only as old as we feel. I still play softball, football (with the kids in the neighborhood), basketball). I listen to the new stuff too..everything except RAP! I never liked that 'dico junk either' Ronnie Montrose still plays as far as I know. Sammy Hagar went to VanHalen, then left back to his own band. The Stones ar OLD!

            I bet there are others out there like us who haven't seen this forum or haven't answered. It definately was a fun topic. Keeps the site fun.

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            • #66
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              Originally posted by Dominous Nemo on 12-01-2000 09:44 PM
              Just out of curiosity I wonder how old are the people that play this game? I am 24. Am I an old fart that like’s to play a kid game or is this normal?


              Good topic!

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              • #67
                I am 15, i was introduced to the original Civ in the early 1997 by my Dad, he got it from his friends in the university. We played it a lot on his Pentium 133 MHz-laptop. Six months later we bought Civ 2. I played the SMAC demo but never really got the chance to play CTP, so that's why I am buying CTP II.
                I play all kinds of games, my favorite being racing and strategy games (sometimes 1st-person shooters too).
                All right that's it for right now, keep posting...

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                • #68
                  Heh, I am going to get a booting for this one... I'm currently in Sydney, Aus. But I couldn't resist. I am 26, MrOgre is 30, the lead designer, Dave, is 27. We're a bunch of old farts too.

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                  • #69
                    Well,

                    I am 'only' 23 and started with civ1 in 1994... haven't stopped since.. civ II, SMAC, CTP1, and awaiting CTPII which is not shipped to such far away places as Berkshire on the day of it's UK release...


                    [This message has been edited by Coflek (edited December 08, 2000).]

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                    • #70
                      I thought I'd throw in my two-penneth worth.

                      I'm 30 now (although not for much longer)and came to Civ in '95 - it was Civnet,pre-installed on my first new computer for 10 years (since my Spectrum).

                      From there I've been hooked, the only snag is that having to work burns so much game time...
                      "Don't know exactly where I am"

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                      • #71
                        quote:

                        What has imagination got to do with the enjoyment of playing startegy games against humans. I don't consider myself as 'wide open', but I'm not an introvert either. I work in the 'real world' not the imaginary one. People make the 'world go around' as far as society goes, not individual games. I find it more enjoyable to compete against humans in strategy situations. I think I'll leave it at that. I really don't what to step down to you and be inflamatory.


                        Well, when I play Civilisation, I'm not merely playing a clever strategy game, I am playing the role of an Emperor in charge of a nation. Infact, when I play, I AM that Emperor. I play Chess for a challenge with friends, but for me: Civ, SMAC, Colonisation, MoOII, despite being strategy games, are purely role playing games for me. I am an unknown meglomaniac with an artificial outlet. I hope I never get bored of such games, otherwise I might have to actually get into politics or something....

                        Muwahahahahaha!

                        Bkeela.


                        Voluntary Human Extinction Movement http://www.vhemt.org/

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                        • #72
                          32 turns, huh years !

                          I played Civ2, Moo2, SMAC, CTP and... CTP2

                          I played also a lot of Axis & Allies (board game)
                          and i want to known if anyone have try the
                          computer version ? should i buy it ?

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                          • #73
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                            risk was a favorite then axis and allies then nabunagas ambition and genghis khan for nintendo back in the late 80s then i found civ1 , ceaser (sucked) civ2 was good i play every strategy game i can get my hands on though. I have to say my all time favorite is still genghis khan for nintendo, against friends it was a blast. board games back in the school days of the 80s with friends was a blast too. a1 just isnt a good friend especially in ctp2. :^)

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                            • #74
                              44

                              Been playing wargames since Blitzkreig and before.

                              ------------------
                              Big Dave

                              Do the Vatican police speak Pig Latin?
                              Any flames in this message are solely in the mind of the reader.

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                              • #75
                                I'm the just about the average here... 23 and a graduate student in optometry... and I've been playing it seems for ever... the original hooked me and I've played everyone except for ToT... me thinks that was a money grab ploy...

                                And now I have time, I mapmake.. just a hobby...

                                Omni

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