What Sid Meier has taught me

[Alinestra Covelia]

Civ1 taught me that no government is ever Fundamentalist.

Civ2 taught me that Civ1 was wrong.

Civ3 taught me that Civ2 was wrong.

Civ3 also taught me never to preorder anything from Firaxis... ever again.

[General Ludd]

Sid Meier has tought me that the world is a cylinder.

[Flare]

Alpha Centauri taught me that when the aliens come, they will bring their marital disputes with them.

[Garth Vader]

Civ taught me that you can build a power plant that will power a continent. But if somebody else finishes a similar one just before you, yours will be worthless.

[monolith94]

To be fair though, in Civ 1 the Zulus were black/grey, not green! Or maybe that's only in the mac version of civ 1.

And it was assumed that colloseums were naturally replaced by modern stadiums.

[DeathByTheSword]

civ told me that i could build the hoover dam on hawaii

[loinburger]

Civ taught me that it takes a tank several years to move across the United States, and several decades to move across Eurasia. Presumably you're only allowed to refill the gas tank once a year. Surprisingly, a bomber has enough fuel to stay aloft for two full years.

Civ also taught me that ICBM's aren't really all that scary, since it takes several years for them to traverse the world. MAD my foot. And hell, if you leave your town unoccupied then the ICBM's can't touch you anyway.

SMAC taught me that alien worlds look incredibly boring. It also taught me that scientists are evil, environmentalists have a fungus fetish, cooling down the world's temperature will have absolutely no environmental impact other than to reduce the sea levels (where's all the water going, dammit???), and that gravships suck. Properly speaking, though, I learned these lessons from Brian Reynolds, and not from Sid Meier.

Merchant Prince taught me that the Black Plague is a medieval merchant's best friend, as are excommunications and sieges. Killing the Pope will make you rather unpopular, but if you buy enough art afterwards then people won't really mind. It also taught me that Scolloni gropes for trout in strange rivers.

[Paul Hanson]

Civ taught me that monotheistic religions are more advanced than polytheistic ones. And that mere knowledge of Communism is enough to cause a 25% decrease in church attendance.

[ColdWizard]

Civ2 taught me that the Pyramids are used to store immense quantities of grain

[GePap]

civ2 taught me that everyone, and not only Romans, used legions.

it taught me that Aztec architecture was just like Summerian architecture, and that Indian buildings look just like Japanese ad Chinese buildings.

It taught me that no matter the civ, my military advisor is a bald white guy, and that even modern Russain generals wear US fatigues. It taught me Elvis has alway lived, and will always live, and that women are the trully sneaky and backstabbing sex.

It tuahgt me that jets never existed until stealth technology came around, that heavy bombers can take of aircraft carriers, and that ICBM's fit o their decks as well.

It taught me that an endless number of troops or vehicles can inhabit a single point in space. it taught me that if I seek victory in the field I only need to beat the stronget unit, and then all other units will give up and disappear.

It taiught me canals are impossible to build and that the Panama canal, as well as the Suez canal, always existed.

It taught me that having the Eiffel tower makes everyone respect you, and that having the Statue of Liberty allows you to become a dictatorship without anyone complining.

It taught me that leonardo was a wizz, but that he was unable to figure out how to do anything once cars came about.

It taught me that spending huge sums of money trying to listen to alien signals will increase the research budgets of my country and lead to wonderful new technologies.

It taught me that disease, earthquakes and other disaster never happen.

[orange]

Civ1 taught me that no government is ever Fundamentalist.

Civ2 taught me that Civ1 was wrong.

Civ3 taught me that Civ2 was wrong.

Civ3 also taught me never to preorder anything from Firaxis... ever again.

Civ2 taught me that the Pyramids are used to store immense quantities of grain

Civ1 taught me that there are only two options when speaking with another world leader. Comply with their every demand, or reject all of their demands outright. Realism at its finest.

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[Arrian]

It taught me that having the Eiffel tower makes everyone respect you, and that having the Statue of Liberty allows you to become a dictatorship without anyone complining.

[Japher]

CIV3 taught me that it is possible for a single spearman to defend off a tank.

CIV2 taught me that, yes, it is possible to wast a whole summer in front of a computer.

CIV3 taught me that despite democracy the leaders never change, they only change their clothes.

[ColdWizard]

Civ3 taught me that limited editions are crap

[chequita guevara]

15 Stike Eagle taught me that the US had F-15s in Vietnam and that Syria was so heavily defended that it's a miracle the Israelis are still around.